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1、________a small amount of money each month is widely recognized as a good habit for personal finance management.
A．Picking out
B．Putting aside
C．Giving away
D．Getting back
2、—I think Tom is no longer a child and _______ enough.
—Yes, it’s time he made his own decisions.
A. mature B. stubborn
C. ridiculous D. sensitive
3、As they’re handmade, each one __________ slightly in shape.
A.various B.varied C.varies D.variety
4、Single women were allowed to take part in their own competition in ancient Olympic Games, at a separate festival _______ Hera, the wife of the Greek god Zeus.
A．in favor of
B．in honor of
C．in charge of
D．in search of
5、When I lived in Italy, I ________ often eat in the restaurant next to my flat.
A．could
B．would
C．may
D．must
6、People who value their privacy are concerned about _________Google might do with the information it is gathering.
A．that
B．what
C．why
D．how
7、When he ______ the bill in the restaurant, he suddenly realized that he had left his wallet in the car.
A.paid B.would be paying
C.was to pay D.had paid
8、He amazed ________ all with his kindness and his beautiful, gentle, caring spirit.
A.our B.we C.us D.ours
9、We packed all the books in the wooden boxes_______ they wouldn’t get damaged.
A. as long as B. as if
C. in case D. so that
10、 Before you quit your job, ______how your family would feel about your decision.
A. consider B. considering
C. to consider D. considered
11、Like all teenagers there’s one thing she’d rather __________ — spots.
A. do without B. do up C. do with D. do off
12、_______ me when you get it through and I’ll pick you up at your work place．
A．Calling B．Call
C．Called D．To call
13、Nowadays, more and more young ladies, figures most are fine enough, are going on a diet.
A. who B. whose
C. of whose D. of whom
14、People began looking around to see ________ the noise was coming from.
A.how B.why C.whether D.where
15、Contrary to popular belief, the ants, hardworking ________ they are, have their time for play.
A. because B. while C. as D. where
16、No matter how________, it is not necessarily lifeless.
A.dry may a desert be B.a desert may be dry
C.may a desert be dry D.dry a desert may be
17、At the turn of the century, private companies, ______ the law imposed new financial restrictions, had to struggle for a survival.
A. in which B. of which C. on which D. at which
18、He also hopes that he always has the courage to pursue his love of music, ________ what others think.
A.apart from B.in spite of C.regardless of D.in addition to
19、Was it in June 2016 ______ Shanghai Disney land ______ you have been dreaming of visiting was opened to the public.
A.when; that B.that; which C.that; where D.when; where
20、We are living in an age ______ QR codes（二维码）are becoming more and more popular in our daily life.
A. why B. that C. whose D. when
21、Greg Evans started to study film at Ryerson University, but had a change of heart and switched to social work at George Brown College in second year．Yet the college recognized only one of Evans' general-interest credits（学分） from Ryerson , and also made him take English all over again although he had passed it at university．
“So I spent time and money taking a course I had already taken before”, complained Evans．"The system really needs to change．" Evans was part of a chorus of Ontario students on Monday cheering a new $ 73．7 million five-year plan to help students switch from college to university, and from university to college．
After years' of urging from students, the Ontario government set up a new Credit Transfer Innovation loud to help students move back and forth between the more hands-on courses of community college to the often broader academic focus of a university degree．" We hear horror stories about students who can't get recognition from one institution for a very similar course at another, and in one case I believe the same professor was teaching them both," noted Malloy after announcing the new fund．
Individual colleges and universities have decided on nearly 500 joint deals to honor each other's credits in certain courses．Each school is required to set targets for more credit-transfer agreements, and link these increases to provincial funding．
More than 4,000 college graduates transfer （转换） to university in Ontario every year twice as many as eight years ago, noted Justin Fox, president of the College Student Alliance．Yet Ontario universities and colleges have been cautious about transferring credits, in part to avoid copying each other's courses, noted Bonnie Patterson, president of the Council of Ontario Universities ,who welcomed the increased flexibility．
【1】What happened when Greg Evans switched to social work at George Brown College?
A. He was considered to be unqualified for social work．
B. His previous credits were not all recognized．
C. He wasn't able to get enough credits．
D. His English didn't reach the required standard．
【2】According to Paragraph 3, Malloy believes _____________
A. it is time that the system was changed
B. the same professor can't teach in different schools
C. students should focus on their chosen courses
D. the students' stories are horrible
【3】Ontario universities and colleges have been cautious about transferring credits partly to _____________.
A. avoid accepting unqualified students
B. keep their similar courses
C. prevent courses becoming similar
D. attract famous professors
【4】What attitude does Bonnie Patterson have towards the transferring system?
A. He is strongly against it
B．He is very doubtful about it
C. He thinks it is too flexible
D．He supports it for its flexibility
22、“Regret is a possible element of any decision that we make,” says psychologist Robert Leahy. “But the likelihood that you will regret your decisions will depend on how you think about making your decisions and how you cope with living with the result.”
