1 . I always have these questions in my mind-how does anxiety influence how we think? What classroom environments are most helpful to learning? Most experts agree that having the right team of people to come up with ideas to argue for plays an important role to find out the answers.
However, how do we know who the right people are when making a team? From the classroom and the workplace, to the laboratory and the playing field, research shows that diverse groups of people often make better decisions.
Professor Scott Page believes different ways of thinking from a particular group produces something additional. When people with their own "tools" come together to work on difficult tasks, the results are powerful.
Groups with different genders(性别) also hold merit here. Christine Lagarde said that better decisions are made when women and men come together at the table, creating what she calls a "larger horizon". She mentioned that while women make up only 2% of bank CEOs worldwide, banks who count women among the top leadership are likely to have better economic outcomes( 结果).
In 2010, researchers examined the performance of about 700 people (both men and women), working in groups of two to five, solving both simple and difficult tasks. They discovered that the best predictor of performance wasn't the average intelligence of group members. Instead it was a collective measure of intelligence, which had much to do with the number of women in the group. As women are good at reading others' faces and making the best of different opinions, they help to bring out a more productive outcome.
Finally, it turns out that the size of the group matters, too. Smaller groups can actually be more creative. A new study from University of Chicago found that while bigger teams are important for advancing science, smaller groups help "break it down"-a key part of creativity.
In today's workforce, people come together to cooperate on tough tasks, being encouraged to look to each other. Brainstorming with others in small, diverse groups helps ideas to shine in our mind and, more often than not, leads to the solution. It's a research-driven model for how to develop our collective problem-solving abilities by having the right teams of people producing good ideas worth fighting for.
1. The underlined word "diverse groups" in Paragraph 2 probably means "______".| A．groups in which people have a close relation |
| B．groups with people who like thinking and sharing |
| C．groups in which people are different from each other |
| D．groups with people who are good at solving problems |
| A．Groups with both genders make teamwork more fruitful. |
| B．Women are better at reading and accepting others' minds. |
| C．The average intelligence of group members really matters. |
| D．Banks should depend more on women in decision-making. |
| A．Women in a group influence the collective intelligence. |
| B．Different groups of people usually produce different ideas. |
| C．Diverse teams can be expected to work out better outcomes. |
| D．The size of the group is important in dealing with problems. |
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| Hotel Transylvania 3：Summer Vacation Release Date：July 16th,2018 Director：Genndy Tartakovsky Writers：Michael McCullers/Genndy Tartakovsky/Todd Durham Synopsis（提要）：Dracula,Mavis,Johnny and the rest of the Drac Pack take a vacation on a luxury Monster Cruise Ship,where Dracula falls in love with the ship's captain,Ericka,who's secretly a descendant（后代）of Abraham Van Helsing,the monster killer. |  |
| Gigantic Release Date: March 9th, 2018 Directors: Nathan Greno/Meg LeFauve Writer: Meg LeFauve Synopsis: Set in Spain during the Age of Exploration, Disney's Gigantic follows adventure-seeker Jack as he discovers a world of giants hidden within the clouds. He makes a grand plan with Inma, a 60-foot-tall, 1l-year-old girl, and agrees to help her find her way home. |  |
| Arctic Justice：Thunder Squad Release Date：January 28th,2018 Director：Dimos Vrysellas Writers：Bob Barlen/Cal Brunker Synopsis：Swifty,the Arctic fox,dreams of becoming a Top Dog,the Arctic's star couriers（通讯员）.To prove himself,Swifty secretly uses one of the sleds and delivers a package to a mysterious location where he meets Doc Walrus. Swifty soon discovers Doc Walrus' plan to melt the polar ice. Now,Swifty,with the help of his friends,has to stop Doc Walrus' evil plans and save the day. |  |
1. Which of the following is TRUE?
| A．Gigantic is a Disney's adventure movie. |
| B．You can see all the three movies in one day. |
| C．All the three movies are made by one director. |
| D．Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation was written by two writers. |
| A．A hard-working fox trains hard to become the cleverest. |
| B．During a trip, a young man falls in love with a nice girl |
| C．A brave group tries their hardest to save the land they live on. |
| D．A man discovers a strange place where the people are all very large. |
| A．In a note about someone's weekend plans. |
| B．In a magazine about actors. |
| C．In a storybook. |
| D．In front of a theatre. |
3 . We like to believe that before we make a decision, most of the time, we take time to consider all the facts carefully. However, Experts believe that only 5% of our decisions are based on a rational （理性的）thought process. So, what influences our decision-making process?
