1 . Some researchers from the London School of Economics, Oxford University and University College London carried out a research on the Exploring What Matters course. The course is taught throughout the country and is run by volunteers, who have no formal training but bring people together to explore “the things that really matter in life”.
The study found that satisfaction levels of those taking part increased by one point, increasing from 6.4 out of 10 to 7.4 after the course. Researchers said that this increase was greater than the boost people would get from being partnered rather than single (+0.59), and being employed rather than unemployed (+0.7).
So far, more than 6,000 people in the UK have taken part in the eight-week course. People involved in the course learn how to cultivate (培养) happiness by taking positive action in their daily lives. They also learn how to have better relationships and create stronger communities.
“I was quite sceptical,” said Jo Newstead, are tired health worker in London. “But I really enjoy it. There are nice people from all different backgrounds and we usually have a full discussion. It has made me focus on what I can do to help improve things for myself and for others.“
Mark Williamson, director of Action for Happiness, was not surprised by the study’s results. “This new research backs up what hundreds of people have already told us: taking part in these groups is life-changing,” he said. “But the thing we’re most excited about is that people coming out of this experience not only feel better about themselves, but also feel more connected to others and want to do more for others,” he added.
1. What do we know about the course?A.It is run by universities. | B.It is managed by volunteers. |
C.It is taught all the year round. | D.It explores difficult things in life. |
A.By making comparisons. | B.By describing processes. |
C.By analysing causes. | D.By giving examples. |
A.How to learn the course well. |
B.Benefits of taking the course. |
C.What people learn from the course. |
D.Problems to be solved during the course. |
A.It makes people politer and kinder. |
B.It makes people happier and more helpful. |
C.It makes people smarter and more caring. |
D.It makes people more confident and humorous. |
2 . John entered a college and often worked late until 12 at night. He fell into the
John’s friend, Frank,
Before long, John
“If not,” said the doctor, “you will never
A.hole | B.habit | C.interest | D.love |
A.still | B.sometimes | C.never | D.always |
A.stopped | B.smoked | C.ate | D.played |
A.ever | B.just | C.even | D.only |
A.happy | B.angry | C.doubtful | D.curious |
A.forgot | B.explained | C.1eft | D.tried |
A.advise | B.force | C.order | D.call |
A.friendship | B.study | C.health | D.sleep |
A.continue | B.work | C.return | D.answer |
A.recognized | B.understood | C.found | D.showed |
A.but | B.so | C.though | D.or |
A.saw | B.judged | C.watched | D.examined |
A.truth | B.reason | C.accident | D.disease |
A.followed | B.kept | C.caused | D.resulted |
A.differ | B.recover | C.hear | D.suffer |
A.disappointed | B.sad | C.sorry | D.worried |
A.boring | B.tiring | C.difficult | D.1ate |
A.day | B.time | C.way | D.second |
A.surprised at | B.certain about | C.afraid of | D.interested in |
A.troubles | B.pains | C.coughs | D.cigarettes |
1.唐诗的地位及影响;
2.列举唐代(Tang Dynasty)著名诗人;
3.期待更多交流。
注意:
1.词数80左右;
2.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
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4 . 阅读下面材料,根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段,使之构成一篇完整的短文。
Catherine was the coolest kid in her class. Whenever she went, she was in the spotlight, with a bunch of kids following her and doing everything she did.
Her deskmate, Landy, however, was not in the cool kids’ group. Being the tallest kid in her class, she was teased by her classmates, who were always chanting “Landy, Landy, long as spaghetti (意大利面 )”. Every time Landy heard those silly chants, she could feel her face burst into flames. God knew how she wished the ground to crack and swallow her!
Catherine didn’t really like it when the kids chanted “Landy, Landy, long as spaghetti”. But she never told them to stop either, and nor did she ever talk to her. She liked being popular.
One weekend, Catherine went over to her grandfather for Thanksgiving. Her grandfather lives on a farm at the opposite end of town, where he keeps chickens. While helping to feed the chickens, Catherine noticed a peculiar one. Curling in the corner, it looked smaller than the others and was almost half-bare!
“What’s the matter with it?” She asked her grandfather, with a puzzled frown on her face. Her grandfather told her how chickens could act. “They have a pecking (啄) order,” he explained, wrinkles of concern spreading around his forehead. “If one chicken is different, the others will push it away and keep pecking it. Sometimes they peck it so much that it dies.”
