14.People commonly believe red wakes us up or blue calms us down.It is deeply rooted in Western culture-to the point that many consider it a (41)A.But do they really change our behavior in the ways that we(42)B?
If you repeatedly have a particular experience (43)A by a certain color,then you eventuallv (44)Dto associate that color with the way you are feeling or behaving.It's been suggested that a school career spent reading your teacher's red writing circling your (45)C forever makes you link red with danger.Meanwhile,blue is more likely to be associated with(46)B situations like staring at the sea.It is true that people do make different associations with different (47)A,but whether this translates into (48)D in a certain way or succeeding at a particular task is a different question.
To (49)A this idea,in 2009researchers at the University of British Columbia sat their participants at computer screens colored blue or red and tested them on (50)Btasks.With a red screen people did better on(51)C requiring attention to detail,but when the screen was blue they did better on creative tasks,such as (52)D as many uses as possible for a single brick.The researchers thought that red signaled"avoidance"and so they were more (53)A,while blue motivated an"approach''behavior that (54)B them to be freer with their thinking,resulting in more (55)C.The test suggested that the colors and behaviors were (56)D in their minds.
The team even thought about the (57)A uses of their findings.They (58)B whether walls should be painted different colors depending on the task at hand.However,(59)Cthis might be tricky.In an office or a classroom you (60)D want to think creatively some of the time and pay attention to detail at others.
If you repeatedly have a particular experience (43)A by a certain color,then you eventuallv (44)Dto associate that color with the way you are feeling or behaving.It's been suggested that a school career spent reading your teacher's red writing circling your (45)C forever makes you link red with danger.Meanwhile,blue is more likely to be associated with(46)B situations like staring at the sea.It is true that people do make different associations with different (47)A,but whether this translates into (48)D in a certain way or succeeding at a particular task is a different question.
To (49)A this idea,in 2009researchers at the University of British Columbia sat their participants at computer screens colored blue or red and tested them on (50)Btasks.With a red screen people did better on(51)C requiring attention to detail,but when the screen was blue they did better on creative tasks,such as (52)D as many uses as possible for a single brick.The researchers thought that red signaled"avoidance"and so they were more (53)A,while blue motivated an"approach''behavior that (54)B them to be freer with their thinking,resulting in more (55)C.The test suggested that the colors and behaviors were (56)D in their minds.
The team even thought about the (57)A uses of their findings.They (58)B whether walls should be painted different colors depending on the task at hand.However,(59)Cthis might be tricky.In an office or a classroom you (60)D want to think creatively some of the time and pay attention to detail at others.
41.A.fact | B.wish | C.plan | D.problem |
42.A.judge | B.think | C.choose | D.predict |
43.A.surrounded | B.designed | C.painted | D.decorated |
44.A.decide | B.pretend | C.fail | D.begin |
45.A.grades | B.comments | C.mistakes | D.notes |
46.A.easier | B.calmer | C.tougher | D.worse |
47.A.colors | B.places | C.cases | D.persons |
48.A.reading | B.writing | C.speaking | D.behaving |
49.A.test | B.promote | C.share | D.discuss |
50.A.challenging | B.various | C.important | D.urgent |
51.A.questions | B.duties | C.tasks | D.jobs |
52.A.picking out | B.putting up | C.bringing about | D.thinking of |
53.A.careful | B.worried | C.curious | D.relaxed |
54.A.forced | B.encouraged | C.convinced | D.reminded |
55.A.patience | B.anxiety | C.creativity | D.curiosity |
56.A.separated | B.combined | C.mixed | D.associated |
57.A.practical | B.regular | C.official | D.frequent |
58.A.minded | B.wondered | C.requested | D.concluded |
59.A.in need | B.on purpose | C.in practice | D.at least |
60.A.should | B.must | C.can | D.might |
13.As I got out of the car,I saw many cars parked around Ah Mah's house.Uncle Harry stood at the(36)C,urging us to go in quickly.I saw all my(37)D there.Aunt Lanny,Aunt Nancy,and Aunt Ping were sitting on the sofa choking and wiping their tears.Uncle Harry told me to stay(38)C as my parents and my brother went in Ah Mah's room.During this time some thoughts about my Ah Mah kept racing through my mind.
Ah Mah was my grandmother,but I(39)D her because she liked boys more than girls.She had a way of thinking that boys were more(40)A than girls.She made her prejudice clear when she announced that she would leave all her(41)B to the men of the family and nothing to the women after she(42)C.I hated her way of thinking;(43)A,she and I never got along.
My thought was suddenly(44)D when my parents and my brother came out.Mother was crying.
What happened to Ah Mah?I(45)A my way through and forced the door wide open.My eyes fell on her almost hairless head.I froze.After a few seconds,she(46)B to me.Slowly,I walked over to her.
