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文章大意:本文是一篇新闻报道。文章主要介绍了五一假期期间,国人出游显示了中国假日经济的潜力。
1 . 阅读下面材料,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

During the May Day holiday, many Chinese people went out for travel,     1    (show) the potential of the country’s holiday economy. Guangzhou and Chongqing were among the top domestic (国内的) cities in terms of consumer    2     (popular). In the meantime, Thailand, Japan and South Korea became some of the     3     (hot) overseas destinations during the five-day holiday.

Aside from traditional popular destinations, county tourism has developed into a new fashion and brought in new vitality (活力) into the tourism market. The tourism growth rate of small counties and towns is higher. Data from Alipay showed that many young     4     (generation) chose to go to attractions in small towns. Yili in Xinjiang, Yanbian in Jilin, Diqing and Pu’er in Yunnan have seen the largest year-on-year increase in cross-regional payments.

Tourists’ continuous enthusiasm for domestic travel is also proved by other factors, such as the number of short videos     5     (publish). During the holiday,     6     total number of posts on WeChat video accounts increased. Among them, scenic spots like West Lake     7     (become) popular destinations for video account users recently. Concerts, art exhibitions and other cultural activities have also played a significant role     8     improving cultural and tourism consumption. Cities such as Changzhou, Hefei, Beijing, and Yantai received high attention during this time period,     9     drove growth in local hotel, transportation, and dining services.

Furthermore, the inbound (入境的) tourism market is further heating up as visa-free policies and easy payment services provide     10     (convenient) for foreigners traveling to China.

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文章大意:本文是一篇说明文,文章主要讲述了一项新的研究发现,通过在线搜索评估假新闻的真实性会增加相信错误信息的可能性,而这种现象在搜索引擎返回较低质量信息的个体中更为集中。

2 . A new study by a team of researchers shows that searching to evaluate the truthfulness of false news articles actually increases the probability of believing misinformation, not the opposite.

The reason for this outcome may be explained by search-engine outputs in the study. The researchers found that this phenomenon is concentrated among individuals for whom search engines return lower-quality information.

“This points to the danger that ‘data voids’ — areas of the information ecosystem that are dominated by low quality, or even outright false, news and information — may be playing a resulting role in the online search process, leading to low return of credible information or, more alarming, the appearance of non-credible information at the top of search results,” observes lead author Kevin Aslett, an assistant professor at the University of Central Florida.

To study the impact, they recruited participants through both Qualtrics and Amazon’s Mechanical Turk for a series of five experiments and with the aim of measuring the impact of a common behavior: searching online to evaluate news (SOTEN).

The first four studies tested the following aspects of online search behavior and impact:

◎ The effect of SOTEN on belief in both false or misleading and true news directly within two days an article’s publication

◎ Whether the effect of SOTEN can change an individual’s evaluation after they had already assessed the truthfulness of a news story

◎ The effect of SOTEN months after publication

◎ The effect of SOTEN on recent news about a key topic with significant news coverage

A fifth study combined a survey with web-tracking data in order to identify the effect of exposure to both low- and high-quality search-engine results on belief in misinformation.

Across the five studies, the authors found that the act of searching online to evaluate news led to a statistically significant increase in belief in misinformation. This occurred whether it was shortly after the publication of misinformation or months later. This finding suggests that the passage of time does not lessen the impact of SOTEN on increasing the likelihood of believing false news stories to be true. Moreover, the fifth study showed that this phenomenon is concentrated among individuals for whom search engines return lower-quality information.

“The findings highlight the need for media literacy programs to ground recommendations in search engines to invest in solutions to the challenges identified by this research,” concludes Joshua A Tucker, professor of politics.

1. What can we learn from the first three paragraphs?
A.The more you assess the realness of fake news online, the more you’ll believe it.
B.There is little low quality, or false news in the areas of the information ecosystem.
C.Evaluating online the realness of fake news would prevent you believing it.
D.Fake news and information usually can’t be found at the top of search results.
2. What aspect may the researchers focus on while doing the research?
A.Knowledge level.B.Time effect.
C.Web-tracking data.D.News type.
3. What does the underlined word “ground” mean?
A.Rely on.B.Focus on.C.Work on.D.Hold on.
4. Which section of a newspaper does the text probably come from?
A.EconomicsB.EntertainmentC.ScienceD.Insights
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3 . 听下面一段独白,回答以下小题。
1. What is the main purpose of the speech?
A.To get more support.B.To get rights for the state.C.To report on work.
2. What does the speaker think is a proper way to raise money for education?
A.Asking for help from the public.
B.Reducing the money on army.
C.Increasing taxes on wine and gas.
3. What does the speaker think can help with the city’s safety?
A.Banning sales of guns in stores.
B.Training police officers.
C.Making more city laws.
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文章大意:这是一篇说明文。文章讨论了新型通讯工具如何影响人们的行为和认知,电子邮件等高科技通讯方式便利了沟通,但也可能让人隐藏缺点、产生错误心理认知,甚至挑战现实世界的规则与极限。

