1 . The new year is the moment when people vow to improve their fitness. They join gyms, swear off alcohol and adopt healthier diets. These resolutions usually do not last beyond January.

But some employers try to help their workers stick to their goals by offering “wellness” programmes. One of the longest- running examples began in 1979 at Johnson & Johnson (j&j), an American health-care company.The plan promotes weight loss, smoking quitting and efforts to reduce blood pressure.

The firm claims it reduced medical costs by $400 an employee per year, and resulted in fewer workers suffering from heart disease or high blood pressure. Yet an examination of the data by Martin Cherniack of the University of Connecticut found that in 2005-08, a sharp jump in alcohol use, depression and stress among j&j employees occurred .This coincided with a period when the firm had a target of lifting productivity by 9% a year. So the employees may have been fitter, but it is possible that workplace pressure to produce more meant greater stress.

All this suggests that employee well-being is a rather more complex topic than can be tackled(应对) by a programme devoted to exercise and healthy living. A study by Rand Europe, a research institute, found that obvious bad habits such as smoking and high alcohol use were in fact not associated with lower productivity, while obese workers were no more likely to take time off than anyone else. The biggest productivity problems were associated with lack of sleep, financial concerns and mental-health issues-factors that may well be directly linked to work-related stress.

It seems reasonable for companies to expect some level of economies return on any wellness programme that they provide. But the trade-off should not be too blatant. Making employees fitter so you can work them a lot harder seems rather like drilling your infantry(野战军) on a course before sending them to face the machine guns. A better impact on morale (and thus productivity) might occur if workers felt that their managers had a genuine interest in their welfare.

1. What can we learn from the example of Johnson & Johnson?

A．A healthy lifestyle contributes to higher productivity.

B．A wellness program alone can’t achieve the desired effect.

C．Caring for employees’ physical health is of great importance.

D．A health program benefits both the company and the employees.

2. What does the study by Rand Europe indicate?

A．Certain living habits help improve motivation.

B．Work-related pressure is to blame for low productivity.

C．Financial concerns have nothing to do with productivity.

D．Obesity is associated with lower attendance in the workplace.

3. What does the underlined word “blatant” mean?

A．Obvious.

B．Effective.

C．Challenging.

D．Flexible.

4. What’s the purpose of this text?

A．To compare various factors affecting productivity.

B．To introduce a new way of increasing productivity.

C．To appeal to employers to improve their health care program.

D．To question some seemingly effective practice in business management.

2 . Technology is supposed to make our lives easier, allowing us to do things more quickly and efficiently. But too often it seems to make things harder. This increase in complexity, often called "feature creep," costs consumers time, but it also costs business money. Product returns in the U.S. cost a hundred billion dollars a year, and a recent study by Elke den Ouden, of Philips Electronics, found that at least half of returned products have nothing wrong with them. Consumers just couldn't figure out how to use them. Companies now know a great deal about problems of usability and consumer behavior, so why is it that feature creep proves unstoppable?

In part, fieature creep is the product of the so-called internal-audience problem: the people who design and sell product are not the ones who buy and use them, and what engineers and marketers think is important is not necessarily what's best for consumers. The engineers tend not to notice when more options make a product less usable. And marketing and sales departments see each additional feature as a new selling point, and a new way to attract customers.

You might think, then, that companies could avoid fieature creep by just paying attention to what customers really want. But that's where the trouble begins, because although consumers find overloaded gadgets（ 配件）unmanageable, they also find them attractive. It turns out that when we look at a new product in a store we tend to think that the more features there are, the better. It is only once we get the product home and try to use it that we realize the virtues of simplicity.

It seems strange that we don't expect feature tiredness and thus avoid it. But, as numerous studies have shown, people are not, in general, good at predicting what will make them happy in the future. As a result, we will pay more for more features because we systematically overestimate how often we'll use them. We also overestimate our ability to figure out how a complicated product works.

The fact that buyers want bells and whistles but users want something clear and simple creates an unusual problem for companies. A product that doesn't have enough features may fail to catch our eye in the store. But a product with too many features is likely to annoy consumers.

1. What does the first paragraph mainly discuss?

A．The benefits brought by the advanced technology.

B．The recent study conducted by Elke den Ouden.

C．The loss caused by the feature creep of technology.

D．Many problems of usability known by the consumers.

2. Which of the following is true according to the second paragraph?

A．It is the audience problem that leads to feature creep.

