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经过漫长的一天工作后，她决定在公园里散步，以恢复精神。 After a long day at work, she decided to take a ________ walk in the park to clear her mind. A. refreshB. refreshmentC. refreshingD. refreshed

The best way to create and stick to a habit is to have strong motivation. It's easier to change your habits to lose weight if you have a health issue and you want to be around longer for your kids, or if your business is something you're passionate about. Having a valuable outcome associated with a habit will help you stick to that habit permanently.The art of self-control is one that most successful individuals have mastered. Self-control enables you to avoid behaviors that don't contribute to your success and adopt those that do.Because there is a delayed satisfaction associated with self-control, it can be easy to get off track. However, if you work on sticking to those small positive habits one day at a time, it becomes easier to stay strong and achieve that delayed reward. Once a reward is achieved, it is much easier to continue sticking to your habits.46. What does the author say we need to do to strengthen our willpower?A) Keep it under control.B) Apply it continuously.C) Learn from entrepreneurs.D) Aim at success determinedly.47. How are almost half of our daily actions performed according to the passage?A) Out of habit.B) With determination.C) Like muscle building.D) By self-discipline.48. What will help people stick to doing something constructive automatically?A) Practising it on a day-to-day basis.B) Associating it with improving health.C) Possessing a reasonable amount of talent.D) Foreseeing the desired outcome it will yield.49. How does the art of self-control help us succeed?A) By allowing us to remain clear-headed permanently.B) By enabling us to alter our behaviors constantly.C) By enabling us to take positive actions.D) By allowing us to avoid taking risks.50. Why can it be difficult for us to maintain self-control?A) Most of us are not in the habit of exercising self-control.B) We may not get immediate rewards from self-control.C) Self-control tends to be associated with pains.D) Self-control only brings about small benefits.

Directions: Suppose the business school of your university is conducting a survey to collect students' opinions on the express delivery service industry in China. You are to write a response about its recent development and its impact on people's lives. You will have 30 minutes to write the essay. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.

Microplastics，or tiny particles （微粒） of plastic that can be as small as one-thousandth of a millimeter，are found everywhere：in the ocean，in the air，and even in our food.Scientists have even discovered them in human body tissues like the heart，liver，and kidneys.While there's no clear evidence （证据） yet that microplastics harm human health，researchers are concerned about their possible effects. Plastic is made from oil or other petroleum products and is used to create a wide range of things，from water bottles and car parts to children's toys and clothing.Over time，heat，weather，and even animal digestion break down plastic into smaller pieces，creating microplastics. Researchers are still trying to understand how much plastic we might be taking in or consuming through our food and drinks.Many studies have found traces （痕迹） of plastics in the human body.Tracey Woodruff，a researcher at the University of California，San Francisco，noted that microplastics have been discovered in almost all body tissues studied. In 2022，a World Health Organization report stated that there was no clear risk to human health from microplastics，based on the evidence available.However，since research on this topic is relatively new，the full impact of microplastics on human health remains vague.Some studies suggest that plastics can cause inflammation and other bodily changes，likely increasing the risk of heart attacks. To reduce exposure （接触） to microplastics，researchers suggest several steps.Remove your shoes before entering your home to prevent spreading microplastics indoors.Choose home-prepared foods，especially fresh fruits and vegetables.Avoid heating foods in plastic containers and choose metal or glass water bottles instead of plastic ones.These simple actions can help reduce your contact with these tiny，and harmful particles.（1）What is paragraph 2 mainly about？ ____ A．The rapid spread of microplastics.B．The forming process of microplastics.C．The benefits of plastics in various industries.D．The influence of plastics on the environment.（2）What does the underlined word "vague" in paragraph 4 probably mean？ ____ A．Uncertain.B．Obvious.C．Unchanged.D．Far-reaching.（3）What is recommended to reduce exposure to microplastics according to the text？ ____ A．Changing clothes after doing housework.B．Avoiding using plastic bags when shopping.C．Thinking twice before consuming processed foods.D．Replacing plastic containers with metal ones.（4）What's a suitable title for the text？ ____ A．Are microplastics harmful？B．Should microplastics be removed from our life？C．Joint effort is needed to deal with microplastics.D．Microplastics are becoming a tough problem.

