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It’s a Friday night. Your girl friends are out at a bar and your boyfriend is playing soccer with his mates. Two text messages later, you’re eating pizza and watching action movies with three guy friends. Perfect.
“Guy friends” have the potential to enrich your life in ways that female friends and boyfriends just can’t. For starters, they provide an insider’s perspective on how men think, feel and behave. When dealing with male relatives, coworkers and even boyfriends, another man’s point of view can be incredibly useful. Three hours spent analyzing a situation in a café with your girlfriends can’t compete with a quick chat to a guy friend.
Many women find that time spent with male friends can be a liberating and somewhat refreshing break from spending time with the girls. Without the judgmental gaze of other females, there is less pressure to dress up and compete for attention.
Traditionally, girl-guy friendships are seen as hard to maintain. Most relationships between males and females that we come across in our day-to-day lives, whether in movies or books, are romantic by nature. These cultural images make girl-guy friendships seem impossible.
Yet in reality, as gender roles loosen and equality becomes a norm in the workplace, it has become much more common for platonic friendships to blossom.
“The belief that men and women can’t be friends comes from another era in which women were at home and men were in the workplace, and the only way they could get together was for romance,” explains psychologist Linda Sapadin to Psychology Today magazine. “Now they work together and share sports interests and socialize together.”
“My boyfriend has met all of my guy friends so he’s quite accepting of me hanging out with them,” says Nellie. “Because we’ve been dating so long, there’s a level of trust where he knows I will make the right decision when choosing who to be friends with.
“He understands that the kind of time that I spend differs between guys and girls. When I’m out with the girls, we’re gossiping or talking about clothes but when I’m spending time with the guys, it’s different. I think their carefree and ‘whatever goes’ attitude can sometimes be exactly what I need.”
小题1: What is the best title of the passage?| A．Platonic friendship can be fun and liberating. | | B．Platonic friendship can take the place of boy-or-girl friendship. | | C．Man friendship is far more exciting than woman friendship. | | D．Both man friendship and woman friendship are necessary forgirls. |
小题2: In writer’s opinion, girl-guy friendships_________| A．are hard to maintain in modern society. | | B．are impossible for most boys and girls. | | C．are quite reasonable and thought highly of by most people. | | D．are quite interesting and accepted by more and more and moregirls. |
小题3: Why did people think men and women can’t be friends in the past?| A．Becausemen were at home and women were in the workplace. | | B．Becauseboth men and women are too shy to make friends. | | C．Because they were hard to keep in touch and only bymarrying cantheystay in touch with each other. | | D．Becausewomen were at home and men were in the workplace, and the only way they could get together was for friendship. |
小题4: According to what Nellie said, _______| A．Her boyfriend enjoys she and her guy friend stay together. | | B．When I’m out with the boys, we’re not gossiping or talking about clothes. | | C．Sometimes whatmy guy friends giveisjustwhatI need. | | D．My boyfriend trusts me so heaccepts my decision. |
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答案
小题1:A
小题2:D
小题3:C
小题4:C |
解析
试题分析：本文主要讲述了在现代生活里，男性和女性也会有很多的友谊的存在，这和以前有很大的差别，文章中分析了具体的原因。
小题1:A 主旨大意题。根据文章2,3段第一句Many women find that time spent with male friends can be a liberating and somewhat refreshing break from spending time with the girls.和“Guy friends” have the potential to enrich your life in ways that female friends and boyfriends just can’t.可知这样的友谊会很有趣，故A正确。
小题2:D 推理题。根据文章倒数第三段“The belief that men and women can’t be friends comes from another era in which women were at home and men were in the workplace说明男性和女性之间的友谊在现在是广泛存在，也已经被人们所接受。故D正确。
小题3:C 细节题。根据文章第四段Traditionally, girl-guy friendships are seen as hard to maintain. Most relationships between males and females that we come across in our day-to-day lives, whether in movies or books, are romantic by nature. These cultural images make girl-guy friendships seem impossible.说明以前主要是因为男性和女性很难保持长时间的联系，除非是婚宴。而现在的情况不一样了。故C正确。
小题4:C 细节题。根据文章最后2行I’m spending time with the guys, it’s different. I think their carefree and ‘whatever goes’ attitude can sometimes be exactly what I need.”说明男性朋友给她很多的帮助，正是她所需要的东西。故C正确。
点评：本文主要讲述了在现代生活里，男性和女性也会有很多的友谊的存在，这和以前有很大的差别，文章中分析了具体的原因。本文主旨鲜明,很容易在文中找到答案。做题时要注意文章的首段和每一段的首句或尾句，因为它们往往就是文章的主题句。阅读中要注意要点之间的关系。然后带着问题，再读全文，找出答题所需要的依据，完成阅读任务。 |
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As you know, there are many ways to find a job. It can be as easy as walking into a neighborhood store to look at its announcement board. Local stores often have areas where people can put small signs telling what kind of service they need or can provide. Such services include caring for children or cleaning houses. Or, job searchers can look in the newspaper. Local newspapers have employment announcements placed by companies seeking workers.
