根据首字母，在句中填入正确的单词使句子意思完整。
1.The car is still under g________, so the manufacturer will repair it without charging you any money.
2.The newly-built theater is wheelchair a________, which brings great convenience to the disabled who can only move around on wheelchairs.
3.President Xi said we should make China a prosperous, strong, democratic, civilized and h________ modern socialist country.
4.Mr. Wang is a________ as an excellent goalkeeper because he never fails to catch the ball.
5.With the popularity of Zhuhai Chime Long Ocean Kingdom, more local employments will be created, p________ in service industries.
6.Students’ bringing cellphones back to the campus is f________ in Zhuhai No.1 High school.
7.Words failed to c________ my feelings the moment I saw my long-lost sister at the railway station in London.
8.The job a________ must have good communication skills, a business qualification and first of all previous working experience.
9.China made a c________ to peace and promised not to launch war against other countries first.
10.She is increasingly l________ in confidence about herself, because she is not good at sports and always fails in the exams.
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When Victor Gao was growing up in rural China in 1. 1970s, cars and trucks were so rare that he would chase them with the other children through the dirt roads, 2. (thrill) by the strange sight. Today, China is the world’s largest automobile producer, 3. more than double the capacity of the United States.
“I never 4. (expect) that an ordinary Chinese family would own a car and China would be a major automobile making country,” Gao said, “It would be completely beyond my 5. (wild) dreams that China would produce more automobiles than the US.”
December 18, 2018 marks four decades since China started the process, 6. has transformed it from a poor country into an economic superpower. This era of great change 7. (know) broadly as “Reform and Opening”. At the beginning of the reform era, China’s GDP was just under $150 billion 8. it has sharply increased to over $12 trillion today. In the last 20 years alone, wealth per adult has quadrupled(成四倍), 9. (leave) fewer than 1% of the population in extreme 10. (poor). China now has 600 billionaires, a higher number than anywhere else in the world.
A smile is a facial expression showing pleasure, affection and friendliness. And it is the commonest way to show our good will perfectly ______ saying anything. A Chinese saying runs: “Never hit a person who is smiling at you.” It is a time-proven fact that the smile is a language all its own — a ______ language—understood by the people of every nation in the world. We may not ______ the same tongue as our foreign neighbors, but we smile in the same way. We need no ______ for such a way of expressing love, happiness, or good will.
One day while I was _____ in a small town in southern California, it was my misfortune to be ______ by a clerk whose personality conflicted with mine. He seemed most _____ and not at all concerned about my intended purchase. I bought nothing, and _____ angrily out of the store. On the outside stood a young man in his early twenties. His expressive brown eyes met and held mine, and in the next instant a beautiful, dazzling smile covered his _____. The magnetic power of that smile ______ all bitterness within me, and I found the muscles in my own face happily ______ . “Beautiful day, isn’t it?” I remarked. Then, obeying an impulse(冲动), I turned back. “I really owe you a debt of ____ ,” I said softly. His smile deepened, but he made no attempt to ______ . A Mexican woman and two men were standing nearby. The woman stepped forward and eyed me inquiringly. “Sir, Carlos doesn’t speak English.” She ______ , “You want me to tell him something?” At that moment I felt ______ . Carlos’ smile had made a big person of me. My friendliness and good ______ towards all mankind stood ten feet tall.
“Yes,” my reply was enthusiastic and _____ , “Tell him I said, ‘Thank you!’”
“Thank you?” The woman seemed slightly ______ .
I gave her arm a friendly ______ as I turned to leave. “Just tell him that,” I insisted. “He’ll understand, I am sure!”
Oh, what a smile can do! Although I have never seen that young man again, I shall never forget the lesson he taught me that morning. From that day on, I became smile-conscious, and I practice the art ______ , anywhere and everywhere, with everybody.
1.A. by B. beyond C. on D. without
2.A. special B. universal C. beautiful D. national
3.A. speak B. regard C. stick D. hold
4.A. help B. interpreter C. reason D. concept
5.A. driving B. travelling C. shopping D. living
6.A. treated B. attended C. approached D. scolded
7.A. unlucky B. unfriendly C. uneasy D. unconscious
8.A. marched B. tracked C. moved D. wandered
9.A. head B. face C. mind D. shoulder
10.A. froze B. brought about C. left D. drove away
11.A. tightening B. loosening C. responding D. moving
12.A. money B. gratitude C. care D. concern
13.A. smile B. look C. join D. answer
14.A. volunteered B. hoped C. inspected D. expressed
15.A. changed B. hurt C. satisfied D. interested
16.A. luck B. wish C. will D. plan
17.A. sincere B. crazy C. excited D. frankly
18.A. absorbed B. confused C. convinced D. determined
19.A. hit B. kiss C. hug D. pat
20.A. quickly B. happily C. diligently D. certainly
Children's Games in Ancient China
Unlike the children nowadays, the children during ancient times didn't have smart phone, iPad or computer to entertain(娱乐) themselves. 1. Let's take a look.
Flying kites
Kites have quite a long history. The earliest kites were made of wood, instead of paper. Nowadays, the three most famous kites are the Beijing kite, Tianjin kite and Weifang kite. 2. For example, the swallow-shaped kite is a well-known Beijing style.
Playing hide-and-seek
Hide-and-seek is a traditional game for children, popular around the nation. Even nowadays, many children like playing it. There are two ways to play. One way is covering a child's eyes while other kids run around to tease(戏弄) him. 3.
