1. Which season does the man like best?
| A．Winter. | B．Spring. | C．Autumn. |
| A．It isn’t very cold in winter. |
| B．It isn’t hot in summer. |
| C．It often snows in winter. |
| A．About once every two years. |
| B．About once a year. |
| C．About three times a year. |
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3 . Eggs are a common ingredient. They’re at the center of the age-old question, “What came first, the chicken or the egg?” and the classic idiom, “Egg someone on.” And, most fascinatingly, they’re the subjects of art, film and fashion.
From Jean-Baptiste Greuze’s painting “Broken Eggs” and Claude Monet’s painting “Still Life with Eggs” to Giovanni Battista Recco’s “Still Life with Chickens and Eggs”, there’s no shortage of egg illustrations. Within the field of art, eggs are a complex theme due to their significance in Christian cultures and mythology.
Simply put, an egg is more than just food—it is “a symbol and a shape-shifter.. . an industry and an inspiration, a cross-cultural expression of rebirth and potential,” according to a book called “The Gourmand’s Egg. A Collection of Stories and Recipes”.
Written by David Lane and Marina Tweed of the contemporary food and culture journal “The Gourmand”, the latest publication explores this phenomenon through a collection of images, stories and recipes focused on eggs. There’s also a section devoted to egg accessories, further illustrating how the egg became so remarkable in culture.
Perhaps the earliest mythological subject of eggs is the world egg, which thinks that the universe came into existence via a hatched (孵化) egg. Eggs then became a symbol of celebration. This eventually became the basis of classic Easter traditions.
Eggs were first showcased in art during the Renaissance. Take for example Piero della Francesca’s Breru Madonna, in which the hanging egg is a symbol of both creation and purity. There’s also Hieronymous Bosch’s oil painting “The Garden of Earthly Delights”, which shows yet another floating unhatched egg that is “a symbol of unrealized hope, or hidden power.”
As “The Gourmand’s Egg” wrote, “The egg is a cinematic chameleon(变色龙). It has been a symbol of brotherly love, a Freudian red flag, a symbol of life. ”
Additionally, “as in so many pictures, the egg often features not only as an everyday foodstuff but as a container of countless meanings.”
1. Why does the author list some paintings in paragraph 2?| A．To appeal to the readers’ attention. |
| B．To give examples of best painted eggs. |
| C．To prove there are many paintings about eggs. |
| D．To show the egg subject makes many famous paintings. |
| A．The culture of eggs. |
| B．Skills of egg hatching. |
| C．The kinds of eggs. |
| D．Types of egg containers. |
| A．Life. | B．Potential. | C．Love. | D．Purity. |
| A．To sell a newly-published book. |
| B．To discuss famous paintings about eggs. |
| C．To introduce different egg cooking techniques. |
| D．To show the complex meaning of eggs in works of art. |
4 . Consider what goes through your mind after you’ve taken your seat on an airplane. You’ve not seen the captain, but his or her voice comes over the air. “Hello, this is your captain speaking.” Are you about to fly the friendly skies? What you probably don’ realize is that you do make quick judgments (判断) based on very few factors the moment you hear “hello”.
Experts have discovered that “hello” carries enough information for listeners to draw judgments about the speakers personality, such as how reliable (可信赖的) he or she is. They recorded 64 students reading a telephone conversation. The word “hello” was then picked from each recording, and 320 different students listened to that word through a computer. The students were asked to score the voices according to personality, including attractiveness and warmth, giving them points from l to 10. Although every voice was played in one third a second, the students formed an opinion quickly.
It is amazing that from such short voices of speech they can get such an obvious impression of a person. And whether it is correct, their impressions are mostly the same as what the other listeners get. The research also suggests that people’ impressions are based on the tone (语调) of voice. Men and women who present the strength of their voices are regarded as more reliable.
The speed with which the students made their judgments makes much sense. Deciding who to trust can be important to your survival. There’s no point in listening to someone talk for 5 minutes to decide if they’re reliable or not — you could be dead already. The discovery may help improve computer-made voice technologies, experts say.
