The situation is that familiar --- deadlines are approaching, time runs out, disorder and confusion fills the day. The feeling is just as familiar --- a slightly faster heart rate, and shortness of breath. Yes, it is panic time.
It’s too late to kick yourself with “I should have started on this sooner.” or “It was a mistake to accept this tight deadline.” The only thing left to deal with the situation is to panic more efficiently.
① Focus.
Panic happens when you are on an overload --- too many things to do, too much pressure, too little time. But if you focus on the tasks that you need to take care of, and line them up in a logical list, you can have better control of a highly stressful and wild situation.
② Get rid of distractions.
Time wasters and unnecessary activities are the last things you need during this time. Let everyone know you are on panic mode and should not be disturbed unless it is an emergency.
③ Watch your time.
Don’t be too engaged in one detail so that you reduce your timing for the other important details. Mind the time and deal with each task so that you can finish all of the required activities sufficiently.
Try to solve a panic situation as quickly as you can so that you can rest and get back your energy and strength for the next one.
1.What can a person in a panic mode do to watch his time?
A. He should wear a watch. B. He should focus on one detail.
C. He should do his work quickly. D. He should mind the time properly.
2.The author suggests those on an overload______ .
A. paying no attention to their panic mode
B. planning their work according to a timetable
C. doing their work in a careful and logical way
D. asking their friends to help do the work
3.The underlined word "distraction" probably refers to something that______.
A. draws off one’s attention B. needs to be done at once
C. is worth doing D. costs much money
4.Which of the following can be the title of the passage?
A. A Familiar Situation B. Panic More Efficiently
C. Keep Your Spirit High D. Throw Away Distractions
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It was a dark and stormy night. I was about to go to bed when I heard a tapping sound on my window.
“Who's there?” I shouted. Suddenly there was a flash of lightning; I saw a face at the window. It looked like an alien（外星人）--- an alien that I had seen on the television show, “the X files”.
I felt very scared. I ran to my bed and pulled my blanket over my head. I started to shout for my parents but there was no reply. Then I remembered that they were at a fancy dress party.
I looked out of my blanket but it was too dark to see anything. Then I heard footsteps. They were getting louder and louder. I ran to my drawer to take out my camera and started to take pictures in the direction of the window. Soon the footsteps died off.
The grandfather clock struck. It was 12 midnight. I went back to my bed and tried to sleep. But I could not sleep. I felt too frightened. I sat up, and my mind was full of thoughts. Time passed --- finally, I fell asleep.
I woke up only after eight and decided to find out what it had been. I found some footprints outside my bedroom window. I measured them with a ruler and found them to be exactly the same size as my father's shoes. I then went to town to get the film developed. I didn't realize that I did not use the flash until I saw the black photos.
When I reached home, I told my father the whole incident and he started to laugh. I started laughing too when he told me that he had dressed up as an alien for the party. Today, I am still amused to think I was so afraid of my own father.
1.The writer took photos _____.
A. to find out what it was B. just for fun
C. to scare the alien away D. for the party
2.What could the writer see in the photos?
A. An alien’s face. B. His father’s face.
C. Nothing. D. A flash.
3.Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. The writer was afraid of his father. B. The writer stayed alone that night.
C. The writer didn’t sleep that night. D. The writer dressed up as an alien.
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Work started this week on next season’s flu vaccine (疫苗), with experts working off forecasts about which types of the flu virus will be making the rounds. But don’t expect any improvements. Flu experts are already admitting that most vaccines will give at best basic protection, because they’re based on old-fashioned technology. It’s not a new problem, but one that the slow-moving world of drug and vaccine production seems helpless to improve upon.
Every flu vaccine is a cocktail, aimed at either three or four of the most common flu types. Flu vaccines must be recreated every year because flu viruses develop constantly in a process called antigenic drift. In February, global flu experts gather to trade notes on what viruses are circulating in different countries and to come to an agreement on which types the next vaccines should be made to target.
In recent years, flu vaccines have been based on H1N1, H3N2 and either one or two types of influenza B virus. Each of these has a “reference” type, which is used to make seed virus. Producers add the seed types to eggs and incubate (孵) them as the virus grows. Then they purify the virus, and either weaken it or kill it to make a vaccine.
Using eggs is a tricky (=difficult) and unpredictable process. Sometimes the virus doesn’t grow well in eggs, which can mean less vaccine than expected. The result is a flu vaccine that doesn’t offer much protection. “As long as we have eggs we are going to have this problem,” said Scott Hensley, a flu virus expert, “The only solution is not to depend on eggs.”
