阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
Spending more than an hour on your smartphone each day may be a sign that you are suffering from depression, ___1.____new study has suggested. The more time is spent___2.___( use ) a phone for any reason including texting and going online, the more likely volunteers were___3.___have the blues.
Monitoring people’s comings and___4.___ ( go ) using GPS tracking on their phones also helped track mood. Spending most of your time at home was also___5.___ ( link ) to depression, as was having an__6.___ ( regular) daily schedule, such as unusual shift patterns. “___7.__people are depressed, they tend to withdraw and don’t have the motivation and energy to go out and do things,” said senior author David Mohr. “The data__8.___showed depressed people tended not to go many places____9._ ( reflect ) the loss of motivation seen in depression. ”
“The significance of this is that we can detect if a person has depressive symptoms and the severity(严重程度) of those symptoms___10.___asking them any questions. Phones can provide data obviously and with no effort on the part of the users. ”
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项中，选出可填入空白处的最佳选项。
I was having my dinner at McDonald’s one evening when an old couple slowly walked in. They _______ their meal, took a table near the window and started _______ food out of the plate. There was one hamburger, one order of French fires(炸薯条) and one drink. The man ______ the food into two halves and carefully placed _______ before his wife.
He took a sip(一小口) of the drink. His wife also took one and then _____ the cup down between them. “That _______ old couple! All they can ______ is one meal for the two of them,” thought I. _______ the man began to eat his French fires, I ______ to my feet, went over and said that I was _____ to buy another meal for them. But he ______ refused me and said that they made it a _____ to share everything.
____, the lady didn’t take a bite. She sat there _____ her husband eat, and taking turns sipping the drink. Again I _____ to buy them something but was refused. When the man finished eating and was ______ his face with a napkin. I _____ no longer stand it. I made an offer to them a third time. _______ being politely refused, I asked the lady ____, “Madam, why aren’t you eating? You said that you share everything. ______ is it that you are waiting for?” “The teeth,” she answered.
1.A. served B. requested C. collected D. ordered
2.A. carrying B. taking C. fetching D. bringing
3.A. divided B. cut C. changed D. formed
4.A. it B. this C. that D. one
5.A. got B. settled C. set D. torned
6.A. funny B. crazy C. strange D. poor
7.A. afford B. pay C. demand D. choose
8.A. While B. Since C. As D. Until
9.A. came B. struggled C. rushed D. rose
10.A. anxious B. willing C. satisfied D. quick
11.A. warmly B. proudly C. kindly D. seriously
12.A. way B. habit C. case D. model
13.A. Surprisingly B. Sadly C. Shockingly D. Bitterly
14.A. seeing B. noticing C. watching D. finding
15.A. wanted B. asked C. planned D. attempted
16.A. wiping B. touching C. bathing D. washing
17.A. should B. could C. might D. would
18.A. In B. Upon C. After D. With
19.A. curiously B. carefully C. naturally D. plainly
20.A. How B. Who C. Why D. What
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。
In less than ten months, you will go to different universities and lead a new life. In your new life, making new friends is a must. Then, how can you make new friends quickly?
Everybody knows friends come and go. You have friends for every time and season of your life from youth to old age. Sometimes people change their goal in life. Perhaps you’ve made a change yourself, such as a new job or moved to a new location. ___1.____ Making new friends quickly is possible once you go about it the right way.
In order to make friends, you must first be a friend. Consider joining groups and associations that are of interest to you. ____2.___ Go out of your way to be friendly, and you’ll make new friends quickly.
___3.__ If you need help, there are millions of books on the subject of good manners.Treat people with politeness and you will see people start to flock to you because of your pleasant personality.
Become good at something. You can do well in a sport, an instrument,writing, languages or whatever else you enjoy. ___4.___ This makes you interesting and gets people to be attracted to you. It’s not about doing this for the sake of attracting attention, but having a skill at something is another way to make new friends quickly.
Share contact information with people you meet who seem interesting. Then invite them to do things with you. ____5.____ Showing interest in people by actually inviting them to do things will help you create friends quickly.
