Archaeology as a profession faces two major problems.It is the poorest of the poor.Only small sums are available for excavating(挖掘)and even less is available for publishing the results and preserving the sites once excavated.Yet archaeologists deal with priceless objects every day.Besides, there is the problem of unlawful excavation, resulting in museum-quality pieces being sold to businessmen at the highest price..
I would like to make a suggestion that would at once provide money for archaeology and reduce the amount of diggings against law.You might say that professionals excavate to get knowledge, not money.Moreover, ancient artifacts(古器物) are part of our global cultural heritage(遗产), which should be there for all to appreciate, not sold at the highest price.I agree.Sell nothing that has scientific value.But, you might reply, everything that comes out of the ground has scientific value.Here, we disagree.In theory, you may be correct in saying that every artifact has hidden scientific value..
People can not help appreciate every unearthed treasure but there is not enough money even to put the finds in good order; as a result, they cannot be found again and become as inaccessible as if they had never been discovered.Indeed, with the help of the Internet, sold artifacts could be more reachable than are the pieces stored in museum basements.Before sale, each could be photographed and the list of the purchasers could be maintained on the computer.A purchaser could even be required to agree to return the piece if it should become needed for scientific purposes.
1.What’s the problems that archaeology as a profession has to face?
A.Money and unlawful excavation. B.Effectively duplicates.
C.Scientific purposes. D.Excavation law.
2.To let most people enjoy ancient artifacts, the practical way could be_______.
A.putting them in the museum B.having sold artifacts returned
C.making use of the Internet D.solving the money problem
3.Which of the following four suggestions about archaeology is from the author?
A.No selling of any unearthed ancient artifacts.
B.Some money should be raised for the purpose.
C.Selling some unearthed ancient artifacts and having them returned when needed.
D.Ancient artifacts, our global cultural heritage, should be evenly shared by us all.
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Archaeology as a profession faces two major problems.It is the poorest of the poor.Only small sums are available for excavating(挖掘)and even less is available for publishing the results and preserving the sites once excavated.Yet archaeologists deal with priceless objects every day.Besides, there is the problem of unlawful excavation, resulting in museum-quality pieces being sold to businessmen at the highest price..
I would like to make a suggestion that would at once provide money for archaeology and reduce the amount of diggings against law.You might say that professionals excavate to get knowledge, not money.Moreover, ancient artifacts(古器物) are part of our global cultural heritage(遗产), which should be there for all to appreciate, not sold at the highest price.I agree.Sell nothing that has scientific value.But, you might reply, everything that comes out of the ground has scientific value.Here, we disagree.In theory, you may be correct in saying that every artifact has hidden scientific value..
People can not help appreciate every unearthed treasure but there is not enough money even to put the finds in good order; as a result, they cannot be found again and become as inaccessible as if they had never been discovered.Indeed, with the help of the Internet, sold artifacts could be more reachable than are the pieces stored in museum basements.Before sale, each could be photographed and the list of the purchasers could be maintained on the computer.A purchaser could even be required to agree to return the piece if it should become needed for scientific purposes.
1.What’s the problems that archaeology as a profession has to face?
A.Money and unlawful excavation. B.Effectively duplicates.
C.Scientific purposes. D.Excavation law.
2.To let most people enjoy ancient artifacts, the practical way could be_______.
A.putting them in the museum B.having sold artifacts returned
C.making use of the Internet D.solving the money problem
3.Which of the following four suggestions about archaeology is from the author?
A.No selling of any unearthed ancient artifacts.
B.Some money should be raised for the purpose.
C.Selling some unearthed ancient artifacts and having them returned when needed.
D.Ancient artifacts, our global cultural heritage, should be evenly shared by us all.
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A majority of men are emotionally blocked.
To men it seemed as if their emotional problems were evident at birth. A few weeks ago, I spent an afternoon with a seven-month-old baby boy and his mother. I found myself fascinated by the little boy’s expressiveness. His face was constantly in motion, reflecting everything that was happening in him and to him. A hunger feeling, the comfort of being held, and the fear and relief he felt—all of these sensations and emotions appeared instantly on his face. He didn’t hide his thoughts or feelings.
Most babies are allowed to be free with their emotions until they are around one year old. Then about the time they begin to walk and talk, their parents start to make them repress their feelings. The degree to which parents repress their children varies from household to household. We tend to discourage so-called “negative emotions” such as fear, sadness, and anger. We believe that if we can make our children act happily and well behave, they will become truly happy and well-adjusted adults.
