Vingo sat in front of three men and three women. One of the women sat beside him and introduced herself. “We’re going to Florida,” she said brightly. “What some wine?” He smiled and thanked her.
“Are you married”
“I don’t know.”
“You don’t know?” She said.
“Well, when I was in prison I wrote to my wife,” he said. “I told her that I was going to be away for a long time, and that if she couldn’t stand it, if the kids kept asking questions, or if it hurt her too much, well, she could forget me. Get a new guy, I said—she’s a wonderful woman. I told her she didn’t have to write to me. And she didn’t. Not for three and a half years.”
“And you’re going home now?”
“Yeah,” he said shyly. “Well, last week, I wrote to her again. We used to live in Brunswick, and there’s an oak tree(橡树) just as you come into town. I told her that if she didn’t have a new guy and if she’d take me back, she should put a yellow handkerchief on the tree, and I ‘d get off and come home. If she didn’t want me, forget it ---no handkerchief, and I’d go on through.”
Now Brunswick was 20 miles, 10 miles, and then five. Then, suddenly, all of the young people were up out of their seats, screaming and shouting and crying, doing small dances of joy—they saw the oak tree covered with yellow handkerchiefs—20 of them, 30 of them, maybe hundreds, a tree that stood like a flag of welcome billowing (飘扬) in the wind.
1.Where did the conservation between Vingo and the woman probably happen?
A. On a bus B. In a coffee shop. C. On a plane. D. In a prison.
2.How long hadn’t Vingo and his wife live together?
A. Only one year. B. About ten years. C. About seven years D. Nearly four years
3.When Vingo was in prison, his wife ___________.
A. often wrote to him B. married another man
C. still loved him as before D. taught the kids at home
4.According to the young people, the handkerchiefs on the oak tree were ______.
A. flags of honesty B. flags of happiness C. a sign of freedom D. a sign of wisdom
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Vingo sat in front of three men and three women. One of the women sat beside him and introduced herself. “We’re going to Florida,” she said brightly. “What some wine?” He smiled and thanked her.
“Are you married”
“I don’t know.”
“You don’t know?” She said.
“Well, when I was in prison I wrote to my wife,” he said. “I told her that I was going to be away for a long time, and that if she couldn’t stand it, if the kids kept asking questions, or if it hurt her too much, well, she could forget me. Get a new guy, I said—she’s a wonderful woman. I told her she didn’t have to write to me. And she didn’t. Not for three and a half years.”
“And you’re going home now?”
“Yeah,” he said shyly. “Well, last week, I wrote to her again. We used to live in Brunswick, and there’s an oak tree(橡树) just as you come into town. I told her that if she didn’t have a new guy and if she’d take me back, she should put a yellow handkerchief on the tree, and I ‘d get off and come home. If she didn’t want me, forget it ---no handkerchief, and I’d go on through.”
Now Brunswick was 20 miles, 10 miles, and then five. Then, suddenly, all of the young people were up out of their seats, screaming and shouting and crying, doing small dances of joy—they saw the oak tree covered with yellow handkerchiefs—20 of them, 30 of them, maybe hundreds, a tree that stood like a flag of welcome billowing (飘扬) in the wind.
1.Where did the conservation between Vingo and the woman probably happen?
A. On a bus B. In a coffee shop. C. On a plane. D. In a prison.
2.How long hadn’t Vingo and his wife live together?
A. Only one year. B. About ten years. C. About seven years D. Nearly four years
3.When Vingo was in prison, his wife ___________.
A. often wrote to him B. married another man
C. still loved him as before D. taught the kids at home
4.According to the young people, the handkerchiefs on the oak tree were ______.
A. flags of honesty B. flags of happiness C. a sign of freedom D. a sign of wisdom
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Sitting at the back of the room but in front of some old men and women ______ a very shy girl with two bright eyes.
A. was B. were C. are D. being
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Sitting at the back of the room but in front of some old men and women ______ a very shy girl with two bright eyes.
A. was B. were C. are D. being
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The judging committee (评委会) ______ three women and four men.
A. is consisted of B. makes up C. consists of D. is make up
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A team of UK researchers recently compared the performances of 120 women and 120 men in a computer test involving switching between tasks of counting and shape recognition.
Men and women were equally capable when tasks were handled one at a time. But when the tasks were mixed up, there was a clear difference. According to the paper published in the journal BMC Psychology, both women and men slowed down and made more mistakes as the switching became more rapid. But the men were slower, taking 77 percent longer to answer, whereas women took 69 percent longer.
