1 . Do you sometimes ignore your mom while chatting with friends? If you’re a teen, that’s fairly
Young kids’ brains are very tuned in to their mothers’ voices. But as they grow up, everything
Researchers scanned the brains of 7 to 16-year-olds as they listened to things said by their mothers or by unfamiliar women. The words were purely
These areas in the adolescent brains don’t stop
However, mothers’ voices still have special power, especially in times of
So while both teens and their parents sometimes feel frustrated by missed messages, that’s okay. “That’s the way the
A.common | B.rare | C.strange | D.impossible |
A.put up | B.tune out | C.listen to | D.show off |
A.changes | B.matters | C.evolves | D.counts |
A.action | B.shift | C.ability | D.function |
A.complicated | B.meaningful | C.nonsense | D.nonstop |
A.numb | B.small | C.calm | D.active |
A.collapse | B.design | C.detect | D.process |
A.keeping out | B.responding to | C.working with | D.turning down |
A.struggle | B.advance | C.shrink | D.mature |
A.Once | B.Otherwise | C.Instead | D.Besides |
A.strangers | B.competitors | C.partners | D.peers |
A.adapt to | B.appeal to | C.apply to | D.attach to |
A.stress | B.relief | C.safety | D.plenty |
A.varied | B.dropped | C.topped | D.remained |
A.head | B.mind | C.heart | D.brain |
2 . My phone was an extension of myself. I couldn’t go anywhere
When I was watching TV shows or movies and there was a boring part, I
I have welcomed silence into my life with open arms and am enjoying the increased
As much as having a smartphone was
A.through | B.without | C.despite | D.upon |
A.updates | B.instructions | C.assessments | D.decisions |
A.symbol | B.responsibility | C.reality | D.addiction |
A.conscious | B.shameful | C.foolish | D.random |
A.sell | B.pull | C.throw | D.mind |
A.avoided | B.denied | C.missed | D.allowed |
A.assist | B.improve | C.associate | D.occupy |
A.requests | B.thoughts | C.directions | D.comments |
A.instead of | B.regardless of | C.but for | D.apart from |
A.creativity | B.productivity | C.knowledge | D.independence |
A.routine | B.necessity | C.loneliness | D.temptation |
A.genuine | B.grateful | C.direct | D.desperate |
A.naturally | B.certainly | C.seemingly | D.gradually |
A.wonder | B.imagination | C.interest | D.authenticity |
A.depressive | B.comfortable | C.stressful | D.boring |
3 . Like many young Chinese, Zuo had been raised from a young age to be “a good student”. As long as she followed the rules and worked hard, money and success would naturally followed. Zuo had followed the instructions to the
For Zuo, the failure came as a crushing
But the ordeal (磨难) has left a profound impression on Zuo. The former teacher’s pet has transformed into a passionate
“Good students” like Zuo tend to be
It’s clear that a diverse range of young people can
A.letter | B.limitation | C.guidance | D.degree |
A.land | B.miss | C.occupy | D.play |
A.job | B.offer | C.application | D.response |
A.blow | B.surprise | C.expectation | D.experience |
A.impressed | B.overwhelmed | C.filled | D.buried |
A.supporter | B.example | C.critic | D.expert |
A.absolutely | B.seldom | C.less | D.particularly |
A.get rid of | B.suffer from | C.live up with | D.get over |
A.external | B.flexible | C.positive | D.special |
A.develop | B.adopt | C.withdraw | D.transform |
A.avoid | B.owe | C.fall | D.change |
A.recognition | B.concern | C.situation | D.fear |
A.openly | B.continuously | C.hopefully | D.anxiously |
A.rise | B.boost | C.advance | D.upgrade |
A.breakout | B.breakdown | C.breakup | D.breakthrough |
4 . I’m pretty good at sticking with things even when they get hard. Bad relationships, unpleasant workplaces,
After all, isn’t every success story littered with
All of us are constantly making tricky choices between going further into familiar territory and
