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A. Early to Bed, Early to Rise

B. Read Challenging Books

C. Relax yourself

D. Minimize Television Watching

E. Take Time to Reflect

Five Simple Ways to Increase Your Intelligence

Your brain needs exercise just like a muscle. If you use it often and in the right ways, you will become a more skilled thinker and increase your ability to focus.  

Here are 5 simple ways anyone can squeeze a bit more productivity out of the old gray matter.

1. __________-This is a hard sell. People love vegetating in front of the television, myself included more often than I’d like. The problem is watching television doesn’t use your mental capacity OR allow it to recharge. It’s like having the energy sapped out of a muscle without the health benefits of exercise.

When you feel like relaxing, try reading a book instead. If you’re too tired, listen to some music. When you’re with your friends or family, leave the tube off and have a conversation. All of these things use your mind more than television and allow you to relax.

Exercise- I used to think that I'd learn more by not exercising and using the time to read a book instead. But I realized that time spent exercising always leads to greater learning because it improves productivity during the time afterwards. Using your body clears your head and creates a wave of energy. Afterwards, you feel invigorated（精力充沛）and can concentrate more easily.

2. __________-Many people like to read popular suspense fiction, but generally these books aren't mentally stimulating. If you want to improve your thinking and writing ability you should read books that make you focus. Reading a classic novel can change your view of the world and will make you think in more precise, elegant English. Don’t be afraid to look up a word if you don’t know it, and don’t be afraid of dense passages. Take your time, re-read when necessary, and you’ll soon grow accustomed to the author’s style.

3. __________-Nothing makes it harder to concentrate than sleep deprivation. You'll be most rejuvenated if you go to bed early and don’t sleep more than 8 hours. If you stay up late and compensate by sleeping late, you’ll wake up lethargic（无精打采）and have trouble focusing. In my experience the early morning hours are the most tranquil and productive. Waking up early gives you more productive hours and maximizes your mental acuity（敏锐）all day.

If you have the opportunity, take 10-20 minute naps when you are hit with a wave of drowsiness. Anything longer will make you lethargic, but a short nap will refresh you.

4. __________-Often our lives get so hectic that we become overwhelmed without even realizing it. It becomes difficult to concentrate because nagging thoughts keep interrupting. Spending some time alone in reflection gives you a chance to organize your thoughts and prioritize your responsibilities. Afterwards, you’ll have a better understanding of what's important and what isn’t. The unimportant stuff won’t bother you anymore and your mind will feel less encumbered.

Conclusion-I hope you aren’t disappointed that none of the techniques I've proposed are revolutionary. But simple, unexciting answers are often the most valid. The challenge is having the will to adhere to them. If you succeed in following these 5 tips, you’ll be rewarded with increased mental acuity and retention of knowledge.

 

Donna is 19 years old and loves animals, which is why I’m always happy to leave my dog with her when I go on holiday. Donna also helps to train hunting dogs, but recently, her boyfriend told me, she returned home from a farm in tears after being told to hit some dogs.

  “She wasn’t being asked to hit them because they didn’t behave well,” he said. “She was told to punch these puppies with a closed fist simply to let them know who is the boss,” Donna refused. Good for Donna. In my view, you hit an animal for only two reasons: as a way to teach it an important lesson to protect it from danger, such as not into the road; or because you like hurting animals.

  Last summer, I attended a horse race. I don’t know much about horses, but I was alarmed when I saw a horse with a huge ulcer (溃疡) on its legs. “Surely this horse won’t race?” I asked. I was very surprised that nobody in the crowd seemed concerned.

  The horse began the race, but later it fell heavily. It had broken its leg. The next thing I saw was its dead body in a bag, being driven past. No one seemed to care, except those who had bet on it. I know people care for horse racing, but do they really care for horses? I doubt it.

  Oh, but it’s a tradition, I hear you say. Wouldn’t the world be a boring place if we didn’t occasionally hit, shoot and chase animals? Traditions are made by man and can be unmade. It was once acceptable to kill servants when their master died, to visit the mental hospitals to laugh at the patients or to watch public execution (执行死刑).

  Nor should it be forgotten that in our progress to a more civilized world, animals have played an important role: they have fed us, carried us, worked for us, rescued us, died for us and sometimes just saved us from loneliness. Surely by now they deserve our kindness. At the very least, they deserve our respect.

1.Donna was asked to hit the young dogs because ________.

A. they misbehaved                                    

B. their owner disliked them

C. people on the farm enjoy hurting them     

D. it was a way to train them to obey people

2.What does the underlined word in paragraph 2 probably mean?