Flu is a major killer. The 2017-2018 season has been a severe one, hitting the entire U. S. with widespread influenza infection (感染) at once for weeks on end, and killing 97 children so far. Against this threat, even a less satisfying flu vaccine will definitely help. “Even when you have these mismatches it will not prevent infection but likely prevent disease severity,” said Hensley.
1.Next season flu vaccine fails to improve because ______.
A. it has offered the best protection
B. experts can’t forecast the flu types
C. it is based on outdated technology
D. experts are unwilling to respond to changes
2.According to Paragraph 2, flu experts ______ in February.
A. exchange views on the virus types next season
B. get together and make a deal on vaccines
C. sign an agreement on vaccine production
D. decide on how to circulate the viruses
3.The risk of using eggs to make vaccines may be that ______.
A. seeds are less likely to get protection
B. viruses might not be developed as expected
C. there are not enough eggs to be used
D. whether vaccines will grow is hard to predict
4.What message does the underlined sentence convey?
A. The U. S. is faced with serious flu attacks.
B. Egg-based vaccines are better than nothing.
C. There is something wrong with flu vaccines.
D. Flu vaccines can stop the disease spreading.
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Forests are always losers at the Olympics, and that’s unlikely to change anytime soon.
For the winter games in PyeongChang, South Korea, virgin forest was destroyed on Mount Gariwang to accommodate ski runs. For the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, a ski run is set to wipe out part of the Songshan National Nature Reserve. And let’s not forget the 240 acres of Atlantic Forest that were leveled for the 2016 games in Rio de Janeiro to make way for a golf course.
For the upcoming Tokyo games, environmental and human rights advocates have been raising alarms about the use of tropical (热带的) wood to build the New National stadium. Activists have fought against such environmental destruction. The damage is often permanent, threatens endangered plants and animals and in some cases, causes conflicts with native people. But frequently the country’s organizing committee, and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) have found ways to make it reasonable — despite a paragraph in the Olympic Charter (宪章) that states that the IOC’s role is to “encourage and support a responsible concern for environmental issues”.
“As it stands now, the IOC has little authority over a city’s local organizing committee, which finally plans the event, ” Chappelet, professor of public management at the University of Lausanne, told Earther. “Even if the IOC is dissatisfied with the way host cities have prepared for the games, they have no built-in systems to watch them so that they strictly follow the Olympic Charter.” The only thing they can do if they’re not happy is to withdraw (= take back) the right to organize the game. “But the IOC could include more enforcement (执行) systems into the contract they make with the host city,” he added. That contract must be signed and obeyed by everyone and those who break it must be fined.
Boykoff, the author of several books on the Olympics, suggested a similar solution. “The IOC could insist that host cities take their ecological (生态的) promises into account first, but instead they look the other way, time and time again,” he said.
1.What is Paragraph 2 mainly about?
A. Popularity of the Olympics. B. Different needs of the Olympics.
C. Importance of protecting forests. D. Problems caused by the Olympics.
2.The IOC is expected to ______ according to the Olympic Charter.
A. lead the fight against destruction
B. withdraw the rights of host cities
C. ban the destruction of the environment
D. promote a responsible concern for the environment
3.The underlined word “they” in Paragraph 4 refers to ______.
A. the IOC B. built-in systems
C. host cities D. the games
4.What can be the best title for the text?
A. IOC Stresses Its Active Role B. Prized Forests Lost Big
C. Perfect Solutions are found D. Conflicts Arise at the Olympics
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How do actors and actresses memorize hundreds of lines? Memorizing lines takes practice and constant repetition. However, there are a few ways to make the memorization process run smoothly and quickly.
1.
For most performers, there is no quicker way of memorizing lines. To learn lines, an actor must recite the play loud over and over again. Most rehearsals (彩排) encourage this by running through the lines or having a “read through”. By the time opening night arrives, most actors have spoken their lines hundreds of times.
Listen to your cast members.
Sometimes inexperienced actors spend rehearsals just looking at fellow performers, waiting patiently to say their next line. 2. This will help the actor learn his lines better because the context of the dialogue is absorbed.
3.
Because there is often not enough rehearsal time, many performers find ways to listen to the play’s dialogue during everyday activities. They use a tape recorder or an MP4 player to listen to the lines from each relevant scene (剧情). Some actors prefer to record the lines of all the characters, including their own. 4. Others like recording the lines of fellow cast members (参演人员), and they leave a blank space so that they can insert their dialogue while listening to the recording.
Think positively and don’t panic.
Most actors will experience stage fright before the opening night. Actors forget lines now and then. When it happens, however, most of the time the audience never notice. If you forget a line in the middle of your performance, don’t freeze. Stay in character. Keep the scene going to the best of your ability. If unfortunately you forget a line once, you will probably never forget that line ever again. 5.
