【題目】-Have you heard about that fire in the market?
-Yes, fortunately no one __________.
A. hurt
B. was hurt
C. has hurt
D. had been hurt
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【題目】You hear the comment all the time: the U.S. economy looks good by figures, but it doesn’t feel good. Why doesn’t ever-greater wealth promote ever-greater happiness? It is a question that dates at least to the appearance in 1958 of The Wealthy Society by John Kenneth Galbraith, who died recently at 97.
The Wealthy Society is a modern classic because it helped describe a new moment in the human condition. For most of history, “hunger, sickness, and cold” threatened nearly everyone, Galbraith wrote. “Poverty (貧窮) was found everywhere in that world. Obviously it is not of ours.” After World War II, the fear of another Great Depression gave way to an economic growth. In the 1930s unemployment had averaged 18.2 percent; in the 1950s it was 4.5 percent.
To Galbraith, materialism (物質(zhì)主義) had gone mad and would cause discontent. Through advertising, companies conditioned consumers to buy things they didn’t really want or need. Because so much spending was artificial, it would be unsatisfying. Meanwhile, government spending that would make everyone better off was being cut down because people wrongly considered government only as “a necessary bad.”
It’s often said that only the rich are getting ahead; everyone else is standing still or falling behind. Well, there are many undeserving rich — overpaid chief managers, for instance. But over any meaningful period, most people’s incomes are increasing. From 1995 to 2004, people feel “squeezed” because their rising incomes often don’t satisfy their rising wants — for bigger homes, more health care, more education, and faster Internet connections.
The other great disappointment is that it has not got rid of insecurity. People regard job stability as part of their standard of living. As company unemployment increased, that part has gradually become weaker. More workers fear they’ve become “the disposable American,” as Louis Uchitelle puts it in his book by the same name.
Because so much previous suffering and social conflict resulted from poverty, the arrival of widespread wealth suggested utopian (烏托邦式的) possibilities. Up to a point, wealth succeeds. There is much less physical suffering than before. People are better off. Unfortunately, wealth also creates new complaints.
Advanced societies need economic growth to satisfy the multiplying wants of their citizens. But the search for growth cause new anxieties and economic conflicts that disturb the social order. Wealth sets free the individual, promising that everyone can choose a unique way to self-accomplishment. But the promise is so unreasonable that it leads to many disappointments and sometimes inspires choices that have anti-social consequences, including family breakdown. Figures indicate that happiness has not risen with incomes.
Should we be surprised? Not really. We’ve simply confirmed an old truth: the seeking of wealth does not always end with happiness.
【1】The Wealthy Society is a book ________.
A. about poverty in the past
B. written by Louis Uchitelle
C. indicating that people are becoming worse off
D. about why happiness does not rise with wealth
【2】According to Galbraith, people feel discontented because ________.
A. materialism has run wild in modern society
B. they are in fear of another Great Depression
C. public spending hasn’t been cut down as expected
D. the government has proved to be necessary but ugly
【3】Why do people feel“squeezed”when their average income rises considerably?
A. They think there are too many overpaid rich.
B. There is more unemployment in modern society.
C. Their material demands go faster than their earnings.
D. Health care and educational cost have somehow gone out of control.
【4】What does Louis Uchitelle mean by “the disposable American” ?
A. People with a stable job.
B. Workers who no longer have secure jobs.
C. Those who see job stability as part of their living standard.
D. People who have a sense of security because of their rising incomes.
【5】What has wealth brought to American society?
A. Stability and security.
B. Materialism and content.
C. A sense of self-accomplishment.
D. New anxiety, conflicts and complaints.
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【題目】 ______ around the clock for two days，David managed to finish the report for the manager on schedule.
A. Working B. Worked
C. Having worked D. To work
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【題目】①How did you try __________ (get) to school on time when you missed the school bus?
②The mother was out and the boy had to try __________ (cook) for himself.
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【題目】Stop wasting your time thinking of reasons for your failures. Instead, realize that the seeds of success were planted within you when you were born. Only you have the power to make those seeds grow.
The seeds, and the power to grow them, are contained in the most awesome machine ever created: the human mind. Success is a choice and not a chance. You were born a winner. You were born rich. You can be a success if only you make the right choice.
You cannot be successful without first developing your self-confidence. Your level of self-confidence is always based on the degree of control that you are able to exercise over yourself, and thus over your life. People with low self-confidence are people who do not believe that they have any power, or responsibility for their lives. They are always victims. They are leaves tossed (搖擺) by the winds of chance blown about with any sudden change in the weather.
You can exercise control over your life only to the degree that you believe you are responsible for everything that happens in your life. Failures think that everything happens by accident and chance. Successful people realize that they are responsible.
