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(A) They are ready for the snow
(B) It is typical December weather
(C) Once it starts, it’ll snow a lot
(D) It has been snowing for some time
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A.Suffered
B.Having suffered
C.Suffering
D.Suffer
It's high time that he settled down in the country and （） a new life.
A.starting
B.started
C.start
A、destination
B、starting point
Steel has given that 20-hour figure when describing her“exhausting”process in the past:“I start thebook and don 't leave my desk until the first draft is finished.”She goes from bed，to desk，to bath，tobed，avoiding all contact aside from phone calls with her nine children."I don 't comb my hair for weeks,”she says.Meals are brought to her desk，where she types until her fingers swell and her nails bleed.The business news website Quartz held Steel up as an inspiration，writing that if only we all followedher“actually extremely liberating"example of industrious sleeplessness，we would be quick to see results.well，indeed.With research results showing the cumulative effects of sleep loss and its impact onproductivity，doubt has been voiced about the accuracy of Steel's self-assessment.Her output may beundeniable，but sceptics have suggested that she is guilty of erasing the role of ghostwriters (代笔人) atworst，gross exaggeration at best.
Steel says working 20 hours a day is “pretty brutal physically.”But is it even possible？“No,”saysMaryanne Taylor of the Sleep Works. While you could work that long，the impact on productivity wouldmake it hardly worthwhile. If Steel was routinely sleeping for four hours a night，she would be drasticallyunderestimating the negative impact，says Alison Gardiner，founder of the sleep improvement programmeSleepstation.“It's akin to being drunk.”
lt's possible that Steel is exaggerating the demands of her schedule. Self-imposed sleeplessness has“become a bit of a status symbol", says Taylor， a misguided measure to prove how powerful and productive you are.Margaret Thatcher was also said to get by on four hours a night，while the 130-hour work weeksendured by tech heads has been held up as key to their success.
That is starting to change with increased awareness of the importance of sleep for mental health.“People are starting to realise that sleep should not be something that you fit in between everything else,"says Taylor .
But it is possible—if statistically extremely unlikely—that Steel could be born a “short sleeper”withan unusual body clock，says sleep expert Dr. Sophie Bostock." It's probably present in fewer than 1% ofthe population.”
Even if Steel does happen to be among that tiny minority，says Bostock，it's “pretty irresponsible”tosuggest that 20-hour days are simply a question of discipline for the rest of us.
46. What do we learn from the passage about Glamour magazine readers？
A) They are intrigued by the exotic romance in Danielle Steel's novels.
B)They are amazed by the number of books written by Danielle Steel.
C)They are deeply impressed by Danielle Steel's daily work schedule.
D)They are highly motivated by Danielle Steel's unusual productivity.47. What did the business news website Quartz say about Danielle Steel？
A) She could serve as an example of industriousness.
B) She proved we could liberate ourselves from sleep.
C) She could be an inspiration to novelists all over the world.
D) She showed we could get all our work done without sleep.48. What do sceptics think of Danielle Steel's work schedule claims？
A) They are questionable.
CThey are irresistible.
B)They are alterable.
D)They are verifiablc.
49. What docs Maryanne Taylor think of self-imposed sleeplessness？
A) It may turn out to be key to a successful career.
B)It may be practiced only by certain tech heads.
C)It may symbolise one's importance and success.
D) It may well serve as a measure of self-discipline.
50. How does Dr. Sophic Bostock look at the 20-hour daily work schedule？
A)One should not adopt it without consulting a sleep expert.
B) The general public should not be encouraged to follow it.
C) One must be duly self-disciplined to adhere to it.
D) The majority must adjust their body clock for it.
After the peak year of 1957, the birth rate in Canada began to decline. It continued falling until in 1966 it stood at the lowest level in 25 years. Partly this decline reflected the low level of births during the depression and the war, but it was also caused by changes in Canadian society. Young people were staying at school longer; more women were working; young married couples were buying automobiles or houses before starting families; rising; living standards were cutting down the size of families. It appeared that Canada was once more falling in step with the trend toward smaller families that had occurred all through the Western world since the time of the Industrial Revolution.
Although the growth in Canada's population had slowed down by 1966 (the increase in the first half of the 1960's was only nine percent), another large population wave was coming over the horizon. It would be composed of the children who were born during the period of the high birth rate prior to 1957.
What is the main idea of the passage？
A．Educational changes in Canadian society.
B．Canada during the Second World War.
C．Standards of living in Canada.
D．Population trends in postwar Canada.
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Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)
Research on animal intelligence always makes me wonder just how smart humans are___(1)___the fruit-fly experiments described in Carl Zimmer’s piece in the Science Times on Tuesday. Fruit flies who were taught to be smarter than the average fruit fly __(2)__to live shorter lives. This suggests that __(3)___ bulbs burn longer, that there is a(n)___(4)___in not being too terrifically bright.
Intelligence, it ____(5)_ , is a highpriced option. It takes more upkeep, burns more fuel and is slow___(6)___ the starting line because it depends on learning—a (an) ____(7)_ process—instead of instinct. Plenty of other species are able to learn, and one of the things they’ve apparently learned is when to __(8)____.