We often leave decision-making to our instincts（本能）.Scientists have found out that if we had the choice, we like to avoid pain rather than get something. In fact, we're twice as happy when we try to avoid a bad situation than when we experience a good one. This is why when companies send ads, they use phrases like "How to avoid...", "Don't miss out!", etc.
There are also physical reasons that affect our decision-making. Psychologist （心理学家）John Bargh carried on an experiment where people were asked what they thought of a fictional person, while holding a cold or a hot cup of coffee. Those holding the hot cup believed the person to be warmer and more sociable than those holding the cold cup. So, when temperatures rise, the more likely we are to believe in strangers.
Stress is another thing which affects our decisions. Different situations are more or less stressful for different people. Researchers have found, though, that women are more conservative （保守的）about decisions when stressed, while men are to make riskier choices.
It may come as a surprise but every day from the minute we get up, we have to make countless decisions, like what to wear, what coffee to have and so on. Each choice makes our brain a little bit more tired, and this affects our decision-making. That's why important people, like presidents wearing the same three suits all the time, want to limit the small choices and spend more brain power （力量）on the bigger ones.
1. Which of the following shows the structure of the passage?A． | B． | C． | D． |
| A．Every day we have to make lots of big decisions. |
| B．People sometimes judge a person by what he wears. |
| C．What people wear influences their decision making. |
| D．Making fewer decisions helps to save brain power. |
| A．We make most of the decisions after our careful thinking. |
| B．People are likely to be happier to avoid something bad. |
| C．As the temperature is low, we are likely to believe others |
| D．People usually have risky decisions under heavy pressure. |
| A．tell us what influences decision-making | B．advise people to make rational decisions |
| C．warn people not to make risky decisions | D．show disadvantages of rational decisions |
4 . Most people enjoy hiking(徒步旅行). Hiking is not only a healthy but also a relaxing activity. Why do people like to go hiking? The answers are different. Here are some of the most popular reasons(原因).
First of all, hiking is good exercise. It can make your body strong and it can make you become smart.
Secondly, hiking is simple and cheap. All you need is to wear a pair of hiking shoes and take your smile to start.
Also, it is a good way to learn new things during the hiking. Maybe you can never know them in your classes.
Finally, hiking is the best way to get away from your everyday life. You can hike alone or go with your friends. After hiking, you may have a clear mind. So why not plan your hiking route(路线) right away?
1. Hiking can make us _________.| A．popular | B．tired | C．relaxed | D．bored |
A． | B． | C． | D． |
| A．Hiking is very cheap. | B．Why people like hiking. |
| C．How to plan a hiking. | D．The best way to get away from your everyday life. |
5 . Peter Tabich is 36 years old. He is from Kenya, Africa. He is a maths and science teacher. His school is in a poor area. It’s small, but the classes are very big---there are about 58 students for every teacher. The school has only one computer. But Mr Tabichi always makes his classes interesting and helps his students study well. He is kind and friendly to his students. His students say he is like a father to them.
Mr Tabichi comes from a family of teachers. He doesn’t just work on school days. He also works after school and on weekends to give students extra (额外的) help. He goes to the students’ homes and gives them more help. He really likes his job.
In 2019, Mr Tabichi got the Varkey Foundation Global Teacher (获得瓦尔基基金 会全球教师奖). He gives lots of his money to help his students and other people.
