With your workload growing, you may be telling yourself a vacation is one luxury
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With your workload growing, you may be telling yourself a vacation is one luxury you can’t afford. 小题1: A vacation allows you the opportunity to recharge your physical and motional batteries, disconnect from everyday concerns, and return to work rested and refreshed. Some facts have proved employees are more productive after a vacation than before one. Here are some tips for you to plan your vacation to make sure that your time away from the office is worry free.
Time is right. A Robert Half survey shows that July and August are the most favorable months for employees to take a break because these months offer ideal beach weather and many businesses slow down during this time. 小题2: For instance, if a big task is planned for the summer, you may consider postponing your trip until the fall.
Ask others for assistance. 小题3: Your supervisor can help you determine who is the most qualified for a particular task.
Let your contacts know. Give colleagues and customers you frequently work with a few weeks’ notice before you start off. 小题4:
Conduct a technical review. Before you leave, make sure there is plenty of room in your e-mail inbox so you don’t exceed (超越) your storage limit while you’re out of the office, which might prevent you from sending messages when you return. 小题5:
In short, taking vacation is necessary and beneficial for your job. But you must plan your vacation properly in order to work free and worry free on holiday.| A．Ask trusted colleagues to handle your projects while you’re away. | | B．A summertime beach vacation includes so much more than what you desire these days. | | C．But the truth is that you can’t afford not to take one. | | D．This will give them enough time to plan for your absence. |
E. Also make sure passwords won’t expire(期满) while you are away.
F. What’s more, find your pet a temporary home when you are on vacation.
G. When planning your vacation, remember to take into account any activity that your department will be focused on during that time. |
答案
小题1:C
小题2:G
小题3:A
小题4:D
小题5:E |
解析
试题分析：本文主要讲述了度假对我们来说很重要，在我们出发度假之前要注意安排好自己的工作和其他的事项，不要因为度假而影响了自己的主要的工作。
小题1:C 根据下句A vacation allows you the opportunity to recharge your physical and motional batteries, disconnect from everyday concerns, and return to work rested and refreshed.可知度假有很多的好处，虽然我们很忙，但是度假是我们不得不做的事情。故C项符合上下文。
小题2:G 根据下句For instance, if a big task is planned for the summer, you may consider postponing your trip until the fall.可知在我们计划假期的时候要考虑到自己的工作，要把工作的度假安排好，不要出现影响工作的情况。故G项符合上下文。
小题3:A 根据前句Ask others for assistance.可知我们可以向别人求助，接下来将是的就是求助别人的内容，故A项符合上下文。
小题4:D 根据前句Give colleagues and customers you frequently work with a few weeks’ notice before you start off.可知要提前告诉对方你的计划，这样给对方足够的时间做好安排你不在的时候的工作。故D项符合上下文。
小题5:E 根据前一句Before you leave, make sure there is plenty of room in your e-mail inbox so you don’t exceed (超越) your storage limit可知在我们出发之前要考虑很多的细节的内容，E项也是其中之一。
点评：本文主要讲述了度假对我们来说很重要，在我们出发度假之前要注意安排好自己的工作和其他的事项，不要因为度假而影响了自己的主要的工作。本题的关键在于要根据上下文的语境来找出串联的信息点，把握上下文之间的逻辑关系，通过前后的意思连贯性及细致性用心的答题，定能完成的很好。 |
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More and more people think it necessary to study in an English-speaking country and it didn’t take long at all for me to decide to come and study in UK.
Having been in the school for 2 months, I’m getting used to school life, and I am starting to make the most of my time in here. School starts at 9 o’clock every morning, and every Monday, Wednesday and Friday we have long days, in which we have 9 lessons and school finishes at 4 o’clock. Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturdays we have short days, in which we have only 6 lessons and finish at 1 o’clock. After lessons, we have two hours of activity time, when you can choose from a wide range of activities, including all the major sports, such as rugby and football, and also the minor sports such as basketball and tennis.
As a boarder( 寄宿者)，the quality of food is something I consider very important, and Merchiston has not let me down. The school kitchens are run by a professional food company, and the quality of food is very excellent and also they take the healthy diet very seriously: I remember once I was once asked to take more salad for my meal by a member of the kitchen staff(员工) for I didn’t have enough vegetables. This brings another point of being a boarder: you need to learn how to look after yourself and be responsible(负责) for yourself. One of the huge advantages of being a boarder is that we can have breakfast in the school, which means we don’t have to pull ourselves out of bed as early as the day pupils!
