Owning a smart phone may not be as smart as you think. It may let you surf the Internet, listen to music and snap photos wherever you are... but it also turns you into a workaholic, it seems.

A study suggests that, by giving you access to e-mails at all times, the all-singing, all-dancing mobile phone adds as much as two hours to your working day. Researchers find that Britons work an additional 460 hours a year on average as they are able to respond to e-mails on their mobiles.

The study by technology retailer Pixmania reveals the average UK working day is between 9 and 10 hours, but the further two hours is spent responding to or send?ing work e-mails, or making work calls. More than 90 per cent of office workers have e-mail-enabled phones, with a third accessing them more than 20 times a day. Almost one in ten workers admit spending up to three hours outside their normal working day checking work e-mails. Some workers confess they are on call almost 24 hours a day, with nine out of ten saying they make work e-mails and calls outside their normal working hours. The average time for first checking e-mails is be?tween 6 am and 7 am, with more than a third checking their first e-mails in this period, and a quarter checking them between 11 pm and midnight.

Ghadi Hobeika, marketing director of Pixmania, says, "The ability to access literally millions of apps, keep in contact via social networks and take photos and videos as well as texts and calls has made smart phones invaluable for many people. However, there are draw?backs. Many companies expect their employees to be on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and smart phones mean that people literally cannot get away from work. The more constantly in contact we become* the more is expected of us in a work capacity (容量).，，

1.    What can we conclude from the text?

A.    All that glitters is not gold.

B.    It never rains but pours.

C.    Every coin has two sides.

D.    It's no good crying over spilt milk.

2.    The underlined word "accessing" in the third paragraph can be replaced by 

A. calling       B. reaching

C.  getting     D. using

3.    Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?

A.    The average UK working time is between nine and twelve hours.

B.    Nine tenths spent over three hours checking work e-mails.

C.    One fourth check their first e-mails between 11 pm and midnight.

D.    The average time for first checking e-mails is be?tween 6 am and 8 am.

4.    What's the main idea of the text?

A.    Workaholics like smart phones.

B.    Smart phones bring about extra work.

C.    Smart phones make our life easier.

D.    Employers don't like smart phones.

B

While both Europe and the United States of America are considered the Western world, it's good to know there are some differences in culture. If you

are considering moving to a European country, you will find the information below helpful as you plan your move.

One cultural difference is how the countries perceive(理解，認(rèn)為)time and space. For example, a house in the United States that is 200 years old would be considered ancient. This is probably because America is a fairly young country. However, in Europe, something would not be considered ancient unless it was at least 2,000 years old. However, perception of dis?tance seems to be the opposite. While Europeans would consider 100 kilome?tres a long way to drive, Americans would not think twice. This could be due to the fact that Europe is smaller and more heavily populated. In fact, the United States is over twice the size of Europe.

Cars are another factor that differs greatly between Europe and the United States. American automobiles usually have automatic transmissions(自動(dòng)變速器)while European cars generally have manual gears(手動(dòng)變速器). European automobiles are smaller and more round-shaped, while American cars are larger and more square-shaped. Trucks and limousines(豪華轎車)are vehicles that Americans enjoy. In Europe, however, these types of vehicles are hardly seen, as they prefer smaller cars due to parking and traffic congestion.

The view of education is another cultural difference between the European countries and the United States. In America? parents may save for many years and even go into debt to pay for their children to attend college. Most schools and universities in Europe, however, are free of tuition. In fact, children are expected to attend college there.

6.The author wrote the first paragraph mainly to_________________ .

  A.  tell the differences between Europe and America

B.  advise people to travel to Europe and America

C.  introduce the topic of this passage to the readers

D.  persuade people to live in a European country

7. Which of the following shows the Americans' perception of time?

  A. An ancient house has a history of 200 years.

B. Europe has been at least 2,000 years old.

C  A hundred kilometres is a long way to drive.

D.  It is proper to drive a distance of 100 kilometres.

8.The underlined phrase " parking and traffic congestion" in Paragraph 3 means "__________ ".

  A.   people like parking their cars on the road

B.  the cars go through the parks now and then

C.  it is easy to park and drive on the highway

D.   parking is not easy and the traffic is heavy

9. It can be concluded from the last paragraph that  

  A.  Americans are richer than Europeans

B.   Americans work harder than Europeans

C.   the children in Europe needn't go to school |

D.   it costs Americans a lot of money to go to college

10. The author develops this passage by _________ .

A.arguing             B, persuading

C.comparing           D. doubting

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Many years ago, Dr Cronin occasionally wrote an unusual treatment for some of his patients who were feeling down. He would insist that for six weeks the pa?tients say "Thank you" for every kindness and he had a great cure rate.

