【题目】根据短文内容,从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Lost in the Post

How would you feel if the letter you penned carefully and posted to your favorite star ended up in the recycling bin? That's where unopened fan mail sent to singer Taylor Swift was found in Nashville.___1___

Swift’s management said it was an accident,but dealing with piles of letters is a burden for most public figures.According to the BBC reporter Jon Kelly,at the height of his fame,Johnny Depp was said to receive up to 10,000 letters a week.___2___

The dawn of the digital age in which public figures with a Twitter account can be messaged directly has made the process easier.The White House says it deals with 20,000 messages addressed to President Barack Obama each day.

Some celebrities don’t want letters.In 2008,Beatles drummer Ringo Starr said that he would throw them out because he was too busy.___3___ Robert Pattinson,star of the Twilight films,claims that he reads tonnes and tonnes of letters from fans,which takes up almost all his free time.

Many artists,however,outsource(外包) the task of opening,reading and replying.Sylvia “Spanky” Taylor,58,has run a service in California that does just that since 1987.___4___ Most letters are simply declarations of affection and admiration,she says.A few ask for money.A small number contain threats which require her to contact the celebrity’s security team and law enforcement.

The biggest problem for Taylor is working out how to deal with the correspondence(通信).Presents such as soft toys are sent to local hospitals,and most of the letters just get shredded and recycled

___5___ For some,this is enough,according to Lynn Zubernis,an expert at West Chester University.She says that the relationship between fan and celebrity may exist only in the mind of the former but it comes from a deeply-rooted human need for community.

A. Others do attempt to get through it themselves.

B. In fact,there is no alternative to deal with the problem.

C. How could he have enough time to skim through these letters one by one?

D. Typically,correspondence is acknowledged by a photo with a printed “signature”.

E. Accordingly,the correspondence problem has been difficult for the computer to automate.

F. She and her staff deal with up to 20,000 items of mail a month on behalf of 26 celebrities.

G. This incident has caused a wide public concern about how the public figures deal with the letters or mails from the fans.

【题目】Does happiness have a scent?

When someone is happy,can you smell it?

You can usually tell when someone is happy based on seeing them smile,hearing them laugh or perhaps from receiving a big hug.But can you also smell their happiness? Surprising new research suggests that happiness does indeed have a scent,and that the experience of happiness can be transmitted through smell,reports Phys.org.

For the study,12 young men were shown videos meant to bring about a variety of emotions while researchers gathered sweat samples from them.All of the men were healthy and none of them were drug users or smokers,and all were asked to abstain from drinking or eating smelly foods during the study period

Those sweat samples were then given to 36 equally healthy young women to smell,while researchers monitored their reactions.Only women were selected to smell the samples,apparently because previous research has shown that women have a better sense of smell than men and are also more sensitive to emotional signaling—though it's unclear why only men were chosen to produce the scents.

Researchers found that the behavior of the women after smelling the scents—particularly their facial expressions—indicated a relationship between the emotional states of the men who produced the sweat and the women who sniffed them.

“Human sweat produced when a person is happy brings about a state similar to happiness in somebody who breathes this smell,” said study co-author Gun Semin,a professor at Koc University in Turkey.

This is a fascinating finding because it not only means that happiness does have a scent,but that the scent is capable of transmitting the emotion to others.The study also found that other emotions,such as fear,seem to carry a scent too.This ensures previous research suggesting that some negative emotions have a smell,but it is the first time this has proved to be true of positive feelings.

Researchers have yet to isolate(分离) exactly what the chemical compound for the happiness smell is,but you might imagine what the potential applications for such a finding could be.Happiness perfumes,for instance,could be inventedScent therapies(香味疗法)could also be developed to help people through depression or anxiety.

Perhaps the most surprising result of the study,however,is our broadened understanding of how emotions get communicated,and also how our own emotions are potentially managed through our social context and the emotional states of those around us.

1What is the main finding of the new research?

A. Men produce more sweats.

B. Negative emotions have a smell.

C. Pleasant feelings can be smelt out.

D. Women have a better sense of smell.

2The underlined part “abstain from” in Paragraph 3 probably means _________.

