B
Owning a smartphone may not be as smart as you think．They may let you surf the Internet，listen to music and snap photos wherever you are...but they also turn you into a workaholic，it seems．A study suggests that，by giving you access to emails at all times．the all-singing．all-dancing mobile phone adds as much as two hours to your working day．
Researchers found that Britons work an additional 460 hours a year on average as they are able to respond to emails on their mobiles．The study by technology retailer Pixmania，reveals the average UK working day is between nine and ten hours，but a further two hours is spent responding to or sending work emails，or making work calls．Almost one in ten admits spending up to three hours outside their normal working day checking work emails．Some workers confess they are on call almost 24 hours a day，with nine out
of ten saying they take work emails and calls outside their normal working hours．Nearly two-thirds say they often check work emails just before they go to bed and as soon as they wake up，while over a third have replied to one in the middle of the night．
Ghadi Hobeika，marketing director of Pixmania，said：“The ability to access literally millions of apps，keep in contact via social networks and take photos and video as well as text and call has
made smartphones valuable for many people．However，there are drawbacks．Many companies expect their employees to be on call 24 hours a day，seven days a week，and smartphones mean that people literally cannot get away from work．The more constantly in contact we become。The more is expected of us in a work capacity．”
1.The text is probably taken from ．
A．a scientific report
B．a financial report
C．a newspaper
D．a literary journal
2.The underlined word “drawbacks” in the last paragraph probably means ．
A．advantages B．faults
C．mistakes D．features
3.Ghadi may agree that ．
A．employees are supposed to be on call 24 hours a day
B．the ability to access many apps made smartphones worthless
C．smartphones might turn a person into a workaholic
D．people literally cannot get away from work without smartphones
4.What is the main idea of this passage?
A．Smartphones are lengthening working hours．
B．Smartphones are becoming valuable for many people．
C．Britons work art additional 460 hours a year on average．
D．Smartphones are more beneficial to our life than we think．
A
A month after Hurricane Katrina，I returned home in New Orleans．There lay my house，reduced to waist-high rains，smelly and dirty． Before the trip，I’d had my car fixed．When the office employee of the garage was writing up the bill．she noticed my Louisiana license plate．“You from New Orleans? ”she asked．I said l was，
“No charge．”She said，and firmly shook her head when I reached for my wallet．The next day I went for a haircut，and the same thing happened．
As my wife was studying in Florid，we decided to move there and tried to find a rental house that we could afford while also paying off a mortgage(抵押贷款)on our ruined house．We looked at many places，but none was satisfactory．We’d begun to accept that we’d have to live in extremely reduced circumstances for a while，when I got a very curious e-mail from a James Kennedy in California．He’d read some pieces I’d written about our sufferings for State，an online
magazine and wanted to give us (“no conditions attached”)a new house across the lake from New Orleans．It sounded too good to be true，but I replied，thanking him for his exceptional generosity，that we had no plans to go back．Then a poet of the University of Florida offered to let his house to me while he went to England on his one-year-paid leave．The rent was rather reasonable．Imentioned the poet’s offer to James Kennedy，and the next day he sent a check covering our entire rent for eight months．
Throughout this painful experience，the kindness of strangers backs my faith in humanity．It’s almost worth losing you worldly possessions to be reminded that people really want to be kind when given a channel．
1.Which one shows the right time order?
①James Kennedy sent us a check．
②A poet offered his house to us．
③Our home was reduced to ruins．
④The garage employee charged us nothing．
⑤We came back to New Orleans．
A．④③⑤①② B．③④⑤②①
C．④③⑤②① D．③④⑤①②
2.What do you know about James Kennedy?
A．He was a friend of the writer．
B．He offered the writer a house in California．
C．He worked for an online magazine．
D．He was concerned about the writer’s sufferings．
3.It can be inferred from the passage that ．
A．The mortgage on the ruined house didn’t need to be paid off
B．The house rents in New Orleans were reasonable after the hurricane
C．The writer rebuilt his faith in humanity by losing his worldly possessions
D．The writer made it through the painful period with people's kindness
4.How is the passage developed?
A．By showing contrasting facts．
B．By making classification
C．By giving examples．
D．By analyzing causes and effects．
B
People always talk about what they look for in close friendships，what they from friends，what they are willing to give as the of what they have taken and how satisfied they are with the quality of their friendships．
Friendship is a(n) form of human relation．Unlike marriage or the ties between parents and children，it is not defined or by law．Unlike other roles that we are expected to play in society as citizens，employees and members of organizations，it has its own principle，which is to feelings of warmth，trust，love and affection between two people．
Findings in a recent survey that topics of trust and betrayal are central to friendship．It is also suggested that human do not look for friends only among those who are most like them；
，we find many who in race ，religion，and ethnic background．
1.A．hope B．wish C．expect D．suffer
2.A．request B．demand C．addition D．reward
3.A．special B．distant C．harmonious D．individual
4.A．created B．managed C．consumed D．solved
5.A．necessary B．valuable C．complicated D．social
6.A．benefit B．develop C．support D．influence
7.A．announce B．indicate C．Express D．ensure
8.A．however B．consequently C．moreover D．therefore
9.A．differ B．resemble C．divide D．believe
A
I had arrived at the airport about 30 minutes before the check in．It had been a very busy three days for me with lots of meetings．So I was glad to have the time to make my notes on what I needed to do the following day，but suddenly the announcement came that my flight had to be delayed．
As I sat waiting for my to be called，I reflected on my last meeting of the day．It was not a business meeting but rather a very enjoyable with an old business friend I had not seen for over 12 years．Our lunch was spent recalling times gone by filling each other in what had happened in our lives over the last 12 years．We both laughed and smiled as we the good times and the great experiences we had shared together．
It was great to have this additional time to replay in my mind what we had talked about．I realized just how important it was to have regular of the good times in our life．I was enough to have had the chance to take a short break and look back on the good things that had happened in my life． It was somewhat like looking at an old photo album in a cupboard in your house．There before your eyes are lots of wonderful memories that take you back to times and places，and most importantly to those people who are in the ．
My flight home was finally called three hours later．I smiled as I the plane and realized that I was not at all about the delay in the flight，as I had been able to spend the time reflecting on the good times from days gone by．
1.A．rest B．extra C．break D．alone
2.A．flight B．number C．turn D．name
3.A．chat B．negotiation C．lunch D．gathering
4.A．as well as B．as far as C．as soon as D．as long as
5.A．reviewed B．reflected C．recalled D．restored
6.A．memories B．rehearsals C．performances D．reminders
7.A．depressed B．embarrassed C．Lucky D．proud
8.A．left out B．stored away C．put out D．set away
9.A．pictures B．cupboard C．present D．past
10.A．took B．boarded C．reached D．1anded
11.A．disturbed B．puzzled C．afraid D．upset
一Cathy can’t come for dinner．She’s leaving for London tonight．
一 ．I hope I can talk to her soon．
A．Never mind B．With pleasure
C．Yes，she should D．What a shame
…Are there any CDs of Adele left in the store?
一There are only a few， ．
A．if ever B．if any
C．if some D．if not
