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I was 11 when you were born, and in your first few years I often looked after you, bathed and dressed you and took you out for walks. I have______ memories of your childhood. Of ______you up as a “rock star”. Of watching you dance ______ nightclothes. Of your insistence that I make your school lunch ______ I put so much more peanut butter on your ______ than anyone else. Of the______ phone call we ever had----an echo (共鸣) of my own university years—when you wanted to ______ university and study dance.
Since we have grown up, I have lived through you, although you may not know it. You had the opportunity I so ______ wanted but never got ---- to train in the dancing arts. I encouraged our parents to support you because I have always ______ how my life would be if they hadn’t chosen a(n) ______ career path for me, their eldest child.
I know you have ______ to hunt for work and confidence, and that you probably wonder sometimes if you made the right choice. ______ , I am happy for you and proud that I played some small role in helping you to ______ a dream.
There is a ______ between us now. It has grown since I first left home, and in the ______ I missed your teenager years. That ______ me greatly. I imagine that you believe we have very little in common—a ______ in the city and a biologist in West Africa---but in you I ______ some of my own dreams realized.
But beyond that, even at 12 or 13 I felt as much a mother to you as an older sister. So, on the rare ______ when we see each other, I want to know everything, from your concerns, hopes to delights.
I wish, there were an arm’s ______ between us. I hope we can one day be sisters or friends again. I still make a tasty peanut butter sandwich for you.
1.A. vivid B. admirable C. awful D. painful
2.A. making B. dressing C. taking D. picking
3.A. on B. over C. in D. with
4.A. as B. while C. though D. if
5.A. noodles B. pies C. cakes D. sandwiches
6.A. longest B. farthest C. simplest D. hardest
7.A. give in to B. look away from C. drop out of D. go in for
8.A. merely B. scarcely C. perfectly D. badly
9.A. wondered B. regretted C. realized D. believed
10.A. special B. traditional C. official D. original
11.A. managed B. struggled C. preferred D. rejected
12.A. Moreover B. Therefore C. However D. Otherwise
13.A. support B. oppose C. have D. follow
14.A. plan B. promise C. conflict D. distance
15.A. experience B. process C. situation D. direction
16.A. frightens B. touches C. upsets D. comforts
17.A. dancer B. teacher assistant C. actress D. rock star
18.A. hope B. see C. keep D. remember
19.A. stages B. vacations C. spots D. occasions
20.A. width B. height C. length D. depth
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Plenty of job seekers, according to career and workplace consultant Alexandra Levit, are making major mistakes at those big, important meetings with their would-be bosses. Candidates would do well to avoid the following interview mistakes:
1.
At most job interviews, both parties—the interviewer and the interviewee—are expected to ask questions. Do your homework on the company and make sure your questions aren’t so obvious that they can be answered with a five-second Google search.
“ 2. You shouldn’t ask too many general questions because they might have the opinion that you should know some of the answers.” Levit said.
Talking too much.
Even if you’re really smart, you won’t impress anybody if you don’t do your fair share of listening.
“It should be a two-way conversation,” Levit said. “ 3. Really take the time to read between the lines and pay attention to what they are saying.”
Treating the interviewer like a friend.
Of course you want to be friendly with your interviewer, but it’s important to remember that this person is not someone with whom you’ll be throwing back a few beers next weekend. You have to keep your guard up.
“You don’t want to treat them as if they’re someone you can take into your confidence.” Levit said. “ 4. ”
Bad-mouthing your last employer.
Sometimes, even your last boss was Satan himself. 5. Find a way to put a positive reason on why you left—or plan to leave—your last job.
“Don’t say, ‘Oh I left because my company was insufferable,’” Levit said. “The employer is going to be sitting there thinking you’re going to be saying that about them in three years and it isn’t going to fill them with confidence.”
A. Asking proper questions.
B. Failing to ask smart questions.
C. A job interview is not the time to uncover it.
D. Listen more and you’ll have more answers.
E. You’re not going to learn as much about their needs if you don’t listen.
F. You should portray yourself as confident, enthusiastic and professional.
G. You are supposed to have some knowledge of the industry and the position.
Do you have an emotional brain or a rational (理性的) one? Researchers at Australia’s Monash University have found actual difference in the brains of people who respond emotionally to others’ feelings compared with those who respond more rationally.
A study published in the journal NeuroImage has looked at whether people who have more brain cells in certain areas of the brain are better at certain types of empathy, according to Science Daily. Empathy is the ability to understand and share the feelings of another person, and the two types investigated were cognitive (认知的) empathy and affective (情感的) empathy.
“Every day people use empathy with, and without, their knowledge to get around in the social world,” said Robert Eres from Monash University’s School of Psychological Sciences. “We use it for communication, to build relationships, and to increase our understanding of others.”
“People who are high on affective empathy are often those who get quite fearful when watching a scary movie, or start crying during a sad scene. Those who have high cognitive empathy are those who are more rational, for example a psychologist helping someone,” explained Eres.
The results of the study showed that people with high scores for affective empathy had more gray matter in a part of the brain called the insula, found right in the “middle” of the brain. Those who scored higher for cognitive empathy had more in a part called the midcingulate cortex—an area above the corpus callosum, which connects the two halves of the brain.
The discovery “raises new questions—like whether people could train themselves to have more empathy, and whether those areas of the brain would become larger if they did, or whether we can lose our ability to empathize if we don’t use it enough”, according to Science Daily.
