What kind of life do you seek for? One that is frustrating and full of complaints every day? Or one that is filled with thankfulness, gratefulness and a positive mind?
The moment we open our eyes each day, we should be grateful that we are still alive. We are given a brand-new day. We are given another day to love. We are given another day of hope. We are given another chance to do whatever we have failed to accomplish. Those who have chosen to leave this place do not have any second chance.
We should be grateful every day. By being grateful, we will treasure the things around us. We will learn to appreciate life in a better way. Treat others better and find ourselves in a better mood every day. When we are thankful and grateful for the things we have, the universe tends to give us more.
By being thankful and grateful for our personal health, we will focus our attention on it and we would want to have a better well-being for our health. We will want to eat healthier food to nourish our body. After all, the body is the temple of our soul. We have to treat it well so that it can carry us a longer journey in life.
When we face problems in life, be thankful and grateful too. They are designed specifically for us so that we will be stronger and wiser. We are like a strong oak tree, facing the harsh weather time to time. After each storm, we will grow stronger and strengthen our foundations for the next harsh weather.
The year 2013 has come to an end. Have you achieved what you aimed for in the past year? Be grateful for those you have achieved and especially for those you have not—both successes and failures. Failures and mistakes will give you valuable lessons. So, pick yourself up and try again this year. Good luck!According to the text, how many kinds of life are mentioned?
| A．One. | B．Two. | C．Three. | D．Four. |
What does the underlined word “harsh” in the text refer to?
| A．severe | B．pleasant | C．fine | D．mild |
The sentence “We are like a strong oak tree...” in the fifth paragraph, we can see that the author used the writing technique of _____.
| A．telling a fairy story | B．stating facts |
| C．discussing matters | D．imitating things |
What would be the best title for the text?
| A．Kinds of Life | B．Be Positive | C．Be Grateful Every Day | D．Pick Yourself Up |
Chinese tourists prefer hotels and restaurants that offer free Wi-Fi when traveling abroad. Most Chinese tourists instantly update their social networks using their mobile phones. They send photos and short videos to friends and family when traveling abroad.
About 10 percent of outbound（出境的）Chinese tourists get expensive marring charges（漫游费）by using 3G-powered smart phones. About 90 percent of Chinese travelers consider Wi-Fi indispensable when traveling abroad They often use phone apps to create travel routes and book hotels, which requires large data flows that can be expensive without Wi-Fi
But free Wi-Fi is not always available, even in regions with advanced telecnrnmunications，such as the United States and Europe. Portable Wi-Fi costs 15 -50 yuan a day，depending on the country. Ifs cheaper in South Korea,Japan and Thailand. The Wi-Fi services increase rapidly thanks to reasonable pricing and smooth surfing
Thus, a growing number of travel agencies begin to offer increasingly diverse Wi-Fi services. A travel website Ctrip leases Wi-Fi transmitters that offer unlimited data for about 20 yuan a day on average in more than 100 countries. It plans to make mobile Wi-Fi an important part of its business model. Another travel website Tumiu also launched a Wi-Fi phone service in 2013. More than 100, 000 people used the service in 2014.
More than 100 million Chinese went abroad last year, and the 10 percent who used Wi-Fi services spent an average of 150 youn, and it’s expected to grow largely. But the business may become out of date in five to eight years, for more locations am offering free Wi-Fi. 1n the meantime, it is reported that more for-profit models should be introduced and offer more services for outbound travelers in the futureWhy do Chinese travelers prefer hotels and restaurants with free Wi-Fi when traveling abroad?
| A．They want to have their phones updated. |
| B．They are fond of using phone apps to create their travel routes. |
| C．They prefer to experience the Wi-Fi service in different countries |
| D．They'd like to share what they have seen with their friends and family |
What does the underlined word "indispensable" mean in Paragraph 2?
| A．Necessary. | B．Useless. |
| C．Expensive. | D．Amazing. |
What can be inferred from the passage？
| A．Travel websites will stop offering free Wi-Fi services to travelers. |
| B．Travel website Tuniu intended to compete with Ctrip and launched its Wi-Fi phone service |
| C．The portable Wi-Fi costs less when traveling in some Asian countries than in European countries |
| D．The demand for Wi-Fi transmitters is growing in pace with 3G-smartphones. |
What will be the future of the Wi-Fi service offered by some travel agencies?
| A．It will be useless when for-profit models me introduced |
| B．It will be used by more then 100 million Chinese next year |
| C．It will grow in the future but will be outdated in a couple of years |
| D．It will offer more non-profit services for outbound travelers. |
BEIJING -Starting today，all indoor public places and many outdoor public places in Beijing are required to be 100-percent smoke-free, including primary and middle schools，seating areas of sports stadiums and hospitals that treat women or children.
