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Even if you really enjoy your job, it’ s still possible to battle boredom as you work. You may not be able to make big changes---or change your job---but you can make small adjustments to your routine that can make every day seem, well, a little less routine.

1.Switch Your Seat 

Change your outlook at the office by changing your office. Ask your supervisor to help you find a new desk. Even switching desks with a neighboring coworker can offer a fresh atmosphere.

   If it's not possible to change your location, see if you can change your desk’s direction. A new view can be just as refreshing as a new location.

2.______________

Start and end your day in a different way. Consider a new mode of transportation, if it’s possible. Take a subway. Ride a bike on sunny days. Carpool with a coworker. Use a new route to get to your job. You needn't change it for ever---just long enough to help you escape the boredom.

3.Find a New Work Style

   Sick of attending that long-standing Monday morning meeting? Try to change it to the afternoon.

   If you find yourself feeling most bored in the afternoons, try to arrange to do your favorite tasks then and tackle less desirable projects in the mornings.

If you usually communicate with coworkers via email and instant messaging, start dealing with people face to face. Increased communication with coworkers may help improve your mood.

4.Get and Set a Goal

   If your work is short of objectives, it's no wonder that work has become boring. Identify a goal and set an “achieve by” date for it.

Your goal needn’t be too ambitious as long as you have enough enthusiasm for it. Perhaps you want to make a new project. Maybe you’d like to pursue a promotion. Or you may even set a goal of finding a new job altogether. Whatever it is, actively move toward an objective.

1.What is the purpose of the passage? (within 15 words)

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2.Which sentence in the text is the closest in meaning to the following one?

 You will surely feel bored when you are not working toward something.

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3.Fill in the blank in Paragraph 5 with proper words. (within 8 words)

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4.List three methods of escaping from boredom in your daily work. (within 5 words for each)

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5.Translate the underlined sentence in the last paragraph into Chinese.

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1.To give some advice on how to battle boredom as you work. 2.If you're not working toward something, it's no wonder that work has become boring. 3.Change the way to go to work. 4.Enjoying music; Playing basketball with friends; Change to another subject 5.你的目标不必多么远大,只要你有足够的热情去完成它。
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Bob Riley speaks for the American School Bus Council. He says fuel prices for schools are not much lower than others have to pay. As a result, schools are looking for ways to reduce transportation costs. Bus routes are being redrawn or, in some cases, canceled . Some areas are buying buses that use natural gas or other alternative fuels. Other steps include fewer field trips and less travel by sports teams. And some school districts may end any bus service not required by law.

Studies show that school buses are the safest form of transportation to and from school. The American School Bus Council says cuts in bus service are bad for children and possibly the environment. It says removing buses from the road will mean an increase in other vehicles transporting students. Spokesman Bob Riley says another concern is that reducing bus services might reduce attendance.

But it could also get more children to walk or bicycle to school. And that would surely make people happy at the National Center for Safe Routes to School. More kids walking or biking safely to school is the aim of a three-year-old federal program, part of an international movement. The goal is to increase physical activity and reduce air pollution. The United States will celebrate Walk to School Day on October eighth this year. But for some students, high fuel prices could make every day a walk-to-school day.

1.This passage mainly tells us____________.

A. High fuel prices’ influences on school buses.

B. New measures to transport school students.

C. The safest form of student transportation.

D. The origin of Walk to School Day.

2.Which of the following information is implied in the first paragraph?

A. There are too many school buses in the United States.

B. There are too many students in the US.

C. Diesel prices are going up too rapidly in the US.

D. School buses consume too much diesel in the US.

3.What can we learn from Paragraph Three?

A. Cuts in bus service will have negative results.

B. The US government is encouraging cuts in bus services.

C. The US schools are searching for the safest transportation means.

D. Reducing bus service will do a lot of good to the environment.

4.In order to cut down transportation cost, many schools take the following measures EXCEPT____________.

A. changing some bus routes  

B. stopping some bus routes

C. asking parents to drive children to and from school

D. using other types of fuels

5.The National Center for Safe Routes to School encourages more children to walk or bike to school in order to ____________.

A. save more fuels and diesel for the country

B. keep the children safe on their way to school

C. make the children live a simple life

D. keep the children healthy and the environment clean

 

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Across the United States, there are several places where two independent towns grew together to become one city — but kept both their names.

Winston Salem is one of them. It’s a mid sized city in what’s called the plateau(high land), between the Atlantic Coast and the inland mountains in the state of North Carolina. The Winston part is a relatively new place, founded early this century. It’s home to the nation’s biggest open air tobacco market.

