【推荐1】“I'm going to fail !"My best friend cried. She and I had this conversation almost every day while we were in high school.

The truth was that my friend never failed in any subjects. I just think that she can't accept failures because she lives her life as a perfectionist (完美主义者). What she fails to understand is that a lot of good can come from failures.

For example, failure can help build relationships. Once was cooking dinner for a friend. I was tired, and several dishes I tried to make turned out bad. I grew more and more upset until my friend told me that I shouldn't worry. She cared more about our friendship than the dishes. That day, I learned that failure doesn't always make people dislike you. In fact, after she said those words to me, I grew closer to her.

Failure can make success ever more exciting. Every few years, there would be an important test in the PE class at our school. Students had to run a mile within eight minutes. I was never good at running, so I failed every time until the third year at school. Then I began working out regularly, and yet I still failed that year. A few days later, however, the teacher gave me and some other students another chance to run and I got a pass finally! You can 't imagine how excited I was after that. I felt the memory of the success was as sweet as honey, because I had to overcome failure to reach it.

Now its clear to see that failure can teach us good lessons. It's not an end—it can be a beginning.

1. What can we learn about the author's best friend from the first two paragraphs?

A．She liked taking tests.

B．She was afraid of failures.

C．She often failed in study.

D．She knew how to be perfect.

2. What did the author finally get from a failed cooking?

A．Bad feelings.

B．Worries.

C．A closer friendship.

D．More experience.

3. Why did the author feel excited after the running test?

A．Because she could work out regularly.

B．Because she received honey as a reward.

C．Because she got another chance to take the test.

D．Because she achieved success after many failures.

4. The author wrote this passage________.

A．to show the negative effects of failures

B．to point out her best friends fear of failures

C．to encourage the readers to face failures bravely

D．to introduce different types of failures

【推荐2】I received a private message on Facebook. It began harmlessly enough: “Hey, girl. Wanted to invite you to join my next challenge group --- we'll be focusing on fitting in 30 minutes of exercise and balanced nutrition.”

It was all becoming too much. Facebook was running my life, not me.

But what killed Facebook for me was when I posted a photo, and five minutes later my son asked me how many “likes” it had got. His question was a wake-up call.

“Likes” are signs of acceptance and approval(认可). I had forgotten that acceptance and approval need to come from within and had unknowingly set him a bad example.

Before Facebook, surfing the internet was an occasional distraction(使人消遣的事) and I spent a lot more time reading books and magazines. I checked in with friends through texts, emails and phone calls.

To recreate the simplicity (质朴) of those days and set a healthier example for my son, I deactivated my Facebook account.

I'd been in the habit of checking Facebook many times a day, so I had to come up with some new habits. I carried a novel and a crossword puzzle book around with me. I rediscovered knitting(针织). I started taking yoga classes.

I started to remember a few things. My body is fine just the way it is. I have friends who will help me out when I'm in trouble, and I will help them out. I do my best to be a good mother, and our son is happy and healthy. We are very lucky to be able to afford two vacations a year.

I stopped looking at the world through my cellphone. I felt completely present in the moment.

The break left me feeling better about myself, my family, my home and my life.

After a few weeks, I returned to Facebook. Now I look at the photos of my friends' kids growing up and treasure how social media allows me to keep in touch with family far and wide. I look in on a daily basis, but no longer with the desire constantly to post updates.

It is not an addiction any more

1. The underlined word “deactivate” in Paragraph 6 is closest in meaning to “________”.

A．close

B．update

C．keep

D．check

2. What did the author do to change her life?

A．she went to the gym as often as she could.	B．She developed some healthy habits.
C．She tried to make money for her holidays.	D．She traveled around a lot for a year.

3. What did the author think of the break from Facebook?

A．it was good for her eyes.	B．It stopped her getting news.
C．It distanced her from her friends.	D．It gave her time to find beauty in life

4. What is the author's attitude towards social media?

A．Critical

B．Supportive.

C．Objective

D．Indifferent.

【推荐3】Being deaf in a hearing world can lead to painful feelings of isolation (孤独).

Waitress Kelsey recently shared an experience on a social media sharing site that quickly zoomed (陡直上升) to the top of the “ front page of the Internet”. In her brief post, Kelsey explained that she waits tables at a bar during the evenings, and one night she noticed a deaf man sitting alone in her section (区域).

