At yesterday’s meeting lots of questions ____...

At yesterday’s meeting lots of questions __________.

A. brought up       B. went up        C. came up      D. broke up

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“What kind of rubbish are you?”This question might normally cause anger，but in Shanghai it bas brought about weary complaints over the past few months. On July 1st，the city introduced strict rubbish-sorting regulations that are expected to be used as a model for our country. Citizens must divide their waste into four separate categories and put it into specific public bins. They must do so at scheduled times, when monitors are present to ensure that rules are obeyed and to examine the nature of one's rubbish.

Violators could be hit with fines of up to 200 yuan ($29). For repeat violators, the city can add black marks to their credit records, making it harder for them to obtain hank loans or even buy train tickets.

Shanghai authorities are responding to obvious environmental problem. It produces 9 million tons of garbage a year. But like other cities in china, it lacks a recycling system. Instead, it has relied on rubbish pickers to pick out whatever can be reused. This has limits. As people get wealthier, fewer of them want to do such dirty work. The waste, meanwhile, just keeps piling up. China produces 80 billion pairs of one-off chopsticks a year.

Many citizens appear to support the idea of recycling in general but are frustrated by the details. Rubbish must be divided according to whether it is food, recyclable, dry or hazardous（有害的），the distinctions among which can be confusing, though there are apps to help work it out. Some have complained about the rules surrounding food waste. They must put it straight in the required public bin, forcing them to tear open plastic bags and toss（投掷）it by hand, Most annoying are the short periods for throwing trash, typically a couple of hours, morning and evening. Along with the monitors at the bins, this means that people go at around the same time and can keep an eye on what is being thrown out; no one wants to look bad.

1.What's the purpose of Paragraph l?

A.To complain about rubbish dividing.

B.To explain the four categories of the waste.

C.To introduce the rules on waste sorting.

D.To show the goal of rubbish, sorting regulations.

2.What does the underlined word "Violators" in Paragraph 2 refer to?

A.People who don't pay for train tickets. B.People who argue with the monitors.

C.People who obtain bank loans. D.People who are against the regulations.

3.What makes the citizens upset most about the rules?

A.Complex distinction among the four categories of rubbish.

B.Short scheduled time for tossing rubbish.

C.Being observed by monitors when throwing the garbage.

D.Being fined when blamed due to improper behavior.

4.What can be the best title for the text?

A.A Restart of Waste-sorting B.A New Age of Garbage Classification

C.Learning to Classify Rubbish D.Rubbish-sorting Benefits the World

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—Was the proposal passed at yesterday’s meeting?

—Yes, but some members of the committee expressed _______.

A. associations            B. authority

C. corporations            D. reservations

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At the end of the meeting the audience is invited to ______a question to our visiting speaker.

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Did you hear what happened at yesterday’s meeting? Can you believe it? If you find those sorts of quietly whispered questions about your co-workers irresistible, you're hardly alone. But why are we drawn to gossip?

A new study suggests it’s because the rumors are all about us”. Gossip receivers tend to use positive and negative group information to improve, promote, and protect the self,” writes a research team, led by Elena Martinescu of the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. In the journal Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, the researchers described two experiments team, led by Elena Martinescu of the University described two experiments testing the personal value gossip receivers get.

The first featured 178 university undergraduates, who had all previously worked on at least one course assignment with a group of four or more students. Participants were asked to recall and write a short description of an incident, in which a group member shared with them either positive or negative information about another group member’s secret. They then reported their level of agreement with a series of statements. Some of these measured the self-improvement value of the gossip (“The information received made me think I learn a lot from X”); others measured its self-promotion value (“The information I received made me feel that I am doing well compared to X”). Still others measured whether the gossip raised personal concerns (“The information I received made me feel that I must protect my image in the group”).

In the second experiment, 122 undergraduates were assigned the role of “sales agent” at a major company. They received gossip from a colleague that a third person either did very well or very badly at a performance evaluation, and were then asked about the emotions that information caused. They also responded to the above-mentioned set of statements presented to the participants in the first experiment.

In each experiment, participants found both negative and positive gossip to be of personal value with different reasons. “Positive gossip has self-improvement value,” they write. “'Competence-related positive gossip about others contains lessons about how to improve one's own competence. On the other hand, negative gossip has self-promotion value, because it provides individuals with social comparison information that justifies self-promoting judgments which results in feelings of pride.”

In addition, the results showed that negative gossip brought about self-protection concerns, the researchers write. “Negative gossip makes people concerned that their reputations may be at risk, as they may personally become targets of negative gossip in the future, which generates fear”. Fear is hardly a pleasant sensation (感觉), but it can be a motivating one. As researchers put it: “Gossip conveniently provides individuals with indirect social-comparison information about relevant others.”

1.Why are we drawn to gossip according to the researchers?

A.We need evaluative information about others to evaluate ourselves.

B.We are interested in the news that arouses our personal concerns.

C.We tend to gain a sense of pride from judging others.

D.We are likely to learn lessons from others’ mistakes.

2.According to the first experiment, which of the following shows self-promotion value?

A.I have to learn from Mary according to what Tom said about her.

B.I should behave myself in case of being gossiped about like Mary.

C.I’ve done better than Mary according to what Tom said about her.

D.I have no comments on what Tom said about Mary.

3.What’s the critical difference of the second experiment compared with the first one?

A.The identities of the participants.

B.The number of the participants studied.

C.The time during which the experiment lasted.

D.The role-play technique used in experiment.

4.What role does “negative gossip” play according to the researchers?

A.A fear killer. B.A protector.

C.A motivator. D.A subject provider.

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------ I heard that there were a lot of shouts and screams at yesterday’s party. It must have been terrible.

------- Oh, no. ________ , I enjoyed every minute.

A. In the end                    B. As a result

C. On the other hand              D. On the contrary

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There was a lot of fun at yesterday’s party. You ____ come, but why didn’t you?

A. must have       B. should            C. need have        D. ought to have

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There was a lot of fun at yesterday's party.You ________ come，but why didn't you?

A．must have　     B．should

C．need have　     D．ought to have

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---We all had a lot of fun at the barbecue yesterday. Pity you weren’t there.

---I really should have gone with you, but I ________ on some remaining problems.

A．was working       B．would work        C．worked           D．had worked

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—We all had a lot of fun at the barbecue yesterday. Pity you

weren't there.

—I really should have gone with you but I________on some

remaining problems.

A．worked　                 B．was working

C．would work　             D．would have worked

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