1 . You will have an opportunity to meet your new neighbors after you move into the neighborhood. And getting to know your neighbors will help you feel like you're at home and settle into your new space.
Careful observation.
What if you have nothing in common? No problem. There's absolutely nothing wrong with just walking up to the from door, and introducing yourself or inviting them to a small get-together. Let them know you just moved in and where you moved from. If that still feels uncomfortable, then ask about garbage pick-up or recycling centers in the neighborhood. Remember that you live on the same street, in the same neighborhood.
Host a get-together. Though it might be the last thing you warn to do while you're still unpacking, hosting a casual get-together is a great way to meet your neighbors all at the same time.
| A．Meet neighbors outdoors. |
| B．Spend more time walking. |
| C．Check out your neighborhood. |
| D．If the weather is nice, host it outside. |
| E．That's enough to start any conversation. |
| F．If they're interested, they'll say so or even invite you in. |
| G．The following suggestions do necessarily make it easier to do. |
2 . Some people, regardless of what they lack—money, looks, or social connections—always show with energy and confidence. Even the most doubting individuals find themselves attracted with these lovely personalities. These people are the ones you turn to for help, advice, and companionship. You just can’t get enough of them, and they leave you asking yourself, “What do they have that I don’t? What makes them so attractive?”
The difference? Their sense of self-worth comes from within. Attractive people aren’t constantly searching for value, because they’re confident enough to find it in themselves. There are certain habits they pursue every day to keep this healthy view. Since being attractive isn’t the result of dumb luck, it’s time to study the habits of attractive people so that you can use them to your benefit.
Get ready to say “hello” to a new, more attractive you. Attractive people treat everyone with respect. Whether interacting with their biggest shoppers or a server taking their drink order, attractive people are unfailingly polite and respectful. They treat every one with respect because they believe they’re no belief than anyone else.
They follow the golden rule. One person loves public recognition, while another hates being the center of attention. The golden rule is to treat others as they want to be treated. Attractive people are great at reading other people, and they adjust their behaviors and styles to make others fell comfortable.
Bringing it all together, attractive people have simply perfected certain appealing qualities and habits that anyone can adopt as their own. They think about other people more than they think about themselves, and they make other people feel liked, respected, understood and seen. Just remember: the more you focus on others, the more attractive you’ll be.
1. Why are the people with lovely personalities different from you?| A．Because they show confidence and energy. |
| B．Because they maintain their healthy view. |
| C．Because they get along well with doubting individuals. |
| D．Bemuse they don’t lack money, looks, or social connections. |
| A．Bad luck. | B．Study habit. |
| C．Valuable belief. | D．Good fortune. |
| A．He will comfort his leader and the waitress during the dinner lime. |
| B．He will treat his leader properly and help the waitress when necessary. |
| C．He will make the leader focused when the leader prefers to stay alone. |
| D．He will just care about his leader rather than the waitress when ordering. |
| A．The Intelligent People | B．The Golden Rule |
| C．The Attractive Personalities | D．The Different Qualities |
3 . People on the Move
Technology
Edgar Vargas, TransPerfect
Edgar Vargas brings nearly ten-year experience supporting large-scale business to TransPerfect as the new president of Business Department. With both buy-side and sell-side knowledge, Vargas brings various skills set to the TransPerfect team.
Advertising
Roy Massey, Version 2
Version 2, a leader in advertising technology, names Roy Massey Vice President, Head of Media Development. Roy considers participation and profitability(盈利能力)important. Previous leadership roles include Dentsu, AudienceX, PMI 5 Media Inc. and RCM Group.
Law
Jennifer Lieser, Kaplan Marino
White Collar Crinunal Defense Firm Kaplan Marino set up partnership with Jennifer Lieser. Jennifer practices white collar(白领)and complex criminal suits(诉讼), defending against various forms of Internet crimes. Jennifer brings unique point of view to each case and deals with matters with great skills as an experienced lawyer.
Public Relations
Kellie Hawkins, KEA
Kellie Hawkins has become a worker at KEA. She will run the company’s Health. Social Services and Education practice. Kellie served as COO for National Health Foundation before and managed the health and human services practice for the Hawkins Company. She holds degrees from Howard University and the University of Southern California.
