题目内容
The Hidden Gold
There was once a farmer who had a fine olive(橄榄树) garden. He was very hardworking, and the farm always gave so much fruit under his care. But he knew that his three sons were lazy and were eager to make wealth without hard work.
When the farmer was old and felt his time was coming to an end, he said to his sons, "My sons, there is a pot of gold hidden in the garden. Dig for it, if you wish it."
The sons tried to get him to tell them where the gold was hidden, but he would tell them nothing more.
After the farmer was dead, the sons went to work to find the pot of gold; since they did not know where the hiding-place was, they dug the whole garden. But no pot of gold was found. The three sons were very disappointed
The next olive season, the olive trees in the garden bore more fruit than they had ever give; when it was sold, it gave the sons a whole pot of gold.
Only at this moment did they suddenly understand what the wise father had meant.
写作内容:
1. 以约30个词概括这则故事的主要内容；
2. 然后以“勤奋”为话题发表你的看法，字数大约120左右，并包括如下要点:
(1) 你赞同还是反对农夫的做法？并说出理由；
(2) 叙述你通过勤奋获得丰厚收获的一次经历，并谈谈你的感受。
写作要求:
1. 在作文中可以使用自己亲身的经历或虚构的故事，也可以参照阅读材料的内容但不得直接引用原文中的句子；
2. 作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。
评分标准:
概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，篇章连贯。
Sample:
A farmer told his sons a lie that a pot of gold was hidden in the garden. They didn’t understand what it meant until they dug the whole garden and sold all the fruit. (34w)
I agree with the farmer. His three sons didn’t like farm work and wanted to get rich over night, which is very impossible and makes them lazier.
I still remember one of my own experiences. When I was a primary school student, my English wasn’t good but I didn’t give it up. On the contrary, I spent so much time in memorizing useful and important words and phrases and doing so much exercise. When coming across some questions, I tried to solve them as quickly as possible with the help of my teacher and classmates. With a strong belief in my heart, I spared no effort to conquer English. Eventually, my hard work paid off and got many good marks.
Hard work comes first if everyone wants success.
Dreaming is believing, claim researchers of a new study, who found that dreams have an effect on people’s behavior, judgment and they might contain important hidden truths as well.
“Psychologists’ explanations of the meaning of dreams vary widely. But our findings show that people believe their dreams provide meaningful insightinto themselves and their world,” said a lead author of the study Carey Morewedge, an assistant professor at Carnegie Mellon University.
In six different studies, researchers surveyed nearly 1,100 people about their dreams. One of the studies focused on general beliefs about dreams and involved 149 university students. All students were asked to rate different theories about dreams. The experts found that a surprising majority of the participants supported the theory about dreams revealing(揭示) the hidden truths about themselves and the rest of the world.
In a second experiment, they surveyed 182 people at a Boston train station, and asked them to imagine one out of four possible situation that could have occurred the night before a scheduled airline trip. Most of the participants said that dreaming of a plane crash would be more likely to affect their travel plans than would just thinking about a crash, or being warned by the government of a terrorism risk. They said a dreamed crash would influence their travel plans just as much as learning about a real crash on their planned route would.
Another experiment involved 270 men and women from across the United States. In a short online survey, they were asked to recall one of the dreams they had seen about any person they knew.
The findings showed that people were more likely to remember and describe pleasant dreams about a person they liked, rather than a person they disliked. Meanwhile, in most cases they tended to consider an unpleasant dream as more meaningful if it was about a person they disliked.
“In other words,” said Morewedge, “people attribute meaning to dreams when it corresponds (与……一致) with their pre-existing beliefs and desires.”
The researchers say that more investigation is needed to fully understand how people interpret their dreams. According to Morewedge, most people realize that dreams are not predicting their future, but they still try to find some meaning in there.
【小题1】. The purpose of the studies is to .
| A．determine when people tend to remember their dreams |
| B．research whether dreams have anything to do with real life |
| C．find out how people explain their dreams and what impact that has |
| D．understand what causes people to dream and how to interpret dreams |
| A．Thinking about a past plane crash. |
| B．Dreaming about a plane crash. |
| C．Hearing a government’s warning of a terrorism risk. |
| D．Imagining a plane crashing on their planned route. |
| A．Dreams can be a useful tool for learning and problem solving. |
| B．Most people disagree that dreams help them better know themselves and the world. |
| C．A majority of people believes that dreams can predict their future and try to find their meaning. |
| D．When a dream conflicts with people’s existing beliefs and desires, they tend to attribute less meaning to it. |
| A．A pleasant dream about a person the dreamer likes. |
| B．A pleasant dream about a person the dreamer dislikes |
| C．An unpleasant dream about a person the dreamer likes. |
| D．An unpleasant dream about a person the dreamer dislikes. |
People who have lost the ability to understand or use words due to brain damage are called aphasics(失语症患者). Such patients can be extremely good at something else. From the changing expressions on speakers’ faces and the tones of their voices, they can tell lies from truths.
