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Marriages improve after children grow up and move out,according to an academic study,which
suggests an "empty nest" is not always a bad thing.
Popular wisdom has it that parents" relationships may suffer once their young fly the coop,because
they feel they have lost their purpose in life.However,a new study by researchers at the University of
California,Berkeley,has found that many couples actually feel happier when their children leave home
because they are able to enjoy spending time together.
In total,123 American mothers born in the 1930s were tracked for 18 years and asked to rate their
satisfaction levels shortly after marrying,when they were bringing up babies,once their children reached
their teenage years and finally at age 61,when almost all had "empty nests".
Although not all said they were happier in general,most claimed their marriages had improved since
their children had left home.Researchers believe this is not just because the spouses were spending more
time together,but because they were able to enjoy each other"s company more.
One of the participants in the study,which is published in the journal Psychological Science,said:"
Once the kids grow up...there"s some of that stress removed...that responsibility removed,so things are
a little more relaxed."
Psychologist Sara Gorchoff,who carried out the investigation,said:"The takehome message for
couples with young children is "hang in there". " Her coauthor Oliver John added:"Don"t wait until your
kids leave home to schedule quality time with your partner."
However,Dr Dorothy Rowe,from the British Psychological Society,said the effects of living in an
"empty nest" will depend on the parents" relationship with their children."If you"re just waiting for them
to leave home so you can get on with your life,then of course you"ll be pleased to see them go," she said,
"But if you"ve built your life around your children you"ll be terribly lonely.For some parents,their world
falls apart when their children leave."
1. It is commonly believed that________.
A. marriages improve after children leave home
B. an "empty nest" is always a happy thing
C. parents" relationships may suffer once their young grow up and move out
D. parents will be pleased after their children leave home
2. When did many couples feel happier according to the study?
A. At age 61,when almost all had "empty nests".
B. Shortly after marrying.
C. Once their children reached their teenage years.
D. When they were bringing up babies.
3. Marriages improve after children fly the coop not because______.
A. many couples are able to spend time together
B. many couples are able to enjoy each other"s company
C. things are a little more relaxed
D. many couples needn"t work at all
4. The author of the passage tends to agree that________.
A. parents should build their life around their kids
B. parents should schedule quality time with each other before kids leave home
C. parents" relationship with their kids has no effect on marriages at all
D. parents should be pleased to see their kids leave home |
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There is a famous saying,"Time is money". Not
everyone see that time is valuable,even fewer knows it is
________(有限). We are told from time to time
that when time is g________it will never return to
us.Year after year we________goodbye to the past
year.It is a pity that many people fail to make
________of time.They waste their
________(宝贵) time sleeping,drinking and
traveling.They don"t realize wasting time is equal
________wasting their lives.They always regret
having________(取得) nothing.Therefore,we
should form the h________of valuing time.Do not
put off________can be done until tomorrow.
Idleness and________(懒惰) will bring us
nothing but failure. |
Every summer thousands of Americans stay at home instead of going on holiday because they"re
overweight. They don"t want people to see them sunbathing and they don"t want to have to squeeze into
plane seats. But now, thanks to the growing number of weight-friendly holiday packages, the overweight
are having their days in the sun.
"Overweight people will have a great time an our holidays as we don"t judge them like other people
do," said Liz Nickels, owner of Big Adventures, a US based company that hosts scuba-diving-a sport
of swimming underwater while breathing through a tube connected to a tank on your back for large
people. As a way to keep up with the demand for extra-large accommodation, many hotels in the US
have started to offer features such as wide beds and handheld showers. But the best in plus-size
vacationing lies at Mexico"s Freedom Paradise, a112-room resort(度假胜地) opening this month,
which urges guests to "Live Large, Live Free".
The hotel has broad doorways, reinforced (加固) furniture and extra large chairs. It also boasts
(自夸) a private beach to protect people from the stares that can occur on public beaches. "It"s not a
hotel just for large people. It"s a size-friendly place where anyone can enjoy a holiday," said owner
Jurrian Kilnk. "What we noticed was that a lot of oversized people don"t feel comfortable at resorts. "
Staff members of all sizes are hired by the hotel to make overweight people feel OK.