Another popular tool for finding jobs is the Internet. For example, people in four hundred and fifty cities around the world can use the Craig list Web site to buy objects, meet people or find a job. Craig list says that it receives two million new job listings each month.
Another useful way to find a job is through a college or university. For example, students at the University of Texas in Austin can go to the Career Exploration Center to get help in finding a job. Of course, looking for a job requires knowing what kind of work you want to do. For example, there is a book called “What Color is Your Parachute (降落伞)?” by Richard Bolles. This book has been helping people choose a career since it was first published in nineteen seventy.
Some experts also help people find jobs. Susan W. Miller owns a company called California Career Services in Los Angeles. She says her company helps people find jobs by first helping them understand their strengths, goals and interests. Then she provides them with methods and resources to help them find the right job.
小题1:What is the passage mainly about?| A．Finding a job. | | B．College students’ part-time jobs. | | C．Craig list Web site. | | D．The relation between study and work. |
小题2:By logging on the Craig list Web site, you can ______.| A．sell your old things | | B．do some shopping online | | C．create your own announcement board | | D．get useful information about 450 cities |
小题3:“What Color is Your Parachute?” is a book which gives tips to those who want to______.| A．work on the airplane | B．buy a parachute | | C．publish a book | D．find a suitable job |
小题4:It can be learned from the passage that ______.| A．companies often put job information in local shops | | B．the Internet is the most popular tool for job hunters in the USA | | C．Susan W. Miller’s company is helping people choose careers | | D．California Career Services mainly serves university students |
小题5:How many ways of finding a job are mentioned in the passage?| A．Three. | B．Four. | C．Five. | D．Six. |
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Nutrition influences not only students" grades at school but their growth and development. Improper nutrition is one of the causes of childhood obesity. What can you do to help your child avoid childhood obesity?
My first piece of advice is to look in your fridge. What are you buying at the grocery store? Think about it: if you don"t buy junk food or snacks, your kids won"t eat them at home. Now if you"re like me — both of your kids are at school, you"ll know you can"t police them every second of the day. This is the time when you"ll need to talk to your children about their food choices. If you don"t know the right food choices, there are so many free resources on-line to guide you.
Try new things. I was very surprised to find out my 4-year-old daughter likes balsamic vinegar — she calls it the "black sauce". She likes to have it with tomatoes and cucumbers. You just never know what your kids might like.
Don"t get stressed if you can"t always prepare something healthy. You may sometimes leave the house and forget to take something out for dinner, or you are running late and there"s no time to cook before you have to take one of the kids somewhere. However, you can still make healthy choices while dining out. Many of the fast food restaurants offer fruit and milk instead of soda. I like to buy organic frozen pizzas from the organic market — for a quick dinner solution(解决办法). All the ingredients are natural. What I do is to serve the pizza with something raw: lettuce, cucumbers, tomatoes, or fruit to try to give the kids something healthy with that meal.
In closing, take baby steps. Don"t try to change your family"s eating habits in one go, or you"ll go nuts.
