Compared with the children of a few decades back，today’s children seem to be ________：they enjoy better health owing to recent ________in medicine and in public health care. They also enjoy all the ________of modern life. Physically and materially. Today’s children seem to be much better off than their predecessors. Nevertheless，_________the improved standards of____________，many children nowadays seem to be emotionally _______since most parents are spending less time with their children，so little，in______，that many could ________be called ‘weekend parents’. An increasing number of mothers are taking full-time jobs，________their children in the care of baby-sitters or nurseries. Time has become a luxury few parents can _______ because of the pressures of their work and the very brisk pace of life in our_______society. On the other hand，these working parents can often well afford to ________their children with the best food, clothes，toys and other__________desires. But__________to say, they fail to ________the emotional requirements of their growing children. As a noted pediatrician（儿科医生）of the Medical and Health Department ________，children need love，security, praise, recognition and responsibility. If these needs are not ________，their development might be stunted（抑制）.Child psychologists all________that some illnesses and emotional disturbances _______ to children are because of a lack of parental care. In the light of this，parents who really ______ their children should be sure that there are good lines of communication between themselves and their children，despite their heavy work loads.
1.A. unhappier B. naughtier C. luckier D. richer
2.A. inventions B. discoveries C. products D. advances
3.A. facilities B. comforts C. pleasure D. appliances
4.A. due to B. regarding C. in spite of D. for
5.A. housing B. caring C. living D. earning
6.A. deprived B. poor C. faulty D. shallow
7.A. general B. total C. fact D. truth
8.A. wrongly B. rightly C. totally D. namely
9.A. leaving B. entrusting C. lending D. making
10.A. spend B. afford C. waste D. do
11.A. passive B. active C. dangerous D. competitive
12.A. buy B. offer C. provide D. give
13.A. emotional B. material C. physical D. intellectual
14.A. happy B. sad C. lucky D. unfortunate
15.A. show B. feel C. create D. satisfy
16.A. explains B. talks C. speaks D. says
17.A. made B. taken C. done D. met
18.A. argue B. tell C. admit D. disagree
19.A. popular B. common C. ordinary D. pubic
20.A. look after B. bring up C. agree with D. care about
Are you truly happy? Do you ever know what it means to be happy and what it takes to achieve happiness?
1.. The following are a few tips that I follow to create happiness in my life.
※ Make a plan for attaining goals that you believe will make you happy. Your moods will very likely increase if you are going after something you value.
※Surround yourself with happy people. It is easy to begin to think negatively when you are surrounded by people who think that way. 2..
※When something goes wrong, try to figure out a solution instead of being absorbed in self pity. Truly happy people don’ t allow setbacks to affect their mood because they know that with a little thought they can turn the circumstances back to their favor.
※3. . These few minutes will give you the opportunity to focus on the positive things in your life and will lead you to continuous happiness.
※ 4.. Whether you treat yourself to lunch, take a long, relaxing bath or simply spend a few extra minutes on your appearance, you will be subconsciously (下意识地) putting yourself in a better mood.
※Finding the humor in situations can also lead to happiness. Find a way to make light of a situation that would otherwise make you happy.
※Keeping healthy is another way to achieve happiness.5.
A．On the contrary, if you are around people who are happy, their emotional state will be infectious.
B．What makes one person happy may be very different from what makes someone else happy.
C．Being overweight or not eating nutritious foods can have a negative effect on your mood．
D．There are some tips in life that lead to happiness.
E．It’ s also important to take some time each day to do something nice for yourself.
F．These are important questions for anyone who is seeking happiness to ask themselves.
G．Spend a few minutes each day thinking about the things that make you happy.
Twenty years ago, most experts believed that differences in how boys and girls behaved were mainly due to differences in how they were treated by their parents, teachers, and friends. It’s hard to cling to that belief today. Recent research has shown that there are biological differences between boys and girls. Understanding these differences is important in raising and educating children.