Section BDiretons In ths secton, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it. Eachstatement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which theinformation i derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph i marked with aletter. Answer the questons by marking the corresponding ettr on Answer Sheet2.Why you shouldn't try to be a morning personA) We've all heard it before: to be successful, get out of bed early. After all, Apple CEO Tim Cook gets up at3:45 a. m., Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne at 3:30 a. m. and Richard Branson at 5: 45 a. m.-and, as we know,The early bird catche the worm. B)Butjust because some successful people wake up early, does that mean it's a trait most of them share? And if theidea of having exercised, planned your day, eaten breakfast, visualized and done one task before 8 a.m. makesyou want to roll over and hit snooze until next Saturday, are you really doomed to a less successfullife? For abouthalf of us, ths isn't really anissue. It's estimated that some 50% of the population isn'treally morning or evening-oriented, but somewhere in the middle.C) Roughly one in four of us, though, tend more toward bright-eyed early isers, and another one in four are nightowls. For them, the effect can go beyond falling asleepin front of the TV at 10 p. m. or being chronically latefor work. Research shows that morning versu evening types show a classicleft-brain versus right-brain division:more analytical and cooperative versus more imaginative and individualitic.D) Numerous studies have found that morning people are more persistent, self-directed and agreeable. They sethigher goals for themselves, plan for the future more and have a better sense of well-being. And compared tonight ows, they're lesslikelyto be depressed, drink o smoke.E) Although morning types may achieve more academically, night owls tend to perform better on measures ofmemory, processing speed and cognitive abliy, even when they have to perform those tasks in the morning.Night-time people are also more open to new experiences and seek them out more. They may be more creative(although not always). And contrary to the maxim (“healthy, wealthy and wise"), one study showed that nightows are as healthy and wise as morning types-and a itle bt wealthier.F) tillthink the morning people sound more like CEO material? Dont set your alarm for 5 a. m. just yet. Asit turnsout, overhauling(彻底修改) yoursleep times may not have much effect. “If people are leftto their naturallypreferred imes thyfee much bette. They sythat they ae much more produtve. The mentalcpcty theyhave is much broader," says Oxford University biologist Katharina Wulff, who studies chronobiology(生物钟学)and sleep. On the other hand, she says, pushing people too far out of their natural preference can be harmful.When they wake early, for example, night ows are til producing melatonin. “Then you dsrupt it and push thebody to be in the daytime mode. That can have lots of negative physiological consequences," Wulff says, like adifferentsensitivity to insulin and glucose-which can cause weight gain.G) In many ways, that makes sense, since research shows that our chronotype, o internal clock, i mainly biological.Researchers even have found that the circadian(生理节奏的) rhythms of human cellsin vitro(试管内) correlatewith the rhythms of the people they were taken from. Up to 47% of it s inherited, which means if you want toknow why you pop up at dawn each day (or never do), you should probably look at your parents. One geneticfactor seems to be the length of the circadian cycle: humans average a 24.2-hour clock, meaning everyone adjustssightly each day to a 24-hour rhythm. But for night owls, the clock often runs longer-meaning that, withoutexternal cues to change, they'll fall asleep and get up later and later over time.H) Your preference does change as you age. Children tend toward morning, with a peak shift toward night aroundage 20 and a slight change back toward morning at around age 50. But compared to your peers, youll probablyalways fal within the same rough part of the spectrum (范围).I) In our rush to figure out the “secrets" of success, we tend to forget a couple of things. First, not ll high achieversare early risers, and not all early risers are successful. Famous late risers include Box CEO Aaron Levie andBuzzfeed CEO Jonah Peretti plus creatives like James Joyce, Gertrude Stein and Gustave Flaubert.J) But more importantly, in a phrase beloved by academics everywhere, correlation isnt causation. In other words,t's not clear that waking up early itself provides the benefit. Instead, it may be that most of us are expected tostart work or school by 8 or 9 a. m. If you're a morning person, a combination of biological changes, from yourhormones to body temperature, will get you up and way ahead of your night owl peers. That means people whoenjoy rising early will be more in line with their workday and likely to achieve more. For a night owl waking at7 a. m., her body sill thinks she'sasleep and is acting accordingly, so she's groggy(昏沉的) for much longer thana morning person who wakes up at the same time.K) Researchers also point out that because evening types often have to function when their bodies don't want to, itmakes sense that they may have worse moods or lower life satisfaction. It may also mean that they've had to figureout how to be more innovative and cut corners—which may encourage their creativity and cognitive skills.L) Because the cultural stereotype is that people who go to bed and rise late are lazy, most people probably try tobecome morning people as much as they can. The only ones who don't may inherently have more rebellious, orindividualstic, traits. But shifting someone's chronotype doesn't necessarily change these traits. As one recentstudy found, even as people tried to become “morning” people, it didn't make them have a better mood or lifesatisfaction, suggesting these traits are “intrinsic components of the late chronotype.M) Other research also has hinted that your sleep preference may be biologically “bundled” with other characterisics.One recent study, for example, found that more visually-creative people had more sleep disturbances, such aswaking several times at night or insomnia. Again, correlation isn't causation. But there may be a connection togenetics. “There is a dopamine receptor gene that has been previously associated with both increased creativity andalso with insomnia and sleep disturbance, " one researcher says.36. Research shows night owls tend to be more imaginative than early risers.37. Evening types can process information faster than morning types.38. Most peopl try ther best to become morning peope because they don't want to be considered lazy.39. Your parents'sleeping habits can have an importan influence on yours.40. A morning person is likely to achieve more because his biological rhythm matches the rhythm of his workday.41. According to Wulff, i a night ow i forced to get up earl for a period of time, he may gain weight.42. Researchers have found that people who rise late are likely to be ess satisfied with ife.43. Only part of early risers are successful, and some famous high achievers are late risers.44. Someone who is a night owi more likely to suffer from depression.45. A 20-year-old man may sleep and rie later than a 53-year-old man.