小题1:This passage is written mainly to us| A．explain why today’s kids are overweight | | B．tell us the importance of healthy eating | | C．give parents some healthy eating tips | | D．teach parents what to cook at home |
小题2: The writer believes it is very important for parents to | A．make sure their fridge is full of food. | | B．teach their children how to eat healthily | | C．check their children’s grades at school | | D．provide their children with their favorite food |
小题3: Paragraph 4 tells parents they should .| A．never take their kids to a fast food restaurant | | B．eat out in a nice restaurant with their kids at times | | C．choose healthy food while eating out with their kids | | D．cook healthy food for their kids however busy they are |
小题4:According to the passage, it does NOT seem to be a good idea to .| A．tell children what to eat at school | | B．find free resources on healthy eating online | | C．put balsamic vinegar on tomatoes or cucumbers | | D．try to change a family’s eating habits in a very short time |
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Online shoppers would rather receive an offer for a product or service than make their own offer 3 according to a study led by a Michigan State University scholar that has implications for the fast-growing e-commerce industry. The findings may come as a surprise given that shopping online is an anonymous(匿名的）process that seemingly can give consumers more confidence to drive a hard bargain,said Don Conlon ，Professor of Management in MSU’s Broad College of Business.
But the study found that participants who made their own offers were less successful in sealing the deal and ，when they were successful? worried they overpaid Many shoppers found the process of researching an offer to be a hassle. “ Americans are very busy，and it’s less time-consuming to be the one receiving the offer rather than the one proposing the offer ” Conlon said. u People tend to be happier when they’re in the receiver role. ”
Online spending in the United States is expected to jump 45 percent in the next four years， from $ 226 billion this year to $ 327 billion in 2017，according to Forrester Research Inc. Nevertheless, researches into this prosperous market remain largely focused on the strategies of companies, rather than those o£ shoppers. Conlon’s study is ，obviously, a rare exception.
Conlon got the idea for the study after considering the difference between two popular sites for hotels and airline flights, priceline.com, which takes bids, and hotwire.com ，which provides offers. Using these two models ，Conlon and his fellow researchers conducted a series of experiments with more than 850 people who were charged with booking a fictional hotel room and acquiring a fictional antique car. Not only did participants prefer to receive bids, Conlon said ，but they also secured more deals in that receiver role. Further ，when they had to make the bids ，they were left more mentally taxed and regretful.
From an industry perspective，putting customers in the receiver role may help fill more hotel rooms and airplane seats. “If you’re a business with a lot of products3 ” Conlon said，“you may want to be the one making the offers. ” However, when selling single items, such as an antique car， accepting bids may be a better option since that typically drives up the price, he said.
小题1:What can we learn from Para. 1?| A．The result of the study gives customers more confidence. | | B．Scholars aren’t surprised at the findings of the study. | | C．Online shoppers don’t bargain as much as expected. | | D．E-commerce industry drives more hard bargains. |
小题2:It can be concluded from Conlon’s experiments that______.| A．online shopping is time-consuming | | B．given prices help promote online sales | | C．online businesses provide a lot of products | | D．receiving offers makes online shoppers regretful |
小题3:The underlined word “taxed” in Para. 4 probably means______.| A．burdened | B．numbed | C．relieved | D．challenged |
小题4:The passage is mainly about______.| A．the big advantages of online shopping | | B．the rapid development of online shopping | | C．online shoppers’ preference for taking offers | | D．online companies strategies to improve service |
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What is your body language saying to your children? What is their body language telling you? I had the honor of hearing Jan Hargrave speak the other day. She is one of four body language experts in the US. Jan Hargrave says we lie with the right side of our brains, so it is our left hand that gives us away. A person touching his nose, pulling at his ear or rubbing his eye with his left hand might be lying to you. Also, a person who, in any way, crosses any fingers might just be lying. That, she says, is a holdover(遗留物) from childhood, when we crossed our fingers to signal that we didn’t mean what we were saying. When children squint(眨) their eyes, move their body away from you, or can’t seem to make good eye contact, you may need to ask for a little more clarification.
But just as important, children learn early how to read our body language when they are conversing(交谈) with us. Here are some acceptance signals to let them know you are interested when they are talking to you. Lean(倾斜) towards them. Make good eye contact and smile. Open your arms. Let your hands relax with the palms(手掌) showing: an open, upward palm always show acceptance. If your legs are crossed, make sure you are not crossing them away from your child. These are important because they signal to your child that you are focused on them and are accepting and welcoming them into your world.
