—At last they resorted to court for this disp...

—At last they resorted to court for this dispute.

—That is it. Where negotiations fail, they have to _________ the law.

A.shy away from B.look forward to

C.fall back on D.make allowance for

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It’s time to reevaluate how women handle conflict at work. Being overworked or over-committed at home and on the job will not get you where you want to be in life. It will only slow you down and hinder(阻碍) your career goals.

Did you know women are more likely than men to feel exhausted? Nearly twice as many women than men ages 18-44 reported feeling drained of energy, according to a recent study.

This may not be surprising given that this is the age range when women have children. It’s also the age range when many women are trying to balance careers and home. One reason women may feel exhausted is that they have a hard time saying “no.” Women want to be able to do it all—volunteer for school parties or cook delicious meals—and so their answer to any request is often “Yes, I can.”

Women struggle to say “no” in the workplace for similar reasons, including the desire to be liked by their colleagues. Unfortunately, this inability to say “no” may be hurting women’s health as well as their career.

At the workplace, men use conflict as a way to position themselves, while women often avoid conflict or strive to be the peacemaker, because they don’t want to be viewed as aggressive at work. For example, there’s a problem that needs to be addressed immediately, resulting in a dispute over who should be the one to fix it. Men are more likely to face that dispute from the perspective of what benefits them most, whereas women may approach the same dispute from the perspective of what’s the easiest and quickest way to resolve the problem—even if that means doing the boring work themselves.

This difference in handling conflict could be the deciding factor on who gets promoted to a leadership position and who does not. Leaders have to be able to assign tasks and manage resources wisely. Shouldering more of the workload may not earn you that promotion. Instead, it may highlight you inability to effectively make use of what you have.

1.What does the author say is the problem with women?

A.They are often unclear about the career goals to reach.

B.They are usually more committed at home than on the job.

C.They tend to be over-optimistic about how far they could go.

D.They tend to push themselves beyond the limits of their ability.

2.The underlined word s “drained of energy” can be replaced by________

A.weak B.unhappy C.stressful D.tired

3.What do we learn about the difference of men and women on the job?

A.That women usually avoid conflict and strive to be the peacemaker is because their men colleagues are more aggressive.

B.When there is an urgent problem to address, women are more likely to do the task as they usually respond quicker than man.

C.Men and women differ in their approach to resolving workplace conflicts in that women are more ready to compromise.

D.Men have more chances to be leaders because they are able take advantage of others and shoulder less workload.

4.Which of the following event will the author have most interest to take part in?

A.A training course teaching women to say “no”.

B.A campaign for more women rights.

C.A debate on whether woman is capable of working on the job.

D.A sharing on how woman can balance work and family.

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Giraffe Manor(Kenya)

Giraffe Manor is an extraordinary hotel built in the early 1930s and lies in Nairobi, Kenya. The hotel is most well-known for its Rothschild giraffes. Every morning and evening, giraffes will enter the dining hall and eat with the guests. Giraffe Manor is the only place in the world where people can get this up close and personal with a giraffe.

The Ice Hotel (Sweden)

The hotel, lying in a remote village in Sweden, is the first ice hotel in existence. It was started in the 1980s by a Swedish artist who wanted to create a large sculpture to celebrate the natural resources around it. The hotel is rebuilt every year, opening in winter and closing in spring.

Free Spirit Spheres (British Columbia)

The goal of Free Spirit Spheres is to provide a place for people to enjoy exceptional experiences while living in a natural forest environment. It is open year-round on Vancouver Island. It is the only known eco-friendly tree house hotel in the world. It is so popular that you may have to book it three months to a year in advance.

The Manta Resort (Tanzania)

The underwater hotel is part of the unique Manta Resort on Pemba Island in Tanzania. It is 273 yards offshore(在近海)in the Manta house reef(礁). The reef is famous for its abundant oceanic wildlife and guests come to experience the peace and quietness that the remote island offers. The room is surrounded on all sides with large windows so that guests can be part of the wildlife activity around the reef.

1.What attracts guests most in Giraffe Manor?

A.The sculpture. B.The reef. C.The tree. D.The giraffe.

2.Which hotel do you need to reserve ahead of time?

A.Giraffe Manor. B.Free Spirit Spheres. C.The Ice Hotel. D.The Manta Resort.

3.What do these hotels have in common?

A.They lie in remote villages. B.They offer amazing experiences.

C.They are open all year round. D.They cost an amount of money.