For example, girls are born with more sensitive hearing than boys, and the difference increases as kids grow up. So when a grown man speaks to a girl in what he thinks is a normal voice, she may hear it as yelling. Conversely (反过来), boys who appear to be inattentive in class may just be sitting too far away too hear the teacher.
Likewise, girls are better in their expression of feelings. Studies reveal that negative emotions are seated in an area of the brain called the amygdala. Girls develop all early connection between this area and the cerebral cortex (大脑皮层), enabling them to talk about their feelings. In boys these links develop later. So if you ask a troubled adolescent boy to tell you what his feelings are, he often cannot say much.
Dr. Sax, an advocate of single-sex education, points out that keeping boys and girls separate in the classroom has yielded striking educational, social, and interpersonal benefits. Therefore, parents and teachers should try to recognize, understand, and make use of the biological differences that make a girl a girl, and a boy a boy.
1.What is the main idea of the passage?
A. Boys tend to pay less attention in class than girls.
B. Girls are better than boys in their ability to detect sounds.
C. Single-sex schools are not good because they keep boys and girls separate.
D. Boys and girls behave differently because of biological differences.
2.Why do girls express negative feelings better than boys?
A. Girls are more emotional than boys.
B. The links between certain parts of the brain develop earlier in girls than in boys.
C. The amygdala is located in different areas of the brain for boys and girls.
D. Girls have more brain cells than boys.
3.Which of the following does the author believe?
A. Boys and girls should be educated in different ways.
B. Girls need more training in communication.
C. Parents should pay more attention to boys.
D. Sex differences should be ignored in education。
4.What does the phase “cling to” in the first paragraph mean?
A. evaluate B. abandon
C. maintain D. challenge
Climate change，pollution，overuse of water and development are killing some of the world’s most famous rivers including China’s Yangtze．India’s Ganges and Africa’s Nile．WWF said on Tuesday．At the global launch of its report “World’s Top 10 Rivers at Risk”，the group said many rivers could dry out. affecting hundreds of millions of people and killing unique aquatic(水生的)life．
“If these rivers die，millions will lose their livelihoods，biodiversity(生物多样性)will be destroyed on a massive scale，there will be less fresh water and agriculture，resulting in less food security，”said．Rayi Singh，secretary—general of WWF—India．The report,launched ahead of“World Water Day”today，also cited the Rio Grande in．the United States，the Mekong and Indus in Asia，Europe’s Danube, La Plata in South America and Australia’s Murray—Darling as in need of greater protection．
Rivers are the world’s main source of fresh water and WWF says about half of the available supply is already being used up．Dams have destroyed habitats and cut rivers off from their flood plains．while climate change could affect the seasonal water flows that feed them，the report said．Fish populations，the top source of protein and overall life support for hundreds of thousands of communities worldwide，are also being threatened, it found．The Yangtze basin is one of the most polluted rivers in the world because of decades of heavy industrialization，damming and huge influxes(流入)of sediment (积淀)from land conversion.
Climate change，including higher temperatures，also means serious consequences for fishery productivity，water supply and political security in Africa’s arid Nile basin．Tributaries(支流)flowing into the Ganges are drying up because of irrigation，WWF said．
1.We can infer from the text that _____.
A. higher temperatures couldn’t affect fishery productivity
B. rivers’dying out could affect food security
C. there are four Asian rivers mentioned in the passage
D. the Yangtze is polluted thanks to the lack of enough tributaries
2.The top 10 rivers are fast dying as a result of the following EXCEPT _____.
A. climate change B. pollution
C. wasting water D. dams
3.WWF is probably a name of _____.
A. a magazine B. a newspaper
C. an organization D. a report
It is quite reasonable to blame traffic jams, the cost of gas and the great speed of modern life, but manners on the road are becoming horrible．Everybody knows that the nicest men would become fierce tigers behind the wheel．It is all right to have a tiger in a cage, but to have one in the driver’s seat is another matter altogether.
