Here's an example to show how honorable actions create happiness.
Say a store clerk fails to charge us for an item. If we keep silent, and profit from the clerk's mistake, we would drive home with a sense of sneaky excitement. Later we might tell our family or friends about our good fortune. On the other hand, if we tell the clerk about the uncharged item, the clerk would be grateful and thank us for our honesty. We would leave the store with a quiet sense of honor that we might never share with another soul.
Then, what is it to do with our sense of happiness?
In the first case, where we don't tell the clerk, a couple of things would happen. Deep down inside we would know ourselves as a type of thief. In the process, we would lose some peace of mind and self-respect. We would also demonstrate that we cannot lie trusted, since we advertise our dishonor by telling our family and friends. We damage our own reputations by telling others. In contrast, bringing the error to the clerk's attention causes different things to happen. Immediately the clerk knows us to be honorable. Upon leaving the store, we feel honorable and our self-respect is increased. Whenever we take honorable action we gain the deep internal rewards of goodness and a sense of nobility.
There is a beautiful positive cycle that is created by living a life of honorable actions. Honorable thoughts lead to honorable actions. Honorable actions lead us to a happier existence. And it's easy to think and act honorably again when we're happy. While the positive cycle can be difficult to start, once it's started, it's easy to continue. Keeping on doing good deeds brings us peace of mind, which is important for our happiness.
1. According to the passage, the positive action in the example contributes to our
A.self-respect | B.financial rewards | C.advertising ability | D.friendly relationship |
A.lying | B.stealing | C.cheating | D.advertising |
A.telling the truth to the clerk | B.offering advice to the clerk |
C.asking the clerk to be more attentive | D.reminding the clerk of the charged item |
A.We'll be very excited. | B.We'll feel unfortunate. |
C.We'll have a sense of honor. | D.We'll feel sorry for the clerk. |
A.How to Live Truthfully | B.Importance of Peacefulness |
C.Ways of Gaining Self-respect | D.Happiness through Honorable Actions |
Examination period
Semester 1, 2015 Monday 15 June — Saturday 27 June (inclusive)
Semester 2, 2015 Monday 9 November — Saturday 21 November (inclusive)
Important notice: special consideration
All students are reminded that submitting an unreal medical certificate(证明)or PPC with a special consideration application amounts to misconduct and carries severe fines and punishment.
Final personal exam timetables will be available from 4:00pm Thursday the 8th of October.
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1. You may take in pens, pencils, drawing instruments and small items of food such as sweets. These items may be left on the desk during the examination. You may also bring in small valuables such as wallets, purses, mobile phones and laptops which must be powered off, not just silent. These items must be placed on the floor below the desk. Don’t leave money or valuables in bags. The University can accept no responsibility for the loss of students’ personal property.
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Past exam papers
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1. We can learn from the passage that _______.
A.there will never be any exams on Saturdays or Sundays |
B.exams are likely to be held in Semester 1 starting from November |
C.misreading the timetable will not be an excuse for not attending an exam |
D.final timetables will be available from 4:00pm Thursday the 8th of October, 2015 |
A.share or pass your calculator in an examination |
B.hand an unreal medical certificate to your school |
C.use a calculator that is not permitted by your examiner |
D.leave the examination room 30 minutes before the end of the exam |
A.submit your personal items to your examiner |
B.ensure your mobile phones and laptops are quiet. |
C.pack your small valuables in your own bag |
D.be prepared for any inspection by your examiner |
A.will be offered special arrangements to meet particular requirements |
B.will be asked whether to see a doctor at the University Health Service |
C.will be required to go to see the doctor and end the exam immediately |
D.will be advised by invigilators to read the Special Consideration section |
It was the late-1970s. My parents were separated. My mother was now raising a group of boys on her own. My father spouted off about what he planned to do for us, buy for us.In fact, he had no intention of doing anything. As a father who was supposed to love us, in fact, he lacked the understanding of what it truly meant to love a child—or to hurt one. To him, this was a harmless game that kept us excited and begging. In fact, it was a cruel, corrosive lie. I lost faith in his words and in him. I wanted to stop caring, but I couldn’t.
Maybe it was his own complicated relationship to his father and his father’s family that caused him cold. Maybe it was the pain and guilt associated with a life of misfortune. Who knows. Whatever it was, it stole him from us, and particularly from me.