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Panama City， Panama

For beach vacations that get you out of town and invite you and your family to dive into culture， consider a trip to Panama City． Here，you will enjoy beaches and city exploring． Book your stay at the Westin Playa Bonita， where you can book a room starting at ﹩222 a night． There are various programs，including beach Olympics， stargazing （天体观察）and Spanish lessons．

Jupiter， Florida

This place offers you quality time you can spend with your loved ones． Book your stay at Jupiter Beach Resort & Spa， with rates for a family of four starting at ﹩207 a night． Here， you can shoot baskets at the basketball courts，take a dip in the pool or teach your children beach yoga．

San Diego，California

The West Coast is a great spot for cheap beach vacations， so tell your family to pack their bags for a visit to San Diego． A cheap ﹩10 Uber ride from the airport will have you pulling up the Kona Kai Resort & Spa． Here，a family of four can stay in a Deluxe Guest Room starting at ﹩159 per night． Your kids can practice cannonballs at the pool after a visit to the world﹣famous San Diego Zoo．

Kihei Maui， Hawaii

For West Coasters who are growing bored with their backyard， fly to the islands of Hawaii． Stay at the Aston at the Maui Banyan， with a charge of ﹩179 a night for a family of four． Here，you'll witness some of the best sunsets of your life while your kids splash （戏水）in the Pacific， And if you're set on cooking a fancy meal， you'll enjoy suites that come with a full kitchen．

1.Which of the following charges you least a night？

A.The Aston at the Maui Banyan．

B.The Westin Playa Bonita．

C.The Kona Kai Resort & Spa．

D.Jupiter Beach Resort & Spa．

2.What can you do at the Aston at the Maui Banyan？

A.Admire beautiful sunsets．

B.Visit a world﹣famous zoo．

C.Observe fantastic stars．

D.Play some beach sports．

3.What is the common feature of the four destinations？

A.They all offer rooms with a full kitchen．

B.They are all intended for family trips．

C.They all pick up visitors from the airport．

D.They all provide bike riding on the beach．

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How do you wake up in the morning? If you set an alarm on your phone or clock that sounds like this: beep-beep-beep, that hard, unpleasant sound may be making it harder to shake off the sleepy feeling in the morning known as grogginess (昏昏沉沉).1.? A recent study says yes. The answer is music.

Researchers say alarms that have a melody can help people feel fresher in the morning. The study, carried out by researchers in Australia, involved 50 people. They answered questions about the alarm sound they like to wake up to. 2..

Sleep inertia (惯性) is another term for grogginess.3., and has trouble getting moving again after sleeping. People need to better understand sleep inertia’s harmful effects on human performance later in the day. The grogginess we may feel in the morning usually lasts for up to 30 minutes, but some may last from two to four hours. Not everyone will experience the full effect.

4., especially when they perform duties that require a top performance within this period or for people who work in dangerous situations shortly after they wake. So, what makes musical alarms better for waking up?5..

A.Possibly the different tones in it

B.Simply the single sound of “beeping”

C.So, is there a better way to wake up

D.So, what is a better way to wake up

E.But for those who do, care should be taken

F.It means a person has a heavy feeling when waking up

G.They also expressed how they feel about that sound and how they feel when they wake up

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PLAYA GRANDE, COSTA RICA? This resort town was long known for Leatherback Sea Turtle (棱皮龟) national Park, nightly turtle beach tours and even a sea turtle museum. However, on a beach where dozens of turtles used to nest on a given night, scientists spied only 32 leatherbacks all of last year.

With leatherbacks threatened with extinction (灭绝), Playa Grande’s turtle museum was abandoned three years ago and now sits among a sea of weeds. And the beachside ticket office for turtle tours was washed away by a high tide in September. “We do not promote that as a turtle tourism destination any more because we realize there are far too few turtles to please,” said Alvaro Fonseca, a park ranger (管理员).

Even before scientists found temperatures going up over the past decade, sea turtles were threatened by beach development, drift net fishing and Costa Ricans interest in eating turtle eggs. But climate change may cause the most serious harm to an animal that has lived in the Pacific for 150 million years.

Sea turtles are sensitive to numerous effects of warming. They feed on reefs, which are dying in hotter seas. They lay eggs on beaches that are being covered by rising seas and more violent waves.