“In the future we want to investigate further by testing whether training people in empathy-related tasks can lead to changes in these brain areas. We also want to investigate if damage to these brain areas, as a result of a stroke (中风) for example, can lead to empathy problems.” said Eres.
Perhaps in the future we will all be able to empathize more with other people. Maybe you will cry at that sad movie after all!
1.Empathy can be used in the following situations EXCEPT that .
A. when a psychologist is helping a patient with his mental disease
B. when a teacher is comforting a student about his father’s death
C. when a mathematician is calculating the area of a farmland
D. when people are reading a story with a frightening ending
2.What does the research done by Monash University mainly show?
A. Differences in the brains of emotional and rational people.
B. Whether a rational brain works better than an emotional one.
C. What empathy is and how to improve people’s ability to empathize.
D. How to effectively train people to have more empathy cells in their brain.
3.Which of the following statements might Robert Eres disagree with?
A. People use empathy when they are or aren’t aware of it.
B. People tend to use empathy to build relationships or understand others.
C. People with higher affective empathy feel heart-broken when watching sad movies.
D. People who are more rational have been found to have more gray matter in their brains.
4.Which of the following will be one of the focuses of future investigations according to the article?
A. How to train people in empathy-related tasks.
B. Whether people can be trained to be more empathetic.
C. Whether empathy problems can lead to damage to areas of the brain.
D. Why people seem to lose their ability to empathize if they don’t use it enough.
Do you know a child who has used first aid to save a life or help an injured person?
St. John Ambulance is seeking young people who have acted quickly, calmly and effectively at a real emergency for its annual Young First Aider of the Year awards.
The awards are open to all those under 18, and the closing date for nomination (提名) is April 30, 2016. The winners will be invited to attend a special ceremony in June, 2016.
“St. John Ambulance believes it is essential for young people to learn first aid so that they can help anyone who is injured,” said Sandra Stocker, director of St. John Ambulance Awards Committee. “The Young First Aider of the Year is a wonderful way to celebrate their bravery and quick-thinking.”
Nomination for the Young First Aider of the Year is now open. Please complete and return the nomination forms as soon as possible and certainly no later than April 30, 2016. The committee will decide which of the nominees will receive the Young First Aider of the Year awards by considering the actions of the nominees along with their ages and other factors. You should send any evidence you have with the nomination form, showing the nominees’ actions.
Examples of evidence could include:
◆ Newspaper clippings (剪报) of the incident.
◆ Police incident record numbers.
Once a nomination form is received, the nominee or nominator may be approached for further details of the incident. For further information please get in touch with Sandra Stocker by email or on 020-73244082 or 020-73244083.
Find out who our winners will be for 2016.
1.What does the St. John Ambulance Awards Committee intend to convey?
A. Learning first aid can help young people win an award.
B. Young people should learn first aid to help the injured.
C. The injured are encouraged to act quickly and calmly.
D. St. John Ambulance gains its name by training first aiders.
2.If you suggest someone for the awards, you should ______.
A. provide some evidence of the incident
B. make a speech introducing yourself
C. attend the awards ceremony on time
D. have a good knowledge about first aid
3.Who might win the Young First Aider of the Year awards?
A. A child using first aid to save his father.
B. A child witnessing a girl save the injured.
C. An adult working in the emergency room.
D. An adult helping the injured with first aid.
4.Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
A. Demand for First Aiders
B. Importance of First Aid
C. Young First Aiders of the Year
D. St. John Ambulance Awards
Today was my high school reunion. I was the most remarkable student for all the wrong reasons. I was born with some birth defects and learning disabilities. I overcame them, but it was hard. While working blue-collar jobs, I lived in my car for a few years.
On a cold winter night several years ago, I met Dr. X in the emergency room. He was a former classmate of mine, and we pretended not to know one another. He discovered I was living in my car and heard some of my stories. Then he arranged for me to be admitted to the hospital for a day so I could get warmed up and recover. When I left the hospital, I found a $100 bill in the gas tank door of my van (拖车). I’m sure it was from him.
I now have a home of my own and I'm doing OK, considering everything. When I sent my reservation and check to the reunion committee, it was returned uncashed with a $50 bill along with a note saying “Please don't come.”
I guess my classmates are more closed-minded than I thought they would be. I was hoping age would change them but my wish turned out to be nothing but a joke. In addition to the reservation return, I have also seen a few forwarded emails mocking my attempts to find out about the event. I hope none of those people were blessed with a child with learning or physical issues.
I guess people never change on some things. Thankfully, I have found nicer, caring people along my journey in life, and for that I'd like to thank all of the kind people in the world.
1.What made the author the most remarkable student?
A. Living in his own car.
B. His physical problems.
C. Providing wrong reasons.
D. His efforts to help others.
2.What can we infer from the 2nd paragraph?
A. Dr. X sent a van to the author as a gift.
B. The author was cured by Dr. X that night.
C. The author and Dr. X didn’t recognize each other at first.
D. The author and Dr. X felt embarrassed at first that night.
3.What might be the key barrier to the author’s reservation?
A. His experience in the hospital.
B. The closed mind of his classmates.
C. His uncashed check.
D. The location of the reunion.
4.What does the underlined word “mocking” (paragraph 3) refer to?
A. laughing at B. insisting on
C. caring for D. giving away
So attractive ____ that we can’t wait to go there.
A. does the University Town seem
B. the University Town seems
C. the University Town does seem
D. seems the University Town
