“What is the meaning of life?” This is a _______ that we all ask ourselves at one point or another of our _______ here. It is a question that I have asked myself many times over the years.
The best answer that I ever _______ was written by the great psychologist, Viktor Frankl who had _______ the Nazi Concentration camps in World War II. Frankl wrote that “The meaning of life is to give life meaning.”
When I was a young boy I gave my life meaning by _______ playing, running, jumping, swimming， _______ and riding my bike. When I went to _______ I gave my life meaning by learning, studying hard, getting good _______ and trying to make my Mom and Dad _______ . When I was a teenage boy I found meaning in playing sports, hanging out with my friends, and trying to ________ girls. In college I found my meaning by deciding what I wanted to study and what ________ I wanted to prepare for. When I was working ________ a teacher I found meaning in helping to open young ________ to new ideas and old wisdom. When I ________ and had children I found meaning in protecting， providing for, and ________ those I loved.
As I got older, I began to realize that meaning isn't something that ________ and goes.
We can give meaning to every moment of our lives here. We can bring meaning to the thoughts we ________. We can bring meaning to the things we do. We can bring meaning to the hearts we ________ . All we have to do is love. It is love ________ gives life meaning and makes life ________ living.
1.A.question B.choice C.decision D.advice
2.A.society B.dream C.existence D.conditions
3.A.came across B.came out C.came up D.came to
4.A.worked B.escaped C.managed D.survived
5.A.actually B.simply C.fully D.lonely
6.A.crying B.laughing C.complaining D.worrying
7.A.work B.university C.school D.camp
8.A.friends B.books C.grades D.behavior
9.A.anxious B.sad C.optimistic D.proud
10.A.impress B.observe C.respect D.support
11.A.major B.position C.purpose D.career
12.A.with B.as C.against D.for
13.A.minds B.ideas C.opinions D.feelings
14.A.graduated B.married C.changed D.grew
15.A.looking over B.going over C.watching over D.taking over
16.A.runs B.stands C.comes D.flies
17.A.provide B.imagine C.suggest D.think
18.A.feel B.touch C.meet D.share
19.A.that B.what C.whether D.which
20.A.by B.for C.like D.worth
Earthquakes strike without warning and are among the most destructive natural disasters. Keeping calm and proper reaction can sometimes save your life. To ride out an earthquake, remember the phrase “drop, cover, and hold on.” 1.
1. Move away from buildings, street lights, power lines, and bridges.
2. As soon as the ground begins shaking, try to get as far away as possible from any nearby structures. Do not seek shelter under a bridge or overpass.
2. Crouch down low in a wide open area until the shaking stops.
Once you've made your way away from nearby structures, get on your hands and knees and cover your head. See if there are any objects nearby to use as a shield (遮蔽物）, such as a trash can lid. 3.
3. 4.
As you go out after the earthquake, be careful of broken glass, rubble, downed power lines, fallen trees, and any other potential danger. Check yourself and anyone nearby for injuries. If necessary,perform first aid and call emergency services.
4. Get to higher ground if you're on the shore or near a dam.
Earth quakes can cause tsunamis, so put distance between yourself and the coast. If a shaking lasts more than 20 seconds, 5. Get to ground that's at least 100 ft (30 m)above sea level or 2 miles (3.2 km)from the shore.
A.Drop to your hands and knees under a table or desk.
B.Watch out for danger as you observe your surroundings.
C.If possible, grab a pillow, sofa cushion, or another object to cover your face and head.
D.Here are four tips helping you survive an earthquake if you are outdoors.
E.Don't wait for an alarm or warning to escape.
F.The most dangerous locations during an earthquake are areas immediately around buildings.
G.If none are available, cover your head and neck with your hands and arms.
Body language is a part of non-verbal language. It includes things like the way you stand, gestures, facial expressions, and even small things like a nod of the head. We frequently communicate both bodily and verbally and about 70% of what we communicate may be non-verbal.