The giant R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company’s headquarters is in Winston Salem, and Winston is the name of one of Reynolds’ best known cigarette brands. Fast growing Winston soon surrounded the much older town of Salem, so in 1913, people in the area voted to combine them into a single place.

From a historical and tourist point of view, Salem, or Old Salem, as it’s called today, is the interesting and unusual part of town.

Salem was founded in the 1700s by the Moravians. They spoke German, and their community was religiously based, with single men and single women living apart in separate dormitories. The Moravians greatly valued women’s work and brainpower. In fact, one of the nation’s oldest boarding schools for young women— the Moravians’ Salem Academy founded in 1772 — is still in operation.

Over the years, Salem lost its Moravian character. That all changed, though, when a nonprofit group began to rehabilitate the historic area. These days Old Salem is what’s called a living history museum, with exhibits, music, and tours of 18th-century houses, taverns and Moravian dormitory buildings just seven blocks from the tallest skyscraper in Winston-Salem.

The historic community is booming again. Just as R. J. Reynolds is taking in millions of dollars making cigarettes across town, Old Salem is generating about ﹩15 million a year in tourism revenue and donations.

1.From the passage we can know that____________.

A. Winston Salem is the name of a city

B. Salem is home to the tobacco market

  C. the city Winston Salem has two names

  D. Old Salem is the name of a tobacco brand

2.It can be inferred from Paragraph 3 that__________.

  A. the two cities benefited each other

  B. Salem developed faster than Winston

  C. R.J. Reynolds Company has moved into Salem

  D. the combination meets the wishes of the people

3.The city Salem is special for its__________.

  A. boarding school                           B. lifestyle and tradition

  C. respect for brainpower                     D. religious belief

4.The underlined word“rehabilitate”in Paragraph 6 is closest in meaning to “___  __  _”.A. reconstruct       B. evaluate          C. enlarge         D. decorate

5.What will probably be talked about in the following part?

A. Some other attractions in Winston Salem.

B. How Winston makes profits from tourism.

C. Other examples of cities combined by two parts.

D. Something about the boarding school for women.       

 

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  Are some people born clever and others born stupid? Or is intelligence developed by our environment and our experiences? Strangely enough, the answer to both questions is yesTo some extent our intelligence is given to us at birthand no amount of special education can make a genius out of a child born with low intelligenceOn the other handa child who lives in a boring environment will develop his intelligence less than one who lives in rich and varied surroundingsThus the limits of a person’s intelligence are fixed at birthbut whether or not he reaches those limits will depend on his environmentThis view, now held by most expertscan be supported in a number of ways

   It is easy to show that intelligence is to some extent something we are born withThe closer the blood relationship between two peoplethe closer they are likely to be in intelligenceThus if we take two unrelated people at random from the populationit is likely that their degrees of intelligence will be completely differentIf on the other hand we take two identical twinsthey will very likely be as intelligent as each other. Relations like brothers and sistersparents and childrenusually have similar intelligence, and this clearly suggests that intelligence depends on birth

   Imagine now that we take two identical twins and put them in different environmentsWe might send onefor exampleto a university and the other to a factory where the work is boringWe would soon find differences in intelligence developing, and this indicates that environment as well as birth plays a partThis conclusion is also suggested by the fact that people who lives in close contact with each other, but who are not related at allare likely to have similar degrees of intelligence

1.Which of the following best describes the writer’s point in Paragraph One?

      ATo some extent, intelligence is given at birth

      BIntelligence is developed by the environment

      CSome people are born clever and others born stupid

      DIntelligence is fixed at birth, but is developed by the environment

2.In the first paragraph“no amount of special education can make a genius out of a child born with low intelligence” suggests that           .

Ano environment can change the least able into the most able

      Bthe difference in men’s intelligence depends on the amount of their education

      Cif a person is born clever, he is certain to be a genius

      Dif a person is born stupid, nothing can change him into an educated person

3.The last paragraph mainly shows          .

      Athe importance of education

      Bthe relationship between environment and birth

      Cthe writer’s final conclusion

      Dthe relationship between intelligence and environment

4.The key word of this passage would be            .      

ADependence on Education              BIntelligence

      CSurroundings                         DEffect of Education

5.Which statement about the passage is true?

      AAll twins have similar degrees of intelligence

                        BA man who is educated in university must make greater achievements than a man who works in a boring factory

     CProper education can change one’s intelligence at some degree

     DEducation can’t make a child born with low intelligence cleverer.

