【正文】 n off without causing pain, reports the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Traditional bandaids are supposed to break apart (22)_____ the skin meets the glue, which is what makes taking them off so painful. But the new bandaid has an extra layer that sits (23)_____ the glue and the backing. When you tear off the bandaid, you remove the backing and middle layers, leaving the glue behind. The glue (24)_____ then be simply rubbed off with one’s fingers or left to fall off naturally. Importantly, this process is painfree. This is not the first time scientists (25)_____(try) to solve this problem. But methods they tried in the past led to bandaids that were (26)_____(sticky) and therefore didn’t stay on for long. The Boston study was first aimed at helping babies (27)_____ skin is too delicate for standard bandaids. But adults with sensitive skin might also enjoy the benefits. ( B ) While ine worry is rather a mon problem of the aged, loneliness is another problem that aged parents may face. Of all the reasons _____28_____ explain their loneliness, a large geographical distance between parents and their children is the major one. This phenomenon is monly known as “Empty Nest Syndrome” ( 空巢綜合癥 ). In order to seek _____29_____ (good) chances outside their countries, many young people have gone abroad, _____30_____ (leave) their parents behind with no clear idea of when they will return home. Their parents spend countless lonely days and nights taking care of themselves, in the hope that someday their children will e back to stay with them. The fact ____31____ most of these young people have gone to Europeanized or Americanized societies makes it unlikely that they will hold as tightly to the value of duty _____32_____ they would have if they had not left their countries. Whatever the case, it has been noted that the values they hold do not necessarily match _____33_____ they actually do. This geographical and cultural distance also prevents the grownup children from providing timely response _____34______ the needs of their aged parents. The situation in which grownup children live far away from their aged parents _____35_____ (describe) as “distant parent phenomenon”, ____36_____ is mon both in developed countries and in developing countries. Our society has not yet been well prepared for “Empty Nest Syndrome”. Section B Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need. A. challenged B. functions C. deserves D. heated E. topic F. further G. urge H. industrial I. visiting J. survival “In wilderness is the preservation of the world.” This is a famous saying from a writer regarded as one of the fathers of environmentalism. The frequency with which it is borrowed mirrors a 37 debate on environmental protection: whether to place wilderness at the heart of what is to be preserved. As John Sauven of Greenpeace UK points out, there is a strong appeal in images of the wild, the untouched。 more than anything else, they speak of the nature that many people value most dearly. The 38 to leave the subject of such images untouched is strong, and the danger exploitation brings to such landscapes is real. Some of these wildernesses also perform 39 that humans need— the rainforests, for example, store carbon in vast quantities. Lee Lane, a 40 fellow at the Hudson Institute, takes the opposing view. He acknowledges that wildernesses do provide useful services, such as water conservation. But that is not, he argues, a reason to avoid all human presence, or indeed mercial and 41 exploitation. There are ever more people on the Earth, and they reasonably and rightfully want to have better lives, rather than merely struggle for 42 . While the ways of using resources have improved, there is still a growing need for raw materials, and some wildernesses contain them in abundance. If they can be tapped without reducing the services those wildernesses provide, the argument goes, there is no 43 reason not to do so. Being untouched is not, in itself, a characteristic worth valuing above all others. I look forward to seeing these views taken further, and to their being 44 by the other participants. One opinion is that both cases need to take on the question of spiritual value a little more directly. And there is a practical question as to