When Kelsey isn’t working at the bar she makes a good hourly pay doing sign language translation, so she sensed an opportunity to use her skill to make this customer feel a little less alone in the world. She went up to his table and began chatting with him in sign language(手语).

When the table next to his noticed their silent conversation they asked Kelsey how long she’d been signing. They had a brief conversation about her goal of becoming certified (合格的) to translate sign language in a medical or mental health setting. She didn’t think much about the whole exchange until the customers had left the restaurant and she was tidying up the tables. There, on the table of the customers who’d seen her American sign language conversation with the deaf man, was a handwritten note on the receipt.

“Thank you for what you do; it absolutely matters!” the note said. “Good luck with finishing your degree!” Not only that, but they’d left her a $100 tip.

Kelsey was moved by the kind note, especially because she wasn’t doing anything out of the ordinary. To her, she was just conversing with someone in a language that only they understood. Yet to the deaf man and the people seated next to him she’d bridged a gap and helped someone who probably feels lonely a lot of the time.

Kelsey shared the note on the Internet to spread more love and light in the world.

1. What do we know about Kelsey’s work at the bar？

A．It offers her a chance to learn sign language.	B．It goes beyond her ability.
C．It requires her to work all day long.	D．It is her part-time job.

2. What can we learn about the deaf man?

A．He could use sign language.

B．He left Kelsey $100 as a tip.

C．He found it hard to communicate with Kelsey.

D．He was a friend of the customers at the next table.

3. What lesson can we learn from Kelsey’s experience?

A．Practice makes perfect.	B．It is never too late to learn.
C．Kindness is repaid with kindness.	D．When in Rome, do as Romans do.

【推荐1】Millions watch the Oscars every year, but I’m always interested in the Razzies (金酸梅奖), which recognize cinematic underachievement. For all the attention given to what we like, what we dislike can be just as important, interesting and empowering.

French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu saw dislike as snobbery (虚荣). He saw all judgments of taste, favorable or not, as performances of class. The rich could justify their place, he argued, by claiming to have more refined tastes. Knowing which literature or art to praise could signal to others their rightful place at the top of society. Oversimplified as his theory might be, it is not entirely wrong.

Furthermore, dislikes are often used as a way not to stand apart but to fit in. It means learning the unspoken rules of what’s OK to like or dislike, and to proclaim those likes or dislikes loudly for others to hear. When some of us swim against the social tide, we might be savvy (精明的) enough to label our likes as “guilty pleasures”, which both acknowledges the rules and apologizes for violating them.

In my research, though, I found that dislike isn’t just a form of snobbery.

We interviewed over 200 people, a diverse group in race, age, and social class. All the interviewees tended to actively dislike media content far more when they felt they couldn’t escape it. Many people can’t choose the radio station that’s playing at work, or what’s on TV at the bar. Moreover, some of us are subjected to more annoyance than others. Remote controls, for instance, have long been seen as a special right of dads, with women and kids given less power to change the channel. Everyone turns to media hoping for specific needs to be met, but those who have those needs realized less often are those who might dislike more often.

Therefore, speaking about dislikes is an act of resistance-a refusal to allow public space to be conquered by the media content that doesn’t connect.

Dislike can certainly transform into anger or hate, but it may also take a more playful form. Sometimes we could see people joyfully watch the object of their dislike and offer a commentary of criticism, instead of tuning out and turning off. Why? Reveling in dislike can help regain control in a world that overwhelms everyone with content. Keeping the despised shows at hand rather than avoiding them can help the dislikers speak up in the court of public opinion. Or some might enjoy their dislikes as a way to avoid ruining certain relationships. Many of us can probably relate to the experience of having a friend who insists we watch something against our will.

What if, rather than resenting the show or the person, we simply embrace it in all of its embarrassing glory? By all means, pay attention to the advice to “ignore the haters”. But a lot can be learned by listening to the dislikers.

1. According to Paragraph 3, people label their likes as “guilty pleasures” when they ________.

A．take pride in their taste	B．follow the mainstream
C．try to fit into a certain group	D．set up the unspoken rules

2. What can we learn from the passage?

A．Exposure to unwanted media content intensifies people’s dislike.

