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Across the planet there are millions of people who engage in some type of meditation, the practice
of concentrating and clearing the mind to bring the body into a state of peace, at least a semi-regular
basis. For some, particularly among practitioners of Eastern religions such as Buddhism and Hinduism,
this is part and parcel of their religious practice.
For others, particularly in Western cultures, meditation tends to be a response to stress. With the
world economy approaching meltdown and people worried about their job or their ability to keep their
home, it’s a way for people to attain a state of peace of mind and well-being.
For those interested in taking up the practice, instruction in meditation for beginners can be found in
literally thousands of sources.
One of the most popular styles of mediation in the West, with classes offered in most major cities, is
called Transcendental Meditation. TM, as it is known among its practitioners, first came to worldwide
attention when the Beatles began practicing it in 1967. For direct, guided, personal instruction in
meditation for the beginner, TM may be the hallmark.
Part of the confusion about how to practice meditation effectively is due to the fact that there are
literally hundreds of techniques championed by various groups and individuals. As a general principle,
it might be said that all meditation techniques seek to have the practitioner attain a state of consciousness
that is different to our ordinary state of awareness. They attempt to train people to clear their minds and
achieve a sense of inner peace. It sounds simple enough, but of the huge number of people experiment
with meditation, very few are able to maintain its practice over the long haul. In most cases, this is due
to frustration over the inability to experience any dramatic, instantly recognizable effects.
This is quite a sad state of affairs, that so few these days are willing or equipped to persist in
something that doesn’t provide immediate life-changing results. It reflects a culture in which demands
for discipline and sustained effort are considered unnecessary or even unfair. It is no surprise therefore
that many people abandon their efforts at meditation before they have a chance to bear fruit.
But for anyone who does decide to take up this worthwhile practice, please remember. You must
clear your mind, relax and “take it as it comes”. Maintain the practice with a sense of discipline and
devotion, and eventually benefits of inner peace and calm will be yours. |
| 1. The underlined part “part and parcel of” in paragraph 1 is nearest in meaning to ________. |
A. closely associated with
B. very different to
C. usually sent from
D. an important element of |
| 2. The goal of meditation is ________. |
A. to clear the mind
B. to practice a religion
C. to develop a technique
D. to carry out an experiment |
| 3. What can we infer about meditation from the passage? |
A. It has two main types.
B. It is practiced by many famous artists.
C. Its benefits are not immediately obvious.
D. Most people find it a very good way to relax. |
4. According to the writer, what has attracted many Western people to meditation practices in recent
years? |
A. Their improved understanding of foreign culture.
B. The need to fill in their growing free time.
C. Increasing employment instability.
D. Migration from countries in which meditation is traditional. |
| 5. Who is the probable audience for this article? |
A. Experienced meditation practitioners.
B. People interested in starting to learn meditation.
C. Buddhists and Hindus.
D. People who are very religious. |
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Surveys show that although a man and a woman have the same level or handle the same position
in an organization, the man would get a higher or bigger compensation package （薪酬）compared
1 women. Because of this, many women just hold subordinate positions 2 (content) in finance
, human resources, sales, manufacturing and other supportive roles.
There are still 3 barriers that prevent women from 4 (reach) their full potentials in the world
of employment. Our culture does not encourage women to excel in government 5 in business-related
jobs. Women who are able to make it on top and handle leadership roles are sometimes regarded merely
6 tokens(象征). Their abilities and skills 7 (question) by their own peers, and sadly even
by other women.
8 you are a woman who have the interest, ability and drive to pursue management careers,
career counseling is of great help to give you direction and increase motivation to pursue your career
goals. 9 will help you have the self-confidence to get you in the same career opportunities open to
men in this society 10 men are preferred for top level positions. |
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In the more and more competitive service industry, it is no longer enough to promise customer
satisfaction. Today, customer “delight” is what companies are trying to achieve in order to keep and
increase market share.
It is accepted in the marketing industry, and confirmed by a number of researchers, that customers
receiving good service will promote business by telling up to 12 other people; those treated badly tell
tales of worse to up to 20 people. Interestingly, 80 percent of people who feel their complaints are
handled fairly will stay loyal.
New challenges for customer care have come when people can obtain goods and services through
telephone call centers and the Internet. For example, many companies now have to invest a lot of money
in information technology and staff training in order to cope with the “phone rage”- caused by delays in
answering calls, being cut off in mid-conversation or left waiting for long periods.