1. What can we know about Edgar?| A．He is a beginner in large-scale business. |
| B．He is a COO for National Health Foundation. |
| C．He masters the skills of sales and purchasing. |
| D．He thinks highly of the willingness to make profit. |
| A．Edgar Vargas. | B．Roy Massey. |
| C．Jennifer Lieser. | D．Kellie Hawkins. |
| A．They all become leaders m new jobs. |
| B．They all do well in their working field. |
| C．They all have less working experience. |
| D．They all have a good knowledge of laws. |
4 . Engineers at Deakin University have developed a new smart generation schoolbag that will end the days when students end up forgetting their homework, particularly since the smart schoolbag is capable of completing its own morning checklist.
According to a recent press release, the smart schoolbag comes with built-in hardware and software that works to ensure it is packed correctly for each day’s timetable, including lunch and sports equipment.
The bag was designed by Dr Hamid Abdi alongside Masters students at Deakin University. It uses Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags (标签) to detect items in the bag and Internet of Things (IOT) technology, which extends Internet connectivity to everyday objects. “RFID technology allows any user to detect items in the bag in a contactless way,” Dr Abdi says. The Internet of Things (IOT) technology is employed to check its contents against the daily school plan. Schools or parents can enter data about the activities of each day to the system’s IOT server. The server then links these activities to the RFID tags placed on the items needed. The smart school-bag can tell what items are not required, ensuring that the bag is no heavier than it needs to be.
The smart schoolbag will save a lot of time and stress that occurs when homework, hats or lunches are left home by mistake, especially if that requires parents to quickly race home to collect the missing item.
While the system can be fitted to any schoolbag, the team have designed a sample of the smart schoolbag that includes the smartphone application. Dr Abdi and his team are looking for commercial partners to take the project to the next level.
1. Why do the engineers develop the smart schoolbag?| A．To give a morning call. | B．To help homework correcting. |
| C．To reduce study pressure. | D．To remind pupils of school items. |
| A．Its application. | B．Its working principle. |
| C．Its advantage. | D．Its characteristics. |
| A．I’ll replace parental duties. | B．I’ll ensure academic progress. |
| C．I’ll reach consumers soon. | D．I’ll be environment-friendly. |
| A．A Smart Schoolbag Saves Time and Stress |
| B．A Smart Schoolbag Will Replace an Ordinary Bag |
| C．The Latest System of Detecting Missing Items |
| D．The First Generation of a Smart Schoolbag |
5 . From littering the highest mountain peak to the deepest sea, we have messed up the environment and not left a single spot clean. Plastic pollution was also the theme for the last year’s Environment Day, but has anything changed?
With a “hope” to change things, a 150 feet long and 12 feet high “Wall of Hope” has been constructed using 15,000 discarded bottles collected from various sources such as streets and roads in Mussoorie and the surrounding region, which encourages the tourists to keep the surroundings clean.
Mussoorie attracts armies of visitors from neighboring cities every month so that it sometimes gets choked by over-tourism. But then, people hardly paid attention to the “saving the environment” cried these days. So, in order to convey this message in a meaningful and beautiful way, the locals of Mussoorie came up with this unique concept to remind travelers of the litter they leave behind.
The wall was built by over 50 volunteers that are basically school and college students who stepped forward to help bring this idea to life. For establishing this, plastic bottles of different shapes, sizes, and colors have been collected and fixed in this wall. Seeing their tireless efforts, the village locals also joined in later to help turn this project into a success story and then it spread like wildfire. They are actually admiring this new addition to the landscapes of Mussoorie, saying that the town looks even more beautiful now!
The wall was designed by Subodh Kerkar, founder of the private art gallery Museum of Goa. Talking to Hindustan Times, Kerkar said, “The wall will draw structural strength from steel pillars (柱子) being fixed two feet deep into the ground. The structure is completely rain and wind proof. I hope the wall will inspire a sense of beauty and will add color to the peaceful background of the hills.”
1. What is the function of the question mentioned in Paragraph 1?| A．To introduce the topic of the passage. |
| B．To remind readers of the climate change. |
| C．To show the theme of the Environment Day. |
| D．To stress the bad effect of plastic pollution. |
| A．Abandoned. | B．Decorated. | C．Broken. | D．Donated. |
| A．It was made of certain equal- sized bottles. |
| B．It was designed by some college students. |
| C．It attracts fewer tourists to visit Mussoorie. |
| D．It raises tourists’ environmental awareness. |
| A．Towering and less known. | B．Common and well-received. |
| C．Unique and far reaching. | D．Huge and money consuming. |
6 . On Christmas Eve 2020, fire trucks rushed to Chittle’s home in the sleepy little town of Manton, Michigan. But it wasn’t because of a Christmas nightmare. Far from it.