More uniquely their gender (性别) is determined, not by genes but by the egg’s temperature during development. Small rises in beach temperatures can result in ail-female populations, obviously problematic for survival. If the sand around the eggs hits 30 degrees Celsius, the gender balance shits to females: at about 32 degrees they are all female. Above 34, you get boiled eggs.

On some nesting beaches, scientists are artificially cooling nests with shade or irrigation and trying to protect broader areas of coastal property from development to ensure that turtles have a place to nest as the seas rise.

1.Why does the resort town stop promoting it’s turtle tourism?

A.It decides not to disturb the turtles’ normal life.

B.Tourists have lost interest in watching turtles.

C.There are only very few turtles now.

D.The turtle museum was destroyed by a high tide.

2.Which of the following is the major factor in the turtles endangerment?

A.The locals eating habit.

B.Drift net fishing.

C.Beach development.

D.Global warming.

3.We learn from the last paragraph that scientists　　.

A.are doing research on the sea rise

B.are moving turtles to new homes

C.are protecting turtles’ nests

D.are getting rid of sea weeds

4.The passage intends to　　.

A.introduce a special kind of sea turtle

B.explain the mystery of turtles’ eggs

C.show the dangers a certain kind of turtle is facing

D.attract more visitors to a sea turtle museum

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It goes without saying, but bears repeating, there are too many cats and dogs without homes. While there are countless shelters and rescue centers that exist, some potential pet owners look to pet shops to find their furry friends. All too often, however, these animals come from puppy and kitten mills（繁殖场）that treat the creatures in cruel ways. San Francisco, however, is doing its part to stop this abuse with pet store adoption. Officials recently voted to ban the sale of non-rescue dogs and cats in local shops.

The effect is twofold. First, it will stop the popularity of the large-scale mills, which are famous for the miserable conditions cats and dogs are kept in. Second, it will help facilitate the adoption of thousands of animals that are waiting for their forever homes in San Francisco shelters. District 4 Supervisor Katy Tang, who serves on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, supported law-making on the ban. “Dogs and cats sold in pet stores often come from inhumane puppy and kitten mills that treat animals with no regard for their health or well-being,” she wrote on Facebook. In her message, she also called on the U. S. Agriculture Department to reinstate information on its website that documents these types of animal cruelty cases—it was removed earlier this month.

San Francisco's law-making is a victory for those concerned about animal rights, and it isn't the first city to pass this type of measure. Los Angeles, San Diego, Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston, and Austin also have similar laws in place, with hopefully more places to follow suit.

1.What happened to the dogs or cats before they got in the pet stores?

A.They were treated cruelly.

B.They received warm welcome.

C.They were abandoned on the streets,

D.They were raised in shelters and rescue centers.

2.Which of the following may Katy Tang agree with most?

A.People should adopt the dogs and cats.

B.Animals are too cruel to human beings.

C.Government can choose to kill all the dogs and cats.

D.It is not right to ban the sale of non-rescue dogs or cats in local shops.

3.What does the underlined word "reinstate" in Paragraph 2 mean?

A.Update. B.Replace. C.Post again. D.Download.

4.What does the last paragraph mainly focus on?

A.No Chinese city joins this type of movements

B.San Francisco is the last city to ban pet stores,

C.More and more cities are involved in protecting animal rights.

D.Americans care about animals more than others.

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I read with interest a recent article on Galactocorp’s planned Shuttlejet flight later this year. I cannot imagine more stupid thing than this, so-called space tourism, and can’t help wondering what on earth humanity is coming to if this can be successful business.

Many may think that space travel is the highest human achievement, which may be the condition when scientific endeavor (努力) is the aim. However, when it comes to space tourism, think we may have found the top of human stupidity. Consider the high cost of getting into space, the billions of dollars wasted on building the Shuttlejet, and the many thousands spent by the passengers—and for what? So that forty fat cats can have a first-class meal along with six minutes of weightlessness, before returning to earth? Never before has so much money been spent for so little benefit (利益). I invite all space tourists to come around to my house. I can treat them to a big dinner and they can have jump on the trampoline (蹦床), and they’ll only need to pay me half the price of Galactocorp.

Further, the money can be used in a smarter way. Think of the many worthy causes that would benefit from the money that has been thrown away on this project already. There are many medical programs in those poor countries. A few hundred thousand dollars could make a big difference to the lives of thousands of people. The benefits would last far longer than six minutes.

Not only is the Shuttlejet a terrible waste of money, it’s also a terrible waste of resources (资源). Think about the materials required to build and the things required to drive the Shuttlejet. Do we really want to pollute the environment for such a pointless exercise and waste so much money for such a pointless exercise?

