1 . 在我看来，这类有关时尚的电视节目不值得一看。（wroth）（汉译英）

2 . The small town has such an attractive scenery that_________.
这座小镇景色迷人，令我流连忘返。（tear）

3 . 听说国王已经宣太医了，正在缅怀过去美好时光的将军心里一块大石头落了地，这匹战马可是他生命中不可或缺的一部分啊。（send）（汉译英）

4 . 今年11月周冠宇终于实现了他的梦想，成为中国第一位F1车手，创造了赛道汽车赛(motor racing)的历史。(which) （汉译英）

5 . Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.

Decision fatigue

Decision fatigue occurs when people feel very tired from making too many choices. Psychologists have found that, even though we generally like having choices, having to make too many decisions in a short amount of time may lead us to make decisions that are less than ideal.

Many of us would probably guess that we’d be happier with more options (选择). However, researchers have found that this isn’t necessarily true—in some cases, we actually seem to do better when we have a more limited set of options. In one research paper, psychologists looked at the consequences of being given either many or few choices of jams. The researchers found that participants who had seen the display with more choices were much less likely to actually buy a jar of jam, compared to participants who saw the more limited display—suggesting that having too many choices may not be a good thing for consumers.

While choosing jams may seem like a relatively small choice, it turns out that people who have to make too many decisions may make poor decisions—or even put off making a decision.

Luckily, researchers have found that decision fatigue does not often happen; instead, choice overload (过量) seems to occur when the decisions we have to make are especially difficult. But if it really occurs, what can we do about it? One way to avoid decision fatigue can be to streamline (使成流线型) the choices we make and find habits and routines that work for us—instead of making new choices each day. The principle here is to limit how much of our day is spent making choices that aren’t personally important to us. Other suggestions for managing decision fatigue include making key decisions earlier in the day and knowing when you might need to take a nap and revisit a problem with fresh eyes.

6 .

1. Where can you find the above passage?

A．Ina leaflet.	B．On a website.
C．On a shopping list.	D．In a printed copy.

2. If you want to buy a gift for a creative kid, how much do you pay?

A．$10.99

B．$19.97

C．$38.65

D．$11.99

3. What can you infer about Mary if she buys all of the 3 items listed in the chart?

A．She is ready to attend a Christmas party.

B．She is in charge of the New Year’s decorations.

C．She has a kid at home who probably likes Lego products.

D．She is creating the atmosphere for a happy new year in winter.

7 . There is a traditional view that a degree from top universities can in itself place you on the highest career path. If your career playing field is assessed purely by salary, then the data support this view: Oxford and Cambridge graduates have the highest median incomes of all employed graduates, five years after leaving university.

In any event, it is not just university choice that affects your career outcome. Sometimes, biases exist. For example, on Wall Street, male applicants form upper-middle-class backgrounds with an interest in team sports are particularly preferred.

Some employers are leveling the playing field, actively seeking graduates from other well-known universities, to increase diversity and perhaps because the courses at these universities offer their students advantages, including vocational elements. Other employers are trying out “background blind” admissions, removing from applications references to schools or universities.

While there may be peer or family pressure to study at certain universities, your long-term career success depends on more than the brand name, including what you can demonstrate in terms of technical and employability skills.

Research all leading universities to decide which course would suit you best, including the content, style and intensity of teaching, and examination methods. You may also consider which institution would provide the best extra-curricular (课程以外的) opportunities.

Even if Oxbridge doors close for you, other doors will open: employers will be impressed by what you do with the opportunities you actually had, not what might have been.

1. The word “biases” in Paragraph 2 most probably means

A．unexpected career outcomes	B．emphasis on culture awareness
C．common employing practices	D．tendencies to like someone better

2. Paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 are intended to illustrate that ________.

A．one’s career outcome is affected by more factors than his university choice

B．it is better to apply to the companies that care less about educational backgrounds

C．well-known institutions prefer university graduates with proper vocational training

D．job applicants must provide potential employers with references to universities

3. When deciding the most suitable course to take, you should take ________ into consideration.

A．your learning style	B．the brand name of the course
C．the way of examinations	D．the style of the teaching content

4. Who are supposed to be the targeted readers?

A．Coaches in playing field.	B．Teachers in certain universities.
C．Students in senior high schools.	D．Employers from famous companies.

