阅读理解Passage Two Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage

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单选题Some marriages seem to collapse so suddenly that you'd need a crystal ball to predict their demise (灭亡). In other 27 , though, the seeds of marital dissolution are not only easier to see but they may be planted even before the honeymoon bills come 28 . According to UCLA psychologist Thomas Bradbury, Ph. D., the way a newlywed 29 when his or her spouse is facing a personal problem—work stress, say, or a recent weight gain—is a 30 good window into their marital future. Bradbury and Lauri Pasch, Ph.D., invited 57 couples, all married less than six months, to 31 a difficulty that each partner was having. While some couples proved to be superstars at providing emotional support, others were woefully inept (笨拙的). You just cringed (退缩) when you watched them, Bradbury says. Two years later, nine of the couples had already 32 and five other marriages were intact but hanging by a thread. These 14 couples, it turned out, had been far less likely to provide support to one another as newlyweds than the other 43 couples whose marriages were 33 . Bradbury thinks a couple's inability to help each other through 34 times is what often blossoms into full-fledged marital discord (不和谐)—and ultimately divorce. All of which suggests an obvious antidote (轶事) to the sky-high divorce rate: ff couples can learn how to provide emotional support before they marry, they 35 a better chance of staying together. The trouble, Bradbury says, is that couples who go for premarital counseling—where they can learn such skills— 36 to be the ones with a lesser risk for marital problems in the first place. A. thriving B. comments C. tough D. tend E. committing F. cases G. stand H. intends I. due J. reacts K. surprisingly L. durable M. split N. regularly O. discuss

单选题 中国是世界上发现与使用蚕丝最早的国家，人们在四五千年前就已经开始养蚕了。随着蚕丝的使用，刺绣工艺也逐渐兴起。宋代时期，崇尚刺绣服装的风气已逐渐在民间广泛流行，这也促使了中国刺绣工艺(Chinese Embroidery)的发展。刺绣的用途广泛，包括生活和艺术装饰等。刺绣作为中国优秀的民族传统工艺，在国外也享有很高的声誉，是中国文化艺术的杰出代表之一。

单选题 Imagine donating your DNA to a project aimed at discovering links between genes and diseases. You consent to your genome (基因组) sequence being released anonymously into the public domain, though you are warned there is a remote possibility that it might one day be possible to link it back to you. A few years later, that remote possibility comes to pass. How should you feel? This is no longer a hypothetical (假定) situation. The researchers' intentions were honorable. They have not revealed these identities, and the original data has been adjusted to make a repeat using the same technique impossible. All they wanted to do was expose privacy issues. Consider them exposed. It is clear that genomics (基因学) has entered a new phase, similar to that which social media went through a few years ago, when concerns were raised about people giving away too much personal information. What happens when the same applies to our DNA? Having your genome open to public examination obviously raises privacy issues. Employers and insurers may be interested. Embarrassing family secrets may be exposed. But overall, personal genetic information is probably no more revealing than other sorts. In fact there are reasons to believe that it is less so: would an insurance company really go to the trouble of decoding a genome to discover a slightly elevated risk of cancer or Alzheimer's disease? The available evidence suggests not. In 2006, Harvard University set out to sequence the genomes of 100,000 volunteers and make them publicly available, along with personal information such as names and medical records. One of the goals was to see what happens when such data is open to all. The answer seems to be 'not a lot'. So far this Personal Genome Project has published 148 people's full genomes. Not one volunteer has reported a privacy issue. This is not a reason for arrogance but it suggests that our genomic secrets are less interesting to other people than we might like to believe.

阅读理解Social isolation poses more health risks than obesity or smoking 15 cigarettes a day, according to research published by Brigham Young University. The【C1】________is that loneliness is a huge, if silen

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阅读理解Nowadays you can’t buy anything without then being asked to provide a rating of a company’s performance on a five-star scale. I’ve been asked to rate my store 【C1】________ on the EFTPOS terminal before I can pay. Even the most【C2】________activities, such as calling Telstra or picking up a parcel from Australia Post, are followed by texts or emails with surveys asking, How did we do? Online purchases are【C3】________followed up by a customer satisfaction survey. Companies are so【C4】________for a hit of stars that if you delete the survey the company sends you another one. We’re【C5】________to rate our apps when we’ve barely had a chance to use them. One online course provider I use asks you what you think of the course after you’ve only completed【C6】________2 per cent of it. Economist Jason Murphy says that companies use customer satisfaction ratings because a【C7】________display of star feedback has become the nuclear power sources of the modern economy. However, you can’t help but【C8】________if these companies are basing their business on fabrications (捏造的东西). I 【C9】________that with online surveys 1 just click the【C10】________that’s closest to my mouse cursor (光标) to get the damn thing off my screen. Often the star rating I give has far more to do with the kind of day I’m having than the purchase 1 just made.A)announceB) commonplacC) confessD) desperateE) experienceF) fascinatedG) optionH)promptedI) roughlyJ) routinelyK) shiningL)ShoweringM) varietN) voyageO) wonder