小题1:The passage mainly tells us about _______.| A．the author’s school life in the UK as a boarder. | | B．the author’s opinion of the school life in the UK. | | C．the differences in school life between China and UK. | | D．the boarder life in a Britain middle school. |
小题2:According to the second paragraph, we can learn that the author _________ .| A．has not enough time to study | B．likes to play tennis and basketball | | C．went to the school two months ago | D．finishes school at 4 o’clock |
小题3:How many lessons do the students have every week in this school?小题4:The underlined words “let me down” in the last paragraph means _______. | A．made me disappointed | B．made me pleased | C．encouraged me | D．amazed me |
小题5:As a boarder in the school, the author ___________ .| A．is not used to the food there | B．has learned to have healthy diets | | C．is specially taken good care of | D．sleep as much as the day pupils |
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At the age of sixteen, I joined a volunteer group with my dad. I went on my first volunteer project in West Virginia. On the night we arrived, we discovered that “our family” was living in a trailer(拖车) that was in poor condition. A crew had been working on it for two weeks, but every time they finished one problem, another surfaced.
We decided the only reasonable solution was to build a new house – something unusual but necessary under these circumstances. The family was overjoyed with their new house that was twenty by thirty feet with three bedrooms, a bath and a kitchen.
On Tuesday of that week, while we ate lunch together, I asked the family’s three boys, Josh, Eric and Ryan, "What do you want for your new room?" Expecting toys and other gadgets that children usually ask for, we were surprised when Josh responded, "I just want a bed."
The boys had never slept in a bed! They were accustomed to plastic mats. That night we had a meeting and decided that beds would be the perfect gift. On Thursday night, a few adults in our group drove to the nearest city and bought beds and new bedding.
When we saw the delivery truck coming, we told the family about the surprise. We could hardly contain ourselves. It was like watching excited children on Christmas morning.
That afternoon, as we fitted the frames of the beds together, Eric ran into the house to watch us. Too dirty to enter his room, he observed with wide-eyed enthusiasm from the doorway.
As my father slipped a pillowcase onto one of the pillows, Eric asked, "What is that?"
"A pillow," she replied.
"What do you do with it?" Eric continued to ask.
"When you go to sleep, you put your head on it,” I answered softly. Tears came to our eyes as she handed Eric the pillow.
"Oh . . . that"s soft," he said, hugging it tightly.
Now, when my sister or I start to ask for something that seems urgent, my Dad gently asks, "Do you have a pillow?"
We know exactly what he means.
小题1:The writer’s first volunteer project was .| A．working on a poor trailer | | B．helping a poor family | | C．donating beds and bedding | | D．dealing with a housing problem |
小题2:On hearing Josh’s answer, the writer was shocked because .| A．the family lived in a trailer | | B．he expected to get some toys | | C．he didn’t know what a bed was | | D．the boys had no bed to sleep in |
小题3:From the passage, we can learn that Eric had never seen before.| A．a trailer | B．a truck | C．a pillow | D．a house |
小题4:By saying “Do you have a pillow?”, the writer’s father means that .| A．what they want to get may be unnecessary | | B．they should not waste money on small things | | C．they should do more volunteer work for the poor | | D．what he will buy is not what they want but a pillow |
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A study by St.. Louis University has found that a lovable dog named Sparky and a robotic dog, AIBO, were about equally effective at reducing the loneliness of nursing home residents. The study confirmed previous findings that dogs have a good effect on nursing home residents.
Dr. Andrew Smith led the Stanford University team that built a home-assistance robot. “If humans can feel an emotional tie with robots, some day they could be not just our assistants, but also our companions,” he said.
To test whether residents responded better to Sparky, a trained dog, or the Sony-made robotic dog, researchers divided 38 nursing home residents into three groups at three long-term care centers in St. Louis.
One group had weekly 30-minute one-on-one visits with Sparky; another group had similar visits with AIBO; a control group had no contact with either dog. The groups’ respective levels of loneliness were tested by having them answer a number of questions at the beginning and near the end of the visits.
After two months, both groups that had contact with the dogs were less lonely and more attached. Most of the elderly regarded Sparky, a 9-year-old dog, as an audience for their life stories, said investigator Marian Banks.
“He listened attentively, wagged his tail, and allowed them to pet him,” said Banks, who adopted and trained Sparky after finding him in a street behind her home seven years ago.
Those who were together with AIBO took a little longer to warm to the robotic creature. Over time, however, they grew comfortable with him, and petted and talked to him. He would respond by wagging his tail, vocalizing, and blinking his lights..
“AIBO is charming once you start to interact with him,” said the study’s author, Dr. William Banks, “He’s an attractive sort of guy. He gives a feeling of being personal, not just a robot.”
