Single people, especially women, are stigmatized（指责） in our society: We’re all familiar with the image of a sad, lonely woman eating ice cream with her cats in her pajamas on Saturday night. But about 45 percent of US adults aren't married and around one in seven lives alone. This might be you. Research shows that young people's expectations about their marital status (e.g. the desire to be married by 30 and have kids by 32) have little or no relationship to what actually happens to people. So, go with the flow. And, if you're single, you're in good company. Single people spend more time with friends, volunteer more, and are more involved in their communities than married people. Never-married and divorced women are happier, on average, than married women. So, don't buy into the myth of the miserable singleton.
If you do get married, keep going with the flow. Relationship satisfaction, financial security, and happy kids are more strongly related to flexibility in the face of life's challenges than any particular way of organizing families. The most functional families are ones that can bend. So partnering with someone who thinks that one partner should support their families and the other should take responsibility for the house and children is a recipe for disaster. So is being equally rigid about non-traditional divisions of labor. It's okay to have ideas about how to organize your family but your best bet for happiness is to be flexible.
Buying a home is often taken for granted as a stage on the path to adulthood. But the ideal of universal home ownership was born in the 1950s. It's a rather new idea.With such a short history, it's funny that people often insist that buying a house is a fool-proof investment and the best way to secure retirement. In fact, buying a house may not be the best choice for you. The mortgage(按揭) may be less than rent, but there are also taxes, insurance, and the increasingly common Home Owners Association (HOA) fees. You may someday sell the house for more than you bought it but, if you paid interest on a mortgage, you also paid far more than the sale price. You have freedom from a landlord, but may discover your HOA is just as controlling, or worse. And then there's the headache: renting relieves you from the stress of being responsible for repairs. It also offers a freedom of movement that you might cherish.
So be wise and consider all your options.
1.It can be inferred from the passage that_________.
A. many Americans get married by 30 and have kids by 32
B. married women have a happier life than those never-married
C. divorced women lives a miserable life
D. the society tends to have a wrong image about single women
2.According to the passage, what can be a happy family？
A. The happy family is flexible in the face of life’s challenges.
B. The happy family has particular way of organizing families.
C. The happy family believes the traditional divisions of labor.
D. The happy family has relationship satisfaction, financial security and happy kids.
3. The purpose of paragraph 3 is to _______.
A. tell people to rent a house rather than buy a house
B. ask people to think hard about whether to buy a house
C. show people buying a house is foolish
D. tell people buying a house may cost a lot of money
4.The passage mainly tells us _______.
A. how to have a happy family
B. what’s the life of American youth
C. what American youth should know for living a happy life
D. why American youth should be wise when making decisions
As a health editor, I spend the majority of my day poring over content related to health. At HuffPost, we're lucky to talk to experts on a daily basis about how to live our best lives. It’s clear that life would be healthier if we would just do the following things. Sure, some of these are easier said than done.
1.Have a bedtime.
Sleep is considered the third pillar(支柱) of health, and for good reason. Research is only making it increasingly clear that not getting enough of the stuff can have serious health effects. Meanwhile, getting enough sleep is good for everything ranging from weight, to mood, to even the immune system. One of the simplest things you can do to ensure you get enough sleep each night is to set a bedtime. Forgive yourself if you can't meet it every night, but make a point to try to stick to it.
2. Cultivate your emotional intelligence
To have emotional intelligence means to be "confident, good at working towards your goals and adaptable. You recover quickly from stress." psychologist Daniel Goleman previously told HuffPost. It's made up of five parts: social skills, empathy, motivation, self-awareness and self-regulation. And fortunately, these are all traits you can cultivate. Be curious about things beyond yourself. Know what you're good at and where you can stand to improve. Try to improve your ability to pay attention.
3.
This is something I'm still working on. I'm an objectively fast person -- fast at walking, fast at eating, fast at talking. This also makes me very impatient, and also sometimes very unobservant -- stopping to smell the roses has never been my strong suit. But slowing down to appreciate life and all its little moments builds gratitude -- and that's a very healthy thing.
