People who report news sometimes find themsel...

People who report news sometimes find themselves in the news. This is especially true for foreign correspondents(记者), who risk their lives to bring us important stories from dangerous parts of the world. To learn more about the life of a foreign correspondent, we interviewed Tim Craig, who has covered the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Q1: What draw you personally to dangerous places?

Tim Craig (TC): Experiencing problems that still exist in the world, seeing the struggles that soldiers face to keep peace, and the calamity that people meet during the war, and gaining a better understanding of how people from different countries live.

Q2: What do you like about your job?

TC: I like being able to talk to lots of different people about their problems and concerns. Sometimes the job can make you sad. You have to talk to kids who don't get enough to eat, or to someone whose mother or father was killed. But then I get to try to help these people by writing about their lives and problems.

Q3 : Do you worry about your own safety? How do you deal with that?

TC: Yes, I do worry, but I try not to think about it all the time. In Pakistan, many places are still safe enough for me to travel to without having to worry a lot about being injured, killed or kidnapped(绑架). There are, however, some places where I have to think about my safety all the time. Generally, it's best to travel with someone else so that we can help each other if something goes wrong. In dangerous places,. I also try not to stay in one spot for too long.

Q4: What are the most important qualities or skills a foreign correspondent needs?

TC : Being independent and able to quickly make decisions, being a good planner in order to reach places that may be hard to get to by car or plane, and being a good listener.

1.What do we know about Tim Craig?

A. He-suffers a lot during the war.

B. He covers news in foreign areas.

C. He works for world peace with soldiers.

D. He once helped look after homeless children.

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

A. Dilemma. B. Confusion.

C. Misfortune. D. Embarrassment.

3.When does Tim Craig feel sad about his job?

A. When he tries to meet some requirements.

B. When he has to travel to dangerous places.

C. When he writes his experiences in the war.

D. When he learns about people's sufferings due to the war.

4.Which of the following can best describe the job of a foreign correspondent?

A. Challenging but significant. B. Dangerous and boring.

C. Demanding but profitable. D. Impressive and relaxing.

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In accordance to the latest news report, two hundred people died in the accident, _______, which made the parents cry their heart out.

A. many of them children

B. many of them were children

C. and many of them children

D. many of which were children

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It affects one in six people in England each week. That’s the rate of people who report experiencing a common mental health problem，such as depression. Whether temporarily down or depressed，many rely on anti­depressants(抗抑郁药) to lift their mood. But they have a cost—one ex­user said that they felt they were in a “chemical fog” and were desperate to stop. 1. what alternatives are there when you’re feeling truly blue?

2.Sarah，who had been taking anti­depressants since the age of 17，is now off all medication and swimming—something that may be an effective treatment for depression. Apart from the exercise and companionship of swimmers，the cold water puts the body under stress. With repeated immersions(沉浸)，the body better adapts not just to this physical stress，but mental stress，including the psychological problems of life that lead to low spirits.

Susan Calman relies on kindness to brighten her mood. The 43­year­old comedian and author encourages others to use kindness to improve the lives of those around them. “It can be as simple as holding open a door for someone，or giving someone praise，or buying someone a packet of crisps while they’re feeling down，” she says. 3..

4.Woebot is a chat robot designed to support people dealing with problems by teaching coping strategies. One user，Nick Impson，explained that Woebot relieves the potential trust issues that can occur when talking to a stranger，even a qualified one.

Feeling low happens to everyone.5.you might want to try one of these methods and see if it works for you. We hope you’ll be feeling 8as right as rain again in no time.

A.When it does，

B.If you are lucky，

C.Or you could talk about it.

D.If medication isn’t the last choice，

E.How can we get rid of such mental problems?

F.In fact，anything that uplifts can make us feel better.

G.What about cold­water swimming to fight depression?

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As is reported in the newspaper, the number of people who ______ hungry ______ greatly reduced .

A. goes , has been　　 B. go , has been

C. goes , were　　 D. go , have been

高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

There were many more people who got injured in the big fire than _______.