To some degree this management of emotions applies to both sexes. When boys or girls show feelings that their parents think inappropriate or threaten to reveal the abnormal nature of the family, their parents find some way to stop them. Parents do this in a variety of ways. Depending on their parenting styles, they may ignore their children; shame them; educate them; bribe(贿赂) them; distract them; punish them or physically abuse them.
It is rare if a child doesn’t suffer from some form of parental repression. But as a rule, little boys are required to restrict even more of their emotions than little girls. Men in this society are assigned two traditional roles: providing and protecting. In order to fulfill those roles little boys are required to repress more of their emotions. Boys are raised according to a masculine(阳性的) code, a complex set of beliefs that influences how they think, feel and behave. The masculine code is not taught through formal means. Society’s goal is not to cause emotional injury to the boys but to harden them to face the difficulties men have always had to face.
1.The author’s experience about the seven-month-old baby boy shows that ________.
A. people are born to be crazy or frightened
B. people will surely be lonely for all their lives
C. men are emotionally whole when they are born
D. men’s emotional problems are various at birth
2.What is the meaning of the underlined word “repress” in Paragraph 3?
A. Press something for a second time.
B. Make others understand something.
C. Put pressure onto something soft.
D. Try not to show an emotion or a feeling.
3.Which of the following expressions shows how parents bribe a child?
A. “Please stop crying, honey. Do you want a cookie?”
B. “Did that big dog scare you? Look, there’s a cute cat!”
C. “How dare you look at me that way! Go to your room!”
D. “When you cry like that, you sound like your baby sister.”
4.It can be inferred that ________.
A. parental repression on children is common in society
B. parental repression has more effects on girls than on boys
C. the masculine code is meant to cause mental injuries to men
D. the masculine code is rarely educated through informal means
5.What would be the best title for the passage?
A. When boys find it hard to express their feelings.
B. Why boys are used to controlling their emotions.
C. Difficulties men have to face to be successful.
D. Roles men have to play to be competitive.
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As years went by, I realized that one of the biggest problems of adults was worry. A large majority of my students were businessmen, executives, salesmen, engineers, accountants: a cross section of all the trades and professions and most of them had problems! There were women in the classes business women and housewives. They too had problems. Clearly, what I needed was a textbook on how to conquer worry. So again, I tried to find one.
I went to the New York great public library at Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street and discovered to my astonishment that this library had only twenty-two books listed under the title WORRY. I also noticed, to my amusement, that it had one hundred and eighty-nine books listed under WORMS. Almost nine times as many books about worms as about worry! Surprising, isn't it? Since worry is one of the biggest problems facing mankind, you would think, wouldn't you, that every high school and college in the land would give a course on “How to Stop Worrying”?
Yet, if there is even one course on that subject in any college in the land, I have never heard of it. No wonder David Seabury said in his book How to Worry Successfully: “We come to maturity with as little preparation for the pressures of experience as a bookworm asked to do a ballet.”
The result? More than half of our hospital beds are all occupied by people with nervous and emotional troubles.
I looked over those twenty-two books on worry on the shelves of the New York Public Library. In addition, I purchased all the books on worry I could find; yet I couldn't discover even one that I could use as a text in my course for adults. So I decided to write one by myself.
1.What made the writer realize one of the adults’ biggest problems?
A. His wide reading. B. His practical survey.
C. His students’ real situation. D. His scientific research.
2.The writer went to New York's great public library with the purpose of________.
A. getting a book for his teaching
B. finding some material for his new book
C. obtaining some information for his research
D. borrowing some books on worms for his students
3.What do David Seabury’s words in paragraph 3 show?
A. Worry is extremely common. B. We lack knowledge of worry.
C. We show no interest in worry. D. Worry can hardly be controlled.
4.What's the writer’s purpose of writing the passage?
A. To warn us of the possible danger of worry.
B. To persuade us to get rid of worry.
C. To explain why he wanted to write a book on worry.
D. To tell us how to conquer worry.
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Faced with such a hard financial problem, Jack tried to stand on his own two feet rather than turn________ his parents.
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We face problems in our everyday life.1.Don’t worry. As long as you are breathing, you can solve problems.
Be aware of problem.
First of all, it is important to know and understand the problem clearly.2.Following questions like why, what, how, when, where and who will take you to the root cause of the problem.
Analyze the problem.
Analyzing the problem will give you time to think of a proper solution.3.They can be diagrams, flowcharts or a lists, etc.
Plan a strategy.
Planning a strategy will help you waste less energy and time in attempting all the solutions. This step includes knowing the pros and cons of applying a solution. In this way, you can abandon the strategy that you don’t find worthy to apply.
4.
