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1、 阅读下面短文,从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Life isn't fair. Some people just seem blessed with the ability to effortlessly charm anyone they meet. Well, it might seem like a magical power, but in fact there are a number of factors at work. The answer is: to a large extent, yes you can.
But first, the bad news. People initially judge each other based purely on physical appearance. With just a glimpse of a face, people make snap judgments about each other's likeability, trustworthiness and confidence. How should we deal with this? People perceive a smiling face as more trustworthy, warmer and sociable. It sounds like common sense, doesn't it? Smile and others will smile with you.
What other tricks might we have? Consequently, three things we can do to signal that we are not a threat: raise our eyebrows quickly, tilt (仰起) our heads slightly, and once again, to smile.
So we've looked at body language, but of course what you say is hugely important too, unless you want to just stand there grinning foolishly. The golden rule of friendship is if you make people feel good about themselves, they're going to like you. In other words, you should not talk about yourself and all your wonderful achievements.
Finally, finding common ground is good to form a connection. Charming people are particularly skilled at seeking out shared interests or experiences to bond with others. Simple things like asking where someone's from really can open up a discussion and allow you to find areas in common. And if all else fails, you can fall back on that most British of topics: the weather.
A. It can be a nice start of a conversation.
B. Instead, you need to show interest in them.
C. There's one incredibly simple tool: your smile.
D. So, can you learn to develop superhuman charm?
E. What good tricks can we employ to become charming?
F. Shared interests are the key to making connections with others.
G. Our brains often survey the environment for friend or enemy signals.
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2、 阅读理解
The idea that we can have it all and do it all is not new. This myth has been spread for so long, I believe virtually everyone alive today is infected with it. It is sold in advertising. It is included in university applications that require dozens of extracurricular activities.
What is new is how especially damaging this myth is today, in a time when choice and expectations have increased exponentially. It results in stressed people trying to stuff more activities into their already over-scheduled lives.
The word priority came into the English language in the 1400s. It was singular. It meant the very first or prior thing. It stayed singular for the next five hundred years. Only in the 1900s did we pluralize the term and start talking about priorities. Illogically, we reasoned that by changing the word we could bend reality. Somehow we would now be able to have multiple "first" things. People routinely try to do just that. This gave the impression of many things being the priority but actually meant nothing was.
When we don't purposefully and deliberately choose where to focus our energies and time, other people will choose for us, and before long we'll have lost sight of everything that is meaningful and important.
Once an Australian nurse named Bronnie Ware, who cared for people in the last twelve weeks of their lives, recorded their most often discussed regrets. At the top of the list: "I wish I'd had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me." Instead of reacting to the social pressure pulling you to go in a million directions, you will learn a way to focus on what is absolutely essential by getting rid of everything else completely.
(1)、What does Paragraph 1 mainly talk about?A、The misconception that people can achieve unlimited goals. B、The tolerance for imperfection in all aspects of life. C、The decline in individuals' ability to make decisions. D、The lack of motivation to pursue personal goals.(2)、Why is the idea that you can have it all particularly harmful?A、It provides individuals with more choices. B、It cultivates a culture of over-consumption C、It leads to over-scheduling due to social stress. D、It lowers individuals' expectations towards life.(3)、What are readers encouraged to do in the last paragraph?A、Make the best of their talents. B、Listen to their inner voices. C、Tell the truth instead of lies. D、Extend helping hands to others.(4)、Which column of a magazine does the text belong to?A、Entertainment. B、Fashion. C、Humanity. D、Anecdote. -
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In June a massive "heat dome" baked the famously temperate Pacific Northwest, subjecting parts of Washington State, Oregon and western Canada to extreme temperatures. It is virtually impossible that heat waves like this would have occurred without climate change. Scientists estimate it was a one-in-1, 000-year event. "And that's an ‘at least,'" says Kristie. L. Ebi. "It could be more rare than that. "If warming reaches two degrees Cabove preindustrial levels — the threshold that most national governments have agreed to try to avoid in hopes of reducing climate change impacts, "that event could occur every five to 10 years," Ebi says. "In an average year in the U. S. , heat kills more people than any other type of extreme weather, " says Kristina Dahl, a climate scientist. Hundreds of people died in the recent Pacific Northwest heat wave, according to estimates: there were at least 486 deaths in British Columbia, 116 in Oregon and 78 in Washington. A recent U. S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report found there were more than 3, 500 emergency department visits for heat-related illness this past May and June in a region that includes Oregon and Washington State.