1. Why does the author mention “the captain” in paragraph 1?| A．To present a fact. | B．To make a prediction. |
| C．To introduce a new research. | D．To explain the rule on a plane. |
| A．Making telephone calls. |
| B．Playing voices at high speeds. |
| C．Picking “hello” from conversations. |
| D．Listening to and scoring the records of “hello”. |
| A．Make a long speech. | B．Give powerful voice. |
| C．Follow other listeners. | D．Speak as fast as possible. |
| A．The secret to tallying for 5 minutes. | B．The different ways you say “hello”. |
| C．The application in voice technologies. | D．The method of listening with attention. |
5 . It’s always exciting to begin a new job. But among the frenzy (激动) of meeting new colleagues, starting new projects, and building new skills, there can be a stressful pressure to succeed. A big part of your success is determined by how quickly you are able to digest lots of information, which can be very hard.
* Manage yourself
When you notice information overload, don’t ignore it and don’t panic. Say to yourself, “I’m in a new job and there is plenty to learn here. It’s okay to feel this way.”
* Sort your information
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Organizations often have digital knowledge management systems to store and take important information. You can do the same to reduce brain burden. I recommend creating a Word or Google document in which you write down information that your brain doesn’t need to remember or store.
* Reduce task-switching
Multi-tasking isn’t good for you physically or mentally and is worse for your productivity and cognition (认知).
| A．Respond positively |
| B．Use technology to help |
| C．That problem is much easier to understand and solve |
| D．Here are some methods to deal with the information overload |
| E．For greater results, focus on one task for around 25 minutes |
| F．Our brain is like a clever piece of equipment that “takes in information” |
| G．This self-talk helps normalize the situation and makes the emotions easier to handle |
6 . With the popularity of electronic devices, you find it harder to tear your children away from iPads and curl up with a good book.
First of all, be sure to choose accessible books. Authoritative reading lists are a great guideline for the books you select for your kids.
Another way is to let your kids have a say in what they want to read. Have them select books based on his or her interest and books they find enjoyable.
Finally, create settings where reading is a natural part of their positive memories.
| A．There are endless means of doing this. |
| B．To improve their reading skills is essential. |
| C．Books with top-level difficulty are unavailable. |
| D．Reading is a fantastic way to relax and reduce stress. |
| E．The benefits of reading are beyond question even in the digital age. |
| F．Even so, you’d better single out books appropriate to their reading levels. |
| G．The joint reading sessions are invaluable for your child’s growth as a reader. |
7 . Lagos, a big city in Nigeria, has a population of 20 million, and they can produce between 13, 000 and 15, 000 tonnes of waste every day including 2, 250 tonnes of plastic.
Despite a lot of cleaning, Lagos has no proper system to dispose of rubbish, and not having public awareness of pollution brings a huge environmental challenge. Litter gets washed away by the rains and waterways and ends up in mountains of rubbish on the beaches. Light- house Beach is one of the beaches. It stretches for about 100 kilometers along the Atlantic, all the way to neighboring Benin. Lined with palm trees, the beach could be beautiful if it weren’t for all the pollution.
“It is time that we should raise awareness of keeping the environment clean and clean up all the plastic,” says Chioma Chukwura, who helped pick up rubbish on Lighthouse Beach. At the end of a tiring day, 230 large bin bags were put together on the hot sand, filled with dirty plastic.
“Although the job is challenging,a company will come and pick them up tomorrow. All the plastic here will get reused. Sold for $500 a tonne, the plastic could bring $250 million to Lagos each year, and a cleaner environment could promote the development of the city,” says Owoade Yussuf, organiser of the cleanup.
As the volunteers leave at the end of the day,always just 100 meters is clean. “There is still a lot to do. Maybe we need two months, continuously, to get this cleaned up,” says another volunteer. “We have to find a way to prevent the plastic from coming back. After we’ve finished, I’m sure we may still see litter here when we come back.”
On Lighthouse Beach, the problem isn’t just plastic. Destroyed ships also pollute the beach. With that kind of pollution, even an army of volunteers may struggle. However, with more help, they can still make a difference.
1. How does the author show the severity of rubbish in Lagos in paragraph l?| A．By listing numbers. | B．By giving examples. |
| C．By asking questions. | D．By making comparisons. |
| A．Pick out. | B．Deal with. | C．Bring about. | D．Adapt to, |
| A．There is no need to recycle the beach litter. |
| B．It is tough to clean all the plastic on the beach. |
| C．It is nccessary to sell the beach litter for money. |
| D．There is no fund to remove all the beach plastic. |
| A．Destroyed Lighthouse Beach in Lagos |
| B．Plastic Pollution is a Worldwide Problem |
| C．Lagos Faces Many Environmental Challenges |
| D．Cleanup Efforts on Lagos’Lighthouse Beach |
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