4 . Nowadays, the world is slowly becoming a high-tech society and we are now surrounded by technology. Facebook and Twitter are innovative tools; text messaging is still a somewhat existing phenomenon and even e-mail is only a flashing spot on the screen when compared with our long history of snail mail. Now we adopt these tools to the point of essentialness, and only rarely consider how we are more fundamentally affected by them.

Social media, texting and e-mail all make it much easier to communicate, gather and pass information. But they also present some dangers. By removing any real human engagement, they enable us to develop our abnormal self-love without the risk of disapproval or criticism theatrical metaphor (隐喻), these new forms of communication provide a stage on which we create our own characters, hidden behind a fourth wall of tweets, status updates and texts. This unreal state of unconcern can become addictive as we separate ourselves a safe distance from the cruelty of our fleshly lives, where we are imperfect, powerless and insignificant. In essence, we have been provided not only the means to be more free, but also to become new, to create and protect a more perfect self to the world. As we become more reliant on these tools, they become more a part of our daily routine and so we become more restricted in this fantasy.

So it is that we live in a cold era, where names and faces represent two different levels of closeness, where working relationships occur only through the magic of email and where love can start or end by text message. An environment such as this reduces interpersonal relationships to mere digital exchanges.

Would a celebrity have been so daring to do something dishonorable if he had had to do it in person? Doubtful. It seems he might have been lost in a fantasy world that ultimately convinced himself into believing the digital self could obey different rules and regulations, as if he could continually push the limits of what’s acceptable without facing the consequences of “real life.”

1. The author compares e-mail with snail mail to show ________.
A.the influence of high-tech on our lifeB.the history of different types of mails
C.the value of traditional communicationsD.the rapid development of social media
2. What can we know about new communication tools?
A.Destroying our life totally.B.Posing more dangers than good.
C.Helping us to hide our faults.D.Replacing traditional letters.
3. What is the potential threat caused by the novel communication tools?
A.Sheltering us from virtual life.B.Removing face-to-face interaction.
C.Leading to false mental perception.D.Making us rely more on hi-tech media.
4. What can be inferred from the last two paragraphs?
A.Technologies have changed our relationships.
B.The digital world is a recipe for pushing limits.
C.Love can be better conveyed by text message.
D.The digital self need not take responsibility.
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文章大意:本文为一篇说明文,介绍了比较对我们的坏处,所以我们应该停止将自己与其他人比较。

5 . It is natural to compare ourselves to others and to get caught in a mental comparison loop, and yet this seldom is beneficial. You may have heard the expression, “    1    ” To me, this rings true as I have found it is quite difficult to compare myself to others and feel satisfied at the same time.

Comparison not only robs us of delight, but it also fuels self-criticism and a lack of self-acceptance.     2     “I am not as successful, competent, attractive as they are.” “Why don’t I have what they have?” We use comparison as an avenue for self-criticism, “What’s wrong with me? I must be an exact loser.” This hinders self-acceptance.

We often tell ourselves we are acceptable only if we meet certain standards, and we evaluate how we measure up by looking at others. The tendency is to conclude that we are not measuring up, particularly if we have a low sense of self-worth.     3     We don’t just ask ourselves, “What’s wrong with me?” We worry what others will think: “What’s wrong with them?” The looming sense of possible rejection creates uneasiness and anxiety.

    4     It tells us that if we meet the expectations, lose weight, get a promotion, or buy a new house, we will feel better, calmer, more self-assured, and stop comparing ourselves. This may be temporarily true, yet, a comparison is an internal process that is ultimately based on our thoughts and sense of self, not external circumstances. We can always find something else to compare, another expectation we tell ourselves we are not meeting.     5     So comparison can destroy our awareness of personal values gradually.

To stop comparing ourselves to others, we have to recognize that the comparison game is unwinnable and stop playing.

