单选题There are a great many books, web sites, and training 24 today more or less dedicated to the idea that being bored is a major sin, for which the only 25 is to find ways to be busy and productive every waking moment. People who follow this 26 are constantly on-the-go—and feelings of boredom quickly smothered with yet more activities. At work, at home, at play, each 27 must be filled with things to ward off the slightest possibility of being bored. As a society, we're over-stimulated to the point of mania, like hyper-excited children in those few moments at a party before it all goes wrong and everyone starts crying. I suspect the rise in ADHD isn't only 28 to eating strange chemicals in the diet; we're training ourselves to require continual distraction, reducing our attention-span to less than a few seconds before we're bored again. It used to be only teenagers who 29 . 'I'm so bored!' Now almost everyone acts as if not having something truly exciting to do every moment is either the first sign of senility or—much wore—positive proof that they, and their 30 are gone, past it, over the hill, on the way towards oblivion. Yet boredom is, in reality, crucial to any ability to be truly productive, let 31 effective. If you're fiat-out busy and engaged all the time, you may feel important, but the reality is 32 . It's those who are constantly 33 with activities that are most likely to be headed towards a nasty let-down. A. alone B. careers C. courses D. cure E. different F. dissatisfied G. distracted H. due I. felt J. idea K. moment L. sighed M. thanks N. time O. way

单选题 Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay commenting on the remark 'Life is 10% of what happens to you and 90% of how you react to it.' You can give examples to illustrate your point and then explain how you will react to your life. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.

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单选题 西安，是中国陕西省的省会，历经了许多朝代的沉浮。它曾断断续续地作为13个朝代的首都达1200多年之久。西安的历史古迹使得游客想起这座城市的昔日辉煌。西安悠久辉煌的历史丰富了中国古代史的发展，进一步推动了中华文明的前进。今天，西安已是全国主要的旅游胜地之一，每年接待海内外旅游者约200万人次。在西安，遍布城内外的历史古迹和自然风景数不胜数，如驰名中外的兵马俑(Terra Cotta Warriors)、明代城墙、乾陵(Qian Mausoleum)等等。

单选题 The recession of 2008-09 was remarkable in rich countries for its intensity, the subsequent recovery for its weakness. The labour market has also broken the rules, as new research from the OECD, a think-tank of mainly rich countries, shows in its annual Employment Outlook. Young people always suffer in recessions. Employers stop hiring them; and they often get rid of new recruits because they are easier to sack. But in previous episodes, such as the recessions of the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, older workers were also booted out. This time is different. During the financial crisis in 2008, and since, they have done better than other age groups. Why have older employees done so well? In some southern European countries they benefit from job protection not afforded to younger workers, but that did not really help them in past recessions. What has changed, says Stefano Scarpetta, head of the OECD's employment directorate, is that firms now bear the full costs of getting rid of older staff. In the past early-retirement schemes provided by governments (in the mistaken belief that these would help young people) made it cheaper to push grey-haired workers out of the door. These have largely stopped. Job losses among older workers have also been more than offset by falls in inactivity, reflecting forces that were already apparent before the crisis. Older workers are healthier than they used to be and work is less physically demanding. They are also more attractive to employers than prior generations. Today's 55- to 64-year-olds are the advance squad of the post-war baby-boomers who benefited from better education than their predecessors. Older workers now have a sharper incentive to stay in employment because of the impact of the crisis on wealth. In Britain, for example, workers who rely on private pensions have been adversely affected by lower returns on their investments and by poor annuity (年金) rates when they convert their savings into regular income. Many will argue that older workers have done better at the expense of the young. That view is wrongheaded. First, it is a falsehood that a job gained for one person is a job lost for another; there is no fixed 'lump of labor'. And second, as the report shows, young and old people are by and large not substitutes in the workplace. They do different types of work in different types of occupation: younger people gravitate to IT firms, for example, whereas older folk tend to be employed in more traditional industries. There are plenty of things that should be done to help the young jobless, but moving older workers out of the workplace is not one of them.

单选题 A herd of Kashmir goats have invaded a Welsh seaside town after the coronavirus lockdown (冠状病毒造成的封锁) left the streets deserted. The animals, who normally roam free on a nearby headland standing out into the Irish Sea, have instead wandered into Llandudno where they have spent the past three days feasting on garden hedges and flowers. Like other countries affected by the global coronavirus crisis, Britain has imposed strict social distancing measures including shop and school closures, and the authorities are asking everyone to stay at home except for essential travel. With the streets of Llandudno unnaturally quiet, the goats have been free to wander the streets undisturbed. Town councillor Carol Marubbi said the goats didn't normally come into town unless the weather was awful, but on this occasion she said they probably realised something unusual was going on because there were so few people around. 'I think they're probably feeling a bit lonely and they have come down to have a look around,' she told Reuters by telephone. Kashmir goats have lived on the headland near Llandudno since the days of Queen Victoria, when the species became popular in Britain due to a fashion for shawls made from their soft cashmere wool. Marubbi said the herd of about 150 goats, some of whom had kids in February, were a well-known local attraction and most residents did not mind having their hedges eaten by them.' I'm a big fan,' she said. 'I love them because they are characters.' With millions of people stuck at home sharing light-hearted content online to alleviate the boredom of the lockdown, images and video of the goats wandering around the streets were a hit on social media. 'Just love this. Looks like they are definitely in charge,' wrote Sue Foster, a former primary school head teacher. Andrew Stuart, a video producer for the Manchester Evening News, has been posting videos of the furry adventurers online and they are attracting hundreds of thousands of viewers. 'There's no one around at the moment, because of the lockdown, so they take their chances and go as far as they can. And they are going further and further into the town,' Smart told the Associated Press from his parents' pub in Llandudno, where he is waiting out the pandemic (流行病). His videos show the goats munching on (用力咀嚼) people's neatly trimmed hedges and trees in front yards and wandering casually empty streets as if they own the place. 'One of the videos shows that they were on a narrow side street and I was on the other side and they were scared of me. They were moving slowly and carefully away from me. So they are still scared of people,' Stuart said.