1 . To prevent tsunami-caused disasters, several countries worked together to expand the use of a tsunami-detecting system that had been developed in the United States by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The system
By 2004 only six such detectors had been installed, all in the Pacific. There were
There are now 53 detector buoys operating in the world’s oceans, including 6 of a planned 27 in the Indian Ocean. So a (n)
In March, the system, which is run by the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), did not work perfectly. JMA’s initial
A.approves | B.rids | C.expects | D.consists |
A.broadcasts | B.foresees | C.assigns | D.imposes |
A.some | B.a few | C.none | D.others |
A.qualified | B.alerted | C.substituted | D.fueled |
A.although | B.until | C.as | D.where |
A.difficult | B.thoughtful | C.easy | D.pressing |
A.alternative | B.perspective | C.repetition | D.resume |
A.surprise | B.mistake | C.accident | D.force |
A.reference | B.confirmation | C.suggestion | D.expectation |
A.undertake | B.multiply | C.deposit | D.blanket |
A.location | B.direction | C.territory | D.length |
A.note | B.catalogue | C.volume | D.estimate |
A.worse | B.larger | C.higher | D.wider |
A.schedule | B.scheme | C.monitor | D.response |
A.warning | B.security | C.setting | D.responsibility |
2 . It started with a bit of casual discomfort on the head, but after a week it had spread to the back of my neck, enough to lead me to my laptop. Annoying as it was, I was
As soon as I’d tapped in ‘online self-diagnosis’, the search engine provided me with over 11.5 million results. And during the time normally spent in the clinic’s waiting room reading the Women’s Weekly, I was able to find a site that would provide a free
I answered all the questions until I eventually reached a description exactly matching my
I headed off to the doctor for what I thought would be a blood test but which turned out to be a valuable lesson in not
I learnt my lesson, but for some the worry caused by
Once upon a time, hypochondria required time and effort: you had to go to the library to research your diseases and
A.reluctant | B.surprised | C.able | D.sure |
A.knowledge | B.association | C.evidence | D.medication |
A.sample | B.assessment | C.subscription | D.upgrade |
A.standards | B.arguments | C.definitions | D.symptoms |
A.fortunate | B.touched | C.alarmed | D.different |
A.believing | B.explaining | C.questioning | D.covering |
A.keeping | B.losing | C.drying | D.washing |
A.taking off | B.putting on | C.breaking away | D.looking up |
A.dropped | B.differed | C.increased | D.helped |
A.safety | B.health | C.access | D.money |
A.available | B.accurate | C.misleading | D.complex |
A.occasionally | B.automatically | C.painstakingly | D.literally |
A.bringing to light | B.taking into consideration | C.putting into practice | D.setting on top |
A.rare | B.hard | C.large | D.simple |
A.state | B.change | C.freedom | D.peace |
3 . The Great PowerPoint Panic of 2003.
Sixteen minutes before touchdown on the morning of February 1, 2003, the space shuttle Columbia (“哥伦比亚”号航天飞机)
The immediate
By the start of 2003, the phrase “death by PowerPoint” had well and truly entered the
Wired ran an excerpt (节选) from Tufte’s booklet in September 2003 under the headline “PowerPoint Is Evil.” A few months later, The New York Times Magazine included his assessment — summarized as “PowerPoint Makes You Dumb” — in its
Despite the backlash it inspired in the
On its face at least, the idea that PowerPoint makes us stupid looks like a textbook case of misguided technological doomsaying. Today’s concerns about social media somehow resemble the PowerPoint critique. Both boil down to a worry that new media technologies
A.disappeared | B.disintegrated | C.distributed | D.disappointed |
A.side | B.cause | C.feature | D.issue |
A.collected | B.unified | C.dropped | D.single |
A.discounted | B.viewed | C.accessed | D.founded |
A.muted | B.absorbed | C.buried | D.sunk |
A.technical | B.popular | C.negative | D.special |
A.possibly | B.reasonably | C.ordinarily | D.necessarily |
A.accommodated | B.combined | C.distinguished | D.enhanced |
A.abstract | B.repetition | C.review | D.brief |
A.press | B.publication | C.media | D.criticism |
A.opened | B.created | C.threw | D.jumped |
A.rules | B.harmonizes | C.impacts | D.roars |
A.feature | B.encourage | C.value | D.defend |
A.Therefore | B.However | C.Certainly | D.Surprisingly |
A.difference | B.truth | C.time | D.concern |
4 . When it came to moral reasoning, we like to think our views on right and wrong are rational. But ultimately they are grounded in emotion. Philosophers have argued over this claim for a quarter of a millennium without
