The Little Angel
Sally jumped up the moment she saw the surgeon come out of the operating room. She asked, “How is my little boy?”
The surgeon said, “I’m ____. We did all we could, but your boy didn’t ___ it.”
Sally ___ into the chair. The surgeon asked, “Would you like some time with your son before he was transported to the ____?” Sally nodded. While saying goodbye, she ran her fingers __ through his thick curly hair. “Would you like a lock of his hair?” the surgeon asked. Sally nodded yes. The surgeon cut a few hairs, and handed them to Sally. The mother said, “It was Jimmy’s idea to __ his body to the university for study. He said it might ___ somebody else. “I said no at first, __ Jimmy said, ‘Mom, I won’t be using it after I die. Maybe it will help some other little boy spend one more day with his Mom.’”
“My Jimmy had a heart of __, always thinking of someone else, always wanting to help others if he could.” she went on.
Sally walked out of the hospital. She put the bag with Jimmy’s __ on the seat beside her in the car. The drive home was __. It was even harder to enter the __ house. She carried Jimmy’s belongings, and the lock of his hair to her son’s room. She started placing the model cars and other personal things back in his room __ where he had always kept them. She lay down across his bed and, hugging his pillow, __ herself to sleep.
It was around midnight when Sally __. Lying beside her on the bed was a letter. The letter said,
“Dear Mom,
I know you’re going to __ me, and me too. I will always love you, Mom, even more __ each passing day. Someday we will see each other again. Until then, if you want to __a little boy so you won’t be so lonely, that’s OK with me. He can have my room and old toys to play with.
Don’t be sad thinking about me. I don’t hurt any more. The cancer is all __. I don’t have to stand that __ any more. The angels in Heaven are so tender. They say I’m a Special Angel! I love you, Mom.”
1.A. sorry B. worried C. happy D. grateful
2.A. pass B. make C. win D. like
3.A. knocked B. looked C. got D. sank
4.A. house B. church C. university D. hospital
5.A. lovingly B. anxiously C. patiently D. angrily
6.A. move B. donate C. show D. lend
7.A. help B. affect C. protect D. impress
8.A. for B. and C. but D. so
9.A. stone B. gold C. wisdom D. bravery
10.A. toys B. clothes C. letters D. belongings
11.A. smooth B. long C. dangerous D. difficult
12.A. familiar B. empty C. big D. old
13.A. exactly B. roughly C. especially D. possibly
14.A. put B. sent C. buried D. cried
15.A. wrote B. spoke C. awoke D. slept
16.A. forgive B. understand C. miss D. leave
17.A. around B. with C. on D. in
18.A. save B. host C. adopt D. visit
19.A. gone B. recognized C. cured D. spotted
20.A. depression B. sadness C. stress D. pain
Should anger problems also be recognized as an illness like depression and anxiety? Anger is largely viewed as a secondary emotion — one caused by other emotions. People are thought to be angry because they are sad, anxious or stressed. 1. Today, though, a growing number of mental health experts think that anger is a serious problem that needs its own treatment.
To tell the difference between “normal” anger and “anger problem” is difficult. After all, everyone gets really mad from time to time. Experts point out a few ways.
Disordered anger, as it is sometimes called, tends to be of greater intensity (强度). 2. An example: While most people would get upset if a driver cut them off, someone with disordered anger might try to chase down the car and force it off the road.
And in cases of disordered anger, the person gets angry more frequently and his/her anger lasts longer.3. But people with anger problems often stay angry for days, weeks or even years; their feelings of anger don’t disappear over time.
4. Disordered anger often damages people’s lives. “It interferes (干扰) with people’s relationships and their jobs,” says Raymond Chip Tafrate, a US psychologist. “Even their health is affected.”
Anger clearly increases the risk of certain health problems, as many studies have shown. When people are angry, their hearts beat faster and their blood pressure goes up. 5.
Experts suggest that people with an anger problem take anger-management programs. The programs teach people to control their responses to stressful situations through the use of relaxation techniques. The programs sometimes also include life-skills training to help bring down stress and remove angry feelings.
A. Consequences are also important to consider:
B. Anger takes away people’s joy in life.
C. For most people, angry feelings disappear quickly.
D. The anger buried inside him rises to the surface.
E. In the past, many doctors didn’t accept the idea that anger could be a problem all on its own.
F. Over time, these changes will have bad effects on the body.
G. It takes very little to set off a person with an anger problem, and their responses are very strong.
College graduation finally means taking much of your attention in your first job search. This process can be challenging, especially for those students who had second thoughts about their chosen major and intended career path — or those who majored in a field not directly connected to a specific career. If you are in one of these groups, fear not! Although your major, coursework, and academic performance are relevant to landing a job, they are not the only deciding factors on where you can work. So, just how important is your major to your job search?
Some majors are tied directly to specific career fields. For example, if you wish to become a teacher, you will likely have needed to complete an education program and finally sit for a licensing exam. Successfully completing a specific major is very important to landing a job in the matching field.
Other majors, however, are closely related to career paths but don’t necessarily require a degree in the area. For example, students who majored in finance or math, may also have the necessary skills to be hired as an accountant.
Lastly, there are many industries, such as professional sales, education (non-teaching positions), insurance, and customer service management, which hire new graduates from several more majors, looking for more generalized (笼统的) requirements. They may simply want to know the student has completed his or her bachelor’s degree, which proves students’ college-level math and writing, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills.
