Drunken driving—sometimes called America's so...

Drunken driving—sometimes called America's socially accepted form of murder—has become a national epidemic(流行病). Every hour of every day about three Americans on average are killed by drunken drivers, adding up to an incredible 250,000 over the past ten years.

A drunken driver is usually defined as one with a 0.10 blood alcohol content or roughly three beers, glasses of wine or several glasses of whisky drunk within two hours. Heavy drinking used to be an acceptable part of the American manly image and judges were serious in most courts, but the drunken slaughter(屠宰) has recently caused so many well-publicized tragedies, especially involving young children, that public opinion is no longer so tolerant.

Twenty states have raised the legal drinking age to 21, reversing(使翻转) a trend in the 1960s to reduce it to 18. After New Jersey lowered it to 18, the number of people killed by 18-20-year-old drivers more than doubled, so the state recently upped it back to 21.

Reformers, however, fear raising the drinking age will have little effect unless accompanied by educational programs to help young people to develop “responsible attitudes” about drinking and teach them to resist peer pressure to drink.

Though new laws have led to increased arrests and tests and, in many areas already, to a marked decline in accidents, some states are also punishing bars for serving customers too many drinks. A bar in Massachusetts was fined for serving six or more double brandies to a customer who “obviously drunk” and later drove off the road, killing a nine-year-old boy.

As the accidents continue to occur daily in every state, some Americans are even beginning to speak well of the 13 years of national prohibition(禁止) of alcohol that began in 1919, what President Hoover called the “noble experiment”. They forgot that legal prohibition didn’t stop drinking, but encouraged political corruption and organized crime. As with the booming drug trade generally, there is no easy solution.

1.From the first paragraph, we can know that _________.

A．most Americans like drinking

B．heavy drinking is hard to avoid

C．many Americans are killed by drunk drivers

D．Americans are not shocked by traffic accidents

2.In America, public opinion about drunken driving has changed because ________.

A．judges are no longer serious

B．new laws are introduced in some states

C．the problem has attracted public attention

D．drivers do not appreciate their manly image

3.What can be inferred from the fact of the traffic accidents in New Jersey?

A．The legal drinking age should be raised.

B．Young drivers were usually bad.

C．Most drivers hoped to raise the legal drinking age.

D．Drivers should not be allowed to drink.

4.Laws recently introduced in some states have _________.

A．reduced the number of deaths.

B．resulted in fewer serious accidents.

C．prevented bars from serving drunken customers.

D．specified the amount drivers can drink.

5.Which of the following best shows the writer’s opinion of drunken driving?

A．It may lead to organized crime.

B．It is difficult to solve this problem.

C．The new laws can stop heavy drinking.

D．There should be no bars to serve drink.

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The accident ____________ from drunken driving.

A. arose　　　　　　　 B. arised　　　　　　　 C. raised　　　　　　　　　 D. rose

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I've learned a lesson that accepting kindness is important，too. I'm a social worker and have been_______more time recently with those unlucky people that some might say are less_______. I had a wonderful interaction(互动) this past week，when I had the _______of being the receiver of kindness. I was speaking to a gentleman who has bad luck and is in_______. We were just talking for a while and getting to_______each other.

Towards the end of our evening he said he wanted to_______me a hamburger at the nearby fast food restaurant. In time before，I would have_______that he let me buy him a meal，since he had a greater_______than I. But my kindness experience has taught me the _______ of being a good receiver，too. So I told him if he ________wanted to do that, I would be________to share a meal with him.

It was great! He was so happy to be able to________ something like that and he was________the entire time. I felt ________ to take away the wonderful feeling of someone's giving. We ________some great conversation and I could see it ________so much to him.

As we parted ways，instead of me feeling bad that he probably spent his last few________on our meal，I smiled and felt with a wonderful________of connection and gratitude. It's not only fun to be a receiver of kindness, ________this also gives someone else the chance to be the_________That is important, too.