Though many welcome the new service, some feel differently. "I have a real problem with this," said
Nancy Lenhart, owner of Camp La Jolla, a Californian weight-loss and fitness camp.
"If you talk about oversized beds and doorways, you are throwing their weight in their faces.
Overweight people want to be normalized. They shouldn"t be discriminated against like this. " |
| 1. Large people don"t want to go on holiday because . |
A. they don"t like sun-bathing
B. they don"t want to be looked at
C. the planes are too crowded
D. the hotels are not open to them |
| 2. In the first paragraph, weight-friendly holiday packages means _ . |
A. there are some free packages for the overweight
B. people are friendly to the overweight
C. special holiday tour for the overweight
D. the overweight can lose weight |
| 3. Scuba-diving is a sport of swimming _ . |
A. for larger people
B. only for larger people
C. jumping from the platform
D. underwater |
| 4. Mexico"s Freedom Paradise is a hotel . |
A. for people of all sizes
B. only intended for larger people
C. where everything is oversized
D. where larger people can live for free |
| 5. The underlined part "you are throwing their weight in their faces" means . |
A. you are beating them in the face
B. it"s easy to know they"re overweight
C. their faces seem bigger than others
D. you can make them lose weight |
So much to do, so little time. So much information, so little time to read it. In this age there is more
information than ever before. There is not enough time to read everything we want to read. However,
you can consume more information in shorter time through speed-reading. This article will not make you
read 3 000 words per minute, but it will show you how to increase your speed significantly. You will also
learn the basic techniques of speed-reading, along with the do"s and don"ts of speed-reading.
When you first learned to read, you would say the word out aloud and sound it out. Then you might
whisper the word because people can become annoyed when you read aloud. The stage you are now at
is saying the word in your head. Most people tend to read this way. Saying the word in your head will
cut your reading speed tremendously(极大地) .
How do you calculate your reading speed? The speed is measured by how many words per minute
you can read. Get some reading material, preferably a book. Find out how many words are on the page.
Time yourself for one minute. Start your timer and start reading. When the timer beeps, stop. If you
counted 500 words on the page and you read half of the page, and then you are
probably reading at 250 words per minute.
The first thing about speed-reading is looking at the word and recognizing it. Don"t say the word in
your mind, just look at it and recognize its importance. Later you will recognize clumps of four words or
more to increase your speed. This is the first and most important step in speed reading.
The next step is technique. As with any other skill, speed-reading requires technique. You should first
be sitting up straight with your book flat on a horizontal(水平的) surface, such as a table desk. Next,
you should be able to see the entire page. This is necessary if you want to recognize clumps of words.
Lastly, you should be focused. It"s hard to read with a lot of noise. Find a quiet place to read. This will
help your understanding of the text. You need something to guide your eyes while reading. That"s right,
you should use your hand. Remember when you were little, you would read using your finger. That is a
great technique, only now you"re using your hand to underline each line, move your finger smoothly
across the page. No need to go rush, start out slow. Keep your eyes focused on the words as you
recognize them while using your hand as a guide. This will increase your speed.
The third step is practice. Practice makes perfect. Set time intervals(间歇). Read using different
techniques, but make sure you understand what you"re reading. |
| 1. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the text? |
A. Now there is limited information than ever before.
B. Now conditions ask people to use less time to know more information.
C. Now people can read what they like.
D. Now the less you read, the more time you will spend. |
| 2. What is the subject discussed in the text? |
A. What speed-reading is.
B. Why we need speed-reading.
C. Now it is much information time.
D. People should practice speed-reading in different kinds of ways. |
| 3. The underlined sentence "you should be focused" in the fifth paragraph means that . |
A. a person should devote his attention to it while reading
B. your feelings will be hurt while reading
C. a person should smooth away difficulties while he reads
D. you should pay attention to your faults while you are reading |
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Stop wasting your time thinking of reasons for your failures and shortcomings.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 human mind.Success is a choice but not
a chance.You can be a success if only you make the right choice.
