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Jenkins stood at the huge plate glass window looking down at the parking lot．“You have to fire him．”

“Who?”William sighed．

“That Casey．”

Jenkins was the firm’s regional manager，and his visits were monthly inspection on William’s entire team．

“Casey? He’s my best salesman．You know，youth is a blunder(莽撞)，but when he calms down，he is so devoted to his work．Why should I fire him?”

Jenkins craned(伸长)his neck to follow whatever he was watching．“I don’t think he helps to build our company image well．”

“Maybe not，but he’s really a good salesman，a team player，and he inspires everyone in the office and even the whole team here，”William said．“I won’t do it．”Technically，as director of this team，he and Jenkins were equals，but William knew that he had to play this carefully．

“What you call inspiring，I call troublesome．Look!”．

William walked over to see what he was talking about．Down in the parking lot was a strange sight indeed．Casey was dancing circles in the drop-off zone．He had his shirt tied around his waist．shoes and socks off，and smile you could see from the fifth floor．One by one Casey’s co-workers were joining him．Each took off what clothes they could and danced like a feather in the wind．

“Inspiring? It’s crazy．”Jenkins was looking seriously angry，face red．

“We were once young，weren’t we?”William said with a huge smile spreading across his face．“He’s doing the dodo dance．It’s not crazy．It’s SPRING．We all enjoy this time of the day!”He said，pulling down his tie as he headed to the door．

1.What kind of person is Casey in William’s opinion?

A．Strict but open—minded．

B．Kind and easy—going．

C．Motivational and hardworking．

D．Stubborn but considerate．

2.What made Jenkins angry?

A．Casey’s casual behaviours．

B．Casey’s ignorance of his work．

C．William’s disrespect．

D．The trouble William made．

3.What can be inferred from the last paragraph?

A．Casey will be laid off．

B．Jenkins will fire William．

C．The company image will be damaged．

D．William will join Casey in the dance．

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One activity that my family and I enjoy do every summer is taking our boat out. It’s so many fun! We always invite one of our neighbour, Paul, to go with us. Paul is also my best friend, whom is the same age as me. He is good for swimming and fishing. I still remember last year he catches a very big fish. Every time we go boating, my father drives the boat. Sometimes he drives them really fast when we are sitting in front of the boat. We are very excited and happily. My mother always brings a lot of fruits and snacks. When we are hungry or thirsty, and we can eat them.

A German study suggests that people who were too optimistic about their future actually faced greater risk of disability or death within 10 years than those pessimists who expected their future to be worse.

The paper, published this March in Psychology and Aging, examined health and welfare surveys from roughly 40,000 Germans between ages 18 and 96. The surveys were conducted every year from 1993 to 2003.

Survey respondents were asked to estimate their present and future life satisfaction on a scale of 0 to 10, among other questions.

The researchers found that young adults (age 18 to 39) routinely overestimated their future life satisfaction, while middle-aged adults (age 40 to 64) more accurately predicted how they would feel in the future. Adults of 65 and older, however, were far more likely to underestimate their future life satisfaction. Not only did they feel more satisfied than they thought they would, the older pessimists seemed to suffer a lower ratio of disability and death for the study period.

“We observed that being too optimistic in predicting a better future than actually observed was associated with a greater risk of disability and a greater risk of death within the following decade,” wrote Frieder R. Lang, a professor at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg.

Lang and his colleagues believed that people who were pessimistic about their future may be more careful about their actions than people who expected a rosy future.

“Seeing a dark future may encourage positive evaluations of the actual self and may contribute to taking improved precautions (预防措施),” the authors wrote.

Surprisingly, compared with those in poor health or who had low incomes, respondents who enjoyed good health or income were associated with expecting a greater decline. Also, the researchers said that higher income was related to a greater risk of disability.

The authors of the study noted that there were limitations to their conclusions. Illness, medical treatment and personal loss could also have driven health outcomes.

However, the researchers said a pattern was clear. “We found that from early to late adulthood, individuals adapt their expectations of future life satisfaction from optimistic, to accurate, to pessimistic,” the authors concluded.

1.According to the study, who made the most accurate prediction of their future life satisfaction?

A. Optimistic adults.

B. Middle-aged adults.

C. Adults in poor health.

D. Adults of lower income.

2.Pessimism may be positive in some way because it causes people________.

