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Live to Your Goals:Find out what your life goals and values are. Then，see what may help you

or stop you from achieving this goal. Cut out that which doesn't lead to your happiness and success and add more of what does.

Remember，a pared down lifestyle doesn't mean less success or less happiness. It represents your freedom to focus on the things in life that really matter.

27. The cycle “ people work and work only to buy and buy” shows . A. people get stuck physically and spiritually B. people don't believe wealth leads to happiness C. people don't want to save more D. people fall in love with buying

28. To practise minimalistic living，you should . A. give away your drawers and closets

B. go to the shopping mall every six months C. have 30 minutes of social media per day D. discover your life goals and values

29. The words “ pared down”in the last paragraph probably mean “ ” . A. free B. light C. popular D. convenient

30. Which of the following best explains the writer's opinion? A. It might take you a long time to wait for the “ right”thing. B. Clear out the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak. C. Change yourself with the development of society. D. Freedom is more important than success.

D

A research study has looked into what happens inside your brain while you read and listen to music.

You know that thrill(兴 奋 )you get when listening to your favorite music?That exciting feeling

when you hear your favorite songs?According to a recent study，it seems the same thing can happen

while you are reading，but not with every kind of text. This opens up interesting questions around

how music，reading and emotions are connected in the brain. The study

“ We decided we would do a comparison between four or five different kinds of texts to see how

the brain reacted，”explains Adam Zeman，a scientist. “ The participants (参 与 者 )lay in an MRI

scanner reading the texts，and then we compared brain activity for those five texts.”The texts ranged

(涉 及 )from deadly boring ones to highly exciting ones，including the Highway Code，parts from

novels，and poems.

So what happened in the participants brains while they were reading? Emotional reaction

As the researchers observed，participants found some texts more emotional than others. When

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reading these emotional texts，there was higher activity in brain areas related to pleasure and reward—the same areas related to the thrill we get when we listen to music. As Zeman says，“ it

perfectly shows that the emotional reaction to literature(文 学 )and to music has quite a bit in

common. So it doesn't seem to matter whether you are listening or reading if you get a thrill. That was

one quite strong finding.” Introspection(内 省 )

There were more interesting findings. Reading poetry is often considered an activity that

requires us to use the brain，but did the study find any truth of this?When the participants were

reading poems，the team found there was more activity in a particular group of brain areas called the

Default Network. “ These areas seem to be related to things we do with our minds when we are

resting，like thinking about what's happened to us recently，thinking about what's going to happen in

the near future，about other people，and that network seems to be more strongly related to poetry

than with other texts，”explains Zeman. This connection between poetry and introspection could be

the subject of further research. Conclusions

The study shows that the different texts activate different areas of our brains when we read.

Zeman says，“ the study did support what we thought:reaction to literature was going to be a bit like

the one to music in terms of emotion. We felt that we ended up with a great deal of unanswered

questions which we hope somebody will continue to ask.” 31. What did the research try to find out?

A. How music helps us read different kinds of texts.

B. What kind of texts most people like while listening to music.

C. Why reading different texts causes different reactions in emotion.

D. Whether reading can cause similar emotional reaction like music does. 32. What did the participants do in the study?

A. They listened to music. B. They read different texts.

C. They answered many questions. D. They compared brain activities. 33. What can we learn from the study?

A. The emotional texts work better for the research. B. Poetry reading can activate the Default Network. C. Music helps to bring pleasure and reward. D. People think about the past when resting.

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Mom's Recipe for Life

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I have a lot of Mom's recipes in a blue box where all my special ones were put，like the pumpkin pie she made during my growing up years. Even so，the recipe I treasure most is not on any

index card，nor did she send it to me in a letter. Instead，she lived this recipe all of her life.

My mother grew up in a small coal mining town in southwest Iowa. My grandfather once told me

that she knew no stranger;she considered everyone in that community her friend. That attitude

continued wherever she lived for the rest of her life.