You cannot be successful without first developing yourselfesteem (自尊). Your level of selfesteem is
always based on the degree of control that you are able to exercise over yourself, and thus over your life.
People with low selfesteem do not believe that they have any power, or responsibility for their lives.They
are leaves tossed (摇摆) by the winds of chance brought about with any sudden change in the weather.
You can exercise control over your life only to the degree that you believe that you are responsible
for whatever happens in your life.Failures think that everything happens by accident while successful
people realize that they are responsible.
Everything happens as a result of something.If we can identify the cause, we can control the effect.
We are responsible for what we consciously choose to accept and believe.Thoughts and beliefs cause
everything.Our attitudes and actions are a result of habits ingrained in us over a period of time.One
generally rises to the level that one expects.We are responsible for setting our expectations.Our success
depends upon our level of confidence.We are responsible for either reinforcing good habits or kicking
bad habits and consciously replacing them with consistently practiced good habits.
If you associate with positivethinking people, you are definitely going to achieve success.On the
contrary, the opposite happens.We are responsible for finding, planting, and nurturing (培育) the seeds
that contain future victory, born from setbacks.
In short, in all areas of your life, whether they are financial, physical, emotional, or spiritual, you are
responsible.Once you recognize this, accept it, and firmly believe it, you are on the road to success.
1. Losers would think that________.
A. success is the result of hard work
B. working hard will lead to success
C. they fail only because of bad luck
D. they don"t make efforts to succeed
2. It can be inferred from Paragraph 5 that________.
A. whether we will succeed depends on our attitudes
B. developing confidence is the key to future success
C. thoughts and beliefs are the result of creative mind
D. setting our expectations is essential before taking action
3. The last paragraph serves as________.
A. the proof of the author"s point
B. the conclusion of the argument
C. an introduction to another topic
D. a comparison between two views
4. Which is the best title of the text?
A. Success is a choice
B. The secrets of success
C. Develop our confidence
D. How to achieve success |
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When we think of leadership, we often think of strength and power.But what are these really, and
how do they operate?
Leadership today is not about forcing others to do things.Even if this is possible, it is shortterm, and
tends to produce unexpected and unwanted results.If you order someone to do something against their
will, they may do it because they feel they have to, but the anger they feel will do more harm in the long
term.They will also experience fear.
Fear causes the thinking brain to shut down, making the person unable to function at his or her best.If
they connect you with this emotion of fear, they will become less functional around you, and you will have
succeeded in not only shooting yourself in the foot, but possibly making a very good employee or partner
unable to perform effectively.Fear does no good to leadership.
The way we influence people in a lasting way is by our own character, and our understanding and use
of emotion.We can order someone to do something, which may be part of the work day; or we can
employ them at the emotional level, so they will become fully devoted to the projects and provide some
of their own motivation.Today"s work place is all about relationships.
Anyone works harder in a positive environment in which they"re recognized and valued as a human
being as well as a worker.Everyone produces just a bit more for someone they like.Leaders understand
the way things work.They know the pay check is not the single most important factor in the work life of
most people.
The true strength of leadership is an inner strength that comes from the confidence of emotional
intelligence-knowing your own emotions, and how to handle them, and those of others.Developing your
emotional intelligence is the single best thing you can do if you want to develop your relationship with
people around you, which is the key to the leadership skills.
1. The writer thinks that it is not________for us to connect leadership with strength and power.
A. possible
B. necessary
C. easy
D. effective
2. People may NOT be working hard when________.
A. they"re regarded as human beings
B. they like their leaders
C. money is taken as the most important
D. leaders understand the way things work
3. From the passage, we can conclude that________is the key to making a good leader.
A. developing one"s emotional intelligence
B. in fluencing others in one"s own way
C. producing some unexpected results
D. having confidence in one"s ability
4. This passage is most helpful to those who________.
A. have strength and power
B. are going to make a speech
C. would like to be leaders
D. are to be excellent employees |
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