B．Expressing dislike helps maintain one’s social relationships.

C．Learning about literature and art is an act of snobbery.

D．Dislikes can be found mostly among the rich.

3. What does the underlined phrase “Reveling in” in the text probably mean?

A．Showing concern for.	B．Taking delight in.
C．Establishing connection to.	D．Drawing lessons from.

4. What message does the author try to convey in this passage?

A．Staying away from the haters is a sensible means to avoid trouble.

B．We are encouraged to launch debates over hot issues in public.

C．The media should aim to meet the needs of different groups of audience.

D．Embracing our dislikes can be beneficial to some extent.

【推荐2】Many of us feel uneasy when someone stands too close to us, talks to us too loudly or makes eye contact (接触) with us for too long. But have you ever wondered why those things make you uncomfortable?
It’s all about personal peace, which means not only an imaginary space around the body, but also the space around all the senses. People feel that their space is being violated (侵犯) when they meet with an unwelcome sound, smell or look. This is probably why a man on a crowded bus shouting into his mobile phone or a woman next to you putting on strong perfume (香水) makes you feel angry.
Whether people have had a stronger wish to protect their personal space in recent times is hard to say. Yet studies of airlines show that people have a strong desire (渴望) to have space to themselves. In a survey (调查) by TripAdvisor, a travel website, people said that if they had to pay more for some extra service, they would rather have larger seats than extra food.
Although people may need their personal space, some hardly realize it. For example, people on a bus who hold newspapers in front of their faces to read in fact keep a distance from strangers.
Go and watch a library table. You will notice that one of the corner seats will usually be taken first, because they are the farthest way. What if someone sits opposite to you? Maybe you will pile up books as if to make a wall.
Preference (偏好) for personal space are different from culture to culture. Scientists have found that Americans generally prefer more personal space than people from other cultures. In Latin (拉丁人的) cultures, however, people are more comfortable standing close to each other.
1. The writer mainly _________ in this article.

A．tells us how to achieve personal space

B．explains what personal space people need is

C．introduces some knowledge about personal space

D．argues for the importance of keeping personal space

2. Who might feel his personal space is safe according to the passage?

A．A person who has to sit next to a lady putting on strong perfume.

B．A person who has been watched by a stranger for a long time.

C．A person who hears strange noises when reading at home.

D．A Latin boy who is chatting with a friend sitting close to him.

3. What can we know from the survey by TripAdvisor?

A．People need a smaller personal space in recent times than before.

B．People have a strong desire for personal space in recent times.

C．There are not enough seats on the plane to meet people’s needs.

D．Food service is better provided than seats on the plane.

4. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．The space around the body is more needed than that around all the senses.

B．If you hold newspapers on the bus, your personal space won’t be violated.

C．People usually choose the corner seats first in a library for personal space.

D．Different cultures share the same preferences for personal space.

【推荐3】When something goes wrong, it can be very satisfying to say, “Well, it’s so-and-so’s fault.” or “I know I’m late, but it’s not my fault; the car broke down.” It is probably not your fault, but once you form the habit of blaming (责怪) somebody or something else for a bad situation, you are a loser. You have no power and could do nothing that helps change the situation. However, you can have great power over what happens to you if you stop focusing on whom to blame and start focusing on how to improve the situation. This is the winner’s key to success.

Winners are great at overcoming problems. For example, if you were late because your car broke down, maybe you need to have your car examined more regularly. Or, you might start to carry along with you the useful phone numbers, so you could call for help when in need. For another example, if your co-worker causes you problems on the job for lack of responsibility or ability, find ways of dealing with his irresponsibility or inability rather than simply blame the person. Ask to work with a different person, or don’t rely on this person. You should accept that the person is not reliable and find creative ways to work successfully regardless of how your co-worker fails to do his job well.

This is what being a winner is all about — creatively using your skills and talents so that you are successful no matter what happens. Winners don’t have fewer problems in their lives; they have just as many difficult situations to face as anybody else. They are just better at seeing those problems as challenges and opportunities to develop their own talents. So, stop focusing on “whose fault it is.” Once you are confident about your power over bad situations, problems are just stepping stones for success.

