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SectionIUseofEnglish

Directions:

Readthefollowingtext。

Choosethebestword（s）foreachnumberedblankandmarkA，B，CorDonANSWERSHEET1（10points）

Inourcontemporaryculture，theprospectofcommunicatingwith-orevenlookingat-a

strangerisvirtuallyunbearableEveryonearoundusseemstoagreebythewaytheyfiddle

withtheirphones，evenwithouta1underground

It'sasadreality-ourdesiretoavoidinteractingwithotherhumanbeings-becausethere's2

tobegainedfromtalkingtothestrangerstandingbyyou.Butyouwouldn'tknowit，3into

yourphone.Thisuniversalarmorsendsthe4：

Pleasedon'tapproachme.

Whatisitthatmakesusfeelweneedtohide5ourscreens?

Oneanswerisfear,accordingtoJonWortmann,executivementalcoachWefear

rejection，orthatourinnocentsocialadvanceswillbe6ascreep,Wefearwe'IIbe7We

fearwe'IIbedisruptiveStrangersareinherently8tous，sowearemorelikelytofeel9

whencommunicatingwiththemcomparedwithourfriendsandacquaintancesToavoid

thisanxiety,we10toourphones.Phonesbecomeoursecurityblanket，Wortmann

says.Theyareourhappy

glassesthatprotectusfromwhatweperceiveisgoingtobemore11.

Butonceweripoffthebandaid，tuckoursmartphonesinourpocketsandlookup，it

and

EpleyNicholasscientistsbehavioral，experiment2011oneInbad.so12doesn't

JulianaSchroederaskedcommuterstodotheunthinkable:

Starta13.TheyhadChicago

traincommuterstalktotheirfellow14.WhenDr.EpleyandMs.Schroederaskedother

peopleinthesametrainstationto15howtheywouldfeelaftertalkingtoastranger,the

commutersthoughttheir16wouldbemorepleasantiftheysatontheirown,theNew

YorkTimessummarizes.Thoughtheparticipantsdidn'texpectapositiveexperience,after

they17with

theexperiment,

otasinglepersonreportedhavingbeensnubbed.

18,thesecommuteswerereportedlymoreenjoyablecomparedwiththosesans

communication,whichmakesabsolutesense,19humanbeingsthriveoffofsocial

connections.It'sthat20:

Talkingtostrangerscanmakeyoufeelconnected.

1.[A]ticket[B]permit[C]signall[D]record

2.[A]nothing[B]link[C]another[D]much

3.[A]beaten[B]guided[C]plugged[D]brought

4.[A]message[B]cede[C]notice[D]sign

5.[A]under[B]beyond[C]behind[D]from

6.[A]misinterprete[B]misapplied[C]misadjusted[D]mismatched

7.[A]fired[B]judged[C]replaced[D]delayed

8.[A]unreasonable[B]ungreatful[C]unconventional[D]unfamiliar

9.[A]comfortable[B]anxious[C]confident[D]angry

10.[A]attend[B]point[C]take[D]turn

11.[A]dangerous[B]mysterious[C]violent[D]boring

12.[A]hurt[B]resis[C]bend[D]decay

13.[A]lecture[B]conversation[C]debate[D]negotiation

14.[A]trainees[B]employees[C]researchers[D]passengers

15.[A]reveal[B]choose[C]predictl[D]design

16.[A]voyage[B]flight[C]walk[D]ride

17.[A]wentthrough[B]didaway[C]caughtup[D]putup

18.[A]Inturn[B]Inparticular[C]Infact[D]Inconsequence

19.[A]unless[B]since[C]if[D]whereas

20.[A]funny[B]simple[C]Iogical[D]rare

答案：

1.signal2.Much3.plugged4.message5.behind

6.misinterpreted7.judged8.unfamiliar9.anxious10.turn

11.dangerous12.hurt13.Conversation14.passengers

15.predict16.ride17.wentthrough18.infact

19.since20.Simple

SectionⅡReadingComprehension

PartA

Directions:

Text1

Anewstudysuggeststhatcontrarytomostsurveys.Peopleartactuallymorestressedat

homethanatwork.Researchersmeasuredpeople'scortntlol.Whichisitatstressmarker.

Whiletheywereatworkandwhiletheywereathomeandfoundithigheratwhatis

supposedtobeaplaceofrefuge.

Furthercontradictingconventionalwisdom,wefoundthatwomenaswellasmenhave

lowerlevelsofstressatworkthanathome,writesoneoftheresearchers.Sarah

Damaske,Infactwomensaytheyfeelbetteratwork.Shenotes.itismennotwomen.

Whoreportbeingbappicrathomethanatwork,Anothersurpriseisthatthefindingshold

trueforboththosewithchildrcnandwithout,butmoresofornonparents.Thisiswhy

pcoplcwhoworkoutsidethehomehavebetterhealth.

Whatthestudydoesn'tmeasureiswhetherpeoplearestilldoingworkwhenthey'reat

home,whetheritishouseholdworkorworkbroughthomefromtheoffice.Formanymen,

theendoftheworkdayisatimetokickback.Forwomenwhostayhome,theyneverget

toleavetheoffice.Andforwomenwhoworkoutsidethehome,theyoftenareplaying

catch-up-with-householdtasks.Withtheblurringofroles,andthefactthatthehomefront

lagswellbehindtheworkplaceinmakingadjustmentsforworkingwomen,it'snot

surprisingthatwomenaremorestressedathome.

