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Satellite communications are so up-to-date that even when ________ in the middle of the Pacific, businessmen can contact their offices as if they were next door.A. glidingB. cruisingC. pilotingD. patrolling

There are more than 300 million of us in the United States, and sometimes it seems like we’re all friends on Facebook. But the sad truth is that Americans are lonelier than ever. Between 1985 and 2004, the number of people who said there was no one with whelm they discussed important matters tripled, to 25 percent, according to Duke University researchers. Unfortunately, as a new study linking women to increased risk of heart disease shows, all this loneliness can be detrimental to our health. The bad news doesn’t just affect women. Social isolation in all adults has been linked to a raft of physical and mental ailments, including sleep disorders, high blood pressure, and an increased risk of depression and suicide. How lonely you feel today actually predicts how well you’ll sleep tonight and how depressed you’ll feel a year from now, says John T. Cacioppo, a neuroscientist at the University of Chicago and coauthor of Loneliness: Human Nature and the Need for Social Connection . Studies have shown that loneliness can cause stress levels to rise and can weaken the immune system. Lonely people also tend to have less healthy lifestyles, drinking more alcohol, eating more fattening food, and exercising less than those who are not lonely. Though more Americans than ever are living alone (25 percent of U.S. households, up from 7 percent in 1940), the connection between single-living and loneliness is in fact quite weak. "Some of the most profound loneliness can happen when other people are present," says Harry Reis, professor of psychology at the University of Rochester. Take college freshmen: even though they’re surrounded by people almost all the time, many feel incredibly isolated during the first quarter of the school year with their friends and family members far away, Cacioppo says. Studies have shown that how lonely freshmen will feel can be predicted by how many miles they are from home. By the second quarter, however, most freshmen have found social replacements for their high-school friends. Unfortunately, as we age, it becomes more difficult to recreate those social relationships. And that can be a big problem as America becomes a more transient society, with an increasing number of Americans who say that they’re willing to move away from home for a job. Loneliness can be relative: it has been defined as an aversive emotional response to a perceived discrepancy between a person’s desired levels of social interaction and the contact they’re actually receiving. People tend to measure themselves against others, feeling particularly alone in communities where social connection is the norm. That’s why collectivist cultures, like those in Southern Europe, have higher levels of loneliness than individualist cultures, Cacioppo says. For the same reason, isolated individuals feel most acutely alone on holidays like Christmas Eve or Thanksgiving, when most people are surrounded by family and friends. Still, loneliness is a natural biological signal that we all have. Indeed, loneliness serves an adaptive purpose, making us protect and care for one another. Loneliness essentially puts the brain on high alert, encouraging us not to eat leftovers from the refrigerator but to call a friend and eat out. Certain situational factors can trigger loneliness, but long-term feelings of emptiness and isolation are partly genetic, Cacioppo says. What’s inherited is not loneliness itself, but rather sensitivity to disconnection. Social-networking sites like Facebook and MySpace may provide people with a false sense of connection that ultimately increases loneliness in people who feel alone. These sites should serve as a supplement, but not replacement for, face-to-face interaction, Cacioppo says. He compares connecting on a Web site to eating celery: "It feels good immediately, but it doesn’t give you the same sustenance," he says. For people who feel satisfied and loved in their day-to-day life, social media can be a reassuring extension. For those who are already lonely, Facebook status updates are just a reminder of how much better everyone else is at making friends and having fun. So how many friends do you need to avoid loneliness There’s no magic number, according to Cacioppo. An introvert might need one confidante not to feel lonely, whereas an extrovert might require two, three, or four bosom buddies. Experts say it’s not the quantity of social relationships but the quality that really matters. "The most popular kid in school may still feel lonely," Cacioppo says. "There axe a lot of stars who have been idols and lived lonely lives." The author’s main purpose of mentioning Facebook is toA. compare Facebook with face-to-face communication. B. emphasize the supplementary function of Facebook to daily communication. C. illustrate the importance of Facebook in helping people to relieve loneliness. D. introduce the ways to make friends on Facebook.

What does the woman say about the Taj Mahal? 女士介绍了泰姬陵的什么信息？A. It looks older than expected.B. It is built of wood and bricks.C. It stores lots of priceless antiques.D. It has walls decorated with jewels.