1. What can we learn about winners?

A．They focus on solving problems.	B．They blame themselves rather than others.
C．They have responsible and able co-workers.	D．They seldom meet with difficulties in life.

2. How does the author mainly prove the point of view?

A．By making comparison.	B．By giving examples.
C．By providing research results.	D．By quoting opinions.

3. What do problems mean to winners?

A．Excuses for their failures.	B．Keys to the final success.
C．Challenges to their co-workers.	D．Chances for self-development.

4. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

A．A Winner’s Secret	B．A Winner’s Problem
C．A Winner’s Opportunity	D．A Winner’s Achievement

【推荐1】Research carried out last year stressed the growing challenge facing employers in terms of managing and supporting the UK’s aging workforce.

Figures from the Office for National Statistics have suggested that the number of people aged 65 and over still working has reached 1.19 million—up 25,000 from a year ago. There were also now more people aged 50-74 in work than ever before. However, the overall trend was hiding the fact that 12% people are forced to stop working before reaching state pension age because of ill health or disability.

Nearly half a million (436,000) workers who are within five years of state pension age have had to leave work for medical reasons, with an apparent divide between the North (worse) and South (better). Those in the lowest-paid jobs, including cleaners, leisure industry workers and people doing heavy laboring jobs, were twice as likely to stop working before retirement age, because of sickness and disability than managers or professionals.

Within this, the needs of the “sandwich generation”— those juggling work with caring for elderly dependents as well as children — needed to be given greater priority (优先权) by employers, a white paper by insurer and health care provider concluded.

Its research argued that 66% of managers think the average age of retirement in their organization will increase in the next 5 to 10 years. Yet, 36% reported being unaware of anything their organization did to attract, keep and engage older staff. Fewer than a quarter (23%) of employees said they felt supported by their employer with their responsibilities for caring for a loved one.

This was perhaps unsurprising, given that only 28% of managers said their organization had formal policies and practices in place to support these employees, argues health care distribution director Chris Horlick.

1. According to the passage, who is more likely to leave work before retirement age?

A．Tom, a physician.	B．Jason, a language teacher.
C．Henry, a construction worker.	D．Bill, a bank manager.

2. The present support from the employers can be best described as _________.

A．moving

B．dissatisfying

C．inspiring

D．surprising

3. What is the main idea of the passage?

A．Old employees are well attended in the UK.

B．Aging workforce should be well supported in the UK.

C．Employers show responsibilities for supporting their employees.

D．UK employers are facing challenges in supporting aging workforce.

【推荐2】Ireland has had a very difficult history．The problems started in the 16th century when English rulers tried totake control ofIreland．For hundreds of years，the Irish people fought against the English．Finally，in 1921，the British government was forced to give independence to the south of Ireland．The result is that today there are two"Irelands"．Northern Ireland，in the north，is part of the United Kingdom．The Republic of Ireland，in the south，is an independent country．

In the 1840s the main crop，potatoes，was affected by disease and about 750，000 people died of hunger．This，and a shortage（短缺）of work，forced many people to leave Ireland and live in the USA，the UK，Australia and Canada．As a result of these problems，the population fell from 8.2 million in 1841 to 6.6 million in 1851．

For many years，most of the Irish people earned their living as farmers．Today，many people still work on the land but more and more people are moving to the cities to work in factories and offices．Life in the cities is very different from life in the countryside，where things move at a quieter and slower pace．The Irish are famous for being warm-hearted and friendly．0scar Wilde，a famous Irish writer，once said that the Irish were"the greatest talkers since the Greeks"．Since independence，Ireland has revived（复兴）its own culture of music，language，literature and singing．Different areas have different styles of old Irish songs which are sung without instruments．Other kinds of Irish music use many different instruments such as the violin，whistles，etc．

1. What does the underlined phrase"take control of"in paragraph 1 mean？______

A．reach

B．conquer

C．challenge

D．support

2. What does the author tell us in Paragraph l？______

A．How the Irish fought against the English．	B．How Ireland gained independence．
C．How English rulers tried to conquer Ireland．	D．How two"Ireland"came into being．

3. We learn from the text that in Ireland______．

A．food shortages in the 1840s led to a decline in population

B．people are moving to the cities for lack of work in the countryside

C．it is harder to make a living as a farmer than as a factory worker

D．different kinds of old Irish songs are all sung with instruments

4. The last paragraph is mainly about______．

A．the Irish character	B．Irish culture
C．Irish musical instruments	D．a famous Irish writer

【推荐3】A Texas mom named Samantha Whiting is going out of her way to thank a stranger. Although she only knew his first name and where he lived, Whiting was determined to track him down.