A. strike        B. stroke        C. scold        D. pump

3.What is the author’s purpose in telling the readers the story about the horse?

A. To explain the traditional horse race to readers.

B. To prove that the weak horse can’t win in the race.

C. To show that animals are treated unfairly by humans.

D. To say that people care more for horses than horse racing.

4.Which of the following is NOT true?

A. People no longer watch killing criminals in public.

B. The author cannot accept anyone who hits the animals.

C. It was a traditional practice to kill servants for their dead master.

D. The author thinks it is possible to change the traditions made by man.

5.What’s the best title of the passage?

A. No One Cares for Animals Nowadays.     

B. Let’s Protect the Endangered Animals.

C. Show Animals the Respect They Deserve.           

D. The Stories Between Animals and People.

 

High-quality customer service is preached(宣扬) by many ,but actually keeping customers happy is easier said than done. Shoppers seldom complain to the manager or owner of a store, but instead will alert their friends, relatives, co-workers, strangers-and anyone who will listen. Store managers are often the last to hear complaints, and often find out only when their regular customers decide frequent their competitors, according to a study jointly conducted by Verde group and Wharton school.

“Storytelling hurts the boss and entertains consumers,” said Paula Courtney, President of the Verde group.” the store loses the customer, but the shopper must also find a replacement.” On average, every unhappy customer will complain to at least four other, and will no longer visit the specific store for every dissatisfied customer, a store will lose up to three more due to negative reviews. The resulting “snowball effect” can be bad to bosses.

According to the research, shoppers who bought clothing met the most problems. ranked second and third were grocery and electronics customers. The most common complaints include filled parking lots, cluttered (塞满了的) shelves, overloaded racks, out-of-stock items, long check-out lines, and rude salespeople. During peak shopping hours, some retailers solved the parking problems by getting moonlighting local police to work as parking attendants. Some hired flag wavers to direct customers to empty parking spaces. This guidance eliminated the need for customers to circle the parking lot endlessly, and avoided fight between those eyeing the same parking space.

Bosses can relieve the headaches by redesigning store layouts, pre-stocking sales items, hiring speedy and experienced cashiers, and having sales representatives on hand to answer questions.

Most importantly, salespeople should be diplomatic and polite with angry customers. “Retailers who’re responsive and friendly are more likely to smooth over issues than those who aren’t so friendly.” said Professor Stephen Hoch. “Maybe something as simple as a greeter at the store entrance would help.” Customers can also improve future shopping experiences by filling complaints to the boss, instead of complaining to the rest of the world. Bosses are hard-pressed to improve when they have no idea what is wrong.

1. Why are store managers often the last to hear complaints?

A. Most customers won’t bother to complain even if they have had unhappy experiences.

B. Customers would rather relate their unhappy experiences to people around them.

C. Few customers believe the service will be improved.

D. Customers have no easy access to store managers.

2. What does Paula Courtney imply by saying “ … the shopper must also find a replacement” (Line 2, Para. 4)?

A. New customers are sure to replace old ones.

B. It is not likely the shopper can find the same products in other stores.

C. Most stores provide the same

D. Not complaining to the manager causes the shopper some trouble too.

3. Shop owners often hire moonlighting police as parking attendants so that shoppers_____

A. can stay longer walking in the store  B. won’t have trouble parking their cars

C. won’t have any worries about safety  D. can find their cars easily after shopping

4. What contributes most to smoothing over issues with customers?

A .Manners of the salespeople   B. Hiring of efficient employees

C. Huge supply of goods for sale   D. Design of the store layout.

5. To achieve better shopping experiences, customers are advised to _________.

A exert pressure on stores to improve their service

B. settle their problem with stores in a diplomatic（外交）way

C. voice their dissatisfaction to store managers directly

D. shop around and make comparisons between stores

 

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

On the day before the bass（鲈鱼）season opened, he and his father were fishing early in the evening.

　　When his pole  1 he knew something huge was on the other end. His father watched with    2  as the boy skillfully worked the fish alongside the dock.  3 , he very cautiously lifted the   4  fish from the water. It was the largest one he had ever seen,   5  it was a bass.

　　The boy and his father looked at the handsome fish, gills（鱼鳃）playing back and forth in the moonlight. The father  6 a match and looked at his watch. It was 10 P.M.——two hours    7  the season opened. He looked at the fish, then at the boy. “You’ll have to put it back, son,” he said.

　　“Dad！”  8  the boy.

　　“There will be other fish,” said his father.

　　“Not as big as this one,” cried the boy again.