“Many people do not like talking to machines,” says Dr, Storey, Senior Lecturer in Marketing at City
University Business School. “Banks, for example, encourage staff at call centers to use customer data
to establish instant and good relationship with them. The aim is to make the customer feel they know
you and that you can trust them - the sort of comfortable feelings people have during face-to-face chats
with their local branch manager.”
Recommended ways of creating customer delight include: under-promising and over-delivering
(saying that a repair will be carried out within five hours, but getting it done within two); replacing a faulty
product immediately; throwing in a gift coupon as an unexpected “thank you” to regular customers; and
always returning calls, even when they are complaints.
Airlines face some of the toughest challenges over customer care. Fierce competition has convinced
them that delighting passengers is an important marketing tool, while there is great potential for customer
anger over delays caused by weather, unclaimed luggage and technical problems.
For British Airways staff, a winning telephone style is considered vital in handling the large volume
of calls about bookings and flight times. The Airways also says its customer care policies are applied
within the company and staff are taught to regard each other as customers requiring the highest standards
of service.
Customer care is obviously here to stay and it would be a foolish company that used slogans such
as "we do as we please". On the other hand, the more customers are promised, the greater the risk of
disappointment. |
| 1. We can learn from Paragraph 2 that _______. |
A. complaining customers are hard to satisfy
B. unsatisfied customers receive better service
C. satisfied customers catch more attention
D. well-treated customers promote business |
| 2. The writer mentions “phone rage” (Paragraph 3) to show that ________. |
A. customers often use phones to express their anger
B. people still prefer to buy goods online
C. customer care becomes more demanding
D. customers rely on their phones to obtain services |
| 3. What does the writer recommend to create customer delight? |
A. Calling customers regularly.
B. Giving a “thank you” note.
C. Delivering a quicker service.
D. Promising more gifts. |
| 4. Customer delight is important for airlines because ________. |
A. their telephone style remains unchanged
B. they are more likely to meet with complaints
C. the services cost them a lot of money
D. the policies can be applied to their staff |
| 5. Which of the following is conveyed in this article? |
A. Face-to -face service creates comfortable feelings among customers.
B. Companies that promise more will naturally attract more customers.
C. A company should promise less but do more in a competitive market.
D. Customer delight is more important for air lines than for banks. |
Each year about thirteen million babies are born too soon. More than one million of them die as a
result of their prematurity(早熟). Yet experts say many early births can be prevented.
The report came from the March of Dimes and the World Health Organization.Christopher Howson
is the vice president for global programs at the March of Dimes, a nonprofit group. He says there are a
number of simple, lowcost interventions that can improve the chances of a fullterm birth.
CHRISTOPHER HOWSON: "We should treat malnutrition(营养不良)in women both before and
doing pregnancy. We should treat infections that increase risk. We should monitor pregnancies carefully
for signs of trouble. And should that baby be born preterm, we should care for that baby by providing a
package of interventions that have been shown to be tried and very effective."
For example, there are programs in Africa that teach the skintoskin method, also known as kangaroo
care. Mothers learn to carry preterm babies in front instead the traditional African way of carrying a baby,
on the mother"s back. Skintoskin helps keep a preterm baby warm. The direct contact also makes it
easier for the baby to breastfeed.
Most preterm births take place in Africa and Asia.But rates in the United States have increased by
more than onethird in the last twentyfive years. This is largely the result of more births in older women
and more use of fertility treatments.
Alan Fleischman is the medical director of the March of Dimes. He was among a group of medical
experts who met in Washington, D.C., earlier this month. The group met to develop a quality
improvement plan for dealing with the problem in the United States. Doctor Fleischman says there is
concern especially about rising numbers of what are known as late preterm births.
ALAN FLEISCHMAN: "Those are the babies who are born between thirtyfour and thirtyseven
weeks gestation. Those are the fastest increasing numbers of prematures. In fact, they are responsible
for seventytwo percent of all prematures in America."
The rise of these births may be linked to increased use of drugs to start or speed up labor and more
births by cesarean section. Doctor Fleischman says the group strongly advises against these interventions
before thirtynine weeks unless medically necessary.
