Would you be happier if you spent more time discussing the state of the world and the meaning of life—and less time talking about the weather? It may sound counterintuitive (违反直觉的), but people who spend more of their day having deep discussions and less time engaging in small talk seem to be happier, said Matthias Mehl, a psychologist at the University of Arizona who published a study on the【C1】______. "We found this so interesting, because it could have gone the other way—it could have been, 'Don't worry, be happy'—as long as you surf on the【C2】______level of life you're happy, and if you go into the essential depths you'll be unhappy," Dr. Mehl said. But, he【C3】______, deep conversation seemed to hold the【C4】______to happiness for two main reasons: both because human beings are driven to find and create【C5】______in their lives, and because we are social animals who want and need to【C6】______with other people. "By engaging in meaningful conversations, we manage to impose meaning on a(n)【C7】______pretty chaotic world," Dr. Mehl said. "And interpersonally, as you find this meaning, you bond with your interactive partner, and we know that interpersonal connection and integration is a core【C8】______foundation of happiness." Dr. Mehl's study was small and doesn't【C9】______a cause-and-effect relationship between the kind of conversations one has and one's happiness. But that's the【C10】______next step, when he will ask people to increase the number of deep conversations they have each day and cut back on small talk, and vice versa.A) calculated E) fundamental I) nevertheless M) proveB) connect F) key J) otherwise N) shallowC) contact G) love K) planned O) subjectD) fantastic H) meaning L) proposed

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For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled It Is Meaningful to Learn from Past Mistakes by commenting on the saying, "We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success... and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery." You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.

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There is a popular belief among parents that schools are no longer interested in spelling. This is, however, a【C1】______. No school I have taught in has ever ignored spelling or considered it【C2】______as a basic skill. There are, however,【C3】______different ideas about how to teach it, or how much priority it must be given over general language development and writing ability. If spelling becomes the only focal point of his teacher's interest, clearly a bright child will be likely to "play safe", this is to say, to avoid using words he is not sure of. He will tend to write only words within his spelling range, choosing to avoid【C4】______language. That's why teachers often【C5】______the early use of dictionaries and pay attention to content rather than technical ability. In this way, students will be able to【C6】______their ideas more freely. I was once shocked to read on the bottom of a sensitive piece of writing about a personal experience: "This work is【C7】______! There are far too many spelling errors and your writing is illegible (难以辨认的)." It may have been a sharp【C8】______of the pupil's technical abilities in writing, but it was also a sad reflection on the teacher who had【C9】______to read the essay, which contained some beautiful expressions of the child's deep feelings. The teacher was not wrong to draw attention to the errors, but if his priorities had centered on the child's ideas, an expression of his disappointment with the presentation would have given the pupil more【C10】______to seek improvement. A. unimportant B. failed C. specifically D. encourage E. adventurous F. withdrawn G. vastly H. terrible I. motivation J. reaction K. criticism L. indicate M. express N. misunderstanding O. resistant

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维吾尔族 (Uygur)是中国的一个少数民族。维吾尔族人喜欢喝奶茶，吃肉和用面粉烤制的 馕 (nang)。他们有自己的语言和文字。他们的文学具有一种独特的民族风格，其中“ 阿凡提的故事 ”(the Story of Afanti)深受中国各族人民的喜爱。维吾尔族是个能歌善舞的民族，每逢节日和婚礼，他们都会邀请客人和他们一起跳传统民间舞蹈。他们的民歌优美动听，被广泛传唱。

Who doesn't love being in love? A true love listens to you talk about work, lets you have that last【C1】______of pie, and usually remembers to take out the trash. He is ready to forget all kinds of【C2】______. And he always thinks you're beautiful, even without【C3】______. Scientists have long been keen to prove that love gives us health【C4】______too. Researchers can't say for sure that a lover is more important than a loving family or warm friendship when it comes to wellness. But they are learning more about how a romantic partner makes us【C5】______, with health gains that【C6】______from faster healing and better control over illnesses to living longer. The benefits of love are【C7】______and measurable. A study last year from the University of Pittsburgh found that women in good marriages have a much lower risk of heart disease than those in high-stress relationships. The National Love and Health Study has been【C8】______more than a million subjects since 1979. The study shows that married people live longer, have fewer heart attacks and lower cancer rates, and even get pneumonia less frequently than singles. A new study from the University of Iowa also found that cancer patients with a strong sense of connection to others and in【C9】______relationship were better able to fight off cancer. It seems that love helps people【C10】______their immune system. A)range B)makeup C)stronger D)righteous E)tracking F)slice G)health H)strengthen I)benefits J)refreshing K)misunderstandings L)designing M)satisfying N)suggested O)explicit

