1. Where probably is the man from?
| A．The US. | B．Britain. | C．Japan. |
| A．St. Paul’s. | B．British Museum. | C．Westminster Abbey. |
| A．At 5:30. | B．At 8:30. | C．At 9:50. |
| A．Westminster Abbey. | B．The British Museum. | C．London Tower. |
2 . Attitude actually is mental energy and from the moment you awake in the morning until you fall asleep at night, you are continuously producing this mental energy, or attitude. There is never a time when you can have a neutral attitude. Your attitude right now is either positive or negative.
Your attitude determines your altitude. For example, as a plane is in the air, it has an altitude indicator. The indicator tells the pilot in which direction the plane is going, up or down. Just like the plane, you too have an altitude indicator and you’re the pilot of your plane. The feeling that you gain when something is wrong or what you are doing is not right serves as your altitude indicator. We all have an attitude to our thinking which determines our destiny.
In fact, attitude is a matter of choice. It determines the size of our dreams and influences our determination when we face new challenges and the thing is, no one can control your attitude but you. No one can make us angry. We make ourselves angry when we give in to that control of our attitude and when people do things to anger us. All it does is put our attitude to the tests. We have that choice every morning of what kind of attitude we are going to have for the rest of the day.
Attitude is everything. To begin with every problem is an adventure. To fall, rise and try again is what we call adventure and that’s the real fun of life. Failure is not a bad thing but another chance for success. Dreaming of becoming successful is not enough. There’ ll be a lot of things you hate doing, but you have to do them all and that’s a success.
With a positive attitude, you’ll have the ability to be happier every day, make others around you happier, and live a good life.
1. What does the author want to stress with the example in Paragraph 2?| A．Attitude’s role in people’s future development. |
| B．The importance of pilots ‘ feelings in flight. |
| C．People’s correct judgement of their life direction. |
| D．The application of altitude indicators in various fields. |
| A．They’re trying to control our feeling. | B．They’re testing our attitude. |
| C．They’ re challenging our bottom line. | D．They’ re reminding us of possible failure. |
| A．Dangerous and tiring. | B．Annoying and understandable. |
| C．Difficult but meaningful. | D．Exciting and necessary. |
| A．How to achieve a positive attitude? | B．How is attitude formed? |
| C．What is attitude? | D．What’s the power of a positive attitude? |
3 . From the moment you wake up each day, you're faced up with a variety of choices. With so many options, we tend to feel stressed. This is decision fatigue（决策疲劳）, a mental state that can discourage us making best decisions.
Make some choices automatic and easy. There are some ways to do this:
Pace yourself. When you make one decision after another, it's easy to end up with mental fatigue. So it's important to give yourself time to rest and recover throughout the day.
| A．It may also help to review the pros and cons together |
| B．Give their expectations a reality check by themselves |
| C．Know how you're feeling when you are making a decision |
| D．If things that wouldn't normally upset you start bothering you |
| E．When you shop, use a list and buy the same items on it each time |
| F．Always break up activities so you're not mentally tired all the time |
| G．It can cause you to make wrong decisions that disagree with your goals |
4 . Beep! Beep! Barcode (条形码) technology makes it faster and easier to buy things in stores. You’ve probably seen the black-and-white zebra stripes (条纹) on product packaging. This year, this great invention is 50 years old!
On a Sunday afternoon in 1971, IBM engineer George Laurer came up with a code that could be printed on food labels (商标). It became the basis for the Universal Product Code, which was used by many grocery companies starting in 1973, according to The New York Times. Before this, cashiers (收银员) had to ring up prices by hand.
Time has proven it to be a great invention. Today, barcodes are scanned (扫描) over 6 billion times every day and used by 2 million companies worldwide, PR Newswire reported.
What information does a barcode contain? Where the product comes from, where it has been, its price, expiration date (过期时间)... you name it. It can also help stores keep track of their products. For example, if there are 10 boxes of milk and a customer buys one, it will be recorded so that the store owner knows there are nine boxes left. In the 1980s, libraries started using barcodes to keep track of books in this way.
“Its creation allowed the first digitization (数字化) in the control of the stock (库存),” José Maria Bonmat from AECOC, a Spanish commercial association, told El Mundo.
The next generation of barcodes, such as QR codes, can hold more information. “They can tell consumers if a product contains allergens (过敏原) or if it is organic (有机的). This provides consumers with a greater level of trust in the products they buy,” said GS 1, an organization that develops global barcode standards.