She was(47)C.She looked tired,and her eyes were(48)B open.Most of her hair had fallen out.She held her(49)D hands out to me,but I was afraid to(50)A her.She pointed to her desk and(51)B,"Futju."The"futju"was her most prized possession,her(52)C Buddha beads(佛珠).I went over to her desk and took the"futju."By now,I was crying,even without my knowing,and I just(53)D her.She called my name,breathing quickly with short breaths and(54)A.She said,"Keep…forgive me…"
I ran over to her and tried to seize her out-stretched(伸出) hand but it was too(55)B.
Ah Mah was my grandmother,but I(39)D her because she liked boys more than girls.She had a way of thinking that boys were more(40)A than girls.She made her prejudice clear when she announced that she would leave all her(41)B to the men of the family and nothing to the women after she(42)C.I hated her way of thinking;(43)A,she and I never got along.
My thought was suddenly(44)D when my parents and my brother came out.Mother was crying.
What happened to Ah Mah?I(45)A my way through and forced the door wide open.My eyes fell on her almost hairless head.I froze.After a few seconds,she(46)B to me.Slowly,I walked over to her.
She was(47)C.She looked tired,and her eyes were(48)B open.Most of her hair had fallen out.She held her(49)D hands out to me,but I was afraid to(50)A her.She pointed to her desk and(51)B,"Futju."The"futju"was her most prized possession,her(52)C Buddha beads(佛珠).I went over to her desk and took the"futju."By now,I was crying,even without my knowing,and I just(53)D her.She called my name,breathing quickly with short breaths and(54)A.She said,"Keep…forgive me…"
I ran over to her and tried to seize her out-stretched(伸出) hand but it was too(55)B.
36.A.exit | B.table | C.door | D.stop |
37.A.friends | B.companions | C.neighbors | D.relatives |
38.A.inside | B.away | C.outside | D.down |
39.A.liked | B.remembered | C.missed | D.disliked |
40.A.valuable | B.optimistic | C.mature | D.positive |
41.A.furniture | B.belongings | C.clothes | D.goods |
42.A.passed | B.left | C.died | D.disappeared |
43.A.therefore | B.instead | C.however | D.otherwise |
44.A.awakened | B.accepted | C.started | D.interrupted |
45.A.pushed | B.cleared | C.explored | D.smoothed |
46.A.pointed | B.signed | C.shouted | D.appealed |
47.A.scared | B.stubborn | C.skinny | D.sensitive |
48.A.curiously | B.barely | C.automatically | D.surprisingly |
49.A.strong | B.flexible | C.dirty | D.trembling |
50.A.touch | B.meet | C.trouble | D.shake |
51.A.screamed | B.whispered | C.announced | D.repeated |
52.A.grand | B.moral | C.holy | D.splendid |
53.A.glared at | B.glanced at | C.smiled at | D.stared at |
54.A.struggling | B.laughing | C.rising | D.crying |
55.A.dark | B.late | C.difficult | D.far |
11.In a recent airing of"Unsolved Mysteries",there was a young boy who was the victim of the holocaust(大屠杀).He'd been(1)Bin a work camp for several years and somehow had managed to survive the(2)A of his imprisonment.
The story was of a boy-now in his sixties-ad his quest to find an American soldier who had(3)Da kindness to him by(4)Bsome food.It might seem(5)C,but to this child,who had seen nothing but(6)Dand inhumanity for as long as he could remember,it was a(7)Cthat marked a turning point in his life,for he had lost hope.When he was liberated by the American forces,he was dying.He,(8)D needed food.As he was staggering along the road a young soldier(9)B down from his tank and gave him some of his supplies.With this one act of generosity,a kind American had aroused the(10)Dagain that there really was some good in the world.And the boy never(11)A it.The boy later went to America,raised a family,became successful and worked hard to repay the(12)C he had received with his own.
Actually there were so many similar acts of generosity that it would be almost impossible to know for sure who the soldier was.
Weall have a choice:to create more light in the world.As Confucius(13)B it over 2500years ago,"It is better to light one small candle than to(14)A the darkness."
As the story above so nicely (15)C small gestures can often generate huge blessings.If we're constantly looking for and doing kind acts,we will no doubt bring more joy into the world around us as well as into our own world!
The story was of a boy-now in his sixties-ad his quest to find an American soldier who had(3)Da kindness to him by(4)Bsome food.It might seem(5)C,but to this child,who had seen nothing but(6)Dand inhumanity for as long as he could remember,it was a(7)Cthat marked a turning point in his life,for he had lost hope.When he was liberated by the American forces,he was dying.He,(8)D needed food.As he was staggering along the road a young soldier(9)B down from his tank and gave him some of his supplies.With this one act of generosity,a kind American had aroused the(10)Dagain that there really was some good in the world.And the boy never(11)A it.The boy later went to America,raised a family,became successful and worked hard to repay the(12)C he had received with his own.
Actually there were so many similar acts of generosity that it would be almost impossible to know for sure who the soldier was.
Weall have a choice:to create more light in the world.As Confucius(13)B it over 2500years ago,"It is better to light one small candle than to(14)A the darkness."
As the story above so nicely (15)C small gestures can often generate huge blessings.If we're constantly looking for and doing kind acts,we will no doubt bring more joy into the world around us as well as into our own world!