When we think of green buildings, we tend to think of new ones—the kind of high-tech, solar-paneled masterpieces that make the covers of architecture magazines. But the U. S. has more than 100 million existing homes, and it would b【C1】______ wasteful to tear them all down and【C2】______ them with greener versions. An enormous amount of energy and resources went into the construction of those houses. And it would take an average of 65 years for the【C3】______ carbon emissions from a new energy-efficient home to make up for the resources lost by destroying an old one. So in the broadest【C4】______, the greenest home is the one that has already been built. But at the same time, nearly half of U. S. carbon emissions come from heating, cooling and【C5】______ our homes, offices and other buildings. "You can't deal with climate change without dealing with existing buildings," says Richard Moe, the president of the National Trust. With some【C6】______, the oldest homes tend to be the least energy-efficient. Houses built before 1939 use about 50% more energy per square foot than those built after 2000, mainly due to the tiny cracks and gaps that【C7】______ over time and let in more outside air. Fortunately, there are a【C8】______ number of relatively simple changes that can green older homes, from【C9】______ ones like Lincoln's Cottage to your own postwar home. And efficiency upgrade (升级) can save more than just the earth; they can help【C10】______ property owners from rising power costs.A) accommodations I) protectB) clumsy J) reducedC) doubtfully K) replaceD) exceptions L) sense E) expand M) shiftedF) historic N) supplyingG) incredibly O) vastH) powering

闪婚(flash marriage)这一都市情感快餐已在我国不少城市悄然登场。青年男女，尤其是20一30岁之间的青年，闪电相识，爱情速配，已成为一种时尚。闪婚男女在相识很短一段时间后就确立恋爱关系或婚姻关系。他们几秒钟可以爱上一个人，几分钟就能谈完一场恋爱。闪婚对传统婚姻观念产生了很大的冲击，让婚姻变得十分脆弱。婚姻不是儿戏，我们应该认真对待。

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过去十年中国房地产(real estate)行业高速发展。

面对高房价，作为城市“ 夹层人 ”(sandwich layer)大学毕业生们生活得比较艰苦。最近，政府开始采取措施帮助低收入人群，特别是那些难以租到价格合适房屋的毕业生。政府将考虑年轻租房者的切身利益，建设更多的小户型 公租房 (public rental house)。申请公租房的程序也日趋简单。在深圳，符合条件的人只需提供身份证、学历证书及工作证明即可申办。

它对于扩大消费和需求，特别是赈饥与救灾方面发挥着重要的作用。

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For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay on the advantages and disadvantages of ordering food online. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.

The small coastal town of Broome, in northwest Australia, is a remote village in the vast countryside. There are no traffic jams and hardly any roads. There is only the massive Australian wild land, where some houses are 500 miles apart and some driveways are 50 miles long. There seem to be only two main sources of entertainment out here: the sunset at the beach and Sun Pictures. Sun Pictures is a very different movie theater: The seats are park benches and deck chairs, but you're also welcome to sit on the grass. It is the world's oldest outdoor movie garden. Sun Pictures was built in 1916 on the other side of the globe from Hollywood. All the big films were shipped here and the lonely country was amazed. Broome resident Pearl Hamaguchi has never traveled far from home. But in the Sun Pictures chairs, under the deep blue night sky, she has been almost everywhere. "And we came back excited about Gregory Peck," she recalled. This is one of the few places left in the world where you can see two sets of stars at the same time—one set in the sky, the other in the film. Each night, dozens of people from around the world line up at the old wooden stand, with no computer in sight, and buy their tickets to the latest films. Sun Pictures is also a museum, exhibiting projectors (放映机) that date back to the silent films, a portrait gallery of the famous people who never knew about this place—even though they came here all the time. Every once in a while, I'm told, you might find a non-ticket holder in your seat. That's why it's always a good idea to shake out your chair to make sure there are no spiders or scorpions. "We've only had a couple of scorpion incidents but no one's been stung yet," said Aaron Mestemaker, a tourist visiting from Michigan. Sun Pictures is a holy hall of movie history and a reminder that air conditioning and carpet are no match for grass and fresh air—even when the lizards steal the scene.

这本书是为非英语专业学生提高阅读水平设计的。

阅读理解Evaluating employee performance is a key of management skills. The challenge is to give the employees an accurate picture of chief accomplishments, and of the areas in which they need to prove. Both are important: accomplishments because they give the employee a sense of pride in the work and basis on which to build future achievements, and areas for improvement, because they give the employee some goals to reach for. Often, employees fear that the evaluation will be a negative experience. This fear alone can endanger defensiveness and tension which result in self-fulfilling prophecy. The supervisor must take pains to alleviate (减轻) the employee''s fear and make the evaluation a participatory event. An employee who contributes ideas to his or her evaluation will be much more likely to agree with the outcome and be willing to follow the recommendations. The employees must always bear in mind that the sole legitimate domain of an employee appraisal system is to improve employees'' performance. While areas needing improvement must be done reviewed, this should always be done in the spirit of discovering goals that the employee can work toward. This holds true for reviewing success as well. While praise for past achievements may be used as reward, to endanger loyalty, or for other reasons, at the time of evaluation, the primary reason to look at the person''s successes is to determine areas in which he or she can continue to excel; perhaps, the most effective way to make the evaluation a participatory event is to ask the employee to come prepared for the meeting. The employer and the employee each should carefully review the job description prior to the evaluation meeting and should make notes on areas in which the employee had difficulty or has made a contribution. At the evaluation meeting, the employer must establish a positive and comfortable mood. The employee should be invited to review his or her lists first. Almost always the employee''s notes will be very similar to what the employer has written. If the employer simply verifies what the employee has said, the employee will be much less anxious about the procedure, and much more likely to work toward the goals.