The incident occurred in August 2020, when Whiting and her 10-year-old daughter, Hayley, were at the beach in Monterey, California.Sarmantha went into the water to try to save her daughter, but was struggling. Bystander Kevinh Cozzi heard their screams, and raced into the waves to help. He was able to get Hayley to safety, with some assistance from a lifeguard. “He saved us,” Samantha told ABC News. “If it wasn’t for him risking his life in such a selfless act, I would have lost not only my own life but my baby girl.”

The Whitings only learned Kevin’s first name and that, he lived in Merced, California.They were visiting Monterey, and when they returned to their home in Texas, the family decided to find Cozzi to let him know they are deeply indebted to him who saved Hayley this summer when she was caught in a rapids. “He’s one of the biggest heroes I’ve ever met,” Hayley said. Last week, Samantha made a post on the Facebook group Merced Neighborhood Watch, and within hours, she was talking to Cozzi.

Cozzi and his fiancee(未婚妻) had to delay their wedding because of the coronavirus disease, and the Whitings decided to launch a GoFundMe to help them have the wedding of their dreams.So far, the page has raised close to $2,000-but Cozzi told ABC News he’s happier to know Hayley is safe than receiving a reward. He is thankful for their fundraiser, but told ABC News, “That girl being saved was enough for me, honestly.”

Now, both Samantha and Hayley have been invited to the wedding,set for next fall , and look forward to once again thanking Cozzi in person during the wedding.

1. The Texas mom wants to thank a stranger for_________.

A．his jumping into the waves bravely	B．getting her daughter out of danger
C．sending her an invitation to wedding	D．his offering assistance to the lifeguard.

2. What does the underlined words “indebted to” in paragraph 3 mean?

A．grateful to

B．interested in

C．friendly to

D．curious about

3. What can we infer about Cozzi in paragraph 4?

A．He feels good for the donation.	B．He dislikes achieving the fame.
C．He has enough money for the wedding.	D．He doesn’t expect more for good deeds.

4. What makes Cozzi’s invitation and the families’ presence at wedding possible?

A．The pursuit of true friendship.	B．A caring and lovely society
C．The spirit of shared help and gratitude.	D．People’s’ generosity end hospitality.

【推荐1】The Internet is a growing new world that has been developing ever since it was created many years ago. The only reason Internet sales are not taxed（征税）is because we did not know the Internet would be used to sell products when it was created. Internet sales are no different than going into the store to buy the exact same product except for the fact that Internet sales are not taxed.

When buying online， people cannot see and touch the product the same way they could in a store. To fix this， customers are going into the store to see the product. Then if they like the product， they buy it online to save money on the sales tax. This is a form of tax evasion（逃税）if you ask me！

Everyone has to pay the tax in the store so they should have to pay taxes online as well. Also，the added money brought in through Internet taxing could help the government to fund certain policies and other things that they could not do without the added funds. This could go toward the country's schools or other things necessary for society to function well. These funds could be extremely beneficial because of the recession（经济衰退）that the country is in at this point. Internet taxing is a way to increase those funds and in turn improve the quality of life for all who live in that country.

In conclusion， there are many more positives than negatives in the argument over taxing Internet sales. I do understand that I may have to pay more if I want to buy something online， but the funds stay within my society and help my country. The added cost may hurt me at first but in the end， the funds will help me and others in our country.

1. The text mainly discusses          .

A．whether Internet sales should be taxed

B．why Internet sales are not taxed

C．why people love to buy things online

D．whether it is a good way to buy things online

2. Internet sales are not taxed because          .

A．they are different from store sales	B．selling online was unexpected
C．people don't know how to tax them	D．many people are against taxing them

3. What can we learn from Paragraph 2？

A．Customers get better products at a lower price online.

B．Online shoppers find it difficult to buy satisfactory goods.

C．Online shoppers probably try to avoid paying tax.

D．Problems related to online shopping are hard to fix.