Doctors studying the human brain have given a number of examples of this amazing power of aphasics. Some have even compared this power to that of a dog with an ability to find out the drugs hidden in the baggage.
Recently, scientists carried out tests to see if all that was said about aphasics was true. They studied a mixed group of people. Some were normal; others were aphasics. It was proved that the aphasics were far ahead of the normal people in recognizing false speeches — in most cases, the normal people were fooled by words, but the aphasics were not.
Some years ago, Dr. Oliver Sacks wrote in his book about his experiences with aphasics. He mentioned a particular case in a hospital. Some aphasics were watching the president giving a speech on TV. Since the president had been an actor earlier, making a good speech was no problem for him. He was trying to put his feelings into every word of his speech.
But his way of speaking had the opposite effect on the patients. They didn’t seem to believe him. Instead, they burst into laughter. The aphasics knew that the president did not mean a word of what he was saying. He was lying!
Many doctors see aphasics as people who are not completely normal because they lack the ability to understand words. However, according to Dr. Sacks, they are more gifted than normal people. Normal people may get carried away by words. Aphasics seem to understand human expressions better, though they cannot understand words.
【小题1】What is so surprising about aphasics?
| A．They can fool other people. |
| B．They can find out the hidden drugs. |
| C．They can tell whether people are lying. |
| D．They can understand language better. |
| A．By asking them to watch TV together. |
| B．By comparing them with normal people. |
| C．By organizing them into acting groups. |
| D．By giving them chances to speak on TV. |
| A．People poor at one thing can be good at another. |
| B．What one says reflects how one feels. |
| C．Aphasics have richer feelings than others. |
| D．Normal people often tell lies in their speeches. |
第五部分：任务型阅读（共10小题，每小题0.5分，满分5分）
请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。注意：每个空格只填一个单词。请将答案写在答题卡上相应的横线上。
Although the dangers of too little sleep are widely known, new research suggests that people who sleep too much may also suffer the consequences(后果).
Researchers at the University of California in San Diego found that people who sleep 9 or 10 hours each weeknight appear to have more trouble falling and staying asleep, as well as a number of other sleep problems, than people who sleep 8 hours a night. People who slept only 7 hours each night also said they had more trouble in falling asleep and feeling refreshed（恢复体力）after a night’s sleep than 8-hour sleepers.
These findings, which Dr. Daniel Kriple reported in the journal Psychosomatic Medicine, shows that people who want to get a good night’s rest may not need to sleep more than 8 hours each night. He added that “it might be a good idea ” for people who sleep more than 8 hours each night to consider reducing the amount of time they spend in bed, but reminded that research is needed to prove this.
Previous studies have shown the hidden dangers of lack of sleep for a long time—for instance, one report showed that people who usually sleep less than 7 hours each night have a higher risk of dying within a fixed period than people who sleep more.
For the current report, Kripke reviewed the responses of 1,004 adults to sleep questionnaires (问卷), in which participants(参与者) indicated how much they slept during the week and whether they experienced any sleep problems. Sleep problems included waking in the middle of the night, waking up early in the morning and being unable to fall back to sleep, and feeling tired with day-to-day functioning（运转）.
Kripke found that people who slept between 9 and 10 hours each night most probably report experiencing each sleep problem than people who slept 8 hours. In an interview, Kripke noted that longer sleepers may struggle to get rest at night simply because they spend too much time in bed. As evidence, he added that one way to deal with insomnia（失眠）is to spend less time in bed. “It means that if a person spends too long a time in bed, then they’ll spend a higher percentage of time awake,” he said.
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Title |
Sleeping too 81 －Not a good thing. |
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Introduction |
Although the dangers of too little sleep are known, new research suggests people who 82 may suffer the consequences. |
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Findings |
● People wanting a good night’s rest needn’t sleep more than 8 hours each night. ● People sleeping over 8 hours are 83 to reduce the time in bed. ● People sleeping between 9 and 10 hours are more 84 to experience each sleep problem. ● People sleeping 85 may struggle to get rest at night. |
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Studies |
Previous studies have shown one hidden danger of shortages of sleeps: shorter sleepers may risk their 86 . |
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Report |
According to the current report, the participants interviewed indicated their sleeping problems as: waking at midnight, __87__up too early and 88 to fall back asleep. |
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89 |
One way to 90 insomnia is to spend less time in bed. |