The company is engaged in an epic struggle for survival.n. 史诗；叙事诗a. 抒情的a. 双边的a. 艰巨的；史诗般的

【答案】（1）D（2）A（3）C（4）B【解析】大意：本文主要讲述清华大学对毕业制裁了一项新规定。学生必须进行通过至少50米游泳测试，否则他们不能取得学士学位。（1）细节题。根据Some papers or high scores in exams? Well, these are not enough if you are a student at Tsinghua University. They need to pass a swimming test of at least 50 meters,可知清华大学的学生毕业生必须要进行考试，取得高分并且还要通过游泳测试，故选D。（2）词义猜测题。根据The news made waves in Chinese social media (媒体). Some people praised the university for requiring a necessary skill that can save lives, and they also believed that the rule would help improve students' health. However, others questioned if it was fair to expect those who come from inland cities (内陆城市) to be able to swim.可知对于清华大学出台毕业生这则新规定引起了中国社会媒体的广泛热论，推出made vaves意思是引起了热烈讨论，故选A。（3）细节题。根据because the number of students became too large and there were not enough swimming pools in the school for them to learn swimming.可知清华大学的学生人数多，且没有足够学习游泳的游泳池，故选C。（4）主旨题。本文主要讲述清华大学对毕业制裁了一项新规定，除了清华大学的学生毕业生必须要进行考试，取得高分并且还要通过游泳测试，故选B。【点评】考查阅读理解能力。细节题和词句猜测题和主旨大意题是阅读题中常考题型。细节题只需要从原文直接找答案；词句猜测题需要联系上下文，推出词句的意思；主旨大意题需要通读全文，了解大意之后找出中心思想。A.the couple thought the microchip wasn't helpful at allB.Scrub didn't feel uncomfortable with the microchip in its bodyC.it took a long time to match Roxy's ID number to her owner's informationD.Jennifer herself found her cat according to the ID number on its microchip（5）What is the main idea of the passage?A.The reasons why pets got lost.B.Different ways to find the lost pets.C.The ways how people care for the lost pets.D.The introduction of how microchips help the lost pets return home.2.（2019·通辽）阅读理解According to a 2018 study from San Francisco State University, nearly 2. 4 billion people around the world used a smartphone in 2017. By the end of 2019, more than a third of the global population will be using a smartphone.______On the one hand, it sends us unlimited amounts of information. On the other hand, using a smartphone may become an addiction.Erik Peper and Richard Harvey are both health education professors at San Francisco State university. They led the study. Peper explains that smartphone addiction forms connections in the brain that are similar to drug addiction.And these connections form slowly over time. Also, addiction to social media may affect our emotional state. The two professors asked 135 university students about their habit of smartphone use and their feelings. They found that students who used their phones the most reported higher levels of feeling lonely, depressed and anxious.Peper and Harvey do not blame users for their technology addiction. They believe it is the tech industry's desire to make more money that is to blame for the technology addiction. The researchers warm that workers in the technology industry know how to control our brains and turn us into addicts.But the researchers say that we can limit our brains to be less addicted to our phones and computers. Enk Peper suggests timing off our phones before we sleep or do something important. The researchers also suggest taking control of when and where you answer texts or emails. You do not need to answer them all. And you certainly don't need to answer them as soon as you get them. They also suggest putting limits on the time you spend on social media. If you want to catch up with friends on Facebook, set aside a small amount of time to it. You should focus on important tasks and do not allow technology to disturb you.（1）What can we infer from Paragraph 1?A.Smartphone use has become extremely common.B.Most young people can't live without smartphones.C.Smartphones make our life more colorful and convenient.D.Most people consider smartphones as the greatest invention.（2）The underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 means smartphone technology____.A.has a brilliant futureB.can be better than most people thinkC.has both advantages and disadvantagesD.can give us unlimited amounts of information（3）What did Enk Peper and Richard Harvey find about smartphone use?A.It can help reduce loneliness.B.It's more popular with students.C.It's preferred by young people feeling lonely.D.It can harm students' emotional state in many ways.（4）What does the last paragraph mainly want to tell us?A.Social media isn't that important to us.B.We can train our brine to do many things.C.We shouldn't become addicted to our smartphones.D.There are ways to deal with Smartphone use addiction.（5）Which of the followings is True?A.We can use smartphones to deal with loneliness.B.An addiction can't be controlled if we still use smartphones.C.There were nearly 2. 4 billion people using smartphones in the world in 2017.D.Stop using smartphones if you don't know when and where you should answer the emails.3.（2019·呼和浩特）阅读理解Do you want a job in the holiday? Just go for it. First, you need to know what kind of job is suitable for your age and interest.If you're 13 to 15.It seems that you can't work almost anywhere, but you're probably allowed to clean your neighbours' cars or walk their dogs.There is no lowest wage(工资) for children under 16.By law, you can't work more than 35 hours each week during school holidays. And you can't work before 7 a.m. or after 7 p.m.If you're 16 or 17.The lowest wage for 16-17 years old teenagers should be no less than 7 dollars per hour.You can't work in a pub or bar, but you can work in many other places.By law, you can't work more than 40 hours each week.What jobs are out there?Obviously your choices are limited (限制) by the fact that you can only work during school holidays, but the following situations are fine.At Christmas, most shops are shart of hands, so you may find something to do there. In antumn, there's always fruit picking. It can be pretty hard work, but it pays really well.If you're mad about football, you can choose to work in a sports shop or help out at a local football club. No matter how much you are paid, you are doing what you like.（1）In the school holidays, 14-year-old kids ______.A.can work anywhere they wantB.are not allowed to work aloneC.can't go to work at nightD.can work as long as 14 hours a day（2）How much can a 16-year-old kid be paid at least in two hours?A.21 dollars.B.17 dollars.C.14 dollars.D.7 dollars.（3）If you want to clean cars for others, you should at least be ______.A.16B.15C.14D.13（4）According to the passage, which statement is true?.

