What ________ feel like to lie on the soft be...

What ________ feel like to lie on the soft beach enjoying the summer sun?

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_________ tired, I closed my eyes and imagined lying on a beach in the sunshine.

A. Feel　　　　　　　　　　 B. To feel　　　　　　　　　 C. Feeling　　　　　　　　 D. Felt

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As an adult, I like nothing better than to sit on the beach reading. Give me a satisfying “beach read” and I’m happy for days. However, I’m sad to say it isn’t really a thing for kids. Most kids would rather take their boards out beyond their parents’ comfort zone than read. And who can blame them?

But the truth is that even when kids are on vacation, they need the same sort of relax, and reading time that we adults look forward to. The trick is getting them to sit for 5 or 10 minutes to refresh their bodies and to enjoy the pleasure of reading.

Books tend to be kind of heavy and they can get wet or filled with sand and are then pretty much ruined. Book chapters tend to be kind of long. Your child may refuse to read. And if your kids are anything like my daughter, they may hate to close a book in the middle of the chapter.

You know what I’m going to say, right? Magazines won’t weigh you down. They can be thrown away if they get wet, and will provide just the right amount of reading for the times when my daughter is ready to sit under the umbrella and cool down for a few minutes. Literary magazines will allow your child to read wonderful fiction paired with beautiful illustrations(插图). Discovery magazines deliver articles on all sorts of topics that will excite and interest your nonfiction lover.

So don’t leave the beach read behind when you pack the beach bags. Slip a magazine or two in the pocket of the bag and when your child needs a few minutes of downtime(休息), pull it out and get them to sit for 10 minutes or so.

1.Who is the text most likely intended for?

A. Parents.　　 B. Kids.　　 C. Travelers.　　 D. Teachers.

2.What does the author really want to say in Paragraph 3?

A. Books become a burden for kids on holiday.

B. Books are not the best choice for “beach read”.

C. Kids don’t spend time reading books on holiday.

D. It’s a pity to throw away the books ruined on holiday.

3.What can we infer about the author’s daughter from the text?

A. She reads thick books during her holiday.

B. She prefers to read some literary magazines.

C. She takes some magazines with her on holiday.

D. She doesn’t want her magazines to weigh her down.

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

A. Enjoying Magazines on the Beach

B. Making “Beach Read” a Thing for Kids

C. Making Good Use of Kids’ Time on the Beach

D. Packing Your Beach Bags with Literary Magazines

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How does the man feel about his job?

A. He enjoys it.

B. He doesn’t like it at all.

C. He wants to find a new job.

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Thanks to TV shows like Lie to Me and so-called body language experts commenting on the candidates during the American election season, a number of misunderstandings about body language have become part of modem culture. It's time to clear the decks. So here goes. Some surprising truths about body language.

Much of what the experts tell you about body language is wrong.1.Actually, gestures an mean many things. If I cross my arms, I may be signaling my defensiveness, but I may also feel cold, tired or just getting comfortable, What's more. I could be signaling all those things at once.2.. First, the pressure on experts. They have to sound definitive and give instant analyses for TV in an impatient world more interested in sound bites than truth. Second, the history of the study of body language, So it's natural for someone in this field to look at all the rest of gesturing with a bias (偏见) toward specific meanings.

3. By the time most of us are adults, we've learned to mask our true feelings because we have to get along at work, at home, and in social settings. So we pretend to be interested, we pretend to smile, we assume a calm expression when we’re actually delighted.

But the face does sometimes give away our strongest feelings. You can learn to read what are called micro-expressions- sudden appearances of true emotion through the mask of the face-with some training. 4..

To read body language accurately, don t think about it. We humans have mirror neurons (神经元) in our brains that fire when our unconscious (无意识的) minds register an emotion in someone else, then we can share it and understand it.5.When we see fear, we react instantly, and unconsciously, in order to be ready to take quick action if necessary. That unconscious expertise is your best support in reading other people's body language, because you already know what's going on. So just turn to your unconscious mind for reliable information about other people's emotional intention.

Let’s start paying attention to your own expertise; that's where the real body language insights will come from.

A. The misunderstanding comes from two sources.

B. The face is a poor place to start reading body language.

C. This special skill is an important part of our ability to survive as a species.

D. And they typically show up when we're trying to hide a very strong feeling.

E. The biggest misunderstanding is that specific gestures have specific meanings.

F. You're much better at reading the body language of people you know than any expert.

G. Your body constantly scans your surroundings and other people with your unconscious mind.

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It just isn’t fair. _____ I was working as a waiter last month, my friends were lying on the beach.

A. Whenever

B. Though

C. For

D. While

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One summer several years ago, my family was enjoying a barbecue on the beach. After the barbecue, my father-in-law invited me to go fishing.  Fishing was his hobby, but I 36 went fishing. We walked a little way along the beach and reached a rock by the shore, and I 37 the hook into the sea from there.  Frankly speaking, I am a (n)38 person, and although I had not felt a tug (猛拽) on the line, I reeled up the hook after five minutes or so. I had caught 39. It was a starfish. It trembled uneasily when I 40 the hook from its ugly mouth. I threw the starfish back into the sea. After another five minutes I caught another starfish and I threw it back again.

