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Long ago, people believed that in the future we would work less, have more free time and get more relaxed．But 1.(luck)，this has not happened yet．
Today we work harder, work longer hours and have more stresses than ten years ago．2.we use machines that save us time，we still have less free time than our parents and grandparents．But what is this doing to our health? An American journalist says that people are suffering from“hurry3.(sick)”－we’re trying to do more things in less time．4.a result，our lives are stressful．He says that 5.we slow down，we won’t live as long as our parents．For most people, faster doesn’t mean better.
In the USA，there is a book called “One－Minute Bedtime Stories for children”．These are shorter versions of traditional stories，specially6.(write) for “busy parents” who want to save time! Some answer phones now have “quick playback” buttons so that we can replay people’s messages faster—we can’t waste time 7.(listen) to people speaking 8.the normal speed!
The only thing 9.is slower than before is the way we drive．Our cars are faster but the traffic is worse, so we drive more slowly．We spend more time sitting in our cars，feeling 10.(stress). Experts predict that in ten years the average speed on the road in cities will be only 17 km／h．
If you studied pictures that ancient people left on rock walls and you tried to determine their meaning, you would not detect interest in romance among the artists._________ , you would see plenty of animals with people running after them. Life for ancient people’s seemed to center on hunting and gathering wild foods for meals.
In modern times, when food is available in grocery stores, finding love is more _________ to people’s lives. The _________ is all around us. It is easy to prepare a list of modern stories having to do with love. An endless number of books and movies ________as love stories in popular culture.
Researchers are studying whether love, a highly valued emotional state, can be ________. They ask, what is love? Toothpaste companies want us to think _________is all about clean teeth, but clean teeth go only so far. Scientists wonder how much the brain gets involved. You have probably heard that opposites attract but that __________attract, too. One thing is certain: The truth about love is not yet set in stone.
First Impression
To help determine the __________ of attraction, researchers paired 164 college classmates and had them talk for 3, 6 or 10 minutes so they could get a sense of each other’s individuality. Then students were asked to __________ what kind of relationship they were likely to build with their partners. After nine weeks, they reported what happened.
As it turned out, their _________ judgments often held true. Students seemed to __________at an early stage who would best fit into their lives.
The _________ Knows
Scientists have also turned to nonhumans to increase understanding of attraction. Many animals give off pheromones — natural chemicals that can be detected by, and then can produce a response in, other animals of the same species. Pheromones can _________ that an animal is either ready to fight or is feeling __________to partnerships. In contrast, humans do not seem to be as ________ as other animals at ________ such chemicals. Smell, however, does seem to play a part in human attraction. Although we may not be aware of chemicals like pheromones consciously, we give and receive loads of information through smell in every interaction with other people.
Face Value
Being fond of someone seems to have a number of factors, including seeing something we find attractive. Researchers had people judge faces for _________ . The participants had 0.013 seconds to view each face, yet somehow they generally considered the images the same as people who had more time to study the same faces. The way we _________ attractiveness seem to be somewhat _________.
When shown an attractive face and then words with good or bad associations, people responded to __________ words faster after viewing an attractive face. Seeing something attractive seems to cause happy thinking.
1.A. Moreover B. Therefore C. Instead D. Otherwise
2.A. central B. romantic C. stressful D. artificial
3.A. priority B. possibility C. proof D. principle
4.A. work B. use C. function D. qualify
5.A. seated B. impressed C. changed D. created
6.A. attention B. attraction C. focus D. ambition
7.A. appearances B. virtues C. position D. similarities
8.A. illustrations B. ingredients C. imaginations D. instructors
9.A. predict B. investigate C. diagnose D. recall
10.A. critical B. random C. initial D. mature
11.A. memorize B. question C. negotiate D. distinguish
12.A. Heart B. Eye C. Nose D. Hand
13.A. show B. signal C. demonstrate D. sign
14.A. resistant B. alert C. open D. superior
15.A. disappointed B. amazed C. confused D. gifted
16.A. discovering B. detecting C. exploring D. exposing
17.A. attractiveness B. emotion C. individuality D. signals
18.A. enhance B. possess C. maintain D. assess
19.A. intentional B. automatic C. autonomous D. deliberate
20.A. familiar B. plain C. irritating D. positive
While your teen may get OK by waiting until the last possible second to complete his high school science experiment or his math project, procrastination (拖延症) can be a big problem later in life. Your teen’s future boss or college professors aren’t likely to accept late work-- or the excuses that accompany delayed projects.1.That means managing his time wisely without requiring constant reminders of assistance from you to get his work done. Here are some steps you can take to teach your teen essential time management skills:
2.If you’re always running late or you miss a lot of deadlines, your teen will follow suit. Practice managing your own time wisely and show your teen that you can accomplish the most important tasks in any given day.
