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— I don’t remember having ever seen John since last week.Has he gone somewhere?

— Not really.He_______ his newly-bought apartment.

A. has decorated B. was decorating

C. decorated D. has been decorating

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We often hear people talking about a generation gap (代沟). The name is new, but the idea is old. Young people and th eir parents don’t understand each other. The world has always kept changing. During the second century after Christ a wise man said, “Bury me on my face because in a little while everything will be turned upside down.”

There has always been a gap between generations, but more people talk about it now. Old Mr. Ellis thinks he understands what has happened.

“When I was a boy, I thought the world was a beautiful place. My life was very pleasant. But when I was older, I learned about people who were treated badly, people who didn’t have enough to eat. I wanted to help them, and I married a girl who wanted to help them, too. We went to meetings and talked a lot, but it didn’t seem to make much difference. ”

“Our children grew up in a world at war. They didn’t know when the fighting would stop. They wanted their children to have nice clothes and toys. They didn’t want to think about the future. They thought nothing could be done about it.”

“Now I have grandchildren, and they have their own ideas. They are trying to make the world better. They are trying to help other people. They’re making people listen to them. I am proud of their generation.”

1.The wise man mentioned in the text told people to bury him on his face so that when everything is turned upside down he will _____.

A. lie on his stomach

B. lie on his back

C. stand quietly

D. sit in peace

2.Which generation did NOT want to do anything to make the world a better one?

A. Mr. Ellis’ generation

B. His children’s generation

C. His grandchildren’s generation

D. None of the above.

3.Which generation is/was more efficient in making the world better one?

A. Mr. Ellis’ generation.

B. His children’s generation.

C. His grandchildren’s generation.

D. None of the above.

4.What is the writer’s attitude towards the generation gap?

A. Unacceptable.

B. Awful.

C. Funny.

D. Common.

The eyes are one of the most expressive of body language.Keith,seventeen,from Montclair, New Jersey,learned the hard way about one the eyes can make.“I had a teacher who heavily on classroom discussion,”Keith says.“He seemed to have a strong to know just when I didn’t have the answer.I couldn’t how he could be so .Then it dawned on(逐渐被人明白)me. I didn’t know the answer,I would looking at him.When I did know what to say,I always stared straight back him.From that moment on,I myself to look him in the eye, I knew the answer or not.That trick has me a lot of trouble.”

Many people, some policemen,believe eye contact is a good of testing honesty.If someone can’t look at you directly in the eye,then he or she is not playing ,they insist.After many experiments, ,a number of exports have found out that good liars can make false eye contact.

Eye contact,though not a sure of dishonesty, is a clear way to show interest in another person.When a person looks at you and continues to do so,you know his attention is on you.When he turns his head away, his mind is probably .But there is .A shy person may have trouble making and keeping eye contact,no matter how interested he is in the other person.And certain nationalities,such as the British and Germans,are much oriented(适应)to eyeball-to-eyeball contact than,say,the French and the Arabs.

1.A. letter B. notice C. message D. news

2.A. looked B. graded C. lived D. took

3.A. ability B. body C. mind D. way

4.A. figureout B. speakout C. turnout D. putout

5.A. slow B. sharp C. boring D. cautious

6.A. Thefirsttime B. Lasttime C. Eachtime D. Attimes

7.A. hate B. enjoy C. like D. avoid

8.A. on B. at C. in D. of

9.A. allowed B. forbade C. taught D. persuaded

10.A. when B. whether C. if D. unless

11.A. saved B. given C. increased D. offered

12.A. except B. adding C. beside D. including

13.A. lesson B. way C. chance D. approach

14.A. honestly B. effectively C. efficiently D. constantly

15.A. furthermore B. moreover C. however D. otherwise

16.A. expression B. means C. sign D. trick

17.A. discovered B. lain C. put D. fixed

18.A. anywhere B. nowhere C. elsewhere D. everywhere

19.A. exception B. expectation C. question D. adaptation

20.A. worse B. less C. too D. enough

A few weeks after my first wife, Georgia, was called to heaven, I was cooking dinner for my son and myself. For a , I had decided on frozen peas. As I was cutting open the bag, it from my hand and crashed to the floor. The peas, like marbles, everywhere. I tried to use a broom, with each swipe they just rolled across the kitchen.

For the next week, every time I was in the , I found a pea---in a corner, or behind a table leg. They kept . Eight months later I pulled out the refrigerator to clean behind it, and 12 frozen peas hidden underneath.

At the time I found those few remaining , I was in a new relationship with a wonderful I’d met in a support group. After we married, I was reminded those peas under the refrigerator, and realized that my had been like that bag of frozen peas. It had shattered(破碎). My wife had died; I was in a new city with a busy job, and with a son having trouble his new surroundings and the of his mother. I was a bag of spilled frozen peas; my life had come apart and scattered.

