1、summarizes. Though the participants didnt expect a positive experience, after they _17_with the experiment,” not a single person reported having been embarrassed”_18_, these commutes were reportedly more enjoyable compared with those without communication, which makes absolute sense, _19_human being
2、s thrive off of social connections. Its that _20_: Talking to strangers can make you feel connected.1. Asignal Bpermit Cticket Drecord2. Anothing Blittle Canother Dmuch3. Abeaten Bguided Cplugged Dbrought4. Asign Bcode Cnotice Dmessage5. Aunder Bbehind Cbeyond Dfrom6. Amisapplied Bmismatched Cmisadj
3、usted Dmisinterpreted7. Areplaced Bfired Cjudged Ddelayed8. Aunreasonable Bungrateful Cunconventional Dunfamiliar9. Acomfortable Bconfident Canxious Dangry10.Aattend Bpoint Ctake Dturn2接上篇文章11. Adangerous Bmysterious Cviolent Dboring12. Ahurt Bresist Cbend Ddecay13. Alecture Bconversation Cdebate Dn
4、egotiation14. Apassengers Bemployees Cresearchers Dtrainees15. Areveal Bchoose Cpredict Ddesign16. Avoyage Bride Cwalk Dflight17. Awent through Bdid away Ccaught up Dput up18. AIn turn BIn fact CIn particular DIn consequence19. Aunless Bsince Cif Dwhereas20. Afunny Blogical Csimple Drare3Section II
5、Reading ComprehensionPart ADirections:Read the following four texts. Answer the questions after each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on the ANSWER SHEET. (40 points)Text1A new study suggests that contrary to most surveys, people are actually more stressed at home than at work. Resea
6、rchers measured peoples cortisol, which is a stress marker, while they were at word and while they were at home and found it higher at what is supposed to be a place of refuge.Further contradicting conventional wisdom, we found that women as well as men have lower levels of stress at work that at ho
7、me, writer one of the researchers, Sarah Damaske. In fact women even say they feel better at work, she notes.It is men, not women, who report being happier at home that at work. Another surprise is that the findings hold true for both those with children and without, but more so for nonparents. This
8、 is why people who work outside the home have better health.What the study doesnt measure is whether people are still doing work when theyre at home, whether it is household work or work brought home from the office. For many men, the end of the workday is a time to kick back. For women who stay hom
9、e, they never get to leave the office. And for women who work outside the home, they often are playing catch-up-with-household tasks. With the blurring of roles, and the fact that the home front lags well behind the workplace in making adjustments for working women its not surprising that women are
10、more stressed at home.But its not just a gender thing. At work, people pretty much know what theyre supposed to be doing to be doing: wording, making money, doing the tasks they have to do in order to draw an income. The bargain is very pure: Employee puts in hours of physical or mental labor and em
11、ployee draws out life - sustaining moola .On the home front, however, people have no such clarity. Rare is the household in which the division of labor is so clinically and methodically laid out. There are a lot of tasks to be done, there are inadequate rewards for most of them. Your home colleagues
12、-your family-have no clear rewards for their labor; they need to be talked into is, of if theyre teenagers, threatened with complete removal of all electronic devices. Plus, theyre teenagers, threatened with complete removal of all electronic devices. Plus, theyre your family. You cannot fire your f
13、amily. You never really get to go home from home.So its not surprising that people are more stressed at home. Not only are the tasks apparently infinite, the co-workers are much harder to motivate.21. According to Paragraph 1, most previous surveys found that home_.A offered greater relaxation than
14、the workplaceB was an ideal place for stress measurementC generated more stress than the workplaceD was an unrealistic place for relaxation22. According to Damaske, who are likely to be the happiest at home? _.A Childless wivesB working mothersC Childless husbandsD Working fathers23. The blurring of
15、 working womens roles refers to the fact that_.A it is difficult for them to leave their officeB their home is also a place for kicking backC there is often much housework left behindD they are both bread winners and housewives24. The word moola(Line 4, para.4) most probably means_.AskillsBenergyCearningsDnutrition25. The home front differs from the workplace in that_.Adivision of labor at home is seldom clear-cutBhome is hardly a cozier working environmentChousehold tasks are generally more motivatingDfamily labor is often adequately rewarded4Text 2 For years, studies have found t
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