1 . Conflict (冲突) between teenagers and parents happens for a lot of reasons. Sometimes conflict happens between teenagers and parents just because conflict happens between human beings anyway. Humans have different needs, different feelings, different opinions about what they want, and the relationship with people can be really difficult. However, teenagers can cause further conflict because of the hormonal (生理的) changes that are happening and the stage of life that they're in.
Teenagers and parents have different understanding about rules and at times they find it difficult to look into the future. So parents and teenagers will often experience conflict about many things, do chores, homework, whether teenagers speak respectfully or not and about what they're allowed to do.
Before we think about rule boundaries (界线) for teenagers, we need to make sure that we have a really good relationship base. There's no point saying “From now on, you have to listen to me”: if you don't have a positive relationship with your teenager. We need to go back and make sure there is some degree of shared respect, and some degree of positive communication and enjoyment being together. you do that first, it means that rule boundaries are a lot easier to set up.
Often we're dealing with conflict on the fly. This is not the right time to be dealing with it. We really want parents and teenagers to sit down and think about the kinds of things that may happen in the house before the problems come. The more detailed your rule boundaries are for teenagers, the more likely it is that they are going to follow them. So this means we don't have rule boundaries like “Have the bathroom cleaned”. It needs to be “The floors mopped, nothing on the countertop and the mirrors cleaned by ten o'clock every Saturday”: Rule boundaries need to be written down, and set out ahead of time so the teenager knows exactly what's expected.
1. What's important to set up a rule boundary easily for teenagers?| A．Being strict from the start. | B．Developing a good relationship with them first. |
| C．Saying"No" to their requirements. | D．Avoiding close talks with them. |
| A．Doing some housework. | B．Having a good reading habit. |
| C．Cleaning the bathroom. | D．Finishing your homework by five. |
| A．In a hurry. | B．On the plane. | C．By oneself. | D．Another day. |
| A．Growing Pains | B．Teenage Problems |
| C．Parent-Child Conflict and Solutions | D．Knowing the Conflict |
2 . While I was jumping rope, my smartphone took a fall to the floor which created cracks (裂缝) on my screen. However, the music kept playing. 30 minutes later, I could see only one-tenth of my screen while the rest was black. The next morning, I decided not to use it for 24 hours. I felt a sense of calm that day, which led to my not using it for one week. One week ended up becoming 60 days in total without my smartphone.
Here are some advantages I noticed in this challenge.
You’ll become “bored”
Without my phone, I became bored, but my mind went through all kinds of topics, Boredom (无聊) is a perfect way to create new ideas on a business or project. When you are bored, you allow your mind to relax to reach all possibilities.
You’ll be able to reduce your “work” hours
A survey found that adults checked their smartphones 85 times a day, or once every 10 minutes. As I learned in my challenge, by not having my smartphone, I fell into deep work more easily, so I completed my tasks in a shorter time.
You’ll improve your mental health
Without my phone, I avoided reading negative news and comments. While that helped make a big improvement in my mental health, the biggest reason for it was truly communicating with people. It brought me more connections with humans in the real world. I went to more dinners with friends and asked more questions to strangers.
1. Boredom is a good way for the writer ________ .| A．to create new ideas | B．to start a business |
| C．to set up a project | D．to relax the body |
| A．more terribly | B．more quickly |
| C．more carelessly | D．more comfortably |
| A．Chatting on the phone. | B．Reading negative news. |
| C．Communicating in the real world. | D．Avoiding meeting friends and strangers. |
3 . The streets of London are infamously colorful, and even more so now that some local authorities have decided to dress up pedestrian crossings in colors or other equally bright designs. Some of these “colorful crossings” are created by councils around the UK with more than just aesthetics (美学) in mind, focusing instead on preventing pedestrian casualties (伤亡人员).
Two cities in England that have just finished a pilot experiment are Liverpool and Hull. Before the experiment, the former had 99 adult pedestrian deaths or serious injuries per 100,000 people in 2019, making it the worst place in the UK that year, while in Hull 44 pedestrian casualties per 100,000 people were recorded.