Encourage your teen to write down his schedule. Your teen’s time may easily get taken up with video games or social media if he's not careful. Teach him to schedule his day so he can set aside time for chores, homework, and other responsibilities.3.Then, time doesn’t idly pass without feeling like he hasn’t done anything fun.
Help your teen prioritize( 划分优先顺序) activities.4.A basketball game and birthday party may coincide. Talk to your teen about how to prioritize activities, based on his values and commitments.
Avoid nagging (唠叨). It can be annoying to nag your teen or offer repeat reminders,5.Set rules about your expectations and follow through with consequences when necessary. Then, your teen will learn to manage his time better in the future.
A． Model good time management habits.
B． Encourage him to schedule free time as well.
C． Encourage your teen to establish healthy habit.
D． it’s common for teens to have conflicts in their schedules
E. It’s important to teach your teen how to behave responsibly.
F. As a result, many of them have to learn how to manage their time repeatedly.
G. and telling your teen to do his work over and over again reduces his responsibility.
To err is human. To blame the other guy is even more human.
Common sense is not all that common.
Why tell the truth when you can come up with a good excuse?
These three popular sentences are meant to be jokes, and yet they tell us a lot about human nature .To err, or to make mistakes, is indeed a part of being human, but it seems that most people don’t want to accept the responsibility for the problem. Perhaps it is the natural thing to do .The original quote about human nature went like this: “ To err is human, to forgive, divine(神圣的).”.This saying mirrors an ideal people should be forgiving of others’ mistakes. Instead, we tend to do the opposite –find someone else to pass the blame on to. However, taking responsibility for something that went wrong is a making of great maturity.
Common sense is what we call clear thought. Having common sense means having a good general plan that will make things work well, and it also means staying with the plan. Common sense tells you that you take an umbrella out into a rainstorm, but you leave the umbrella home when you hear a weather forecast for sunshine．Common sense does not seem to be common for large organizations, because there are so many things going on that one person cannot be in charge of everything. People say that in a large company, “the right hand does not know what the left hand is doing.”
And what is wrong with a society that thinks that making up a good excuse is like creating a work of art? One of the common problems with making excuses is that people, especially young people, get the idea that it’s okay not to be totally honest all the time. There is a corollary(直接推论)to that: if good excuse is “good” even if it isn’t honest, then where is the place of the truth?
1.According to the passage, which of following seems the most human?
A. To search for truth．
B. To achieve one’s ideal
C. To criticize others for one’s own error.
D. To make fun of others’ mistakes．
2.Which of the following is NOT based on common sense?
A. A man tries to take charge of everything in a large company.
B. A student goes out with an umbrella in stormy weather.
C. A company’s next move follows a good plan．
D. A lawyer acts on fine judgments．
3.What is the author’s opinion about a good excuse?
A. Bitter truth is better than a good excuse.
B. Inventing a good excuse needs creative ideas.
C. A good excuse is as rewarding as honesty.
D. Making a good excuse is sometimes a better policy.
4.What would be the best title for his passage?
A. To Blame or to Forgive B. A Mirror of Human Nature
C. A Mark of Maturity D. Truth or Excuse
Recently, we have already shown that climate change has led to a dramatic increase in storm surge risk in New York City, making devastating events like Hurricane Sandy more likely.
What can we say about the role of climate change in the unprecedented disaster that is unfolding in Houston with Hurricane Harvey? There are certain climate change-related factors that we can, with great confidence, say worsened the flooding.
Sea Level rise attributable to climate change-some of which is due to coastal subsidence(下沉) caused by human disturbance such as oil drilling-is more than half a foot(15cm) over the past few decades. That means the storm surge was half a foot higher than it would have been just decades ago, meaning far more flooding and destruction.
In addition to that, sea surface temperatures in the region have risen about 0.5℃(close to 1F) over the past few decades from roughly 30℃(86F) to 30.5℃(87F), which contributed to the very warm sea surface temperatures(30.5-31℃, or 87-88F). There is a simple thermodynamic(热力学的) relationship known as the Clausius-Clapeyron equation that tells us there is a roughly 3% increase in average atmospheric moisture content for each 0.5℃ of warming. Sea surface temperatures in the area where Harvey intensified were 0.5-1℃ warmer than current-day average temperatures, which translates to 1-1.5℃ warmer than “average” temperatures a few decades ago. That means 3-5% more moisture(水分) in the atmosphere. That large amount of moisture creates the potential for much greater rainfalls and greater flooding. The combination of coastal flooding and heavy rainfall is responsible for the devastating flooding that Houston is experiencing.