Hopefully, as a college student, you were able to do more than just attend classes. Your non-academic experiences can be very influential on your future career as well. If you worked or volunteered during college and if you enjoyed these activities, seek out related careers. You may qualify for a position regardless of your major.
Although it often seems like your college major alone determines your career fate, this just isn’t the case. It may influence it, but there are other factors that influence your career options as well. If you don’t know what career choices you have, talk to your faculty(院系) or academic adviser. You may be surprised at what opportunities await!
1.What is probably the best title for the passage?
A. Major Ups Your Career B. Why Your College Major Matters
C. Major VS Career: Which Is Right for You D. How Important Your Major Is to Your Job
2.To be a customer service manager, college graduates______.
A. should pass a licensing exam B. need to have related qualities
C. are required to major in insurance D. must have relevant experiences
3.The writer thinks that _____________.
A. majors are closely linked to career paths
B. students of finance tend to receive higher salaries
C. social work graduates have more employment opportunities
D. volunteer experiences help graduates get employed
Google's new camera, called Clips, is a small, smart device. It comes with a case that has a clip (夹子)，but it’s not designed to be worn on your clothing. Most interestingly, it uses artificial intelligence to take photography out of your hands so it can capture moments on its own.
This roughly 2-inch by 2-inch camera, with a three-hour battery life and Gorilla Glass for toughness, is intended for candid moments, like when a child does something cute that may happen too quickly for you to pull out your smartphone.
Onboard the Clips device, it uses machine learning algorithms (计算程序) to help capture scenes. Those algorithms include face recognition. “Once it learns that there's a face you see frequently, it’ll try to get nice photos of those faces,” said Juston Payne, the device’s product manager. And they also want it to recognize facial expressions, which involved “training it to know what happiness looks like”. The Google team also trained it to recognize what not to shoot — like when a child’s hand is over the lens(镜头), or if it is tossed in a dark purse.
The only way to see the images is by connecting the camera with your phone, as it has no screen for viewing or editing.
Were people concerned it could seem strange? Yes, Payne admitted. But they said they addressed that by making it obvious what it is. A green light on the front signals that it is on. Besides, unlike a camera meant to monitor your home, it is not connected to the Internet.
“This product is only possible because of the way that silicon has advanced” Payne said, noting that it was only in the past year or so that they could squeeze the technology down into a device this size. Going forward, we’re likely to get more assistance from the artificial intelligence packed into our apps and gadgets.
1.What is the most outstanding feature of Clips?
A. It is equipped with tough glass. B. It enables easy internet access.
C. It can be worn on your clothing. D. It allows of hands-free photography.
2.What does the underlined word “candid” in Paragraph 2 mean?
A. touching. B. brief. C. unforgettable. D. embarrassing.
3.What makes Clips a reality according to Juston Payne?
A. The advance in technology. B. The popularity of the Internet.
C. The rise of the smartphone industry. D. The reduction in the price of lens.
4.What is the best title for the text?
A. New Gadgets in the Age of Apps. B. A New Digital Camera from Google.
C. Artificial Intelligence in Everyday Life. D. An Alternative Way to Photograph.
Our library offers different types of studying places and provides a good studying environment.
Zones
The library is divided into different zones. The upper floor is a quiet zone with over a thousand places for silent reading, and places where you can sit and work with your own computer. The reading places consist mostly of tables and chairs. The ground floor is the zone where you can talk. Here you can find sofas and armchairs for group work.
Computers
You can use your own computer to connect to the wi-fi specially prepared for notebook computers; you can also use library computers, which contain the most commonly used applications, such as Microsoft Office. They are situated in the area known as the Experimental Field on the ground floor.
Group-study places
If you want to discuss freely without disturbing others, you can book a study room or sit at a table on the ground floor. Some study rooms are for 2-3 people and others can hold up to 6-8 people. All rooms are marked on the library maps.
There are 40 group-study rooms that must be booked via the website. To book, you need an active University account and a valid University card. You can use a room three hours per day, nine hours at most per week.
Storage of Study Material
The library has lockers for students to store course literature. When you have obtained at least 40 credits(学分), you may rent a locker and pay 400 SEK for a year’s rental period.
Rules to be Followed
Mobile phone conversations are not permitted anywhere in the library. Keep your phone on silent as if you were in a lecture and exit the library if you need to receive calls.
Please note that food and fruit are forbidden in the library, but you are allowed to have drinks and sweets with you.
1.Library computers on the ground floor _________.
A. help students with their field experiments
B. contain software necessary for schoolwork
C. are for those who want to access the wi-fi
D. are mostly used for filling out application forms
2.What condition should be met to book a group-study room?
A. A group must consist of 8 people
B. Three-hour use per day is the minimum
C. One should first register at the university
D. Applicants must mark the room on the map
3.A student can rent a locker in the library if he _______.
A. can afford the rental fee B. attends certain courses
C. has nowhere to put his books D. has earned the required credits
听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1.Why does the university offer the two programs?
A. To provide better health care for students.
B. To keep students safe walking late or alone.
C. To help visitors tour around the college.
2.When can students call Campus Safety Office?
A. Anytime of the day. B. From 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. C. From midnight to 7 a.m.
3.To whom is the speaker mainly talking?
A. Tourists at the college. B. New teachers. C. Parents of students.
