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Japan is a case in point. It has reduced automobile crashes on some roads by nearly 75 percent using
a simple optical illusion. But stripes, called chevrons(人字形), painted on the roads make drivers think
that they are driving faster than they really are, and thus drivers slow down.
Now the American Automobile Association Foundation(基金会) for Traffic Safety in Washington
D.C. is planning to repeat Japan"s success. Starting next year, the foundation will paint chevrons and
other patterns of stripes on selected roads around the country to test how well the patterns reduce
highway crashes.
Excessive (too great) speed plays a major role in as much as one fifth of all fatal traffic accidents,
according to the foundation. To help reduce those accidents, the foundation will conduct its tests in areas
where speed-related hazards are the greatest curves, exit slopes, traffic circles, and bridges.
Some studies suggest that straight, horizontal bars painted across roads can initially cut the average
speed of drivers in half. However, traffic often returns to full speed within months as drivers become used
to seeing the painted bars.
Chevrons, scientists say, not only give drivers the impression that they are driving faster than they really are but also make a lane appear to be narrower. The result is a longer lasting reduction in highway speed
and the number of traffic accidents.
B. a new pattern for painting highways
C. a new way of training drivers
D. a new type of optical illusion
B. traffic jams
C. dangers
D. cases
B. can cut road accidents in half
C. will look more attractive
D. will have a longer effect on driv
答案
核心考点
举一反三
them or not. Every couple of minutes a billboard glides by outside the bus window. "Buy Super Clean
Toothpaste." Drink Good Wet Root Beer." Fill up with Pacific Gas." Only if you sleep, which is equal to
turning the television set off, are you spared the unending cry of "You Need It! Buy It Now!"
The beginning of the ride is comfortable and somewhat exciting, even if you"ve traveled that way before. Usually some things have changed new houses, new buildings, sometimes even a new road. The bus driver has a style of driving and it"s fun to try to figure it out the first hour or so. If the driver is particularly reckless (鲁莽的) or daring, the ride can be as thrilling (惊心动魄的) as a suspense story. Will the driver pass the truck in time? Will the driver move into the right or the left hand lane? After a while, of course, the excitement dies down. Sleeping for a while helps pass the middle hours of the ride. Food always makes bus rides more interesting. But you"ve got to be careful of what kind of food you eat. Too much salty food can make you very thirsty between stops.
The end of the ride is somewhat like the beginning. You know it will soon be over and there"s a kind of expectation and excitement in that. The seat of course, has become harder as the hours have passed. By
now you"ve sat with your legs crossed, with your hands in your lap, with your hands on the armrests even with your hands crossed behind your head. The end comes just at no more ways to sit.
B. Films on television.
C. Advertisements on the billboards.
D. Gas stations.
B. To persuade you to take a long bus trip.
C. To explain how bus trips and television shows differ.
D. To describe the billboards along the road.
B. driving alone
C. a television set on the bus
D. no billboards along the road
B. they both have a beginning, a middle, and an end, with commercials in between
C. the drivers are always reckless on TV shows just as they are on buses
D. both traveling and watching TV are not exciting
B.comfortable
C.tiring
D.boring
Then we aged, got injured, and began carrying stress in our shoulders and back. In short, we lost our
balance.
Yoga(瑜伽) is an ancient practice that helps create a sense of union in body, mind, and spirit. It brings us balance. I was seriously out of balance when I started practicing yoga in 1999. I had plantar fascitis in
both feet, and my doctor had warned me against all the things I loved to do: walking, hiking, and playing
tennis. I was desperate for exercise. Yoga became my salvation(救星) and even enhanced my other
fitness activities. I practice yoga at least twice a week, but I consider yoga to be part of my daily life
because after a while you no longer just practice yoga-you love it.
Yoga becomes part of your physical life. Your body grows stronger, more toned, and more flexible
as you move from one pose to the other. I spent a week in Mexico at a yoga retreat, and it was the first
vacation on which I lost weight. "Rather than building muscle, yoga builds muscle tone," says Shakta
Kaur Khalsa, author of the K.I.S.S. Guide to Yoga. "Because yoga helps maintain a balanced
metabolism (新陈代谢), it also helps to regulate weight. Additionally, yoga stretches muscles lengthwise,
causing fat to be removed around the cells." I do yoga poses throughout the day. After hours at my
computer, I stretch my stiff shoulders and arms. When I need a boost of energy, I do energizing poses.
When I am feeling exhausted at the end of the day, I do restorative poses.
Yoga becomes part of your mental life. Yoga teaches you to focus on breathing while you hold the
poses. This attention to breath is calming; it dissolves stress and anxiety. I use yogic breathing on the
tennis courts, in the dentist"s chair, and in traffic jams. You should always leave a yoga practice feeling
energized, not tired. If you feel tired after yoga, it means you spent the time "fighting" yourself, trying to
force yourself into poses. In yoga, you "surrender" to the pose by letting go of the tension.
Yoga becomes part of your spiritual life. Yoga is practiced by people from all religions; it is not
restricted to any religious group. Yoga teaches "right" living in how we deal with ourselves and others.
