What is your favorite color? Do you like yellow, orange and red? 1.Do you prefer greys and blues? Then you are probably quiet, shy, and you would rather follow than lead. You tend to be a pessimist. At least, this is what psychologists tell us, and they should know, because they have been seriously studying the meaning of color preference as well as the effect that colors have on human beings. 2. If you happen to love brown, you did so, as soon as you opened your eyes, or at least as soon as you could see clearly.
3. A yellow room makes most people more cheerful and more relaxed than a dark green one. And a red dress brings warmth and cheer to the saddest winter day. 4. A black bridge over the Thames River near London, used to be the scene of more suicides (自杀) than any other bridge in the area—until it was repainted green. The number of suicide attempts fell sharply. Perhaps it would have fallen even more if the bridge had been done in pink or baby blue.
5. it is an established fact that factory workers work better, harder, and have fewer accidents when their machines are painted orange rather than black or grey.
A. On the other hand, black is depressing.
B. They tell us, among those facts, that we don’t choose our favorite color as we grow up—we are born with our preference.
C. The rooms are painted in different colours as you like.
D. If you do, you must be an optimist, a leader, an active person who enjoys life, people and excitement.
E. Light and bright colors make people not only happier but more active.
F. Life is like a picture or a poem, full of different colours.
G. Colors do influence our moods. There is no doubt about it.
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NSE Summer School is suitable for those who are at, or are about to start university. It will begin accepting applications in January 2016.
Courses： Accounting and Finance; Economics; Management; Law; International Relations; Government and Society
Dates: Session 1 ： 7 July〜25 July Session2：28 July〜15 August
Rate： Standard Rate: One session:$ 1,400; Both session$ 2,400
Reduced Student Rate： One session： $ 1,100; Both session： $ 1,875
The reduced student rate applies to full - time students registered at a university or college anywhere in the world. Accommodation is not included, and fees range from $ 500 〜$ 1,000 for 20 nights.
Applicant requirements：
If you have studied in the USA then you do not need any additional English qualifications. Students from other countries will generally not require a visa to study at the Summer School. However, you will enter the USA as a "Student Visitor”. You are permitted to change courses before the start of the program, and within the first three days of the session.
Contact hours and teaching methods：
Summer School courses are full-time and normally consist of 48 contact hours over the three-week period, taking the form of 36 hours of lectures and 12 hours of classes. Lectures, attended by all students, take place in either the morning or afternoon supplemented by small one-hour classes, of approximately 15 students.
Assessment and examinations：
Assessment for Summer School is based upon the results of either two written examinations, or a final written examination and assessment work. Everyone is required to take the examinations and no exception can be made for any reason.
Summer School lecture series:
Famous economists—Tony Giddens and David Held—have agreed to give lectures to Summer school participants in July in 2016.
If any questions, please click here to see our Frequently Asked Questions/ Contact Us Page.
1.During the course, ________.
A. students can learn about everything from culture to science
B. students can choose not to attend the lectures they don’t like
C. world-famous economists will give students lessons every day
D. all the students must take part in the exams without any excuse
2.The purpose of the advertisement is to ________.
A. attract students to NSE Summer School
B. introduce famous economists to students
C. help students to pass the final exams
D. advertise for new staff for university
3.You will most probably find this passage ________.
A. in a newspaper B. in a guidebook
C. on a webpage D. in a magazine
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When we know somewhere well, we say we “ know it like the back of our hand ”. But new research has shown that we don’t actually know as much about our hands as we think we do.
Wider and shorter
Professor Matthew Longo at the University of London and his team did an experiment, covering the left hands of 100 people. Then they asked the people to point to where they thought their fingertips and knuckles (指关节) were. They made some quite big mistakes.
“People think their hand is wider than it actually is,” said Longo. The fingers also seem shorter than they are. This mistake gets worse as you go across the hand from the thumb to the little finger.
Sense of position
"It is connected to our sense of position,” explained Longo. This is our ability to tell where different parts of our bodies are, even when we can’t see them. “It tells us whether a joint is straight or not "he said. It also tells us whether we are going up or down in an elevator. All this information comes from signs from nerves in real time. It’s like our brain has maps — maps that show the size and shape of our body. “This experiment tried to find those maps,” said Longo.
Strength of feeling
But these maps make mistakes. These mistakes may be made because of how the brain understands different parts of the skin. “Our brains ‘see” areas as larger where the skin feels touch strongly,” said Longo. Body parts don’t appear as their true size, but appear bigger or smaller depending on how strongly they feel touch. Our lips, for example, have more nerves than our nose. So brain “sees” lips on its map of the body as being bigger than our nose. The same thing happens for other parts of the body that have lots of nerves.
Longo believes that more research in this area may help us to understand eating problem better, because people suffering from these problems may not know their bodies properly.
1.Which of following statement is TRUE about the experiment according to the article?