Not only are the surface waters of the Gulf of Mexico unusually warm right now, but there is a deep layer of warm water that Harvey was able to feed upon when it intensified at near record pace as it neared the coast. Human-caused warming is penetrating down into the ocean. It’s creating deeper layers of warm water in the Gulf and elsewhere. Harvey was almost certainly more intense than it would have been in the absence of human-caused warming, which means stronger winds, more wind damage and a larger storm surge.
Finally, the more tenuous but potentially relevant climate factors: part of what has made Harvey such a devastating(毁灭性的) storm is the way it has stalled near the coast. It continues to strike Houston and surrounding regions with a seemingly endless flood, which will likely top out at nearly 4ft(1.22m) of rainfall over a days-long period before it is done. The stalling is due to very weak prevailing winds, which are failing to steer the storm off to sea, allowing it to spin around and wobble back and forth. This pattern, in turn, is associated with a greatly expanded subtropical high pressure system over much of the US at the moment, with the jet stream pushed well to the north. This pattern of subtropical expansion is predicted in model simulations of human-caused climate change. More tenuous(微弱的), but possibly relevant still, is the fact that very persistent, nearly “stationary” summer weather patterns of this sort, where weather anomalies(both high-pressure dry hot regions and low-pressure stormy/rainy regions) stay locked in place for many days at a time, appears to be favoured by human-caused climate change.
In conclusion, while we cannot say climate change “caused” Hurricane Harvey, what we can say is that it exacerbated several characteristics of the storm in a way that greatly increased the risk of damage and loss of life. Climate change worsened the impact of Hurricane Harvey.
1.What’s the main purpose of writing the passage?
A. To offer tips on climate change.
B. To advocate paying more attention to current climate change urgently.
C. To share experiences on avoiding climate change.
D. To criticize human-caused climate change.
2.The underlined word “intensified” in Paragraph 4 probably means ________.
A. worsened B. caused
C. favoured D. increased
3.What is the best title for the passage?
A. Climate change made Hurricane Harvey more deadly
B. Sea level rise sea and surface temperatures changed Hurricane Harvey
C. Hurricane Harvey and its characteristics
D. The climate change-related factors and human-caused warming
4.Which of the following shows the development of ideas in this passage?
I: Introduction CP: Central point P: Point Sp: Sub-point(次要点) C: Conclusion
A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 
It’s rare that the protagonist in a Chinese movie wins the audience’s hearts with an emotionally uplifting message, rather than by showing off his or her good looks. But Wolf Warrior II is putting China in the global spotlight. It’s also the first film to taste success both in terms of box office earnings and promoting Chinese values.
Kung fu artist Wu Jing both starred in and directed the action movie. Since its release on July 27, it’s earned an unimaginable 4.5 billion yuan, setting a record for domestic movies at the box office. The success of the film has surpassed the anticipations of all, including the production team.
The film focuses on a rescue operation in Africa, led by former special forces soldier Leng Feng-played by Wu. Leng helps Chinese workers and local Africans flee a war-torn and plague-ravaged country. Wolf Warrior II links art to reality, and reminds people of the massive evacuation of Chinese people from Libya when civil war broke out there in 2011, and from Yemen in 2015, as well as the challenges the Ebola virus created in West Africa from 2013 to 2016. The film describes how the Chinese government aims to protect overseas Chinese citizens. Just as the message at the end of the film reads: “Citizens of the People’s Republic of China. When you encounter danger in a foreign land, do not give up! Please remember, at your back stands a strong motherland.”
Thanks to China’s increasing participation in global affairs, now could be considered the right moment to introduce a modern Chinese hero.
“Holding up a banner of peace, friendship and responsibility, Wolf Warrior II should be seen as a brave effort to promote Chinese values around the world,” columnist Zhu Ping wrote in China Daily.
“It’s time Chinese filmmakers produced films that tell good stories and carry the right spirit. Let us assume Wolf Warrior II has started that trend.”
1.We can learn from passage that .
A. leading characters in Chinese movies are mostly popular for their appearance
B. it is hard for a protagonist in Chinese movies to win the audience’s hearts
C. Wolf Warrior Ⅱ is the first Chinese movie to spread Chinese values
D. the production team is not surprised at the big box-office success
2.The film is popular with the audience mostly because .
A. Kung fu artist Wu Jing both starred in and directed it
B. it attempts to promote Chinese values around the world
C. it is backed up and funded by the Chinese government
D. it shows that China is playing an active role in global affairs
3.The underlined word in para.3 can be replaced by .
A. worry about B. hang out
C. fall into D. come across