“We call these colorful crossings a push because in an urban environment, pedestrians have a choice about where they cross the road,” says Dr. Holly Hope Smith, the consultant working on the two trials. “We’re trying to enhance a crossing that’s already there so that people are more likely to use it”
While Dr. Holy Hope Smith said that there had been little in terms of international research into colorful crossings, in 2004, research from Australian academics concluded that colored surfaces of crossings had a positive effect on pedestrian safety with regard to the number of crashes and the severity of injuries suffered by pedestrians. They recommended that they be applied in “busy” and “complex” pedestrian environments. More recently, a 2017 report by Better Bankside about artwork employed at crossings in London’s Southwark Street said, “Our work did make respondents use the crossing more, and 68% told us that the artwork made them experience more pleasure.”
Yet, bright colors aren’t for everyone. People suffering from autism (自闭症) have raised concerns over the nature of having several colors on a road, while guide dog owners have reported their assistance dogs being confused by the new road designs. “Colorful crossings can be really misleading for people with low vision and their guide dogs,” says Dr. Amy Kavanagh, a blind activist and campaigner. But Hope Smith doesn’t agree. “These crossings are placed to enhance existing pedestrian crossings. All the signals that are there for visually disadvantaged road users remain — the touch sensors, the audio signal for when the crossing is on — we haven’t touched them,” he says.
1. What do the figures in paragraph 2 show?| A．Liverpool and Hull should try to improve their traffic system. |
| B．The populations of Liverpool and Hull had a significant decline. |
| C．Pedestrians in Liverpool and Hull suffered from road accidents. |
| D．The experiment in Liverpool and Hull was limited by many factors. |
| A．To comfort people suffering from autism. |
| B．To offer pedestrians more traveling choices. |
| C．To arouse people’s traffic safety awareness. |
| D．To encourage people to use crossings more. |
| A．They have met with conflicting opinions. |
| B．They have been supported by dog owners. |
| C．They need to be improved further by designers. |
| D．They have effectively reduced pedestrian casualties. |
| A．Can colorful crossings give us more pleasure? |
| B．Will colorful crossings make our streets safer? |
| C．Why are colorful crossings used around the UK? |
| D．How can colorful crossings influence pedestrians? |
4 . To battle the plagiarism (抄袭), some schools in America have responded to ChatGPT by taking action, according to the New York Times.
New York City public schools, for example, recently prevented ChatGPT access on school computers and networks, saying “concerns about negative influence on students learning, and concerns about the safety of content.” Schools in other cities, including Seattle, have also limited its use.
A US’ online course provider Study. com recently asked 1, 000 students over the age of 18 about the use of ChatGPT in the classroom. The responses were surprising. Around 89 percent said they’ve used it on homework. Over 50 percent said they used ChatGPT to write an essay, while 22 percent admitted to having asked ChatGPT for a paper outline.
While the chatbot (聊天机器人) is raising fears of academic cheating on schools, some educators believe introducing the Al-ended tools to the academics could even overturn the traditional education.
“For researchers, finding valuable scientific problems and solving them in creative ways come first, and then writing academic papers. Some AI-enabled writing tools can create words or even write long text based on a few keywords shortly,” said Zhu Wei, a law professor in China. For example, ChatGPT helps writers gather writing materials for their papers, which not only increases the efficiency of the work, but also allows researchers to devote more energy to more creative work.
“Whether to use ChatGPT depends on whether to use it correctly. For those students who just use it to deal with homework or exams,” Zhu said, “this is putting the cart before the horse, which should be limited.” To avoid this problem, Zhu suggested introducing soft wares to help educators. He believes schools should accept ChatGPT as a teaching aid to unlock creativity in students. “The most important part of such tools is not to replace human thinking, but to improve human thinking.” Zhu said.
1. How does the author describe the results of Study. com’s research in Paragraph 3?| A．By listing figures. | B．By conducting tests. |
| C．By giving examples. | D．By referring to other studies. |
| A．AI-ended tools help increase productivity. |
| B．AI-ended tools help scientists settle problems. |
| C．AI-ended tools help people in academic. |
| D．AI-ended tools help writers collect writing materials. |
| A．Disagreeable. | B．Favorable. | C．Objective. | D．Unconcerned. |
| A．Showing how software is applied in schools. |
| B．Giving examples of how students use ChatGPT. |
| C．Listing advantages of using AI-ended tools properly in schools. |
| D．Introducing ways to use ChatGPT to improve students’ creativity. |
5 . Many people travel to enrich and enjoy themselves. However, their travel methods may be different each year.
Lonely Planet and Forbes concluded some top trends (趋势) in 2022. Here are three of them for you to take a look.
Solo (独自) travel
Traditionally, travel seems to be a group activity to have fun together and avoid loneliness. But solo travel became popular, especially among young people in 2022.