A. It could be as simple as drinking coffee together.
B. Always practice good manners.
C. You don’t have to be an expert, but at least good enough to help others with your skill.
D. Get to know your friends’ friends.
E. This may also change your circle of friends.
F. You are likely to find others who share things in common with you.
G. It is not necessary to be skillful in something.
Decreasing grain prices along with growing costs of production means Chinese farmers are unlikely to see a significant rise in income next year.
China’s economic planning chief Ma Kai expressed the concern as the government undertakes an ambitious program to improve rural people’s lives.
Grain prices have been dropping since April; and prices of wheat, corn and rice fell 5 per cent from August to October compared with the same period last year, Ma, minister of the National Development and Reform Commission, told an annual meeting on development and reform held over the weekend.
Meanwhile, prices of production materials rose 9.1 per cent year on year during the first 10 months.
The situation makes it difficult to achieve a “new socialist countryside,” which was last week highlighted（引起注意）as a new concept and “common action” of the whole Party and nation.
Vice-Minister of Agriculture Yin Chengjie also said China’s entry to the World Trade Organization also creates hurdles for income rises for the country’s 780 million farmers.
Farmers’ income is expected to increase by 5 per cent this year, hitting the target set by the central government at the beginning of this year.
Last year, per capita net income（个人平均纯收入）of Chinese farmers reached 2,936 yuan (US$362), up 6.8 per cent year on year, and the highest increase since 1997.
Ma also said China would continue to seek fast, steady economic growth in 2012 but more efforts will be made to deal with the challenges brought about by overheating in some industrial sectors (区域).
(from China Daily, December 5, 2011)
1.The writer thinks it difficult to achieve a “new socialist countryside” because _____.
A. grain prices decrease and production costs grow
B. “new socialist countryside” is a new concept
C. prices of production materials rose 9.1 percent
D. many farmers are working in industrial sectors
2.The underlined word “hurdles” in Paragraph 6 means _____ .
A. promotion B. fear
C. difficulties D. possibility
3.From1997 to 2011, the highest increase in farmers’ income was achieved in _____.
A. 2009 B. 2010 C. 2011 D. 2008
Removing the sleeve (封套), you will find a book that is entirely white,except for the names of its author and subject in elegant black type on the cover. It is the perfect design for the biography of a man who insisted that even the insides of his products be perfectly constructed, and that his factory walls flash in the whitest white.
The cover was the only part of the book Steve Jobs wanted to control,writes Isaacson in his introduction.Though Mr. Jobs pushed the biographer of Albert Einstein and Benjamin Franklin to write in his own way, generously allowing the writer more than 40 interviews, this book offers quite a different view of Mr. Jobs, who won much praise from his fans after his death on October 5th at the age of 56.
As a biographer of Albert Einstein and Benjamin Franklin, Mr. Isaacson knows how to celebrate longdead genius, but he claimed that Steve Jobs would not be entirely praiseful words.The picture he paints, particularly in the first half of this book, is not nice. Mr. Jobs emerges as a controlling and often coldblooded character. A child of the 1960s counterculture (反主流文化)，he hated materialism and lived in simply furnished houses (in part because he was too particular about furniture),But when Apple went public in 1980, he refused to give any share to Daniel Kottke, a longtime supporter and soul mate from college. “He has to abandon the people he is close to”, observes Andy Hertzfeld, an early Apple engineer.
Mr. Jobs was undoubtedly possessing an extraordinary ability to attract others and inspire a kind of faith that could not be questioned. But also he could be cold and cruel. If he disapproved of an employee’s work，he often shamed him.“This is who I am,” he once said after being challenged,“and you can’t expect me to be someone I’m not.” This disgusting personality wasn’t always helpful, but it served a purpose, writes Mr. Isaacson, many would “end their chain of horror stories by saying that he got them to do things they never dreamed possible”．
Mr. Isaacson treats Steve Jobs as the biography of record,which means that it is a strange book to read so soon after its subject’s death.
1.The biography for Jobs is believed to have the perfect design because________.