A. Record your lines.
B. Practice makes perfect.
C. Read lines loud and repeat them.
D. Read lines loud and remember them in a flash.
E. Sometimes embarrassment is the toughest method of memorization.
F. Then, they not only listen carefully, but they also speak all of the lines.
G. Instead, they should be listening carefully, responding in character at all times.
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I had offered to watch my 3-year-old daughter, so that my wife could go out with a friend. I was getting some work done in my study while she ______to be having a good time in the other room. No problem, I figured. But then it got a little too______ and I shouted, “What are you doing?” No response. I ______my question and heard her say, “Oh…nothing.” Nothing?
I got up from my desk and ran out ______the living room, where I saw her running across the hall. I followed and watched her as her little behind（小屁股）made a quick______into the bathroom. I had her________! I told her to turn around. She ______. I pulled out my big Daddy voice, “Young lady，” I said，“turn around!”
______, she turned toward me. In her hand was what was left of my wife’s new lipstick. And every square inch of her face was______with bright red! As she looked up at me with fearful eyes. I heard__________voice that had been shouted to me as a child. “How could you… You should know…How many times have you been______…What a bad thing to…” It was just a matter of my picking out which old ______ I was going to use on her so that she would know what a bad girl she had been. But ______ I could let loose, I looked______ at the sweater on her. In big ______ it said, “I’M A PERFECT LITTLE ANGEL (天使)!” I looked back up into her tearful eyes and, ______seeing a bad girl who didn’t listen, I saw a little angel full of ________that I had come dangerously close to______. “Sweetheart, let’s take a picture so Mommy can see how _______you look.” I took the picture and thanked God that I didn’t ______ the chance to prove what a perfect little angel he had given me.
1.A. happened B. liked C. appeared D. pretended
2.A. long B. quiet C. calm D. strange
3.A. asked B. answered C. raised D. repeated
4.A. into B. of C. from D. for
5.A. way B. turn C. change D. progress
6.A. followed B. scolded C. cornered D. fooled
7.A. laughed B. listened C. agreed D. refused
8.A. Slowly B. Eagerly C. Angrily D. Unfortunately
9.A. filled B. marked C. printed D. covered
10.A. every B. such C. any D. one
11.A. told B. beaten C. frightened D. forbidden
12.A. reports B. notice C. advice D. words
13.A. as B. when C. since D. before
14.A. up B. down C. in D. on
15.A. signs B. letters C. messages D. figures
16.A. because of B. instead of C. in spite of D. as a result of
17.A. value B. sadness C. pities D. tricks
18.A. preventing B. getting rid of C. destroying D. losing sight of
19.A. dirty B. ugly C. special D. silly
20.A. have B. get C. take D. miss
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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。
Two men travelling through a forest together promised 1.(help) each other whatever danger threatened them. They had not gone far before a bear rushed at them from some bushes. One man was a good 2.(climb), and quickly climbed a nearby tree, but the other,3.(see) that he had no chance alone against the bear, fell flat on his back and pretended to be 4.(die).
The bear came up to him and sniffed at him. Thinking the man was dead, he went off into the wood again 5. hurting him. When the bear had gone, the other traveler came down from his tree, and 6.(smile) asked his companion what the bear had said to him. “For I could see,” he said, “that he put his mouth close to your ear.”
“He told me to tell you,” 7.(reply) the other, “that you were a coward（懦夫）, and that in future I should not trust those 8. make fine promises, but will not stand by 9.(they)friends in danger.”
Don’t trust fine promise 10. you are sure of the person who makes them.
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翻译短语 (用近期学过的书上和维词短语)
1.在闲暇时
2.给……估价
3.因……批评某人
4.把……和……结合起来
5.以……为……的背景;以……为背景
6.受够了某人
7.脆弱的经济
8.弹性工作时间
9.视觉盛宴
10.节日气氛
11.毫无例外
12.笑脸
13.以失败告终
14.如果……发生；倘若(event)
15.没有前途
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短文改错
In early January this year, the rate of UFO reports were steady, around three per weeks. When, however, on Monday, January 16, a science fiction film about visitors to outer space was shown on television, there was the immediate increase in reports of sightings from all parts of the States. The commanding officer, Wayne Tyler, who directly responsible for the study of all such reports, decided to making his findings known. They wrote an article, which said that all UFO reports could be explained for quite naturally by aircraft movements. Follow this explanation, there was a rapid drop in the number of reported sightings, because the rate remained above the previous level.
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