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One in 20 people have been reprimanded (训斥) at work for sending an ill-advised email, according to a survey.

Inappropriate jokes, angry messages sent in the heat of the moment, and scathing email replies forwarded to the wrong people are among some of the email gaffes that have landed office workers in hot water with their employers or clients.

One in five of those questioned said they had sent an inappropriate email in the heat of the moment, while almost a third said they had accidentally hit “reply all” instead of “reply”.

More than one in 10 of the 2,000 people surveyed admitted they had mistakenly sent an email criticizing a colleague to the person they were insulting.

According to the research, carried out to mark the DVD release of Going Postal, the television adaptation of Terry Pratchett’s novel, men were more likely to make an email gaffe than women, with 28 per cent admitting to sending an ill-judged message, compared to 17 per cent of women.

There have been a number of well-documented email gaffes. Last year, a worker at Deloitte had to resign after emailing colleagues asking them to name the best-looking man in the office, while in 2000, nine members of the Financial Services Authority were suspended after forwarding copies of explicit emails.

1.Which takes up the highest percentage of the mistaken-sending?

A. Sending an unwise email.

B. Sending to a wrong person.

C. Sending an unsuitable email.

D. Sending to all instead of a particular one.

2.Compared with women, men, in dealing with emails, are .

A. more careless B. more conscious

C. more unreasonable D. more critical

3.The underlined word “well-documented” in the last paragraph probably means “ ”.

A. causing preventable problems

B. being copied without exception

C. having been frequently recorded

D. existing unexpectedly in people’s daily life

4.What may be the best title for the text?

A. Think before you send

B. Reduce email mistakes

C. Be aware of the result of a survey

D. Make good use of modern technology

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People realize that, 1. animals may not have the same intelligence as human beings, they are smart enough to learn certain things.

Dogs are 2. (extreme) useful as companions for blind people. When a dog has been properly trained, he will always lead his master 3. the right direction and keep him out of danger.

Horses are also able to learn many things. Horses that are used for guard or police duty must learn never to 4. (frighten) of noises, traffic, and other disturbances. Racing horses are also quite strong. Therefore, it is necessary for those people 5. train them to be very patient and understanding.

The moving pictures and television can use 6. (train) animals too. Some animals, such as monkeys and foxes, are easy to film. 7. you have to do is make a trail in front of the camera by dragging something that smells good to 8. animals over the ground. Big animals, such as lions and tigers, can be photographed as they bound happily back to 9. families and dinner. If a movie actor is nearby, the well-trained animal will pay no attention to him. 10., the audience may imagine that the actor escaped a terrible death by the skin of his teeth.

You have probably heard of the Mozart effect. It’s the idea that if children or even babies listen to music composed by Mozart, they will become more intelligent. A quick Internet search reveals plenty of products to assist you in the task. Whatever your age there are CDs and books to help you taste the power of Mozart’s music, but when it comes to scientific evidence that it can make you more clever, the picture is more mixed.

The phrase “the Mozart effect” was made up in 1991, but it was a study described two years later in the journal Nature that sparked(激发) real media and public interest about the idea that listening to classical music somehow improves the brain. It is one of those ideas that sound reasonable. Mozart was undoubtedly a genius himself; his music is complex and there is a hope that if we listen to enough of it, we’ll become more intelligent.

The idea took off, with thousands of parents playing Mozart to their children, and in 1998 Zell Miller, the Governor of the state of Georgia in the US, even asked for money to be set aside in the state budget so that every newborn baby could be sent a CD of classical music. It was not just babies and children who were exposed to Mozart’s music on purpose, even an Italian farmer proudly explained that the cows were played Mozart three times a day to help them to produce better milk.

I’ll leave the debate on the impact on milk yield to farmers, but what about the evidence that listening to Mozart makes people more intelligent? More research was carried out but an analysis of sixteen different studies confirmed that listening to music does lead to a temporary improvement in the ability to handle shapes mentally, but the benefits are short-lived and it doesn’t make us more intelligent.

1.What can we learn from paragraph 1?

A. Mozart composed many musical pieces for children.

B. Children listening to Mozart will be more intelligent.

C. There are few products on the Internet about Mozart’s music.

D. There is little scientific evidence to support Mozart effect.

2.The underlined sentence in paragraph 3 suggests that ________.

A. people were strongly against the idea

B. the idea was accepted by many people

C. Mozart played an important part in people’s life

D. the US government helped promote the idea

3.What is the author’s attitude towards the Mozart effect?

A. Favorable. B. Objective. C. Doubtful. D. Positive.

Anvitha Vijay, who is only nine years old, has built two educational apps. One is Smartkins Animals, which helps many1.(child) identify more than 100 animals an 2.other Rainbow Colors, which teaches kids colors.

With the help of YouTube videos, the young girl from Melbourne, Australia, learned to code (编程)at age 7 all by3.(she). Soon, she was trying her hand at making apps. “When I first got my iPad, I 4. (attract)immediately by all the apps on it,” she told TFK. “It wasn’t long 5.I wanted to crate my own.”