When life gets you , when everything you know comes apart, and when you think you’ll never , remember that it’s just a bag of scattered frozen peas. The peas can be , and life will move on. You’ll find all the peas , including the ones that are hardest to find. And when you’ve got them you’ll start to feel whole again.

The life you know can break apart at any time. But you’ll have to , and how fast you collect your peas depends on you. Will you keep scattering them around with a broom, will you pick them up one by one and put your life back together?

1.A. drink B. vegetable C. fruit D. meat

2.A. slipped B. walked C. ran D. moved

3.A. rubbed B. rolled C. grew D. existed

4.A. so B. and C. although D. but

5.A. kitchen B. living room C. bedroom D. storeroom

6.A. turning up B. getting up C. taking up D. using up

7.A. left B. ate C. found D. planted

8.A. presents B. cans C. vegetables D. peas

9.A. woman B. child C. man D. boy

10.A. for B. of C. with D. in

11.A. wife B. life C. son D. friend

12.A. adjusting to B. leading to C. turning to D. adding to

13.A. thank B. loss C. help D. love

14.A. close B. near C. down D. wide

15.A. get it B. leave it C. take it D. make it

16.A. grew B. bought C. frozen D. collected

17.A. specially B. fortunately C. properly D. eventually

18.A. both B. all C. either D. each

19.A. move on B. put on C. bring on D. call on

20.A. while B. because C. or D. since

Strawberry (草莓) fields dotted with hunched-over workers picking and packaging, then pushing the delicate red fruit to waiting trucks — it is a typical winter scene embedded in the patchwork of homes and farms that make up eastern Hillsborough County.

That scene is changing, though, as the labor pool shrinks and technology comes knocking. Wish Farms owner Gary Wishnatzki and his engineer partner Bob Pitzer are banking on technology.

As strawberry season wrapped up in February, their driverless strawberry-picking machine drove into the fields for some test runs. The results were impressive and enlightening(有启迪作用的), Wishnatzki said.

For some three years now, farmers have been forced to abandon millions of dollars worth of strawberries in fields, mostly in Hillsborough and Manatee counties, because they lacked laborers, industry experts say. The problem has been just as serious in California, Arizona and other farm communities.

The reasons for the shrinking worker pool are numerous. Migrant(移民)workers who have picked the fields for years are aging. Young adults in migrant families already in the United States are getting better educations and have more choices these days, including the construction industry, which again is on the upswing. Stricter security is allowing fewer undocumented workers to cross the border from Mexico. And Mexicans are having much smaller families now — just over two children per family, compared with 7.3 per family in 1960, according to a Pew Hispanic Center report released in 2012.

And since Mexico’s economy bounced back faster than that of the U.S., more Mexicans have been able to find work closer to home, according to the study.

“We came up with a concept we perceive as a necessity,” Wishnatzki said. “The labor pool has been shrinking for over 10 years now. It has been pretty harmful.” So in 2012, he and Pitzer formed their partnership, Harvest CROO Robotics, to develop a mechanical picker.

The Harvest CROO design has multiple picking heads that will move across a field, picking 25 acres over a three-day period, the typical time for picking fruit as it ripens. It has a “vision system” to distinguish between red and green strawberries and is able to get under the leaves to find and pick the ripe berries.

Picking strawberries is nothing like using a combine on a corn field, coming through and thrashing down the plants. Strawberries are delicate and ripen in various intervals, which Harvest CROO is taking into account in developing its machine.

A strawberry-picking machine will never completely replace the need for human labor in the fields, Wishnatzki said, but if the machines can supplement(补充)labor enough to keep the industry profitable, he and Pitzer will have met their goal.

1.Which of the following describes the typical winter scene of eastern Hillsborough County?

A. Farmers work hard on a corn field.

B. Workers pick and package strawberries.

C. Scientists test machines in strawberry fields.

D. Farmers operate strawberry-picking machines.

2.The mechanical picker is introduced due to ______.

A. the labor shortage

B. the market demand

C. the aging of the local population

D. the new concept of farming

3.Which of the following statements about Mexicans is true according to the passage?

A. Mexicans like to find jobs far away from home.

B. There are more Mexican laborers than needed in Arizona.

C. Security regulations now make it easier to employ Mexicans.

D. Young people from migrant Mexican families now have access to more career choices.

4. The “vision system” is designed to ______.

A. take pictures

B. locate leaves

C. find the ripe berries

D. help the color-blind

5.The goal of developing the strawberry-picking machine is to ______.

A. get rid of human labor

B. help farmers make money

C. show the power of robots

D. compete with the corn industry

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