The experts also say doctors need to work with pregnant women to do a better job of estimating
exactly when a pregnancy began.
| The problem | Over one million of babies__1__their lives to prematurity
each year | | __2__of premature birth | Lack of__3__ ?Being infected
More births in older women
More people__4__fertility treatments
__5__use of drugs | | __6__to be taken to prevent premature birth | Treat malnutrition
Treat__7__increasing risk
Monitor pregnancies for signs of trouble
__8__after the preterm babies | | Experts"__9__ | Many early births can be__10__
Doctors need to work with pregnant women | | 阅读理解 | A serious problem for today"s society is who should be responsible for our elderly(老年人) and how
to improve their lives. It is not only a financial problem but also a question of the system we want for our
society. I would like to suggest several possible solutions to this problem.
First, employers should take the responsibility for their retired employees. To make this possible,
a percentage of profits should be set aside for this purpose. But when a company must take lifelong
responsibility for its employees, it may suffer from a commercial disadvantage due to higher employee
costs.
Another way of solving the problem is to return the responsibility to the individual. This means each
person must save during his working years to pay for his years of retirement. This does not seem a very
fair model since some people have enough trouble paying for their daily life without trying to earn extra
to cover their retirement years. This means the government might have to step in to care for the poor.
In addition, the government could take responsibility for the care of the elderly. This could be
financed through government taxes to increase the level of pensions(养老金). Furthermore, some
institutions should be created for senior citizens, which can help provide a comfortable life for them.
Unfortunately, as the present situation in our country shows, this is not a truly viable answer. The
government can seldom afford to care for the elderly, particularly when it is busy trying to care for the
young.
One further solution is that the government or social organizations establish some working places
especially for the elderly where they are independent.
To sum up, all these options(选择)have advantages and disadvantages. Therefore, it is reasonable
to expect that some combination of these options may be needed to provide the care we hope to give to
our elderly generations.
1. What is the passage mainly about?
A. The problems faced by the old in society.
B. Why we should take responsibility for the old.
C. How we can improve the lives of the old.
D. Where the old can go to get their pensions.
2. According to the passage, how can the government help to improve the lives of retired people?
A. Set aside some profits to help people with problems after they retire.
B. Increase savings levels of people during their working years.
C. Increase the discounts for food and transport for the old.
D. Make available pensions for those who have retired.
3. The underlined word "viable" most probably means "________".
A. impossible
B. practical
C. useful
D. successful
4. What can be concluded from the passage?
A. Taking care of the old is mainly an issue of money.
B. Employers should allow their workers to retire at a later age.
C. Becoming independent should be the goal of most old people.
D. There is no single solution to the problems of the old. | | 阅读理解 | Today, people all over the world are moving out of small villages in the country to go and live in big,
noisy cities.They are moving from the peaceful hills, mountains, fields，rivers and streams of the countryside to the busy world of streets, buildings, traffic and crowds. This movement from rural(乡下的) areas to
urban areas has been going on for over two hundred years.
In many countries, the main reason people come to live in towns and cities is work. After one or two
large factories have been built in or near a town, people come to find work, and soon an industrial area
begins to grow. There is usually a_residential_area nearby, too. The families of these workers need schools, hospitals and shops, so many people come to live in the area to provide these services and a city grows.
In every major city in the world, there is a business district where the big companies have their main
offices. In the United States, this area is usually in the city center downtown. It is here that you can see
many huge skyscrapers(摩天大楼)and office blocks. The people who work here often travel a long way
to work each day. Many of them live in the suburbs of the city, far away from the industrial area and the
city center. Some suburbs are very pleasant, with nice houses and big gardens. There are usually parks
for children to play in and large department stores where you can buy all you need.
But what is the future of the big cities? Will they continue to get bigger and bigger? Perhaps not. Some major cities have actually become smaller in the last ten years, and it is quite possible that one day we will
see people moving out of the major cities and back into smaller towns and villages. | | 1．The underlined phrase "a residential area" means an area________. | A．where people can buy things
B．which is suitable for living in
C．where people can do business
D．which is near a city center | | 2．Why do people move to live in cities or towns? | A．Because they can live more comfortably there.
B．Because they like noisy life better than peaceful life.
C．Because they mainly want to find work there.
D．Because they are sure of having a better life there. | | 3．Which of the following statement is NOT true about the business district? | A．Big companies usually have their main offices in the business district.
B．People usually work and live in the business district.
C．A business district usually lies in the city center downtown.
D．Nearly every major city has its own business district. | 最新试题
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