Of course, this doesn’t mean you shouldn’t quit something just because you’ve put a lot of time into it. Economists call this the sunk cost fallacy (谬误): People are more likely to
If you don’t get energy out of doing something, it can be a(n)
In fact, dogged persistence in the face of energy-sucking disappointment can
But the good news is that people can learn to pay better attention to these moments when they’re happening and make
A.engaging | B.demanding | C.inevitable | D.leisure |
A.worsen | B.occur | C.improve | D.continue |
A.frustrations | B.determinations | C.attempts | D.inspirations |
A.Therefore | B.Additionally | C.For example | D.However |
A.amaze | B.scare | C.distress | D.compliment |
A.breaking up | B.looking up | C.standing up | D.backing up |
A.venture | B.specialize | C.explore | D.relax |
A.benefit from | B.approve of | C.stick with | D.withdraw from |
A.evaluate | B.avoid | C.overlook | D.cut |
A.human | B.crazy | C.sensible | D.tricky |
A.indication | B.desire | C.occasion | D.recognition |
A.accomplish | B.upgrade | C.modify | D.maintain |
A.prevent | B.trigger | C.relieve | D.contract |
A.researches | B.choices | C.changes | D.resolutions |
A.shortcut | B.barrier | C.guarantee | D.pathway |
5 . Man the Hunter, a key idea in human sciences, proposes that hunting was a major driver of human evolution and that men conducted this activity, leaving women out. It holds that human ancestors had a division of
Man the Hunter has dominated the study of human evolution for nearly half a century and spread through popular
Researchers look at the damage on our ancestors’ remains for clues to their
Observations of recent and contemporary societies provide direct evidence of women
A recent study of cross-cultural observational data lasting the past 100 years—much of which was
Much about female exercise science and the
A.food | B.labor | C.resource | D.power |
A.technically | B.socially | C.physically | D.intellectually |
A.culture | B.belief | C.science | D.awareness |
A.wrong | B.unbelievable | C.simple | D.reasonable |
A.emotion | B.appearance | C.diet | D.behavior |
A.injury | B.interaction | C.growth | D.settlement |
A.various | B.identical | C.outdoor | D.manual |
A.taking over | B.suffering from | C.longing for | D.participating in |
A.in fact | B.as a whole | C.for instance | D.as a result |
A.quoted | B.ignored | C.collected | D.stored |
A.supporters | B.pioneers | C.leaders | D.hunters |
A.hobbies | B.status | C.lives | D.rights |
A.established | B.unsupported | C.developed | D.misguided |
A.ever-growing | B.self-governing | C.mixed-sex | D.multi-cultural |
A.team | B.sporting | C.leisure | D.male |
6 . Fifteen years ago, apps were new and few truly understood their potentials. Retailers (零售商) barely knew that consumers could browse in stores while comparing
“Media have reported these apps as a threat to physical stores,” says a retailer. “However, less
A study indicates it’s
Besides, adopting a strategy of
A.prices | B.locations | C.experiences | D.similarities |
A.genuinely | B.generously | C.particularly | D.finally |
A.domestic | B.physical | C.imaginary | D.parallel |
A.alternatives | B.deposits | C.refunds | D.discounts |
A.cornered | B.introduced | C.contributed | D.sentenced |
A.criticized | B.mentioned | C.predicted | D.recommended |
A.pursue | B.neglect | C.question | D.compare |
A.assist | B.prohibit | C.monitor | D.expose |
A.out of place | B.on the spot | C.within reach | D.at random |
A.wise | B.senseless | C.risky | D.challenging |
A.reputation | B.greed | C.priority | D.devotion |
A.tax | B.much | C.cash | D.extra |
A.disorder | B.gap | C.loss | D.reduction |
A.accessible | B.multiple | C.loyal | D.concrete |
A.doubt | B.effort | C.fear | D.guilt |
7 . During my freshman year at Brooklyn College, credit card companies were eager to earn the business of students.