4. According to the author， taxing Internet sales          .

A．is good for all people

B．can help the country out of the recession

C．can help improve the quality of products

D．is beneficial to the development of Internet

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【推荐3】“One reason I can do stand-up comedy is because of all the material I have from being a male nurse，”says Adrian Matei. False stereotypes（刻板观念）about nursing make for good jokes. But they may also put men off the job.

At a conference in May of the royal college of Nursing（RCN），David Ferran，a nurse in Belfast，proposed a campaign to promote nursing to men. His proposal did not pass as the view was that nursing should be intended for anyone with the right skills，whatever the gender（性别）.

Undeterred，Mr. Ferran started a group，Northern lreland Men in Nursing，which visits schools to promote nursing as a career for men. Similar groups are being set up elsewhere. Several universities have launched social-media campaigns to draw men into nursing programmes.

With a growing decline of nurses across the National Health Service（NHS），attracting men is becoming more urgent. In 2017，for the first time in a decade，more nurses left the profession than joined. Applications to nursing programmes are down by a third since 2016. And the shadow of Brexit makes it tougher for the NHS to fill its 40，000-odd nurse vacancies from abroad. Doubts about whether they will be able to stay discourage nurses from EU countries.

Last month the NHS launched its biggest-ever nurse recruitment（招募）campaign. TV advertisements show them in action in hospital wards and ambulances，and on home visits. Some are male-an improvement from previous campaigns，but not enough to draw men in. Paul Vaughan from NHS England，who leads a proposal to change concepts of nursing，thinks recruitment should avoid playing to gender stereotypes. He takes a negative view of slogans like "Are you man enough to be a nurse?" used in the campaign.

Views of nursing as a "woman's job" have deep roots. Florence Nightingale, who established the principles of modern nursing in the 1860s, insisted that men's rough hands were not fitted to touch, bathe and dress wounded limbs. The RCN did not even admit men as members until 1960. Outdated titles such as "sister" and "matron" (used for men as well) do not help. Mr. Ferran says some patients are surprised when he shows up, because they thought only women could be nurses.

Boys do not see nursing as a career because they lack role models. In films, female nurses are cast as helpers of heroic male doctors. "When I do ward rounds with my nurse mentor and she asks questions, patients often turn to me to respond" says Richard Dowell, a third-year nursing student. On the other hand, those men who go into nursing usually follow in the footsteps of a parent or realize that it could be a career after seeing a male nurse care for a relative.

Mr. Vaughan's team at the NHS is trying to promote the image of nursing by stressing that it is a professional job in which careers can be made, that it includes special skills such as cardiology or intensive care, and that it has a use for skills in technology and leadership. Most young people also do not realize that the job can take them round the world. For men, there is another bonus. According to his study of more than 20,000 advanced nurse practitioners, men reach the seventh band(a mid-career level) four years sooner than women partly because women are twice as likely as men to work part-time and are more likely to accept a lower band to secure a job they really want. As Mr. Dowell remembers, when he started his nursing studies, he was promised:" You'll go further because you are a man. "

1. The underlined sentence in Paragraph l indicates that________.

A．male nurses tend to be humorous

B．male nurses tend to be laughed at

C．male nurses enjoy making good jokes

D．male nurses provide material for stand-ups

2. The word "undeterred" in Paragraph 3 probably means_________.

A．determined	B．discouraged
C．cautious	D．open- minded

3. What do we know about the NHS nurse recruitment campaign last month?

A．It reveals some details about a nurse's daily work.

B．It strongly recommends men to take up nursing.

C．It takes an effective policy of involving male nurses.

D．It changes the gender stereotypes in the designing.

4. By Paragraph 5 and 6, the writer aims to tell us ______

A．the drawbacks of modern nursing principles

B．the consequence of lacking role models

C．the development of recruiting male nurses

D．the challenges of recruiting male nurses

5. According to the last paragraph, the special benefit of being a male nurse is___________.

A．building great careers	B．involving special skills
C．taking global trips	D．getting easier promotion

6. What is the main idea of this passage?

A．Having male nurses has many advantages.

B．Filling nurse vacancies has become urgent now.

C．Nursing should be viewed as a man's job.

D．Nursing shouldn't be a job limited to women.