Everything happens as a result of something. If we can identify(確定) the cause, we can control the effect. We are responsible for what we choose to think and believe. One generally rises to the level that one expects. We are responsible for setting our expectations. Our success is dependent upon our level of confidence.
In all areas of your life, whether they are financial, physical, or spiritual, you are responsible. Once you recognize this, accept it, and firmly believe it. You are on the road to success.
【1】People with low self-confidence are compared to leaves because they .
A. don’t have the power to face their lives
B. are ready to change their minds
C. can’t exercise control over themselves
D. are easily affected by windy weather
【2】Losers would think that .
A. they fail only because of bad luck
B. they don’t make efforts to succeed
C. success is the result of hard work
D. working hard will lead to success
【3】It can be inferred from the fifth paragraph that .
A. what we believe in is the result of creative mind
B. whether we will succeed depends on our attitudes
C. setting our expectations is vital before taking action
D. knowing cause and effect is the key to future success
【4】The last paragraph serves as .
A. an introduction to another topic
B. a comparison between two views
C. the proof of the author’s points
D. the conclusion of the argument
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【題目】A ground-based system that uses much stronger signals than GPS can find your location in cities and indoors. It is a new positioning system that could compete with GPS to make sure you never lose your directions again.
Instead of satellites, Locata uses ground-based equipment to launch a radio signal over a localized area that is a million times stronger on arrival than GPS. It can work indoors as well as outdoors, and the makers claim the receivers can be shrunk to fit inside a regular cell phone. Even the US military, which invented GPS technology, signed a contract last month agreeing to a large-scale test of Locata at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico.
“This is one of the most important technology developments for the future of the positioning industry,” says Nunzio Gambale, CEO and co-founder of the firm Locata, based in Griffith, Australia.
As for the Locata’s accuracy, Christopher Morin of the US Air Force tested it recently at White Sands, and it worked to within 18 centimeters along any axis(軸). Morin says it should be possible to get the resolution down to 5 centimeters.
Admittedly, the tests were performed in an open desert where GPS also works beautifully, but its signals are weak— like a car headlight from 20,000 kilometers away— and easily blocked by solid objects. “Locata’s signal is far stronger, though not guaranteed to work in a complex urban environment,” says David Last, consultant to the UK’s General Lighthouse Authorities.
“Locata’s technology will face competition in the race to transform indoor navigation. But it could shine in specific areas,” Gambale says. “Robots with Locata could easily navigate inside buildings without the complex optical systems they need at the moment. And process that handle precise location data could not only guide you around a mall, railway station or airport, but also take you to the exact shelf in a shop for the product you want. The units small and cheap enough for smart phones should be available within five years— a similar path to the one GPS took on its way towards world domination.”
【1】The passage is written mainly to .
A. encourage people to buy the Locata
B. tell us the disadvantage of the GPS
C. introduce a new positioning system Locata
D. tell us that Locata will replace GPS one day
【2】Which of the following is not true about Locata according to Paragraph 2?
A. Without the help of the satellites, Locata can tell you where you are.
B. The US military has to test it before using it.
C. Locata has a better signal than GPS.
D. Locata can be fixed into smart phones only.
【3】Which of the following words can be used to replace the underlined word in Paragraph 4?
A. accuracy B. speed
C. determination D. length
【4】According to the passage, what can we know about Gambale?
A. He did the experiment at White Sands.
B. He is confident in Locata and think highly of it.
C. He said that Locata could not work in a complex urban environment.
D. He is worried about the competition that Locata faces.
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【題目】Housework not good exercise, says study
【1】 It even said that people who did the most housework were usually the most overweight. 【2】 The contribution of domestic physical activity to meeting current recommendations for health. It questions whether activities like do-it-yourself, gardening and housework are good exercise. 【3】 but there is a danger that people incorrectly think housework is proper exercise.
A total of 4,563 adults took a survey about their weekly physical activity. 【4】 Researcher Professor Murphy said any physical activity should increase the amount of calories burnt. 【6】 She said housework was “inversely related to leanness”. She said this suggested that either people overestimate how hard housework was an exercise, or they eat too much because they think they have lost lots of calories doing household chores.
However, her study found the opposite.
People who do housework usually eat more.
A new study says housework is not the quality exercise many people think it is.
The research showed that people who included housework as exercise tended to be heavier.
The study is called Does “doing housework keep you healthy” ?
They think doing exercise is of great benefit to healthy.
It says any activity is better than none.
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【題目】Please don't make such loud noise. The news of the volcanic eruption in Indonesia __________ and I want to listen.
A. is broadcast
B. is being broadcast
C. has been broadcast
D. had been broadcast
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【題目】Most students expect __________ more review classes before the exams.
A. it to be
B. there to be
C. that to be
D. to be
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