A.She is not surprised at the news. |
B.She has no interest in the news. |
C.She is shocked by the news. |
2 . LANZHOU-When an international olive oil competition announced its winners in Greece in late June, excitement spread across the village of Daoqi in Northwest China.
“The award-winning olive oil was made from our fruit,” said Ru Ciming, 50, an olive planter from the village under the city of Longnan, Gansu province. The variety of olive trees in Ru’s orchard (果园) was introduced from Spain. In the eyes of locals, the foreign trees have not only pulled the city, once among the least-developed regions in China, out of poverty, but they have also brought them international fame.
Olives originated in the Mediterranean (地中海地区) and their oil, often called liquid gold, is used widely in food, cosmetics and medicine. In the 1960s, the Albanian government gifted China more than 10,000 olive saplings (树苗), which were then planted in many parts of the country on nationwide trials. Longnan began to plant olive trees in the early 1970s and experts concluded that the region was ideal for the resettlement of the olive trees due to its climate and soil condition. After years of experiments and promotion, it is now the largest olive cultivation (栽培) base in China.
In recent years, the local olive oil industry has continued to expand as Longnan has improved cooperation with Mediterranean countries that have a long history of olive planting, including Italy, Greece and Spain. The improved cooperation aims to introduce better varieties and initiate technical exchanges.
Pedro J. Rodriguez Sanchez, a Spanish olive seedling expert, was one of the early contributors to olive exchanges. He arrived in Longnan in 2009, when only half of the local olive tree seedlings had survived. His technical guidance helped raise the survival rate to over 90 percent.
Zhao Haiyun, an official in charge of promoting the olive industry in Longnan’s Wudu District, said that many more European experts have arrived since Sanchez. They have visited orchards to offer guidance to farmers, and helped companies improve their processing and storage procedures.
They have helped the district, as well as the city of Longnan, to jump on the bandwagon of China’s rising demand for high-quality olive oil, especially among well-off urban families, said Zhao.
1. What can we learn from the third paragraph?A.Olive oil is named liquid gold and has many uses. |
B.The Albanian government sold some olive saplings to China. |
C.Longnan has a history of about 30 years of planting olive trees. |
D.Longnan is fit for the growth of olive trees due to its rich water resources. |
A.Italy. | B.Albania. | C.Spain. | D.Greece. |
A.Policy. | B.Habit. | C.Fashion. | D.Model. |
A.Olives link Northwest China with world |
B.Oliver trees pull Longnan out of poverty |
C.Longnan is largest olive cultivation base in China |
D.Longnan improves cooperation with Mediterranean countries |
3 . Would you believe it, Bangladesh is the happiest nation in the world! The United States, on the other hand, is a sad story: it ranks only 46th in the World Happiness Survey. That's far behind India, the fifth happiest place in the world, and others including Ghana and Latvia, Croatia and Estonia.
The research was led by London School of Economics professors into the link between personal spending power and the quality of life. It has proved that money can buy everything but happiness. The study revealed that people in Bangladesh, one of the poorest countries in the world, act far more happiness from their small incomes than, for example, the British (32nd on the list) do from their relatively large bank balances. In fact, people in most rich countries are much unhappier than poorer people in countries like the Domini can Republic and Armenia.
Most unfortunate, however, are Russians and people in some other parts of the former Soviet Union. They are neither rich nor happy, indicates the World Happiness Survey.
The study shows that although the British have twice as much money to spend in real terms compared with 40 years ago, their quality of life has not improved. Earlier surveys showed that many Britons thought money could bring happiness. The new study shows that such a link still exists in poor countries because a small increase in income can mean large improvements in lifestyle.
The researchers have concluded that although Britons are rich compared with most other countries, many suffer from an emotional poverty caused by consumerism (消费主义) and the breakdown of family life. “We are being seduced by a huge economic power and our personal needs are not being met,” said nip Marks, a social sciences researcher at survey University who also worked on the report.
1. How is the second paragraph organized?A.By giving reasons. | B.By making a comparison. |
C.By giving numbers. | D.By following the time order. |
A.attracted | B.reduced | C.contracted | D.Prohibited |
A.Favorable. | B.Doubtful. | C.Objective. | D.Unclear. |
A.Some effective ways to act happiness. | B.Results from the World Happiness Survey. |
C.The belief that money could bring happiness. | D.Introduction of the happiest nation in the world. |
4 . Smartphones are perhaps one of the things we like most or least. While they create a shared and communicative digital(数字的) experience,their use also greatly reduces the amount of direct communication we have. So, while we feel closer than ever through smartphones,research shows that we’re actually lonelier than ever.