B．What matters to designers and marketers is not good for consumers.

C．Feature creep brings blessings to the people in marketing and sales.

D．The engineers will not pay attention to the quality of the product

3. What do we know about the buyers in paragraph 4?

A．They are deeply convinced that all the products work in simple way.

B．They are fed up with the more and more features of the products.

C．They are too confident of their ability to use the complicated products.

D．They are quite clear about the products which will make them happy.

4. What can be a suitable title for the text?

A．Saying No to Feature Creep is No Easy Thing

B．Feature-heavy Products in Demand

C．The More Features, the Better

D．Simplicity Outweighs Complexity

3 . I glanced at the magazine covers while paying for some goods. Then I _______ Taraji P. Henson confidently on the cover of a magazine. The caption _______ All I can be is me. " Considering that I run a non-profit organization _______ positive perception（认识）of the body and encouraging people to accept their bodies, I'm _______about that it took me so long to know it.

I used to make _______ on my mom that she looked young for her age； her skin didn't have lots of _______ , and she had few age spots. But I suddenly realized with a _______ eye that day that I had been _______ forcing a young value system on my mom. So I _______ for telling her that, and she accepted with a smile.

I want my mom to grow old, feel the   ________ to age and enjoy everything during the process.   It's a privilege to grow older ________ ,we lose sight of this when we are ________ with countless perfect pictures of aging women and anti-aging fever. The phenomenon ________ a larger cultural problem that the perfected and forever ________appearance has become the norm—or ________ the popular norm.

Now I value the ________ older women have acquired through their life experiences. I believe we need to celebrate them for what they've ________in life. I want to see older women ________ as themselves with loose skin, grey hair and everything else that comes.

Wanting to be________to others isn't a bad want, but our culture's addiction to staying young has destroyed an entire age group of women. To restate the magazine's __________   ,let women actually be themselves.

1.

A．noticed

B．thought

C．admired

D．watched

2.

A．wrote

B．read

C．showed

D．concluded

3.

A．learning

B．promoting

C．influencing

D．representing

4.

A．pleased

B．satisfied

C．worried

D．embarrassed

5.

A．appeals

B．donations

C．responses

D．comments

6.

A．wrinkles

B．marks

C．scars

D．blackheads

7.

A．cautious

B．sharp

C．fresh

D．cold

8.

A．deliberately

B．aimlessly

C．abruptly

D．unintentionally

9.

A．sighed

B．apologized

C．scared

D．complained

10.

A．freedom

B．urge

C．duty

D．risk

11.

A．Besides

B．Therefore

C．Otherwise

D．However

12.

A．surrounded

B．crowded

C．frozen

D．buried

13.

A．describes

B．worsens

C．indicates

D．handles

14.

A．confident

B．youthful

C．fashionable

D．gentle

15.

A．at length

B．at last

C．at least

D．at most

16.

A．beauty

B．honor

C．peace

D．wisdom

17.

A．lost

B．abandoned

C．weathered

D．changed

18.

A．show up

B．show off

C．hold on

D．hold back

19.

A．important

B．similar

C．attractive

D．unique

20.

A．cover

B．caption

C．theme

D．picture

4 . For many parents, raising a teenager is like fighting a long war, but years go by without any clear winner. Like a border conflict between neighboring countries, the parent-teen war is about boundaries: Where is the line between what I control and what you do?

Both sides want peace, but neither feels it has any power to stop the conflict. In part, this is because neither is willing to admit any responsibility for starting it. From the parents’ point of view, the only cause of their fight is their adolescents’ complete unreasonableness. And of course, the teens see it in exactly the same way, except oppositely. Both feel trapped.

In this article, I’ll describe three no-win situations that commonly arise between teens and parents and then suggest some ways out of the trap. The first no-win situation is quarrels over unimportant things. Examples include the color of the teen’s hair, the cleanliness of the bedroom, the preferred style of clothing, the child’s failure to eat a good breakfast before school, or his tendency to sleep until noon on the weekends. Second, blaming. The goal of a blaming battle is to make the other admit that his bad attitude is the reason why everything goes wrong. Third, needing to be right. It doesn’t matter what the topic is—politics, the laws of physics, or the proper way to break an egg—the point of these arguments is to prove that you are right and the other person is wrong, for both wish to be considered an authority—someone who actually knows something—and therefore to command respect. Unfortunately, as long as parents and teens continue to assume that they know more than the other, they’ll continue to fight these battles forever and never make any real progress.