The human body functions best at 98. 6 degrees F (37 degrees C). The body has mechanisms to rid itself of excess heat, most notably sweating. But at a certain point, that fails to work, causing loss of consciousness. People can eventually acclimatize to some level of heat. If you live in a hot climate or work in hot conditions for a period of weeks or months, your body becomes more efficient at sweating and cooling itself down. This process takes time, however.
As the planet warms, heat waves like these this year are becoming frighteningly common and catching climate scientists off guard. "Even a lot of our climate models that project out how frequent extreme heat will be in the future wouldn't have necessarily predicted this level of heat for that part of the country," Kristina Dahl says. "But then to realize that I am seeing it in my lifetime, and living it right now, is really terrifying."
(1)、What does Ebi's saying imply in Paragraph 1?A、Heat dome has affected at least three regions. B、Temperature reaches the threshold immediately. C、Heat waves affect the Pacific Northwest greatly. D、Severe weather could become frighteningly common.(2)、What is Paragraph 2 mainly about?A、Many areas are badly affected by heat waves. B、Heat waves pose a major risk to public health. C、More people died of illnesses in this summer. D、Latest news on heat waves are widely reported.(3)、What does the underlined word "acclimatize" in Paragraph 3 mean?A、Adapt. B、Settle. C、Respond. D、Object.(4)、According to Kristina Dahl, the extreme heat ____.A、ruins his normal daily life. B、gets scientists prepared to it. C、fails to be accurately forecast. D、should be examined frequently. -
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If you wanted to make a Disney-style animation of, say, Reggie, a spirited rabbit, planning to save his forest, you'd have a lead animator draw the extremes of the action: Reggie looking intensely focused, and then proudly announcing, "There's a new hero in the forest! "Then you'd bring in an in-betweener - that is, the animator who draws all the comprehensive frames that bridge the major actions.
In-betweeners don't get the glory, but without them cartoons would hop from one emotional peak to another, missing connective grace. Burny Mattinson (1935 2023) started his career at the Walt Disney Company in the mail room, and, even though he had no formal training in animation, he was given a swing at in-betweening just six months later.
His first big assignment was to in-between the wagging of a dog's tail. Disney animation was famous for its silky elegance, owing in no small part to the skill of its in-betweeners, and, thanks to Mattinson, the tail practically glided from side to side.
Mattinson had wanted to be an animator ever since his mother had taken him to see" Pinocchio" at a theatre when he was six. In a bold move, Mattinson showed up at the Disney Studios gate with his portfolio (作品) as soon as he finished high school. The magical part of this story is that, instead of shooing him away, the security guard liked his drawings and called the head of personnel to take a look.
Thus, Mattinson became a messenger at Disney, beginning a career that would eventually make him the employee with the longest service at the company. He had joined the company at a golden moment. Listing the films that he worked on is a little like listing the entire output of the Walt Disney Company over the past six decades: Sleeping Beauty, "The Lion King," and on and on.
Mattinson was, perhaps, one of the last of an almost extinct genotype - the happy company man, the lifer. He never had an employer besides Disney. When asked what Mattinson enjoyed doing outside of his life at Disney, his son said, "He just loved his work."
(1)、What role do in-betweeners play in animation production?A、Design the storyline. B、Draw the background. C、Invent extreme actions. D、Generate smooth motion.(2)、Which of the following can best describe Mattinson's path to Disney?A、Unconventional. B、Typical. C、Illegal. D、Accidental.(3)、What makes Mattinson exceptional in Disney's history?A、His lifelong dedication to Disney. B、His detailed work as an in-betweener. C、His passion for animation beyond work. D、His pioneering role in Disney animation.(4)、What is the best title of the passage?A、A lifer in the Disney. B、In-betweeners' role in animation. C、A bold move to Disney. D、A glorious career. -
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By our very rough calculations, Reader's Digest has published some 35, 000 articles in nearly 1, 200 issues. These small pages have held some very big names, including U. S. presidents, world leaders, sports legends, and, indeed, the biggest contributors of all, everyday Americans with a story to tell. These are some of our proudest moments.
How to Keep Young Mentally by Mary B.Mullett
This first article in the first issue highlighted inventor Alexander Graham Bell and his belief in lifelong learning: "The first essential of any real education is to observe. Observe! Remember! Compare!" It was an appropriate beginning. reflecting our self-educated founder's endless curiosity.