Winters can be long and tough in this far north, Scott Chittle knew something had to be done to bring some cheer to the 1,555 people in Manton.
Chittle, 51, lives in a big yellow house with his mother and two children. When he was three, his father built an ice skating rink (溜冰场) in their backyard, where Chittle and his friends would spend endless hours over the coming years playing hockey. That, Chittle thought, is what the children in this community need.
One problem was that Chittle had no clue how to build an ice rink. Luckily, after watching a tutorial (教程) in YouTube, he smoothed out a 3,000-square-foot section of his yard and ordered a huge tarp (防水布) large enough to cover it. Now he needed the ice. That’s where those fire trucks came in. It took 12 of them to spray enough water to fill the plot. Then he waited for Mother Nature to do the rest.
It wasn’t long before Chittle’s backyard became a Manton hot spot. The smell of baked hot dogs and burning firewood filled the air. And the laughter and screams of children playing hockey made their parents smile.
But the kindness didn’t stop with Chittle. When word got out that he’d spent $1,400 out of his own pocket to build his rink of dreams, neighbors, strangers and businesses donated $3,000 to cover the costs and more.
For Chittle, the ice rink was always about more than kids blowing off some steam. It was about surviving even the darkest times. “I want to show the rest of the world,” says Chittle, “what a little effort one person and the community can do, not only for others but for the souls of all.”
1. Why did Chittle build the ice rink?| A．To develop a hot spot. | B．To play hockey himself. |
| C．To entertain local people. | D．To meet the businesses’ demands. |
| A．He was expert at building an ice rink. |
| B．He was injured in building the ice rink. |
| C．He built the rink completely by himself. |
| D．He enjoyed playing hockey in his childhood. |
| A．By supplying enough water. | B．By helping him cover a huge tarp. |
| C．By saving him from a terrible fire. | D．By rushing him to the nearest hospital. |
| A．Indifferent. | B．Doubtful. | C．Unwilling. | D．Supportive. |
7 . Let yourself go
Many people do dream of living with abandon（尽情），but how can we manage it?
Commit yourself to others. Believe in others, and take time to realize their dreams. A wise man said, “
Turn disappointments into strengths. Individuals who live with abandon have discovered that personal trials make them more sensitive and loving, while building tolerance and character. They have learned that achievements worth remembering are marked with the blood of diligence and left with the scars of disappointment. The pages of history are filled with the heroic stories of fearless men and women who won over disabilities and adversities （逆境）to show victorious spirits.
Become involved in something bigger than yourself. I do not believe you will live happily if you set out to live life for yourself alone.
| A．Have a self you respect |
| B．Respect others heartedly |
| C．Dreams play an important part in career |
| D．If you want one year's prosperity, grow grain |
| E．Here are a handful of secrets of living life to the fullest |
| F．Raise him in terrible poverty, and you have an Abraham Lincoln |
| G．Choose a cause bigger than you are and work at it in a spirit of excellence |
8 . My Favorite Books
Jeffrey Archer, a well-known novelist and playwright in the UK , has spent a very famous and much admired 45-year-long writing career creating bestsellers such as Not A Penny More , Not A Penny Less, Kane and Abel and Paths of Glory. Here he lists his all-time favorite reads.
Sredni Vashtar
BY SAKI （H. H. MUNRO） ,Dover Publications ,150
I put Munro's short stories equal with R. K. Narayan's. They are my favorite short-story writers. Both write beautifully， but they are also pretty good stories. It’s that rare combination of both. This book is a gem（佳作），as is Narayan's Malgudi Days.
The Count of Monte Cristo
BY ALEXANDRE DUMAS, Rupa Publications , ₹ 295
This is a masterpiece. It’s too long by modern standards? of course. If Dumas was around today， he'd write books of 400 pages. With no television, no other distraction, he wrote books of 1，500 pages. And the surprising thing is that he wrote The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers in the same year! You couldn't do that today!
Reunion
BY FRED UHLMAN，Farrar ，Strausand Giroux ，₹ 864
A wonderful insight into two young Germans---one Jewish, one aristocratic — in 1939, when they're both at school. This is a very fine book, which would help anyone understand the problems the Jews were facing in the late 1930s.
A Tale of Two Cities
BY CHARLES DICKENS, Penguin Classics , ₹ 250
I think this is probably a book I have reread the most number of times. I love the idea of him (Dr Manette)sacrificing his life for something bigger and more glorious than himself. Quaintly old-fashioned in the modern world—I love it. This was Dickens' most successful book, possibly because it was story, story, story, and impossible to put clown!