Those who break the law will face fines of up to 200 yuan( $32)，and owners of the establishment will be fined up to 10,000 yuan. The Beijing government is training several thousand inspectors to be responsible for inspecting and issuing fines，and thousands of community volunteers will also come to help. But it would he difficult to carry out the law in some areas where smoking is common，such as nightclubs
"Relying on punishment to control smoking is not enough. We hope that more cookers are willing to quit not because of strict rules, but because of their awareness of the harm caused by smoking”said Wang Benjin, deputy director of the Beijing Health Inspection Bureau.
China has more than 300 million smokers,and more than I million people die each year due to smoking-related diseases. Beijing is home to about 4. 2 million smokers, accounting for 23. 4 percent of people. They smoke an average of 14.6 cigarettes per day, according to a survey conducted by the Beijing Center for Disease Control last year.
Just ahead of the regulation taking effect，Beijing MTR Corporation（地铁公司）put up tobacco control posters on all trains on Subway Line 4 as part of the smoke-free campaign by the WHO
“Beijing was honored with the World No Tohacco Day Award for its leadership in adopting a tough new tobacco control law. The award is a wonderful gift to people of Beijing and a wonderful gift to children of Beijing on International Children's Day-the gift of air free from secondhand smoke，“said Shin Young-soo, regional director for the WHO.If a person smokes in a nightclub, the owner and the person will face fines of up to_______
| A．200 yuan | B．10, 000 yuan |
| C．$32 | D．10, 200 yuan |
What does the underlined word "They" in Paragraph 4 refer to?
| A．Smokers in China. |
| B．Smokers in Beijing. |
| C．Smokers in nightclubs. |
| D．Smokers who died of smoking-related diseases |
Which is NOT the benefit of the new tobacco control law?
| A．Giving smokers in Beijing a 1esson |
| B．Limiting the number of smokers in Beijing. |
| C．Protecting people from breathing secondhand smoke |
| D．Getting wonderful gifts on International Children's Day. |
We can probably read this passage in__________
| A．a textbook | B．a newspaper |
| C．a travel magazine | D．a personal journal |
John Nash，a Nobel Prize winner and a mathematical genius whose struggle with mental illness was documented in the Oscar-winning film A Beautiful Mind，was killed in a car accident on May 24th, 2015.
Born in West Virginia, Nash displayed a keenness for mathematics early in life，independently proving Femret's little theorem（定理）before graduating from high school. By the time he turned 30 in 1958，he was an unquestionable academic celebrity. At Princeton, Nash published a 27-page thesis that led to applications to economics，international politics, and evolutionary biology
His signature solution-known as a "Nash Equilibrium（纳什均衡）”-found that competition among two opponents，not necessarily governed by zero-sum logic. Two opponents can, for instance，each achieve their maximum objectives through cooperating with the other, or gain nothing at all by refusing to cooperate. It is now regarded as one of the most important social science ideas in the 20th century.
In the late 1950s, Nash began a slide into mental illness. By the time Nash was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1994, he hadn't published a paper in 36 years. But like a child cured of a nightmare by the switch of a light, Nash recovered from his illness seemingly by choosing not to be sick anymore. He continued to work, travel，and speak at conferences for the rest of his life.
In 2001，the release of the film A Beautiful Mind，based an Sylvia Nasar’s 1998 book of the same name，introduced Nash's unusual life story to an international audienceJohn Nash passed away because of__________
| A．a mental illness | B．overwork |
| C．a traffic accident | D．starvation |
According to“Nash Equilibrium"，what will happen if two opponents refuse to cooperate?
| A．They will get nothing at all. |
| B．They will get what they really want |
| C．'They will lose the support from each other |
| D．They will achieve their maximum objectives. |
Which of the following can be the best title for the text?
| A．John Nash's Sudden Death |
| B．John Nash's Extraordinary life |
| C．John Nash's Equilibrium |
| D．John Nash's Mental illness. |
Many critics worry about violence on television, most out of fear that it stimulates viewers to violent or aggressive acts. Our research, however, indicates that the consequences of experiencing TV’s symbolic world of violence may be much more far-reaching.