　　He looked around the lake. No other fishermen or boats were anywhere    9  in the moonlight. He looked again at his father.  10  no one had seen them, nor could anyone ever know what time he caught the fish, the boy could  11 from his father’s voice that the decision was not changed. He slowly  12  the hook out of the lip of the huge bass and lowered it into the   13  water. The boy suspected that he would never again see such a great fish.

　　That was 34 years ago. Today, the boy is a successful architect in New York City. And he was   14 . He has never again caught such a magnificent fish as the one he caught that night long ago. But he does see that same fish—— again and again——every time he   15  a question of ethics(道德).

For his father taught him, ethics are simple 16 of right and wrong. It is only the  17  of ethics that is difficult. Do we do right when no one is looking？We would if we were taught to put the fish back when we were young. For we would have learned the   18 . The decision to do right lives fresh and fragrant in our   19 . It is a   20  we will proudly tell our friends and grandchildren.

1.                A．broke down     B．bent over       C．turned up     D．turned out

 

2.                A．desire          B．fear            C．admiration D．love

 

3.                A．In the beginning  B．Finally          C．Besides   D．All in all

 

4.                A．delighted       B．frustrated       C．frightened     D．exhausted

 

5.                A．but            B．however        C．and  D．while

 

6.                A．won           B．beat           C．struck    D．picked

 

7.                A．after           B．until           C．when D．before

 

8.                A．yelled          B．shouted         C．said  D．cried

 

9.                A．around         B．front           C．back D．right

 

10.               A．Ever since      B．Even though     C．In case    D．Now that

 

11.               A．say            B．speak          C．talk   D．tell

 

12.               A．worked         B．loosed         C．looked    D．attached

 

13.               A．shallow         B．black           C．low   D．white

 

14.               A．content        B．wrong          C．right  D．pleased

 

15.               A．come up with    B．gets on with     C．meets with D．catches us with

 

16.               A．matters        B．events         C．questions  D．things

 

17.               A．meaning        B．understanding   C．practice   D．point

 

18.               A．fact            B．truth           C．faith  D．incident

 

19.               A．mind          B．heart          C．memory   D．brain

 

20.               A．lesson          B．story           C．concept   D．standard

 

 

I dreamed I had an interview with God.

“So you would like to interview me?” God asked. “If you have the time,” I said. “My time is eternity(永恒),” God smiled, “What questions do you have（1）_________for me?” “What surprises you most about humankind?” God answered, “That they (2)__________ bored with childhood, they rush to grow up, and then long to be children（3）_________. That they lost their health to make money… and then lost their money to restore their (4)__________. Then by thinking anxiously （5）__________ the future, they forget the (6)___________, so that they live in neither the present nor future. That they live as if they will never die, and die （7）__________ they had never lived.” God’s hand took mine and we were silent for a while.

     And then I asked, “(8)__________ a parent, what are some of life’s lessons you want your children to(9) ___________?” He answered, “To learn they （10）__________ make anyone love them. All they can do is to let themselves love（11）____________. To learn that it is not good to compare themselves to others. To learn to forgive by practicing forgiveness. To learn that it only（12）___________ a few seconds to open profound（深的） wounds in those they love, and it can take many years to heal （13）__________. To learn that a rich person is not one who has the most, but is the one who need the （14）___________. To learn that there are people who love them（15）____________, but simply have not yet learned how to express or show their(16)___________. To learn that two people can look at the same thing and （17）___________ it differently. To learn that it is not enough that they forgive one（18）____________, but they must also forgive themselves.”

     “Thank you for your（19） ___________,” I said humbly. “Is there anything else you would like（20）_____________ to know?” God smiled and said, “Just to know that I am always here.”

1.A. in life           B. by heart           C. at hand       D. in mind

2.A. run             B. live               C. get          D. prove

3.A. either           B. too               C. further        D. again

4.A. life             B. health             C. lives         D. spirits

5.A. about           B. in                 C. for          D. over

6.A. children         B. living              C. time         D. present

7.A. so that          B. in order that         C. as though     D. in case

8.A. As             B. For                C. About        D. By

9.A. listen           B. study              C. learn         D. attend

10.A. can’t           B. won’t             C. needn’t       D. mustn’t

11.A. others          B. anyone            C. everyone      D. someone

12.A. gets            B. has               C. spends       D. takes

13.A. it              B. them              C. themselves   D. these

14.A. best            B. least              C. last         D. health

15.A. mainly          B. lovely            C. dearly       D. fairly

16.A. words           B. expressions       C. ideas        D. feelings

17.A. see             B. watch            C. regard       D. treat

18.A. other           B. another           C. of them      D. itself

19.A. time            B. word             C. belief       D. kindness

20.A. me             B. your humankind    C. your life     D. your children