Traveling on your own means that you are the boss of everything, choosing wherever you want to go, whatever you eat and whenever you go out. For some people, it also makes them a more confident person that is ready to deal with anything. Traveling in a totally foreign land on your own can be challenging. “It opens up your mind to new things, and pushes you out of your comfort zone,” Kristina Wegscheider, a traveler from the US, told Travel Pulse.
Augmented attractions (增强型景点)
World travel can be expensive. But virtual reality (虚拟现实) and augmented reality, or VR and AR, are giving more possibilities to travel for little cost. With ever-improving headsets, smartphones and Wi-Fi connections, people can have a 360-degree experience of museums, theme parks and historical sites.
With these technologies, visitors can experience the surface of Mars with just a headset, or view a sea cow’s growing flesh before their eyes in a museum.
Getting off the touristy path
There are always some “must-see” spots anywhere you travel. But traveling in such places always brings problems like overcrowding and noise.
In order to have a better travel experience, many tried to visit less famous places in 2022. With less transportation and fewer things to do, visiting a little town lets people slow down and notice the little things. Take a walk, ride a bike, sip coffee a little slower, take a deep breath and explore the natural scenery.
1. Who are most likely to choose solo travel?| A．An old man. | B．A young man. |
| C．A little child. | D．A middle aged woman. |
| A．They allow us to visit places at a low cost. |
| B．They make museums the hottest destinations. |
| C．They challenge us to walk out of our comfort zones. |
| D．They make space travel a reality for ordinary people. |
| A．Health. | B．Travel. | C．Science. | D．Environment. |
6 . The Group of Seven (G7), a collection of the world’s most industrialized countries, declares to share the fundamental values of freedom, democracy and human rights as well as claims to have jointly responded to global challenges. The 2021 G7 Summit was hosted in the UK to discuss climate change. The organizers of “Zero Carbon Tour” hired an electric bus to travel from London to the summit in Cornwall. It seemed like a great idea. Sadly, the bus got stuck before it could return home. It tried five different charging stations but none of them worked.
The incident illustrates the huge importance of charging facility (设施) to the future of sustainable (可持续性的) electric driving. According to Fitch Solutions, electric car sales in Europe jumped by 72 percent in 2021. The market is clearly growing fast. However this growth will slow if EV (electric vehicle) drivers can’t easily find a place to power up.
At present, many EV owners charge their vehicles at home using regular domestic (家庭的) plug points. Domestic charging is slow, but it is convenient. Drivers usually do it overnight.
However, there is also the option of public charging on streets, workplaces, car parks, petrol stations and motorway service stations. Public chargers are usually quicker, and obviously, they serve people who are travelling as well as those who cannot charge their EVs from home. According to the European Alternative Fuels Observatory, there are we lover 200,000 of these points across the EU.
Public charging points are run by competing operators that typically charge a monthly fee for access or offer pay-as-you-go (though credit card payments are often not accepted). Many EV now have associated apps that direct motorists to the nearest point. Typically, drivers need a smart card or phone app to unlock access.
Although the charging network is growing, it is silvery fragmented (分散). There are multiple competing suppliers, and the stations are not equally supplied. Some areas are over-supplied while others have hardly any. Needless to say, as the EV market expands, drivers will need plentiful and convenient access to public charging points. Ideally, the market needs also global standards and improved management of electricity delivery. Just as important charging stations must offer simple and secure access along with easy payments.
1. Why does the author write about the G7 Summit incident in paragraph 1?| A．To make a prediction. | B．To bring out a problem. |
| C．To provide some advice. | D．To offer background information. |
| A．The energy. | B．The safety | C．The cost. | D．The speed. |
| A．open up | B．hold up | C．turn up | D．keep up |
| A．Charging EVs for Free | B．Developing EV Markets |
| C．Making EV Charging Convenient | D．Driving EVs for the Global Climate |
7 . The chatbot ChatGPT, developed by American company OpenAI, has taken the world by storm in the past few months. This new research, however, has not been welcomed in education as expected. Faced with the threat of ChatGPT, the education community in many countries began to take measures.
New York City’s Department of Education announced a ban on the wildly popular chatbot ChatGPT, which some have warned could inspire more students to cheat, from its schools’ devices and networks.
The education department blocked access to the program, citing “negative impacts on student learning, and concerns regarding the safety and accuracy of content,” a spokesperson said. The move from the nation’s largest school system could have ripple effects as districts and schools across the country grapple with how to respond to the arrival of the dynamic new technology.
