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The other day, my friend Jane was invited to a 40th birthday party. The time printed on the invitation was 7:30 pm. Jane went off with her husband, expecting a merry evening of wine, food, and song. By 9:45, everybody was having great fun, but no food had appeared. Jane and David were restless. Other guests began whispering that they, too, were starving. But no one wanted to leave, just in case some food was about to appear. By 11:00, there was still no food, and everyone was completely off their heads. Jane and David left hungry and angry. Their experience suggests that the words on the printed invitations need to be made clearer. Everyone reads and understands the invitations differently. Most of us would agree that 6:30-8:30 pm means drinks only, go out to dinner afterwards; 8:00 pm or 8:30 pm means possible dinner, but 9:30 pm and any time thereafter means no food, eat beforehand, roll up late. But this is not always the case. If asked to a students" party at 6:30 pm, it is unaccepted for guests to appear on time. Being the first to arrive-looking eager-is social death. When my mother is asked to a party at 6:30, she likes to be there, if not on time, then no later than seven. My age group (late thirties) falls somewhere between the two, but because we still think we"re young, we"re probably closer to student-time than grown-up time. The accepted custom at present is confusing, sometimes annoying, and it often means you may go home hungry, but it does lend every party that precious element of surprise. |
1. The underlined words "off their heads" probably mean ______. |
A. tired B. crazy C. happy D. encouraging |
2. Jane and David"s story is used to show that ______. |
A. party invitations can be confusing B. party-goers usually get hungry at parties C. people should ask for food at parties D. birthday parties for middle-aged people are dull |
3. For some young people, arriving on time for a students" party will probably be considered ______. |
A. very difficult B. particularly thoughtful C. friendly and polite D. socially unacceptable |
4. What is the general idea of the text? |
A. It"s safe to arrive late just when food is served. B. It"s wise to eat something before going to a party. C. It"s important to follow social rules of party-going. D. There"s no need to read invitations carefully. |
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In today"s society, a college degree tells little about what you know in comparison to what it tells about what you can learn. For example, the IT world is constantly changing. Anything you learn today will probably be useless in a few short years. The point is to learn to learn. Blogging (写博客) works exactly the same way. And I believe this to be true regardless of your end goal. If you"re trying to make money , this is very clear. There"s always more money to be made. If you"re teaching on a subject, you are constantly looking for new information to share. Even if you"re just sharing your words with others for pleasure, you"re continuously improving your writing and storytelling so people don"t get bored of you. This is one of the reasons that bloggers burn out. They forget this. They think they have an unlimited amount of content just waiting to burst from their brain. They get comfortable. Then they start to run out of juice. Sure, at times it seems that some bloggers just have it. They are experts in their fields and will simply feed us with invaluable content forever. But this is not true. Pay attention. Even famous bloggers would run out of content eventually without constant learning. The point is easy to see. Don"t think you"ve succeeded. There is no summit. What happens when someone thinks they"ve hit the summit? They quickly begin falling down the other side. Always be learning from your experiences. See what posts work for your readers. Which get the best response? Which are completely ignored? Which bring in the most Google traffic, or get the most Absence clicks? Don"t settle or your blog will close for ever eventually. |
1. Judging from the article, if you have got a college degree, say, in engineering, it means ______. |
A. you"re good at engineering B. you"ve finished learning engineering C. you"ve chosen to learn engineering D. you can find work relating to engineering |
2. The writer thinks Blogging works in a way that it requires the writers to ______. |
A. be constant learners B. have academic degrees C. keep on writing D. know everything before starting |
3. The writer uses the word "it" in the underlined sentence"Sure, at times … have it" to refer to ______. |
A. the failure in keeping on writing B. the knowledge needed for blogging forever C. the ability of constant learning D. the comfort enjoyed from blogging |
4. The questions in the last paragraph are asked to advise bloggers on how to ______. |
A. learn from their experiences B. learn from others C. update their knowledge D. reach blogging summit |