Leave out the information that is not required for the solving of the problem. You need to be accurate with the details. Keeping the unrelated information can sometimes complicate the simple problem as we tend to overlook the important information.
Carry out the solution
Putting the solution into effect in a correct way to get the result expected is important while solving a problem. You need to be creative while actualizing a solution just in case some other problem arises while applying the solution. 5.
A. Delete irrelevant information
B. You can use various tools to study the problem
C. Use yes or no questions to get better information
D. Knowing the problem means solving half the problem itself
E. They can be social problems, relationship problems, or problems at work.
F. Spend 10% of the time analyzing the problem and 90% on the solution, not the opposite.
G. Being ready with alternatives is also important in case a solution works only half way.
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Britain faces social problems as lots of people are set to lose their jobs in technological revolution, Bank of England’s chief economist warned.
Andy Haldane said the so-called Fourth Industrial Revolution will make the machine replace humans to do thinking things. The dark side of the change could be a much bigger breakdown of employment than in Victorian times, with professions such as accountancy (会计) among those at risk.
A report by the accountancy firm PwC last month warned that more than 7 million jobs in Britain had been lost over the next 20 years as technological change sweeps though workplaces.
The majority of these are in jobs in the retail, transport and manufacturing industries. However, other traditional professional sectors could also be at serious risk.
Economists treat the arrival of increasingly intelligent computers and robots as the fourth industrial revolution. The first was the shift from agricultural to urban societies, the second saw the widespread use of electricity and steel, and the third was the digital revolution when computers, the Internet and mobile phones were developed.
Mr Haldane said the hollowing-out (空洞化) experienced in the past years could be on a greater scale in the future so it is important to learn the lessons of history and ensure that people are given training to take advantage of new opportunities.
“Jobs were effectively taken by machines of various types, there was a hollowing-out of the jobs market, which left many people for a long period out of work and struggling to make a living,” Haldane added, “That heightened social and financial tensions, and led to a rise in inequality. This is the dark side of technological revolution.”
“That hollowing-out is going to be potentially on a much greater scale in the future, when we have machines thinking and doing the cognitive and technical skills of humans.” Mr Haldane said professions like accountancy could be among those hardest hit by the rise of AI. But he suggested economists could escape.
1.What is the dark side mentioned in the text?
A. The hollowing-out has become a major social problem.
B. Less and less people have the desire to learn accountancy
C. Intelligent computers and robots decrease good workers.
D. The technological revolution causes people to lose jobs.
2.Why are economists the lucky dog in the new technological revolution?
A. The study about economy is at a low level.
B. Economists work on a traditional professional job.
C. There is no machine that can work as an economist.
D. Economists have the chance to avoid technological revolution.
3.What should be done to deal with the serious situation?
A. To call for people to devote more to studying history.
B. To teach people to grasp the chances technological revolution brings about.
C. To warn people not to work on transport and manufacturing industries.
D. To ask workers to develop and think as the intelligent computers and robots do.
4.What attitude did Haldane have towards the future employment?
A. Positive. B. Aggressive.
C. Critical. D. Worried.
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Alzheimer’s disease is a major national health problem. Nearly 2 million Americans over the age of 65 have Alzheimer’s disease. It is a leading cause of death among the elderly. But Alzheimer’s disease is not confined (限于) to the aged. There may be a million or more people under the age of 65 suffering from the disease.
At one time, people suffering from the disease were said to be “getting old”. The disease was thought to be a natural part of growing old, but it is now known that Alzheimer’s disease strikes young and old alike. It is an organic (器官的) disease that destroys brain cells.
Alzheimer’s disease affects the patient’s memory, speech, and movement. In the beginning stages of the disease, the patient may seem slightly confused. He may have trouble speaking, then the patient’s memory begins to fail. He may forget dates, numbers, names and plans.
As the disease progresses, the patient may not recognize family and friends. These symptoms(症状) often cause terrible anxiety in the patient. He may feel lost and frightened. Sometimes the patient reacts with wild and bad behavior.
In the last stages of the disease, the patient may not be able to take care of himself. He may have lost the ability to speak and walk.
Scientists don’t know exactly what causes Alzheimer’s disease. It may be caused by a virus (病毒).It may be caused by a poisonous substance(物质) in the environment. At present, there is no cure for the disease. But there are ways to slow its progress. Exercise and physical treatment can help the patients of this disease.
1.The main idea of the passage is that Alzheimer’s disease ________.
A.is a terrible part of the aging process |
B.is an organic disease that affects young and old |
C.can be cured by physical treatment |
D.causes forgetfulness |
2.All of the following are symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease EXCEPT________.