Passage Two-|||-Questions 51 to 55 are hased on the following passage.-|||-Back in 1975,economists plotted rising life expectancies against countries`wealth,and concluded that wealth-|||-itself increases longevit It seemed self -evident:everything peopl need to be healthy-from food to medical care--|||-costs money.-|||-But soon it emerged that the data didn`t always fit that theory. Economic upturns didn`t always mean longer lives.-|||-In addition,for reasons that weren`t clear,a given gain in gross domestic product(GDP)caused increasingly highe-|||-gains in life expectancy over time,as though it was becoming cheaper to add years of life. Moreover,in the 1980s-|||-researchers found gains in literacy were associated with greater increases in life expectancy than gains in wealth were.-|||-Finally,the more educated people in any country tend to live longer than their less educated fellow citizens.But such-|||-people also tend to be wealthier,so it has been difficult to untangle which factor is increasing lifespan.-|||-Wolfgang Lutz and his colleagues have now done that by compiling average data on GDP per person,lifespans,-|||-and years of education from 174 countries,dating from 1970 to 2010.They found that,just as in 1975,wealth-|||-correlated with longevity But the correlation between longevity and years of schooling was closer,with a direct-|||-relationship that did not change over time,the way wealth does.When the team put both these factors into the same-|||-mathematical model, they found that differences in education closely predicted differences in life expectancy,while-|||-changes in wealth barely mattered.-|||-Lutz argues that because schooling happens many years before a person has attained their life expectancy,this-|||-correlation reflects caus better education drives longer life.It also tends to lead to more wealth,which is why wealth-|||-and longevity are also correlated. But what is important,says Lutz, is that wealth does not seem to be driving-|||-longevity,as experts thought-in fact,education is driving both of them.-|||-He thinks this is because education permanently improves a person`s cognitive abilities,allowing better planning-|||-and self-control throughout the rest of their life.This idea is supported by the fact that people who are more-|||-intelligent appear to live longer.-|||-51.What did cconomists conclude about longevity in 1975?-|||-A)Literacy influenced longevity more than wealth did.-|||-B) Wealth itself could increase life expectancy-|||-C)Economic growth didn`t always mean longer life.-|||-D)A given growth in GDP caused higher gains in longevity.-|||-52.Why has it been difficult to decide which factor is increasing lifespan according to Para.2?-|||-A) Because less educated people tend to be richer.-|||-B) Because more cducated people tend to live longer.-|||-C) Because less educated people tend to live longer.-|||-D) Because more educated people tend to be richer.-|||-53.What did Wolfgang Lutz and his colleagues find?-|||-A)Relationship betwcen education and longevity changed over time.-|||-B)Longevity and education were more closely correlated.-|||-C)Differences in wealth predicted differen in longevity.-|||-D) Wealth and longevity did not have any correlation.-|||-54.In which part does education play permanently?-|||-A) It enables people to have better planning and self-control.-|||-B) It always leads to a longer but not necessarily richer life.-|||-C)It helps people acquire time managing and learning habits.-|||-D)It improves people`s imaginative and innovative abilitics.-|||-55.Which of the following is the best title for this passage?-|||-A) The relationship between cducation and wealth-|||-B) Wealth influcnces longevity-|||-C)Education influences longevity-|||-D)Wealth has nothing to do with lo

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