While my brothers talked about breaking and fixing things, I spent many of my evenings reading and wondering. My favorite books were a set of encyclopedias(百科全书) given by my uncle. They allowed me to explore the world beyond my world, to travel without leaving, to dream dreams greater than my life would otherwise have supported. But losing myself in my own mind also meant that I was completely lost to my father. Not understanding me, he simply ignored me—not just emotionally, but physically as well. Never once did he hug me, never once a pat on the back or a hand on the shoulder or a tousling of the hair.
My best memories of him were from his episodic attempts at engagement with us. During the longest of these episodes(插曲), once every month or two, he would come pick us up and drive us down the interstate to Trucker’s Paradise, a seedy, smoke-filled, truck stop with gas pumps, a convenience store, a small dining area and a game room through a door in the back. My dad gave each of us a handful of quarters, and we played until they were gone. He sat up front in the dining area, drinking coffee and being particular about the restaurant’s measly offerings.
I loved these days. To me, Trucker’s Paradise was paradise. The quarters and the games were fun but easily forgotten. It was the presence of my father that was most treasured. But, of course, these trips were short-lived.
It wasn’t until I was much older that I would find something that I would be able to
When the Commodore 64 personal computer debuted, I convinced myself that I had to have it even though its price was out of my mother’s range. So I decided to earn the money myself. I mowed every yard I could find that summer for a few dollars each, yet it still wasn’t enough. So my dad agreed to help me raise the rest of the money by driving me to one of the watermelon farms south of town, loading up his truck with wholesale melons and driving me around to sell them. He came for me before daybreak. We made small talk, but it didn’t matter. The fact that he was talking to me was all that mattered. I was a teenager by then, but this was the first time that I had ever spent time alone with him. He laughed and repeatedly introduced me as “my boy,” a phrase he relayed with a sense of pride. It was one of the best days of my life.
Although he had never told me that he loved me, I would
It just goes to show that no matter how friendless the father, no matter how deep the damage, no matter how shattered the bond, there is still time, still space, still a need for even the smallest bit of evidence of a father’s love.
“My boy.”
1. From the passage, the father was_____ in the writer’s memory.
A.selfish and cruel | B.proud and cold |
C.imperfect but loving | D.shy but thoughtful |
A.father showed his love but had no good way to express himself to his children |
B.he just lost himself in his own mind without getting close to his father |
C.father was too busy so unable to communicate with his children enough |
D.he had a prejudice(偏见) and was too stubborn to feel it |
A.catch hold of | B.depend on |
C.stick to | D.keep |
A.father liked to show off his family before others |
B.I couldn't understand Father’s love unless he expressed to me |
C.father intended to show a loving father he was but failed. |
D.I would definitely treasure all the small love from father |
1. His dad agreed to help him.
2. The Commodore 64 personal computer was just on sale.
3. The writer decided to buy it and earn the money himself.
4 His dad drove the writer to one of the watermelon farms south of town, loaded up his truck with wholesale melons and drove the writer around to sell them.
5. The writer didn’t have enough money.
A.23541 | B.23514 | C.32541 | D.32514 |
A.Remembrances of my father | B.Father and son |
C.My boy | D.The past days |
1. Werner Forssmann (Nobel prize winner in 1956)
Forssmann was a German scientist. He studied how to put a pipe inside the heart to measure the pressure inside and decide whether a patient needs surgery.
Experiments had been done on horses before, so he wanted to try with human patients. But it was not permitted because the experiment was considered too dangerous.
Not giving up, Forssmann decided to experiment on himself. He anaesthetized (麻醉) his own arm and made a cut, putting the pipe 30 centimeters into his vein. He then climbed two floors to the X-ray room before pushing the pipe all the way into his heart.
2. Barry Marshall (Nobel prize winner in 2005)
Most doctors in the mid-20th century believed that gastritis was down to stress, spicy food or an unusually large amount of stomach acid. But in 1979 an Australian scientist named Robin Warren found that the disease might be related to a bacteria called Helicobacter pylori.
So he teamed up with his colleague, Barry Marshall, to continue the study. When their request to experiment on patients was denied, Marshall bravely drank some of the bacteria. Five days later, he lost his appetite and soon was vomiting each morning – he indeed had gastritis.
3. Ralph Steinman (Nobel prize winner in 2011)
This Canadian scientist discovered a new type of immune system cell called the dendritic cell. He believed that it had the ability to fight against cancer.