There are many ways to learn to understand body language but we must be aware that it is frequently connected to a culture. Still, since most of us live in one area where body language may be similar among people, it's important to know that you can communicate a lot by how you gesture. A person in much of the US who sits with hands crossed over the chest, and with legs crossed,may be sending a message that they're really not open to talking.
Eye contact is another key element of non-verbal contact in much of the Western world. Looking someone in the eyes enough but not too much may indicate that you're direct and frank.
How we gesture can tell people the level of confidence we have, or if we're a little too insistent on our opinions. Huge gestures may mean we have something to prove. Moderate gestures may simply suggest we're involved and confident in what we have to say.
Even the way you turn your head, shrug, yawn, look at your watch may all be forms of non-verbal communication that send clear signals to other people. Looking at your watch when you're in a meeting with your boss can send the message that you're bored.
If you really think your body language is improper or needs improvement, opening this book on non-verbal communication can help. You can also compare your gestures with those in the video to see if you are sending right messages.Confident body language common to a culture can be learned and may make you appear more confident or direct.
1.Which of the following is not included in body languages?
A.Eye movement. B.Facial expressions.
C.Gestures. D.Accent.
2.What should you do in a job interview?
A.Crossing your arms while standing. B.Looking at your watch frequently.
C.Using moderate gestures. D.Always staring at the interviewers.
3.What can we know about body languages?
A.Body language is cultural.
B.Body language is equal to nonverbal language.
C.People from different places have the same meaning of a gesture.
D.Body language plays a slightly important role in our communication.
4.What's the purpose of this passage?
A.To give some suggestions on body language.
B.To advertise a book on body language.
C.To list some body language types.
D.To introduce something about body language.
BEIJING-China has seen reduced desertification and increased forest coverage since 1978, thanks to the Three-North Afforestation Program (TNAP).
Constructed in the northeast, north and northwest China, TNAP is a national program fighting against soil erosion and wind-sand damage by planting sand-fixing forests. The area of sand-fixing forests has increased by 154 percent in the past 40 years, contributing to the reduction of desertification by around 15 percent, according to a report jointly released by the National Forestry and Grassland Administration (NFGA)and the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Over the past 40 years, TNAP increased the forest area by 30.14 million hectares and raised the forest coverage rate from 5.05 percent to 13.57 percent in the regions it covers, said Liu Dongsheng, deputy head of the NFGA.
“China's desertification area has obviously reduced since 2000 due to the construction of the Three-North affor-estation and people's increasing awareness of environmental protection,” said Zhu Jiaojun, head of the Institute of Applied Ecology in the northeastern city of Shenyang. Three-North protective forests helped reduce sandstorms by fixing the sources of sand on the ground, Zhu said.
The program also played a role in preventing sandstorms in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. Official data showed the time of sandstorms per year dropped from 5.1 days in 1978 to 0.1 days in 2015.
1.How much desert has been reduced in the past 40 years?
A.154%. B.15%.
C.5.05%. D.13.57%.
2.Which of the following has the similar meaning to the underlined word “erosion” in paragraph 2?
A.Loss. B.Increase.
C.Exploration. D.Production.
3.What can we infer from the passage?
A.The desert in the north has been replaced by forest.
B.The sand-fixing forest is effective in reducing desert.
C.The sandstorm has completely disappeared in China.
D.People haven't realized environmental protection.
4.Which is the best title of the passage?
A.Sand-fixing forests protect soil. B.Forests in China has increased.
C.Beijing say goodbye to sandstorms. D.China sees reduced desertification.
Imagine this: you are twenty-one years old and a promising graduate student at one of the top universities in the world. One day, your doctor tells you that you have an incurable disease and may not have more than twelve months to live. How would you feel? What would you do? Here is what Stephen Hawking thought:
（There did not seem) much point in working on my PhD-I did not expect to survive that long. Yet two years had gone by and I was not that much worse. In fact, things were going rather well for me and I had got engaged to a very nice girl, Jane Wilde. But in order to get married, I needed a job,and in order to get a job, I needed a PhD.