If you’re someone who lets past regrets fester(溃烂)in your mind, Leahy recommends that you fight against irrational(非理性的)thinking and think more realistically about where you are in life.【1】 Here are some of his tips.
Remember that you don’t know things would have turned out better. If you imagine your life would have been better if only…, keep in mind that your assumption is not based on real evidence. 【2】 Instead, turn toward the future and remember it can change based on the choices you make now.
【3】Your negativity bias can keep you preoccupied with what’s wrong rather than what’s right. So, it’s a good idea to practise gratitude for the good in your life—even for the small and simple things. This helps to balance out the negative feelings that come with regret.
Don’t forget that sometimes things don’t turn out the way you wanted them to.【4】You cannot know anything in advance, so you need to accept that sometimes you will regret your choices. But that doesn’t mean you should criticize yourself endlessly. It’s better to learn from your mistakes than to punish yourself.
Accept tradeoffs(折中)and compromises. Not everything has to turn out just the way you wanted it to. You won’t make progress if you insist otherwise and make yourself miserable(痛苦的)in the process.【5】.
A．Be grateful for your past mistakes.
B．Don’t focus on where you might have been.
C．We will share some effective methods with you.
D．Focus on the positive aspects of your current life.
E．So, aim to be a satisficer rather than a maximizer.
F．Life can hand you lemons, but that’s not necessarily your fault.
G．He suggests using scientific approaches to question your assumptions.
23、 By now you’ve probably heard about the “you’re not special” speech, when English teacher David McCullough told graduating seniors at Wellesley High School: “Do not get the idea you're anything special, because you're not.” Mothers and fathers present at the ceremony - and a whole lot of other parents across the internet - took issue with his ego-puncturing words. But lost in the anger and protest was something we really should be taking to heart: our young people actually have no idea whether they're particularly talented or accomplished or not. In our eagerness to elevate their self-esteem, we forgot to teach them how to realistically assess their own abilities, a crucial requirement for getting better at anything from math to music to sports. In fact, it's not just privileged high-school students: we all tend to view ourselves as above average.
Such inflated (膨胀的) self-judgments have been found in study after study, and it's often exactly when we're least competent at a given task that we rate our performance most generously. In a 2006 study published in the journal Medical Education, for example, medical students who scored the lowest on an essay test were the most charitable in their self-evaluations, while high-scoring students judged themselves much more strictly. Poor students, the authors note, "lack insight" into their own inadequacy. Why should this be? Another study, led by Cornell University psychologist David Dunning, offers an enlightening explanation. People who are incompetent, he writes with co-author Justin Kruger, suffer from a “dual burden”: they're not good at what they do, and their ineptness (笨拙) prevents them from recognizing how bad they are.
In Dunning and Kruger's study, subjects scoring at the bottom of the heap on tests of logic, grammar and humor "extremely overestimated" their talents. Although their test scores put them in the 12th percentile, they guessed they were in the 62nd. What these individuals lacked (in addition to clear logic, proper grammar and a sense of humor) was "metacognitive skill" (元认知技巧): the capacity to monitor how well they're performing. In the absence of that capacity, the subjects arrived at an overly hopeful view of their own abilities. There's a paradox (悖论) here, the authors note: “The skills that develop competence in a particular domain are often the very same skills necessary to evaluate competence in that domain.” In other words, to get better at judging how well we’re doing at an activity, we have to get better at the activity itself.
There are a couple of ways out of this double bind (两难). First, we can learn to make honest comparisons with others. Train yourself to recognize excellence, even when you yourself don't possess it, and compare what you can do against what truly excellent individuals are able to accomplish. Second, seek out feedback that is frequent, accurate and specific. Find a critic who will tell you not only how poorly you're doing, but just what it is that you're doing wrong. As Dunning and Kruger note, success indicates to us that everything went right, but failure is more ambiguous: any number of things could have gone wrong. Use this external feedback to figure out exactly where and when you screwed up.
If we adopt these strategies - and most importantly, teach them to our children - they won't need parents, or a commencement(毕业典礼) speaker, to tell them that they're special. They'll already know that they are, or have a plan to get that way.
【1】What does the underlined phrase “took issue with” in paragraph 1 most probably mean?
A.totally approved of B.disagreed with
C.fully understood D.held discussion about
【2】What is the problem that shouldn't be overlooked in the author’s opinion?
A.we don’t know whether our young people are talented or not
B.young people can't reasonably define themselves
C.no requirement is set up for young people to get better
D.we always tend to consider ourselves to be privileged
【3】Which is NOT mentioned about poor students according to the passage?
A.They lack the capacity to monitor how well they are performing.
B.They usually give themselves high scores in self-evaluations.
C.They tend to be unable to know exactly how bad they are.
D.They are intelligently inadequate in tests and exams.
【4】What does the strategies of becoming special suggest?
A.the best way to recognize excellence is to study past success and failure
B.through comparison with others, one will know where and when he fails
C.we need internal honesty with ourselves and external honesty from others
D.neither parents nor a commencement speaker can tell whether one is special
24、 Indonesian university student Tyas Sisianindita spends about eight hours a day on her phone. That time includes watching videos, chatting with friends and using social media. "At night, when I can't sleep, I can use my phone for up to five hours," she said, noting she checks her phone countless times from morning until night. She even checks it while in class.