Everyone gets down at times, and sharpening your sense of gratitude(感激)can make a difference. I have observed again and again that people's hap?piness is not usually found in getting what they want; it comes from apprecia?ting what they have.

Writer Arthur Gordon used to tell about asking a doctor friend for the name of the most effective treatment he knew. "Well, I'll tell you," his friend said. "A colleague of mine once had a woman patient who suffered from de?pression. The usual prescription didn't seem to help."

One day this doctor sent a small package to the woman's home. "I want you to take what's in this package," he said, "and spend ten minutes every?day looking through it at some objects in this room.，，

In the package there was a magnifying glass(放大鏡).She began looking at her sofa. She was amazed at what she saw. Then she examined a flower picked from her garden and even her own skin. She was amazed at the brand new world opening up before her eyes.

As this woman gazed at her world through a magnifying glass, she saw, in a completely different way, what had been around her all along. Her sense of wonder gave way to another more powerful emotion―gratitude. The doctor said that her experience with the glass was the turning point of her illness. She began to appreciate what she had and get well.

Do you practise gratitude? 1 think you'll discover that it is a great way to keep happy.

1.Why does the author mention Dr Cronin in the beginning?

    A.     To show that Dr Cronin was a great doctor.

B.     To introduce what the author wants to talk about.

C.     To introduce some good ways of recovering from illness.

D.     To show his attitude towards Dr Cronin's unusual treatment.

2.According to the passage, the woman was required to_________________ .

   A.     play with her furniture as often as she could

B.     look at the world through a magnifying glass

C.     look for some objects she had lost in her house

D.     spend ten minutes taking exercise every day

3.What did the doctor probably want the woman to understand?

   A.     Happiness comes from appreciating what we have.

B.     Our life will be ruined if we are too careful.

C.     The magnifying glass will open a brand new world to us.

D.     Our life will become colourful with the help of the magnifying glass.

4. What does the underlined word " prescription" in Paragraph 3 probably mean?

A. Paper.             B. Plan.             C.  Treatment.      D. Award

5. According to the passage, practising gratitude is a good way of

A.   calming down ourselves                 B. living a richer life

C.  curing some deadly diseases             D. curing some mental problems

W: I enjoy going through second-hand bookstores,don't you, David? It's interesting to see 35.  people used to 36.  (enjoy) reading. Did you see this old book of children's stories?

M: Some of these books aren't so old, Jenny. See? This mystery 37.    (publish) only six years ago. It 38.      (cost) 75 cents. You can't beat that!

W: Hey! Look at this!

M ： What? Are you getting interested in the 19th century poetry all of 39.   sudden?

W: No. Look! Someone gave this book as a present and wrote a note 40.   the inside of the front cover. It's dated 1893. Maybe it's worth something.

M: Everything on that shelf is worth 50 cents.

W; 41.     if this is a signature of someone who is well known, it might bring a lot more. I hear William Shakespeare's signature is worth about a million dollars.

M: Oh, I can 42.    (hard) read what that one says. Who wrote it?

W: The name looks like Harold Dobson. Wasn't he a politician or something? I'm going to buy this book and see 43.    I can find a name like that in the library.

M: Good luck! Your poetry book may make you rich, but I'll bet my 75-cent mystery is a 44.     (good) buy.

Long before ， there was a large mountainside ，where rested an eagle's nest with four large eagle eggs.One day 25.    earthquake rocked the mountain, causing one of the eggs to roll down the mountain to a chicken farm 26.    (locate) in the valley below. The chickens were kind enough to care for the eagle's egg, and an old hen volunteered to nurture(養(yǎng)育)and raise the large egg.

One day, the egg hatched and a beautiful eagle was born. Sadly, 27,     ， the eagle was raised to be a chicken. Soon  the eagle believed he was nothing more 28.     a chicken. The eagle loved his present family, but his spirit cried out 29.    more.

While playing on the farm one day, the eagle happened to notice a group of mighty eagles soaring in the skies. "Oh," the eagle cried, "I wish I could soar like those birds.

The chickens roared with 30.   (laugh),"You cannot soar with those birds. You are a chicken and chickens do not soar.The eagle continued staring at his real family up

above, 31. ( dream) that he could be with them.   Each time the eagle would let his dreams 32.   (know), he was told it couldn't be done.That is 33.  the eagle learned to believe. The eagle, after time, stopped dreaming and continued to live like a chicken. Finally, after a long life as a chick?en, the eagle passed away.

You become 34.     you believe you are.