A.No comparison, no life.
B.Comparison is the thief of joy.
C.Comparison can even be misleading.
D.We are focused on others and not on what is meaningful to us.
E.Typically, comparison will lead to feeling inadequate or inferior.
F.Shift from being guided by comparison to being guided by values.
G.And we fear that we are going to be judged by our perceived failures.
文章大意:本文是一篇议论文,文章通过埃尔斯伯格悖论阐述了全球日益变暖导致气候变化的背景下,风险的不确定性如何推高保险价格,以及准确反应风险的保险定价对于适应适应气候变化、规避风险的重要性。

6 . Placed before you are two pots. Each contains 100 balls. You are given a clear description of the first pot’s contents, in which there are 50 red balls and 50 black balls. The economist running the experiment is tight-lipped about the second, saying only that there are 100 balls divided between red and black in some percentage. Then you are offered a choice. Pick a red ball from a pot and you will get a million dollars. Which pot would you like to pull from? Now try again, but select a black ball. Which pot this time? Most people choose the first pot both times, despite such a choice implying that there are both more and fewer red balls than in the second pot.

This fact is known as the Ellsberg paradox after Daniel Ellsberg, who called the behaviour hate uncertainty. It reveals a deeper problem facing the world as it struggles with climate change.            

Ignorance of the future carries a cost today: uncertainty makes risks uninsurable, or at the very least expensive. The less insurers know about risks, the more capital they need to protect their balance-sheets against possible losses.

Insurance is a tool of climate adaptation. Indeed, insurance calculators have as big a role to play as activists in the fight against climate change. Without insurance, those whose homes burn in a wildfire or are destroyed by a flood will lose everything. Insurance can also be a motive for corrective action. Higher insurance expenses, which accurately reflect risk, stimulate people to adapt sooner, whether by discouraging building in risky areas or encouraging people to move away from high fire risk land. If prices are wrong, society will be more hurt by a hotter world than otherwise would be the case. Politicians considering financial aid for home insurance on flood plains ought to note.

1. The experiment of the two pots shows that ___________.
A.instinct sometimes works better than reasoningB.most people prefer predictability to uncertainty
C.people are willing to take risks to get a rewardD.it is impossible to always make the right decision
2. What’s the functions of insurance?
A.It raises people’s awareness of climate change.B.It prevents people from taking risks.
C.It motivates people to adapt to risky environment.D.It helps climate refugees to relocate.
3. What’s author’s attitude towards financial aids for home insurance?
A.OpposingB.SupportiveC.UncertainD.Ambiguous
4. Which of the following could be the best title for the text?
A.Prevention is better than remedyB.Improving forecast can reduce uncertainty
C.Uncertainty pushes up the price of insuranceD.Speedy action is urgently needed for climate change
文章大意:这是一篇议论文。文章主要分析了国庆假期来临,一种新型的出租公寓出现,为房主带来了收入也为租客带来了方便,然而,它也存在问题,律师建议房主和租客仔细选择。

7 . Apartment owners cash in on upcoming holiday trips

The National Day holiday is around the corner, and those making last-minute plans to travel at that time are busy booking _______ hotel rooms in popular tourist destinations.

In a bid to cash in on this rush for rooms, social media users are _______ platforms with offers of apartments for _______ just for the holiday week, at prices that are a part of what is being _______ by hotels, many of which are sold out.

Unlike hotels, those renting out their homes are not charging anything _______ for cleaning the apartment while it is _______, no contract or deal needs to be signed and the ID information of the renters is not _______ required.

Meanwhile, some netizens have expressed _______ over this trend of renting out personal apartments.

“It is so unsafe. What if the people install a camera in your home or make it a complete mess,” one asked while _______ on a post seeking tenants(房客). Another said, “Won’t you be afraid of people opening your computer and checking what’s inside?”

Experts said this novel way of sharing one’s home not only means extra earnings for the homeowners, but also improves the ________ of the cities. However, they also warned that there are risks involved.

Fu Jian, a lawyer at Henan Zejin Law Firm, said that as there is no written ________ being signed between homeowners and renters, and the ID information is not ________, it would be very difficult for the owner to safeguard his or her rights should an argument ________.

Moreover, if there is a theft or an accident involving the guests during their stay in the apartment, the owner will more or less be held ________, he said.

He advised owners to be aware of the rules and regulations before renting out their apartments, and added that renters should also choose ________ to avoid unnecessary risks.