Tyas goes to the University of Indonesia, where a team of students recently developed a device meant to fight phone addiction. The students spent three months creating the device, which can help internet users like Tyas diminish time they spend looking at their phones.
Inventor Irfan Budi Satria led the development team. The device is called “Nettox", which combines the words “internet" and "detox (排毒)". Users wear it on their arm. The device has a sensor that measures hemoglobin (红蛋白) oxygen levels and changes to the heart rate called HRV. Studies have found that using a mobile phone for long hours can lower HRV levels. The Nettox device makes a sound when HRV and blood oxygen levels fall, which reminds wearers to stop using their phones.
For people between the ages of 18 and 25, the HRV should stay above 60. At a recent trial, Tyas' HRV reading was 44.
Internet addiction is a growing social issue in Indonesia. In October, two teenagers were treated for their addiction to internet gaming, media reported.
Irfan Budi Satria's team is working to improve Nettox's accuracy. HRV readings can change depending on whether the user is a man or woman, and what their body shape and health conditions are.
The team aims to get a patent for their invention with the university by next year. Irfan says Nettox is for people already trying to change their behavior. "Our goal is to help people who want to free themselves from internet addiction," he said.
【1】What can we learn about Tyas from Paragraph1?
A．She often sleeps late.
B．She often skips classes.
C．She is addicted to phones.
D．She is skilled in the media.
【2】Which word may replace the underlined word “diminish" in Paragraph 2?
A．Kill.
B．Treasure.
C．Record.
D．Reduce.
【3】What does Paragraph 3 mainly talk about?
A．How the device works.
B．Where Nettox is from.
C．When users wear the device.
D．Why hemoglobin changes with HRV.
【4】What is the team focusing on now according to the text?
A．Applying for a patent.
B．Setting free phone addicts.
C．Bettering the device's accuracy.
D．Studying internet addiction.
25、 "If you could have any three things, what would you want?"Eleven-year-old Ruby Kate Chitsey loves asking that question. She asks it at __ homes in Harrison, Arkansas. Even more amazingly, helping the residents(居民) to realize to realize __ has become her hobby.
Ruby Kate has long been __ to older folks because her mother, Amanda Chitsey, often takes her o work at nursing homes in northwest Arkansas, Last May, Ruby Kate noticed a resident named Pearl __ out of a window. She seemed ___, watching her dog being led away by his new __ .
Ruby Kate and Amanda asked around and __ the nursing home forbade residents to have dogs and Pearl couldn't __ to pay anyone to look after hers. The Chitseys also found many residents there can't cover even the smallest luxuries. So Ruby Kate __ to take action.
She started by asking residents what three __ they wanted most. Using their own __ ,the Chitseys granted the wishes of about 100 people in three months. Then they began seeking __ from the public.
The good people of Harrison responded __, so much so that Amanda __ a GoFundMe page, Three Wishes for Ruby 's Residents, hoping to __ $5,000. They hit their goal in a month. After GoFundMe __ Ruby Kate's story internationally this past January, funds were raised __ and in quantity.
Ruby Kate doesn't plan to stop the __ of kindness there. Earlier this year, Three Wishes for Ruby's Residents became a nonprofit and __ its first nationwide branches. "I consider __ to be my bobby, "she says, "and I'm very good at it.〞
【1】A.boarding B.hosting C.nursing D.retiring
【2】A.hobbies B.wishes C.prayers D.interests
【3】A.friendly B.important C.unique D.close
【4】A.staring B.glaring C.knocking D.jumping
【5】A.sad B.angry C.awkward D.thankful
【6】A.trainer B.owner C.companion D.doctor
【7】A.announced B.understood C.discovered D.felt
【8】A.help B.offer C.prefer D.afford
【9】A.continue B.decided C.promised D.called
【10】A.things B.goals C.destinations D.plans
【11】A.money B.happiness C.health D.energy
【12】A.suggestions B.approaches C.donations D.efforts
【13】A.obviously B.enthusiastically C.deliberately D.typically
【14】A.pick up B.set off C.take on D.set up
【15】A.contribute B.consume C.cover D.collect
【16】A.promoted B.imagined C.invented D.checked
【17】A.finally B.equally C.normally D.quickly
【18】A.theory B.quality C.act D.feeling
【19】A.declined B.started C.sought D.noticed
【20】A.confidence B.bravery C.kindness D.success
26、某国际动物关爱协会面向全球中学生招募“动物代言人”，希望申请者选择一种自己喜欢的动物，为之代言（speak for），唤起人们的动物保护意识。假设你是育才中学学生李华，有意参与该活动。请写一封电子邮件申请参加。
内容包括：
1. 你个人的基本情况；2. 申请陈述内容；3. 希望获准。
注意：1.词数 80 左右； 2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Sir or Madam,
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
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