小题1:Before the new study, it was known that ____.| A．robots were effective at reducing people’s loneliness | | B．robots could build close connection with humans | | C．dogs could help get rid of old people’s loneliness | | D．dogs and robots were equally effective at reducing loneliness |
小题2:Those who had contact with the robotic dog found that ___.| A．they didn’t feel comfortable with it | | B．it was hard for them to interact with it | | C．they weren’t comfortable with it at first | | D．the robot’s vocalizing and blinking confused them |
小题3:The findings of the researchers tell us that___.| A．robots are better at caring for old people than nurses | | B．robots can to some degree replace dogs as companions for old people | | C．it’s easy for people to become close with robots | | D．every home will have a robot assistant one day |
小题4:What would be the best title for the passage?| A．Robots Serve People Better Than Thought | | B．No More Lonely Old Age with Emotional Robots | | C．Advanced Technology Used to cheer up the Elderly | | D．Robots and Dogs Can Equally Cheer up the Elderly |
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There are many stories about people who did not let age stop them in the pursuit of their goals. I’m sure you have heard of recent 70-year-old college graduates, or teenagers who are 1 of many useful things or owners of companies. Actually, it can be done; it just 2 your attitude.
Michael had wanted to run his own business from an early age, but he was 3 a big risk taker. After many years of working for others, he put a business plan together and was about to make the 4 , but his friends told him that at 45 he was too 5 to start his own construction business. They thought it was a young man’s business while Michael needed a steady income to support his family. Michael was discouraged. 6 many of his friends worked in the very field that he was considering starting his business in, he 7 that they knew what was best, so he decided to give up his 8 . But his wife told him that he was foolish to do so. They discussed it and Michael 9 that he’d been using his age as a(n) 10 instead of as an advantage.
Have you put off a goal 11 age or another limiting factor? Does the limiting 12really have as much influence as you think? Age is just a number and each challenge is an opportunity. Your attitude 13 . You’re not too old to try something 14 and never too old to give up on your dreams. They may 15 a bit of adjustment, but if you want something enough, believe in yourself and your desires will have no bounds.
| 小题1: | | A．owners | B．discoverers | C．inventors | D．users |
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| 小题2: | | A．depends on | B．turns down | C．makes up | D．leads to |
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| 小题3: | | A．never | B．hardly | C．nearly | D．surely |
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| 小题4: | | A．decision | B．leap | C．conclusion | D．contribution |
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| 小题5: | | A．early | B．old | C．hard | D．wise |
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| 小题6: | | A．If | B．Before | C．Even | D．Since |
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| 小题7: | | A．hoped | B．learnt | C．thought | D．heard |
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| 小题8: | | A．plan | B．job | C．belief | D．method |
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| 小题9: | | A．stressed | B．decided | C．realized | D．Dreamed |
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| 小题10: | | A．response | B．reply | C．answer | D．excuse |
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| 小题11: | | A．instead of | B．regardless of | C．because of | D．in spite of |
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| 小题12: | | A．result | B．factor | C．pressure | D．strength |
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| 小题13: | | A．changes | B．helps | C．begins | D．matters |
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| 小题14: | | A．opposite | B．impossible | C．strange | D．valuable |
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| 小题15: | | A．make | B．suggest | C．require | D．follow |
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How difficult change is depends a lot on your attitude towards it and your resistance to it. Your attitude to change can make the whole transformation process much easier.
Imagine change as a pair of shoes and this will help you understand change and how it works. I am sure that you have ever had a comfortable pair of shoes in your life. A pair of shoes is so comfortable that you really don’t want to get rid of them.
You know you need a new pair, and may even have them, but you don’t want to wear them because you are comfortable with your current pair. Besides, the new pair may hurt your feet, give you blisters(水疱) or be awkward to wear to start with. So, you resist the new shoes. However, you know that this new pair would be much better for your feet, and after the initial discomfort they would probably be even more comfortable, yet you still resist.
Do you know I’m doing this now? I’m wearing my comfortable shoes and they feel good. They have a hole in each heel, and the sole is starting to fall off, but I’m persisting in wearing them.
This describes change exactly; change of our habits, change of our thought patterns. We stick with the old patterns because they are comfortable. Yet once we get over the initial pain of the transformation, the new pattern will be comfortable and feel good until the time comes when we need another new pair of shoes.
小题1:Why do people prefer old shoes to new ones?| A．They have much emotion in the old ones. | | B．They are more comfortable. | | C．New shoes always harm the feet. | | D．They look better than the new ones. |
小题2: According to the passage, we know that people ______.| A．don’t realize the benefit of the new shoes very well | | B．are positive and open-minded to accept new things | | C．actually know the change will finally be good for them | | D．don’t accept new patterns because they are not good |
小题3: What can be inferred from the passage?| A．Once we form a habit, it’s difficult to change it. | | B．Most people pay more attention to the future life. | | C．One’s attitude towards something is usually traditional. | | D．The more often we change, the better our life will be. |
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