We have found that people who watch a lot of TV see the real world as more dangerous and frightening than those who watch very little. Heavy viewers are less trustful of their fellow citizens, and more fearful of the real world. Since most TV “action-adventure” dramas occur in urban settings, the fear they inspire may contribute to the current flee of the middle class from our cities. The fear may also bring increasing demands for police protection, and election of law-and-order politicians.
While none of us is completely dependent upon television for our view of the world, neither have many of us had the opportunity to observe the reality of police stations, courtrooms, corporate board rooms, or hospital operating rooms. Although critics complain about the fixed characters and plots of TV dramas, many viewers look on them as representative of the real world. Anyone who questions that statement should read the 250,000 letters, most containing requests for medical advice, sent by viewers to “Marcus Welby, M.D.” —a popular TV drama series about a doctor— during the first five years of his practice on TV.
Violence on television leads viewers to regard the real world as more dangerous than it really is, which must also influence the way people behave. When asked, “Can most people be trusted?” the heavy viewers were 35 percent more likely to choose “Can’t be too careful.”
Victims, like criminals, must learn their proper roles, and televised violence may perform the teaching function all too well. Instead of worrying only about whether television violence causes individual displays of aggression in the real world, we should also be concerned about social reality. Passive acceptance of violence may result from far greater social concern than occasional displays of individual aggression.
We have found that violence on prime-time（黄金时段）network TV cultivates overstated threat of danger in the real world. The overstated sense of risk and insecurity may lead to increasing demands for protection, and to increasing pressure for the use of force by established authority. Instead of threatening the social order, television may have become our chief instrument of social control.Which of the following is NOT among the consequences of watching TV too much?
| A．Distrusting people around. |
| B．Moving into rural areas. |
| C．Asking the police for protection. |
| D．supporting more politicians. |
According to the passage, why did “Marcus Welby, M.D.” receive so many letters?
A. Because viewers believed the doctor did exist in the real life.
B. Because certain TV programmes recommended him to viewers.
C. Because he was an experienced doctor and saved many lives.
D. Because the TV appealed to people to pay attention to health.According to the author, _________ is mainly to blame for people’s fear of the real world.
| A．network TV |
| B．social reality |
| C．individual display of violence |
| D．televised violence |
We can infer from the passage that __________.
| A．people tend to be aggressive or violent after watching TV too much |
| B．people learn to protect themselves from dangers after watching TV violence. |
| C．the occasional displays of individual aggression may threaten the social order |
| D．watching TV may cause the misuse of authority and disturb the social order |
It was Saturday morning. I heard loud noises of moving furniture in the next room. I could almost feel the excitement of John who was soon going to get a room of his own. I remember my own feelings when I was 13. I knew how much he longed for his right to privacy (私人空间) when he was sharing a room with his younger brother, Robot. He said, “Mum, Can I please have a room of my own? I could use Jeff’s. He won’t mind.”
It was true that Jeff had graduated from college and flown from the nest. But would he mind? The room was the place where I told him a thousand stories and we had a thousand talks. As close as we were, though, the time came when Jeff needed a door between us. His life was spreading into areas that had less to do with family. I no longer could-or should-know everything about him.
It turned out that getting Jeff’s permission was easy. He said, “Of course, Mum, it would be selfish of me to hold on to it.” Then his voice softened, “Mum, I won’t be living at home again—you know that.” Behind his glasses, his eyes were lit with all the love. There were no door closed here—they had all opened up again.
As John and I were cleaning the room, I fixed my eyes on Jeff’s things around me and could almost touch the little boy I knew was gone forever. I looked at the room and, in my heart, I let it go. To hold on would be, as Jeff said, selfish. Now it was time for John, shouldering through the door, his eyes bright with promise of independence, to disappear behind the door. It was time for letting go to happen again.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
| A．John was moving to live with his brother. |
| B．John was eager to get a room of his own. |
| C．Jeff volunteered to give his room to John. |
| D．Jeff refused to let his brother have his room. |
The underlined sentence in the second paragraph probably means “______”.
| A．Jeff finally flew out of the house |
| B．Jeff would have less to do with his family |
| C．Jeff needed his right to privacy |
| D．Jeff got tired of those familiar stories |
How did the author feel about her children’s sense of independence?
| A．Delighted. | B．Jealous. | C．Confused. | D．Embarrassed. |
It can be inferred from the passage that ______.
| A．the children did not like to live with adults |
| B．all her three kids made the author feel depressed |
| C．none of the members in the family thought the same way |
| D．the author loved and missed the time together with her kids |