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I worked in a professional training company. My job was 1. (interview) as many people as possible and fill at least 30 questionnaires within 6 hours. The lunch was well fast, the boss said we had only 15 minutes 2. lunch. But on a Saturday morning, I was the target of a 3. (beauty) and selfless act of a guy. Not all people wanted to respond to the questionnaire and on Saturdays it was much 4. (hard) to get support from people.
I was in a square near a bus station,5. was the busiest place in town on Saturdays. I saw him 6. (sit) on the bench, a simple guy. I 7. (speak) to him and he agreed to answer to my questionary.8. (sudden) he took a package and offered me an apple. I was quite 9. (surprise), but he insisted so I ended up giving in and I thanked him.
He saw that I worked hard and he decided to give me a gift,10. simple gift but that was from his heart.
One day an old woman’s youngest son went to find work in the city but had no luck. On his way home, he saw a dead _______ .He picked it up and took it back to his mother. But knowing that the snake would not make a good _______ for them all, she threw it onto the _______.
On that same day, when the queen was having a _______ in a beautiful lake, her expensive _______ was taken away by an eagle. After flying for a while, the eagle _______ the dead snake on the roof. She _______ the necklace there and _______ the dead snake as supper.
The next day, the old woman _______ the shining necklace. She understood that this was the queen’s ________ necklace and that the queen ________ wanted it back. So At Diwali festival (排灯节), she went to the queen’s palace. ________ the queen saw her necklace, she was very ________ and promised to give the old woman a large amount of money.
But the old woman ________ . Instead she requested that on the night of Diwali only her household be allowed to ________ oil lamps.
The queen was surprised but was so ________ for her help that she agreed.
At midnight, the Goddess of Wealth came for her yearly visit. She was ________ to see darkness everywhere in the kingdom. Then she saw ________ lights shining from the old woman’s house and quickly ________ her way straight there and knocked on the door and stayed in her house forever so that the old woman’s family lived ________ prosperity (繁荣) and happiness.
1.A.body B.eagle C.snake D.woman
2.A.meal B.fame C.decision D.deal
3.A.table B.roof C.street D.rock
4.A.rest B.bath C.ride D.sleep
5.A.treasure B.dress C.ring D.necklace
6.A.saw B.missed C.needed D.remembered
7.A.enjoyed B.buried C.left D.destroyed
8.A.woke up B.put aside C.looked for D.took away
9.A.spotted B.wore C.caught D.tested
10.A.stolen B.hidden C.broken D.deserted
11.A.hardly B.never C.badly D.quickly
12.A.Unless B.When C.While D.Although
13.A.sad B.proud C.happy D.careless
14.A.left B.declined C.defeated D.accepted
15.A.sell B.exhibit C.make D.light
16.A.angry B.general C.grateful D.wealthy
17.A.delighted B.satisfied C.shocked D.disappointed
18.A.beautiful B.strange C.weak D.electric
19.A.pushed B.made C.felt D.fought
20.A.in B.on C.without D.by
An obvious reason for learning a new language is to be able to communicate with the people who speak it.1. People in every country prefer it when tourists make an effort to speak the local language, even if all you can say in it is “hello” and “please”.
Cultural understanding
Speaking a new language helps you to get to know another people and culture, as language and culture go hand in hand.2. It shows new ways of looking at the world. In addition, when you speak another language, you can enjoy literature, film, and music in the original language. It is extremely difficult for a translation to be a perfect replica (复制品) of the original. 3..
Business and careers
4. Schools and employers tend to prefer candidates who speak one or more foreign languages. Even though English is widely spoken in much of the world, the fact is that the global economy depends on communication. When dealing with France, for example, someone who speaks French will have an obvious advantage over someone who doesn’t.
Language improvement
Learning another language can help you to understand your own. Many languages have contributed to the development of English.5. Also, in learning how another language differs from your own, you will increase your understanding of your own language. For many people, language is innate (与生俱来的) — we know how to say something, but we don’t necessarily know why we say it that way. Learning another language can change that.
A.Language is helpful in making foreign friends.
B.The best way is to read what the author actually wrote.
C.Learning another language opens one’s mind to new ideas.
D.Your trip will be comfortable if you speak the local language.
E.Speaking more than one language will increase your market ability.
F.It is true that mastering another foreign language is very beneficial.
G.Learning those will teach you where words and even grammatical structures are from.
Curiosity is what drives us to keep learning, keep trying, keep pushing forward. But how does one generate (产生) curiosity, in oneself or others? George Loewenstein, a professor of psychology at Carnegie Mellon University, offered an answer in the classic1994 paper, “The Psychology of Curiosity.”
Curiosity arises, Loewenstein wrote, “when attention becomes focused on a gap in one's knowledge. Such information gaps produce the feeling of deprivation (匮乏) labeled curiosity. The curious individual is motivated to obtain the missing information to reduce the feeling of deprivation.” Loewenstein's theory helps explain why curiosity is such a force: it's not only a mental state but also an emotion, a powerful feeling that drives us forward.
Scientist Daniel Willingham notes that teachers are often “so eager to get to the answer that we do not devote enough time to developing the question.” Yet it's the question that stimulates (刺激) curiosity; being told an answer stops curiosity before it can even get going.
