Getting stuck with gifts we do not want is no small problem. In a survey across 14 countries in Europe，meanwhile，one in seven said they were unhappy with what they received for Christmas, yet more than half simply kept the gifts.
Why can't more gifts be passed along to people who appreciate them？People in a study published in the Journal of Consumer Behaviour，for instance，used such words as guilty，lazy，thoughtless and disrespectful in describing their feelings about regifting. Popular culture casts it as taboo(禁忌)，as well.
However，our research with Francis J. Flynn，a professor of organizational behavior at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business，suggests the shame associated with regifting is largely unwarranted. Indeed, our research consistently tells us that people overestimate the negative consequences.
We asked people to imagine themselves as a "giver," who gives someone a gift card and later learned it had been regifted. The general attitude of the original givers was: "It's your gift, do what you want with it." Next, we asked givers to compare regifting a supposed wristwatch with throwing it in the trash. For the original givers, regifting the watch was a much less offensive act than trashing it.
Finally, we invited to our lab at Stanford people who had recently received presents, and divided the people into two groups. When we gave the first group an opportunity to regift that present, 9% did so. When we gave the second group the same opportunity, we added that it was ""National Regifting Day". It wasn't really National Regifting Day, but the group didn't know that: 30% of them agreed to regift.
Everyone has received unwanted gifts in their lives, and generally we will receive more in the future. Our research offers a simple solution to that problem. This holiday season, consider regifting, and encourage receivers of your gifts to do the same if what you gave them isn’t quite what they hoped for.
1.Why does the author mention the study in Journal of Consumer Behaviour?
A.To highlight the importance of regifting.
B.To show people's attitudes to regifting.
C.To challenge the rightness of regifting
D.To express his concern for regifting
2.What is the meaning of the underlined word unwarranted?
A.Unnecessary. B.Uncertain.
C.Unimportant. D.Unconscious.
3.What do we know about the research?
A.9% simply kept unwanted gifts.
B.30% didn’t know National Regifting Day.
C.Givers generally didn't mind regifting.
D.Receivers tended to trash unwanted gifts.
4.What's the author's attitude towards regifting?
A.Negative B.Neutral
C.Critical D.Approving
I went to a New York Mets fantasy camp in 1995, an incredible experience. I was fortunate to be on a team whose pitching coach was Mel Stottlemyre, the former Yankees star pitcher(投手) and Mets and Yankees coach. I was upset when Mel died of cancer on Jan. 13, 2018, at the age of 77.
He was warm, friendly and treated us as if we were major leagues. He asked me whether I would like to pitch and showed me how to throw a “two-seamer”, a fastball that tends to sink, as well as a straight four-seam fastball. I knew that pitching was not for me. At age 45, my experience in organizing baseball was limited to a couple of years in Little League in the Bronx, and softball games as an adult. Mel eventually left the Mets and became the pitching coach for the Yankees. I followed his career and knew about his diagnosis of multiple myeloma(骨髓瘤), a blood cancer, in April 2000, and a stem cell transplant.
In the summer of 2002, I was diagnosed as multiple myeloma and was told that I needed a stem-cell transplant by the same group of doctors at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center that had treated Mel.
This shocked me, and frankly, I became quite depressed. I vowed that somehow I would try to speak to Mel. One day, my phone rang. Mel was calling from the Yankee' locker room. I asked him to tell me everything about his treatment. He spent 30 minutes generously explaining all the details. I hung on every word. He told me how well he was feeling and ended the conversation by giving me his home phone number! "I feel great, and I'm not retiring," he told me.
This incredible experience lifted my spirits. Every time I saw Mel during games on TV as I awaited my transplant, I repeated to myself, "Look at Mel. If he can do it, so can I."
1.Why did the author say he was lucky in Paragraph 1?
A.He joined a famous team.
B.He met an unusual coach.
C.He was successfully cured.
D.He was chosen as a pitcher.
2.What do we know about the author?
A.He was not skilled in pitching.
B.He was a good baseball player.
C.He called Mel for his treatment.
D.He forgot what Mel had told him.
3.How old was Mel when he was diagnosed as multiple myeloma?
A.23. B.45.
C.59. D.6l.
4.What would be a suitable title for the text?