Harvard psychologist Joshua Greene does brainscans of people as they study the so-called trolley problem. Suppose a trolley is rolling down the track toward five people who will die unless you pull a lever (杠杆) that pushes it onto another track where,
But suppose the only way to save the five people is to push someone else onto the track — a bystander whose body will bring the trolley to a stop before it hits the others. It’s still a one-for-five
Princeton philosopher Peter Singer argues that we should
A.comprehension | B.hesitation | C.resolution | D.permission |
A.reliable | B.invisible | C.impressive | D.decisive |
A.unfortunately | B.obviously | C.surprisingly | D.inevitably |
A.regretting | B.minimizing | C.justifying | D.estimating |
A.struggle | B.deal | C.loss | D.mistake |
A.Likewise | B.However | C.Therefore | D.Moreover |
A.memory | B.reason | C.emotion | D.sensory |
A.enduring | B.obvious | C.acceptable | D.intense |
A.compete for | B.come from | C.take over | D.engage in |
A.self-reflecting | B.decision-making | C.problem-solving | D.attention-calling |
A.innocents | B.hostages | C.relatives | D.soldiers |
A.trust | B.apply | C.examine | D.ignore |
A.superior | B.stubborn | C.caring | D.selfish |
A.willingly | B.collectively | C.deliberately | D.cheaply |
A.master | B.advocate | C.slave | D.protester |
5 . Scientific discovery is popularly believed to result from the sheer genius of such intellectual stars as naturalist Charles Darwin and theoretical physicist Albert Einstein. Our view of such unique contributions to science often
Consider one
What are we to make of this story? We propose that science is constantly
Plenty of other stories show that fresh advances can arise from error, misadventure, and also pure serendipity — a happy
A.overlooks | B.enriches | C.questions | D.reflects |
A.Aiming at | B.Longing for | C.Holding back | D.Setting aside |
A.native | B.creative | C.subjective | D.sensitive |
A.stressed | B.unrecognized | C.celebrated | D.respected |
A.suspicious | B.concerned | C.wrong | D.guilty |
A.tested | B.rejected | C.accepted | D.proposed |
A.got rid of | B.made room for | C.jumped off from | D.put up with |
A.struggling | B.reversing | C.evolving | D.shrinking |
A.result from | B.contribute to | C.depart from | D.relate to |
A.priorities | B.trials | C.advances | D.obstacles |
A.If | B.Until | C.While | D.Unless |
A.Responsibility | B.Prejudice | C.Dislike | D.Support |
A.doubted | B.neglected | C.foreseen | D.exceeded |
A.motivation | B.modification | C.dedication | D.publication |
A.occasion | B.life | C.accident | D.ending |
6 . Founded in 1880, the journal Science nowadays continues to publish the very best in research across the sciences. It is
“Readers must have
Asked whether any particular papers had
Giovanni Parmigiani, a bio-statistician at the Harvard School of Public Health, a member of the SBoRE group, says he
Professional scientists are expected to know how to analyze data.
A.announcing | B.adding | C.promoting | D.advertising |
A.resulting from | B.putting forward | C.calling on | D.leading to |
A.confidence | B.motivation | C.suspicion | D.justice |
A.rejected | B.appointed | C.transported | D.blamed |
A.considerate | B.remote | C.outside | D.indirect |
A.gather | B.review | C.compare | D.qualify |
A.stimulated | B.revolutionized | C.judged | D.resisted |
A.fortunately | B.negatively | C.broadly | D.automatically |
A.evaluation | B.drive | C.fuel | D.trick |
A.permitted | B.forced | C.ordered | D.expected |
A.thoughtless | B.amusing | C.fresh | D.profitable |
A.model | B.record | C.donate | D.exchange |
A.Furthermore | B.Instead | C.However | D.Consequently |
A.deeper | B.tougher | C.farther | D.thinner |
A.remove | B.inform | C.adjust | D.identify |
7 . Transition. It’s a pleasant word and a calming concept. It means going surely and sweetly from somewhere present to somewhere future. Unless, that is, it is newspapers’ ‘transition’ to the
Just look at the latest print circulation figures. The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian and many of the rest are down overall between 8% and 10% year-on-year, but their websites go ever higher.
All of that may well be true, depending on timing, geography and more.
One is the magazine world, both in the UK and in the US. It ought to be
As for news and current affairs magazines — which you’d expect to find in the eye of the digital storm — they had a 8.4% increase to report. In short, on both sides of the Atlantic, although some magazine areas went down, many showed rapid growth.