A. Avoid

B. Practice

C. Continue

D. try

3What is the application value of the new research?

A. Perfumes could help people understand each other.

B. Some smells could be developed to better our mood

C. Perfumes could be produced to cure physical diseases.

D. Some smells could be created to improve our appearance.

4We can learn from the last paragraph that ________.

A. happiness comes from a scent of sweat

B. positive energy can deepen understanding

C. people need more emotional communication

D. social surroundings can influence our emotions

【题目】There are many things we need to know, but we do not learn them at school. For example, if we want to use our money wisely, we need to shop carefully. We need to know how to compare the prices of the same things in different shops. We also need to know how to make the best decision when we shop. It is a life skill, and we need to practice it in our daily life.

Supermarket W

Business hours: 6:00 am--10:30 pm

Eggs (1 kilo): £6.50

Apples(1 kilo): £3.80

Pork(1 kilo): £18.20

Tomatoes(1 kilo): £1.58

Environment: Very good

Service: Excellent

Supermarket M

Business hours: 5:30 am--10:30 pm

Eggs (1 kilo): £6.60

Apples(1 kilo): £3.96

Pork(1 kilo): £18.20

Tomatoes(1 kilo): £1.50

Environment: Very good

Service: Good

Supermarket Y

Business hours: 6:00 am--10:00 pm

Eggs (1 kilo): £6.20

Apples(1 kilo): £3.30

Pork(1 kilo): £17.20

Tomatoes(1 kilo): £1.30

Environment: Need improving

Service: Ordinary

Supermarket Z

Business hours: 6:00 am--9:30 pm

Eggs (1 kilo): £6.90

Apples(1 kilo): £3.90

Pork(1 kilo): £18.60

Tomatoes(1 kilo): £1.60

Environment: Ordinary

Service: Bad

根据短文内容,判断下列句子正误。正确为“T” 错误为 “F”。

1Supermarket M has the longest business hours.

2The price of the pork in Supermarket Y is higher than that in Supermarket Z.

3If you want to pay the least money for eggs, you will go to Supermarket Y.

4The environment in Supermarket Z is very good.

5The service maybe the reason if a shopper usually shops in Supermarket W.

【题目】Recently,a reader asked me about the dangers that pets can face around the house.So,I visited my local animal ______ last weekend and got some advice to share about how we can make our homes ___ for our pets.

When I arrived,several pets and their ___ were in the waiting room.One man with a cat chatted with me.“My cat will be ____ for an uncomfortable stomach in a minute,”he said.“My children gave ___ a bowl of milk.However,if she is given milk,she will get a stomach ache.”

Just then,the vet(兽医) walked over to us.“Yes,Mr.Smith is ____.Not many people know this,but milk mustn’t be fed to cats ____ some cats cannot take it in easily,”the vet said.“Other human foods are bad for pets ____.For example,if a dog eats chocolate,it will become _____.”

I asked the vet what other hidden _____ there are for pets around the house.“Well,”she replied,“we should not _____ small things,such as batteries or coins,lying around as they can be eaten by pets.Last Christmas,a baby cat was brought _____ because it had eaten the ribbon(丝带) from a Christmas present!”

Before I left,the vet _____ me some more important advice to share with you:

You should keep all medicines and cleaning products away from pets.Also,pets,such as cats and dogs,sometimes will ____ their hair if they are unwell.If your pet looks unwell or is acting unusual,you should ____ your vet immediately.Follow the advice and you can keep your pets safe.

1A. school B. hospital C. market D. museum

2A. warm B. safe C. clean D. beautiful

3A. owners B. visitors C. teachers D. ancestors

4A. paid B. chosen C. treated D. returned

5A. it B. me C. him D. her

6A. friendly B. healthy C. good D. right

7A. until B. though C. while D. because

8A. as well B. so far C. as usual D. just now

9A. brown B. sick C. smart D. comfortable

10A. secrets B. changes C. dangers D. mistakes

11A. buy B. use C. leave D. collect

12A. in B. out C. up D. down

13A. offered B. posted C. wasted D. accepted

14A. cut B. keep C. lose D. grow

15A. point to B. ring up C. hear from D. look after

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