A. People think their body parts are larger than they actually are.
B. People’s fingers are actually shorter than they think.
C. People were asked to draw their hands from memory
D. People made more mistakes about their little fingers length than their thumbs’ length.
2.What does the underlined “it” in Paragraph 4 refer to?
A. The new experiment.
B. The mistake people made.
C. The sizes of fingers and hands.
D. The location information.
3.We can conclude from the article that ________.
A. the maps of people’s bodies form before they are born
B. the maps of our body are based on information from nerves
C. our sense of position depends on the interaction between parts of the body
D. how we feel about our body shape is only decided by our sense of position
4.We can infer from the article that ________.
A. there are more nerves in the finger than in the hand
B. our lips have a weaker sense of touch than our nose
C. the hand feels touch more strongly than fingers do
D. our sense of position should not be trusted because it is too often incorrect
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He is a Time Lord who can travel anywhere he wants in time, but still never seems to be happy. He is always very well dressed. He refuses to use guns to kill anybody, preferring to trust his brains. Who could be a better hero for British people? He is the Doctor, hero of the popular BBC TV series Doctor Who, which celebrated the 10th anniversary of its 2005 reboot on March 26.
In 2005 the sci-fi TV series returned to British screens after originally running from 1963 until 1989. In the series, the Doctor travels through time in his TARDIS police box, saving Earth and other planets from dangerous aliens and humans.
The show looked a little different upon its 2005 return — the show used to be famous for cheap, ugly special effects but they were gone, replaced by expensive computer effects and attractive young stars. Christopher Eccleston played the Ninth Doctor in 2005, and there have been four more since, including the current Twelfth Doctor, Peter Capaldi.
You may wonder why the Doctor has been played by so many people, thirteen in total. This is because every few years, the doctor “regenerates”，which means his character "dies” but comes back to life with a completely new body afterwards. As the Radio Times put it：“Who else can cheat death by getting a whole new face?”
The show has no limits. The Doctor has already visited the time of Shakespeare, found out the truth about the American moon landing of 1969’ and gone back to the very early days of Earth. He has also traveled forward in time and been to many strange planets. Who knows where he’ll go in the next 10 years? Or if the Doctor will even be a man? Last year, head writer Steven Moffat told BANG Showbiz ii is very possible that a woman will play the Doctor in the future
Are you ready for more travels with him or her through time?
1.What is the article mainly about?
A. The actors who have played the hero in Doctor Who.
B. A brief introduction to the BBC TV series Doctor Who.
C. What inspired the producers to make Doctor Who.
D. What influence Doctor Who has had on other sci-fi TV shows.
2.Which of the following statements is TRUE about the Doctor in Doctor Who?
A. Although he is always well dressed, he is very cruel inside.
B. He has gone through 10 “regenerations” in the past decade.
C. He is better at solving problems with his guns than with his brains.
D. His mission is to protect Earth and other planets from attack.
3.What can we learn about Doctor Who from the article?
A. In 2005, BBC producers started a new Doctor Who series after a 42-year break.
B. The show looked more fashionable and attractive upon its 2005 return.
C. The producers use creative but cheap special effects in the new Doctor Who series.
D. Doctor Who is quite popular in Britain because it was the first British sci-fi show.
4.We can conclude from the second-to-last paragraph that the Doctor Who series ________.
A. is very imaginative
B. seems hard to understand
C. involves scientific discoveries
D. is an accurate reflection of human history
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When The New Republic magazine predicted who would win the 2016 Nobel Prize in literature on Oct 6, it said：“Not Bob Dylan. That’s for sure.”
But the award came as a surprise to many. On Oct 13, the famous US musician was named the Nobel laureate by the Swedish Academy. He has “created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition", according to the organization.
Although Dylan, 75, is not really thought to be a literary writer, he has given the world a lot of creative work over 50 years, especially when it comes to his folk songs.
In his 1985 album Biograph, Dylan wrote about the appeal of folk music to him. Rock songs “weren’t serious enough or didn’t reflect life in a realistic way", according to Dylan. But folk, was “a more serious type of thing. The songs are filled with more sadness; more joy …much deeper feelings".
Dylan’s music and lyrics spoke to many people during the 1960s. His lyrics were often about great political issues, such as the civil rights movement. The 1960s were a time of change when the young were making sure that their voices were heard. The idea is most famously expressed in Dylan's The Times They Are a -Changin (1964), which warns the world, “You better start swimming or you'll sink like a stone. For the times they are a-changin！”
There were complaints that a literary prize had been given to a singer. But ancient “Greek poets Homer and Sappho wrote poetic works that were meant to be listened to, that were meant to be performed, often with instruments — and it’s the same way with Dylan", the Swedish Academy’s permanent secretary Sara Danius told CNN.
It could even be said that giving the important prize to Dylan has brought back an old literary tradition. The millions whose lives Dylan’s words and music have changed will surely welcome the award.
1.Dylan found folk music attractive because ________.
