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Some people like modern art, while others say that is rubbish.But a cleaner who works in the Tate Gallery in London isn't able to tell the difference.The woman, whose name isn't known, mistook a work of art by the German painter Gustav Metzger for a bag of rubbish, and threw it out with other bags. The plastic bag, which contained pieces of paper and cardboard, was later recovered outside the gallery, but the artist thought that it was too damaged to be put on show again. 78yearold Mr Metzger explained that the exhibit, which he said was a copy of a similar work he had created in 1960, was meant to show that all art is temporary and “finite (有限的)”．
Embarrassed officials at the museum said that they had had to call a meeting with cleaners to explain which things should not be touched. They would not say whether Mr Metzger would be paid any compensation for the incident. However, to make absolutely sure the same thing would not happen again, they decided to cover Mr Metzger's work every evening with a coloured cloth. In this way the cleaners arriving after the gallery had been closed to the general public would realize they should not touch it.
This is not the first time that museum cleaners have had trouble distinguishing exhibits from rubbish. In 2001, in another London gallery, a cleaner threw away a work by the wellknown British artist Damien Hirst. It was an arrangement of empty beer bottles, coffee cups, and overflowing ashtrays, which were meant to indicate the chaos in the life of an artist.
However, cleaners don't always throw things away — sometimes they clean them! This was the case with a dirty bath, which was on show in a gallery in Germany. Without asking what the bath was doing in the gallery, the cleaners simply scrubbed it clean.
1.The officials of the museum covered Mr Metzger's work so that ________.
A．the visitors couldn't get close in the evening
B．they could get recovered soon
C．the cleaners wouldn't make the same mistake
D．they would return to normal
2.Which of the following is NOT true?
A．People have different opinions on modern art.
B．Mr Metzger would be paid much compensation.
C．A work of Damien Hirst was thrown away by a cleaner in 2001.
D．Some modern work is about the chaos of an artist's life.
3.The last paragraph is written to show that________.
A．cleaners often make exhibits as clean as possible
B．cleaners can't always differ exhibits from rubbish
C．exhibits are usually difficult to clean
D．exhibits are not always so beautiful
4.What's the best title of the passage?
A．Cleaners mistake modern art for rubbish
B．Modern art shouldn't be cleaned
C．What makes a great work of art
D．Cleaners don't always throw things away
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We all wish we had just a bit more time. Just think what you could do with an extra hour or two each day: you could finally stick to an exercise routine, or springclean the house, or write your novel, or learn the guitar and so on.
1. But I can help you find more hours in your day for the things that really matter.
● Get Out of Bed Earlier
If you normally get up at 7：30 am, try getting up at 7：00 am. That halfhour might not sound like much, but it could be time that you use to exercise, to read that book you've been meaning to finish. 2.
● Do the Important Tasks First
Once you get to work, get the important ones done first (not the easy ones, or even the urgent ones). You can afford to spend at least an hour working on big, important tasks rather than on all those little urgent ones.
3. The urgent tasks will still get done, and you won't miss the important ones.
● Reduce Interruptions
If colleagues have a habit of hanging around your desk to chat, or if the phone is constantly ringing, you might find that it takes you half the day to finish a simple task like writing a letter. Constant interruptions don't just eat up time, they also break your concentration.
When you've got a big task to focus on, let your calls go to voicemail. 4._ Wearing headphones makes it less likely that people will try to strike up a conversation.
●5.
A few minutes chatting, browsing the web, and so on, can easily turn into hours of wasted time over the course of a day.
When you're working, work. If your concentration is slipping, take a proper break, go and get a glass of water, or stretch your legs a bit. And if you're facing a difficult task, try breaking it into small steps or stages so that it's easier to deal with.
A．Stay Focused on Your Work.
B．Take Breaks When Necessary.
C．If you have an office door, close it.
D．If you work like this, you'll usually save time.
E．Would you want me to make your day longer?
F．I can't magically make all your days 25 hours long.
G．Or simply to get your day off to a calm and organized start.
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Whether it is Mozart or Miley, your choice of music could determine whether you will perform well at your job. A new study suggests that listening to music in the office improves the speed and accuracy of tasks such as data entry, proofreading and problem solving. In an officebased experiment, 88 per cent of participants were found to produce their most accurate work when listening to music.
The study also found that 81 per cent completed their work fastest when music was played. And it matters what type of music you listen to. For instance, if you're doing your tax returns, then classical music is the most effective as it improves maths skills.
Listening to Jessie J or Justin Bieber could also improve your speed, with 58 per cent of participants completing data entry tasks faster while listening to pop songs. During proofreading, dance music, such as David Guetta, had the biggest positive impact with participants increasing their speed by 20 per cent compared to tests undertaken with no music at all. Dance music also had a positive effect on spellchecking with a 75 per cent pass rate compared to 68 per cent when no music was played at all.
