Most people (A) work to earn a living (B) and they produce goods and services(C). Services are such things like (D) education, medicine, and commerce. (选择有误的一项)
A.Most people
B.a living
C.goods and services
D.such things like
A.Most people
B.a living
C.goods and services
D.such things like
第1题
A. conscious
B. free
C. proud
D. afraid
第2题
“Further contradicting conventional wisdom, we found that women as well as men have lower levels of stress at work than at home,” writes one of the researchers. Sarah Damaske, In fact women say they feel better at work. She notes. “it is men not women. Who report being bappicr at home than at work,” Another surprise is that the findings hold true for both those with childrcn and without, but more so for nonparents. This is why pcoplc who work outside the home have better health.
What the study doesn’t measure is whether people are still doing work when they’ re at home, whether it is household work or work brought home from the office. For many men, the end of the workday is a time to kick back. For women who stay home, they never get to leave the office. And for women who work outside the home, they often are playing catch-up-with-household tasks. With the blurring of roles, and the fact that the home front lags well behind the workplace in making adjustments for working women, it’ s not surprising that women are more stressed at home.
But it’s not just a gender thing. At work, people pretty much know what they’re supposed to be doing: working, making money, doing the tasks they have to do in order to draw an income. The bargain is very pure: Employee puts in hours of physical or mental labor and employee draws out life-sustaining moola.
On the home front, however, people have no such clarity. Rare is the household in which the division of labor is so clinically and methodically laid out. There are a lot of tasks to be done, there are inadequate rewards for most of them. Your home colleagues-your family-have no clear rewards for their labor; they need to be talked into it, or if they’ re teenagers, threatened with complete removal of all electronic devices. Plus, they’ re your family. You cannot fire your family. You never really get to go home from home.
So it’s not surprising that people are more stressed at home. Not only are the tasks apparently infinite, the co-workers are much harder to motivate.
According to Paragraph 1,most previous surveys found that home______ .
A.was an un realistic place for relaxation
B.generated more stress than the workplace
C.was an ideal place for stress measurement
D.offered greater relaxation than the workplace
According to Damaske, who are likely to be the happiest at home?A.Working mothers
B.Childless husbands
C.Childless wives
D.Working fathers
The home front differs from the workplace in that______ .A.home is hardly a cozier working environment
B.division of labor at home is seldom clear-cut
C.household tasks are generally more motivating
D.family labor is often adequately rewarded
The word“moola”(Line 4,Para 4)most probably means______ .A.energy
B.skills
C.earnings
D.nutrition
The blurring of working women’s roles refers to the fact that______ .A.they are both bread winners and housewives
B.their home is also a place for kicking back
C.there is often much housework left behind
D.it is difficult for them to leave their office
第3题
But it is not【24】He should put his heart and soul completely【25】his work, and not waste his spare time. "Work while you work and play while you play." is as good a【26】for young people as for old.
There is【27】help to diligence than the habit of early rising, and this, just like【28】good habits, is most easily formed in【29】. There is an English proverb "Lost time never retums." This【30】everybody must be diligent, and must make good use of his【31】. One must study hard when one is young,【32】one may make【33】progress, succeed in life and become useful to one's country and people.
I have never heard【34】are diligent will become beggars, but I know that lazy fellows will become beggars. Therefore, I should say that diligence is the mother of【35】
(46)
A.of much use
B.of no use
C.quite useful
D.a little useful
第4题
A different and not mutually exclusive ___3___ holds that the future will be a wasteland of a different sort ,one ___4___by purposelessness:Without jobs to give their lives ___5___ ,people will simply become lazy and depressed. ___6___today’s unemployed don ’t seem to be having a great time. One Gallup poll found that 20 percent of Americanswho have been unemployed for at least a year report having depression,double the rate for ___7___ Americans. Also,some research suggests that the ___8___ for rising rates of mortality,mental-health problems,and addicting___9___poorly-educated middle-aged people is shortage of well-paid jobs. Perhaps this is why many ___10___ the agonizingdullness of a jobless future.
But it doesn ’t ___11___ follow from findings like these that a world without work would be filled with unease. Such visions are based on the ___12___ of being unemployed in a society built on the concept of employment. Inthe ___13___ of work,a society designed with other ends in mind could ___14___ strikingly different circumstances for thefuture of labor and leisure. Today,the ___15___ of work may be a bit overblown. “Many jobs are boring ,degrading,unhealthy,and a waste of human potential,” says John Danaher ,a lecturer at the National University of Irelandin Galway.