Steinman knew he couldn’t yet use his method to treat patients. So in 2007, when doctors told him that he had cancer and that it was unlikely for him to live longer than a year, he saw an opportunity.
With the help of his colleagues, he gave himself three different vaccines based on his research and a total of eight experimental therapies(疗法). Even though Steinman eventually died from his cancer, he lived four and a half years, much longer than doctors had said he would.
1. The main purpose of the passage is to ________.A.present some dangerous experiments that Nobel prize winners did on themselves. |
B.list difficulties that scientists went through in order to make important discoveries. |
C.explain why some scientists chose to experiment on themselves. |
D.introduce a few Nobel prize winners who did experiments on themselves. |
A.Forssmann’s experiment ended in failure. |
B.Forssmann had the pipe pushed all the way into his heart. |
C.Barry Marshall succeeded by drinking some Helicobacter pylori. |
D.Barry Marshall’s experiment on himself confirmed that most doctors’ belief about gastritis was correct. |
A.a kind of bacteria | B.a kind of stomach disease |
C.a new type of therapy | D.a large amount of stomach acid |
A.discovered a new type of cancer cell called the dendritic cell |
B.tried different therapies containing the dendritic cell on himself |
C.had his request to experiment on patients denied |
D.believed that he was better than doctors at treating cancer |
A.In a newspaper. | B.In a poster. |
C.In a textbook. | D.In a science book. |
5 . One Sunday, my family had gathered at my parents’ house to feast upon Mom’s wonderful cooking. During the normal dinner chatter, I noticed that my father was slurring (说话含混) his words. No one mentioned this during dinner, but I felt compelled to discuss it with my mother afterward.
We decided that there was something seriously wrong and that Dad needed to see the doctor.
Mom phoned me two days later. The doctor found a brain tumor (肿瘤). It’s too large at this point to operate. Maybe they can do something then, but the odds are long.
Even with the treatment, my father’s condition worsened, and the doctor finally informed us that this condition was terminal. During one of his stays in the hospital, we brought our baby daughter Chelsey with us when we visited him. By this time he had great difficulty speaking. I finally figured out that he wanted Chelsey to sit on his stomach so he could make faces at her.
Watching the two of them together, I realized I was living an experience that would stay with me forever. Though grateful for the times they could share, I couldn’t shake the feeling of a clock ticking in the background.
On the visit to my parents’ home during what we all know was my father’s last days, my mother took Chelsey from my arms and announced, “Your father would like to see you alone for a minute. ”
I entered the bedroom where my father lay on a rented hospital bed. He appeared even weaker than the day before.
“How are you feeling, Dad?” I asked. “Can I do anything for you?”
He tried to speak, but he couldn’t make out a word.
“I’m sorry, but I can’t understand you,” I said.
With great difficulty he said, “I love you.”
We don’t learn courage from heroes on the evening news. We learn true courage from watching ordinary people rise above hopeless situations. In many ways my father was a strict, uncommunicative man. He found it difficult to show emotion. The bravest thing I ever saw him do was overcome that barrier to open his heart to his son and family at the end of his life.
1. Which of the following statements is TRUE?A.The writer accompanied his father to a medical examination. |
B.The writer’s father got worse after the removal of the brain tumor. |
C.The writer’s father had known about his illness before the writer discovered it. |
D.The writer was quick to notice the strange condition of his father. |
A.It takes a long time for Father to recover. |
B.There’s little possibility for Father to recover. |
C.Father needs love and care from his family. |
D.They need a proper time to operate on Father. |
A.he was not used to openly showing his emotions |
B.he was not so attached to the writer |
C.he thought there was no need to tell the writer |
D.he believed in strictness and punishment |
A.Life is short, so live your life to the fullest. |
B.Don’t wait to see a doctor till it is too late. |
C.Bravely express your love for your family. |
D.We don’t often value health until we lose it. |
Art Calendar Walking Tours of the Museum’s collections (fee with admission contribution) are offered daily and on weekends by Museum-trained volunteers. No tours on November 29-December 1 and December 17-31 Weekdays Tuesday through Friday subject to Gallery hours
Friday evening, Saturday and Sunday tours are chosen from the following topics. Consult Walking Tour Board at Kiosk in the Great Hall for time. American Paintings Impressionists and Their Times American Rooms Islamic Art Chinese Art Japanese Art Egyptian Galleries Old Paintings European Rooms Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas Highlights of the Museum 20th Century Paintings |