1. Why does the author compare the parent-teen war to a border conflict?

A．Both are about where to draw the line.

B．Both can continue for generations.

C．Neither has any clear winner.

D．Neither can be put to an end.

2. What does the underlined part in Paragraph 2 mean?

A．The teens tend to have a full understanding of their parents.

B．The teens agree with their parents on the cause of the conflict.

C．The teens cause their parents of misleading them.

D．The teens blame their parents for starting the conflict.

3. Parents and teens want to be right because they want to ______.

A．give orders to the other

B．know more than the other

C．gain respect from the other

D．get the other to behave properly

4. What will the author most probably discuss in the paragraph that follows?

A．Solutions for the parent-teen problems.

B．Examples of the parent-teen war.

C．Causes for the parent-teen conflicts.

D．Future of the parent-teen relationship.

5 .

Hello, Mr. Wi-Fi. Life without you is next to impossible. We’re happy to sing your name from morning till evening, sometimes till dawn. _______I know you help me, sometimes you’re making me do things with _______attention. Many times I promise myself that I’ll _______my feelings towards you, but you’re _______me closer and closer… You’ve entered both my home and my _______. You’re just a window for our _______and information. But we people aren’t _______only with the window. So we open all our _______for you. Is this a(n) _______or some kind of attachment? If this is an illness, is it curable? And if this is an attachment will you __________me to the lifelong togetherness?

We want you all days. Can’t you take a few days off so that both you and I can __________? You’re a poison-not a slow one but a super __________poison which holds our mind and makes us dance __________its tune. Nowadays you’re so __________that anyone can buy and make you our __________. You’ll never be bothered about our health but we’ll __________be concerned about your “health”. Because you accompany us everywhere and never let us be alone.

If you were a __________person made of flesh and blood (血肉之躯) would we love you the same? You __________us with your numerous talents and we even can’t get rid of you. We’re all your __________. Sometimes I wonder how people in the previous generations __________, but if they did why can’t we?

1.

A．Now that

B．Only if

C．Though

D．When

2.

A．praised

B．increased

C．focused

D．divided

3.

A．keep on

B．bring back

C．approve of

D．give up

4.

A．drawing

B．pushing

C．forcing

D．observing

5.

A．space

B．soul

C．society

D．workplace

6.

A．entertainment

B．argument

C．expansion

D．struggle

7.

A．strict

B．satisfied

C．generous

D．busy

8.

A．thoughts

B．eyes

C．exits

D．doors

9.

A．disease

B．inspiration

C．routine

D．situation

10.

A．recommend

B．instruct

C．promise

D．adapt

11.

A．persist

B．relax

C．progress

D．balance

12.

A．raw

B．new

C．strong

D．fast

13.

A．to

B．against

C．from

D．within

14.

A．affordable

B．valuable

C．conventional

D．attractive

15.

A．addition

B．expert

C．companion

D．instrument

16.

A．sometimes

B．always

C．never

D．seldom

17.

A．selfish

B．dishonest

C．responsible

D．real

18.

A．control

B．blame

C．comfort

D．challenge

19.

A．friends

B．slaves

C．colleagues

D．employers

20.

A．suffered

B．connected

C．survived

D．surfed

6 . Putting children in daycare helps working parents take their minds off childcare.     1    

How daycare negatively affects children is related to many factors. One study has suggested that some children who spend long hours in daycare centers experience more stress than those who spend more time in a setting with a mother.

Another study has shown that children who are shy have a higher level of the hormone cortisol (皮质醇) which is released when an individual shows signs of stress.     2     And as a result the child may not mix well with the other children and the teachers at the daycare center, a situation that can cause stress.

Another negative impact of daycare is that there is less communication between a mother and her child.     3     So it is essential for a child to develop a deep bond with his or her mother, since this will lay the foundation for all the relationships he or she will form later on in life. Children who spend a lot of time with their mothers experience healthy social and emotional development, while long hours in daycare can disrupt this bonding. Children who lose out on precious mother-child bonding are observed to have behavioral problems as they grow older.

Children in daycare centers also feel unprotected compared to children at home. In a daycare center, when one caregiver attends to more than one child at the same time, she may not be able to look deeply into why a child is mixing well or not.     4     Another negative aspect of daycare is that children there are more likely to fall ill if they come in contact with sick children.