Is there an adaptive value to __(9)___intelligence？ That’s the question behind this new research. I like it. Instead of casting a wistful glance__(10)____at all the species we’ve left in the dust I.Q.wise, it implicitly asks what the real____(11)__of our own intelligence might be. This is__(12)___the mind of every animal we’ve ever met.
Research on animal intelligence also makes me wonder what experiments animals would__(13)___on humans if they had the chance. Every cat with an owner, ___(14)___, is running a small-scale study in operant conditioning. We believe that__(15)____animals ran the labs, they would test us to___(16)___the limits of our patience, our faithfulness, our memory for terrain. They would try to decide what intelligence in humans is really__(17)__, not merely how much of it there is.__(18)___, they would hope to study a__(19)__question: Are humans actually aware of the world they live in？__(20)____the results are inconclusive.
第 1 题 请选择(1)处最佳答案（）。
A．Suppose
B．Consider
C．Observe
D．Imagine
Sure, some leftish billionaires like George Soros have been railing against income inequality for years. But increasingly, centrist and right-wing billionaires are starting to worry about income inequality and the fate of the middle class.
In December, Mortimer Zuckerman wrote a column in U.S. News & World Report, which he owns. "Our nation's core bargain with the middle class is disintegrating," lamented (哀叹) the 117th-riehest main in America. "Most of our economic gains have gone to people at the very top of the income ladder. Average income for a household of people of working age, by contrast, has fallen five years in a row." He noted that "Tens of millions of Americans live in fear that a major health problem can reduce them to bankruptcy."
Wilbur Ross Jr. has echoed Zuckerman's anger over the bitter struggles faced by middle-class Americans. "It's an outrage that any American's life expectancy should be shortened simply because the company they worked for went bankrupt and ended health-care coverage," said the former chairman of the International Steel Group.
What's happening？ The very rich are just as trendy as you and I, and can be so when it comes to politics and policy. Given the recent change of control in Congress, the popularity of measures like increasing the minimum wage, and efforts by California's governor to offer universal health care, these guys don't need their own personal weathermen to know which way the wind blows.
It's possible that plutocrats (有钱有势的人) are expressing solidarity with the struggling middle class as part of an effort to insulate themselves from confiscatory (没收性的) tax policies. But the prospect that income inequality will lead to higher taxes on the wealthy doesn't keep plutocrats up at night. They can live with that.
No, what they fear was that the political challenges of sustaining support for global economic integration will be more difficult in the United States because of what has happened to the distribution of income and economic insecurity.
In other words, if middle-class Americans continue to struggle financially as the ultrawealthy grow ever wealthier, it will be increasingly difficult to maintain political support for the free flow of goods, services, and capital across borders. And when the United States places obstacles in the way of foreign investors and foreign goods, it's likely to encourage reciprocal action abroad. For people who buy and sell companies, or who allocate capital to markets all around the world, that's the real nightmare.
What is the current topic of common interest among the very rich in America？
A．The fate of the ultrawealthy people.
B．The disintegration of the middle class.
C．The inequality in the distribution of wealth.
D．The conflict between the left and the right wing.
Micro apartments are very common in cities like Tokyo and Hong Kong, where there are so many people living.Now this tiny housing solution is gaining ground in urban areas in the U.S. and Canada.
The micro apartment is an experiment in simplicity in American culture.So small-scale home life is part of a hot trend in U.S.real estate.Some people are proud of it.Some of them can find the humor and fun in their small places.But not everyone is in favor of the trend.
1.According to the passage, the next big trend in U.S.real estate is ()
A.big house
B.micro apartment
C.traditional house
2.As the population keeps climbing, people in the city have to face the reality that ()
A.housing is in short supply
B.housing is very sufficient
C.housing is a luxury goods
3.Why is the micro apartment so appealing？ ()
A.It meets the need of someone
B.It's very strange
C.It's excellent
4.Micro apartments are very common in some cities like ()
A.Beijing
B.London
C.Tokyo
5.How do people think of the micro apartment？ ()
A.Everyone likes it very much
B.Some people think it's humorous and fun
C.Not everyone is in favor of the trend
1.What is the article mainly about？____
A、Asimov and his works.
B、Asimov and Hollywood filmmakers.
C、Asimov and American show business.
D、The popularity of Ashuov's works.
2.Paragraph 3 mainly talks about____.
A、the agreements between Asimov's wife and the Hollywood producers
B、the films that will be shot on Asimov's works
C、the producers that will shoot the films
D、the works flint will be adapted into films
3.Asimov mainly wrote____.
A、science fiction
B、mystery
C、short story
D、nonfiction
4.What's Asimov's attitude to the adaptation of his works into films？____
A、He was ardent about the adaptation.
B、He was indifferent to the adaptations.
C、He disagreed to the adaptations.
D、He was not interested in the adaptation at all.
5.Who encouraged the gush(涌出) in filmmaking？____
A、A partner author of Asimov.
B、A company started by
C、A corporation set up by Wince Gerardis and Ralph Vicinanza.
D、A firm managed by wife.