These days,because leisure time is relatively ___16___ for most workers,people use their free time tocounterbalance the intellectual and emotional ___17___ of their jobs. “When I come home from a hard day ’s work ,Ioften feel ___18___ ,” Danaher says,adding,“In a world in which I don’t have to work,I might feel ratherdifferent ”— perhaps different enough to throw himself ___19___ a hobby or a passion project with the intensity usuallyreserved for ___20___ matters.
1____
A.boasting
B.denying
C.warning
D.ensuring
2A.inequality
B.instability
C.unreliability
D.uncertainty
3A.policy
B.guideline
C.resolution
D.prediction
7A.rich
B.urban
C.educated
D.working
14A.disturb
B.restore
C.exclude
D.yield
16A.tricky
B.lengthy
C.mysterious
D.scarce
19A.off
B.against
C.behind
D.into
20A.technological
B.professional
C.educational
D.interpersonal
4A.characterized
B.divided
C.balanced
D.measured
17A.demands
B.standards
C.qualities
D.threats
5A.wisdom
B.meaning
C.glory
D.freedom
15A.model
B.practice
C.virtue
D.hardship
9A.under
B.beyond
C.alongside
D.among
18A.ignored
B.tired
C.confused
D.starved
6A.Instead
B.Indeed
C.Thus
D.Nevertheless
8A.explanation
B.requirement
C.compensation
D.substitute
13A.absence
B.height
C.face
D.course
10A.leave behind
B.make up
C.worry about
D.set aside
11A.statistically
B.occasionally
C.necessarily
D.economically
12A.chances
B.downsides
C.benefits
D.principles
第5题
A.way
B.answer
C.help
D.means
第6题
People used to say, "The hand that rocks the cradle (摇篮) rules the world. "And【56】every successful man there's a woman. "
【57】these sayings mean the same thing. Men【58】the world, but their wives rule them. Most of the American women like【59】their husbands and【60】successful,【61】some of them want【62】for themselves. They want【63】jobs. When they work they want to be【64】paid. They want to be as successful as【65】
The American women's liberation (解放) movement was started by women who don't want to【66】successful men. They want to stand【67】men, with the same chance for success. They don't want to be told that certain jobs or offices are【68】to them. They refuse to work side by side with men who do the same work for【69】pay.
A【70】woman must be【71】of being a woman and have confidence (自信)in【72】. If somebody says to her, "You've come a long way, baby. " She' ll smile and answer, "Not nearly as【73】as I' m going to go, baby!"
This movement is quite new, and【74】American women do not agree. But it has already made some important changes in women's【75】and in men's lives, too.
(56)
A.Behind
B.Beside
C.Before
D.Under
第7题
26-meter-tall Yao Ming made his NBA debut (初资登台) on October 23, 2002 and got 6 points (得分) for the Houston Rockets in the game. The next day, he got 13 points in another game.
Most people think that Yao Ming is a born basketball player. But Yao said, "When you watch it on TV, it looks very easy. But when you are playing in the NBA, it is really not so easy. ' He said that joining the Houston Rockets was a new start and a new challenge. "I hope that through very hard work, I can make everyone happy and help the Rockets win more games," he said.
Yao Ming speaks some English. Both he and his teammates can understand each other. They don't think there is a language problem. While Yao Ming faces this new challenge, the people of Houston have shown great interest in him and they hope Yao Ming faces this new challenge, the people of Houston have shown great interest in him and they hope Yao Ming will bring new energy (活力) to the Rockets. The team has started having lessons to learn more about China, and many people who work for the Rockets have learned to speak some Chinese.
Yao Ming got 13 points on October______, 2002.
A.22
B.23
C.24
D.26
第8题
Professor Taiju Matsuzawa wanted to find out why otherwise healthy farmers in northern Japan appeared to be losing their ability to think and reason at a relatively early age, and how the process of ageing could be slowed down.
With a team a colleague (同事) at Tokyo National University, he set about measuring brain volumes of a thousand people of different ages and varying occupations.
" Computer technology enabled the researchers to obtain precise (精确的) measurements of the volume of the front and side sections of the brain, which relate to intellect (智能) and emotion, and determine the human character. " The rear section of the brain, which controls functions like eating and breathing, does not contract with age, and one can continue living without intellectual or emotional facilities.
Contraction of front and side parts—as cells die off—was observed in some subjects in their thirties, but it was still not evident in some sixty- and seventy-year-olds.
Matsuzawa concluded from his tests that there is a simple remedy to the contraction normally associated with age—using the head.