1.A.wasting B.killing C.spending D.saving

2.A.active B.fortunate C.famous D.familiar

3.A.chance B.price C.right D.method

4.A.return B.prison C.common D.trouble

5.A.know B.hate C.love D.encourage

6.A.borrow B.buy C.make D.show

7.A.noticed B.demanded C.ordered D.insisted

8.A.need B.life C.wish D.wealth

9.A.truth B.power C.importance D.base

10.A.exactly B.really C.selflessly D.briefly

11.A.happy B.generous C.sad D.peaceful

12.A.create B.refuse C.ignore D.do

13.A.regretting B.shouting C.smiling D.praising

14.A.worried B.glad C.disappointed D.thrilled

15.A.missed B.avoided C.shared D.judged

16.A.changed B.remained C.lost D.meant

17.A.choices B.dollars C.efforts D.times

18.A.sight B.pride C.act D.sense

19.A.and B.or C.but D.so

20.A.giver B.helper C.receiver D.donator

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Social media and the mobile web have given rise to a strange phenomenon called the selfie(自拍). It refers to a picture of yourself, usually shared on any social networking website.

1.Some selfies are extreme close-ups(特写镜头), and others show part of an arm held straight outward. A few of them even feature the subject standing in front of a bathroom mirror.

Everyone takes selfies, but the younger crowd seems to be especially involved in the trend. Young people are relatively heavier digital users. They are interested in staying connected to their friends.　 2..

There are also kinds of psychological (心理上的)actors driving people to take a selife and upload it to a social networking site. 3.. A quick and easy way to attract other’s attention is to get “likes” and comments from friends. Secondly, it’s human nature to show off your own great achievements. When you feel good about yourself or look good, it’s far too easy to take out your phone and document it all through one or several selfies. 4.That’s right. Sometimes people are bored at work, bored at school, bored at home and even bored on the toilet. Last but not least, social media is about being social. If that means uploading as many selfies as possible, then so it be. It’s fun, and it’s a cool way to sort of document your own life.

Finally, there are things to be mindful of when you’re posting. It’s easy to think you’re sharing a photo with a few people. 5.So don’t post anything online, selife especially.

A.There are lots of selfie styles.

B.The rise of selfies has become universal.

C.Social media, to some extent, is the driving force of their selife activity.

D.The desire to take, post and get “likes” on selfies goes back to a biological behavior.

E.But the whole world of social media is public and every individual can get access to it.

F.There are also people who will take selfies because they have nothing else better to do

G.The leading factor is that people want to get attention from as many people as possible.

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They are called “sea parrots”, and sometimes “clowns (小丑) of the sea”!

Atlantic puffins (海鹦) are small seabirds which are around 25 cm in length. They have black and white feathers and a large parrot-like beak (鸟喙). The beak changes color during the year. In winter, the beak has a dull gray color, but it turns orange in spring!

Puffins spend most of their lives out at sea, resting on the waves when not swimming. They live on the eastern coast of Canada and the United States, and the western coast of Europe.

Puffins live off small fish such as herring, hake and sand eels. Puffins flap (拍) their wings up to 400 times a minute and speeding through the air at up to 88 km an hour. Wow! What’s more, puffins can dive down 60m under water in search of their favorite fish.

In spring and summer, thousands of puffins stay together on the coasts and islands of the North Atlantic Ocean to start a puffin family. They usually pair up with the same partner as before some may have been together for 20 years! Puffins dig out a hole usually in a grassy bank. Both parents take it in turn to incubate (孵化) the egg for the next 36-45 days!

Although puffins are not classed as an endangered animal, their population in some places is becoming smaller. The main reasons are overfishing, which can lead to a shortage of food for puffins, and pollution---especially oil spills (溢出). Not only does the oil make these beautiful birds sick, it harms their feathers.

1.Where do puffins live?

A. On the western coast of Canada and the United States.

B. On the eastern coast of Europe.

C. On the coasts of the North Atlantic Ocean.

D. On the islands of the Pacific Ocean.

2.According to the passage, puffins are ______.