“Oh, what a poor little thing!” Catherine let out a sigh as she scooped the frightened chicken up in her arms, whose heart was beating fast in the bony little body. Suddenly, she thought of Landy, the girl being “pecked” by her classmates. “I’m going to take it home and take good care of it,” she said with a determined look.
Back in school, Catherine told the cool kids about the chicken. “It’s looking healthy,” she said proudly. “It’s fatter and its feathers are growing. Even the cat likes it. She carries it around the garden, and...” Everyone was entertained by Catherine’s story of her lovely chicken, laughter lingering around the classroom.
注意:1.续写词数应为 150 左右;2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Paragraph 1. Then Catherine spotted Landy sitting by herself in a corner.
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Paragraph 2. But Catherine walked directly toward Landy, regardless of what they said.
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5 . Dry lightning(雷电)can still be harmful even when conditions aren’t so dry, said a study published in Geophysical Research Letters last month. Dry lightning during little to no rainfall was previously thought to cause wildfire danger only with less than 2.5mm of rain in a day. A Washington State University-led study of wildfires in the US West found dry lightning caused wildfires despite up to 7.7 mm of rain.
“The rainfall amounts we recorded should help provide a better understanding of just how much rain can cause a fire risk,” said Dmitri Kalashnikov, lead author of the study.
The researchers analyzed(分析)cases on more than 4,600 naturally caused fires from 2015 to 2020. They matched 3,726 of those to the lightning strikes that likely started them with the help of National Lightning Detection Network.
The study found that 15.3% of those were holdover fires which burn without smoke, bringing about over a hundred fires each year. Analyzing the rainfall amounts around the time of the lightning strikes showed greater rainfall than previously thought among the earlier found fires ranging from 1.7 mm to 4.6 mm.
While humans still cause most fires either by accident or on purpose, lightning-caused wildfires burn the most areas. Nearly 70% of the wildfire-burned land in the West was from lightning-caused fires according to the study. For example, the largest wildfire burn area in California history took place in August 2020 after dry lightning caused many wildfires at once.
Dry lightning can also start wildfires in places that are hard for firefighters to reach. This study found the places where holdover fires happened repeatedly were in the forested mountains of the Southwest as well as the middle and southern Rocky Mountains. Holdover fires cause the problem because they are so hard to notice.
1. The new study found dry lightning can still cause wildfires with a daily rainfall of __________.A.7.7 mm | B.8.0mm | C.9.4mm | D.10.2mm |
A.The finding of the research. | B.The number of the cases. |
C.The process of the study. | D.The designers of the test. |
A.They are difficult to notice. | B.The fire service is short-handed. |
C.Campers often smoke there. | D.The locals fail to call firefighters. |
A.A history textbook. | B.A science magazine. |
C.A course plan. | D.A book review. |
The water town of Wuzhen in Tongxiang, Zhejiang province, holds a series of activities full of local elements during the Spring Festival from January to February.
The most interesting part includes a water market on boats
The ancient town has also kept
The water town holds a large drama festival and
7 . The New Nordic Diet (NND) is a new food project with key focus on gastronomy (烹饪法),health, and environment, which will give you a direction for a healthier lifestyle.
Developing a New Meal System
In this first module (模块), you will be introduced to the NND project. You will hear about the background for the project, and the rules behind which are considered to be important to this new meal system.
The OPUS School Meal Study
In the second module, we will study how the OPUS School Meal Study was designed and how the researchers examined the effect of the NND school meals on health, as well as their risk factors for developing lifestyle diseases such as type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. The study compared the NND with the present situation in schools.
The OPUS Supermarket Intervention
In the third module, we will be looking at the effect of the NND on adults. We will study the effect of eating the NND and the Avenge Danish Diet (ADD), respectively, in terms of body weight, body fat and risk factors for cardiovascular diseases and type 2 diabetes. You will learn about problems and advantages associated with (与……有关) two types of diet, focusing in particular on shopping, cooking and meal structure.
Study the NND - From Food to Health
In the last module we will focus on the health of the NND, the effects published so far from different studies and on the possible factors and foods affecting the results.
1. What do modules 2&3 have in common?A.They try to find out the NND’ s designers. |
B.They focus on foods affecting the students. |
C.They study factors for developing diseases. |
D.They introduce the background of the project. |
A.Module 1. | B.Module 2. | C.Module 3. | D.Module 4. |
A.A course plan. | B.A news report. |
C.A research paper. | D.A short story. |
8 . With the rise of technology, we’re experiencing an important change in our lives. But what exactly are the differences between a modern lifestyle and a traditional lifestyle?