As a teen，I was embarrassed(尴 尬 的 )every time my mother talked to strangers and offered a

smile to everyone in the store or on the city bus. Almost all of them responded(回 应 )with a bright

smile of their own. Some spoke，others nodded their heads at this elderly woman who brought a little light into their day.

What really sold me on Mom's approach to life was her experience on the senior bus. The weeks

I could not be there，she used this lowcost transportation to the grocery store. After her first trip，I

asked her how it went.

“ Ha!”she said，“ I got on that bus and what did I see?Thirteen little old ladies and one old

man，and not one word was spoken.”

I wondered how long it would be until the silence on that bus would change. On my next visit，

Mom mentioned the 13 little old ladies on the bus and something one of them had told her.

“ Oh，are you talking with them now?”I asked.

“ Of course，”she said. “ One day I climbed up the steps of the bus and before I looked for a

seat，I gave them a big smile and I said，‘ Isn't it a wonderful day? I noticed a few shy smiles.”

Mom didn't give up. She greeted them all each time she got on the bus and before long，the

whole group was laughing and talking to one another. The bus became more than just transportation.

When we went to the various stores，I watched as she smiled and chatted with perfect strangers.

Some of them looked like the poorest person you'd ever met，but once Mom smiled at them and

started a conversation，most responded favorably. My mother didn't embarrass me any longer. I found

myself admiring her.

She's been gone for ten years but I've carried on her recipe for life. It was me who had done the

smiling first and all those people had responded. My mother didn't lecture but taught me by example.

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She'd given me a recipe for life.

34. Where did the writer's mom grow up?

35. Did the people talk on the bus on Mom's first trip?

36. What did Mom do to make the bus more than transportation? 37. How did the writer feel about Mom in the end? 38. What is Mom's recipe for life? 书 面 表 达 (共 10分 ) 五 ?文 段 表 达 ( 10分 )

39. 从 下 面 两 个 题 目 中 任 选 一 题

，根 据 中 文 和 英 文 提 示 ，完 成 一 篇 不 少 于 50词 的 文 段 写 作 ?文 中 已 给 出 内 容 不 计 入 总 词 数 ?所 给 提 示 词 语 仅 供 选 用 ?请 不 要 写 出 你 的 校 名 和 姓 名 ?

假 如 你 是 李 华 ，为 庆 祝 6月 5日 世 界 环 境 日 ，你 们 学 校 组 织 主 题 为 “我 们 的 地 球 我 们 的 家园 ( One Earth One Family)”的 志 愿 者 活 动 ?请 你 写 一 封 电 子 邮 件 给 外 教 Peter，邀 请 他 来 参 加活 动 ?主 要 内 容 包 括 :活 动 的 时 间 和 地 点 ，你 们 准 备 做 些 什 么 ，以 及 你 们 做 这 些 事 情 的 原 因 ?

提 示 词 语 :plant，recycle，speech，clean，beautiful 提 示 问 题 :1. When and where will the activity be held?

2. What will you do for it? 3. Why will you do that?

Dear Peter，

I'm writing to invite you to take part in our celebration of Environment Protection Day. Looking forward to seeing you there. Yours， Li Hua

现 在 ，某 英 文 网 站 正 在 开 展 以 “成 就 ”为 主 题 的 征 文 活 动 ?假 如 你 是 李 华 ，请 用 英 语 写 一篇 短 文 投 稿 ?谈 一 谈 你 经 历 的 让 你 很 有 成 就 感 的 一 件 事 情 ，主 要 内 容 包 括 :你 取 得 了 什 么 成

就 ，你 是 如 何 做 到 的 ，以 及 你 在 取 得 成 就 的 过 程 中 学 到 了 什 么 ? 提 示 词 语 :write，translate，friend，help，teamwork，better 提 示 问 题 :1. What achievement have you made?

2. How did you make it?

3. What have you learnt from the experience?

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34. In a small coal mining town in southwest Iowa.

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