While there are almost as many definitions of history as there are historians, modern practice most closely conforms to one that sees history as the attempt to recreate and explain the significant events of the past.结构分析: 本句while引导的是个让步状语从句,翻译成“虽然,尽管”,状语从句里用了as…as(与…一样)这个词组,主句的主语是most practice,谓语是动词短语conform to(符合),宾语是代词one,指代前面的名词definition,that引导的是个定语从句,修饰前面的one。定语从句里用了动词短语see…as(把…看作是),因此后面的attempt应该是个名词,后面又接了两个不定式做其后置定语。核心词汇:While(虽然,尽管;当…时候;而);as…as(与…一样);conform to(服从,遵守);modern practice(现代实践);see…as…(把…看作是);recreate(再现,重现)

Life really should be one long journey of joy for children who are born with a world of wealth at their tiny feet. But experts on psychological research now believe that silver spoons can leave a bitter taste. If suicide (自杀)statistics are a sign of happiness, then the rich are a miserable lot. Figures show that it is the rich who most often do away with themselves. Dr. Robert Coles, an internationally famous doctor, is the word's top expert on the influence of money on children. He has written a well-received book on the subject, The Privileged Ones, and his research shows that too much money in the family can cause as many problems as too little. “Obviously there are certain advantages to being rich,” says the 53-year-old doctor, “such as better health, education and future work expectation. But most important is the quality of family-life. Money can't buy love.” It can buy a lot of other things, though, and that's where the trouble starts. Rich kids have so much to choose from that they often become confused. Their parents' over favoring can make them spoiled. They tend to travel more than other children, from home to home and country to country, which often makes them feel restless. “But privileged children do have a better sense of their positions in the world,” adds Mr. Coles, “and they are more self-confident.” Today's rich parents perhaps have realized that their riches can be more of a burden than a favor to their children. So they do their best to ensure that their families are as rich in love as they are in money. 12. What does the underlined word “silver spoons” in Paragraph 1 refer to? A. Long journeys B. Tiny feet C. Great wealth D. Kitchen tools 13. Which of the following is true according to Paragraph 1? A. Life is one long journey of joy for rich children B. Many rich people often suffer from unhappiness C. Poor people never feel miserable in life D. Rich people are happier than poor people 14. What is the book The Privileged Ones most probably about? A. How money affects the wealthy people... B. How rich people deal with their money C. Why the rich should help the poor D. What are the advantages to being rich 15. According to Dr. Robert Coles, what is the most important to guarantee a happy life? A. Good health B. Good education C. Good jobs D. Good family-life

For decades, Canadians have strived to work hard and save diligently to retire early. At least, that's been the goal. However, those times may be changing as Generation Z (Gen Z)enters the workforce. Some members of Gen Z, particularly those now in their late teens and early-to-mid-20s, seem to be taking a more measured (慎重的)approach to work and money, given the rapidly rising cost of living and an unstable economic environment. They may also be the first generation to normalize people working into their 70s and 80s, as people are living longer and requiring more retirement savings. Still, Gen Z appears to be coping well by embracing a trend known as "soft saving". Soft saving is an offshoot (分支)of the "soft life" trend, driven by Gen Zers who prefer to focus on the quality of life with less stress. The renewed culture of thrifting (淘旧货)is a prime example. Gen Z may see things like thrifting as a way to improve their quality of life in the future by making spending decisions that help the environment today. In some ways, this lifestyle could be a by-product of the socioeconomic shifts caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, which changed how most people work and live. Gen Zers seek a balance between the two. You can see how this same philosophy is shaping how this generation approaches work. Many embrace the blending of in-office and remote work as a way to improve their quality of life. However, prioritizing the quality of life over work and savings doesn't mean they aren't thinking about tomorrow. As they save money and find effective new ways to lower their spending, they are considering using those funds wisely. Setting up a pre-authorized transfer to their investment account, for example, could help them put aside extra money each month to help them enjoy more financial freedom over the long term. As their goals shift over time, a soft saving strategy and the financial habits they're developing today can become the foundation to manage their financial needs in the future. (1) According to the passage, what does the concept of "soft saving" refer to?() A Balancing life quality and financial goals. B Saving a large amount of money for retirement. C Saving money by second-hand shopping. D Working in retirement age to make more money.

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