A. great flyers　　 B. large birds on land

C. grass-eating animals　　 D. bad swimmers

3.How do puffins breed (繁殖)?

A. They mainly breed in early autumn.

B. They pair up with different partners every year.

C. Mother puffins lay eggs on the grass or sand.

D. Father puffins also take part in incubating the eggs.

4.The population of puffins is becoming smaller because of _____.

① the bad weather along the coast

② the process of taking too many fish from the sea

③ the harm from water pollution

④ humans’ habits of eating the eggs of puffins

A. ①②　　 B. ②③

C. ③④　　 D. ①④

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Unlike most　 other holidays, the　 history　 of April Fools’ Day. Sometimes called All Fools' Day, is not as the　 totally clear. The only point in time that can be agreed on as the beginning of this tradition was 1582,in France. Before that year, the New Year was celebrated　 for eight days,

beginning　 on March 25.The reform of the calendar celetxration reached the highest point on April l_With the riform of the calendar under Charles 1X,the

Gregorian calendar (公历, 阳历）was introduced, and New Year's Day was moved lo January 1.

However, because in　 those days communications were not as developed　 as they are today, many people did not receive the news for several years. Some people refused to accept the new calendar and continued to celebrate the New Year on April , These backward people were considered “foots” by other peopk. They were often sent on “fools” errands (徒劳无益的工作)or were made the taragets of jokes.

This developed, over time,into a tradition of playing a trick m someone on the first day of April. The tradition eventully spread to England and Scotland in the eightreenth century. It was　 later introduced to the American

colonies of both the Britain and Francc.April Fools’ Day thus developed into an　 international fun feast,so　 to speak,with different nationalities specializing in their own kind of humor at the expense of their friends and families.

1.Acconibg to the new calendar, which day was New Year's Day moved la in France ?

A. March 25.　　 B. January 1.

C. April I.　　 D. April3.

2.Which of　 the following first had the tradition of celebrating the April Fools’ Day?

A. Frmce　　 B. England,

C. Scotland　　 D. America.

3.What was people's attitude towards the new calendar?

A. They accepted it happily.　　 B. They refused it immediately.

C. Some recognized it.　　 D. Some laughed at it.

4.What does the passage want　 10 tell us?

A. What the　 French did un April Fools' Day.

B. How April Fools’ Day come　 into being.

C. When was the new calendar　　 introduced.

D. Why some people were fooled in France.

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Unlike most other holidays, the history of April Fools’ Day, sometimes called All Fools’ Day, is not totally clear. The only point in time that can be agreed on as the beginning of this tradition was 1582, in France. Before that year, the New Year was celebrated for eight days, beginning on March 25th. The celebration reached the highest point on April 1st. With the reform of the calendar under Charles IX，the Gregorian calendar(公历，阳历) was introduced, and New Year’s Day was moved to January 1st.

However, because in those days communications were not as developed as they are today, many people did not receive the news for several years. Some people refused to accept the new calendar and continued to celebrate the New Year on April 1st.These backward people were considered “fools” by other people. They　 were often sent on “fools” errands(徒劳无益的工作)　 or were made the targets of jokes.

This developed, over time, into a tradition of playing a trick on someone on the first day of April. The tradition eventually spread to England and Scotland in the eighteenth century. It was later introduced to the American colonies of both the Britain and France. April Fools’ Day thus developed into an international fun feast, so to speak, with different nationalities specializing in their own kind of humor at the expense of their friends and families.

1.According to an earlier calendar, New Year’s Day in France was ________.

A. March 25th B. January 1st

C. April 1st D. April 3rd

2.Which of the following first had the tradition of celebrating the April Fools’ Day？

A. France. B. England.

C. Scotland. D. America.

3.What was people’s attitude towards the new calendar？

A. They accepted it happily.

B. They refused it immediately.

C. Some recognized it.

D. Some laughed at it.

4.The passage mainly tells us ________.