1. Walking tours of the Museum’s collections are offered on __________.
A.November 29. | B.December 20 |
C.December 31 | D.December 10 |
A.1:45 | B.2:45 |
C.10:30 | D.10:45 |
A.Friday 7:00 | B.Tuesday 9:00 |
C.Friday 1:00 | D.Thursday 1:00 |
A.Highlights of the Museum |
B.Egyptian Galleries |
C.Chinese Art |
D.Ancient Mexico and Peru. |
First, let’s talk about culture. The difference between the mobile phone and its parent, the fixed-line phone, is that a mobile number corresponds to a person, while a landline goes to a place. If you call my mobile, you get me. If you call my fixed-line phone, you get whoever answers it.
This has several implications(含义). The most common one, however, and perhaps the thing that has changed our culture forever, is the “meeting” influence. People no longer need to make firm plans about when and where to meet. Twenty years ago, a Friday night would need to be arranged in advance. You needed enough time to allow everyone to get from their place of work to the first meeting place. Now, however, a night out can be arranged on the run. It is no longer “see you there at 8”,but “text me around 8 and we’ll see where we all are.”
Texting changes people as well. In their paper, “Insights into the Social and Psychological Effects of SMS (Short Message Service) Text Messaging", two British researchers distinguished between two types of mobile phone users: the “talkers” and the “texters”-those who prefer voice to text messages and those who prefer text to voice.
They found that the mobile phone’s individuality and privacy gave texters the ability to express a whole new outer personality. Texters were likely to report that their family would be surprised if they were to read their texts. This suggests that texting allowed texters to present a self-image that differed from the one familiar to those who knew them well.
Another scientist wrote of the changes that mobiles have brought to body language. There are two kinds that people use while speaking on the phone. There is the “speakeasy”: the head is held high, in a self-confident way, chatting away. And there is the “spacemaker”: these people focus on themselves and keep out other people.
Who can blame them? Phone meetings get cancelled or reformed and camera- phones intrude(侵入)on people’s privacy. So, it is understandable if your mobile makes you nervous. But perhaps you needn’t worry so much. After all, it is good to talk.
1. The “meeting” influence of a mobile phone refers to the fact that ________.
A.people are able to meet someone at any place and any time |
B.people have to make a firm plan about when and where to meet |
C.people can arrange their meeting place and time more flexibly |
D.people have to attend more phone meetings than ever before |
A.talkers | B.Texters |
C.the “spacemaker” | D.the “speakeasy” |
A.shocking to others |
B.well written |
C.unacceptable by others |
D.showing or making a new personality known |
A.talkers | B.the “speakeasy” |
C.the “spacemaker” | D.texters |
A.The Influence of Short Message Service |
B.Body Language and the Mobile Phone |
C.Changes in the Use of the Mobile |
D.Changes Caused by Mobile Phone Use |
8 . Too many people want others to be their friends, but they don’t give friendship back. That is why some friendships don’t last very long. To have a friend, you must learn to treat your friend the way you want your friend to treat you. Learning to be a good friend means learning three rules: be honest; be generous(宽宏大量的); be understanding.
Honesty is where a good friendship starts. Friends must be able to trust one another. If you do not tell the truth, people usually find out. If a friend finds out that you haven’t been honest, you may lose your friend’s trust. Good friends always rely on one another to speak and act honestly.
Generosity means sharing and sharing makes a friendship grow. You do not have to give your lunch money or your clothes. Naturally you will want to share your ideas and feelings. These can be very valuable to a friend. They tell your friend what is important to you. By sharing them, you help your friend know better.
Sooner or later everyone needs understanding and help with a problem. Something may go wrong at school. Talking about the problem can make it easier to solve. Turning to a friend can be a first step in solving the problem. So to be a friend you must listen and understand. You must try to put yourself in your friend’s place so that you can understand the problem better.
No two friendships are exactly alike(相同的).But all true friendships have three things in common. If you plan to keep your friends, you must practice honesty, generosity and understanding.
