What made them miss the deadline was not thei...

What made them miss the deadline was not their lack of funding, but_________ their lack of planning.

A.even B.still C.rather D.ever

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Ask a group of elderly people what it was about their lives that made them happiest overall, and they’ll probably mention some warm relationships with family and friends. If you’re satisfied with your social life, according to psychologists, you tend to be satisfied with life in general.

From the point of my 50s, I’d say that sounds about right. Some of my happiest moments are the ones I spend with my husband, a few close relatives, and a handful of very good friends who know me well and like me anyway. But the more I read about how social media are interfering with (干扰) good old-fashioned friendship, creating virtual bonds that can’t quite take the place of real ones, the more I wonder just how today’s 20-somethings will look back on their own lives when they’re my age.

After all, much crucial relationship building work is done in the 20s. According to research by the late Bernice Neugarten of the University of Chicago, who helped launch the academic study of human development, people choose most of their adult relationships, both friends and lovers, between the ages of 22 and 28. The friends we make in our 20s are not only best friends forever; they’re also our first truly chosen friends. And choosing how to commit to these friendships is an essential psychological task of the 20s.

But with so much of friendship in this age group now being developed online, an essential question is what the effect of that interaction is. A study, conducted in 2010 by Craig Watkins and Erin Lee of the University of Texas at Austin, investigated the Facebook habits of 776 young people between the ages of 18 and 35. “Whether it is a wall post, a comment, or a photo,” they wrote, “young people’s engagement with Facebook is driven, primarily, by a desire to stay connected to and involved in the lives of friends who live close by, far away, or have just entered into their lives.”

This kind of constant contact can be efficient, but it can also be upsetting. For one thing, it adds a new layer of concern to a young person’s already-heightened awareness of social ranking, giving appearance-conscious young people yet another thing to worry about. “I see other 20-somethings feeling pressured to constantly keep up a public image, especially a public image online,” wrote Ariana Allensworth on the group blog. “Folks are always keeping the world informed one way or another about what they’re up to, where they’re at, what projects they’re working on. It can be a bit much at times.” Not the most fertile ground for real-world friendship.

1.According to the passage, the 20s is an age for people to _____.

A. have a good public image

B. keep themselves informed

C. look back on their own lives

D. develop critical relationships

2.Which of the following is a disadvantage of making friends online?

A. It makes people pay less attention to social ranking.

B. It robs people of the happy moments spent with friends.

C. It keeps people away from their family and close relatives.

D. It prevents people from keeping in contact with their friends.

3.What was the aim of the study conducted by Craig Watkins and Erin Lee?

A. To know about the 776 young people’s Facebook habits.

B. To find out how social media affect real-world social life.

C. To help young people stay connected to the lives of friends.

D. To investigate what kind of people prefer online interactions.

4.The author may agree that _____.

A. old-fashioned friendship can help create virtual bonds

B. there’s no need for young people to make online friends

C. real-world friendship is a better choice for young people

D. online friendship is an inevitable trend in the modern world

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It was lack of money, not of effort, _____ defeated their plan.

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There was a survey of the people who were born from 1980 to 2000， asking them what their most important life goals were． Over 80 percent said it was to get rich． 1. We're constantly told to devote more to our work， to push harder and to achieve more． We're given the impression that these are the things that we need to go after to have a good life． But is that the truth？ 2.

But what if we could study people from the time when they were teenagers all the way into old age to see what really keeps people happy and healthy？ The Harvard Study of Adult Development did it． For 75 years， they've tracked the lives of 724 men． Studies like this are extremely rare． Almost all projects of this kind fall apart within a decade because too many people drop out of the study．3. Or the researchers can't get together． But through a combination of luck and the persistence of several generations of researchers， this study has survived．

So what have they learned？ The conclusion is that it's not wealth or fame that counts．

4. They've learned three big lessons about relationships． Firstly， people who are more socially connected to family， to friends and to community are happier and physically healthier． The second is that it's not just the number of friends you have but the quality of your close relationships that matters． And the third is that good relationships don't just protect our bodies．5.

A． They can even protect our brains．

B． To become famous came second．

C． Or funding for the research dries up．

D． The good life is built with relationships．

E． It turns out that being in conflict is bad for our health．

F． It is good relationships that keep us happier and healthier．

G． To be frank， sometimes wealth and fame can make people happy．

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The director made two films last year，one of __________ was set in Chongqing．

A．them            B．those                C．what                D．which

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Do you know ____ that made it possible for them to continue their project?

A．what it was                      B．what was it

C．it was what                      D．it what was

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The lack of money forced them to________their research.

A．abandoned　             B．abandoning

C．abandon　             D．be abandoned

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The thing that sets children apart from adults is not their ignorance，nor their lack of skills．Rather，it's their enormous capability for joy．A friend told me a story．One day，when she went to get his 6-year-old son from soccer practice，her kid greeted her with a sad face．The teacher had criticized him for not focusing on his soccer drills．The little boy walked out of the schoo1 with his head and shoulders hanging down．He seemed wrapped in sadness．But before reaching the car door，he suddenly stopped，crouching(蹲伏)down to look at something on the sidewalk．“Mom，come here! This is the strangest bug I’ve ever seen．It has ，1ike， a million legs．It’s amazing!”The little face was overflowing with indescribable excitement．

Nowadays，however，when we walk into a classroom，especially in a high school，we’ll be choked by towering books and papers，and hiding behind them are a group of motionless creatures，pens in hand，minds dry，just as the hollow men portrayed by T．S．Eliot．Their pursuit of joy has given way to their hunger for grades．Laughter and happiness are a distant memory for them．

Although joy is an unaffordable luxury in today’s increasingly fierce competition，administrators and teachers need a mindset shift from crushing students with assignments to getting them to take pleasure in productive activities which develop their important qualities，like perseverance and obligation．The assumption that pleasure is the enemy of competence and responsibility makes no sense educationally．

Adults tend to talk about learning as if it were medicine：unpleasant，but necessary and good for you．Why not think of learning as if it were food—something so valuable to humans that they want to experience it as a pleasure?

1.How is Paragraph 1 mainly developed?

A. By describing a procedure． B. By analyzing the process．

C. By giving an example． D. By collecting data．

2.What does the author intend to do in Paragraph 2?

A. Summarize the previous paragraph． B. Provide some advice for the readers．

C. Introduce the main topic for discussion． D. Clarify some puzzling questions．

3.What does the text suggest administrators and teachers do?

A. Stop giving students homework．

B. Involve students in meaningful activities．

C. Supply students with luxuries．

D. Arouse students’fond memories．

4.What is the text mainly about?

A. Joy is the spokesperson for learning． B. Pleasure is the enemy of progress．

C. Education is the paradise for parents． D. Exams are a never-ending war．

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During the war there was a serious lack of food. It was not unusual that even the wealthy families had to ______ bread for days.

A. eat up        B. give away       C. do without       D. deal with

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It was not ________ the many blows he received ________ the lack of fighting spirit________ led to his losing the game.

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