Instead of giving up, Hawking went on with his research, got his PhD and married Jane. Nor did he let the disease stop him from living the kind of life he had always dreamt of. He continued his exploration of the universe and travelled around the world to give lectures. As his disease has disabled him, Hawking has to sit in his now-famous wheelchair and speak through a computer. He talked about his theories and thoughts on some of the greatest questions: What is time, how did the universe begin,and what exactly are black holes?
Hawking became famous in the early 1970s, when he and American Roger Penrose made new discoveries about the Big Bang and black holes. Since then, Hawking has continued to seek answers to questions about the nature of the universe. In 1988, he wrote A Brief History of Time, which quickly became a best-seller. Readers were pleased and surprised to find that a scientist could write about his work in a way that ordinary people could understand. The book sold more than 5.5 million copies in 33 different languages.
1.According to the quote in paragraph 2, when was Stephen Hawking told about his disease?
A.Twelve months earlier. B.When he was getting married.
C.Two years earlier. D.When he met Jane Wilde.
2.Why did Stephen Hawking think: “There did not seem much point in working on my PhD?”
A.Because there was no point in being a PhD. B.Because he thought he would die soon.
C.Because there was no hope of being PhD. D.Because he had no place to work.
3.What made Hawking known to the world in 1970s?
A.His book A Brief History of Time. B.His discovery about the Big Bang and black hole.
C.His fighting against the disease. D.His lectures to university students.
4.What can we learn from Steven Hawking?
A.Where there is a will,there is a way. B.Every road leads to Rome.
C.Practice makes perfect. D.Better late than never.
Asia is the birthplace of the world's three ancient civilizations: ancient China, ancient India and Babylon. Each
gave the world different architectural styles and global landmarks. Let's take a look at the architecture of Asian civilizations.
1. The Great Wall of China
The Great Wall of China is an ancient defense project with the longest construction time and the largest workload put into a landmark, extending to a total length of more than 50,000 kilometers. Only when you have been to the Great Wall and experienced its majesty can you truly say you have visited China.
2. Angkor Wat, Cambodia
The Angkor Wat in Cambodia is one of the largest religious (宗教的）sights in the world, built on a site measuring 162.6 hectares. It was built by the Khmer King Suryavarman II in the early 12th century in Yasodharapura (present-day Angkor), the capital of the Khmer Empire, as his state temple and eventual mausoleum(陵墓）。
3.Taj Mahal, India
The Taj Mahal is an ivory-white mausoleum on the south bank of the river Yamuna in the Indian city of Agra. It was constructed in 1632 by Mughal emperor Shah as the tomb of his favorite wife, Mumtaz Mahal. The Taj Mahal was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1983 for being “the jewel of Muslim art in India and one of the universally admired masterpieces of the world's heritage”.
4.The Senso-ji, Japan
The Senso-ji is an ancient Buddhist temple in Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan. It is Tokyo's oldest temple, and one of its most significant. Close to the temple is a five-story pagoda, Shinto shrine, the Asakusa Shrine, as well as shops with traditional goods in the Nakamise-dori. The Sensoji temple is dedicated to Kannon Bosatsu(观音菩萨）, the Bodhisattva of compassion.
1.Of the four sites,which one is NOT related to religion?
A.The Great Wall. B.Angkor Wat.
C.Taj Mahal D.The Senso-ji.
2.What do Angkor Wat and Taj Mahal have in common?
A.They both cover large areas. B.They both date back to 17th century.
C.They are both Muslim art. D.They are both mausoleums.
3.What can't tourists do in The Senso-ji?
A.Know about Muslim culture. B.Appreciate Japanese ancient architecture.
C.Buy some souvenirs. D.Admire Kannon Bosatsu.