A. was reported        B. it was reported

C. were reported       D. they were reported

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When people find themselves in difficult conflicts, they often turn to mediation(调解). Mediator are advised to listen attentively, avoid favoring the ideas of one party, and make both sides feel at ease. Surprisingly, new research that my colleagues and I conducted shows that, to effectively help people settle their conflicts, mediators　 should adopt a hostile(敌对的 ) attitude rather- than a calming one. A hostile mediator, we find, brings better results than a nice one

Why would adding more negativity to an already hostile situation prove beneficial? Consider how parents typically react when they can't get their children to stop quarreling: "I don't care who started it, both of you, go to your rooms!" At first sight, a calm mediator seems likely to be more effective. But as anyone with brothers or sisters knows, parents' seemingly unsympathetic treatment ofthe situation can have an unusual effect,

In our research, we created situations in which pairs ofnegotiators were part ofa heated conflict.In some cases, the mediator had a "nice" approach-calm and polite. In others, he was hostile-aggressive and somewhat rude. Across different types of conflicts, we found that negotiators were more willing and able to reach an agreement in the presence of a hostile mediator than in the presence of a nice one.

The main result ofthe test is not that hostility pays off. In fact, recent research has documented the social costs of negative behavior. For example, being the target ofrude behavior reduces people's performance on a variety oftasks. Other research shows the social benefits ofpositive behavior.People are more likely to close deals and become future business partners.

Even with the widespread social benefits ofpositive behavior and costs ofnegative behavior, hostility can pay offin certain situations.

1.What is the parents' settlement ofconflicts in paragraph 2?

A. It's calming and wise

B. It's arbitrary but effective.

C. It's commonly adopted.

D. It harms family relationship

2.How does the author support his viewpoints?

A. By giving examples and experimenting.

B. By analyzing causes and effects.

C. By presenting facts.

D. By making comparison/

3.Which best describes the author's attitude in the text?

A. Concerned. B. Doubtful.

C. Objective D. Positive.

4.What could be the title ofthe text?

A. The Significance of Effective Mediation

B. The Costs ofNegative Behavior

C. The Benefits ofPositive Behavior

D. The Surprising Power of Hostility

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听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。

1.Who is the speaker probably talking to?

A. Movie fans.　　 B. News reporters.　　 C. College students.

2.When did the speaker take English classes?

A. Before he left his hometown.　　 B. After he came to America.

C. When he was 15 years old.

3.How does the speaker feel about his teacher?

A. He’s proud.　　 B. He’s sympathetic.　　 C. He’s grateful.

4.What does the speaker mainly talk about?

A. How education shaped his life.

B. How his language skills improved.

C. How he managed his business well.

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Most of the news in the newspapers is bad but sometimes there is a story with good news. This is one of those stories. Millions of people around the world suffer from AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, and other serious diseases. There are medicines to treat these diseases but for people in poor countries, these medicines are too expensive to buy. When a pharmaceutical（制药的）company produces a new medicine, they receive a special license called a patent. This license means that the new medicine or drug is protected for a period of 20 years. The company that produced the drug can fix the price of the drug and no other company is allowed to produce the same drug or a copy of the drug for 20 years. At the moment, these patents operate all over the world, both in rich countries and in poor countries. The drugs companies say that they need patents so that they can get the money to pay for research to find new drugs and medicines. In rich countries people usually have enough money to pay for these drugs but in poor countries people can’t afford to buy them and cannot treat diseases like AIDS and malaria.

Last month, however, a group of experts published a report which says that patents are very bad for poor countries. The report says that drug companies do not want to find new medicines for diseases of poor people in poor countries. It says that poor countries should be allowed to buy cheap drugs without patents from other countries.

The authors of the report were lawyers, scientists and a senior director from the drug company Pfizer. Of course, the pharmaceuticals industry doesn’t agree with the report, “We need patents so that we can develop new medicines to fight disease both in the developed and developing world,” said a spokesman. But the report is the first sign that there might be a change in the patent system. This change could save millions of lives in the world’s poorest countries. This really is good news.

1. Why are medicines expensive for people in poor countries?

2. What does the underlined word “patent” in Para1 mean in Chinese?

3.Why do drugs companies need patents?

4. What does the report say?

5.What might happen if the patent system is changed?

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

In the job interviews applicants often find themselves ______ unexpected questions, some very difficult to answer.

高二英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析

In the job interviews, job applicants often find themselves ________ unexpected questions, some very difficult to answer.

A. to ask　　　　　　　　 B. asked　　　　　　　　 C. to be asked　　　　　 D. asking

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