We see this situation most commonly among the youth who were born into the digital age. Phones have increased the level of isolation (孤立). Janet Behrens, principal of Iowa Valley Junior-Senior High School, noticed it in the lunchroom, where students had their heads down looking at their phones and had little conversation with each other.
Then, she created a lunchroom policy, which requires all students to leave their phones behind during Friday lunches and sit at a table with students they may not know. During Friday lunches, kids pick a card that shows which lunch table they will be sitting at that day. Each table provides ideas for conversation starters. in case students have trouble thinking of things to talk about with kids they might not know
Anyone who knows teens knows that they are likely to refuse to follow this kind of forced socialization(合群). So they may not quickly agree with such an idea. However, the new program is different. After taking a few weeks to get used to the new program, kids are kinder to each other and they actually look forward to Friday lunch hour. Sahara Kanke, a ninth grader, said, “I think it’s fun I was a bit confused when I first knew the program. But I like doing it now. People are nicer to each other now because they got to know each other at lunch”
Policies like this are important. ABC News reported that students who use phones and computers less during class scored half a grade higher than students with smartphones. Due to the advantages of reducing smartphone use among the youth, schools around the world have been testing different methods to help students overcome the difficulties
1. What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 2 refer to?A.Students’ dislike of school food. |
B.Students’ loneliness brought by smartphones |
C.Students’ refusing to follow some school rules |
D.Students’ making new friends through the Internet |
A.It aims to get students to share their problems |
B.It can improve students’ problem-solving ability |
C.It calls on students to stop chatting online at school |
D.It encourages face-to-face communication among students |
A.It is pretty difficult to get along with teenagers |
B.It is challenging to carry out the new program in school |
C.The new program has drawn students closer to each other |
D.Young students were glad to join the program at the beginning |
5 . “I think kawaii, or cute feelings, can remind us of human connection that we sometimes forget,” says Hiroshi Nittono, director of the Cognitive Psychophysiology Laboratory at Osaka University.
“Viewing cute images of baby animals gives us a desire to act tenderly and responsibly to protect them,” he explains. “This idea holds that weak and defenseless but cute things set off caregiving behavior in the beholder.” Cute things make us feel protective, and when we’re protective, we might be naturally more focused.
Engineers, advertisers, and developers have taken advantage of this phenomenon, using kawaii to control user experience and consumer behavior. Researchers call it cute engineering. It’s a way to harness positive feelings and emotions to motivate (激励) and shape the user’s behavior in a positive way.
Sometimes cute engineering is subtle (微妙的), but it’s often quite obvious. Engineers use kawaii in the field of robotics, for instance—the cuter the robot, the more humans will want to engage with it. There’s also the iMac, which over the years, Apple designed to be subtly adorable (可爱的). It persuaded traditionally non-computer users to buy into the world of computing so that they could sell more units.
There’s also “cute filtering (萌物滤镜)”, a component of cute engineering that allows consumers to personalize their kawaii experience, just like the way iMac users could choose the color of their units. In this way, users can create their own kawaii experience. Using a “cute filter”, users can freely choose the cuteness parameters (参数) such as color, size, motion, smell, and taste to adjust their desired cute output.
1. Why would people like to protect cute baby animals according to Hiroshi Nittono?A.People have no choice but to do it. |
B.People are taught to protect animals. |
C.Cute things motivate people to protect them. |
D.Cute baby animals are too weak to protect themselves. |
A.Focus on. | B.Figure out. | C.Throw light on. | D.Make use of. |
A.The iMac could shape people’s preference. |
B.Computer producers could make more money. |
C.Engineers could design computers to their taste. |
D.Consumers would like to have more kawaii experience. |
A.The Power of Kawaii. | B.Protect Cute Animals. |
C.A New Discovery. | D.Control Cute Feelings. |
Nowadays, an increasing number of young Chinese spend money because they are “lazy”. According to a report issued in December by China’s e-commerce platform Taobao on China’s “lazy economy”, Chinese people spent 16 billion yuan on products and services online in 2018. The post-1995 generation was the “laziest” as its consumption increased by 82 percent, compared with that in 2017.
The so-called lazy economy refers to a new type of consumption of products and services which are designed to save time and labor. According to the report, many people of the post-1995 generation buy high-tech electronic devices such as floor mopping robots and automatic window cleaners, which save the trouble of doing household chores. Meanwhile, take-out food delivery services are also popular among people born after 1995.