4. Find an exercise you actually enjoy
It's not exactly a secret how much I opposite-of-like running. I'll still do it, because of health, but there are certainly other ways I'd rather get my fitness in. And that's completely OK. Research has even shown that whether we think of fitness as "fun" or "exercise" affects how much we end up eating. For me, exercise is a pill best swallowed as volleyball. For you, it may be dancing, or swimming, or riding your bike. Don't think that just because you don't like "conventional" exercise -- running, going to the gym, etc. -- you're "bad at exercise." No such thing!
1. Which of the following has something to do with the immune system?
A. exercise B. sleep
C. emotional intelligence D. mood
2. What can we infer from the passage?
A. You should set a bedtime and stick to it no matter what happened.
B. Paying attention is not as important as other abilities for emotional intelligence.
C. The writer is no longer a fast person.
D. The exercise the writer likes most is volleyball.
3. Emotional intelligence includes the following except______.
A. confidence B. motivation
C. stress D. self-awareness
4. The best title for the third tip is___________.
A. Feel gratitude to life
B. Stop to smell the roses
C. Lead a simple life
D. Take a time to appreciate your life
The warm weather outside may look perfect for outdoor exercise. But for those who are not that sporty, nothing could be nicer than having a _____ afternoon tea with a few good friends and taking a break from studying. But are you _____ with the culture of afternoon tea----its origins, what’s _____, and the proper etiquette(礼仪)?
While the tradition of drinking tea _____ back to more than 3,000 B.C. in China, it was not until the mid 17th century that the _____ of “afternoon tea” first appeared in the U.K.
In 1840,Anna Maria Russell, the seventh Duchess of Bedford, started _____ a tea tray with butter, bread and cakes at 4 p.m. every day, as she found she was _____ at this time and the evening meal in her household was _____ fashionably late at 8 p.m. She found this new habit difficult to _____ and soon invited other ladies in society to join her.
This _____ for tea quickly became a fashionable social event. During the 1880s, women of_____ class and society would _____ long gowns, gloves and hats for their afternoon tea.
Traditional afternoon tea, typically served_____ 4 p.m. and 6 p.m., is technically a small meal, not a drink. It ____ of a selection of sandwiches, freshly baked scones served with cream and fruit jam, pastries（糕点） and cakes. Of course, tea or coffee, served with milk and sugar, is also provided.
Nowadays, you can enjoy a traditional yet fancy afternoon tea with pot-brewed tea and delicate snacks in many restaurants and hotels. But in the _____ home, afternoon tea is _____ to be much simpler-biscuits with a mug of tea, usually produced by using a teabag.
_____ definition, afternoon tea is a dainty meal. So, when you drink you tea, take small sips _____“glugging” it down. There’s a definite order to taking tea, but the actual drinking of tea can take place throughout the “meal”.
_____, the good served should be consumed in a restrained (讲究的) fashion as well. Sandwiches are eaten first, _____ by the sweet snacks, such as cakes, pastries and scones.
1.A．relaxing B．disheartening C．recovering D．regretting
2.A．similar B．familiar C．concerned D．associated
3.A．concluded B．connected C．included D．extended
4.A．reviews B．runs C．starts D．dates
5.A．sense B．meaning C．concept D．way
6.A．accounting for B．answering for C．preparing for D．asking for
7.A．hungry B．thirsty C．anxious D．tired
8.A．served B．lasted C．continued D．remained
9.A．keep B．break C．hold D．own
10.A．stop B．hesitation C．rest D．pause
11.A．greater B．upper C．higher D．lower
【小题 12】A．translate into B．divide into C．change into D．get into
【小题 13】A．between B．among C．into D．beyond
【小题 14】A．appears B．consists C．builds D．adds
【小题 15】A．normal B．fair C．average D．particular
【小题 16】A．possibly B．probably C．maybe D．likely
【小题 17】A．On B．By C．In D．With
【小题 18】A．more than B．other than C．rather than D．less than
【小题 19】A．Differently B．Similarly C．Exactly D．Hardly
【小题 20】A．proved B．followed C．led D．advanced
------ Mike has been offered a prize for his good deed, but he doesn’t want to accept it.
------ ________? He deserves it.
A. Guess what B. So what
C. Like what D. But why
President Barack Obama is practically weepy at the thought of his daughter Malia _____ to college.
A. going off B. to go off
C. gone off D. went off
It sounds like the perfect end to a long, hard day at work. But sitting in front of the TV might make you feel worse _____ better.
A. other than B. less than
C. or rather D. rather than