To make the class as
We, educators, can help young people
Financial literacy shouldn’t be optional because it puts those without it at a significant
A.Attracted | B.Sponsored | C.Required | D.Dominated |
A.conditions | B.benefits | C.consequences | D.processes |
A.Displaying | B.Maintaining | C.Abandoning | D.Lacking |
A.However | B.Therefore | C.Otherwise | D.Instead |
A.guarantee | B.generate | C.demand | D.settle |
A.turned | B.guided | C.followed | D.tricked |
A.independence | B.responsibility | C.achievement | D.identity |
A.touching | B.surprising | C.engaging | D.inspiring |
A.words | B.titles | C.courses | D.topics |
A.posing | B.considering | C.examining | D.tackling |
A.search for | B.pay for | C.prepare for | D.care for |
A.questions | B.paths | C.examples | D.resources |
A.easier | B.cheaper | C.safer | D.stricter |
A.distance | B.disadvantage | C.point | D.corner |
A.duties | B.abilities | C.ambitions | D.experiences |
8 . 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 |
9 . The sharing economy is an economic model known as a peer-to-peer(P2P)based activity of getting, providing, or sharing goods and services that is often promoted by on-line platforms (平台) It allows persons and groups to make money from the assets (资产) which is not
Concerns about the sharing economy often includes the uncertainty about
Another
There is also a fear that lots of information shared on online platforms can create racial or sex bias (偏见) among users. This can happen when users are allowed to
A.in danger | B.in use | C.in order | D.in hand |
A.taken out | B.picked out | C.rented out | D.sold out |
A.services | B.supplies | C.gifts | D.goals |
A.values | B.customers | C.markets | D.rules |
A.managed | B.punished | C.provided | D.judged |
A.offer | B.order | C.accept | D.stop |
A.higher | B.lower | C.full | D.right |
A.case | B.opinion | C.topic | D.concern |
A.impolite | B.impatient | C.improper | D.impossible |
A.highly | B.widely | C.narrowly | D.deeply |
A.official | B.special | C.unfair | D.equal |
A.which | B.who | C.where | D.when |
A.formal | B.unique | C.dishonest | D.specific |
A.cheat | B.choose | C.impress | D.recognize |
A.errors | B.styles | C.details | D.records |
10 . When I re-entered the full-time workforce a few years ago after a decade of lonely self-employment, there was one thing I was looking forward to the most: the opportunity to have work friends once again. It wasn't until I entered the corporate world that I realized, for me at least, being friends with colleagues didn't emerge as a(n)
Perhaps my expectations of lunches, water-cooler gossip and caring, deep-and-meaningful conversations were a
In an academic analysis just published in the profoundly-respected Journal of Management, researchers have looked at the concept of “indifferent relationships", a simple term that summarizes the fact that relationships at work can
Indifferent relationships are neither positive nor negative. The limited research conducted thus far indicates they're especially
As noted above, indifferent relationships may not always be the most
The other is
Ego aside, a third advantage is that the emotional
A.burden | B.priority | C.obligation | D.coincidence |
A.long-standing | B.contractual | C.steady | D.interpersonal |
A.affecting | B.enhancing | C.measuring | D.restoring |
A.cause | B.reflection | C.consequence | D.reminder |
A.pretending | B.needing | C.promising | D.hesitating |
A.peculiarly | B.interestingly | C.reasonably | D.decisively |
A.dominant | B.rare | C.significant | D.intense |
A.preferred | B.compulsory | C.additional | D.likely |
A.engaging | B.casual | C.demanding | D.effortless |
A.traditional | B.cautious | C.flexible | D.helpful |
A.image | B.efficiency | C.profit | D.expansion |
A.self-respect | B.self-improvement | C.self-evaluation | D.self-control |
A.resistant | B.unique | C.open | D.essential |
A.feature | B.neutrality | C.reaction | D.conflict |
A.exhausting | B.meaningful | C.fun | D.popular |