1. Who does "I" refer to in the text?| A．Alexandre Dumas. | B．Fred Uhlman. |
| C．Charles Dickens. | D．Jeffrey Archer. |
| A．Reunion. | B．A Tale of Two Cities. |
| C．Sredni Vashtar. | D．The Count of Monte Cristo. |
| A．₹ 150. | B．₹ 295. | C．₹ 864. | D．₹ 250. |
9 . It seems every major city and town around the world hosts an annual marathon, with thousands of athletes running a gruelling 42.1 kilometres. While many runners' motivation is to beat their personal best and cross the finishing line without collapsing, they're also doing it for a good cause—to generate funds for charity. But like other major events, the marathon also generates a massive carbon footprint. Thousands travel —some by plane—to the location, and waste from food packaging and goody bags gets left behind by spectators and runners. This is becoming a big issue for cities—how to host a worthwhile event, encouraging people to exercise and help charities, while protecting the environment? Several cities have developed formal plans to reduce their environmental impact and promote sustainable （可持续的） ideas. One event in Wales, for example, introduced recycling for old running kit .
It's something that this year's London Marathon tried to tackle by reducing the number of drink stations on the running route, giving out water in paper cups and offering some drinks in eatable seaweed capsules. They also trialled new bottle belts made from recycled plastic so 700 runners could carry water bottles with them during their run. London Marathon event director Hugh Brasner told the BBC: “There are a lot of initiatives （倡议） we are using this year that we think will lead to some huge behavioural changes in the future.”
Meanwhile, some people still think running a marathon could be our best foot forward in helping the planet. Dr Andrea Collins from Cardiff University told the BBC: “Training for a marathon makes you more sustainable in day-to-day activities. I started walking or running to work every day and shunning public transport altogether. Being environmentally friendly while training sticks with you and becomes a way of life. ”
1. Why do many people enter for a marathon?| A．To achieve their own ambitions. |
| B．To generate a massive carbon footprint. |
| C．To improve themselves both physically and mentally. |
| D．To challenge their personal limitations and raise money for charities. |
| A．It may bring a large profit to London. |
| B．It saved a lot of water resources and power. |
| C．It may improve people's behaviour in the future. |
| D．It may make Londoners more friendly when running a marathon. |
| A．Damaging. | B．Avoiding. |
| C．Choosing. | D．Changing. |
| A．Running a marathon can make more money. |
| B．Running a marathon can do great damage to the earth. |
| C．Running a marathon can change people's life completely. |
| D．Running a marathon can contribute to protecting the earth. |
10 . Hundreds of children are being treated for sleep problems in Wales every year. In some cases，babies，infants (婴儿)and teenagers have been admitted to hospital in north Wales alone.
The Children’s Sleep Charity said many children were suffering from lack of sleep mainly because of technology use. Public Health Wales said sleep was as important to a child’s health as healthy eating and exercise，and children with poor sleep patterns were more likely to be fat.
Statistics obtained (获得) under the Freedom of Information Act by BBC Wales found at least 408 children have been admitted to hospitals across Wales suffering from sleep disorders since March 2013.
Children aged between 0 and 4 made up the highest number of inpatients (住院病人)，with some newborns being treated for sleep-related problems from the day of birth.
Vicki Dawson，who set up the Children’s Sleep Charity (CSC)，said sleepless nights were putting both children and parents in anxiety. “Their weight and growth may also be affected as well as their mental health，”she said.
Teachers said children showing signs of sleep shortage and tiredness in class were a concern as they couldn’t concentrate for long periods.
Psychologist Amy McClelland，of Sleep Wales，saida common problem was that children were “over excited”before bed and that families should get back to basics. “Think 1950s family home. Dinner as a family，read，chat，a film maybe，lights off and then bed. ”She added.
1. What’s the main reason why children are short of sleep？| A．Less exercise. | B．Eating habits. |
| C．Technology use. | D．Sleep patterns. |
| A．Infants. | B．Teenagers. |
| C．Teachers. | D．Parents. |
| A．Chatting and films make children sleep more. |
| B．It is difficult for children to read before bed. |
| C．Being too excitedis good for sleep habits. |
| D．Relaxation has a bad effect on children. |
| A．Ways to Treat Sleep Problems | B．Sleep Problems of Welsh Children |
| C．Sleep Habits of Welsh Children | D．The Problems of Welsh Children |