A. to fully enjoy their present life

B. to estimate their contribution accurately

C. to take measures against potential risks

D. to value health more highly than wealth

3.How do people of higher income see their future?

A. They will earn less money.

B. They will become pessimistic.

C. They will suffer mental illness.

D. They will have less time to enjoy life.

4.What is the clear conclusion of the study?

A. Pessimism guarantees chances of survival.

B. Good financial condition leads to good health.

C. Medical treatment determines health outcomes.

D. Expectations of future life satisfaction decline with age.

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It’s Nice to be Home

1. I have been fortunate enough to make trips to many countries．They were wonderful adventures filled with new sights and experiences．And my wife and I have another trip in the planning stages．

We're home now and have settled back into our daily routine of life．2. I find that when I am at home，particularly for a while when we have just returned from a trip，I feel very comfortable．Perhaps it is because everything around me is familiar and the daily routine is so much the same I can move through it almost without thinking．3.Perhaps it is because we can have meals at home instead of always being in restaurants，although it's nice to let someone else do the cooking，and because I can sleep in my own bed．There are times I think it would be nice to simply stop travelling and stay home and I'm stile I would be very comfortable if that were to happen． 4.

Yet I guess I am probably a restless soul because I know that after I have been home for a while I will start to think about other places we might go and other things we want to see．We will travel again and we feel fortunate to be able to do so．5. Still，one of the best things about travelling for me is coming home．I'm very comfortable here at home even if it is difficult to say exactly why．

A．I like to travel very much．

B．I enjoy local food while travelling．

C．I like being home，for whatever reason．

D．Perhaps it is because our friends are here．

E．And I enjoy my daily life at home so much．

F．We want to see as much of the world as we can．

G．It’s lucky that my wife and I both love travelling．

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On Saturday morning，a heavy snowfall covered the ground of the nursing home．It was _________ without all the other patients and medical workers．I enjoyed working as the charge nurse on these _________ men．My Big Boys，as I called them，were sitting there _________ watching TV．I loved the _________ these retired men of various occupations told．They also _________the questions I asked them about their _________．My question today was，“Did you like to play in the snow when you were young?”

Their eyes lighted up as they _________ the excitement．

“I haven’t felt snow in many years，”said Stanley from his wheelchair，gazing _________ the large picture window．

“ _________won’t last long．”said another．

Dared I…?But why not? I might get _________ ．but I would not get fired．

So gathered up some huge _________ ．I went out the back door and filled them with snow．I took the first container of snow inside to Stanley．“Do you remember _________ a snowball?”

Stanley smiled，reaching out his_________ hands，took a handful of the snow and began forming a _________ ．

“Who would you like to throw it at···?”I asked．

“Tom!”Stanley shouted _________ as he threw the ball at the man near the door．Then all the men got into the action．

“Better duck!”one shouted．

“Catch this one!”another _________ ．

Laughter filled the whole nursing home．_________ also became a victim and soon found myself fighting，too．

The _________ lasted until the snow began to melt．Their laughter，smiles and energy _________ the whole day．I saw the _________inside these Big Boys．

1.A．worse B．quieter C．simpler D．heavier

2.A．elderly B．serious C．painful D．poor

3.A．peacefully B．proudly C．stably D．eagerly

4.A．ideas B．1ies C．stories D．differences

5.A．argued B．missed C．doubted D．enjoyed

6.A．dreams B．ages C．friends D．youths

7.A．accepted B．experienced C．recalled D．recognized

8.A．outside B．inside C．upon D．over

9.A．Frost B．Rain C．Wind D．Snow

10.A．hurt B．scolded C．trapped D．1ost

11.A．stones B．containers C．courage D．strength

12.A．throwing B．taking C．making D．hitting

13.A．flexible B．trembling C．graceful D．free

14.A．ball B．habit C．toy D．team

15.A．naturally B．nervously C．desperately D．excitedly

16.A．tried B．suggested C．challenged D．whispered

17.A．He B．They C．I D．We

18.A．break B．fights C．business D．exercises

19.A．brightened B．started C．happened D．finished

20.A．True Love B．Determined Gentlemen C．Human Curiosity D．Little Boys

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Everybody knows about lots of relatively easy things on weight loss. 1. However, if you have ever tried some before without success, then the following guides could be more useful for your life.