1.
A.wide-spreadB.fast-disappearingC.time-savingD.newly-developed
2.
A.separatingB.providingC.cheeringD.flooding
3.
A.rentB.considerationC.purchaseD.conservation
4.
A.givenB.exchangedC.chargedD.encouraged
5.
A.exceptionalB.freeC.extraD.rewarded
6.
A.occupiedB.emptyC.freeD.concrete
7.
A.entirelyB.heavilyC.fairlyD.necessarily
8.
A.concernB.excitementC.delightD.disappointment
9.
A.puttingB.spyingC.commentingD.working
10.
A.historyB.reputationC.sceneryD.range
11.
A.articleB.agreementC.newsD.response
12.
A.operatedB.printedC.signedD.registered
13.
A.respondB.revealC.occurD.obtain
14.
A.responsibleB.availableC.profitableD.stable
15.
A.hopefullyB.speciallyC.carefullyD.warmly
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8 . How many bosses could rely on their employees threatening to quit in mass if they were abruptly forced out? Sam Altman received such a show of support from more than 700 staff after he was fired from Open AI that he was swiftly restored to his position by the board. But this level of loyalty is not typical and may not always be a good thing.

Management experts say staff who are loyal to their employer are inclined to invest more time and effort in their jobs, helping to create an engaged and higher performing workplace. In turn they receive promotions and pay rises. They have a greater sense of belonging and potentially a longer career at the same organisation. But it is not all rosy. People who are too loyal are more likely to take actions that are deemed wrong to keep their jobs and protect their employer, according to a 2021 academic paper. They might overlook wrongdoing and be less likely to expose corruption. Loyalty is sometimes seen as such a force for good that it can be used to justify bad behavior.

Often companies and senior bosses are the real winner a of employee loyalty. Research led by Matthew Stanley at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business published this year, found that managers were more likely to exploit loyal individuals. Stanley recruited almost 1,400 managers to read about a fictional 29-year-old employee called John, who worked for a company that was trying to keep costs down. They had to decide how willing they would be to ask John to work longer hours and take on more work without more pay. Researchers created various situations including labelling John as loyal versus other traits such as honest and fair. Managers were more willing to ask loyal John to take on the burden of unpaid work.

However, Consultancy Gallup’s latest state of the workplace report showed that half of the 122, 416 employees who took part in a global survey were looking out for new work. “You can’t guarantee anyone will stick around these days,” says a consultant who advises boards. This is particularly true of younger generations. They trust their bosses less and are not as patient when it comes to career progression, seeing little benefit in keeping their heads down and following orders if they do not see results quickly.

1. What does the author want to say by mentioning Sam Altman in Paragraph 1?
A.Open AI’s staff loyalty is quite high.
B.Staff loyalty’s rosy side in the work.
C.Sam Altman could count on his employees.
D.This level of loyalty is not always good.
2. How did Matthew Stanley conduct his research!
A.Through global surveys concerning a fictional employee named John.
B.By creating different situations to ask John ta take on more unpaid work.
C.By asking managers to make decisions about work arrangements of John.
D.By recruiting managers to read fiction about work traits like loyal and honest.
3. What can you learn from the passage?
A.Loyalty can be used by management to exploit employees.
B.Younger generations are more patient towards their employers.
C.Employees who are loyal are more likely to report wrongdoing.
D.Loyalty to an employer always leads to a positive work environment.
4. What can be a suitable title for the text?
A.How Job Loyalty Affects the Work Environment?
B.Why Staff Loyalty is Not Always a Good Thing?
C.Are Loyal Employees More Likely to be Promoted?
D.Does Work Loyalty Help Career Progress More Quickly?
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文章大意:本文是一篇议论文,主要讲述了虽然近来好莱坞似乎对多元宇宙欲罢不能,但它在科学家中仍然存在着深刻的争议。

9 . If you live on this planet, there’s a decent chance you’ve seen the classic Star TrekEpisode, in which captain Kirk and several members find themselves in what appears to be another universe.

These days, it seems the idea of the multiverse—many worlds—is having its Hollywood moment. Its appeal as a storytelling device is obvious—characters explore a multi-world with varying degrees of similarity to our own, as well as different versions of themselves. Hence, it has been fully established in mainstream pop culture.