Anvitha’s skills won her scholarship to attend a big tech conference hosted by Apple in San Francisco, California. There, she got tips from the professionals and went to workshops 6.she learned about the latest software for app building. all that training led to an idea for a third app. This one,7.(call) GoalsHi, inspires kids to practice good habits.

Anvitha’s goal is to continue crating technology that helps kids learn while8.(have)fun. But what’s even more 9.(importance) to her is that the world sees the power of technology in kids’ hands. “The more training we get in tech at an early age,” she says, “the10.(good)chance we will have of becoming innovation champions who will one day change the world.”

假定你是学生会主席李华，学校将举行每年一次的18岁成人仪式，请你给外教Steven写一封电子邮件邀请他参加活动。内容包括：

时间：3月12日上午9点至11点

地点：学校大礼堂

对象：全体高三师生和家长

活动意义：内容自定

注意：1.词数100词左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3.开头语已为你写好。

参考词汇：成人仪式coming-of-age ceremony; 礼堂auditorium

Dear Steven,

I would like to invite you to the annual Coming-of-age Ceremony of our school._______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Li Hua

It feels like every time my mother and I start to have a conversation, it turns into an argument. We talk about something as simple as dinner plans and suddenly, my mother will push the conversation into World War III. She will talk about my lack(缺乏) of a bright future because I don’t plan to be a doctor. And much to her disappointment, I don’t want to do any job related to science, either. In fact, when I was pushed to say that I planned to major(主修) in English and communications, she nearly had a heart attack.

“Why can’t you be like my co-worker’s son?” she bemoans all the time. Her co-worker’s son received a four-year scholarship and is now earning 70,000 dollars a year as an engineer. I don’t know what to answer except that I simply can’t be like Mr. Perfect as I’ve called the unnamed co-worker’s son. I can’t be like him. I’m the type of person who loves to help out in the community, write until the sun goes down, and most of all, wants to achieve a career because I love it, not because of fame (名声) or salary.

I understand why my mother is worried about my future major. I’ve seen my mother struggle to raise me on her small salary and work long hours. She leaves the house around 6:30 am and usually comes home around 5:00 pm or even 6:00 pm. However, I want her to know that by becoming a doctor, it doesn’t mean I’ll be successful. I’d rather follow my dreams and create my own future.

1.Which of the following topics do the writer and his mother often talk about?

A. The writer’s studies. B. The writer’s future job

C. Dinner plans D. Wars around the world

2.We can infer（推断）from Paragraph 1 that the writer’s mother ______.

A. doesn’t want the writer to major in English

B. doesn’t think the writer should be a doctor

C. gets along very well with the writer

D. doesn’t think working in the science field is a good idea

3.The underlined word “bemoans” in Paragraph 2 most probably means _____.

A. agrees B. shouts

C. complains D. smiles

4.Which of following statements is probably TRUE about the writer?

A. He wants to be like his mother’s co-worker’s son.

B. He wants to find a job in his community in the future.

C. He doesn’t think his mother’s co-worker’s son is perfect.

D. He wants to do something he really likes in the future.

For many years, I was convinced that my suffering was due to my size. I believed that when the weight disappeared, it would take old wounds, hurts and rejections with it.

Many weight-conscious people also mistakenly believe that changing our bodies will fix everything. Perhaps our mistake is believing that being thin equals being loved, being special, and being cherished. We fantasize (幻想) about what it will be like when we reach the long-awaited goal .We work very hard to realize this dream. Then, at last, we find ourselves there.

But we often gain back what we have lost. Even so, we continue to believe that next time it will be different. Next time, we will keep it off. Next time, being thin will finally fulfill its promise of everlasting happiness, self-worth, and, of course, love.

It took me a long time to realize that there was something more for me to learn about beauty. Beauty standards vary with culture. In Samoa a woman is not considered attractive unless she weighs more than 200 pounds. More importantly, if it’s happiness that we want, why not put our energy there rather than on the size of our body? Why not look inside? Many of us strive hard to change our body, but in vain. We have to find a way to live comfortably inside our body and make friends with and cherish ourselves. When we change our attitudes towards ourselves, the whole world changes.

1.The passage tries to stress the importance of ____________.

A. body size B. different beauty standards

C. culture difference D. attitudes towards life

2.What does the word “everything” in paragraph 2 mean?

A. The whole world B. All the problems.

C. All the properties.D. The absolute truth.

3.What can be inferred about the author?

A. The author is a Samoan.

B. The author succeeded in losing weight.

C. The author probably got wounded in wars or accidents.

D. The author has been troubled by her/his weight.

4.According to the author , what is the common view of those who have lost some weight first and gained it back later ?

A. They feel optimistic about future plans on weight control.

B. They are indifferent to the regained weight.

C. The feel angry about the regained weight.

D. They think they should give up their future plans on weight control.

Tommy is the one of the boys who _______ the most leading role in our school football team.

A. plays B. play

C. are played D. are playing

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