There’s no magical diet.

We often think that if we can just discover the “right” kinds of foods, we’ll magically lose weight or maintain what we’ve lost. In fact there doesn’t seem to be any “right” diet, and there doesn’t seem to be any evidence that one particular diet will work better with an individual’s body. __2.

Dieting gets the better of exercising.

It is said that exercise is the key to weight loss—taking the stairs instead of the elevator will make a difference, for instance. 3. Decreasing food intake is much more effective than increasing physical activity to achieve weight loss. Of course, both together would be even better.

Work harder than other people.

Exercise may not help go back to what it was before you gained weight. So if you’ve been overweight and you lose weight, maintaining that loss means you’re probably going to have to work harder than other people. Building muscles can help your body burn a few more calories. 4. It seems unfair, but that’s the way it is.

5.

For energy balance, it’s the number of calories that counts. It’s certainly true at least in theory and sometimes in practice. You can gain weight eating too much healthy food as well as unhealthy food. So the point is not to question what a calorie is, but rather to understand that we need to exchange the calorie-packed foods for foods that are less calorie-dense and more nutritionally dense.

A. All calories are created equal.

B. Some of them are also extremely effective when actually carried out.

C. A calorie is a calorie!

D. We know pretty much that any diet will work if you follow it.

E. However, it’s much more efficient to cut calories.

F. Some of the calories we burn come from our basic exercise.

G. However, it’s also likely that you’ll have to do more in the long run.

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You go to a store to buy food for a party. But when you get to the cash register, there are no plastic bags for the things you buy. If you live in San Francisco, this situation might not surprise you. 1. Many cities and towns around the United States may ban plastic bags. 2. Instead, they’d like people to use their own cloth bags when they shop. 3. They say they wouldn’t buy as much if they couldn’t get a free bag. Store owners don’t want to lose business. So they want to keep offering plastic bags.

Stores should be banned from using plastic bags. Here’s why:

All those plastic bags fill up garbage dumps (垃圾站). That hurts the environment.

People can use cloth bags instead. 4.

Stores should not be banned from using plastic bags. Here’s why:

People might buy less if stores don’t offer plastic shopping bags. Some stores might go out of business.

Some people reuse plastic shopping bags for things like garbage. If they don’t get them for free, they’ll have to buy some.

5. That could get expensive.

A. These bags don’t get thrown away until they’ve been used many times.

B. There should always be a choice.

C. If shoppers forgot a cloth bag, they would have to buy one.

D. But many people don’t want to buy their own cloth bags.

E. Many people throw them away after using them.

F. That city has banned most plastic shopping bags from stores.

G. They hope that shoppers won’t use paper bags either.

I ______ football since I left university.

A. didn’t play B. don’t play

C. won’t play D. haven’t played

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Child development

People live much longer than most other animals, so human childhood also lasts a long time. Unlike baby animals, human children need many years to learn how to live on their own as adults. As children’s bodies grow, so do their minds. 1.

There are several stages of child development. Infancy (婴儿期) is the most helpless stage. Over their first year infants gradually learn to roll over, sit up, crawl (爬), and take their first steps with someone helping them. As they grow out of infancy, babies begin to make sounds similar to words.

The toddler stage (学步期) begins when a baby starts to walk, usually at about the age of 1. Most children also start saying words at about this time. As toddlers grow they become stronger and have more control of their bodies. Their thinking skills also improve. 2. They like to copy what other people say and do.

Between the ages of 3 and 5, children are in the preschool stage. Children learn many important skills during this stage. They learn to share and to take turns. 3. Playing with others helps them learn how to get along with all kinds of people.

Starting school marks a new stage. Children’s minds develop quickly as they learn reading and writing. They also learn more about cooperating with others.

Between 9 and 12 years old, children are preteens. 4. They become better at controlling their behavior. Preteens also understand how to be helpful to others.

5. As preteens become teenagers, they move one step closer to becoming adults and living on their own.

A. This growth is called child development.

B. As their bodies grow stronger, they try sports.

C. They learn how to play simple games with rules.

D. During this stage they become much more independent.

E. The end of the preteen years marks the end of childhood.

F. They slowly start putting words together to make sentences.

G. Preteens also become more aware of the world beyond their home.

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