Road politeness is not only good manners, but good sense too．It takes the most cool-headed drivers great patience to give up the desire to beat back when forced to face rude driving．On the other hand, a little politeness goes a long way towards reducing the possibility of quarrelling and fighting．A friendly nod or a wave of thanks in answer to an act of politeness helps to create an atmosphere of good will and calm so necessary in modern traffic condition．But such behaviors of politeness are by no means enough．Many drivers nowadays don’t even seem able to recognize politeness when they see it.
However, misplaced politeness can also be dangerous．Typical examples are the driver who waves a child crossing the street at a wrong place into the path of oncoming cars that may be not able to stop in time．The same goes for encouraging old ladies to cross the road wherever and whenever they want to．It always amazes me that the highways are not covered with the dead bodies of these grannies (奶奶).
An experienced driver, whose manners are faultless, told me it would help if drivers learnt to correctly join in traffic stream without causing total blockages that give rise to unpleasant feelings．Unfortunately, modern drivers can’t even learn to drive．Years ago, experts warned us that the fast increase of the car ownership would demand more give-and-take from all road users．It is high time for all of us to take this message to heart.
1.According to the passage, troubles on the road are often caused by .
A. road conditions B. the behavior of the drivers
C. the speed of modern life D. the large number of cars
2.In the writer’s opinion, .
A. unskillful drivers should be punished
B. strict traffic rules are badly needed
C. drivers should show road politeness properly
D. drivers should avoid traffic jams
3.The underlined word “give-and-take” in the passage means .
A. politeness and impoliteness
B. good manners and bad manners
C. willingness to give in to each other’s wishes
D. offering help to others as much as possible
4.What is the best title of the passage?
A. Traffic Problems B. Road Politeness
C. Bad Manners on the Road D. Good Drivers and Bad Drivers
There are two types of people in the world. Although they have equal degree of health and wealth and other comforts of life, one becomes happy and the other becomes unhappy. This arises from the different ways in which they consider things, persons, events and the resulting effects upon their minds.
People who are to be happy fix their attention on the convenience of things: the pleasant parts of conversation, the well prepared dishes, the goodness of the wine and the fine weather. They enjoy all the cheerful things. Those who are to be unhappy think and speak only of the opposite things. Therefore, they are continually dissatisfied. By their remarks, they sour the pleasure of society, offend (hurt) many people, and make themselves disagreeable everywhere. If this turn of mind was founded in nature, such unhappy persons would be the more to be pitied. The intention of criticizing(批评) and being disliked is perhaps taken up by imitation(模仿). It grows into a habit, unknown to its possessors. The habit may be strong, but it may be cured when those who have it realize its bad effects on their interests and tastes. I hope this little warning may be of service to them, and help them change this habit.
Although in fact it is chiefly an act of the imagination, it has serious results in life since it brings on deep sorrow and bad luck. Those people offend many others; nobody loves them, and no one treats them with more than the most common politeness and respect. This frequently puts them in bad temper and draws them into arguments. If they aim at getting some advantages in social position or fortune, nobody wishes them success. Nor will anyone start a step or speak a word to favor their hopes. If they bring on themselves public objections, no one will defend or excuse them, and many will join to criticize their wrongdoings. These should change this bad habit and be pleased with what is pleasing, without worrying needlessly about themselves and others. If they do not, it will be good for others to avoid any contact(接触) with them. Otherwise, it can be disagreeable and sometimes very inconvenient, especially when one becomes mixed up in their quarrels.
1.People who are unhappy _______.
A. always consider things differently from others
B. usually are affected by the results of certain things
C. usually misunderstand what others think or say
D. always discover the unpleasant side of certain things
2.The phrase “sour the pleasure of society” most nearly means “_______”.
A. have a good taste with social life B. make others unhappy
C. tend to please others openly D. enjoy the pleasure of life
3.We can conclude from the passage that _______.
A. we should pity all such unhappy people
B. such unhappy people are dangerous to social life
C. people can get rid of the habit of unhappiness
D. unhappy people can not understand happy persons
4.If such unhappy persons insist on keeping the habit, the author suggests that people should _______.
A. prevent any communication with them
B. show no respect and politeness to them
C. persuade them to recognize the bad effects
D. quarrel with them until they realize the mistakes
