题目内容
Are you a happy person most of time? Or do you easily get angry sometimes? Everyone has a different mood. It is usually believed that both genes(基因)and environment may __ people’s moods in different ways. But now scientists have found that the season of ___ also plays a role.
Scientists from Budapest, Hungary, __ 400 university students. In the study, the students needed to complete a questionnaire(问卷). The ___ of it was to find out which of four kinds of moods they most had. From the questionnaire, scientists found that the students always answered __ like “My mood often changes for no reason” and “I love to deal with new projects even if it is risky”. These answers were __ with their birthdays.
They discovered that people born in summer easily change between sad and happy moods __ to people born in winter. Those who always feel positive(阳光的)are mostly born in spring and summer.
Moreover, the study found that those born in autumn less __ had a mood of sadness which may easily drive them to cry, __ it wasn’t easy for those born in winter to be angry.
Scientists said maybe this was because the seasons had an influence on certain chemicals in the human body. And the chemicals are important to control people’s moods even in adult life.
“It seems that when you are born may increase or decrease your __ of developing certain mood disorders,” lead scientist Xenia Gonda told The Telegraph.
1.A. change B. influence C. include D. explain
2.A. life B. growth C. birth D. death
3.A. searched B. suggested C. separated D. studied
4.A. purpose B. plan C. message D. project
5.A. anything B. something C. much D. such
6.A. mentioned B. mixed C. marked D. matched
7.A. compared B. confirmed C. considered D. contacted
8.A. properly B. quickly C. probably D. quietly
9.A. when B. while C. though D. since
10.A. change B. condition C. choice D. chance
Below is an advertisement of a restaurant |
Tea Cottage Wants You! Join us in Tea Cottage – the best Chinese restaurant in town. We are now looking for someone interested in working with us. 2 Cooks At least two years’ work experience in a restaurant kitchen Good at making Chinese dishes Able to work at weekends Work Time 16:00 – 21:00 every day ($600 / week) 3 Waiters / Waitresses At least one year’s work experience in cafes or restaurants Part-time welcome Work Time 11:00 – 15:00 or 17:00 – 22:00 ($16 / hour) 2 Cleaners No experience needed Part-time welcome Work Time 12:00 – 15:00 or 17:00 – 22:00 ($12 / hour) We are also looking for singers and bands (乐队) for Wednesday nights! |
1.Giorgio has worked in a restaurant for three years and is good at making Beijing Duck. Which job could be for him in Tea Cottage?
A. Cook. B. Cleaner. C. Singer. D. None.
2.Ronald is a college student. He is looking for his first job that he can do in the daytime. He could find a job of the ______ in Tea Cottage.
A. singer B. cook C. cleaner D. waiter
3.What can we learn about Tea Cottage from the advertisement?
A. They are looking for singers and bands for weekend music shows.
B. They need cooks who can work both at lunchtime and dinner time.
C. One who knows about tea-making has a better chance of working there.
D. They will pay the waiters over $60 a day for working during lunchtime.
The iPhone has been called a magical product because of its success over the years. However, now the iPhone seems to have lost its attraction.
Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, said in a recent letter that the company expected a revenue(收入)of $84 billion for the first fiscal quarter(财政季度)of 2019. It was much lower than the earliest expectation of between $89 billion and $93 billion. That was the first time that Apple had seen its revenue expectation fall in almost twenty years.
Cook explained that the fall was mainly because of the less growing need in China.
However, people believe that Apple itself is mainly responsible(有责任的)for the fall. Gene Munster told CNN that “one-third of the problem” comes from the company’s move to suddenly increase the price.
This has made people less willing to change the latest iPhones. For example, iPhone Xs Max, one of the company’s latest smartphones, costs $1450 in the US, and costs much more in other countries, including many developing countries, reported Forbes.
Apple has also failed to introduce features that excite people in a forward-thinking technology market, reported CNBC.
Meanwhile, Apple also faces challenges from smartphone makers in China such as Huawei and Xiaomi, which have introduced less expensive but still quality smartphones.
For example, in 2018, Huawei introduced a triple-lens camera(三摄镜头)on its P20 Pro. The triple-lens camera is a popular feature that the iPhone doesn’t have, according to CNBC.
“In the past few years, the technology in Apple’s phones has not had any big improvements, while the technology in smartphones made in China has got better and better ,” Feng Yin, a 32-year-old engineer in China, told The New York Times. “The difference is getting smaller.”
Not the iPhone it 1. to be. | |
Problems of Apple | ? The iPhone seems to have lost its charm. ? The revenue was much lower than the expectation. |
2. for the fall | ? People in China aren’t 3. about iPhone any more. ? The latest iPhones are much more 4. than earlier ones. |
? The latest iPhones don’t have any really new features which make people5.. | |
? Smartphone makers in China such as Huawei and Xiaomi have introduced cheaper but quality smartphones. |