1. What do we know about barcodes?| A．They were first used in New York. |
| B．They were invented five decades ago. |
| C．They were based on the Universal Product Code. |
| D．They were designed by a cashier in a grocery store. |
| A．make cashiers' work easier to do |
| B．improve the quality of food packaging |
| C．help companies better manage their stock |
| D．tell consumers more about the products they buy |
| A．The importance of barcodes still needs to be proven. |
| B．QR codes will replace barcodes in the future. |
| C．GS 1 is developing a new type of barcode. |
| D．QR codes are more consumer friendly. |
| A．What does barcodes tell us? | B．What can barcodes help customers do? |
| C．How are barcode widely used worldwide? | D．How is information stored in barcodes? |
5 . What is the best soccer club in the world? The International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS) has named FC Barcelona the best world club of the decade (2011-2020). The Spanish club also topped the rankings(排名) for this century's first decade (2001-2010).
The ranking is determined by rating (打分) results from each of a club's matches. During the past 10 years, Barcelona won 22 trophies, including two Champions Leagues(欧洲冠军杯) and two UEFA Super Cups(欧洲超级杯), earning a score of 2,877 points. Its rival (对手) Real Madrid earned 2,782 points, while FC Bayern München ended up with 2,594 points.
The club obviously won based on its success. But what is it that truly makes a soccer club great? For one thing, the club has its own style, which is also one of the reasons it has been so successful. Instead of relying on physical strength, Barcelona players use more technical skills, especially when it comes to passing. This style works well on the field and is very entertaining(有观赏性的) to watch as well.
This style is used by some of the world's best players. Many clubs have great players, but “Barcelona is able to bring them together in a way that fans love”, said the sports website Bleacher Report. The club once had superstars like Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez, and Neymar who played together like a “goal-scoring machine”.
Although the club has the spending power to buy big stars, they often prefer to use players from their youth team. These young players are very loyal to Barcelona. Messi is one player who has risen up through the ranks of the Barcelona academy(青训营).
When Barcelona fans cheer on their team at their home stadium, Camp Nou, they often hold signs saying “Més que un club”, which means“More than a club”. This seems to have been proven true during the past decades.
1. What title did FC Barcelona win recently?| A．The UEFA Super Cup. | B．The Champions League. |
| C．The biggest rival club from 2001 to 2010 | D．The best world club of the past 10 years. |
| A．How many matches the club has won. | B．Why the club was ranked as the best. |
| C．How each match the club won was rated. | D．Who the club will compete with. |
| A．It trains its players to win with physical strength. |
| B．It spends large sums of money buying star players. |
| C．It often uses loyal players from its own youth team. |
| D．It plays most of its matches at its home stadium. |
| A．How to manage a football club. | B．Great football clubs around the world. |
| C．What fans like best about FC Barcelona. | D．What makes Barcelona a great football club. |
6 . Forty-nine years ago, on April 22,1970, twenty million Americans took to the streets to voice their concern about the deteriorating environment. The movement led to Earth Day.
Unfortunately, our planet is in worse shape now than it was when Earth Day was first celebrated. The good news is that it’s still not too late to reverse (转变) climate change if we all do our part. This Earth Day, take the first step towards helping our planet by participating in one of these fun activities.
NASA is putting our planet up for adoption so you and your friend can claim a portion of the planet as your own. The space agency has divided the globe into 64,000 sections, each about 55 miles wide. All you have to do is type your name into NASA’s “Adopt the Planet” site to claim a certificate that will give you the location of your slice of paradise (天堂) complete with details of its environment. NASA hopes that this exercise will stimulate interest and care in our planet.
Search giant Google is also trying to engage the public with an updated Google Earth focused around Earth Day events. Through a new Voyager feature, users will be able to discover stories from around the world, learn about new places by reading “Knowledge Cards” and send postcards.
If you happen to be anywhere near the nation’s capital on April 22, join the millions that are expected to participate in the Earth Day March at the National Mall. The mission of the event that will feature guest speakers and musical performances is to mobilize (动员) citizens into taking action by promoting this year’s Earth Day theme: climate and environmental science literacy.
While participating in the above-mentioned activities is a great idea, it is just the beginning. All that is required are small lifestyle changes. Planting a tree or two, going meatless just one day a week, or switching your plastic water bottle for a reusable one will go a long way to help reverse the damage we have caused.
1. The underlined word “deteriorating” is the closest in meaning to ________.| A．cleaner | B．better |
| C．worse | D．colder |
| A．air quality | B．ancient history |
| C．local customs | D．tourist attractions |
| A．They can create “Knowledge Cards” online. |
| B．They can discover stories from around the world. |
| C．They can receive postcards coming from Google. |
| D．They can adopt a slice of paradise in the world. |
| A．dream big | B．fly high |
| C．go meatless | D．start small |