In a word, we all need to come back down to earth and forget this stupid dream of space tourism.

1.What’s the author’s purpose in writing this text?

A.To ask for advice. B.To stop project.

C.To share his idea. D.To express his interest.

2.What offer does the author make in Paragraph 2?

A.Helping the fat cats lose weight.

B.Asking people to have fun in his house.

C.Providing a trampoline for space tourists.

D.Preparing first-class-meal for the forty cats.

3.What is the author’s main idea against space tourism?

A.It costs space tourists a lot of money.

B.It is just a scientific aim.

C.It is bad for the environment.

D.It causes a lot of waste in money and resources.

4.What does the author mean by saying“come back down to earth”in the last paragraph?

A.The project is unrealistic. B.The project is unscientific.

C.The money should be spent on earth. D.Space is nothing compared with earth.

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My best friend travelled to stay with my family last weekend. when she arrived, she went straight to the kitchen and, without asking, ate some dried fruit. She wasn’t being rude. I knew she would do this. We’ve known each other for almost 20 years. She can eat anything she wants from my kitchen. Indeed, I bought her favorite fruits and snacks at the shop that morning.

Our long weekend together was simple. I was recovering from surgery and couldn't go to shopping malls, We passed the time running errands（差事）, but there's never been a quiet moment. We’ve lived in different cities for almost a decade, Reunions demand conversation.

Our personalities are matched, to be sure，and a shared history is indescribably（难以形容地）valuable. We were competitors at high school before bonding. Then we discovered the many interests that we had in common. Our friendship developed itself quickly. We stayed companions and supported each other through law school and through our first jobs. Ours is a friendship for the ages.

There is something special about friends who know everything about you. They are rare. They have seen your bright lights of achievements, the depths of desperation（绝望的境地）and the boring routine of the in-between. It's special to unpack feelings without wasting time filling in the blanks. As my long weekend shows, with such friends we don't have to “do”, but we simply have to “be”. We drop the act, the performance, the public version of ourselves, The special friendships are those which never fail to delight, whose continuation is worth the extra effort, despite distance and difference in our separate lives. I had the very great joy of this reminder last weekend. I'm lucky to have found this friend, and to see a future where her companionship remains. Being together is perfection.

1.What can we infer from Para. 2?

A.They talked constantly about their lives. B.They enjoyed running errands.

C.They had a noisy weekend D.They quarreled at times.

2.What does the author appreciate about their friendship?

A.They help each other achieve in their fields

B.They’re best friends despite different hobbies

C.They inspire each other to be their best selves.

D.They' re comfortable just being themselves

3.What message is conveyed in the last paragraph?

A.Real friends are easy to make

B.Good friendships need devotion

C.Special friendships may fail to delight.

D.Distance and difference bring friendship

4.Why does the author write this text?

A.To express thanks to her best friend

B.To share the friendship she treasures.

C.To describe what her best friend is like

D.To explain how she offers help to her friend

高三英语阅读选择困难题查看答案及解析

Effective Communication With Parents

This book explains how school leaders can become successful communicators with teachers and parents。

The effective approaches to communicating with parents in the book are: Listen, Apologize, Solve, and Thank. 1. It can be a challenge to listen quietly when being attacked or when wrong information is being shared, but listening quietly without interruption is the most important.

2. Many people struggle with making apologies- especially when they feel they've done nothing wrong. But remember, we are not necessarily apologizing for our actions, but rather because of how the parent feels or what happened. For example, "I'm sorry this happened" or "I'm sorry you feel that way.”

Listening and apologizing are the two hardest steps to a successful meeting with a dissatisfied parent. 3.However, they set the tone for the final two steps of offering a solution and thanking the parent for their time.

4.More importantly, LAST helps to avoid the disadvantages of becoming defensive, and damaging your partnership with the parent.

Parent-teacher conferences can be difficult when there are agendas on either side that are not known. 5. They should try to focus on where the student is academically, and what the child and parents can do to help the situation.

A.These steps can feel unpleasant.

B.Choose your words carefully and thoughtfully.

C.After listening, I encourage teachers to apologize.

D.When communicating with a parent, it is important to listen quietly.

E.Give parents an opportunity to say what they want the teacher to know.

F.One thing teachers should know is to make sure the conference is student-centered.

G.When you follow these four steps, any parent-teacher conference can be successful.

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