A.forgetfulness | B.difficulty in speaking |
C.loss of sight | D.loss of the ability to walk |
3.According to the passage, which of the following may be a cause of Alzheimer’s disease?
A.Poisons produced by the brain. | B.Getting old. |
C.A virus. | D.Lack of exercise. |
4. The press of Alzheimer’s disease can be slowed by________.
A.operation | B.a change in environment |
C.medicines | D.physical treatment and exercise |
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Disposing of the garbage we produce every day is a major problem in cities around the world. In the United States, over 160 million tons of garbage is produced every year. Ten percent is recycled, ten percent is burned, and the rest is put in landfills. But finding land for new landfills is becoming more difficult.
A city that has solved this problem in an unusual way is Machida in Tokyo. They have developed a totally new way of dealing with garbage. The key to the operation is that people should work together. Families must divide their garbage into six groups:
1. garbage that can be easily burned, such as kitchen and garden trash 2. garbage that doesn’t burn easily, such as plastic tools and plastic toys 3. products that are poisonous or that cause pollution, such as batteries 4. bottles and glass containers that can be recycled 5. metal containers that can be recycled 6. large items, such as furniture and bicycles |
The items in Groups 1 to 5 are collected on different days. Large items are only collected upon request. Then the garbage is taken to a centre that looks like a clean new office building or hospital. Inside the centre, special equipment is used to sort and deal with garbage. Almost everything can be reused: garden or kitchen trash becomes fertilizer; garbage that can burn is burned to produce electricity; metal containers and bottles are recycled; and old furniture, clothing, and other useful items are cleaned, repaired, and resold cheaply or given away. The work provides employment for the disabled and gives them a chance to learn new skills.
Nowadays, officials from cities around the world visit Machida to see whether they can use some of these ideas and techniques to solve their own garbage problems.
1. Each year people in the U.S.A. have to find places to put in _______ million tons of garbage.
A.160 B.128 C.16 D.32
2.George’s family has the following garbage: wooden chairs, empty tins and branches. Into which group should he put the garbage?
A. Group 6, Group 5, Group 1. B. Group 1, Group 3, Group 2.
C. Group 6, Group 5, Group 2. D. Group 6, Group 4, Group 1.
3. From the text we know that ________ .
A. those who are working at the garbage disposal centre are disabled persons.
B. without people’s cooperation, the garbage disposal project would be a failure.
C. the items in Group1 and Group6 are not collected on the same day.
D. the garage is taken to a clean new office building for disposal.
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One of the major problems in our economy(经济)is inflation, a situation in which prices are going up faster than wages(工资). Thus, a person has to work more hours to pay for the same thing.
For example, let’s say that this year a loaf of bread costs $1.00 and average salary in the United Sates is $10.00 per hour. That means a person could earn enough money to buy a loaf of bread in one-tenth of an hour, or six minutes. Then, halfway through the year, the price of the bread goes up to $1.25, while wages stay the same. That means that a person now has to work one-eighth of an hour—seven and a half minutes to buy the same loaf of bread.
Now let’s say that at the end of the year, wages go up to $11.00 per hour, but the price of bread goes up to $1.50. Now a person has to work more than one-seventh of an hour—over eight minutes—to buy loaves of bread, employees will have less money left over to buy other things, Inflation means that the same money buys fewer things and everybody’s standard of living goes down, even if salaries are going up.
Some kinds of inflation are worse than others. Moderate inflation does not distort (祖曲)relative prices or incomes seriously. Galloping inflation happens rapidly, say at a rate of 100percent or more within a year. And then there’s hyperinflation—inflation so serious that people try to get rid of their currency(货币)before prices rise further and make the money worthless. Times of hyperinflation are usually characterized by social and political disorder.
1.The passage mainly wants to________.
A.list major economic B.discuss something about inflation
C.explain why bread prices increase D.state the types of inflation
2.Why is “ a loaf of bread” repeatedly mentioned?
A.To express dissatisfaction with the price of bread
B.To show the effect of price changes
C.To compare bread with other foods
D.To explain social and political disorder
3.What happens when prices go up but salaries remain the same?
A.The government will do more about the economy
B.Workers might lose their jobs if they show dissatisfaction
C.People will save money rather than spend it.
D.People must work longer to buy the same things
4.Which of the following belongs to the type of moderate inflation?
A.People try to get rid of their currency
B.Inflation occurs at a rate of 100 percent in a year
C.Incomes and relative prices rise slightly
D.There is social and political disorder
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With many major economic problems_______ to be addressed, there is no point _______ the growth rate of this year now.
A.remaining ; predicting | B.remaining ; to predict |
C.remained ; predicting | D.remained ; to predict |
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