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The closest thing to watching a film or television for entertainment during ancient times was going to see a shadow play. Folk artists manipulate puppets behind the screen, narrating stories and accompanied by music.
Setting off firecrackers(鞭炮)
Firecrackers have a history of more than 2,000 years. It is said that there was a beast (野兽)named Nian in ancient China. 5. After gunpowder was invented, it gradually replaced the bamboo joint cracker. Crackers are still set off during Spring Festival to symbolize auspiciousness(吉利).
A. Watching shadow plays
B. Each of them has special features.
C. Different materials are used to make the kite.
D. Shadow plays were the popular entertaining form in ancient times.
E. And to scare off the beast, people burnt bamboo joints to make it blast.
F. More commonly, participants hide and one child must try to find them.
G. Instead, they came up with(想出) interesting games to play in their childhood.
In life, we're often torn between the person we want to be and the person we ought to be. Yet, while many hesitate to take the risks of becoming their "ideal self', a new study shows that people regret not running after their passion.
Inspired by research published in the 1990s, psychologist Thomas Gilovich along with his colleague built upon his original study, which proved that regrets came from what people hadn't done, by looking into the content of people's most enduring regrets grown from not living up to our "ideal self", as opposed to not living according to our "ought self".
Researchers began by explaining the difference between regrets concerning the "ideal self" and the "ought self", before asking participants to list their regrets. Across the six different studies conducted as part of this project, participants said they experienced regrets concerning their ideal self more often. They also mentioned more ideal-self regrets than ought-self regrets when asked to list their regrets in life so far.
"Our work is the first to show that people's biggest life regrets more often involve failures to live up to their ideal self than their ought self," the researchers said. They advise that people go on with caution, as the best way to live depends on how much weight you place on your ought self and your ideal self. If you care more about your ought self, you'll be wise to minimize your regrets by thinking twice before going ahead and seizing the moment.
Despite this research, however, knowing what you want and pursuing that passion are two different things. Maybe you'll be encouraged by a quote from Mark Twain:" Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor, and catch the trade winds in your sails."
1.What did Thomas's original study prove?
A. People didn't take a risk in life.
B. People regretted what they hadn't done.
C. People lived up to their ideal self.
D. People regretted pursuing their passion.
2.How was the researchers' new study carried out?
A. By analyzing six different studies.
B. By analyzing people's various responses.
C. By explaining the difference among regrets.
D. By comparing ideal-self and ought-self regrets.
3.What did the researchers advise people to do?
A. Look back now and then.
B. Think twice before feeling regretful.
C. Live according to their choice.
D. Care more about their own life.
4.What is implied in Mark Twain's quote in the last paragraph?
A. Everyone should be forced to pursue their goals.
B. Everyone should make full use of their surroundings.
C. Everyone should have the courage to pursue their goals.
D. Everyone should stop themselves from getting disappointed.
Don't get mad the next time you catch your teenager texting when he promised to be studying. He simply may not be able to resist. A UI (University of Iowa) study found teenagers are far more sensitive than adults to the immediate effect or reward of their behaviors. The findings may help explain why the initial rush of texting may be more attractive for adolescents than the long-term payoff of studying
“For the teenager, the rewards are attractive, ” says Professor Jatin Vaidya, an author of the study. “They draw adolescents. Sometimes, the rewards are a kind of motivation for them. Even when a behavior is no longer in a teenager's best interest to continue, he will still go on. That’s because the effect of the reward is still there and lasts much longer in adolescents than in adults.”
For parents, that means limiting distractions so teenagers can make better choices. Take the homework and social media dilemma for example: At 9 p.m., shut off everything except a computer that has no access to Facebook or Twitter, the researchers advise. "I m not saying they shouldn’t be allowed access to technology, Vaidya says. "But some help in netting their concentration is necessary for them so they can develop those impulse(冲动)-control skills.
In their study, Vaidya and co-author Shaun Vecera note researchers generally believe teenagers are impulsive, make bad decisions, and engage in risky behavior because the frontal lobes(额叶) of their brains are not fully developed. But the UT researchers wonder whether something more fundamental is going on with adolescents to cause behaviors independent of higher-level reasoning.
“We want to try to understand how the brains reward system changes from childhood to adulthood, "says Vaidya, who adds the reward character in the human brain is easier than decision-making. "We’ve been trying to understand the reward process in adolescence and whether there is more to adolescence behavior than an underdeveloped frontal lobe, "he adds. For their study, the researchers persuaded 40 adolescents, aged 13 and 16, and 40 adults, aged 20 and 35 to participate.
In the future, researchers hope to look into the psychological and neurological aspects of their results.
1.What does the passage mainly tell us?
A. Adolescents care more about instant rewards.
B. Adolescents cannot resist temptation of bigger rewards.
C. Adolescents are most fond of texting to friends.
D. Adolescents are sensitive to the effect of their behaviors.
2.What is the underlined word distractions closest in meaning to?
A. Immediate rewards. B. The pull of social media.
C. Concentration training. D. Obstacles to attention.
3.Which statement agrees with Jatin Vaidya's idea?
A. Children should have access to the Internet
B. Children need help in maintaining their attention.
C. Parents should help children in making decisions.
D. The influence of the reward is weak in adolescents
4.What result does teenagers’ brain underdevelopment lead to?
A. Making good decisions B. Avoiding risky behavior
C. Joining in dangerous actions D. Doing things after some thought
