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1、— Were all the villagers inspected for the suspected disease?
— No. ________ only 10 people who were exposed to the animals infected by the virus.
A.There were B.There are C.It were D.It was
2、The professor _____about how to protect the endangered animal in the conference at this time tomorrow.
A. talked B. talks C. has been talking D. will be talking
3、If _____ for too long, the microscopic life (微生物) within the wrinkles and folds of our bed sheets can turn our bed into a “botanical park”, making us sick.
A. left B. is left C. being left D. to be left
4、It’s good manners to follow the local ________ when travelling home and abroad.
A.plans B.skills C.roads D.rules
5、If you are trying to _________a new skill, please concentrate on gaining some practical experience.
A.recommend B.assess C.acquire D.convince
6、---Hi, there. Can I help you with anything today?
---Oh, yes.________, I’d like to buy a present for my niece’s birthday.
A．Exactly
B．Somehow
C．Actually
D．Definitely
7、The mother goes mad every time she washes the T-shirt__________ her son wipes his dirty hands.
A．that
B．where
C．which
D．when
8、I was only joking when I said Sarah failed in the driving test again; no one ______ she took it seriously.
A. would have thought B. would think C. had thought D. thought
9、New York is the fashion capital of the world, says a new study on Feb 4. 2014 by the Global Language Monitor (GLM), Pairs ____ second, with Shanghai ______10th while Hongkong 20th.
A. coming, ranks B. come, ranked C. comes, ranking D. coming, ranking
10、---Can I pay the bill by credit card?
---Sorry, sir. But it is the management rules of our hotel that payment ______________ be made in cash.
A.shall B.need
C.will D.must
11、All agree,in the fierce competition,honesty is a vital__________of her success.
A.evidence B.element C.concept D.criterion
12、His eyes locked with mine，and I guessed he _____ the decision right then whether or not to simply tell me the truth.
A.made B.would make C.was making D.had made
13、From 1902 to 1904, Picasso painted a series of pictures________ the main color was blue.
A.which B.that C.where D.when
14、The minister refused for reasons of _______ rather than religion to sign a new law legalizing abortion.
A. comprehension B. conscience C. consequence D. conservation
15、—Who is China’s first UFC champion?
—It is Zhang Weili _______ opponent, Jessica Andrade, was knocked out by her within just 42 seconds.
A.who B.whom C.that D.whose
16、You can use this room for your club activities tomorrow ______ you keep it tidy and clean.
A. for fear that B. in case
C. on condition that D. even if
17、A broad smile spread_____ Jack’s face when he eventually gained a scholarship.
A. across B. through C. at D. in
18、A great person is always putting others’ interests _________ his own.
A.below B.above C.in D.on
19、— I never expected the experiment would be ________ failure.
— Nor did I. The result came as ________ complete surprise.
A．a; a
B．不填; a
C．a; the
D．不填; the
20、 As was known to all, John had broken his promise ___ he would stay with us for some time .
A. when B. which
C. that D. what
21、 In the last decade a revolution has occurred in the way that scientists think about the brain. We now know that the decisions humans make can be traced to the firing patterns of neurons in specific parts of the brain. These discoveries have led to the field known as neuroeconomics, which studies the brain’s secrets to success in an economic environment that demands innovation and being able to do things differently from competitors. A brain that can do this is an iconoclastic one. Briefly, an iconoclast is a person who does something that others say can't be done. Neuroscientists have suggested that iconoclastic brains are different in three ways: perception, fear response, and social intelligence.
To understand how iconoclastic brains work, we first need to realize that the brain suffers from limited resources. It has a fixed energy budget, so it has evolved to work as efficiently as possible. When faced with information streaming from the eyes, the brain will interpret this information in the quickest way possible. Thus it will draw on both past experience and other source of information, such as what other people say, to make sense of what it is seeing. The brain takes shortcuts that work so well we are hardly aware of them. We think our perceptions of the world are real, but they are only the products of the brain's interpretation.