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Neighborhoods aren"t like they used to be. Sometimes neighbors are complete strangers, even after years of living yards away. Believe it or not, neighborhoods were once tight-knit communities full of supportive, friendly and familiar faces. Can they be that way again? You don"t have to be an experienced social director to build bonds in your neighborhood. If you"re not happy with the social dynamic in your community, start making a change today. The term "social life" has taken on new meaning, especially for our kids. What was once defined as actual interaction (e.g. face-to-face) now often refers to the number of Facebook friends or Twitter followers we can collect. Our social lives have essentially turned inside out, with the focus now being on cyber-space rather than on reality. "Children play indoors instead of out; most don"t even take walks through their streets anymore," says Jaymes Ian Woode, a relationship counselor. "Moat have grown accustomed to living without meaningful friendships." Change has to start somewhere, and most neighborhoods don"t have an official party planner. “To create change in neighborhoods, it often only takes one person who is willing to reach out," says Woode. "One person can knock on a neighbor"s door and find those who also want to open up. As most salespeople know, after enough knocks, you are bound to make a sale." Yes, it takes courage and you"ll probably have to overcome some skepticism (怀疑) towards your friendly attitude, but it will be worth it when you actually learn the names of the people who live around you. Susanne Alexander, a relationship coach, recounts some of the ways she has successfully connected with her neighbors in recent years. "I feel safer and less isolated knowing that I have at least some connection to the people who live near me," she says. Perhaps her experience will inspire you: * Meet neighbors at civic (市民的) events or start an in-home spiritual group. * Connect over yard advice or repairs that need cooperation. * Exchange numbers with elderly neighbors in case of an emergency. * Bring the Sunday comics over to cheer up a neighbor going through a hard time. |
1. It can be inferred from the passage that ______. |
A. neighborhoods today are better than before. B. neighborhoods today are as good as before. C. neighborhoods today are not better than before. D. neighborhoods today will be worse. |
2. According to the second paragraph, what is the new meaning of "social life"? |
A. People focus on cyber-space rather than on reality. B. People like Facebook friends or Twitter followers. C. People seldom take exercise or have outdoors. D. People accustom themselves to living with meaningful friendships. |
3. What is the author"s attitude of the neighborhoods today? |
A. Indifferent. B. Supportive. C. Worried. D. Satisfied. |
4. Where can we most probably read this text? |
A. In a local newspaper. B. In a research paper. C. In a travel magazine. D. In a story book. |
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After successfully serving their term for 4 years, military service men and women are given the choice to stay in the military of return to civilian life. For some, having to readjust to civilian life is one of the mist challenging assignments our returning soldiers and marines will ever to undertake. While people may think readjusting should be simple, they must take into consideration of all physical and mental stress our servicemen went through. Post-traumatic Stress Disorder,or PTSD, is a mental disorder that can occur following the experience or witnessing of life-threatening events such as military battles. Most survivors of trauma return to normal given a little time. In the military, the marines are given a two-week course on how to return to civilian life. Unfortunately, some will have stress reactions that do not go away on their own, or may even get worse over time. These individual may develop PTSD. People who suffer from PTSD have difficulty sleeping because they are often reliving the experience through nightmares and flashbacks, and feel deserted or often stand off, and these symptoms can be severe enough an last long enough to significantly damage the person"s daily life. Fullerton College, like most colleges, has its own Veteran"s (老兵) Office. Ray Bustos has been running the office for 3 years. Bustos acts as a contact for the school and the veteran students. He makes sure the veterans returning to school get the right benefits. There are various types of financial aid for soldiers and marines. He strongly encourages the use of the Veteran Affairs website. The website is very informative and extremely helpful for veterans as well as for friends and relatives of veterans who want to learn more. |
1. One purpose of the writer in writing the passage is _______. |
A. to introduce some methods to cure PTSD B. to instruct PTSD patients to return to civilian life C. to recommend a website to veterans and people concerned D. to give military service men and women advice on civilian life |
2. What problems will some returning soldiers and marines meet with? |
A. How to readjust to civilian life. B. How to get rid of mental diseases C. How to get along with PTSD patients D. How to return to school for benefits. |
3. Which of the following is true about Ray Bustos? |
A. He"s a veteran who has just come back from a military combat. B. He runs Fullerton College with a veteran office. C. He"s in charge of an office dealing with veteran affairs. D. He provides a lot of financial aid for soldiers and marines. |
4. The best title for the passage is ________. |
A. PTSD: Killer of A Civilian Life. B. Ready for a Civilian Life? C. How to Overcome PTSD. D. The Last Assignment For All Military Persons. |