1.A.Stationed | B.Placed | C.Distributed | D.treated |
2.A.Horror | B.Embarrassment | C.Relief | D.annoyance |
3.A.held on | B.agreed on | C.focused on | D.passed on |
4.A.Guaranteeing | B.Offering | C.Presenting | D.contributing |
5.A.Unbelievable | B.Troublesome | C.Insignificant | D.convenient |
6.A.Difficulty | B.Curiosity | C.Sympathy | D.cruelty |
7.A.Wave | B.Fate | C.Gesture | D.duty |
8.A.Highly | B.Mostly | C.Hopefully | D.badly |
9.A.Moved | B.Jumped | C.Turned | D.dashed |
10.A.honesty | B.Loyalty | C.Trust | D.belief |
11.A.forgot | B.Remembered | C.Delivered | D.reflected |
12.A.food | B.Mercy | C.Kindness | D.credit |
13.A.made | B.put | C.Took | D.got |
14.A.curse | B.Pray | C.Swear | D.appreciate |
15.A.declares | B.Argues | C.Illustrates | D.expands |
10.Many of us have characteristics that come from our families.Maybe we have our father's eyes or our grandmother's hair color.But there are still other elements of our personalities such as(41)Cand viewpoints that we pick up by(42)D our parents.Perhaps we have picked up our mother's love of cleaning or our dad's(43)B of humor.
The researchers at the University of Michigan(44)Bthere are usually three kinds of people from their(45)A.
The first kind of people are the job-oriented(以求职为目的) people who(46)C to regard a job as simply a way to make money.They (47)Cto working day after day and don't think it(48)Bfor them to do anything else.If you have a job-oriented father,you may view work this way.However,you will not(49)Chold this viewpoint if you grow up close to your job-oriented mother.
The second are the career-oriented people who see their job as a place to gain(50)D.These are the people who don't(51)Aworking overtime.In fact,some people love their jobs so much that they are feeling more comfortable in the(52)Bthan at home.They are always(53)Cto make progress in their work.Being close to a career-oriented father means you'll carry on your father's.(54)Denough,having a mother with this viewpoint seems to have little(55)A.
The third are the calling-oriented people who consider their job as a way to have a(56)Deffect on the world.They are more(57)Babout improving the world around them than earning a large salary.In the study,those people came from homes where both parents had(58)C.This suggests that adolescents need the(59)Cof both parents in order to have the confidence.
Such as it is,we still have our(60)D to find a career that suits us.
The researchers at the University of Michigan(44)Bthere are usually three kinds of people from their(45)A.
The first kind of people are the job-oriented(以求职为目的) people who(46)C to regard a job as simply a way to make money.They (47)Cto working day after day and don't think it(48)Bfor them to do anything else.If you have a job-oriented father,you may view work this way.However,you will not(49)Chold this viewpoint if you grow up close to your job-oriented mother.
The second are the career-oriented people who see their job as a place to gain(50)D.These are the people who don't(51)Aworking overtime.In fact,some people love their jobs so much that they are feeling more comfortable in the(52)Bthan at home.They are always(53)Cto make progress in their work.Being close to a career-oriented father means you'll carry on your father's.(54)Denough,having a mother with this viewpoint seems to have little(55)A.
The third are the calling-oriented people who consider their job as a way to have a(56)Deffect on the world.They are more(57)Babout improving the world around them than earning a large salary.In the study,those people came from homes where both parents had(58)C.This suggests that adolescents need the(59)Cof both parents in order to have the confidence.
Such as it is,we still have our(60)D to find a career that suits us.
41.A.operations | B.insurances | C.behaviors | D.institutions |
42.A.inviting | B.nursing | C.protecting | D.modeling |
43.A.pride | B.sense | C.value | D.scene |
44.A.warn | B.learn | C.wonder | D.hope |
45.A.study | B.hall | C.university | D.department |
46.A.attempt | B.manage | C.tend | D.offer |
47.A.pay no attention | B.are opposed | C.look forward | D.are blind |
48.A.puzzling | B.interesting | C.surprising | D.frightening |
49.A.frequently | B.constantly | C.probably | D.patiently |
50.A.explanations | B.expressions | C.directions | D.achievements |
51.A.mind | B.enjoy | C.finish | D.consider |
52.A.garden | B.office | C.cinema | D.club |
53.A.sad | B.curious | C.proud | D.afraid |
54.A.Worriedly | B.Secretly | C.Carefully | D.Strangely |
55.A.influence | B.evidence | C.performance | D.justice |
56.A.bad | B.side | C.harmful | D.positive |
57.A.disappointed | B.concerned | C.tired | D.difficult |
58.A.time | B.wealth | C.ability | D.profit |
59.A.money | B.reputation | C.support | D.conclusion |
60.A.advice | B.difference | C.discussion | D.choice. |
8.In the evening,usually I look at some documents I bring back from the office _________ I can be ready for the next day's work.( )
A. | even if | B. | until | C. | so | D. | so that |
6._______many people are excited about GM food,these technologies frighten others.( )
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