A traditional lifestyle is often defined by cultural and social standards passed down through generations(几代人). However, the modern lifestyle is characterized by a more personal approach, where personal freedom is often more important than traditional standards.
But the differences between the two go much deeper than just cultural standards. The way we live our daily lives has also changed greatly. Modern lifestyles are often characterized by technology-driven convenience. On the other hand, traditional lifestyles favor(青睐)a more simple approach to daily living.
So what does it mean to live a modern lifestyle, and how does it differ from a traditional one? The development of communication methods is a heated topic that gives us insights into the rich history of mankind. Letters were once the primary means of communicating across great distances, and they held a special place in people’s hearts, sharing news of loved ones. Writing a letter was so amazing as it required thoughtful consideration.
As time passed and technology advanced, communication methods changed, and today we live in an age controlled by instant(即时的)messaging and social media. While these tools offer speed and convenience, they have damaged the depth of our relationships.
In our modern lifestyle, we’re connected in a real-time way, but sometimes we feel more disconnected than ever before. The instant messages can leave us feeling anxious, while the art of face-to-face conversation is in danger of being lost.
But it’s not all bad news. Technology has brought us closer in many ways, providing new forms of communication. Video calls, for example, have made it possible to meet with loved ones from anywhere in the world, creating a sense of community that was once impossible.
1. What does the underlined word “defined” in paragraph 2 mean?A.Doubted. | B.Inspired. | C.Shaped. | D.Contacted. |
A.They have been out of date. | B.They meant a lot to loved ones. |
C.They make us disconnected. | D.They changed the way we read. |
A.It is a must to build a sense of community. |
B.Advances in technology make the old suffer. |
C.We should live up to parents’ expectations. |
D.People are becoming cold and indifferent. |
A.How a Modern Life Differs from a Traditional One |
B.How We Can Get into a Conversation with Others |
C.What Makes Our Lives Change Greatly |
D.What the Traditional Lifestyle Was Like |
9 . Like most other American high school students, Garret Morgan imagined his life repeatedly: Go to college and get a bachelor’s (学士) degree. However, Morgan made a big decision in 2018. He started training as an ironworker, which was what he was doing on a weekday morning in an industrial park.
Back then, the demand (需求) for ironworkers was rising and it still is. Ironworkers get about $27.48 per hour. At 20, Morgan got $28.36 an hour. Five years later, he’s on the job full time, working for 10 hours a day, six days a week. “I’m loving it every day,” he said. “It was the right choice.”
While a shortage of workers pushes pay higher in the skilled trades, the financial return from a bachelor’s degree is softening. But high school graduates have been so effectively encouraged to get a bachelor’s degree that high-paid jobs requiring shorter and less expensive training are going unfilled.
The Washington State Auditor (WSA) found in 2017 that good jobs in the skilled trades were going begging because most high school students go for bachelor’s degrees. It’s still true in Washington State and around the country. Among other things, the WSA suggested that career guidance (就业指导), including choices that require less than four years in college, start as early as the seventh grade.
Some 30 million jobs in the United States that pay around $55,000 per year don’t require bachelor’s degrees, according to the Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce.
Yet the march to bachelor’s degrees continues. “There’s a belief that the bachelor’s degree is the American dream,” said Kate Kreamer, an expert in career and technical education. “The challenge is that sometimes the degree might keep students from getting jobs. Students are going to college without a plan, without a career in mind, because the mindset in high school is just ‘Go to college’.”
1. How does Garret Morgan feel about his decision made in 2018?A.Doubtful. | B.Worried. | C.Regretful. | D.Satisfied. |
A.High school graduates prefer to attend college. |
B.It’s difficult for them to ask for a pay raise. |
C.It takes a long time to go on training courses. |
D.Well-paid jobs ask for a high degree of skill. |
A.Similar. | B.Exciting. | C.Unwanted. | D.Popular. |
A.Develop new skills they need to be successful. |
B.Keep an open mind about high school education. |
C.Make plans for their career before going to college. |
D.Go for their American dreams as early as possible. |
Most polar bears could die out by the end of the century due to global warming,
Lack of food leads to another problem: Mother bears may not be fat enough to produce milk for their babies. Some bears could stop
Arctic sea ice usually melts in spring and summer, and then grows in winter. But now, the ice is taking
But the study also notes that it is still possible