He is thinking of a way to keep the machine________when he is away.
A.runs
B.running
C.to run
D.run
A.runs
B.running
C.to run
D.run
You were probably right if you thought that was caused by a lack of sleep.Dr.Home, a sleep researcher in England, studied 24 college students.One group got their normal eight hours of sleep.The other group didn’t get the smallest amount of sleep — they stayed awake all night.The next day, Dr.Home tested the students.He asked them questions that required creative and original thinking.One of the questions was “How many uses can a cardboard box be put to?”
The results? The wide-awake students did well on the tests.The tired students did poorly.
Research has already shown that tired people can do okay on tests of routine thinking, like simple addition.But Dr.Home tested creative thinking only.
As part of his study, he offered an amount of money as a reward to the sleepy students if they did well.But even this encouragement wasn’t enough to help the students overcome their tiredness.They still did poorly.Dr.Home believes that the cerebral cortex — the part of the brain where thinking takes place — may get worn out during waking hours.Sleep may help to repair the brain overnight.Without any sleep, he emphasizes, “even if you concentrate harder, you cannot do better.”
This study gives people something to think about, especially people like hospital workers and airline pilots, who must stay awake all night and then make emergency decisions.
36.According to the passage, the confusion of your mind is possibly due to _____.
A.the lack of sleep
B.the difficult question
C.the requirement of your creative thinking
D.the requirement of your original thinking
37.Tired people can do everything EXCEPT_____.
A.doing simple addition
B.doing okay on tests of routine thinking
C.answering the creative question well
D.telling other people their names
38.The purpose for Dr.Home to offer a lot of money to the sleepy students is to _____.
A.help them repair their brains
B.stimulate their interests of the question
C.buy some medicine which can make them exciting
D.encourage them to do better
39.Who might be better instructed in their work after reading this passage?
A.Children.
B.Nurses.
C.Students.
D.Businessmen.
40.We can learn from the passage that _____.
A.a foolish man with good sleep may answer creative question well
B.a pilot should fly the aircraft after having good sleep
C.enough sleep is good for your emergency decisions
D.both B and C
Why do we go wrong about our friends--or our enemies? Sometimes what people say hides their real meaning.And if we don't really listen, we miss the feeling behind the words.Suppose someone tells you, "you're a lucky dog".Is he really on your side? If he says, "You're a lucky guy" or "You're a lucky gal", that's being friendly.But "lucky dog"? There's a bit of envy in those words.Maybe he doesn't see it himself.But bringing in the "dog" bit puts you down a little.What he may be saying is that he doesn't think you deserve your luck.
How can you tell the real meaning behind someone's words? One way is to take a good look at the person talking.Do his words fit the way he looks? Does what he says square with the tone of voice? His posture (体态)? The look in his eyes? Stop and think.The minute you spend thinking about the real meaning of what people say to you may save another mistake.
1.From the questions in the first paragraph we can learn that tile speaker ().
A.feels happy, thinking of how nice his friends were to him
B.feels he may not have "read" his friends' true feelings correctly
C.thinks it was a mistake to have broken up with his girl friend, Helen
D.is sorry that his friends let him down
2.In the second paragraph, the author uses the example of "You're a lucky dog" to showthat ().
A.the speaker of this sentence is just being friendly
B.this saying means the same as "You're a lucky guy' or "You're a lucky gal"
C.sometimes the words used by a speaker give a clue to the feeling behind the words
D.the word "dog" shouldn't be used to apply to people
3.This passage tries to tell you how to ().
A.avoid mistakes about money and friends
B.bring the "dog" bit into our conversation
C.avoid mistakes in understanding what people tell you
D.keep people friendly without trusting them
4.In listening to a person, the important thing is ().
A.to notice his tone, his posture, and the look in his eyes
B.to listen to how he pronounces his words
C.to check his words against his manner, his tone of voice, and his posture
D.not to believe what he says
5.If you followed the advice of the writer, you would ().
A.be able to get the real meaning of what people say to you
B.avoid any mistakes while talking with people who envy you
C.not lose real friends who say things that do not please you
D.be able to observe people as they are talking to you
1.The reason why young people should be discouraged from becoming actors is that ____.
A、actors are very determined people
B、the course at the drama school lasts two years
C、acting is very hard work
D、there are already too many actors
2.Why is an assistant stage manager's job difficult?____
A、Because he has to do everything.
B、Because he has to work long hours every day.
C、Because he will not be happy.
D、Because he has to wait for another chance.
3.Usually only students who ____are accepted.
A、have received good education
B、are hard-working
C、are talented and promising
D、are good-mannered
4."Then she got angry and said she would call the police". This sentence shows that ____.
A、She totally disbelieved the proposal
B、The man acted with an ill purpose
C、The man forced her into his big car
D、She was a nervous woman
5.The phrase "once in a blue moon" refers to ____.