To make the experiment more relevant to day-to-day life, researchers tried a second test. A group of women and men were given eight minutes to complete a series of everyday tasks, such as finding restaurants on a map, doing simple math problems, answering a phone call, or deciding how they would search for a lost key in a field. Once again, women outperformed men in the test, particularly in the key-searching task.
“It suggests that in a stressed and complex situation women are more able to stop and think about what’s going on in front of them,” researcher Keith Laws of the University of Hertfordshire, UK, told BBC News. “In contrast, men had a slight impulsiveness（冲动）, answering without giving much thought to their responses.”
So where do women get the ability to keep organized under pressure better than men? Researchers believe that it has its roots in evolution. In early human communities, women had to keep an eye on children while cooking meals. Meanwhile, men only needed to focus on hunting.
1.What did the UK researchers find in the first experiment?
A. Men were better at counting and shape recognition than women.
B. Women made more mistakes than men when multitasking.
C. Women were better at switching between tasks than men.
D. Men and women had equal multitasking abilities.
2.Why did the researchers carry out the second test?
A. To compare the results from different age groups.
B. To check the results with more difficult tasks.
C. To make the results more connected to people’s lives.
D. To check the results over a shorter period of time.
3.What is the main purpose of Paragraph 4 and 5?
A. To show how men and women think differently.
B. To give advice on how to multitask.
C. To compare the roles of men and women in human communities.
D. To explain why men and women perform differently.
4.What can we learn from this passage?
A. Men tend to give more thought to their responses when facing complex situations.
B. Every woman is born to be good at multitasking.
C. Men only need to focus on hunting.
D. Evolution leads to women’s outperforming men in multitasking.
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In the past few years, quite a number of men and women have chosen to do something less ________1.________ (compete). They are afraid that the stress of work robs them of joy and happiness and ________2.________ (bring) them harm both physically and mentally.
In fact, however, stress isn’t such a bad thing ________3.________ it is often supposed to be. Above all, ________4.________ it gets out of control, a certain amount of stress is vital to provide motivation and challenge, and to give ________5.________,purpose and significance to otherwise meaningless, idle life. ________6.________, people under stress tend to express their full range of potential and to actualize their own ________7.________ (person) worth — the very aim of a human life. Last but not least, research from the universities of Kentucky and British Columbia has showed that moderate amounts of stress can actually ________8.________(strong) the immune system and be good for health.
Stress is a natural part of everyday life and there is no way to escape. Developing our adaptive abilities to
deal with ________9.________ can prevent us from
________10.________ (defeat) by the competitive society.
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The judging committee (评委会)______three women and four men is popular with the public.
A. is consisted of B. makes up C. consisting of D. which made up of
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One day I sat down in front of my office computer. “Your password is __ ,” a server message emerged on my screen, with __ for changing it. Coming up with a new code doesn't seem like a big __, unless you work at my company, where we have to change it __ . And I can’t use any of the __ passwords before.
At that time I was deeply __ after my recent divorce. Disbelief over what she had done to me was all I thought about every day.___ I realized I couldn't focus on getting things done in my __ mood. I need to __ control of my life, so I made my password Forgive@ her.
I had to __ this statement several times a day, each time my computer __. I wrote Forgive @her every day.
The simple action changed the way I looked at my __ . That constant reminder led me to accept the way things had happened at the end of my marriage and __ a new way of dealing with depression. __ the month went on, I felt a slow healing begin to take place. By the time my server prompted (提示）me to reset my __ the following __ , I felt free. So I thought about the next thing that I had to get done.
My password became Quit @srnoking4ever.
I __ smoking finally.
One month later, my password became Save4trip@thailand.
Guess where I went three months later: __ .
Seeing how these __ helped to achieve my goals and kept me motivated and excited, you’ll not __ to choose a positive one for yourself.
1.A. due B. lost C. gone D. missing
2.A. findings B. instructions C. congratulations D. benefits
3.A. chance B. campaign C. beat D. deal
4.A. daily B. weekly C. monthly D. yearly
5.A. different B. special C. new D. same
6.A. depressed B. encouraged C. faithful D. impressed
7.A. Gradually B. Frequently C. Suddenly D. Regularly
8.A. high B. strange C. novel D. current
9.A. refresh B. regain C. attain D. observe
10.A. change B. copy C. type D. vary
11.A. locked B. closed C. broke down D. got through
12.A. mother-in-law B. ex-wife C. ex-husband D. step-mother
13.A. adopt B. adjust C. adapt D. address
14.A. With B. After C. Before D. As
15.A. passport B. screen C. password D. mood
16.A. minute B. hour C. month D. fortnight
17.A. gave up B. gave in C. gave off D. gave out
18.A. England B. Jamaica C. Scotland D. Thailand
19.A. reminders B. chances C. challenges D. news
20.A. spare B. hesitate C. spend D. have
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One of the most successful, influential and beloved women in American history, Eleanor Roosevelt once said that she had one regret: she wished she had been prettier. Who hasn’t felt the same way? We are all too aware of our physical imperfections. To overcome them, we spend billions upon billions every year. Why do we care so much about how we look? Because it matters. Because beauty is powerful. Because even we learn to value people mostly for being kind and wise and funny, we are still moved by beauty.