I'veCome to Clean Your Shoes by Madge Harrah
The morning of a family funeral, an acquaintance shows up unannounced and says, "I've come to clean your shoes." He spends the day quietly shining every pair in the house. The writer ends with: "Now, whenever I hear of an acquaintance who has lost a loved one. I try to think of one specific task suiting that person's need. And if the person says, ‘How did you know I needed that done? ‘ I reply, ‘it's because a man once cleaned my shoes."
Strange Encounter on Coho Creek by Morris Homer Erwin
A miner spends days camping in the Alaskan wilderness, working hard to earn the trust of a mother wolf stuck in a trap before she and her four pups starve to death. Eventually, he is able to free her. Four years later, he encounters a wolf in the same meadow. Yes, the same wolf. When we shared this classic on rd. com in 2019, it went viral and it has now been read by many millions online and in print.
How Honest Are We by Ralph Kinney Bennett
Our famous "wallet drop" set up the ultimate test of honesty: If we left wallets in cities around the country, how many would be returned? Well over half, it turned out—67 percent. The most honest city? Seattle, whose upstanding residents returned nine out of ten wallets.
(1)、What do we know about the acquaintance in the story I've Come to Clean Your Shoes?A、He shows concern by cleaning shoes. B、He cleans shoes at the owner's request. C、He comforts the owner by telling his own story. D、He visits the house where the owner is severely sick.(2)、Which article gained significant popularity online?A、How to Keep Young Mentally. B、I've Come to Clean Your Shoes. C、Strange Encounter on Coho Creek. D、How Honest Are We.(3)、Where can the text be found?A、In a history book. B、In a magazine. C、In a novel. D、In a brochure. -
6、 听材料,回答问题。(1)、Which pet may an outgoing person prefer?A、A bird. B、A dog. C、A cat.(2)、What may a cat owner be like?A、Clever B、Sociable. C、Careful.(3)、What does the speech mainly talk about?A、Pet people's personalities. B、More outgoing dog people. C、Less sociable cat people.
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7、 听材料,回答问题。(1)、What does the woman want to find out?A、The suitable work for the man. B、The information on building. C、The nearby workplace.(2)、What are the man's interests?A、Buying and selling things. B、Building and repairing things. C、Repairing and collecting things.(3)、What has the man been doing this year?A、Delivering newspapers. B、Helping build a house. C、Selling advertising space.(4)、In which column does the woman write down "sales"?A、"Education". B、"Interests". C、"Experience".
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8、 听材料,回答问题。(1)、What does the man want to do this summer?A、Sit around. B、Earn some money. C、Take a vacation.(2)、Who is Jane?A、The man's sister. B、Mr Smith's neighbor. C、The woman's classmate.(3)、What should Jane do when house-sitting?A、Take care of the pets. B、Get rid of the houseplants. C、Empty the house.(4)、What can we learn from the conversation?A、The man took care of kids last summer. B、The woman called the student employment office. C、The man doesn't have a lot of friends.
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9、 听材料,回答问题。(1)、What does the woman say about puppies?A、They are free. B、They need shots. C、They eat vegetables.(2)、What does the boy offer to do?A、Build a house for the puppy. B、Take good care of the puppy. C、Give the puppy some of his food.
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10、 听材料,回答问题。(1)、What is the special for today?A、The steak. B、The chips. C、The chicken.(2)、What type of bread does the woman want?A、Honey wheat. B、Whole wheat. C、Italian.
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11、 How does the man usually buy tickets?A、By booking online. B、By making calls. C、By going to the station.
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12、 What did the man do yesterday evening?A、He watched a match. B、He read a newspaper. C、He did his homework.
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13、 How does Eric usually get to work?A、By bus. B、By train. C、By car.
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14、 What are the speakers talking about?A、How to make a paper plane. B、How to recycle rubbish. C、How to book a flight.
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15、 What will the speakers do on Sunday?A、Continue to work. B、Go to a party. C、Invite Bob to dinner.
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16、假定你是学校音乐俱乐部的负责人李华,上周俱乐部举行了一场留学生(international students)乐器比赛,请为本周三的颁奖仪式写一篇英文发言稿。内容包括:1. 表示祝贺;2. 回顾比赛;3. 你的期望。
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17、从那时起,他们就不再冒险了。
, they were taking no chances
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18、这个班由一位经验丰富的老师负责。
The experienced teacher is the class.
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19、使他吃惊的是,他没有注意到钱包在火车上被人偷了。
To his surprise, he didn't notice on the train.
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20、操作系统必须要能够确定更新频率。
The operating system must determining the update frequency.