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schairmanisArthurOchsSulzbergerJr.,whosefamilyhas（4）________thepapersince1896.

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smotto,"

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appearsinthe（5）left-handcornerofthefrontpage.Itswebsitehas（6）___________itto"

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.Itis（7）___________sections:

News,Opinions,Business,Arts,Science,Sports,Style,Home,andFeatures.TheNewYorkTimesstayedwiththeeight-columnformatforseveralyearsaftermostpapersswitchedtosix,andwasoneofthelastnewspaperstoadoptcolorphotography.

In1896,AdolphOchsboughttheNewYorkTimes,amoney-losingnewspaper,andformedtheNewYorkTimesCompany.TheOchsSulzbergerfamily,oneoftheUnitedStates'

newspaperdynasties,hasownedTheNewYorkTimeseversinceTurnerCatledge,thetopeditoratTheNewYorkTimesforalmosttwo（8）,wantedtohidetheownershipinfluence.ArthurSulzbergerroutinelywrotememostohiseditor,（9）___________________________,instructions,complaints,andorders.WhenCatledgewouldreceivethesememoshewoulderasethepublisher'

s（10）beforepassingthemtohissubordinates.

Passage2

Someoftheargumentsagainstbikesharearejustconfusing.Idon'

tknowhowto

（1）theargumentthatwedon'

tneedbikesharebecauseeveryonewhowantstobikealreadyownsabike.That'

slikesayingthatwedon'

tneedrestaurantsbecauseeverybodyhasa

（2）.Idon'

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Yourcar.Mycar.

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tloveaboutbikeshare.I'

mnot（3）abouttheideaofmorepeopleridingbikeswithnohelmets,whichisprobablybecauseafewtimesI（4）______________abikeathighspeed,hittingmyheadandcrackingmyhelmet.Walkingawaywithacrackedbikehelmetmakesyouavery（5）_____________fanofbikehelmets.

AndIalsothinkcyclistsneedto（6）.MorethaneverIamnotgoingtolie:

myfirst10yearsinNewYorkCityIprobablystoppedatfourredlights.Thesedays,however,youcometointersectionsandyoufindahalf-dozenpeoplestoppedataredlight.Thatkindofpeer（7）isbothstrangeandunbelievable.Ithinkcyclistsneedtothinkofthemselvesaspartofabigger（8）________________picture.ButIthinkthisisworking.Ithinkthemorepeoplethatareonbikes,thesaferstreetsbecomeforeveryone,andstatistics（9）____________________-riskofseriousinjury（10）_forbothcyclistsandwalkers.

Passage3

Womenarehalftheworld'

spopulation.Buttheycanface（l）toeconomicindependenceandsecurity.Todaywehearaboutaprogramaimedat

（2）lowcostloanstowomeninIndia.WealsoexaminetheRomanCatholic（3）abouteffortstopermitchurchwomen.Butfirst,welearnaboutwomenpeacekeepersintheMiddleEast.

AlongtheborderofIsraelandLebanon,femalepeacekeepingtroopsareactiveintheUnitedNationsforcethatguardsthearea.AviArdittitellsusmore.Thecaptainisamedical（4）________________andoneofabout30womenwholiveonthisFrenchbaseof700peacekeepers.Theyhelptokeepthebordersecureand（5）_________theLebanesegovernment.CaptainAnnie,Frenchsoldiersdon'

tusetheirlastnames,saysshedoesnot（6）herselfa'

female'

peacekeeper,butamemberoftheUNforce.Butshesaysbeingawomandoessometimeshelp.

UnitedNationsInterimForceInLebanon（UNIFIL）hasapeacekeepingforceofmorethan11,000troopsinsouthernLebanon.Theycomefrom37countries.Inrecentyears,theUnitedNationshasbegunexpandingwomen（7）.WomeninUNIFILserveonboththecommonmanandmilitaryforces,fromhelpingwithmilitaryplanningtoteachingFrenchtoLebaneseschoolchildren.Maleandfemalepeacekeeperslivetogether,worktogetherandplaysportstogether.ForcecommanderEricoftheFrenchcorpssayswomenhelptobringsecuritytoaninsecurearea.InsouthernLebanon,manypeople（8）_____________abouttherolesofthesexes.But,UNIFIL'

sfemalepeacekeeperssaythey（9）withthelocalcommunity-menandwomen（10）__________________.

Passage4

Untilthenineteensixties,blackpeopleinmanypartsoftheUnitedStatesdidnothavethesamecivilrightsaswhitepeople.LawsintheAmericanSouthkeptthetwo

（1）_____________separate.Theselawsforcedblackpeopleto

（2）separateschools,andsitinseparateareasonabus.Onedayanoldblackwomangotonacitybus.Thelaw（3）blackpeopleseatedinoneareaofthebustogiveuptheirseatstowhitepeople.Thewomanrefusedtodothisandwas（4）_________________.