By paying attention, we can open those lines of important communication with our children and we can see the truth more clearly. I think it would be a mistake to use these tools to lie, but we need to be aware of the signals we are giving so we can show people that they really do matter to us.
小题1:According to Jan Hargrave, we can tell whether a person is lying by _______. | A．observing his/her left hand’s movements. | | B．looking at how he/ she crosses his/ her fingers | | C．observing whether he/ she uses body language | | D．making good eye contact with him/ her |
小题2:We can learn from the passage that body language _______. | A．is hard to master for children | | B．can be understood in different ways | | C．may help improve communication | | D．is more likely to hide the truth |
小题3:Which of the following does NOT show acceptance to people? | A．Smile while making eye contact. | | B．Open your arms to them. | | C．Relax your hands with the palms showing. | | D．Cross your leg away from them. |
小题4:In the last paragraph, the author seems to suggest that parents_______. | A．spend more time with their children | | B．learn to read and use body language | | C．pay attention to family communication | | D．try to prevent their children from lying |
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One day, an expert in time management was speaking to a group of business students. To make the point 1, he used an illustration.
As he stood in front of the group, he said, “Okay, time for a quiz.” He then pulled out a wide-mouth jar and set it on the table. Then he 2 placed about a dozen fist-sized rocks, one by one, into the jar.
When the jar was filled to the 3 and no more rocks would fit inside, he asked, “Is this jar 4?” Everyone in the class said, “Yes.”
“Really?” Then he 5 under the table and pulled out a bucket of gravel(石子), dumped some in and 6 the jar, causing pieces of gravel to work themselves down into the spaces 7 the big rocks. Then he asked the group the same question. “Probably not,” one of them answered. “Good!” He replied.
He reached under the table and 8 a bucket of sand. He started dumping the sand in the jar and it went into all the 9 left between the rocks and the gravel. 10 he asked the question. “No!” the class shouted. “Good!” Then he grabbed a can of water and began to pour it in 11 the jar was filled to the brim.
Then the expert in time management looked at the class and asked, “What is the 12 of this illustration?” It is such a seemingly easy question that one 13 student raised his hand and said, “It is, however full your schedule is, if you try really hard you can always 14 some more things in it.
“No,” the speaker replied. “The truth it teaches us is that you will 15 get them in at all if you don"t put the big rocks in first. 16 the big rocks in your life are, do things that you love and 17 for yourself. In your schedule if you value the little stuff then you’ll fill your life with 18 things and you will never have the real quality time you need to spend on the big, important stuff. So, tonight, or in the morning, when you are 19 on this short story, ask yourself what the ‘big rocks’ in your life are. Then put those in your 20 first. ”
| 小题1: | | A．harder | B．rougher | C．clearer | D．wiser |
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| 小题2: | | A．carefully | B．firmly | C．actively | D．unwillingly |
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小题3:A edge B. bottom C. wall D. top
| 小题4: | | A．full | B．pure | C．enough | D．smooth |
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| 小题5: | | A．sent | B．reached | C．managed | D．felt |
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| 小题6: | | A．delivered | B．shook | C．dropped | D．held |
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| 小题7: | | A．beneath | B．across | C．beyond | D．between |
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| 小题8: | | A．threw out | B．came out | C．brought out | D．set out |
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| 小题9: | | A．spaces | B．caves | C．blanks | D．holes |
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| 小题10: | | A．At last | B．shortly after | C．Later on | D．Once more |
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| 小题11: | | A．unless | B．until | C．before | D．while |
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| 小题12: | | A．result | B．opinion | C．point | D．comment |
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| 小题13: | | A．calm | B．awkward | C．nervous | D．eager |
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| 小题14: | | A．add | B．fit | C．include | D．collect |
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| 小题15: | | A．never | B．even | C．still | D．ever |
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| 小题16: | | A．Whether | B．However | C．Whatever | D．Which |
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| 小题17: | | A．conclude | B．encourage | C．achieve | D．value |
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| 小题18: | | A．more | B．little | C．much | D．less |
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| 小题19: | | A．reflecting | B．counting | C．deciding | D．insisting |
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| 小题20: | | A．packet | B．can | C．jar | D．luggage |
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