Young people are willing to spend money on such products because they want to enjoy hard-earned leisure time after a busy and stressful day at work or school, reported Global Times. Because they need to focus on their studies or jobs, these so-called lazy people tend to use their leisure time more efficiently. For example, Wei Duo, a 21-year-old college student, is a frequent user of take-out food delivery services. “I once had a birthday cake delivered to my friend who lives far from my home. It cost me 50 yuan but it saved me almost half a day that would have been needed to deliver it myself My friend was also happy because she got to eat the cake instantly.” Wei told the Global Times.
While the “lazy economy” might be convenient for young people, it might also create problems. The lazy economy’ on campus is expressed in things like people buying food or other things without leaving the dormitory. As a result, they stay in their dormitories all day long, playing on computers and smart phones. According to Jinan Daily, this situation could lead to young people becoming less sociable and even developing problems of communicating with others. Young people should be alert (警觉的) to it.
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8 . BEUINO (Associated Press美联社) — China has a growing middle class, a tradition of expecting education and 21 million new babies every year. Selling educational toys should be easy.
While China may be the world's biggest toy maker, many of the best are exported. Department stores here do not have enough high quality toys. It said that the demand ibr educational toys is low. A US company, Baby-Care, is tiying to change that with a new way to sell toys in China.
Baby-Care works basically together with doctors in Beijing hospitals. People who join the company's "mother club" can get lectures and newsletters on baby and child development at no extra cost, if they agree to spend 18 dollars a month on the company's educational toys and childcare books.
"We want to build a seven year relationship, with those people." said Matthew J. Estes, Baby-Care's president. "It starts during pregnancy, when the anxiety and needs are highest." Baby-Care works on a one to one basis. Doctors, nurses, and teachers paid by Baby-Care advise parents, explain toys that are designed ibr children at each stage of development to age six.
Baby-Care opened its first store in China last June in a shopping center in central Beijing and another near Beijing Zoo. It plans to have 80 stores in China within six years.
It is a new model tor China and develops a market in young children's education and health that no other companies are in.
1. Which of the following is a fact according to the passage?A.Club members buy Baby-Care products for free child care advice. |
B.Doctors in Beijing help in making Baby-Care products. |
C.Parents are encouraged to pay S1K ibr club activities. |
D.Baby-Care trains Chinese doctors at no extra cost. |
A.opening stores in Beijing hospitals |
B.offering seven years courses on child care |
C.setting up children's education centers |
D.forming close relationships with parents |
A.Mother's Club in China |
B.Baby-Care and Doctors |
C.American Company Baby-Care |
D.Educational Toys in China |
9 . According to the majority of Americans, women are every bit as capable of being good political leaders as men. The same can be said of their ability to dominate the corporate boardroom. And according to a new Pew Research Center survey on women and leadership, most Americans find women indistinguishable from men on key leadership traits such as intelligence and capacity for innovation, with many saying they're stronger than men in terms of being passionate and organized leaders.
So why, then, are women in short supply at the top of government and business in the United States? According to the public, at least, it’s not that they lack toughness, management talent or proper skill sets.
It’s also not all about work-life balance. Although economic research and previous survey findings have shown that career interruptions related to motherhood may make it harder for women to advance in their careers and compete for top executive jobs, relatively few adults in the recent survey point to this as a key barrier for women seeking leadership roles. Only about one-in-five say women's family responsibilities are a major reason why there aren't more females in top leadership positions in business and politics.
Instead, topping the list of reasons, about four-in-ten Americans point to a double standard for women seeking to climb to die highest levels of either politics or business, where they have to do more than their male counterparts to prove themselves. Similar shares say the electorate (选民) and American companies are just not ready to put more women in top leadership positions.
As a result, the public is divided about whether the imbalance in American companies will change in the foreseeable future, even though women have made major advances in the workplace. While 53% believe men will continue to hold more top executive positions in business in the future, 44% say it’s only a matter of time before as many women are in top executive positions as men. Americans are less doubtful when it comes to politics: 73% expect to see a female president in their lifetime.
1. What do most Americans think of women leaders according to a new Pew Research Center survey?A.They have to do more to distinguish themselves. |
B.They have to strive harder to win their positions. |
C.They are stronger than men in terms of willpower. |
D.They are just as intelligent and innovative as men. |
A.They have unconquerable difficulties on their way to success. |
B.They are lacking in confidence when competing with men. |
C.Their failures may have something to do with family duties. |
D.Relatively few are hindered in their career advancement. |
A.More and more women v/ill sit in the boardroom. |
B.Gender imbalance in leadership is likely to change. |
C.The public is undecided about whether women will make good leaders. |
D.People have opposing opinions as to whether they will have more women leaders. |
A.A woman in the highest position of government. |
B.More and more women actively engaged in politics. |
C.A majority of women voting for a female president. |
D.As many women in top government positions as men. |
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