A、once in a full moon
B、once for a while
C、once for a long time
D、once and for all
years his fee income was in excess of £100K a year and he had nearly 100 clients most of whom had been gained
through word of mouth. David recognised that these small or micro businesses, typically employing ten or fewer
people, were receiving less than satisfactory service from their current accountants. These accounting firms typically
had between five and ten partners and operated regionally and not nationally. Evidence of poor service included
limited access to their particular accountant, poor response time to clients’ enquiries and failure to identify
opportunities to save clients money. In addition bad advice, lack of interest in business development opportunities for
the client and poor internal communication between the partners and their staff contributed to client dissatisfaction.
David has deliberately kept the costs of the business down by employing three part-time accountants and relying on
his wife to run the office.
David had recently met Ian King who ran a similar sized accounting firm. The personal chemistry between the two
and complementary skills led to a partnership being proposed. Gould and King Associates, subject to securing the
necessary funding, is to be launched in September 2006. David is to focus on the business development side of the
partnership and Ian on the core services provided. Indicative of their creative thinking is David’s conviction that
accounting services are promoted very inadequately with little attempt to communicate with clients using the Internet.
He is also convinced that there are real opportunities for the partnership to move into new areas such as providing
accountancy services for property developers, both at home and abroad. Ian feels that the partnership should set up
its own subsidiary in India, enjoying the benefits of much cheaper accountancy staff and avoiding the costs and
complications of outsourcing their core accounting services. Ian sees fee income growing to £2 million in five years’
time.
David has been asked by his bank to provide it with a business plan setting out how the partnership intends to grow
and develop.
Required:
(a) Write a short report for David giving the key features that you consider to be important and that you would
expect to see in the business plan for the Gould and King partnership that David has to present to his bank.
(12 marks)
A.country
B.air
C.cosmos
D.city
Read carefully the following excerpt and then write your response in NO LESS THAN 200 words, in which you should: ●summarize the main message of the excerpt, and then ●comment on whether our brains will get lazy in a world run by intelligent machines. You can support yourself with information from the excerpt. Marks will be awarded for content relevance, content sufficiency, organization and language quality. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks. With intelligent machines to do the thinking, will our brains get lazy? Changing technology stimulates the brain and increases intelligence. But that may only be true if the technology challenges us. In a world run by intelligent machines, our lives could get a lot simpler. Would that make us less intelligent? Artificial intelligence is taking over many human jobs. For instance, planes are being flown much of the time by automatic pilots. And the complex problem of controlling air traffic around large modern airports is also achieved by artificial intelligence that operates well beyond the capacity of mere human air traffic controllers. As machines get smarter, they will do more of our thinking for us and make life easier. In the future, the electronic assistant will develop to the point that it serves similar functions as a real living butler, fulfilling requests such as: “Organize a dinner party for six on Thursday, Jeeves, and invite the usual guests.” At that point, our long struggle with challenging technologies is at an end. Like Be Wooster, we can take it easy knowing that the hard work of planning and organizing is being done by a better brain-the electronic assistant. Starved of mental effort, our brains will regress.
become very popular、They‟ve also given customers a point of reference when thinking about a company、Good brand might help
companies avoid costs and bring them greater profits.
Usually companies create names that are easy to learn and remember、Firstly the name should create interest、Rhymes and humor are
some ways to gain interest, but there are others as well、Think about your customers and what would interest them、Secondly, the name
should present a picture or image、People remember them most because the name is stored in pictures and words、Thirdly, the name
should be meaningful、It can be done with lots of advertising, but names that are themselves more meaningful to customers are more
easily stored in memory、More important, the name should have meaningful associations that show the benefits customers want、Then the
name should have some emotion、Emotional associations are easier to learn and remember、The Love Boat, for instance, is very easy to
remember、Finally, the name should be simple so that it is easier to learn and remember.
16、Why does the passage mention the brand names such as McDonald‟s and GM in the first paragraph?()
A、To show that a good brand name is significant for a company.
B、To tell readers that they are important and popular terms.
C、To introduce some well-known brand names to readers.
D、To explain why those companies are successful.
17、According to passage, a good brand name___________.
A、must be shown in pictures B、must be advertised a lot
C、is attractive to customers D、is always full of humor
18、Which of the following is most important in thinking a brand name popular?()
A、Being easy to remember、B、Having lots of advertisements.
C、Gaining support from association、D、Showing the benefits customers can have.
19、Which of the following statement is TRUE?()
A、People prefer strange brand names to ordinary ones.
B、Customers re interested in emotional brand names.
C、Brand names advertised in pictures are easy to make.
D、A brand name has little to do with a company‟s profits.
20、What is the main purpose of this passage?()
A、To tell how difficult it is to make a good brand name.
B、To compare different ways of choosing brand names.
C、To recommend some popular brand names.
D、To introduce what a good brand name is
A.exceed
B.earnest
C.distinguish
D.proclaim
A.He enjoyed the snow in winter
B.He had bitten the master’s children in the leg
C.He felt hot in the house
D.He grew too big for the master to keep