Don’t you have time for reading? If you are interested in non-fiction books, here are some good choices for you.

A Room of One’s Own

This essay by English writer Virginia Woolf is based on several lectures given to two women’s colleges at Cambridge University in 1928. In the essay, Woolf describes that it’s circumstance not talent alone, that allows men to be more successful at writing. Women, in other words, spend so much time cooking, cleaning, and tending to their children that they have no time left for art. To write well, therefore, a woman must have a “room of her own”. While on its surface, this essay appears to be only about writing, it is actually about wealth and class, freedom and confinement, and the power struggle between sexes.

The Art of War

Written by ancient Chinese warrior Sun Tzu, The Art of War is widely considered to be one of the best books about military strategies in human history. Consisting of 13 chapters, each dealing with a separate aspect about how to fight a war, the book has been translated into every major language and has thousands of editions. For centuries, it has been used to train world leaders for its detailed study of military strategies and effective leadership.

Letter to My Daughter

This book of essays by Maya Angelou, a respectable African-American poet, is written for “the daughter she never had” — the millions of women, both young and old, that she considers to be her “family”. From the viewpoint of a caring, older relative, this book contains lessons selected from her own life experiences, including the birth of her only child, a son, as well as the development and loss of friendship.

A Brief History of Time

If you’re short of time, then why not read about, well, the creation of time? This book, first published in 1998 from brilliant scientist and mathematician Stephen Hawking, explores mind-bending questions about the creation of the universe, including if and when it will end, and if so, how. Despite its heavy subject matter, Hawking addresses these questions in a way that’s easy to understand, even for those who know little about physics.

1. What can we learn about the four books?

A．A Brief History of Time mainly focuses on the matter of time.

B．Letter to My Daughter is actually a common family letter.

C．The Art of War gives advice on how to be a world leader.

D．A Room of One’s Own is more than about writing.

2. What can be inferred from the passage?

A．As a physicist,Hawking is equally famous in writing.

B．Maya devotes herself to fighting for women’s rights.

C．The book by Sun Tzu is helpful in policy-making.

D．Woolf looks down upon men in writing.

3. What is the purpose of the passage?

A．To make comparisons among the four books.

B．To recommend the four books to readers.

C．To make comments on the four books.

D．To promote sales of the four books.

Ahmad is the founder of Copia, which she describers as "match com meets Uber for food recovery." Conipanies use the Copia app to report when they have leftover food，what kind， and how much . When recipients (受助者) such as shelters, soup kitchens , and agencies first register with Cupia, they indicate how many people they need to feed，on what days , and what kind of food they'll take. Cupia makes a profit from the fees that companies pay to remove leftever food； the companies receive a tax write-off for their food donations.
How did Ahmad create Copia? Aa a senior at UC Berkeley, the found nearly 50 million Americans are at risk of going hungry every day, while more than 133 billion pounds of eatable food are deserted each year.
Ahma d started a student group that recovered food from the campus and distributed it Lo local nonprofits.
As rewarding as this was,the inefficiencies (低效)bothered her. One day , she got a call from the dining hall manager, who had 500 sandwiches left over from m event. She rented a car,loaded it with the food, and called nonprofits, She found takers for only 25 sandwiches and ended up giving out the rest eU a nearby park.
“I remember thinking how cool it would be if people who had food could say, ‘Hey, we have stuff, ’ and people who needed it could speak up, and then we could connect the two. ”
After she graduated , Ahmad launched Copia carlier this year, it operates in 40 cities in Northern California and has served over 700,000 people. Its biggest success—and challenge— 10 date was this past Super Bowl： Copia recovered muro than 14 tons of food, which fed more than 23,000 people.
Despite her busy schedule, Ahmad tries to do me food pickup a week."When you get to theshelter,"she says ," If you wouldn't have eaten." And that's when I'm like, ‘ This is why I do what I do.’
4. Who will benefit from Copia app?

A．Hungry people living in Copia,

B．Registered companies donating food,

C．Charity organizations serving the poor.

D．Food recovery companice removing food.

5. What made Ahmad create the app?

A．Too much food is wasted.

B．Too many people go hungry.

C．Her group's work is rewarding.

D．Her group's work doesn 't go well.

6. What is Ahmad really proud of?

A．She founds Copia and makes a profit.

B．She connects the companies, and recipients.

C．She helps hiingry people go Bhnjugh hurd time,

D．She enjoys the biggest suecess—the Super Bowl.

