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Section1UseofEnglish

Directions:

Readthefollowingtext.Choosethebestword（s）foreachnumberedblankandmark[A],[B],[C]or[D]onANSWERSHEET1.（10points）

Happypeopleworkdifferently.They’moreproductive,morecreative,andwillingtotakegreaterrisks.Andnewresearchsuggeststhathappinessmightinfluence__1__firm’swork,too.

Companieslocatedinplaceswithhappierpeopleinvestmore,accordingtoa

recentresearchpaper.__2__,firmsinhappyplacesspendmoreonR&D（research

anddevelopment）.That’becausehappinessislinkedtothekindoflonger-term

thinking__3__formakinginvestmentsforthefuture.

Theresearcherswantedtoknowifthe__4__andinclinationforrisk-takingthat

comewithhappinesswould__5__thewaycompaniesinvested.Sotheycompared

U.S.cities’averagehappiness__6__byGalluppollingwiththeinvestmentactivityof

publiclytradedfirmsinthoseareas.

__7__enough,firmsinvestment’andR&Dintensitywerecorrelatedwiththe

happinessoftheareainwhichtheywere__8__.Butisitreallyhappinessthat

’s

toinvestment,orcouldsomethingelseabouthappiercities__9__whyfirmstherespendmoreonR&D?

Tofindout,theresearcherscontrolledforvarious__10__thatmightmakefirmsmorelikelytoinvest–likesize,industry,andsales–andfor

indicatorsthataplacewas__11__tolivein,likegrowthinwagesorpopulation.Thelinkbetweenhappinessandinvestmentgenerally__12__evenafteraccountingforthesethings.

Thecorrelationbetweenhappinessandinvestmentwasparticularlystrongforyoungerfirms,whichtheauthors__13__to“lesscodifieddecisionmakingprocess”

andthepossiblepresenceof“youngerandless__14__managerswhoaremorelikely

tobeinfluencedbysentiment.”Therelationshipwas__15__strongerinplaceswherehappinesswasspreadmore__16__.Firmsseemtoinvestmoreinplaceswheremostpeoplearerelativelyhappy,ratherthaninplaceswithhappinessinequality.

__17__thisdoesn’tprovethathappinesscausesfirmstoinvestmoreortotakealonger-termview,theauthorsbelieveitatleast__18__atthatpossibility.It’nots

hardtoimaginethatlocalcultureandsentimentwouldhelp__19__howexecutives

thinkaboutthefuture.“Itsurelyseemsplausiblethathappypeoplewouldbemoreforward-thinkingandcreativeand__20__R&Dmorethantheaverage,”saidoneresearcher.

1.[A]why[B]where[C]how[D]when

2.[A]Inreturn[B]Inparticular[C]Incontrast[D]Inconclusion

3.[A]sufficient[B]famous[C]perfect[D]necessary

4.[A]individualism[B]modernism[C]optimism[D]realism

5.[A]echo[B]miss[C]spoil[D]change

6.[A]imagined[B]measured[C]invented[D]assumed

7.[A]Sure[B]Odd[C]Unfortunate[D]Often

8.[A]advertised[B]divided[C]overtaxed[D]headquartered

9.[A]explain[B]overstate[C]summarize[D]emphasize

10.[A]stages[B]factors[C]levels[D]methods

11.[A]desirable[B]sociable[C]reputable[D]reliable

12.[A]resumed[B]held[C]emerged[D]broke

13.[A]attribute[B]assign[C]transfer[D]compare

14.[A]serious[B]civilized[C]ambitious[D]experienced

15.[A]thus[B]instead[C]also[D]never

16.[A]rapidly[B]regularly[C]directly[D]equally

17.[A]After[B]Until[C]While[D]Since

18.[A]arrives[B]jumps[C]hints[D]strikes

19.[A]shape[B]rediscover[C]simplify[D]share

20.[A]prayfor[B]leantowards[C]giveaway[D]sendoutSectionⅡReadingComprehension

PartA

Directions：

Readthefollowingfourtexts.Answerthequestionsaftereachtext

bychoosingA,B,CorD.MarkyouranswersonANSWERSHEET1.（40points）

Text1

It’truesthathigh-schoolcodingclassesaren’essentialforlearningcomputer

scienceincollege.Studentswithoutexperiencecancatchupafterafewintroductory

courses,saidTomCortina,theassistantdeanat

CarnegieMellon’Schoolsof

ComputerScience.

However,Cortinasaid,earlyexposureisbeneficial.Whenyoungerkidslearn

computerscience,theylearnthatit

’snotjustaconfusing,endlessstringofletters

andnumbers—butatooltobuildapps,orcreateartwork,ortesthypotheses.It

notashardforthemtotransformtheirthoughtprocessesasitisforolderstudents.

Breakingdownproblemsintobite-sizedchunksandusingcodetosolvethem

becomesnormal.Givingmorechildrenthistrainingcouldincreasethenumberof

peopleinterestedinthefieldandhelpfillthejobsgap,Cortinasaid.

Studentsalsobenefitfromlearningsomethingaboutcodingbeforetheygetto

college,whereintroductorycomputer-scienceclassesarepackedtothebrim,which

candrivetheless-experiencedor-determinedstudentsaway.

TheFlatironSchool,wherepeoplepaytolearnprogramming,startedasoneof

themanycodingbootcampsthat’becomespopularforadultslookingfor