After a while, I caught yet another starfish. That was 41  time, and this time I really got angry. I hit the starfish on the rock 42 throwing it into the sea. I was not in the 43 to continue fishing any more.

When I was 44 the fishing tools, I noticed a little girl looking at the starfish on the rock. We 45 looks with each other. The little girl spoke to me in a 46voice. “Sir, would you mind if I 47 the starfish back into the sea?”“Not at all,” I replied. “"But you know, there are too many starfish in the sea, and they eat many shellfish. 48, they look so ugly. I don't like them.”

“I understand,” said the little girl. “But if the starfish cannot get back to the sea, it will be 49 by the sun and die. My dead grandfather once told me that there are no living creatures that have no right to exist in the world. God 50 every creature because it was needed by nature. Poisonous snakes, spiders, and starfish were born into this world with a certain 51 for their existence.”

“All right, dear, please throw the starfish back into the sea,” I said to the little girl, feeling 52. The girl picked up the starfish and gently put it into the sea, and she  53 at me and said, “Thank you, sir.”

Many people like "cute" creatures such as dogs, cats, and rabbits, while they tend to dislike “ugly” creatures such as snakes, spiders, and starfish.  However, the “cuteness” and “ugliness” of things are decided 54 only on one’s personal opinions. There are no living creatures that have no55  in the world-- this is what I learned from the little girl.

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Many of us know what it feels like to be an outside in high school. Some give in to the pressure to fit in; others remain “on the bottom of the social food chain”. However, Alexandra Robbins, the author of the book The Geeks Shall Inherit The Earth believes what makes people unpopular in high school, mainly an unwillingness to obey, tends to translate into success as an adult.

Robbins has spent the past decade analyzing the behavior of high school students. She found the things that make a student different make them a target. But in adulthood and outside of the school setting, the things “that make you different make you interesting, fun, and often successful,” she told the UK’s Daily Mail.

She researched the qualities that people found most valuable in adults. The top qualities are: creativity, free-thinking, vision, authenticity, self-awareness, honesty, curiosity, love of learning, and courage. “Those are qualities that are far more likely to be found in school outsiders than in the popular kids,” she said.

According to Robbins, when people are in with a popular crowd, they are more likely to hide aspects of their identity in order to fit into the group. As she put it to Yahoo.com, “You are more likely to have goals of social dominance(强势)rather than forming actual true friendships. You are more likely to let other people pressure you into doing things. None of those things is admirable or useful as adults.”

Meanwhile, in the eyes of Robbins, the outsiders are much more self-aware and much braver than the popular students. They are brave because they are sticking to being themselves in a challenging environment.

There are many celebrity examples of progress from unpopularity to later fame. Hollywood director Steven Spielberg was laughed at for being Jewish in high school. JK Rowling, author of hugely popular Harry Potter, was teased in school as a glasses-wearing child who lived mostly in books and daydreams.

Robbins encourages students to participate in out-of-class activities. “They will automatically meet people with similar tastes,” she told Daily Mail.

1.According to Robbins, what can make a student a target in high school?

A. Difference to others

B. Pressure to fit in

C. Unwillingness to obey

D. Behavior of high school students

2.Which quality is NOT considered to be valuable in adults?

A. Being creative

B. Being authentic

C. Being different

D. Being curious

3.Why do popular kids tend to be not as successful as outsiders?

A. They may have goals of forming actual true friendships

B. They may hide aspects of their identity to fit in

C. They may force others into doing things

D. They may stick to being themselves in the society

4.Which of the following statements is true?

A. Young people who are outside are successful as adults

B. JK Rowling is one of celebrities of unpopularity

C. Unpopular students develop skills while the popular don’t

D. Robbins encourages young people to be themselves

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go up　　 feel like　　　　 Absolutely　　　 accustomed to　　　　　　　 possessed　　　 take risks　　 result in　　　　 take it easy　　　　 on the other hand　　 make sense

1.What annoyed his father was that he did _______________no work.

2.You have no right to _____________with other people’s lives.

3.If you want to make the kite _________,pull the　 string　 hard ,then release it slowly.

4.If left untreated ,the condition will eventually ________blindness.

5.Do you ____________sharing your experience with the rest of your group?

6.She was a person _______________having eight hours sleep a night ,so she is full of energy during the daytime.

7.Why did she do a thing like that ?It doesn’t　 seem to _____________.

8.You have been working hard all afternoon ,Steve,sit down and _________for a few minutes.

9.He decided to give away everything he _______________to help the poor.

10.The parents wanted to go for a ride ,and ______________,the children wanted to stay at home and play with their friends.

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The teachers are discussing the plan_____they would like to see_____next year.

A.what, carry out B.that, to carry out C.what, carrying out D.that, carried out

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