1. What subjects does Peter teach?| A．Science and maths. | B．Maths and history. |
| C．Geography and science. | D．English and math |
| A．library | B．small classroom | C．teacher | D．computer |
| A．Workers. | B．Teachers. | C．Farmers. | D．Doctors. |
| A．He works at home. | B．He plays computer games. |
| C．He goes to his students’ homes. | D．He watches TV at home. |
| A．Peter’s students like him very much. | B．Peter’s parents are both teachers. |
| C．Peter likes working after school. | D．Peter likes being a teacher. |
6 . As we all know, yoga(瑜伽)is a good way to relax. It can make people feel quiet when they’re nervous about something. Many people think yoga is difficult for children. But in fact, it’s not true. Let’s know about a boy who is talented in yoga.
Sun Chuyang is from Zhejiang Province and he teaches more than 100 students yoga. Sun became China’s youngest yoga teacher when he was seven. But at the age of three, Sun was a kid with autism(自闭症).
At that time, his busy parents sent him to a kindergarten. There “Sun didn’t like to talk with other kids and he was easy to be angry. Later Sun’s mom realized that they spent too little time with him. So Sun’s mom gave up her job and became a stay-at-home mom.
One day, his mother took him to a yoga class. She hoped that doing yoga could make him feel relaxed and quiet. In the first class, instead of feeling bored, Sun felt happy. When going back home, he could do all that he learnt in class. During the next two years, yoga helped him become more active.
▲ He’s brave. “He even introduces himself when meeting other people,” his mum said.
1. Yoga can make people ________.| A．excited | B．relaxed | C．nervous | D．bored |
| A．At the age of three. | B．At the age of four. |
| C．At the age of six. | D．At the age of seven. |
| A．Because she found a new job. |
| B．Because she thought her job was boring. |
| C．Because she thought being a stay-at-home mom was cool. |
| D．Because she wanted to spend more time with her child. |
| A．Sun is now a different kid. | B．Sun loves yoga very much. |
| C．Sun’s mother is happy now. | D．Sun is good at teaching yoga. |
| A．Sun changed a lot because of yoga. |
| B．Sun didn’t like yoga in his first yoga class. |
| C．About 100 students learn yoga from Sun. |
| D．Sun got on well with other kids at the kindergarten. |
7 . A Juice Carton's Diary
January 16
I'm siting on a shelf in a big store！I am an orange juice carton（硬纸盒）！I'm made of hard paper.This morning，something great happened.A little girl looked at my shelf for a long time，and then she chose me！She's taking me to a picnic by the lake so I hope she'll drink me.
January 17
I’m in a lake. The little girl drank the juice, but left me in front of the lake. The wind blew me into the water.I don't like it here.
January 18
I saw a man taking rubbish out of the lake with a net. He saw my bright orange colour，and he saved me.He caught me and a plastic （塑料的）bottle in his net. Now，we're in the boat，and we aren't waste anymore.We're happy.
January 19
I'm at the recycling factory. I feel a little afraid here because there are large machines that make loud noises. My plastic bottle friend is across from me.I think this is a good place.
January 20
I'm sitting on a shelf in a stationery store!
Everything here is made of paper. Yes, they recycled me into a notebook.I'm very happy and excited, and I really want to see the recycling factory again. Maybe next I' ll be a comic book!
1. How many places has the juice carton ever been to?| A．1 | B．2 | C．3 | D．4 |
a.A man saved the carton with a net.
b.The juice carton felt a little afraid.
c.The girl took the juice carton to a lake.
d.The juice carton sat on a shelf in the store.
e.The juice carton was recycled into a notebook.
| A．c-a-e-b-d | B．c-b-a-e-d |
| C．d-c-a-b-e | D．d-a-c-b-e |
| A．food | B．clothes | C．toys | D．exercise books |
| A．It's important for us to recycle things. | B．It's easy to change a bottle into a notebook. |
| C．We can buy a lot of drinks in a big store. | D．We should pick up the rubbish from the lake |
| A．a comic book | B．a plastic bottle | C．a newspaper | D．a postcard |
8 . Matt and Kate took a trip to Beijing last August. They went there to visit Kevin. Kevin is a friend from their old neighborhood in Chengdu. He moved to Beijing five years ago. They went there by train because they wanted to see more of the country.