While Hollywood can’t seem to get enough of the multiverse, it remains deeply controversial (有争议的) among scientists. Advocates on the two sides show no mercy toward each other in their books, on their blogs. But physicists didn’t pull the idea out of thin air—rather, several distinct lines of reasoning seem to point to the multiverse’s existence. However, critics warn that making the multiverse legal could make it harder for the public to distinguish speculative (推测性的) theories from established fact, making it more difficult to keep pseudo-science (伪科学) at bay. Giving credit to such speculation risks “turning fundamental physics into pseudo-science”.

The multiverse controversy is rooted in the idea of test ability. If we can’t interact with these other universes, or detect them in any way, some experts insist that reduces them to mere philosophical speculation. But Carroll, an advocate for “many worlds”, argues that mathematics is the language describing our physical theories. Since Schrdinger’s equation (方程), on which Quanturr (量子) mechanic rests, predicts the existence of many worlds, so be it.

Could a more expansive view of the universe itself be the next breakthrough? As Siegfried puts it: “Every time in the past that we’ve thought, ‘We’ve got it; this is what the whole universe is’—the people who’ve said, ‘Maybe there’s more than one of those’ have always turned out to be right.”

1. Why is Hollywood so occupied with the multiverse?
A.It makes for engaging plots.
B.It is a much-talked-about topic.
C.It is helpful to popularize science.
D.It dominates the mainstream pop culture.
2. What do the underlined words in paragraph 3 probably mean?
A.Out of date.B.Out of place.C.Out of nowhere.D.Out of question.
3. According to the opponents, the basic standard of fundamental physics is that ______.
A.it can be detected somehow
B.it can be reasoned logically
C.it can be interpreted philosophically
D.it can be predicted by mathematics equation
4. What might be the author’s attitude toward the multiverse?
A.Doubtful.B.Dismissive.C.Unclear.D.Approving.
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文章大意:本文是一篇议论文。这篇文章主要讲述了信息时代的到来以及洞察力对创新的重要性。信息的数量不断增加,但并不一定能刺激创新的提升。洞察力是创新的基础,通过Eureka量表可以评估洞察力的强度和重要性。为了进入新的洞察力时代,需要找到那些重要想法的空间,以使它们能够浮出水面。

10 . The Age of Information is bulging: if you tried to download all the data available today, you’d need more than 180 million years to do so. But you are wrong to assume that all information would stimulate a boost of innovation to match the output of data. Indeed, the last time we found ourselves in a period of significant innovation was over 120 years ago, called the Age of Insight.

Innovations, big or small, start with a new idea. Often, these ideas occur as a moment of insight — the result of a novel connection in our brains made between existing and new information. Studies show insights involve quiet signals deep in the brain. Anything that helps us notice quiet signals can increase the chance of insights. However, it’s becoming more challenging to find those signals today, every moment filled with an endless supply of content.

Besides, we also want to increase the quality of them to sort through big new ideas and find the really valuable ones that can be hard to measure. Launched in 2015, the Eureka Scale (尤里卡量表) allows us to assess the strength of our insight experiences on a five-point scale, namely, intense emotions, motivation, memory advantage, aftershocks, and following ideas. The Scale combines these five variables into a single value to define the importance of a new idea and has broad applications for measuring and improving individual and organizational performance. Even it can be used to measure the impact of different kinds of work environments and learning approaches on participants’ growth. The level-5 insight, involving the richest emotion, motivation, and lasting impact, holds the greatest significance.

In order for organizations to benefit from another age of insight, it’s not enough to try to access more data or increase the number of insights we generate. Instead, it’s about making space for the biggest ideas to emerge from all the information. Using the Scale as a way to measure how important ideas are will enable better decision-making toward practical and competitive outcomes. If we’re to enter a new age of insight, we must make timely and necessary changes to design our environments for the best insight possible to surface.

1. What does the underlined word “bulging” in Paragraph 1 probably mean?
A.Approaching.B.Exploding.C.Shifting.D.Updating.
2. According to the passage, which of the following cases can increase the chance of insights?
A.By engaging in ongoing social media interactions.
B.By relying on technology to receive regular notices.
C.By stepping away from computers between meetings.
D.By participating in additional training and coaching sessions.
3. What can be inferred from the passage?
A.The Eureka Scale controls the influence of our insights.
B.One with a level-5 insight has minimal emotional responses.
C.Both the quantity and quality of insights are essential to innovation.
D.A breakthrough has been made in innovation due to a wealth of information.
4. What is the author’s attitude towards the current environment for innovations?
A.Uncertain.B.Optimistic.C.Unconcerned.D.Dissatisfied.
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