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1.Bill is so rich that he wants to book the best hotel for his coming holidays.
2.Tonny wants to find a job as a tourist guide.
3.Jackson is interested in the fashion of men’s clothes next year.
4.Ken has to find a job and he thinks about going to the Internet for some information.
5.Lily would like to do some exercise after work.
A．Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana take on a more daring male customer. Their show will be on TV this Sunday evening.
B．International Bank(The bank offers a range of services including signature loans and other loan types with low rates.)
C．Guangzhou Kang An Bowling Center is open from 16:00 to 22:00 every weekday.
D．West Holiday. Part-time provided. Guide for the summer holiday. Good pay. Tel: 020-83322222
E. http://www.e51job.net
F. Five-star-hotel China Hotel. Add: No. 1 Liu Hua Rd, Tel: 020-86666888
Old age may not sound exciting. But recent findings offer good news for older people and for people worried about getting older. Researchers found that people become happier and experience less worry after they reach the age of 50. In fact, they say by the age of 85, people are happier with their life than they were when they were 18 years old.
The findings came from a survey of more than 340,000 adults in the United States. The Gallup Organization questioned them by telephone in 2008. At that time, the people were between the ages of 18 and 85. The researchers asked questions about emotions like happiness, sadness and worry. They also asked about mental or emotional stress.
Arthur Stone in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at Stony Brook University in New York led the study. His team found that levels of stress were highest among adults between the ages of 24 and 25. The findings showed that stress levels dropped sharply after people reached their fifties.
The study also showed that men and women have similar feeling patterns as they grow older. However, women at all ages reported more sadness, stress and worry than men.
Researchers say they do not know why happiness increases as people get older. One theory is that, as people grow older, they grow more thankful for what they have and have better control of their feelings. They so spend less time thinking about bad experiences.
Professor Stone says the emotional patterns could be linked to changes in how people see the world, or maybe even changes in brain chemistry.
The researchers also considered possible influences like having young children, being unemployed or being single. But they found that influences like these did not affect the levels of happiness and well-being related to age.
1.According to the survey of the Gallup Organization people are most likely to become happier .
A．when they are between the ages of 18 and 85 B．when they come to their old age
C．when they are in their twenties D．when they are 18 years old
2.You may have the highest level of stress when you are at the age of .
A．20 B．25 C．35 D．40
3.According to Arthur Stone, old people may .
A．have a positive attitude towards their life B．know how to spend money wisely
C．dream about good things every day D．control their behaviors better
4.Who would probably show the greatest interest in the passage?
A．Those who are worried about getting old B．Those who are single and unemployed
C．Those who feel unhappy all the time D．Those who suffer from mental stress
5.What would be the best title for the passage?
A．Getting Older Means Getting Happier B．The Young Are Happier Than the Old
C．Women Are Easier to Be Happy in Life D．The Younger, the Happier
Take a look at teenagers around, dressed in baggy-pants (宽松裤), drinking soft drinks such as coke, reading Japanese cartoons. Whether you are in Beijing, Wuhan or Hong Kong, you will get the same impression. But should we copy others or should we maintain (保留) our differences?
It sounds convenient that people around the world speak the same language, dress in the same style, eat the same food and play the same games. If the world was like this, you won’t feel strange in any corner of world. But just imagine living in such a strange world. How dull and colorless it would be!
Different kinds of food that people can taste, the colorful and fashionable clothes that we dress in and different languages we speak are all part of the different cultures that our ancestors left us. These differences represent their creativity (创造力) and talent. And we all enjoy different cultures in our daily lives. When you travel to other places, you want to see different things. When you talk to foreigners you expect to listen to interesting stories. These differences in culture are what make life colorful.
But the whole world is shrinking into a small village as globalization (全球化) takes effect and many different cultures are disappearing. In most big cities around the world people wear the same clothes. Fast food stores are everywhere. Hollywood movies are kicking traditional performing arts out of our lives. The colors of our life are disappearing.
There is joke that even the panda and zebra want to live a colorful life. So let’s take action to protect our colorful culture before it becomes as simple as black and white.
It’s not difficult. Learning some folk songs, trying on a traditional clothing and even eating local food instead of going to KFC can help. And we’re sure you will enjoy it.
1.The passage is written to _______.
A．explain cultural differences B．convince readers to maintain cultural differences
C．predict the future of globalization D．show some cultural phenomena(现象)
2.The author thinks that cultural differences _______.
A．make the world colorful B．make communication difficult
C．only exist in food and clothing D．will never fade away
3.The author starts the argument by ________.
A．mentioning certain cultural phenomena
B．mentioning his view at the very beginning
C．mentioning the opposite view at the very beginning
D．giving examples of cultural differences
4.The underlined word “shrink” probably means “_______”.
A．expand B．disappear C．become smaller D．grow in number
5.The author talks of all the following cultural phenomena except _______.
A．food B．clothing C．language D．architecture
I am a mother of three and have recently completed my college degree. The last class I had to take was Sociology. The teacher was really inspiring. The class was asked to go out and smile at three people.
I am a very 1 person and thought this would be a piece of cake. Soon after, my husband, youngest son, and I went out to McDonald’s. We were standing in line, waiting to be 2 , when all of a sudden everyone around us began to 3 away, and then even my husband did.
As I turned around I 4 a terrible “dirty body” smell, and there standing behind me were two poor 5 men. As I looked down at the short gentleman, he was “ 6 ”. His beautiful sky blue eyes were full of God’s Light as he searched for 7 . He said, “Good day” as he counted the few coins he had been 8 .
The young lady at the counter asked him what they wanted. He said, “Coffee is all Miss” because that was all they could 9 . He just wanted to be warm.
Then I really 10 it—the compulsion（冲动）was so great that I almost reached out and hugged the little man with the blue eyes.
That is when I noticed all eyes in the restaurant were set on me, judging(判断) my every action. I smiled and asked the young lady behind the counter to give me two more breakfast meals on a 11 tray（托盘）.
I then walked around the corner to the 12 that the men had chosen as a resting spot. I put the tray on the table and laid my hand on the blue-eyed gentleman’s 13 hand. He looked up at me, with 14 in his eyes, and said, “Thank you.”
I 15 with one of the biggest lessons I would ever learn: acceptance without condition.
1. A．friendly B．healthy C．proud D．willing
2. A．treated B．served C．welcomed D．greeted
3. A．give B．put C．move D．throw
4. A．sounded B．tasted C．felt D．smelled
5. A．happy B．careless C．homeless D．pleasant
6. A．smiling B．crying C．thinking D．nodding
7. A．help B．acceptance C．money D．pocket
8. A．saving B．hoping C．holding D．counting
9. A．save B．share C．afford D．drink
10. A．felt B．made C．got D．took
11. A．different B．clean C．expensive D．clean
12. A．corner B．door C．kitchen D．table
13. A．warm B．clean C．dirty D．cold
14. A．fear B．tears C．hope D．desire
15. A．began B．met C．graduated D．filled
— Could you do me a favor to take these books to the teachers’ office?
—________.
A．With pleasure B．That’s very kind of you
C．Good idea D．Yes, that’s right
Who is the girl ______ is drawing a picture under that tree?
A．that B．which C．whose D．what
