阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Do you want to get home from work knowing you have made a real difference in someone's life? If yes, don't care about sex or age! Come and join us, then you'll make it!

Position: Volunteer Social Care Assistant

(No Pay with Free Meals)

Place: Manchester

Hours: Part Time

We are now looking for volunteers to support people with learning disabilities to live active lives! Only 4 days left.Don't miss the chance of lending your warm hands to help others!

Role:

You will provide people with learning disabilities with all aspects of their daily lives.You will help them to develop new skills.You will help them to protect their rights and their safety.But your primary concern is to let them know they are valued.

Skills and Experience Required:

You will have the right values and great listening skills.You will be honest and patient.You will have the ability to drive a car and to communicate in fluent written and spoken English since you'll have to help those people with different learning disabilities.Previous care-related experience will be a great advantage for you.

1.The text is meant to ______ .

A.leave a note

B.send an invitation

C.present a document

D.carry an advertisement

2.What does the underlined part mean?

A.You'll make others' lives more meaningful with this job.

B.You'll arrive home just in time from this job.

C.You'll earn a good salary from this job.

D.You'll succeed in getting this job.

3.The volunteers’ primary responsibility is to help people with learning disabilities ______ .

A.to get some financial support

B.to properly protect themselves

C.to learn some new living skills

D.to realize their own importance

4.Which of the following can first be chosen as a volunteer?

A.The one who can drive a car.

B.The one who has done similar work before.

C.The one who has patience to listen to others.

D.The one who can use English to communicate.

5.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the text?

A.A girl can’t apply for the position.

B.You can get salaries from the position.

C.Free meals are available.

D.You can get the position in 5 days.

Exhausted and unhappy, you still have to squeeze a smile to your friends, or teachers. That’s just life, you may think. But new research suggests that putting on a fake smile can worsen people’s mood and even lower work efficiency.

Lead researcher Brent Scott with other researchers studied a group of bus drivers for two weeks. They tried to find out what happened when the drivers were involved in “surface acting” or fake smiling, and the opposite, “deep acting” which means people put on real smiles by recalling pleasant memories or thinking about their current situation more positively.

The results showed that on days when drivers were forced to smile, they felt depressed and didn’t want to work. On days when they smiled due to positive thoughts, their mood improved a lot as well as their work efficiency.

The research goes against the popular belief among companies that employees should be cheerful to customers at all times. They include employees of shops, banks, call center workers and others who have face-to-face contact with members of the public. “Smiling for the sake of(为了) smiling can lead to emotional exhaustion and coldness, and that’s bad for the organization,” Scott told the Daily Mail.

The study also showed that women were harmed more by fake smiling than men. Their mood and work performance both worsened more. But they were helped more by deep acting — their mood became better and they worked more efficiently.

However, while deep acting seemed to improve mood in the short term, Scott says it’s not a long-term solution for unhappiness.

“There have been some suggestions that if you do this over a long period that you start to feel inauthentic(不真实的),” Scott said. “You may be trying to cultivate positive emotions, but at the end of the day you may not feel like yourself anymore.”

1.Brent Scott and others’ experiments on bus drivers suggest that ______.

A. depression among bus drivers is common

B. thinking in a positive way helps with work efficiency

C. bus drivers with pleasant memories tend to be less efficient

D. the bus drivers’ work efficiency is determined by their mood

2.According to the article, which of the following statements about “fake smiling” is TRUE?

A. It is good for the business but bad for the employees.

B. It doesn’t work on people who are emotionally expressive.

C. It is a widely accepted cultural practice in the US.

D. It causes more harm to women than men.

3.We can conclude from the article that the researchers think that ______.

A. people should be true to their feelings

B. smiling helps to put people in a good mood and become more efficient

C. it is unnecessary to cultivate positive emotions

D. deep acting can improve mood in the long run

4.The article is mainly about ______.

A. the importance of smiling during face-to-face contact

B. a new study on fake smiling and its influence on people

C. suggestions on improving work efficiency

D. how to cheer up when you are exhausted

阅读下面的短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

In France, there once lived a famous man named the Marquis de Lafayette. When he was a little boy, his mother called him Gilbert.

Gilbert’s father and grandfather had both been ________ men in his village. He was proud of them, and he ________ that he might grow up to be like them.

Gilbert’s home was near a ________. One day word came that a cruel ________ had been seen in the woods. Men said it had killed many of the villagers’ sheep. Gilbert was only seven, but all his ________ were about the cruel animal.

“Shall we take a ________ ?” asked his mother.

“Oh, yes!” said Gilbert. “We may see that wolf in the forest. But don’t be ________.”

His mother smiled, ________ she felt quite sure that there was no ________ .

They did not go far into the woods. The mother sat down under a tree and began to ________ . Seeing Mom interested in her book, Gilbert decided to ________ the animal. He walked quietly into a wilder place. He looked ________ around, but saw only a rabbit.