So, if you ever dream of becoming an eagle, follow your dreams -" not the words of a chicken.

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根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項(xiàng)中選出能填人空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。選項(xiàng)中有兩項(xiàng)為多余選項(xiàng)。

"Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. ，，一Lao Tzu If you are in a city where everyone rushes, realize that you don't have to be like everyone else. You can be different. You can walk instead of driving in rush-hour traffic. You can be on your iPhone or Blackberry less, and discon?nected sometimes. Your environment doesn't control your life―you do. I'm not going to tell you how to give you a step-by-step guide to moving slower.1

1. Do less.

Cut back on your projects, on your task list, on how much you try to do each day. Focus not on quantity but on quality. 2Save smaller, routine tasks for later in the day, but give yourself time to focus.

2. Have fewer meetings.

3  And they eat into your day, forcing you to squeeze the things you really need to do into small windows, and making you rush.

3. 4

When you do the important things with focus, without rush, there will be things that get pushed back, and that don't get done. And you need to ask yourself: How necessary are these things? What would happen if I stopped doing them?

4.Practise mindfulness.

Simply learn to live in the present, rather than things so much about fu?ture or the past. When you eat, fully appreciate your food. When you are with someone, be with them fully. When you are walking, appreciate your sur?roundings, no matter where you are.

Try these things out. Life is better when unrushed. 5 .

A. Start to put off or cancel the unnecessary.

B. Meetings are usually a "big waste of time".

C. The world likely won't end if you don't pass one of the exams.

D.But here are some things to consider and perhaps adopt(采納)，if they work for your life.

E. Remember the quote ： if nature can get everything done without rus?hing, so can you.

F. Pick 2〜3 important things―or even just one important thing―and work on those first.

     G. Give yourself more time to get ready and get there,

If you have the ability to help others, don't hesitate to do so. Once, my father and I were waiting to buy tickets for the circus. Finally, there was only one family 5 us and the counter, who made a big 6 on me. There were eight children, all probably under 12. You could 7 they weren't rich. Their clothes weren't expensive but 8 . The children were well behaved, standing in line behind their parents and 9 talking about what they would see that night.

One could 10 they had never been to the circus before. The mother was holding her husband's hand while the father was smiling in 11 The ticket lady asked the father how many tickets he wanted. He proudly 12 ， "Eight for children and two for adults, please."

The ticket lady told him the price. The man's wife let go of 13 hand, her head dropped, and her lips began to tremble. The father leaned a little 14 and asked, "How much did you say?"

The ticket lady 15 the price. The man didn't have enough money. 16 was he supposed to turn and tell his kids that he didn't have enough 17 to take them to the circus? Seeing this, my father put his hand in his pocket, 18 a $ 20 bill and dropped it on the ground. Then my father 19 down, picked up the bill and said to the man, "Excuse me, sir, this fell out of your pocket.，，

The man knew what was going on. He wasn't begging for it but certainly 20 the timely help in such an 21 situation. He took my father's 22 in both of his, squeezed(控)tightly onto the 23 ， and with a tear running down his cheek, he replied, "Thank you, sir. This really    24    a lot to me and my family.

5.    A. before B. between

C.  behind     D. besides

6.    A. difference  B. effort

C.  impression      D， suggestion

7.    A. tell     B. agree

C.  believe    D. suppose

8.    A. clean  B. shabby

C.  simple     D. common

9.    A. disappointedly   B. bitterly

C.   excitedly       D. carelessly

10.   A. sense  B. expect

C.  doubt      D. recognize

11.   A. surprise      B. turn

C.  silence          D. pride

12.   A. laughed      B. announced

C.  commented     D. responded

13.   A. my     B. his

C.  her         D. their

14.   A. backwards  B. away

C.   closer        D. farther

15.   A. refused      B. recited

C.  reduced   D. repeated

16.   A. When B. Where

C.  How D. Why

17.   A. time   B. money

C.  chance     D. courage

18.   A. pulled out  B.  pulled up

C.  picked out       D.  picked up

19.   A. jumped      B. lay

C.  knocked   D. bent

20.   A. appreciated B. admired

C.  rej ected  D. offered

21.   A. interesting  B. embarrassing

C.  enjoyable D. unbelievable

22.   A. pocket       B. wallet

C.  arm  D. hand

23.   A. ticket  B. bill

C.   pound    D, paper

24.   A. pays   B. costs

C.  means      D. gives

15.My classmate told me that he______________________ (punish) by his teacher.

14.―Were you late for the film?

―Very late. Half of it had been shown by the time we__________________ (reach) the cinema.

13.It was the third time that Tom_______________________ (catch) cheating in the maths exams.