    5     Well-maintained daycare centers contribute a great deal to the overall development of a child by providing a structured environment. Children become more social by interacting with other children of the same age, and learn new activities that are not always available if they are brought up only at home.

A．But daycare has its disadvantages.

B．Look for a daycare center that is well-maintained.

C．However, the advantages of daycare cannot be ignored.

D．This is because a shy child will not open up freely in public.

E．Babies become extremely attached to their primary caregivers.

F．In such cases, a child may become either completely quiet or aggressive.

G．You can cut the time in daycare centers by making alternative childcare arrangements.

7 . 假定你是李华，你和你的同学们将在下周末举办一次活动，针对“低头族”这一问题， 提醒过往的人们不要在行走时看手机，尽量抬起头来，注意安全与健康。请给你的英国朋 友Henry写封邮件，邀请他一起参加。开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数。
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How's everything going?
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Yours,

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Today the number of the netizens in our country have increased rapidly, yet many of them do not pay enough attention to the family. It is no doubt that we benefit much from the Internet. For an example, it’s convenient for us to get the informations we need and communicate with our friends and relatives. Meanwhile, it could help us learn that is happening both at home and abroad. Therefore, no matter how attractive the Internet is, we shouldn’t separated from our loved ones. We should stop surf the Internet and spend time with our families, enjoying the time when you are together.

9 . Recently, many e-commerce platforms, including Didi Taxi, Ctrip, Fliggy, JD ad Taobao, have been uncovered that they are cheating their frequent customers. Their ways are pretty clever. When there are new users or conservative old users, they will give a quite appealing price to attract them into registering and buying goods. However, their big data is not that friendly to the stable users and frequent visitors. The system always offers them higher price for the same products or service. How does this happen? According to the data analysis, the system knows clearly that although they feel the price is high, they will finally pay the bill. By collecting and analyzing users’ profiles, buying habits and other information, big data recommends the same products to different users with different prices.

Companies also try other ways to make money, making online consumption far more worrying. For example, video websites always offer 120 seconds’ advertisements, which drives people crazy. And even if you pay for the membership to get rid of the ads, you have to “enjoy” 15-second “private” ads. By broadcasting them, companies make huge profits — second to the membership fees. Also, owning 100Mbps network, you still put up with the slow speed when you are downloading a song. You have no choice but to become a VIP when you seek high quality services. Users seem to be lambs(羊羔) among wolves. Even though they say, “Since you have money, I’ll charge you more”, we can’t do anything about it.

It pains us that we haven’t figured out a way to deal with the problem. The only thing we can do is replacing our iPhones with Android phones if we want to buy a membership card, and applying for new accounts if we want cheaper hotels. Not finding a way to fight back, we can’t do anything but accept them passively.

1. How does big data serve companies according to the text?

A．By being kind to all users.

B．By giving a discount to stable users.

C．By attracting new users by analyzing their shopping habits.

D．By recommending the same products with higher prices to regular users.

2. What do we know from the third paragraph?

A．Membership can rid you of all the ads.

B．Only by being a VIP can you get a better service.

C．The slow download speed is due to your poor network.

D．Advertising income is the biggest income for video websites.

3. What is the author’ attitude towards the chances of finding a way to fight back?

A．Uncertain.	B．Casual.
C．Negative.	D．Positive.

4. What is the main idea of the text?

A．The big data provides helpful information to users.

B．We have to accept online consumption as it is.

C．There exist many online consumption traps.

D．Regular customers are richer.

10 . Kids love to go online. There is so much to explore and learn.     1     The answer to the question is as difficult as determining at what age a child can be left at home by themselves, since all children are different. Here are some questions to ask yourself to determine what is right for your child.

    2    

Of course when you are trying to determine if you can let him or her go online, your child has probably already said, “I’m ready; I can handle it.” But are they?     3     How would they handle the material if they ran across it by accident?

    4    

Does your child question other people’s actions? Do they easily believe anything that is presented to them? It is an important question to ask to determine if your child is ready to go online alone.

Have you taught them what the dangers are?

    5    . Have you explained to them that there are people out there that might want to do them harm? It is a dangerous world out there. If you are going to let them wander around in the online world, they need to be prepared for what they might see or run into.

A．You may be thinking this is a strange question to ask yourself.

B．Is your child easy to cheat?

C．There are a lot of dangers online.

D．Are they ready to go online by themselves?

E．Is your child skilled in using a computer?

F．Unfortunately there is a lot of unpleasant material online.

G．At what age should you allow your child to go online alone?