1. Some friendships don’t last long because ________.A.there are too many people who want to make friends. |
B.those who give others friendship receive friendship from others. |
C.some people receive friendship but don’t give friendship back. |
D.they don’t know friendship is something serious. |
A.something countable |
B.the base of friendship |
C.as important as money |
D.more important than anything else |
A.generosity and friendship |
B.generosity and sharing |
C.your ideas and feelings |
D.your clothes |
A.How to Be a Friend |
B.Honesty Is the Best Policy |
C.A Friend in Need Is a Friend Indeed |
D.Three Important Points in Life |
The image of a veiled(用面纱遮盖)bride walking down the aisle on her father's arm could become a thing of the past as a growing trend for 'feminist(女权主义者) weddings' has been detected among modern brides to be.
Doing away with the engagement ring, choosing not to be 'given away like property' and wearing a colour other than white are key themes gaining traction(牵引力) in the feminist wedding trend.
The findings, revealed in a survey of 200 brides to be, revealed that almost a quarter of women planned on keeping their maiden name after marriage, while one in 10 were planning to wear a colour other than white on their wedding day.
Traditions such as the wearing of an engagement ring are also increasingly being rejected by brides who feel it is anti-feminist - with such an obvious token(记号) to be worn on the finger marking the woman in question as 'taken'.
However, while there is undoubtedly a stirring among young brides to be, parents can take comfort in the fact that while some women are beginning to push back against the patriarchy(家长制), the majority are still keen to uphold certain traditions, with 76 per cent of brides saying they really would like their father to walk them down the aisle.
Elki Parmar of Wedding Days.co.uk, who conducted the survey, said: “Some of the brides we have spoken to are doing things that they feel make their wedding more 'feminist'. That could be reflected by deciding not be given away, the idea being that one of the connotations of this tradition is that the woman is property to be given away. Other brides are choosing not to wear white on their wedding day as a woman’s white wedding dress traditionally carries connotations (含义)of virginal innocence whereas what the groom wears on his wedding day is not perceived(意识到) to be symbolic, creating somewhat of an imbalance from some feminist perspectives”.
1. Which of the following is not the symbol of traditional wedding?
A.The bride wears bridal veil. |
B.The bride walks down the aisle on her father’s arm. |
C.The bride wears the engagement ring. |
D.The bride wears a color other than white. |
A.Because it is too cheap. |
B.Because it is not made of gold. |
C.Because they don’t want to marry their husband. |
D.Because it makes the women I question as “taken”. |
A.More than 200 brides were investigated. |
B.Half of the brides won’t change their last name after marriage to their husband. |
C.10% of them prefer to wear a color other than white on their wedding day. |
D.No one wants to wear an engagement ring. |
A.The tendency mentioned in the passage is becoming more and more popular. |
B.Some women are beginning to push back against their parents. |
C.The majority of brides don’t like their father to walk them down the aisle. |
D.Some brides regard wearing white on their wedding day as a symbol of unequal between men and women. |
Fat and shy, Ben Saunders was the last kid in his class picked for any sports team. “Football, tennis, cricket--- anything with a round ball, I was useless,” he says now with a laugh. But back then he was the one always made fun of in school gym classes in Devonshire, England.
It was a mountain bike he received for his 15th birthday that changed him. At first he went biking alone in a nearby forest. Then he began to ride the bike along with a runner friend. Gradually, Saunders set up his mind on building up his body, increasing his speed and strength. At the age of 18, he ran his first marathon.
The following year he met John Ridgway and was hired as an instructor at Ridgways school of adventure in Scotland, where he learnt about Ridgway’s cold-water exploits. Greatly interested, Saunders read all he could about North Pole explorers and adventures, the decided that this would be his future.
In 2001, after becoming a skillful skier, Saunders started his first long-distance expedition towards the North Pole. It took unbelievable energy. He suffered frostbite, ran into a polar bear and pushed his body to the limit, pulling his supply-loaded sled up and over rocky rice.
Saunders has since become the youngest person to ski alone to the North Pole, and he’s skied more of the North Pole by himself than any other British man. His old playmates would not believe the change.
Next October, Saunders, 27, heads south from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole and back, a 2900-kilometer journey that has never been completed on skis.
1. What change happened to Saunders after he was 15 years old?
A.He became good at most sports. |
B.He began to build up his body. |
C.He joined a sports team |
D.He made friends with a runner. |
A.journeys | B.researches |
C.adventures | D.operations. W |
A.He is a success in sports. |
B.He is the best British skier. |
C.He is Ridgway’s best student. |
D.He is a good instructor at school. |