A. it brought joy to people
B. it could be used to express feelings freely
C. it reflected life on a much deeper level
D. it needed more creativity than other types of music
2.Which of the following statements is TRUE about Dylan according to the article?
A. He never thought that he would win the Nobel Prize.
B. Most of his influential works were created in the 1960s.
C. His songs expressed people’s feelings well during the 1960s.
D. His fans were mostly young people who were active in political movements.
3.According to the last two paragraphs, ________.
A. lyrics can be seen as a literary form
B. a literary prize should not be given to a singer
C. Dylan’s works were inspired by Greek poets
D. Dylan deserves the award because he influenced many songwriters
4.What’s the author’s attitude toward giving Bob Dylan the 2016 Nobel Prize in literature?
A. supportive B. objective C. sceptical D. ambiguous
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Rachel looked through troubled eyes at her sister and said, “I wouldn’t have thought Eric would be a thief.” Her sister Sarah replied, “Whoa, that's a _______________accusation to make against your best friend!”
Rachel remembered two days ago when she had brought out her coin collection for Eric to _______________. At the end of that day, Rachel’s mother asked her to do her a favor, so she asked her friend, “Is it okay if I leave you for a few minutes?” Eric said, “Go ahead. I’ll clean up here, _______________at the piles of coins on the floor.
When Rachel returned, it never occurred to her to _______________her coins until two days later that she realized some quarters were_______________.
Sarah said, “Why don’t you just ask him?”
“Ask him what? Hey, best friend, did you _______________ my coin collection?” Rachel thought for a moment, _______________ if that would be a good idea. The theft of her collection left her with a feeling of _______________. “How could I have misjudged my friend’s _______________?”
The next day Rachel went to Eric' s house. Eric was acting funny sort of nervous, like he couldn’t be ________________. In fact, Rachel thought Eric acted like someone with a secret. Anger blossomed as Rachel watched Eric pretend to be kind, ________________ Eric had obviously stolen from her. Rachel finally could not stand it any more and stood up. Suddenly, Eric ________________, “I can’t stand it anymore!” Rachel was astonished at hearing her own ________________ burst forth from her friend! Instead of sounding ________________, Eric sounded excited. He pulled something from underneath the chair.
“Go to open it! I was going to wait until your birthday, but I can't wait. ” Slowly, Rachel lifted the top of the ________________. Laid out in front of her were all of the quarters from her coin collection.
Each quarter was in its own ________________ in a new collection case. Each quarter shone like it was new.
Rachel felt ________________rush over her neck and ears. She said ________________, "Thank you! This means. . . a great deal to me. ” She was grateful that Eric had cut her ________________before she said something she would ________________ Eric was exactly the type of person she wanted as a friend!
1.A. initial B. tentative C. authentic D. serious
2.A. classify B. excavate C. distribute D. see
3.A. remarking B. gesturing C. playing D. glaring
4.A. seek B. select C. check D. collect
5.A. destroyed B. messed C. missing D. decreasing
6.A. replace B. steal C. pick D. remove
7.A. deciding B. knowing C. asking D. minding
8.A. stupidity B. abandon C. sympathy D. betrayal
9.A. favour B. character C. appearance D. method
10.A. still B. confident C. generous D. silent
11.A. when B. so C. after D. if
12.A. expressed B. condemned C. yelled D. argued
13.A. purpose B. choices C. desire D. thoughts
14.A. shocked B. curious C. guilty D. cruel
15.A. jar B. box C. can D. bag
16.A. spot B. form C. condition D. style
17.A. air B. heat C. wind D. sweat
18.A. awesomely B. abruptly C. weakly D. acutely
19.A. off B. down C. out D. up
20.A. illustrate B. compromise C. tolerate D. regret
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A man looking at his smartphone while walking across a railway crossing in Nanjing had a close knock on Oct. 22. So absorbed 1. he in his smartphone that he didn’t see a train approaching2.it brushed past him, 3. (throw) him to the ground. This should serve as a warning 4. people should be aware of their 5. (surround), especially when crossing roads.
Luckily, the man survived a brush with death, but the incident forced the driver to stop the train. 6.18-minute delays followed the incident, 7. led to a break in the running of other trams on the route.
Smartphone addiction 8. (spread) like an infectious disease during the past few years .It is evident that it will do great harm to society. What is 9. (bad), some addicts become impatient with relatives and friends.
Some people blame the smart phone for the tragedy. But if people’s self-control and self -discipline10. (weaken),the tragedy wouldn't, I have occurred.
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假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下面画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Nowadays, the computer technology develops very fast that the Internet has become more and more popular .Some students regarded it as a great helper. Because there has a lot of information on line, so you can surf the Internet for any information you need in a short time without working hard in the library. This is also very convenient to talk to others by using the Internet. Moreover, other students think that there is some information on line that is not good for students. In addition, spend
too much time playing games will not only have a bad effect on their studies but also do harm health. Therefore, we should make properly use of the Internet. It is of great important to separate good plants from wild weeds.
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