As I work on a difficult pose, I learn patience, forgiveness, and the value of gentleness. Yoga advocates
proper eating, but you don"t have to be a vegetarian to practice yoga.
B. How I Do Yoga Poses
C. The Benefits of Yoga
D. The Varieties of Yoga
B. they respond well to yoga poses
C. they spend too much time on yoga
D. they push themselves to do yoga poses
B. Different yoga poses.
C. Popularity of yoga all over the world.
D. Encouraging people to do yoga.
No. 1 Will the economic climate improve this year?
I don"t think we will see too much improvement this year, but of course I hope so.
No. 2 How important is an MBA compared to experience?
I won"t say a degree isn"t important. __1__. When I look at potential employees, I look at
what they have done in the past that I can use to help me tomorrow.
No. 3 How can you ensure your job is safe with the economy so shaky?
No job is safe. Never will it be. The half-life(半衰期) of any particular skill set is, at most, five years.
And that"s long enough. _ 2 _ Be curious, be willing to learn, have a moral compass and know what
gives your life meaning.
No. 4 When the job market is this bad, how can you distinguish yourself as a candidate?
Know the company, its competitive position, recent announcements, stock-price history. Do a
Google or Yahoo search on the person you"ll be meeting with and you should be able to find something
about him or her. Then develop an "outsider"s view" of their key needs and opportunities. __ 3 _
No. 5 I"m graduating from business school this spring. _ 4 __
If you haven"t already secured an internship (职业院校证)within your chosen field, do so now. Take
any internship; forget about being paid. __ 5 _ the experience in your field and the opportunity to check
out onto a possible employee. Your connections will be the hot ticket to get you in the door for job
interviews.
A. You are after two things.
B. Do all you can to be the solution to someone else"s problem.
C. Will technology create more jobs?
D. Any job advice?
E. But nothing beats experience.
F. What will keep you alive?
G. Different jobs needs different skills.
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2)首字母提示,
3)语境提示,在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词；
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| Sometimes you can learn more about what a person is trying to say just by watching instead of l . You might be talking to someone about an idea you have. He might say that he"s interested your idea. Just watch his face. Is he l at you or are his eyes moving around, just tired of w you"re saying ? It"s important to watch other"s body language carefully because it provides a lot of useful (信息). Sometimes a person will be speaking too q or use words that you don"t understand. If you pay attention to the (信号)he is giving, maybe you can still follow him, even you"re not sure of the meaning of the words. This is especially (有必要的)when watching TV or in other situations you can"t ask the speaker to slow down. | 1.______ 2.______ 3.______ 4.______ 5.______ 6.______ 7.______ 8.______ 9.______ 10.______ |
| 阅读理解。 | |
| No one wants to be tested．We would all like to get a driver" s license without answering questions about rights of way or showing that we can parallel park a car．Many future lawyers and doctors probably wish they could join their profession without taking an exam． But tests and standards are a necessary fact of life. They protect us from unskilled drivers, harmful products and dishonest professionals. In schools too exams play a constructive role． They tell public officials whether new school programs are making a difference and where new investments are likely to pay off．They tell teachers what their students have learned --and have not．They tell parents how their children are doing compared with others their age.They encourage students to make more effort． It is important to recall that for most of century, educators used intelligence tests to decide which children should get a high - quality education．The point of IQ testing was to find out how much children were capable of learning rather than to test what they had actually learned．Based on IQ scores, millions of children were assigned to dumbed-down programs instead of solid courses in science, math, history, literature and foreign language． This history reminds us that tests should be used to improve education．Every child should have access to a high-quality education．Students should have full opportunity to learn what will be tested; otherwise their scores will merely reflect whether they come from an educated family． In the past few years, we have seen the enormous benefits that flow to disadvantaged students because of the information provided by state tests．Those who fall behind are now getting extra instruction in after-school classes and summer programs．In their efforts to improve student performance, states are increasing teachers"salaries, testing new teachers and insisting on better teacher education． Performance in education means the mastery of both knowledge and skills．This is why it is reasonable to test teachers to make sure they know their subject matter, as well as how to teach it to young children．And this is why it is reasonable to assess whether students are ready to advance to the next grade or graduate from high school． | |
| 1．According to the passage, school exams enable ______． | |
| A．teachers to understand if their students have made efforts B．parents to compare their kids" achievements across schools C．students to meet their teachers" requirements D．governments to make right policies | |
| 2．"Dumbed - down programs" in Paragraph 3 refer to the programs which . | |
| A. lead to high-quality education B. are less academically challenging C. are intended for intelligent students D. enable children to make steady progress | |
| 3．Which of the following does the author probably agree with? | |
| A．Disadvantaged students can benefit from state tests． B．Tests should focus on what students have actually learned． C．Intelligent tests decide if children should get a high - quality education． D．Intelligent tests are helpful in separating excellent students from poor ones． | |
| 4．What is the purpose of the passage? | |
| A．To re-assess the value of IQ testing． B．To defend the role of testing in education． C．To explain what high-quality education means． D．To call for thorough and complete reform in education． |