A. it follows Jobs’ style
B. its cover is entirely white
C. black and white are his favorite
D. it is designed by a famous biographer
2.The picture of Jobs that Isaacson paints in his book is________.
①cruel ②humorous ③particular ④generous
A. ①③ B. ②③ C. ①④ D. ③④
3.It can be safely concluded that________.
A. Jobs is highly spoken of in the book
B. Isaacson doesn’t think Jobs a good man
C. Jobs didn’t care about the design of the book
D. all descriptions of Jobs are not nice in the book
4.This passage can be classified as________.
A. a personal diary B. a book review
C. a news report D. a TV interview
Here are some traditional German beer games.
Beer Boot Pass
A very, very popular game played in Germany is the beer boot pass ( Bier Boot ), which has gained popularity all over the world. The game is usually played to pin the next round of beer on a person. In this, a full glass of beer is passed around in the group—there are some rules for this—it has to be tipped every time before it is passed and not a drop of beer must be spilled. The second-to-last person who finishes the beer must pay for the next round. The game then becomes all about judgment because either you drink the entire beer or have a sip and pass it on. You never know who the second to last person will be , so the uncertainty and excitement makes the game a favorite.
Beer Crate-Running
This is a traditional game that is extremely popular in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria, more popularly referred to as Kastenlauf. The game is similar to running a race, where a route is marked, ranging from anywhere between 5-12 km. Each participant brings a crate of beer ( the size and quantity will be specified ). The first person who successfully finishes the entire crate of beer before getting to the finish line wins.
Flunkyball
This outdoor game is played with one team being matched against another, with equal numbers in both. The teams stand on opposite sides of the ground in a line, with their beers lined before them. An empty bottle or a tin can is placed in the center and another object ( used as an aim ) is brought in, something like a tennis ball. The first team ( A ) hits the ball onto the target to tumble（打翻）it. Once the bottle has tumbled, team A will start drinking their beers. Meanwhile, team B must run to the center, place the bottle upright, find the ball, and cross back into the line before yelling‘Stop’ . Team A then stops drinking and team B starts to throw the ball at the bottle and carrying forward the game. The game continues till one team has finished all their beer and they are declared winners .
Drinking Relay
Divide the group of people into two teams and get them to stand in a line with beer placed in front of each member . At the blow of the whistle, the first person lifts the glass and starts drinking the beer. After he is done, he has to turn the glass over to show that there is no more beer in the glass. Then , the next person starts drinking and so on. The next in line can only drink when the first person has emptied his glass. The team whose last member empties the glass ahead of others wins.
Herman the German
Even though this game seems simple, it is a lot of fun. It runs on the lines of ‘Who stole the cookie’. A person is chosen as‘Herman the German’ ( HTG ) and he has to get the game running. The other members sit in a random manner and are given names, better if they are confusing names like China Port No.1, Rum Master Blaster etc. The game starts with HTG saying – “HTG dropped a missile on China Port No.1, sir ” and China Port No. 1 has to reply with – “It wasn’t me, sir.” Then HTG replies – “Who then, sir” and it goes on. The sentence has to end with ‘sir’ and if it doesn’t, then the player has to down a beer. Similarly, if at any point the players fumble, they have to do the same. The tension makes the players forget things and there’s a whole lot of beer flowing as a result.
1.Which two games have something to do with running ?
A. Beer Boot Pass and Beer Crate-Running
B. Flunkyball and Drinking Relay
C. Beer Crate-Running and Flunkyball
D. Drinking Relay and Herman the German
2.The loser will have to buy beers for others in the game __________ .
A. Beer Boot Pass
B. Beer Crate-Running
C. Flunkyball
D. Drinking Relay
3.A person with a good memory may have an advantage in playing __________ .
A. Beer Boot Pass
B. Flunkyball
C. Drinking Relay
D. Herman the German
4.Which of the following statements is listed as a rule of the games ?
A. Every person has to sip the beer when playing Beer Boot Pass.
B. The person who replies to HTG with “sir”at the end will be punished.
C. The team can start drinking their beers as soon as they throw the ball in Flunkyball.
D. The team members have to drink their beers in turn when playing Drinking Relay.