Thisactofpeacefuldisobediencestarted（5）_____________inMontgomerythatledtolegalchangesin（6）_________________rightsintheUnitedStates.ThewomanwhostarteditwasRosaParks.Sheworked（7）_______________clothesfromthenineteenthirtiesuntil1955.Thenshebecamea（8）_________________formillionsofAfrican-Americans.

InmuchoftheAmericanSouthinthel950s,thefirstrowsofseatswereforwhitepeopleonly.Blackpeoplesatinthebackofthebus.However,blackpeoplesittinginthatpart（9）leavetheirseatsifawhitepersonwantedit.

RosaParksandthreeotherblackpeoplewereseatedinthemiddleareaofthebuswhenawhitepersongotonthebusandwantedaseat.Thebusdriver（10）thatallfourblackpeoplegetoutoftheirseatssothewhitepersonwouldnothavetositnexttoanyofthem.Thethreeotherblacksgotup,butMissusParksrefused.Shewasarrested.

Passage5

CecilBlountDeMillewasborninAshfield,Massachusetts.Bothhisparentswerewritersofplays.Hisfatherdiedwhenhewastwelveyearsold.Hismotherkeptthefamilytogetherby（l）atheatercompany.Ceciljoinedthecompanyasanactor.Hecontinuedworkinginhismother'

stheatercompanyasanactorandamanageruntil1913.

Thatyear,hejoinedJesseL.LaskyandSamuelGoldfishto

（2）theJesseL.LaskyFeaturePlayCompany.GoldfishlaterchangedhisnametoSamuelGoldwyn.Thethreemenstartedmakingmotionpictures（3）_________________.Theywere（4）________________interestedinitscreativeandfinancialpossibilities.DeMille,LaskyandGoldfishbeganworkingonamovie（5）ofthepopularAmericanwesternplay"

SquawMan"

.

DeMille（6）_thatthemoviebemadeintherezdAmericanWest.HechoseFlagstaff,Arizona.DeMilleandthecompanytraveledtoFlagstaffbytrain.Whentheyarrived,DeMillethoughtthearealookedtoomodern.TheywereinaquietlittletowninsouthernCalifornia.ThetownwascalledHollywood.DeMilledecidedthiswasthe（7）______________placetofilmthemovie.

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wasoneofthefirst（8）producedinHollywood.Itwasreleasedin1913andwas（9）_____________________.DeMilleisconsideredthemanwhohelpedHollywoodbecomethecenterofthemotionpicturebusiness.Hequicklybecameacreativeforceinthenewmovieindustry.CecilwasamongtheveryfewfilmmakersinHollywoodwhosenameappearedabovethetitleofhismovie.Hisnamewasmoreimportanttomovie-goersthanthenamesofthestarsandhismovieswereknowntobebig（10）.

Passage6

Inthebeginningofthetwentiethcentury,womenlikeIsadoraDuncanandRuthSaintDeniswantedtocreateanewformofdance.DuncanandSaintDenisfelt（l）byballet.Moderndancewascreatedasarevolutionagainstballet.

MarthaGrahamwasoneofthemostfamousdancersandcreatorsofdance,calledchoreographers（编舞者）.Shebroughtmoderndancetoanewlevelof

（2）inAmericanculture.Shecreatedanewlanguageofmovementthatexpressedpowerfulemotions.Shestartedtraditionsthatarestillusedinmoderndancetoday.Theyincludeexpressivemovementsofthebodytotella（3）_story,specialmusic,lighting,stagedesignand（4）__________________.

MarthaGrahamwasborninthesmalltownofAllegheny,Pennsylvaniain1894.AfterMarthaturnedfourteenyearsold,herfamilymovedtoSantaBarbara,California.While（5）_______theMidwest,Marthaenjoyedthewide,openspacesofnature.ShealsoenjoyedthebeautifulflowersandplantsinCalifornia.Thefree,expressivemovementsofmoderndancewere（6）thebeautyofnatureGrahamobserved.

Earlierinherlife,however,Marthadidnotknowthatshewouldbecomeadancer.Herfatherwasadoctorandherfamilywasvery（7）.Theyweremembersof（8）______________________anddidnotacceptdanceasanart（9）.Still,in1910,Martha'

sfathertookhertoseeadance（10）____________byRuthSaintDenis,oneofthefirstmoderndancersinAmerica.Marthawassixteenandshedecidedthenthatshewantedtobecomeadancer.

Passage7

Aremannersdead?

Cellphonesandsocialnetworkingmaybekillingoffthetraditionalpolitenessandgood（l）,butanewgenerationofetiquette（礼节）expertsisrisingtomakeold-fashionedmanners

（2）toanewgeneration.Theirgoal:

tohelpyoungpeople（3）troublesome,tech-ageminefields,likeinvitesonsocialnetworkingsitesandonlinedating,nottomentionactualface-to-face（4）withpeople.

Perhapsthefastestgrowingareaofsocialadviceiswhat'

sbeentermed"

netiquette"

.Thereareonline（5）_____________onusingemotionsinbusinesse-mails,beingcarefu