We need to make sure that we() our resources as fully as possible.
A.achieve
B.operate
C.exploit
D.expel
A.achieve
B.operate
C.exploit
D.expel
A. It’s a good idea.
B. Yes, we have to improve educational quality.
C. It is essential to make sure that every student learns.
1.According to this passage,intelligence is the ability to ().
A、work by oneself do well in any
B、situation
C、know what is right and wrong
D、adapt oneself to a new situation
2.Why does an unintelligent child seem to have a wall between him and life in general?()
A、Because he can hardly see the outside world.
B、Because life is far away from him.
C、Because he knows nothing about life in general.
D、Because he has little interest in things around himself.
3.In a new situation,an intelligent person ().
A、knows more about what might happen to him
B、is well-prepared for his action
C、pays greater attention to the situation
D、completely ignores himself
4.If an intelligent person failed,he would ().
A、feel ashamed about the failure
B、learn from his experiences
C、find out what he can’t do
D、make sure what’s wrong with his outlook in life
5.An intelligent child ().
A、learns more about himself
B、shows interest in things around him
C、studies everything that may be interesting
D、looks down upon unintelligent children
A.1,m sure
B.I should say
C.I"m afraid
D.I know
The second sentence of the last paragraph tells us that it is ______.
A.preferable to have a sound sleep before a night shift
B.good practice to eat something light before we go to bed
C.essential to make up for cost sleep
D.natural to take a nap whenever we feel the need for it
In Money Everything?
I don’t think money is everything, but we can’t do without it. Fox example, money can’t buy us happiness and a good education. And for another example, money can’t buy us good health and a long life. But we can not live without money. We need it for our daily necessities such as food,
clothes and transportation. What’s more, we need it to live a better life. In short, we
should learn the value of money and make the most of its advantages.
People will be alert(警觉的)and receptive if they are faced with information that gets them to think about things they are interested in. And someone with a history of doing more rather than less will go into old age more cognitively sound than someone who has not had an active mind.
Many experts are so convinced of the benefits of challenging in the brain that they are putting the theory to work in their own lives. “The idea is not necessarily to learn to memorize large amounts of information,” says James Fozard, associate director of the National Institute of Ageing. “Most of us don’t need that kind of skill. Such specific training is of less interest than being able to maintain mental alertness.” Fozard and others say they challenge their brains with different mental skills, both because they enjoy them and because they are sure that their range of activities will help the way their brains work.
Gene Cohen, acting director of the same institute, suggests that people in their old age should engage in mental and physical activities individually as well as in groups. Cohen says that we are frequently advised to keep physically active as we age, but older people need to keep mentally active as well. Those who do are more likely to maintain their intellectual abilities and to be generally happier and better adjusted. “The point is, you need to do both,” Cohen says. Intellectual activity actually influences brain-cell health and size.
(1)What is the passage mainly about?()
A. Special mental training for old people.
B. Biochemical changes in the human brain.
C. The influence of intellectual activities on brain-cell size.
D. The importance of mental activities in the efficiency of the brain.
(2)A person who is said to be cognitively healthy should ().
A. be alert and receptive in mind B. who are highly intelligent
C. be good at doing group work D. remember large quantities of information
(3) The findings of James and other scientists in their work ().
A. remain a theory to be further proved B. have been challenged by many other experts
C. are practiced by the researchers themselves D. have been generally accepted
(4)According to Fozard's argument, people can make their brains work more efficiently by ().
A. constantly doing memory work B. making frequent adjustments
C. going through specific training D. taking part in various mental activities
(5) Which of the following statements would Cohen most probably support?()
A. Older people should keep mentally active by challenging their brains.
B. No matter whether it is done in group or alone, mental activity is always good for brain-cell health.
C. Physical strength is more important to older people than mental health.
D. People who engage in more mental activities but less physical ones are always happier.
W: Yes, of course. But you need to indicate what the regular and special transfers should be and we will automatically debit your account for them each month.
Q: What kind of account does the customer want to open?
(20)
A.A savings account.
B.A fixed account.
C.A check account.
D.An automatic transfer account.
A.It's;ll be great to see your smiling face again.
B.Make sure you eat all your chicken soup, drink all your orange juice, and get the rest you need so you can get better soon.
C.We're sorry you haven't been feeling well and we miss you at the office.
D.Take care,
E.Carol, Doris, Elsa
F.We hope you enjoy the crossword puzzle.
Davidson’s article is one of a number of pieces that have recently appeared making the point that the reason we have such stubbornly high unemployment and declining middle-class incomes today is largely because of the big drop in demand because of the Great Recession, but it is also because of the advances in both globalization and the information technology revolution, which are more rapidly than ever replacing labor with machine or foreign workers.
In the past, workers with average skills, doing an average job, could earn an average lifestyle. But, today, average is officially over. Being average is just won’t earn you what it used to. It can’t when so many more employers have so much more access to so much more above average cheap foreign labor cheap robotics, cheap software, cheap automation and cheap genins. Therefore, everyone needs to find their extra – their unique value contribution that makes them stand out in whatever is their field of employment.
Yes, new technology has been eating jobs forever, and always will. But there’s been an acceleration. As Davidson notes, “ In the 10 years ending in 2009, factories shed workers so fast that they erased almost all the gains of the previous 70 years; roughly one out of every three manufacturing jobs – about 6 millions in total – disappeared.”
There will always be change – new jobs, new products, new services. But the one thing we know for sure is that with each advance in globalization and the I.T. revolution , the beat jobs will require workers to have more and better education to make themselves above average.
In a world where average is officially over, there are many things we need to do to buttress employment, but nothing would be more important than passing some kind of G.I. Bill for the 21st century that ensures that every American has access to post-high school education.
The joke in Paragraph 1 is used to illustrate
A.the impact of technological advances
B.the alleviation of jobs pressure
C.the shrinkages of textile mills
D.the decline of middle-class incomes
【C4】______ , we Americans seem to be 【C5】______ to the idea of buying our way to happiness. We shall all have 【C6】______ it to Heaven when we 【C7】______ enough.
And at the same time the 【C8】______ of American commercialism are hugely dedicated to making us deliberately 【C9】______ .
Advertising is one of our major 【C10】______ , and advertising exists not to 【C11】______ desires but to create them--and to create them faster than any man's 【C12】______ can satisfy them. We are taught that to 【C13】______ is to be happy, and then we are 【C14】______ to want. We are even told it is our 【C15】______ to want. It was only a few years ago, to 【C16】______ a single example, that car dealers across the country were flying banners that 【C17】______ "You Auto Buy Now". They were calling 【C18】______ Americans, as an act approaching patriotism, to buy at once, 【C19】______ money they did not have, automobiles they did not really need, and which they would be required to grow tired of by the time the next year's 【C20】______ were released.
【C1】
A.pursue
B.persist
C.preserve
D.prevail