The research, undertaken by Brightonbased Mindlab International, suggests that silent offices may be the least productive. The Music Works experiment revealed a positive correlation between music and productivity. Overall, it showed that when listening to music, nine out of ten people performed better, said Dr David Lewis, chairman of Mindlab International.
1.Whose music can help you do maths homework according to the study?
A．The music of Justin Bieber.
B．The music of Mozart.
C．The music of David Guetta.
D．The music of David Lewis.
2.Which of the following is NOT mentioned according to the passage?
A．Music makes you relaxed.
B．Music helps you to enter data faster.
C．Music improves maths skills.
D．Music has a positive effect on spellchecking.
3.The result of the experiment showed that when music was played, ________.
A．88% of people worked faster
B．81% of people did their most accurate work
C．90% of people worked better
D．75% of people completed data entry task faster
4.What can we conclude from the passage?
A．Music may be helpless to people in office.
B．Silent offices can make people work better.
C．Different kinds of music have the same effect.
D．Silent offices may make people work least profitably.
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This afternoon I went to see my grandfather by a bus. It was very crowded and I had to stand. Besides me, there was a woman hold a little boy in her arms. In front of her, a young man occupies two seats, pretending to be sleeping. I heard the little boy curious asking his mother, “What's wrong with the uncle？” I had thought if perhaps the woman would blame the man. Beyond her expectations, the woman answered with a smile, “Be quiet. This uncle must very tired because of hard work.” The young man must have heard the word. His face turned red but offered one seat to the woman at once.
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How do learning habits influence learning results? It's useful and necessary to discuss learning habits. There is a famous 1. (say) “Good habits lead to good endings”， which shows the importance of habits.
“An apple a day keeps the doctor away” also _2. (show) a healthy everyday habit helps to build up our body. Thus, good learning habits can help us gain great learning results, high scores and abundant knowledge _3. (include). At first, learning habits form our ways of thinking and attitude 4. the content of our learning. 5. (obvious), a good habit can help us to speed up to reach our destinations. As we can see, developing a good habit is so important that I would like to introduce one kind of good learning habits — keeping 6. learning diary every day. We can start the habit by 7. (write) a learning summary and remember to record something impressive and meaningful. Keep it in mind, 8. gradually we will gain this good learning habit and benefit from it.
What's 9. (much), I find out that I still have some bad learning habits _10. well. I can only concentrate on reading for a short time, and I will conquer this problem by spending more efforts on concentration practice.
I believe that through my efforts, I can gain good learning results by having good habits.
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University Can Wait
I was on my way to the library to do some studying for history class. That's when I saw my friend and her family ____________ on doors.
As I was standing ____________ one house, my friend's brother walked past me and went to the door of the house. When the resident _____________ I heard him say, “Excuse me, I am ____________ money for my mom. She needs to have ___________ but we don't have enough money. Could you please ____________ with a donation？”
The lady gave him some ___________ and he said, “Thank you so much! God bless you.” Then he walked on to the next house.
I could see he didn't have much and I also saw he had been ____________.
____________ going to the library, I went to the bank. I told her I wanted to ___________ all my savings. The lady in the bank said to me, “But, sweetie, I thought you were going to use that money to go to _____________.” I told her something else ___________ so she gave me the money. Then I walked to my friend's house.
They had only raised nine hundred and sixtytwo dollars, which wasn't ____________ a quarter of what they needed. I told my friend to ____________ my money. When she saw it she ____________ straight away it was my university money.
The idea of going to university had been a very ____________ one for me — _____________ I got accepted — but she needed the money more than I did. It was this _____________ of money that could save her mother's life.
I hope all goes well for her and her family. My love and ____________ go out to them. Leo Tolstoy once said, “Nothing can make our life, of the lives of other people, more beautiful than permanent ____________.”
1.A.meeting B．waiting C．knocking D．quarreling
2.A.inside B．above C．behind D．outside
3.A.replied B．understand C．opened D．answered
4.A.raising B．accumulating C．increasing D．making
5.A.health B．surgery C．examination D．break
6.A.provide B．help C．deal D．compete
7.A.advice B．medicine C．coins D．food
8.A.laughing B．begging C．thinking D．crying
9.A.Instead of B．Regardless of C．Other than D．Except for
10.A.deposit B．donate C．withdraw D．collect
11.A.university B．company C．theatre D．work
12.A.held up B．came up C．put up D．took up
13.A.even B．already C．still D．ever
14.A.return B．consider C．take D．pay
15.A.received B．refused C．realized D．admitted
16.A.disappointing B．depressing C．appealing D．realistic
17.A.assessing B．advocating C．appointing D．assuming
18.A.kind B．item C．share D．sum
19.A.imagination B．prayers C．ideas D．stories
20.A.honesty B．kindness C．responsibility D．courage