In addition, Sciences Po in Europe, a number of Canadian universities, and several Australian states are developing policies on student use of ChatCPT.
Vice president at UBC Vancouver, Simon Bates, said that all AI tools come with both potential benefits and real challenges, adding that the university is in the process of developing a newsletter (简报) and FAQ (frequently asked questions) as part of its educative approach to academic integrity (诚信).
In order to find out what the public thinks about using ChatGPT in schools, online course provider Study. com surveyed more than 100 educators and more than 1,000 students over the age of 18. The results showed that 72% of college professors who are aware of ChatGPT, are concerned about its impact on cheating. Over a third (34%) of all educators believe that ChatGPT should be banned in schools and universities. 66% support students having access to it.
Surprisingly, 72% of college students believe that ChatGPT should be banned from their college’s network.
1. What is the attitude of the education departments towards ChatGPT?| A．Neutral. | B．Approval. | C．Disapproval. | D．Ambiguous. |
| A．It may facilitate students’ cheating. | B．It may harm academic integrity. |
| C．It may present inaccurate content. | D．It may threaten students’ safety. |
| A．By making relevant policies. | B．By surveying the professors and students. |
| C．By employing the potential benefits. | D．By banning students from using networks. |
| A．A biography. | B．A newspaper. | C．An AI textbook. | D．An educational review. |
8 . How to Survive in the Woods
Getting lost in the woods can be a scary situation. Whether you’ve got lost on a hike, your car broke down on a wilderness road, or any other reason, surviving in the woods is difficult.
Don’t panic. Panicking can cause you to make poor decisions and affect your judgment. If you’re going to get out of the woods, you need to have a clear head.
Avoid using too much energy.
Signal your location with smoke signals. Build a fire and add a bunch of green leaves or pine needles to create a lot of smoke. Take a large branch with green leaves on it and cover the fire for 3-4 seconds to stop the smoke from escaping.
| A．Build a shelter. |
| B．Stay where you are. |
| C．However, it can be done. |
| D．Search for a source of fresh water. |
| E．Take deep breaths and focus on the tasks at hand. |
| F．It may be difficult for you to find adequate food and water. |
| G．Then, remove the branch to allow the smoke cloud to escape. |
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10 . The term “quiet quitting” went viral last year, describing people who stay in their jobs but mentally take a step back—for example, working the bare minimum and not making their job the center of their lives. Now in 2023, there is a new workplace trend on the horizon, called “quiet hiring”.
Quiet hiring is a strategy used to fill the critical gaps in a company without hiring new employees. One company has a limited amount of talent and needs to make a call about where it’s going to have the best impact. This year it may need to add five more data scientists to its team to meet the strategic goals. As a solution, it may move five employees from another department only for a short time, like data analysts in the human resources and marketing department, into the five open data scientist roles.
In this case, the boss is saying, “We’re going to intentionally deprioritize (降低) support for HR and marketing for the next six months so that we can increase the productivity of our data science team, and we are saying this clearly. Everyone knows this.” The important distinction with quiet hiring is that a company is openly communicating with employees about its priorities and moving employees to areas that serve those priorities, instead of just loading employees with more work or simply hiring more people.
While being assigned to a new role may seem scary, quiet hiring should be beneficial to employees. If you were asked to take on additional responsibilities, it would indicate your value. Meantime you might say, “If it’s not possible to increase my payment, can we make it so that I can work from home five days a week，reducing my commute (通勤) costs? Or，could I work flexible hours, making it easier for me to live the rest of my life?” An individual conversation may be ineffective. If you’re part of a department or team being asked to switch roles, employ that power and approach human resources as a group.
1. What does the strategy of quiet hiring refer to?| A．Moving existing staff to new posts. | B．Adding more positions. |
| C．Employing new talents secretly. | D．Training new employees. |
| A．Innovations are highly valued. | B．Employees are burdened with extra work. |
| C．Employees’ shifts are announced beforehand. | D．Roles of departments are changed regularly. |
| A．Balance between work and life. | B．Take on new roles as a team. |
| C．Shoulder more duties on work. | D．Negotiate on extra jobs. |
| A．Hiring more or less? | B．Quiet hiring: An upcoming tendency |
| C．Quiet hiring: A workplace debate | D．Quiet quitting or quiet hiring? |