7. What's a Copia's operating model?

A．Consumer to consumer

B．Produciiun to consumer

C．Business to consumer

D．Business to business

Some pigs lend lo be optimistic while others have a more pessimisitic view , according to a new research that is meaningful to animal welfare. The study, published in the journal Biology Letters, is the first to show that mood and personality interact             in an animal, influencing judgment.
Asher, a researcher at ihc University of Newcastle's Institute of Neurowcience, and her team housed groups of pigs in the two types of environments. One reflected sandard commercial conditions and the other was cushier with more space and plenty of sell, deep straw. After the pigs got accusitomed to these new homes over a few weeks , the rescarchers picked 18 pigs from each type of housing arrangement to train and test their judgment.
" To do this, we trained each pig that in one comer of a training room there would be a bowl wilh chocolate sweets — specifically M&Ms, pigs love M&Ms — and in a bowl at the opposite side of the room there would be a bowl that would contain             coffee beans, which pigs find bitter-tasting," senior author Lisa Collins of the Univerersty of Lincoln's School of Life Sciences said.
Over n number of training trials , pigs learned to go to the bowl reliably when it was in the corner where they had figured out to expect M&Ms.On the contrary，they quickly learned to avoid the bowl when it was't in the comer where they would expect             to find the coffee beans.
The rescearchers next placed an unfamimliar bowl in different locations , to see how the pigs would react. Some gaily dashed to the bowl no matter what, exhibiting optimism that it would contain there favorite sweds. Others, however, behaved as though             they expected it to contain coffee beans, displaying pessimism.
The findings suggest that a one — size- fits - all answer to animal welfare issues does not exist. Even if pigs are just equal lo bacon or other meal for some people, there is still cause for concern . Student have suggested that how an animal is             trented during is lifetime can directly affect meal quality and taste.
8. What was the study devoleted to figuring out?

A．The influence of pigs' living environment.

B．The influence between humans and pigs.

C．The differences of two types of pigs' presonality.

D．The relationship between pigs' mood and judgment.

9. What does the underlined word “cushier” in Paragraph 2 mean?

A．simple.	B．more comfortable.
C．non-profitable.	D．less free.

10. Which bowl can test whether a pig is optimistic or pessimistic?

A．The bowl with chocolate sweets.

B．The bowl containing coffee beans.

C．The bowl full of both sweets and beans.

D．The bowl unfamiliar to two types of pigs.

11. What do the findings of the new research imply?

A．People should treat pigs equally.

B．People's health relies on meat quality.

C．People should meet pigs' various needs.

D．People's attitude toward pigs is totally wrong.

Fixed or growth mindset — which do you have?
We live in an uncertain world with all the technological advances we are experiencing， which meanse is a requirement for a change in midset (思维模式）. In order to be on top of our game both personally and organizationally, we need to develop a growth mindset.
A fixed mindset supposes that you have native abilities and are naturally clever or skilled in certain areas of life. When you receive infonnation about how you have performed in a test or set of tasks t you may worry about how you are judged. Our parents probably said to us when we were young,"Since you scored really well in the test, you must be clever." However, by being repeatedly told “You are clever” or “You are really ga*al al your job”，a person’s self­-respect is actually dainagcd.
The growlh - mindest persona view life as a series of exciting challenges and want t o constantly learn. Brain activity occurs in this mindset when they receive information about what they could do belter or improve. They do not view their abilities as fixed or us failure. Learning is king and the more they practice , the more they know they will succeed.
What is important is giving praise around process and not around ability. For example , instead of saying"Since you got a great score, you must be clever" f say " You got a great score, and you must have tried really hard". This creates challenge in indivicluats and
The meaning of mindsets is massive for business. Fixed-mindset managers are not fans of giving feedback (反馈）. They do not want to stretch themselves or others because they fear failure. Therefore their business may stand still because there is no risk or innovation (创新） occurring.
Listen from your own fixed mindset 一 for example ," I can't do that” 一 and answer with a growth-mindset response 一 “I can't do that yet!" Remember there is no such thing as failure and there is s only learning. If you don't fail occasionally ，you will never learn to change and grow.
12. What is the author's opinion of people' s mindsets?

A．A growth mindstet means no failure.

B．People need develop a fixed mindset.

C．A fixed mindset focuses more on process.

D．People should develop a growth mindest.

13. Which judgment seems more encouraging?

A．You are clever.

B．You are skillful.

C．You have worked hard.

D．You are great at your job.

14. What do the growth-mindset persons most advocate?

A．Keeping on learning.

B．Viewing ability as failure.

C．Giving praise around ability.

D．Learning from the fixed mindset.

15. What is the main idea of the last paragraph?

A．Always stay in ihe same mindset

B．Think and act in different mindsets.

C．We can 't miss the chance of failure.

D．Learning is the key to success from failure.