The findings show in general terms that contraction of the brain begins sooner in people in the country than in the towns. Those least at risk, says Matsuzawa, are lawyers, followed by university professors and doctors. White collar workers doing routine work in government offices are, however, as likely to have shrinking brains as the farm workers, bus drivers and shop assistants.
Matsuzawa's findings show that thinking can prevent the brain from shrinking. Blood must circulate properly in the head to supply the fresh oxygen the brain cells need. "The best way to maintain good blood circulation is through using the brain, " he says, "Think hard and engage in conversation. Don't rely on pocket calculators.
The team of doctors wanted to find out______.
A.how to make people live longer
B.the size of certain people's brains
C.which people are most intelligent
D.why certain people age sooner than others
第9题
The Indians today live in【61】【62】their ancestors (祖先), most of whom were famers.【63】 work in the mines, for mining is the most important industry in Bolivia.【64】all the mining products,【65】is the most important, which【66】three fourths of all Bolivia's exports (出口). The eastern slopes (斜坡) of the Andes, since there are very few roads there, are fertile (富饶的)【67】not highly developed. The two primary【68】of transportation are river boats and porters. East of the hill region【69】the great plains【70】tropical (热带的) plants【71】. A【72】problem for Bolivia is the transport of food from the warm regions, where it is grown, to the mountainous regions, where most of the people live.
Bolivia 【73】 its independence from Spain about a hundred years ago. It has been slow in developing,【74】its rich resources【75】a better future in it.
(41)
A.three and a half millions
B.a half three millions
C.three and a half million
D.a half three million
第10题
Generations of Americans have been brought up to believe that a good breakfast is one life’s essentials. Eating
breakfast at the start of the day, we have all been told, and told again, is as necessary as putting gasoline in the
family car before starting a trip.
But for many people the thought of food first thing in the morning is by no means a pleasure. So despite all the
efforts, they still take no breakfast. Between 1977 and 1983, the latest year for which figures are available, the
number of people who didn’t have breakfast, increased by 33 percent.
For those who feel pain of guilt about not eating breakfast, however, there is some good news. Several studies
in the last few years indicate that, for adults especially, there may be nothing wrong with omitting breakfast.
“Going without breakfast does not affect performance,” said Arrold E. Bender, former professor of the nutrition
at Queen Elizabeth College in London, “nor does giving people breakfast improve performance.”
Scientific evidence linking breakfast to better health or better performance is surprisingly inadequate, and most
of the recent work involves children, not adults, “The literature”, says one researcher, Dr. Erresto at the University
of Texas, “is poor”.
The latest year for which figures could be obtained is _______.
A. the year the author wrote the article
B. 1977
C. any year between 1997 and 1983
D. 1983
第11题
When I was approached with the idea of trying to create a landmine(地雷) campaign, we were just three people in a small office in Washington, DC in late I had more than a few ideas about how to begin a campaign, but what if nobody cared? What if nobody responded? But I knew the only way to answer those questions was to accept the challenge.
But if I have any power as an individual, it&39;s because I work with other individuals around the world. We are ordinary people--Jemma from Armenia, Paul from Canada, Christian from Norway and thousands more-who have worked together to bring about extraordinary change. The landmine campaign is not just about landmines--it&39;s about the power of individuals to work with governments in a different way.
I believe in both my right and my responsibility to work to create a world that doesn&39;t think highly of violence and war, but where we seek different solutions to our common problems. I know that holding such beliefs is not always easy or comfortable--particularly in the post-9/ 11 world. But I believe that life is about trying to do the right thing.
Most people tend to get caught up in going to college, then getting a job, buying a house and paying the loan. Somehow, I’ve had the desire--and the drive--to do things a bit differently. If enough ordinary people back up our desire for a better world, I believe we can accomplish extraordinary things.
21.When the author was a child, she __________.
A.had many great dreams
B.wanted to do something for peace
C.didn’t know she would work for landmine campaign
D.had decided what she would do when growing up
Why did the author create a landmine campaign?A.Because she was encouraged by her colleagues
B.Because she got inspiration from protecting her brother
C.Because it was her duty to remove landmines
D.Because she was interested in whatever others disliked
What is Paragraph 3 mainly about?A.The author had made many foreign friends
B.The landmine campaign had spread all over the world
C.Many individuals join the landmine campaign to create a better world
D.The author’s friends joined her in fighting against the government
What can be inferred from the text?A.The present world is full of violence and war
B.Going to a famous university is the author’s belief
C.Most people take war and violence for granted
D.Settling problems peacefully is the author’s belief