Butit'snotjustagenderthing.Atwork,peopleprettymuchknowwhatthey'resupposed

tobedoing:

working,makingmoney,doingthetaskstheyhavetodoinordertodrawan

income.Thebargainisverypure:

Employeeputsinhoursofphysicalormentallaborand

employeedrawsoutlife-sustainingmoola.

Onthehomefront,however,peoplehavenosuchclarity.Rareisthehouseholdinwhich

thedivisionoflaborissoclinicallyandmethodicallylaidout.Therearealotoftaskstobe

done,thereareinadequaterewardsformostofthem.Yourhomecolleagues-your

family-havenoclearrewardsfortheirlabor;theyneedtobetalkedintoit,orifthey're

teenagers,threatenedwithcompleteremovalofallelectronicdevices.Plus,they'reyour

family.Youcannotfireyourfamily.Youneverreallygettogohomefromhome.

Soit'snotsurprisingthatpeoplearemorestressedathome.Notonlyarethetasks

apparentlyinfinite,theco-workersaremuchhardertomotivate.

21.AccordingtoParagraph1，mostprevioussurveysfoundthathome___________

[A]wasanunrealisticplaceforrelaxation

[B]generatedmorestressthantheworkplace

[C]wasanidealplaceforstressmeasurement

[D]offeredgreaterrelaxationthantheworkplace

22.AccordingtoDamaske，whoarelikelytobethehappiestathome?

[A]Workingmothers

[B]Childlesshusbands

[C]Childlesswives

[D]Workingfathers

23Theblurringofworkingwomen'srolesreferstothefactthay___________

[A]theyarebothbreadwinnersandhousewives

[B]theirhomeisalsoaplaceforkickingback

[C]thereisoftenmuchhouseworkleftbehind

[D]itisdifficultforthemtoleavetheiroffice

24.Thewordmoola（Line4，Para4）mostprobablymeans___________

[A]energy

[B]skills

[C]earnings

[D]nutrition

25.Thehomefrontdiffersfromtheworkplaceinthat_____________

[A]homeishardlyacozierworkingenvironment

[B]divisionoflaborathomeisseldomclear-cut

[C]householdtasksaregenerallymoremotivating

[D]familylaborisoftenadequatelyrewarded

答案：

21.Dofferedgreaterrelaxationthantheworkplace

22.Bchildlesshusbands

23.Atheyarebothbreadwinnersandhousewives

24.Cearnings

25.Bdivisionoflaborathomeisseldomclear-cut

Text2

Foryears,studieshavefoundthatfirst-generationcollegestudents-thosewhodonot

haveaparentwithacollegedegree-lagotherstudentsonarangeofeducation

achievementfactors.Theirgradesarelowerandtheirdropoutratesarehigher.Butsince

suchstudentsaremostlikelytoadvanceeconomicallyiftheysucceedinhighereducation,

collegesanduniversitieshavepushedfordecadestorecruitmoreofthem.Thishas

createdaparadoxinthatrecruitingfirst-generationstudents,butthenwatchingmanyof

themfail,meansthathighereducationhascontinuedtoreproduceandwiden,rather

thancloseachievementgapbasedonsocialclass,accordingtothedepressing

beginningofapaperforthcominginthejournalPsychologicalSciense.

Butthearticleisactuallyquiteoptimistic,asitoutlinesapotentialsolutiontothisproblem,

suggestingthatanapproach（whichinvolvesaone-hour,next-to-no-costprogram）can

close63percentoftheachievementgap（measuredbysuchfactorsasgrades）between

first-generationandotherstudents.

Theauthorsofthepaperarefromdifferentuniversities,andtheirfindinsarebasedona

studyinvolving147students（whocompletedtheproject）atanunnamedprivateunive

rsity．Firstgenerationwasdefinedasnothavingaparentwithafour-yearcollegedegree

Mostofthefirst-generationstudents（59.1percent）wererecipientsofPellGrants，a

federalgrantforundergraduateswithfinancialneed，whilethiswastrueonlyfor8.6

percentofthestudentswitatleastoneparentwithafour-yeardegree

Theirthesis-thatarelativelymodestinterventioncouldhaveabigimpact-wasbasedon

theviewthatfirst-generationstudentsmaybemostlackingnotinpotentialbutinpractical

knowledgeabouthowtodealwiththeissuesthatfacemostcollegestudentsTheycite

pastresearchbyseveralauthorstoshowthatthisisthegapthatmustbenarrowedto

closetheachievementgap.

Manyfirst-generationstudentsstruggletonavigatethemiddle-classcultureofhigher

education，learnthe'rulesofthegame，'andtakeadvantageofcollegeresources,they

writeAndthisbecomesmoreofaproblemwhencollagesdon'ttalkabouttheclass

advantageanddisadvantagesofdifferentgroupsofstudentsBecauseUScollegesand

universitiesseldomacknowledgehowsocialclasscanaffectstudents'educationalexpe

rience，manyfirst-generationstudentslacksightaboutwhytheyarestrugglinganddo

notunderstandhowstudents'likethemcanimprove

26.Recruitingmorefirst-generationstudentshas

[A]reducedtheirdropoutrates

[B]narrowedtheachi