 

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Helen Thomas, born on August 4, 1920, is a famous news reporter for the Hearst News Service, and a member of the White House Press CorpsShe served for fiftyseven years as a correspondent and White House bureau chief for United Press International(UPI)She is called“ First Lady of the Press”

    Born in KentuckyHelen Thomas was raised in DetroitMichigan where she attended public schools and later graduated from Wayne State University. Upon leaving collegeHelen served as a copy girl in an old company in WashingtonIn 1943Ms Thomas joined United Press International and the Washington Press CorpsThomas served as president of the Women’s National Press Club from 1959 to 1960

    In NovemberHelen began covering then president-elect John F. Kennedy, following him to the White House in January 1961 as a UPI correspondent(通讯员)She later became White House bureau chief for UPI, where she was employed until her resignation on May 17,2000Thomas then became a White House correspondent and a columnist

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On March 21, 2006, Thomas was called upon directly by President Bush for the first time in three yearsThomas asked Bush about IraqHelen Thomas has written four books and she is also a popular speaker at events nationwide

1.What’s the correct order of the events?

     aThomas joined the United Press International and the Washington Press Corps

     bThomas traveled with President Nixon to China

     cThomas served as president of the Women’s National Press Club

     dThomas resigned

     eThomas was called upon by President Bush

     fThomas became a White House correspondent and a columnist

     Aa, b, c, d, e, f       Ba, c, b, d, f, e   Ca, c, b, d, e, f    Da, d, e, f, c, b

2.Which of the following is NOT true?

    AThomas made speeches about events nationwide

    BThomas has written four books

    CThomas covered every Economic Summit when traveling with US presidents

    DThomas became a correspondent after she graduated from university

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     AThomas is called “ First Lady of America ”

     BPresident Bush received Thomas once in his term

     CThomas is the most influential woman in America.

    DThomas traveled to China with president Nixon several times.

4.The passage tells us that Thomas          

     Awas very poor when she was young

     Bserved as president of the Women’s National Press Club for three years

     Ctraveled with then President Nixon to China without any other woman journalist .

     Dhas written many books and is popular worldwide

5.What’s the best title for the passage?

     AA successful news reporter------Helen Thomas.

     BThe first lady of the press------Helen Thomas.

     CLife experience of Helen Thomas.

     DHelen Thomas and her career.

 

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 “Father, I don’t like to go to school,” said Harry Williams one morning. “I wish you  1let me stay at home. Charles Parker’s father doesn’t make him go to school.”

Mr. Williams took his little boy   2the hand, and said kindly to him, “Come, my son. I want to  3you something in the garden.”

    Harry walked into the garden with his father, who led him along   4they came to a bed in which peas(豌豆) were growing. Not a weed(杂草) was to be  5about their roots.

“See how beautifully these peas are   6, my son,” said Mr. Williams. “How clean and healthy the vines() look. We shall have a good   7. Now let me show you the vines in Mr. Parker’s garden.”

   Mr. Williams then   8Harry to look at Mr. Parker’s pea vines.

   After a few moments, Mr. Williams asked, “Well, my son, what do you   9Mr. Parker’s pea vines?”

“Oh, Father!” replied the little boy. “I never saw such   10looking peas in my life! The weeds are nearly as   11as the peas themselves. There won’t be half a crop!” “   12are they so much worse than ours, Harry?”

“Because they have been left to grow as they   13.  I suppose Mr. Parker just planted them, and never took any care of them   14

“Yes. A garden will soon be overrun with weeds   15it is not taken good care of,” Mr. Williams   16, “and so it is with the human garden. Children’s minds are like garden beds. They must be   17cared for. I send you to school in order that the garden of your  18may have good seeds and   19plentifully. Now which would you   20, to stay at home or go to school?”

“I would rather go to school,” said Harry.

1.A. could                       B. should                 C. might                  D. would

2.A. in                            B. with                    C. by                        D. of

3.A. offer                        B. show                   C. give                    D. remind

4.A. when                       B. where                  C. before                 D. until

5.A. made                      B. changed              C. seen                   D. planted

6.A. growing                   B. moving               C. shaking               D. dancing

7.A. result                      B. harvest               C. match                 D. present

8.A. forced                     B. ordered               C. followed              D. led

9.A. think of                 B. look at                C. hear of               D. deal with

10.A. ugly                      B. fine                     C. dirty                   D. poor

11.A. deep                      B. long                    C. high                    D. wide

12.A. When                    B. Why                   C. Where                D. How

13.A. pleased                  B. stayed                 C. left                     D. belonged

14.A. ahead                    B. outside                C. forward               D. afterward

15.A. as                          B. or                       C. if                        D. so

16.A. required                B. answered            C. explained            D. announced

17.A. carefully                B. correctly             C. gently                 D. slightly

18.A. school                   B. mind                   C. family                 D. dream

19.A. produce                 B. develop               C. decrease             D. drop

20.A. find                       B. support               C. know                   D. prefer

 

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