Perception is central to iconoclasm. Iconoclasts see things differently to other people. Their brains do not fall into efficiency pitfalls as much as the average person's brain. The best way to see things differently is to bombard (轰炸) the brain with things it has never encountered before. Novelty releases the perceptual process from the chains of past experience and forces the brain to make new judgments. Successful iconoclasts have an extraordinary willingness to embrace what is fresh while most people avoid things that are different.
The problem with novelty, however, is that it tends to trigger (触发) the brain's fear system.
There are many types of fear, but the two that prevent iconoclastic thinking are fear of uncertainty and fear of public ridicule. The fear of public speaking troubles one-third of the population. It is simply a common feature of human nature, one which iconoclasts do not let stop their reactions.
Finally, to be successful iconoclasts, individuals must sell their ideas to other people. This is where social intelligence comes in. Social intelligence is the ability to understand and manage people in a business setting. Neuroscience has revealed which brain parts are responsible for functions like empathy, fairness, and social identity. These brain regions play key roles in whether people convince others of their ideas.
Iconoclasts supply creativity and innovation not easily accomplished by others, creating new opportunities in every area from art to technology to business. It is crucial for success in any field to understand how the iconoclastic mind works.
【1】Neuroeconomics is a field of study which aims to _______.
A.understand how decisions are made in the brain
B.cause a change in how scientists understand the brain
C.trace the firing patterns of neurons in different parts of the brain
D.understand how the brain is linked to achievement in an economic environment.
【2】According to the author, an iconoclastic thinker _______.
A.has more opportunities than the average person
B.B. relies on previous events to make smart decisions
C.has a brain that functions differently to other people
D.centralizes perceptual thinking in one part of the brain
【3】The underlined sentence in Paragraph 3 means the iconoclasts' brains _______.
A.work more efficiently than the average person's brain
B.interpret information more accurately than the average person's brain
C.do not have a fixed energy budget as the average person's brain
D.D. do not take perceptual shortcuts as much as the average person's brain
【4】What can be inferred from the passage?
A.One-third of the population are too shy to do public speaking.
B.Exposure to different events forces the brain to think differently.
C.If you think in an iconoclastic way, you can easily overcome fear.
D.Social intelligence is more a matter of personality than brain function.
22、Productive people have one thing in common: a solid routine consisting of small habits that help them to keep a healthy mindset and lifestyle. 【1】. Research has shown that a habit takes approximately 21 days to become normal behavior. So here are some habits you can start to practice to become a productive person.
Establish a morning routine
The most effective way of staying productive is to wake up at the same time every day, even on the weekends.【2】. By performing small, routine tasks like opening your windows as soon as you wake up, your body and mind will know that it’s time to begin your day’s work. You should also take a couple of minutes to stretch before getting ready, and then make your bed. These may seem like unimportant tasks, but they set the tone for remaining productive throughout the day.
Make daily to-do lists
【3】. Some people prefer to make their to-do lists first thing in the morning, while others like to do them each night to prepare for the day ahead. Either way, it will help you to keep on track and to manage your time and workload efficiently.
【4】
Writing down and organizing your thoughts can help you to track and achieve goals. You should even write down your accomplishments in your diary, no matter how small, to help motivate you to keep going. You can also track the progress of your bigger goals and make notes of the smaller tasks you can accomplish to achieve them.【5】.
A．Keep a journal
B．Having enough sleeping is important
C．Motivate someone else to make notes
D．This helps your body maintain its biorhythm
E．Making a list of priorities for the day helps you to stay on track
F．For many of them, it doesn’t take long to integrate into their routine
G．The process of recording will help you to reflect and boost brain function
23、Epic Fails: The Wright Brothers Nose-diving into History
By Erik Slader and Ben Thompson. Ages 6 to 12.
The first book in the Epic Fails series deals with one of the most ambitious goals humans have pursued to fly. Authors Slader and Thompson focus on life-or-death scenes, such as when the Wright brothers crashed their sailplane over and over on the sandy coast of North Carolina: it took them two more years to get it right.