8 . At the start of every vacation, many parents spend their time wondering: What will the children do? When I was a child in the 1950s, the answer was easy. The children would play. We played feely with other children, in our own chosen ways, away from adults. When we got bored, we found ways to overcome it. We took up _________, took risks, sometimes hurt ourselves, got into trouble, and _________ how to get out of it.

During such play, we acquired knowledge and skills that couldn’t be taught to us in school. We learned how to take _________, make our own decisions, solve our own problems, get along with peers as equals, experience fear and then find ways to manage it, experience anger and then find ways to overcome it. We also discovered our interests, _________ them, and became skilled at them—interests that for many of us later became _________.

Over the past 60 years, however, we’ve seen a huge _________ in children’s freedom and opportunity to play on their own. Over this same period, we’ve also seen a dramatic increase in the rates of _________ and anxiety disorders among young people- five to eight times what they were in the 1950s.

Our children love to play in moderately _________ ways. Through such play, they acquire the physical, social and emotional capacities required for healthy development. They learn to get along with one another by playing socially, and they learn to deal with emergencies by playing in ways that involve risk.

Why is such play so _________? It can cause injury, so why hasn’t natural selection __________ the inner desire for it? We have some clues from laboratory experiments.

Researchers have found that when young rats or monkeys are deprived (剥夺) of play during critical periods in their development, the animals grow up as emotional cripples (跛者). They are __________ disabled when placed in new, slightly frightening environments to which normally raised animals would __________. They repeated between incapacitating fear and inappropriate aggression when placed with __________ peers. So it is no surprise to me that play-deprived human children grow up insufficient in the social and emotional skills required to deal well with life’s inevitable stressors (应激源). They may also grow up __________ the abilities to think creatively, take initiative, and assume responsibility.

We have deprived children of free, risky play, probably for their own good. In the process we have denied them the opportunity to learn how to be __________ by playing in risky ways.

Our children need more freedom, not more adult control.

1.

A．expeditions

B．adventures

C．violence

D．disasters

2.

A．figured out

B．looked over

C．made for

D．turned out

3.

A．measures

B．action

C．initiative

D．risks

4.

A．created

B．pursued

C．captured

D．demonstrated

5.

A．addictions

B．predictions

C．expectations

D．careers

6.

A．increase

B．amount

C．decline

D．demand

7.

A．depression

B．obesity

C．digestion

D．cancer

8.

A．friendly

B．funny

C．risky

D．learned

9.

A．dangerous

B．frustrating

C．striking

D．appealing

10.

A．strengthened

B．eliminated

C．multiplied

D．identified

11.

A．psychologically

B．physically

C．medically

D．biologically

12.

A．devote

B．stick

C．adapt

D．seek

13.

A．identical

B．modest

C．miserable

D．unfamiliar

14.

A．missing

B．involving

C．lacking

D．showing

15.

A．obedient

B．adaptable

C．optimistic

D．practical

9 . Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. afford B. attention C. beneficial D. incredibly E. lowers F. memory G. opposite H. priority I. regularly J. schedule K. significant

How Does Exercise Improve Academic Performance?

You already know that regular exercise is important for controlling weight and avoiding a variety of health conditions. But it can also improve your academic performance. As an expert said, “What we know is that students who exercise     1    , at least 3 times a week, graduate at higher rates than those who do not exercise.”

It’s tempting to think you’re so busy that you can’t     2     to exercise. However, the exact     3     is true: you will have to deal with many problems because of lack of exercise. Even if you can’t spare 30 minutes, 5- or 10-minute exercises during the course of the day could make a     4     difference in your academic performance. Five-minute walking every hour had a positive impact on mood, fatigue (极度疲劳), and hunger at the end of a day. This may be particularly     5     to students who also work a full-time job and study in the evening and nighttime hours.

Exercise     6     stress and anxiety while increasing focus. A study by researchers at the University of Illinois found that physical activity increased the ability of elementary school students to pay     7    , and also increased their academic performance.

Exercise also improves academic performance in other ways. 1. Exercise requires time management. Arranging for exercise forces students to also     8     study time and this teaches them the importance of block timing, and urges them to give     9     to their studies. 2. Exercise reduces stress. These reductions are very important to students, because too much stress is bad to memory production and your ability to seep: two key things needed to score high on exams. 3. Exercise leads to a better quality of sleep. Better sleep means moving your studies from short term to long term     10     during REM, a period of sleep. That way, on test day you remember that tiny fact that gets you the scores you need.

10 . 人们怀念上世纪八十年代，那时，没有太多的学习压力。（when）（汉译英）