—What is your plan for the holiday, Paul?
—I’ll go on a trip to Yunnan Province with my family.
—_____.
A. Have a nice time B. Good luck
C. Come back soon D. Congratulations
Even if you really enjoy your job, it’s still possible to feel bored as you work. You may not be able to make big changes—or change your job—but you can make small adjustments. Here are some tips on how to battle boredom.
1. Switch Your Seat
Change your outlook at the office by changing your office. Ask your assistant to help you find a new desk. If it’s not possible to change your location, see if you can change your desk’s direction. A new view can be just as refreshing as a new location.
2. ______________
Take a subway. Ride a bike on sunny days. You needn’t change the way to go to work for ever—just long enough to help you escape the boredom.
3. Find a New Work Style
Tired of attending that long-standing Monday morning meeting? Try to change it to the afternoon. If you find yourself feeling most bored in the afternoons, try to arrange to do your favorite tasks then and tackle less desirable projects in the mornings. If you usually communicate with coworkers via email and instant messaging, start dealing with people face to face. Increased communication with coworkers may help improve your mood.
4. Get and Set an aim
If your work is short of aims, it’s no wonder that work has become boring. Set an aim. Your aim needn’t be great as long as you are enthusiastic about it. Whatever it is, actively move toward an objective.
1. What is the main idea of the passage? (within 10 words)
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2.Which sentence in the text is the closest in meaning to the following one?
You will feel bored when you are not working toward something.
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3. Fill in the blank in Paragraph 3 with proper words. (within 8 words)
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4. List three methods of escaping from boredom from the passage. (within 5 words for each)
①________________________ ②________________________ ③________________________
5.Translate the underlined sentence in the Last Paragraph into Chinese.
根据所给汉语提示将下列句子补充完整（每空一词）。
1.He often ________ ________ some useful advice. (提出)
2.It’s very dangerous to ________ _______ _______ these viruses without any protection. （暴露在…之下）
3.He ________ the apples _______ four parts. (分成)
4.Plastics have ________ ________ ________ ________many conventional (传统的) materials. (代替)
5.It was so dark he ________ ________ ________her at once. (看不见)
根据首字母或汉语注释写出单词的正确形式，并将完整答案填写到答题卷中的相应位置。
1.The debate did not come to a (结论)until midnight.
2.During the trip, the _________ (导游)sang us several songs.
3.The river has been p by the waste water from the factory.
4.Yesterday we fought with our old enemies and d_________ them.
5.The new government’s _________（挑战）are the economy and education.
6.This advertisement is aimed to a_________ the attention of housewives.
7.We have _________（安排）a convenient time and place for the meeting.
8.He has told me his plans and he’s made a good _________ on me.
9.Who was the ________(先前的)owner of the old house?
10.To our d_________, Tom recovered from the heart disease.
Brenda Bongos was a happy, artistic girl. She had one big ambition—to play the drums in a band. But one big problem lay in her way. To be good enough to play in a band, Brenda had to practice a lot, but she lived next-door to a lot of old people. Many of them are sick. She knew that the sound of beating drums would really get on their nerves. So, she had tried playing in the strangest places: a basement, a kitchen, and even in a shower. But there was always someone it would annoy.
One day, while watching a science documentary on TV, she heard that sound cannot travel in space, because there's no air. At that moment, Brenda Bongos decided to become a sort of musical astronaut.
With the help of a lot of time, books and work, Brenda built a space bubble. This was a big glass ball connected to a machine which sucked out all the air inside. All that would be left inside was a drum kit（成套设备） and a chair. Brenda got into the space suit she had made, entered the bubble, turned on the machine, and played those drums like a wild child.
It wasn't long before Brenda Bongos came very famous. Many people came to see her play in her space bubble. Shortly afterwards she came out of the bubble and started giving concerts. Her fame spread so much that the government suggested that she be part of a unique space journey. Finally, Brenda was a real musical astronaut, and had gone far beyond her first ambition of playing drums in a band.
Years later, when asked how she had achieved all this, she thought for a moment, and said: ''If those old people next – door hadn't mattered so much to me, I wouldn't have found a solution, and none of this would have ever happened.''
1.Why did Brenda try to play in the strangest places?
A. Because she didn't want others to hear her play
B. Because she didn't mean to disturb others.
C. Because she didn't have her own room
D. Because she didn’t like her neighbors.
2.Brenda started to give concerts _______.
A. after she practiced in her space bubble
B. when she became part of the unique space journey
C. after she became a real musical astronaut
D. when people came to see her in the space bubble
3.Brenda became famous because _______.
A. she was good at music and science
B. she became a real musical astronaut
C. she invented a special way of practice
D. she played well and had a talent
4.Which of the following can be used to describe Brenda?
A. Kind, hardworking and clever
B. Brave, kind and hardworking.
C. Lovely, brave and kind
D. Nervous, kind and clever.
5.It can be inferred from the text that: " _______".
A. He laughs best who laughs last
B. It's never too old to learn
C. Two heads are better than one
D. One good turn deserves another