A.The Skills Taught by My Former Coach
B.The Transplant Given by the Same Doctors
C.My Baseball Team Helping Me Out
D.My Coach's Spirits Shining on Me
Study with Oxford Royale Academy during your Gap Year and prepare for success at university and beyond.
Key Features:
Live and study in Oxford, UK for 10 weeks
Start in September, January or April
Choose your course from a broad range of options
Enjoy academic tutorials (指导课) and independent research
Take part in debating sessions and academic tips
Attend public events at nearby universities
Make new international friends
Course Summary
Students leaving school increasingly welcome some time to decide on their next steps before starting university or entering the workplace. They may choose to take up to a year off to travel, volunteer and explore new horizons. This is also known as a gap year. Those experiences undoubtedly provide valuable opportunities to acquire life skis. However, universes and employers also appreciate evidence of constructive academic development during a gap year. Our 10-wek Gap Year Programmed enables students to achieve both. Our academic focus strengthens their profile (简历) for future university applications or career.
Additional Arrangements
Volunteering
Community Service
Supplementary Study
Expert advice on applying to universities, including support with entrance exams.
Support with the ELTS test-an exam which many international students take ahead of further education.
Careers Guidance
Advice on which career to choose based on your skill set and personality.
Dates
Academic Year 2018-2019
9th September —16th November 2018 (Winter Term)
6th January—15th March 2019 (Spring Term) 24th March-3lst May 2019 (Summer Term)
Fees
Programme | Fees per Term |
Gap Year Programme | £13,995 (includes accommodation, breakfast and dinner, welcome pack, textbooks and resources, excursions, graduation certificate and bound copy of extended project)
|
Equipment Supplement
| £1,000 (only applicable to the Future Filmmakers courses to cover costs for the necessary equipment) |
Supplementary Study (Optional) | £l,500 per option |
1.What’s the goal of the Gap Year Programme?
A.To assist students to study for IELTS.
B.To let students experience a different culture.
C.To provide students with professional training.
D.To get students better prepared for future study or career.
2.What can you do if you attend the Gap Year Programme?
A.Receive career guidance.
B.Get psychological support.
C.Attend lectures at nearby universities.
D.Study in Oxford from September to April.
3.How much do you have to pay at least if you want to study the Future Filmmakers Course?
A.£13,995. B.£14,995.
C.£16,495. D.£11,495
假定你是李华，你的美国朋友Jack听说你大学准备攻读“中医药学”专业，发邮件向你询问原由，请你回复邮件。内容包括：
1. 中医简介；
2. 家庭影响；
3. 个人愿望。
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
参考词汇：中医药学 Traditional Chinese Medicine(TCM)
Dear Jack,
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Yours,
Li Hua
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分
My little brother was almost three years old while I took him to the post office in our town for a first time. As I fill out my return receipt form, my brother looked around at another people in line. I noticed him staring at the pictures on the wall. “Who is the people on the wall?” he asked. I explained patiently him that they were bad people that the police were searching for them. My brother looked up at me with the sweetest face but asked curiously, “Then why didn’t they keep them when take their pictures?” I was complete without words.
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Dujiangyan was built over 2,200 years ago in what is now Sichuan Province in Southwest China. It is 1. oldest man-made water system in the world. This amazing engineering achievement is still used today to irrigate over 6,000 square kilometers of farmland, take away floodwater and provide water for fifty 2. (city) in the province.
In ancient times, the region in 3. Dujiangyan now stands suffered from regular floods 4. (cause) by the overflow from the Minjiang River. Li Bing, the governor of the region, together with his son, decided to find a way to solve the problem.
The simplest way was to build a dam, 5. this would ruin the Minjiang River. So Li designed a series of channels that would take away the floodwater while leaving the river flowing 6. (free). Better still, the extra water could be directed to the dry Chengdu Plain, making it 7. (suit) for farming.
Once the system was finished, no more floods occurred and people were able to live peacefully. Today, Dujiangyan 8. (admire) by scientists from around the world because of one feature. 9. (like) modern dams where the water is blocked with a huge wall, Dujiangyan still lets water flow through the Minjiang River naturally, making it possible for ecosystem and fish populations 10. (exist) in harmony.