In his 1994 paper, George Loewenstein noted that curiosity requires some basic knowledge. We're not curious about something we know absolutely nothing about. But as soon as we know even a little bit, our curiosity is aroused and we want to learn more. In fact, research shows that curiosity increases with knowledge: the more we know, the more we want to know. To get this process started, Loewenstein suggests, take steps with some interesting but incomplete information.
Language teachers have long used communication in exercises that open an information gap and then require learners to communicate with each other in order to fill it. For example, one student might be given a series of pictures for the beginning of the story, while the student's partner is given a series of pictures showing how that same story ends. Only by speaking with each other (in the foreign language they are learning, of course) can the students fill in each others' information gaps.
1.When one notices a gap in his knowledge, he .
A.desires to fill it
B.tends to be afraid
C.might get tired and sad
D.will become focused on his learning
2.What does Daniel Willingham imply in the article?
A.Answers are more important than questions.
B.Teachers should be eager to get to the answer.
C.Teachers know how to stimulate students’ curiosity.
D.Teachers are partly to blame for students’ hating school.
3.According to George Loewenstein’s paper, curiosity about something occurs only when you .
A.have read a lot of books B.know little about something
C.have some related information D.are given incomplete information
4.What is the article mainly about?
A.Why students hate school.
B.Why curiosity is important.
C.How to stimulate curiosity.
D.What makes people hungry for knowledge.
When it comes to making healthy lifestyle changes, which should come first — changing your diet or becoming more physically active?
Previous studies suggested that providing people with too much information about nutrition and physical activity at once tends to be discouraging. That has led to the popularity of advising people to make changes gradually, and set smaller goals.
So the scientists divided 200 inactive participants who were age 45 or older into four groups. One group was instructed about making diet and fitness changes at the same time, the second group was taught about diet changes first, then fitness changes four months later, the third group changed their exercise habits first and made changes in their eating habits four months later, and the final, control group was not instructed about either diet or fitness changes but about how to manage their stress.
The researchers tracked the groups for a full year. Compared to the control group, the three intervention (干预) groups made healthy changes in their diet. Those who changed their fitness habits first significantly increased the amount of exercise they received daily compared to the other groups after four months. However, at the end of the year, the group that changed both diet and exercise at the same time was the only one that met the nationally recommended targets for both exercise and nutrition levels, while those who worked on improving their nutrition first were unable to meet the recommended levels of fitness after a year. The researchers suspect that changes to diet are easier to make than changes to physical activity.
The findings show, however, that pairing diet and exercise changes may help to overcome some of the barriers people face in adding more physical activity into their lives. If folks change diet and exercise orderly, the scientists say, they may end up placing more importance on the first set of behavior changes and feel less pressured to address the second set.
1.The advice mentioned in the second paragraph seemed .
A.popular B.dangerous C.scientific D.unsatisfactory
2.Which group made progress earlier than other groups in increasing the amount of daily exercise?
A.The first group. B.The second group.
C.The third group. D.The control group.
3.The reason why those improving their nutrition first failed to meet the levels of fitness after a year might be that .
A.they might be very lazy
B.they wouldn’t like to change their behavior
C.it is much harder to change physical activity
D.they might put on weight before changing their physical activity
4.Which of the following does the author probably approve of?
A.Pairing diet and exercise changes.
B.Becoming more physically active first.
C.Changing diet and exercise following a fixed order.
D.Changing diet first and placing more importance on it.
When I was a child, I dreamed of becoming many things. Sometimes, I wished I was an astronaut going up into space, finding new planets and jumping around in a cool space suit. Other times, I imagined being a cowboy in the Wild West, wearing stylish cowboy boots. On other occasions, I pretended to be a famous footballer, using my skills to score lots of goals for my team.
Looking back, I realize that imagination is a wonderful thing. I was able to create entire environments and scenarios in my head, using nothing more than my brain, and to be able to adapt things in my everyday surroundings to fit the specific story of the day. Growing up with siblings (兄弟姐妹) also helped, as it meant that even bigger stories could be created, combining our ideas and putting our thoughts into action. It also allowed for more varieties in the stories, as sometimes I could be the hero while on other occasions, I would be the bad guy.
One of my all-time favorite memories as a kid was playing in my back garden. I played the role of Indiana Jones, which cleaned up at the cinema at that time, with my younger sister as my assistant and my brother as a bad person. We used everything in our garden, from the path to the fence, as part of the storyline to create obstacles that needed to be overcome, and we would keep the story going for hours!
My personal favorite game was Indiana Jones and the Stolen Easter Eggs, where my brother hid small chocolate eggs around the garden and my sister and I had to find them by answering questions or solving a puzzle. It was difficult, but eventually we found all the eggs and shared them together.
Since then, I have seen many great things and met many amazing people. The elements of fun and varieties of my creative imaginations are what I try to bring into every part of my positive life. So I can enjoy sharing with and hearing about other people’s stories, too.
1.What do we know about the author from his childhood?
A.He enjoyed living a life full of freedom.
B.He was longing to experience adventurous things.
C.He was always imagining a bright life for his future.
D.He had a clear picture of what he would do after growing up.
2.Which of the following can best replace the underlined word “scenarios” in Paragraph 2?
A.experiences B.situations
C.positions D.excuses
3.From the passage, we know that Indiana Jones was .
A.an astronaut B.a famous footballer
C.a hot film D.a very popular book
4.What would be the best title for the passage?
A.My Creative Imagination. B.My Childhood.
C.My Positive Life Today. D.My Pride in Myself.