A. what the French did on April Fools’ Day

B. how April Fools’ Day came into being

C. when was the new calendar introduced

D. why some people were fooled in France

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Sometimes some young people call themselves “DiaoSi” to _______ themselves from the “tall, rich and handsome” and “white, rich and pretty” groups.

A. allocate　　 B. distinguish　 C. preserve　 D. present

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Unlike most other holidays,the history of April Fools’ Day.Sometimes called All Fools’ Day,is not totally clear.The only point in time that can be agreed on as the beginning of this tradition was 1582,in France.Before that year,the New Year was celebrated for eight days,beginning on March 25.The celebration reached the highest point on April 1.With the reform of the calendar under Charles 1X,the the Gregorian calendar(公历，阳历）was introduced,and New Year’s Day was moved to January 1.

However,because in those days communications were not as developed as they are today,many people did not receive the news for several years.Some people refused to accept the new calendar and continued to celebrate the New Year on April 1.These backward people were considered”fools” by other people.They were often sent on “fools” errands（徒劳无益的工作）or were made the targets of jokes.

This developed,over time,into a tradition of playing a trick on someone on the first day of April.The tradition eventually spread to England and Scotland in the eighteenth century.It was later introduced to the American colonies of both the Britain and France.April Fools’ Day thus developed into an international fun feast,so to speak,with different nationalities specializing in their own kind of humor at the expense of their friends and families.

1.According to an earlier calendar,New Year’s Day in France was　　　　　 .

A. March25　　 B. January 1　　 C. April 1　　 D. April3

2.Which of the following first had the tradition of celebrating the April Fools’ Day?

A. France.　　 B. England.　　 C. Scotland.　　 D. America.

3.What was people’s attitude towards the new calendar?

A. They accepted it happily.　　 B. They refused it immediately.　　 C. Some recognized it.　　 D. Some laughed at it.

4.The passage mainly tells us　　　　　　 .

A. what the French did on April Fools’ Day　　 B. How April Fools’ Day come into being

C. when was the new calendar introduced　　 D. why some people were fooled in France

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Vacation is a time for refreshment. In work, we are often called to think. Sometimes, it’s good to give our brains a rest. Without a break, we may not be able to perform up to our potential. This can be a problem, not only for the employee, but for the employer as well.

“The main benefit of vacation is for the worker to come back energized,” says Weaver. “If they haven’t had a break, then they’re not coming back with new energy. They haven’t had a chance to step back and get perspective (远景), and come back with renewed enthusiasm.”

Long working hours without a break, insecurity (不安) about one’s job, and other work-related worries can lead to burnout and stress. Humans can usually adapt to pressure, but not for a limitless amount of time.

“It is a problem of relating good workers and having them loyal to the firm while they’re there,” says David Maume, PhD, professor of sociology at the University of Cincinnati. He says burnout can also affect employees’ productivity, creativity, and effectiveness.

In addition, high levels of stress are likely to be precursors (前兆) to depression, which can hit both the employer and employee’s pocketbook. Even people who manage to remain productive at work can have problems. If they’re always at work, then they’re not with their family and friends. If they’re working while on vacation, for the time that they’re on the job, they’re not really present.

An unbalanced emphasis on work can strain family and social life. When you come up for air, you may see that you’re alone, or that your relationships have gone on without you.

1.What’s the main benefit of a vacation?

A.The manager can be more creative.

B.The worker can come back with new energy.

C.The worker can adapt to pressure much better.

D.The worker can step back and get more excited.

2.The underlined word “there” in the fourth paragraph probably refers to ________.

A.the home　　 　　 B.the vacation

C.the company　　　 D.the university

3.When a worker is always at work, he is likely to get more and more _________.

A.dynamic　　 　　　　 B.productive

C.skillful　　　　　　 D.absent-minded

4.Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

A.Why Workers Need Vacation

B.Why Workers Need New Energy

C.How to Deal with Daily Pressure

D.How to Spend Vacation Effectively

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