Then, ________ , he heard footsteps. He stood still and ________, When the animal was very ________ to him, he jumped out of his hiding place and held it round its neck. It did not try to bite. But it threw Gilbert upon the ________ .

Gilbert was soon on his feet again. He was not ________ at all. He looked at the animal: It was not a wolf but a calf(牛犊).

The boy felt very ________ . He hurried back to his mother, tears in his eyes. He told her what had happened.

His mother said, “You were very ________ . You are my hero because you ________ what you thought was a great danger and you were not afraid.”

1.A. famous B. wise C. brave D. generous

2.A. wished B. guessed C. realized D. believed

3.A. mountain B. forest C. farm D. river

4.A. tiger B. lion C. bear D. wolf

5.A. thoughts B. questions C. plans D. complaints

6.A. bath B. picture C. walk D. break

7.A. tired B. afraid C. cruel D. surprised

8.A. so B. once C. but D. for

9.A. danger B. wonder C. use D. point

10.A. sing B. read C. sleep D. draw

11.A. give up B. worry about C. look for D. ask about

12.A. angrily B. hurriedly C. proudly D. carefully

13.A. finally B. suddenly C. gradually D. strangely

14.A. listened B. cried C. waited D. watched

15.A. close B. familiar C. blind D. harmful

16.A. stone B. wall C. tree D. ground

17.A. defeated B. bothered C. frightened D. hurt

18.A. annoyed B. ashamed C. nervous D. excited

19.A. smart B. curious C. courageous D. lucky

20.A. faced B. avoided C. chose D. accepted

H.T.B. Arts Center

FILM Tickets £2.50 / £ 1.50. Performances at 8 pm unless started otherwise.

WILD AT HEART 127mins.

Wen 6-Fri8 February

Director: David Lynch

Starring: Nicholas Cage, Laura Dern, Willam Dafoe. A first-class film. Cage and his girlfriend Dean are on the run through the dangerous Deep South. They are hiding from gunmen who have been hired to kill Cage by Dean's mother. Victims, yes—but they also have fun. It's wild at heart, strange on top. Funny, frightening and brilliant.

DICK TRACY 113mins

Mon 11-Sat16 February 6pm

Tickets on sale 5-6 pm

Director: Warren Beatty

Starring: Warren Beatty , Madonna The famous detective tries to stop Big Boy and the Blank from taking over the city. A colorful and exciting film. Some parts are frightening, so think twice about taking children.

BATMAN 126mins

Mon11-Sat16 February 8.30pm

Tickets on sale 7.30-8.30pm

PIZZA PLUS offer 6-7pm

Director: Tim Burton

Starring: Michael Keaton, Jack Nicholson. A few essential questions must be asked...Is Batman a mad hero? Why does Bruce Wayne spend millions dressing up as a bat? Has Nicholson's Joker stolen the whole movie? Great action and excellent acting, especially by Nicholson.

1.We know from Wild at Heart that

A. Wild at Heart is funny rather than frightening

B. Cage was not accepted by his future mother-in-law.

C. A famous detective happened to help Cage and Dean.

D. Cage and Dean are playing the hide-and-seek game with Dean’s mother.

2.According to the text, we can learn that _____.

A. Batman has the longest running time

B. One can buy tickets in advance for all the films

C. You’d better not take your children with you to see Dick Tracy

D. While watching Batman one can enjoy pizza at 7:30 pm.

3.Where can we most probably read this text?

A. In a movie review.

B. In an ad page.

C. In a short story.

D. In an introduction of an art center.

根据短文内容,从短文后胡选项中选出能填入空白处胡最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项,此题答案请答在答题卡上。

Starting high school means changes in your life. Most teenagers look forward to the first day of high school, but still feel a little bit nervous. In order to make your high school life easier, 1.________

Learn all you can about your first day before the first school day. Take part in some activities that are held at the school for new students to know the school better. If parents are invited to these activities, take yours with you. Carefully look over all the materials you receive. 2.________

Get the things you will need for class. But the things suggested on your teachers’supply lists and place your materials for each class separately.

3.________If you find you’re not doing well in a subject, make use of after-school study groups or ask your teacher to help you with your schoolwork. Consider private tutoring to get you through a difficult time.

There’s more extracurricular(课外的) activities in high school than in middle school, such as clubs, music and theatre groups, student government, and sports teams. Make friends and be seen at such school activities. 4.________

Ask someone in the school office about opportunities to take part in school activities if you don’t know how. This is a good time to do what you like doing and an opportunity to try new things. Who said school has to be all work and no play?

Since you’re attending more activities in high school than in middle school, 5.________

A. you can follow these tips.

B. Keep up with your high school workload.

C. Here are some tips for you to follow,

D. All work and no play makes Jake a dull boy.

E. you’ll have to learn to manage your time.

F. Be sure you know where the school’s buildings are.

G. Join a club or other organizations to meet people and develop friendships.

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