You can discover a
So if sales in that area have fallen so little, perhaps the
Already 360 US papers—including most of the biggest and best — have built paywalls around their products. However, the best way of attracting a paying readership appears to be a deal that offers the print copy and digital access as some kind of
Of course this huge difference isn’t
A.publishing | B.online | C.ideal | D.unknown |
A.On the other hand | B.After all | C.To begin with | D.For instance |
A.stop | B.exist | C.emerge | D.fit |
A.regulated | B.advancing | C.collapsing | D.minimized |
A.solid | B.simple | C.creative | D.changeable |
A.cultural | B.common | C.scientific | D.similar |
A.later | B.harder | C.clearer | D.slower |
A.all | B.neither | C.both | D.either |
A.service | B.system | C.crisis | D.figure |
A.right | B.vague | C.designed | D.mixed |
A.made up | B.told apart | C.took over | D.held on |
A.joint | B.mysterious | C.modern | D.complex |
A.In other words | B.On the contrary | C.What’s more | D.Even so |
A.new | B.sad | C.big | D.good |
A.spared | B.updated | C.noticed | D.edited |
8 . Expressive arts therapy is a form of therapy that uses dance, drama, music, poetry, and art to enhance one's overall well-being. The arts are used to let go,
People have been using the arts as tools for
Through the arts, people can
Expressive arts therapists are professionally
A.admit | B.express | C.examine | D.trust |
A.explaining | B.proving | C.healing | D.judging |
A.recognized | B.relieved | C.affected | D.controlled |
A.results | B.experiences | C.causes | D.questions |
A.angry | B.bored | C.strict | D.free |
A.secret | B.technique | C.difficulty | D.process |
A.when | B.which | C.what | D.where |
A.as to | B.or rather | C.rather than | D.other than |
A.communicate | B.produce | C.reject | D.test |
A.offered | B.shown | C.guided | D.driven |
A.create | B.feel | C.reduce | D.recall |
A.tired | B.proud | C.afraid | D.unaware |
A.hired | B.served | C.awarded | D.trained |
A.basic | B.enough | C.impossible | D.strange |
A.finally | B.typically | C.luckily | D.hardly |
A.visit | B.life | C.education | D.money |
A.If | B.Although | C.Unless | D.Since |
A.unequal | B.friendly | C.known | D.similar |
A.goal | B.profession | C.clinic | D.theory |
A.unwelcome | B.seasonal | C.positive | D.cultural |
9 . With so many investments required of us to succeed, it’s easy to overlook the most difficult investment of all to commit to: ourselves.
Getting to the point where you’re ready to start
You’ve been working in your life, not on it.
Activity is often
Things aren’t happening to you, they’re happening for you.
A victim mentality (心态) is the enemy of personal growth.
If you don’t broaden your horizons, you won’t narrow your inhibitions (拘束).
We consistently
The perfect time to start doesn’t exist.
I had so many things that had to be just right before I could make my long-planned leap from corporate. I’d tell myself, “I’d love to go for it right now, but
It’s time to
Grow where you want to grow. Learn what you want to learn. Wherever you are on the scale of what you want to learn next — be it beginner or near-expert — own it, be proud of it. Pretenses are for pre tenders. You’re just trying to become a better
A.appealing | B.upgrading | C.applying | D.contributing |
A.admissions | B.corrections | C.adaptations | D.conversions |
A.connected | B.charged | C.compared | D.confused |
A.interested | B.lost | C.experienced | D.involved |
A.appreciating | B.removing | C.restructuring | D.diversifying |
A.Taking down | B.Reflecting on | C.Keeping back | D.Complaining about |
A.setbacks | B.achievements | C.responsibilities | D.memories |
A.burden | B.dismiss | C.fuel | D.guide |
A.underline | B.neglect | C.suffer | D.overestimate |
A.For example | B.In fact | C.On the contrary | D.In particular |
A.decisive | B.smart | C.unknown | D.indefinite |
A.practically | B.technically | C.frankly | D.generally |
A.putting up | B.cutting off | C.holding back | D.melting away |
A.unfold | B.evaluate | C.consult | D.unplug |
A.part | B.expert | C.version | D.pretender |
10 . When Nelson Mandela opened South Africa’s Constitutional Court in 1995, he said it would determine “the future of our democracy”. The first president of the democratic era argued that the court was as important to the new constitution as the parliament and presidency. Judges should be “creative and independent” in ensuring that,
By and large, the judges have done their job. The Constitutional Court has defended citizens
Critics accuse judges of overstepping their boundaries and usurping (篡夺) legislation. It is true that the judicial branch has become involved in political disputes. But this reflects the
It is,
A.in addition to | B.in contrast to | C.thanks to | D.far from |
A.failed | B.granted | C.resisted | D.convinced |
A.Thus | B.Furthermore | C.Yet | D.Since |
A.scientific | B.constitutional | C.theoretical | D.universal |
A.opposite | B.option | C.distinction | D.mix |
A.range | B.share | C.failure | D.currency |
A.account | B.strike | C.restore | D.complain |
A.says | B.remarks | C.declares | D.puts |
A.therefore | B.though | C.likewise | D.ultimately |
A.violent | B.racial | C.direct | D.personal |