Aristotle said, “Beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of introduction”. It’s not fair, but it’s true. We simply treat beautiful people better than we do others. Attach a photograph of a beautiful author to an essay, and people will think that it is more creative and more intelligently written than exactly the same essay accompanied by the photo of a homely author. As children, beautiful people are more likely to become favorites with parents and teachers. Later, they are more likely to get good jobs. Attractive people in need are more likely to receive help from strangers.
These days, women and men both rely on advanced technology to improve their beauty. Wrinkles can be stretched away with a face lift. Special injections can make lips look young and plump (丰满的). Besides being a sign of youth, good skin also means that the person is likely to be healthy. Still, it is possible to go too far. At the end of the 19th century, some women even had their ribs (肋骨) removed so they’d have that perfect narrow waist.
Our sensitivity to physical beauty is not something we can control at will. We are born with it. Experiments showed that even small infants prefer to look at attractive faces. Before they have met a single supermodel, before they have watched a single TV show, before they have opened up a single fashion magazine, they are drawn to the same faces which adults have judged to be attractive.
There are more important things in life than beauty. But as Nancy Etcoff says, “We have to understand beauty, or we will always be enslaved by it.” If you aim to be wise and kind and funny, it doesn’t mean that you can't also try your best to look beautiful. There’s no reason to feel guilty about being moved by beauty’s power. It moves us all.
1.Which of the following proverbs has the opposite meaning of Aristotle’s sentence in Paragraph 2?
A.Never judge a book by its cover. B.Act on second thoughts.
C.Leave your luck while winning. D.Great minds think alike.
2.The underlined word “homely” in Paragraph 2 can be replaced by ____.
A.attractive B.plain C.beautiful D.handsome
3.According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?
A.People are all slaves to beauty.
B.Beauty can ensure good jobs.
C.Advanced technology helps improve beauty.
D.People value beauty over other virtues.
4.What’s the best title of this passage?
A.The Power of Beauty B.Huge Costs of Beauty
C.Bad Effects of Beauty D.Various Ways to Beauty
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Running seems easy enough: Just grab a pair of sneakers and put one foot in front of the other, right? Well, anyone who struggled to get through a mile knows it’s not quite that simple. We’ve asked experienced runners to tell us something wrong they did when they started running. The following are some of their answers.
I got excited and signed up for a half-marathon with a few more experienced runner friends, but I wasn’t adequately prepared and didn’t train efficiently. I ended up with blisters(水泡) on my feet. I couldn’t wear shoes for two days!
—Cali Lavey
I have always been athletic and I have never been badly injured, but one day I felt a slight pain in my knee. I ignored it for a month until I realized I was having a hard time putting weight on my right leg. I finally went to a doctor. It took four months of weekly physical therapy(治疗) to heal. I shouldn’t have done that.
—Arnold
My biggest mistake was treating running like soccer practice: If I wasn’t exhausted by the end of practice, I felt as though I didn’t work hard enough. I run all of my runs at 80 percent effort, or the equivalent of what I now call tempo runs (节奏跑). I wasn’t warming up to the pace or cooling down effectively.
—Kate
I decided to go out for a run during the hottest part of the day. At the time, I told myself that it would be refreshing to sweat a little, but I didn’t bring adequate water. I returned feeling completely rundown, dehydrated (脱水的), and exhausted. If you must go out on a run during unfavorable weather, wear proper suits and bring enough water to keep you feeling strong.
— Sarah
1.Why did Cali suffer from her half-marathon?
A. She ran all the way barefoot.
B. She didn’t get ready for it.
C. She ran with experienced runners.
D. She did not have self-confidence.
2.What did Arnold regret doing?
A. Thinking he would never get injured.
B. Putting heavy weight on his right leg.
C. Spending about four month s treating his knee.
D. Waiting for so long to get his knee examined.
3.Who didn’t get enough water when running?
A. Cali B. Arnold C. Kate D. Sarah
4.The examples of the four runners mainly show that ________.
A. we should warm up before running
B. we should bring enough water when running
C. we shouldn’t think running is very easy
D. we shouldn’t ignore any pain when running
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