Epic Fails: The Race to Space: Countdown to Liftoff
By Erik Slader and Ben Thompson. Ages 6 to 12.
Today, everyone is familiar with Neil Armstrong’s famous words as he first set foot on the moon, "That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. "He made it look easy, but America’s Journey to the moon was anything but simple. Our first attempt was a failure. Still we didn't give up. We tried again. And again. And each time we failed, we failed a little bit better.
Fantastic failures:True Stories of People Who Changed the World by Falling Down First
By Luke Reynolds.Ages 6 to 12
Teacher Luke Reynolds opens each chapter with a quick, impossibly perfect version of one person's life and then says how that person actually had to face huge challenges to accomplish goals. In this book, Reynolds writes about various common men, women and children.
Cyrus Field’s Big Dream: The Daring Effert to Lay the First Transatlantic Telegraph Cable
By Mary Morton Cowan. Ages 6 to 12
In 1853, it took at least a week to relay a message between the United States and Europe because people had to be transported on ships over the Atlantic Ocean. Cyrus Field tried to reduce that transmission ((传送) time to just minutes by laying a long undersea cable. In this book, Cowan describes many failures. Field suffered before he achieved this major breakthrough.
【1】What do we know about Fantastic Failures?
A.It was written by a famous actor. B.It tells stories of ordinary people.
C.It is about science fiction stories. D.It is about some celebrities’ success.
【2】Cyrus Field made a major breakthrough in the area of .
A.communication B.entertainment
C.transportation D.sailing
【3】What lesson can we learn from the four books?
A.All roads lead to Rome. B.An early bird catches worms.
C.Failure is the mother of success. D.Actions speak louder than words.
24、Rene Compean was no stranger to Angeles National Forest. He’d hiked the park numerous times. But when hiking along a new path, the 45-year-old was lost.
As the day faded into darkness, his concern turned to fear. With only a little water in his backpack and 10% battery remaining on his cellphone, Compean was unprepared for anything more than the two-hour trip he’d planned.
Compean climbed to a spot where he found one bar of signal. “SOS. My phone is going to die. I’m lost,” he texted a friend, attaching a photo showing where he was. The shot showed his legs hanging over a rock face. All Compean could do then was wait. The temperature was dropping fast. Dressed only in shorts, and a sweatshirt, the hiker was chilled to the bone. He hugged himself into a tight ball. And after spotting two mountain lions, he spent the night on high alert.
Sixty miles away, Ben Kuo was working at home when he read a posting from the police, showing an image of a man’s legs. The search-and-rescue teams had spent the previous night unsuccessfully looking for Compean, so they released the photo, hoping someone might recognize the location.
“I’ve always loved looking for where photos are taken,” Kuo says. He frequently tries to identify where movie scenes or commercials were filmed. He’s often successful. When he saw the image, he automatically pulled up a satellite map on his laptop. “There’s an amazing amount of information you can get from satellites,” he says. The first thing he noticed in Compean’s photo was plenty of greenery. After comparing it to the satellite map, Kuo realized something: “He’s got to be on the south side because there’re not any green valleys on the north side.”
That finding led him to an area that looked like the territory in the image. The final step was cross- referencing the original photo with 3-D images of the area. The locations matched!
After spending 27 hours in the wilderness, Compean was found.
Compean’s story probably would have ended differently had it not been for the man with strong satellite skills and a sharp eye for detail.
【1】What caused Compean to get lost on the hike?
A．The thick forest.
B．The unfamiliar route.
C．The coming of nightfall.
D．Low battery on the phone.
【2】Kuo was able to offer help because of ______.
A．his photo reading ability
B．his sense of responsibility
C．his professional experience
D．his familiarity with the area
【3】What can we learn from this story?
A．One good turn deserves another.
B．Chance favors the prepared mind.
C．Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.
D．There’s no such thing as useless knowledge.