They arrived in Beijing in the evening. Kevin met them at the train station. They were so delighted to see him. He looked the same as before. The next day, they went to see the Great Wall. They had Beijing Duck for lunch. At the restaurant, they saw many foreign friends come in and out. The next day, they visited Peking University. Kevin teaches music there. Matt and Kate liked the university. They thought that it was very big and very beautiful.
They saw all of the interesting places in Beijing before they left. Kevin took them everywhere! They went back to Chengdu by plane because they didn’t have time to go back by train. Kevin was sad to see them go and they were sad to leave.
All in all,Matt and Kate had a wonderful trip. They visited all of Beijing. They had a great visit with Kevin. They both wanted to go there again next summer!
1. Why did Matt and Kate go to Beijing by train?| A．They thought it was cheaper. |
| B．They thought it was more comfortable. |
| C．They wanted to see more places on the train trip. |
| D．They wanted to make more friends on the train trip. |
| A．bored | B．happy | C．surprised | D．sorry |
| A．He is a music teacher. |
| B．He is Matt's old classmate. |
| C．He moved to Beijing last year. |
| D．He looked very different from before. |
| A．By train. | B．By boat. | C．By car. | D．By plane. |
| A．A warm hug on the train. |
| B．A nice trip to Beijing. |
| C．A delicious dinner with an old friend. |
| D．A special visit to the Peking University. |
9 . "I sometimes get up at three or four in the morning and I surf the net."
"I often check my e-mail forty times a day."
"I often spend more than three hours during one time on the net."
"I spend more time in chat rooms than with my 'real-life' friends."
Do you know any people like these? They are part of a new addiction(瘾）called Internet addiction. Internet addicts spend at least thirty to forty hours online every week. The use of the Internet can be an addiction like drug（毒品）use. People lose control（控制）of the time they spend on the Internet. For example, one college student was missing for a few days. His friends are worried, and they call the police. The police find the student in the computer room: he was surfing the net for a few days.
Studies show that about 6-10% of Internet users become addicted. And people worry about the teens because the Internet is changing the playing field for some of them. They spend more time in cyberspace than in the real world of friends and family.
Is "surfing the net" a hobby or an addiction for you? You may have a problem if you have these symptoms:
*You do not go to important family activities or you do not do school work because you like to spend hours on the Internet.
*You can't wait for your next online time.
*You plan to spend a short time online, but then you spend several hours.
*You go out with your friends less and less.
1. What does the beginning of the passage tell us?| A．How to become an Internet addict. | B．How important the Internet is! |
| C．Where to find an Internet addict. | D．What Internet addicts usually do. |
| A．like using drugs | B．a way of making drugs |
| C．one of children's hobbies. | D．easy to control |
| A．Because the teens are wasting too much money. |
| B．Because they often work and study on the Internet for long. |
| C．Because the playing field of the teens is getting larger and larger. |
| D．Because the teens may forget the time easily while surfing the Internet. |
| A．use the drugs | B．control themselves |
| C．surf on the Internet | D．be an Internet addict |
10 . Before you go to another country it is a great help if you know the language and some of the customs of the country.
When people meet each other for the first time in Britain, they say “How do you do?” and shake hands. Usually they do not shake hands when they just meet or say goodbye. But they shake hands after they haven't met for a long time or when they will be away from each other for a long time.
Last year a group of German students went to England for a holiday. Their teacher told them that the English people hardly shake hands. So when they met their English friends at the station, they kept their hands behind their backs. The English students had learned that the Germans shake hands as often as possible, so they put their hands in front and got ready to shake hands with them. It made both of them laugh.
1. It is ______ if you know the language and some of the customs of the country.A．not useful | B．not helpful | C．very helpful |
| A．meet every time |
| B．meet for the first time |
| C．say goodbye to each other |
| A．when they will be away for a long time |
| B．when they say “How do you do?” |
| C．when they just meet or say goodbye |
| A．German people shake hands as often as possible. |
| B．English people shake hands as often as possible |
| C．German people hardly shake hands |
| A．shaking hands | B．languages | C．customs |