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The first people who gave names to hurricanes were those who knew them best-the people of Puerto Rico. The small island of Puerto Rico is in the West Indies, off the coast of Florida. This is where all the hurricanes begin that strike the east coast of the United States. Often they pass near Puerto Rico or cross it on their way north. The people of Puerto Rico expect some of these unwelcome visitors every year. Each one is named after the Saint"s Day on which it arrives. Two of the most destructive storms were the Santo Ana in 1840 and the San Ciriaco in 1899. Giving girls" names to hurricanes is a fairly new idea. It all began with a story called"Storm", written by George Stewart in 1941. In it a weatherman amused himself by naming storms after girls he knew. He named one Maria. The story describes how Maria grew and developed, and how she changed the lives of people when she struck the United States. Weathermen of the U.S. Army and Navy used the same system during World WarⅡ. They were studying weather conditions over the Pacific Ocean. One of their duties was to warn American ships and planes when a storm was coming. Whenever they spotted one, they gave it a girl"s name. The first one of the year was given a name beginning with [A]. The second one got a name beginning with [B]. They used all the letters from A to W, and still the storms kept coming. They had to use three lists from A to W to have enough names to go around. This was the first list of hurricane names that followed the alphabet. It served as a model for the system the Weather Bureau (局) introduced in 1942. Before 1950 the Weather Bureau had no special system for naming hurricanes. When a hurricane was born down in the West Indies, the Weather Bureau simply collected information about it. It reported how fast the storm was moving and where it would go next. Weather reports warned people in the path of the hurricane, so that they could do whatever was necessary to protect themselves. This system worked out fine as long as weather reports talked about only one hurricane at a time. But one week in September 1950 there were three hurricanes at the same time. The things began to get confused. Some people got the hurricanes mixed up and didn"t know which was which. This convinced the Weather Bureau that it needed a code for naming the storms in order to avoid confusion in the future. |
1. The practice of giving girls" names to hurricanes was started by ______. |
A. a radio operator B. an author C. a sailor D. local people |
2. The purpose for which weathermen of the army and navy began using girls" names for hurricanes was ______. |
A. not given in the article B. to remember a certain girl C. to keep information from the enemy D. to follow the standard method of the United States |
3. The Weather Bureau began naming hurricanes because it would help them ________. |
A. make use of military records B. remember them C. collect information more rapidly D. warn people more efficiently |
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As any homemaker who has tried to keep order at the dinner table knows, there is far more to a family meal than food. Sociologist Michael Lewis has been studying 50 families to find out just how much more. Lewis and his co-workers carried out their study by videotaping (录像) the families while they ate ordinary meals in their own homes. They found that parents with small families talk actively with each other and their children. But as the number of children gets larger, conversation gives way to the parents" efforts to control the loud noise they make. That can have an important effect on the children. "In general the more question-asking the parents do, the higher the children"s IQ scores," Lewis says. "And the more children there are, the less question-asking there is." The study also provides an explanation for why middle children often seem to have a harder time in life than their siblings (兄弟姐妹). Lewis found that in families with three or four children, dinner conversation is likely to center on the oldest child, who has the most to talk about, and the youngest, who needs the most attention. "Middle children are invisible," says Lewis. "When you see someone get up from the table and walk around during dinner, chances are it"s the middle child." There is, however, one thing that stops all conversation and prevents anyone from having attention: "When the TV is on," Lewis says,"dinner is a non-event." |
1. The writer"s purpose in writing the text is to ______. |
A. show the relationship between parents and children B. teach parents ways to keep order at the dinner table C. report on the findings of a study D. give information about family problems |
2. Parents with large families ask fewer questions at dinner because _______. |
A. they are busy serving food to their children B. they are busy keeping order at the dinner table C. they have to pay more attention to younger children D. they are tired out having prepared food for the whole family |
3. By saying "Middle children are invisible" in paragraph 3, Lewis means that middle children ______. |
A. have to help their parents to serve dinner B. get the least attention from the family C. are often kept away from the dinner table D. find it hard to keep up with other children |
4. Lewis" research provides an answer to the question ______. |
A. why TV is important in family life B. why parents should keep good order C. why children in small families seem to be quieter D. why middle children seem to have more difficulties in life |
5. Which of the following statements would the writer agree to? |
A. It is important to have the right food for children. B. It is a good idea to have the TV on during dinner. C. Parents should talk to each of their children frequently. D. Elder children should help the younger ones at dinner |
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