【正文】 I have to say “if only” about something, but my life is definitely better because of my policy of doing everything possible to avoid that eventuality. And even though it takes an extra minute to do something right, or it occasionally takes an hour or two in my busy schedule to make a personal connection, I know that I’m doing the right thing. I’m buying myself peace of mind and that’s the best kind of insurance for my emotional wellbeing. 21 . Which of the following is an example of the “extra minute” rule? A. Start the car the moment everyone is seated. B. Leave the room for a minute with the iron working. C. Wait for an extra minute so that the steak tastes better. D. Move an object out of the way before it traps someone. 22. The author decided to go to her office on Good Friday to ______. A. keep her appointment with the eye doctor B. meet her father who was already an old man C. join in the holiday celebration of the pany D. finish her work before the deadline approached 23. The underlined word “foregone” in Paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ______. A. avoided B. lacked C. abandoned D. took 24. What is the best title for the passage? A. The Emotional Wellbeing B. The Two Saddest Words C. The Most Useful Rule D. The Peace of Mind B Security guard, truck driver, salespersonyear after year, these jobs appear on lists of the unhappiest careers. Although many factors can make a job unhappy, unusual hours, low pay, no chance for advancement these three gigs stand out for another reason: a lack of small talk. Psychologists have long said that connecting with others is central to wellbeing, but just how much conversation we require is under investigation. In one study, researchers eavesdropped(竊聽 ) on undergraduates for four days, then cataloged each overheard conversation as either small talk (What do you have there? Popcorn?(Yummy!) or serious (So did they get divorced soon after?). They found that the second type related with happinessthe happiest students had roughly twice as many serious talks as the unhappiest ones. Small talk, meanwhile, made up only 10 percent of their conversation, versus almost 30 percent of conversation among the least content students. However, don39。 8. When do they hope to send out the first shipment? A. In May. B. In June. C. In August. 9. What would the woman like to do in the meeting？ A. Make some arrangements for the next week. B. Go over the marketing plan. C. Meet some ad panies. 聽第 8段材料，回答第 10至 12題。聽每段對(duì)話或獨(dú)白前，你將有時(shí)間閱讀各個(gè)小題，每小題 5秒鐘；聽完后，各小題將給出 5秒鐘的作答時(shí)間。s opinion？ A. Only one of them. B. The two of them. C. Their whole family. 3． Which of the following can tell the movie scared the girls？ A. They couldn39。 第一節(jié)（共 5小題；每小 分，滿分 ） 聽下面 5段對(duì)話，每段對(duì)話后有一個(gè)小題，從題中所給的 A、 B、 C三個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并標(biāo)在試卷的相應(yīng)位置。錄音內(nèi)容結(jié)束后，你將有兩分鐘時(shí)間將試卷上的答案轉(zhuǎn)涂到答題卡上。 long does the woman want to play？ A. About seven days. B. About five days. C. About twelve days. 2. How many people could go for a drive in the man39。每段對(duì)話或獨(dú)白后有幾個(gè)小題，從題中所給的 A、 B, C三個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并標(biāo)在試卷的相應(yīng)位置。 6. How many stops are there to Hayfield Road? A. Five. B. Four. C. Three. 7. Why does the woman think it is no trouble to show the man the way？ A. Because she will have to go past there. B. Because she lives there. C. Because she works nearby there. 聽第 7段材料，回答第 9題。 13. What is the man going to do? A. Change some US dollars. B. Change some UK dollars. C. Change some HK dollars. 14. What is the exchange rate？ A. 100 American dollars to 72 pounds. B. 700 American dollars to 405 pounds. C. 700 American dollars to 400 pounds. 15. How much does the man want to change? A.＄ 700. B.＄ 400. C.＄ 500. 16. What kind of notes does he want？ ， 5 and small change. ， 50 and small changes. C. 100 and small changes. 聽第 10段材料，回答第 17 至 20題。s Place, York. Tel. 223568 Sept. 23Oct. 17 Groping for Wordsa edy by Sue Townsend. Best known for her Adrian Mole Diaries, Townsend now writes about an evening class which two men and a woman attend. A gentle edy. Admission: First night, Mon.: ￡ 2。t miss it. Performances: 7:30 . Admission: ￡ 2. Mon.: 2 seats for the price of one. Grand Theatre Oxford Street, Leeds. Tel. 502116 Restaurant and Cafe. Oct. 117 The Secret Diary of Adrian Mold, Aged 13. Sue Townsend39。ve been cheated. These types of headlines are called click bait. A headline on reads: This phrase will make you seem more polite. First, when you click through, you find another headline: Four words to seem more polite. Then, on reading the article, you find it39。s just some uninteresting dog footage (鏡頭 ). 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