25、 When twelve-year-old John Wilson walked into his chemistry class on a rainy day in late October 1931, he had no way of knowing that his life was about to change completely. The class_______that day was to show how______ a container of water would bring oxygen bubbles(气泡) to the surface. The container John was about to heat, _______, was not like the containers students everywhere had used. Someone had been ______ and put the wrong label(标签) on the bottle. And _______ John heated it with a Bunsen burner, the container _______ , sending the liquid flying in all directions. John Wilson came away from it, completely _______.
Wilson spent the next two months in hospital. After he returned home, his parents _______a hard time to find a way to deal with the_______ that had happened to their lives. But Wilson did not _______ the accident as a disaster. He knew he had the rest of his life to live. He learned Braille(盲文) quickly and continued his _______ at the esteemed Worcester College for the disabled. There, he not only _______ as a student but also became an accomplished rower, swimmer, actor, musician, and orator.
Many people, faced with the_______ John Wilson met with, would have _______of their experience. Perhaps they would have considered themselves to be _______ by ill fortune and discouraged in their _______ to do anything significant with their lives. Wilson, however, lost his sight but found a _______. Through his practical action and life attitude, he proved to us_______that it’s not what happens to us that _______our lives — it’s what we make_______ what happens.
【1】A.discussion B.experiment C.analysis D.management
【2】A.bringing out B.turning over C.heating up D.picking on
【3】A.therefore B.instead C.besides D.however
【4】A.light-hearted B.absent-minded C.cold-blooded D.bad-tempered
【5】A.as B.if C.once D.though
【6】A.leaked B.exploded C.collapsed D.melted
【7】A.dumb B.lame C.deaf D.blind
【8】A.called for B.drove off C.depended on D.went through
【9】A.catastrophe B.coincidence C.dilemma D.drawback
【10】A.elect B.appoint C.regard D.recommend
【11】A.education B.occupation C.contribution D.recovery
【12】A.survived B.shone C.competed D.registered
【13】A.discrimination B.resistance C.circumstances D.uncertainties
【14】A.dreamed B.thought C.approved D.complained
【15】A.criticized B.motivated C.surrounded D.interrupted
【16】A.preferences B.requirements C.failures D.attempts
【17】A.bridge B.vision C.reward D.cure
【18】A.dramatically B.occasionally C.abruptly D.roughly
【19】A.limits B.predicts C.determines D.replaces
【20】A.of B.from C.for D.up
26、It was last February. Noel, a 28-year-old marketing manager was heading from Iceland’s Keflavik International Airport to the capital city Reykjavik with the modern traveler’s two essentials: a dream and a GPSunit. What could go wrong?
The dream had been with him since April 14, 2010 when he watched TV news report of the volcano eruption in Iceland. Dark-haired, with a youthful face and thick eyebrows, he had never travelled beyond the United States and his native Mexico. “I want to see this through my own eyes,” he thought as he watched the news on his couch.
Four months later, on a cold winter morning, he was driving from Keflavik Airport in a rented car towards a hotel in Reykjavik, excited that his one-week journey was beginning. As the pink sun rose over the ocean and shone light on the snow-covered lava rocks along the shore, he dutifully followed the commands of the GPS that came with the car, a calm female voice directing him to an address—a left here, a right there.
But after stopping on a deserted road, he got a feeling that the voice might be steering (引导) him wrong. He had been driving for nearly an hour, yet the GPS put his arrival time at around eight hours later. He entered his destination again and got the same result. Though he sensed that something was off, he made a choice to trust the machine.
The farther he drove, the fewer cars he saw. The roads became icier. He was sleepy, cold and hungry. He hadn’t set up his phone for international use, so that was no help. Another three hours passed. As his tires skidded (打滑) along a narrow mountain road that skirted a steep cliff.he knew that the device had failed him.
He was lost. He didn’t know where else to go. There was no one else on the road, and there was nothing else to do but follow the line on the screen to its mysterious end.
Paragraph 1
The directions ended at a small blue house in a tiny town.
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Paragraph 2:
Knowing what had happened, the woman offered to help him.
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