39. What’s the main idea of the passage? A. Zoo animals show artistic side. C. Animals enjoy painting.
B. Painting and music are useful in the zoo. D. Animals need enrichment too. B
Did you know that badminton is also a fast-paced competitive sport? Badminton has been a Summer Olympic sport since 1992. Para-badminton will be included in the 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo. Here’s what you need to know if your child is interested in badminton.
Badminton is played on a 44-foot-long rectangular (矩形的) court that is 17 feet wide for singles and 20 feet wide for doubles. It is divided in the middle by a net placed 5 feet off the ground, like volleyball, not at ground level like tennis.
In competition, each match is a set of three games played to 21 points. There is a one-minute break when a player or team reaches 11 points, and a two-minute break in between the first and second games and the second and third games.
Age kids can start: About 6 years old.
Best for kids who: Have good skills, are patient and hardworking, and can handle the pressure of one-on-one or two-on-two competition.
Team or individual: Matches can be singles (one-on-one) or doubles (two-on-two). Fun fact: Badminton is the only sport that has mixed doubles event in the Olympic Games.
Costs: Beginners are expected to pay $30 to $40 for an entry-level racquet (球拍). Badminton shoes are similar in price to other athletic shoes. Join a club or team for lessons. A one-hour group lesson for beginners should cost $20 to $25, with costs increasing as your child moves up the ranks. You will also pay entry fees for competitions.
Time commitment required: Beginners will play for just an hour or two per week.
Potential for injury: Players have a very low risk of injury. Players who wear glasses should use eye protection.
40. From the passage, we can learn that .
A. Badminton is a fast-paced competitive sport which began in 1992 B. The court for singles has the same width as that for doubles C. Badminton has mixed doubles event in the Olympic Games D. Para-badminton has been included in the Summer Olympic Games
41. How many minutes in all will a player have for a rest in a set of three games?
A. 2.
B. 3.
C. 7.
D. 11.
42. According to the passage, for the beginners, they should . A. wear glasses to protect their eyes B. start to learn badminton at the age of 8 C. play for at least an hour or two every day D. pay at least $20 for a one-hour group lesson
C
Average humans can consume 15 or more drinks in plastic bottles a month. If you were born after 1978, and live until 80 years old, you will leave behind a minimum of 14,400 plastic bottles on this planet. These bottles take hundreds of years to break down into tiny pieces of plastic, never to completely disappear. Most of the waste is consumed by fish and birds, which has shortened their lifetime greatly.
The Plastic Bottle Village is just a great idea that might finally save us from being buried in plastic. It’s a community in Panama that is going to be made of used bottles. The design process begins with building steel frames, which are then filled with these bottles. Once this step is complete, and electrical and plumbing (管道装置) lines are put inside, the plastic walls are covered by concrete—both inside and outside. So no one will actually be able to tell that the walls are made of plastic. Besides, the material will keep the house 17°C cooler than the outside, which is the biggest benefit to people living inside.
The village is the brainchild (主意) of Robert Bezeau with the intention of setting up several environmental projects. Having started a recycling program four years ago, during which a number of plastic bottles were collected, he started to think of how they could be put to use. Soon enough, he decided to use them to build houses, and came up with a basic idea for the construction process.
The project hopes to make people conscious of the waste that these bottles create so that they can do more to protect the environment. The village will also create an education center that will teach individuals from the world how to reuse plastic bottles as construction materials for shelter. Recycled bottles could neutralize the negative effect of your passage on this planet, and move closer to leaving only your “footprints”. 43. What does Paragraph 1 intend to tell us? A. The reason for buying fewer drinks. C. The amount of plastic waste.
B. The difficult situation of wildlife. D. The seriousness of plastic pollution.
44. What is the biggest benefit to people living in the Plastic Bottle Village? A. The house will be much cooler than normal ones.
B. The material of construction will be reduced a lot. C. The newly-made house can save a lot of electricity. D. The waste of the house can be consumed by fish and birds. 45. Which of the following words can best describe Robert? A. Creative.
B. Courageous.
C. Enthusiastic.
D. Sensitive.
46. The main purpose of Robert’s projects is to . A. provide shelter for locals B. reuse all deserted plastic bottles C. popularize the use of plastic bottles D. raise people’s environmental awareness
D
Some of the best research on daily experience is rooted in rates of positive and negative interactions, which has proved that being blindly positive or negative can cause others to be frustrated or annoyed or to simply tune out. Over the last two decades, scientists have made remarkable predictions simply by watching people interact with one another and then scoring the conversations based on the rate of positive and negative interactions. Researchers have used the findings to predict everything from the likelihood that a couple will divorce to the chances of a work team with high customer satisfaction and productivity levels.
More recent research helps explain why these brief exchanges matter so much. When you experience negative emotions as a result of criticism or rejection, for example, your body produces higher levels of the stress hormone, which shuts down much of your thinking and activates (激活) conflict and defense mechanisms (机制). You assume that situations are worse than they actually are.
When you experience a positive interaction, it activates a very different response. Positive exchanges increase your body’s production of oxytocin, a feel-good that increases your ability to communicate with, cooperate with and trust others. But the effects of a positive occurrence are less dramatic and lasting than they are for a negative one.
We need at least three to five positive interactions to outweigh every one negative exchange. Bad moments simply outweigh good ones. Whether you’re having a conversation, keep this simple short cut in mind: At least 80 percent of your conversations should be focused on what’s going right.
Workplaces, for example, often see this. During performance reviews, managers routinely spend 80 percent of their time on weaknesses and “areas for improvement”. They spend roughly 20 percent of the time on strengths and positive aspects. Any time you have discussions with a person or group, spend the vast majority of the time talking
about what is working, and use the remaining time to address weaknesses. 47. The underlined phrase “tune out” in Paragraph 1 probably means . A. stop listening C. sing aloud
B. change one’s mind D. be crazy
48. What will happen if you experience negative emotions? A. The situations are sure to become worse. B. Much of your thinking will be prevented.
C. You will feel an urge to improve and become better. D. You’ll be motivated to resolve conflicts with people. 49. From Paragraph 4, we can learn that . A. we need a positive feeling to beat one negative feeling B. positive interactions have greater effects than negative ones C. our conversation should center on what needs improvement D. the effect of negative feelings lasts longer than that of positive ones 50. What is the best title for the passage? A. Harmful Negatives B. More Positive Interactions C. How to Be a Productive Manager
D. Less Time on Strengths and Positive Aspects 第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，共10分）
根据短文内容,从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。
A peer is a person who is about the same age as you. Peers affect your life, whether you know it or not, just by spending time with you.
51 Maybe another student in your science class taught you an easy way to remember the planets in solar system. Maybe you got others excited about your new favorite book and now everyone’s reading it. However, sometimes peers affect one another in another way. 52 Maybe a kid in the neighborhood wanted you to steal with him.
Some kids give in to peer pressure because they want to be liked, to fit in, or because they worry that other kids may make fun of them if they don’t go along with the group. 53 The idea that “everyone’s doing it” may
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