| A．History. | B．Business. | C．Economics. |
| A．It offers students loans. |
| B．Students can get discounts. |
| C．The experts offer the funds. |
| A．To do a promotion of a program. |
| B．To explain how to register for the course. |
| C．To emphasize the importance of education. |
| A．Colleagues. |
| B．Interviewer and interviewee. |
| C．Manager and customer. |
| A．Two. | B．Four. | C．Six. |
| A．What the job requirements are. |
| B．Where the interview will be held. |
| C．Whether the equipment is ready. |
| A．American food. | B．Italian food. | C．Thai food. |
You may be surprised to learn that English gets 30 to 45 percent of its words from French. The reason goes back to the year 1066, when Norman forces invaded（入侵）what is now Britain. The Normans were from northern France and spoke French. During the Norman occupation, French became the language of England’s rulers and wealthy class. This lasted for more than 300 years. Other people in England continued to speak English during this period.
Over time, the two languages combined and shared words. Some researchers believe that about 10,000 French words eventually entered the English language. However, although English took many French words, their meanings have not always stayed the same. Sometimes the differences in meanings can be very important, and lead to funny or strange situations if the words are used in the wrong way.
Take, for example, the French word college. In English, college can often be used in place of the word university, or sometimes as a school within a university. However, in French, college actually means “middle school”, or the level of schooling for students in grades five or six through eight.
There are many other similar words in the two languages with completely different meanings. In English, the word chat is a verb which means “to talk casually”; but in French, the word chat is the word for an animal: a cat.
If an English speaker says someone is jolly, that means they are cheerful or friendly. But in French, jolie means someone is good-looking or pleasant to look at. In any case, both are nice things to say to someone.
1．What does the author stress about the French words in English?| A．Their spelling forms. | B．Their changes in history. |
| C．Their puzzles for English. | D．Their different meanings. |
| A．He likes a kind of pet. | B．He wants to have a talk. |
| C．He hates to speak English. | D．He prefers to chat in French. |
| A．Replace “jolly” in English. | B．Describe people's looks. |
| C．Refer to people’s happiness. | D．Prove the change in French. |
| A．Comparison between two languages. | B．Difficulty in grasping English. |
| C．French words in English. | D．Development of English. |
A group of graduates, successful in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor. Conversation soon turned into complain about stress in work and life.
Before offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and a variety of
When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said: “If you
Now consider this: Life is the coffee; the jobs, money and
| A．tools | B．materials | C．cups | D．gifts |
| A．cheap | B．simple | C．beautiful | D．valuable |
| A．invite | B．allow | C．help | D．adapt |
| A．noticed | B．admitted | C．accepted | D．relaxed |
| A．sold out | B．taken up | C．broken | D．abandoned |
| A．normal | B．unfair | C．selfish | D．painful |
| A．way | B．value | C．judgement | D．source |
| A．Why | B．Although | C．Unless | D．What |
| A．ordinary | B．best | C．special | D．strange |
| A．using | B．washing | C．eyeing | D．introducing |
| A．position | B．kindness | C．character | D．temper |
| A．improve | B．contain | C．mix | D．limit |
| A．way | B．pace | C．direction | D．quality |
| A．concentrating | B．relying | C．keeping | D．holding |
| A．drink | B．enjoy | C．share | D．boil |
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
2023 Illustration Competition
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1．What will the winner gain?| A．A personalized award certificate. | B．Wide recognition in the industry. |
| C．Exposure to world-famous works. | D．A bonus from Communication Arts. |
| A．A student work from Argentina. | B．A newly produced motion entry. |
| C．A PNG image with a file size of 1 MB. | D．A series for covers of three illustrations. |
| A．$ 80. | B．$ 90. | C．$ 110. | D．$ 120. |
His father said, “All set, boy?” and Jeremy nodded quickly, picking up his gun. Finally, they arrived at the marsh. Normally, Jeremy would ask his father to wait while he tried to record the beautiful place with his camera, but not this morning. This was the morning when 14-year old Jeremy was to have duck shooting.
Actually, he hated duck shooting since his father bought him a gun, taught him to shoot and promised him this trip. But he loved his father, and wanted to make his father pleased.
Jeremy put down the camera, sat down and waited anxiously.
“Better get ready. Sometimes ducks are on top of you before you know it,” his father said. He watched Jeremy break his gun, put in the bullets and close it again. “I’ll let you shoot first,” he said. He stopped suddenly, eyes narrowed. “There is a small group of ducks heading this way now. Keep your head down. I’ll give you the order.”
Jeremy’s heart was beating wildly. He prayed, “Don’t let the ducks come, please.”
But they kept coming. “Four black ducks and one mallard (绿头鸭),” said his father.
High above, Jeremy heard the sound of wings as the ducks went over and began to circle. The mallard was leading; his bright orange feet dropped down, reaching for the water. Closer, closer...
“Get set,” his father whispered.
“Now, shoot!” cried his father in a loud voice.
Jeremy felt his body obey. He stood up, his hands holding the gun the way his father had taught him.
At the same time, the wild ducks saw the gunners and flew. “Shoot!” said something sharply in Jeremy’s brain, but the expected sound didn’t come. Up went the mallard, until it flew away.
His father asked in a controlled voice, “Why didn’t you shoot?”
His father was handing the camera to him and said softly, “Here comes another duck.”
A new study has found human feelings can accurately be expressed numerically and have more predictive power for how we behave than formal studies of socioeconomic factors like household income and employment status.
The study co-author Andrew Oswald, a professor of economics and behavioral science gathered information from nearly 700,000 people, who were asked annually over a three-decade period how they felt on a numerical scale about their job, spouse, health and home. Using the data collected, researchers constructed statistical models to show how people felt and the actions they took as a result of their reported feelings. The study found that ratings of life satisfaction had a direct linear (线性的) relationship to actions people subsequently take. Participants who rated their job satisfaction as a 2 out of 7 had a 25% probability of quitting their job. Those who rated a 6 out of 7 had only a 10 percent probability of quitting. The same was true across other measures like marriage, health and housing.
Previous research has also shown data about feelings predict human outcomes, but not in such a linear fashion; the degree of satisfaction served as a good predictor of future actions. Additionally, economists have previously been critical of feelings data because they considered them unscientific and unreliable. But this study shows socioeconomic factors have a lesser probability of predicting human behavior than data on feelings.
Though the study shows numbers can quantify feelings, researchers are still a bit confused as to why estimates of seemingly subjective feelings can be such good predictors of future actions. According to Oswald, a number of factors could be at play. Humans are very experienced in comparative thinking and are able to scale their own life satisfaction against that of their neighbors. We’re also accustomed to using measuring devices for other aspects of life like temperature, distance and weight, so it shouldn’t be too surprising that we’re able to measure our feelings in a similarly accurate way. Another study co-author Caspar Kaiser says that it may also be because we communicate our feelings and do it in a scaled fashion every day. This could be why it comes out in the data more accurately than in objective markers.
Ori Heffetz, an economics professor who was not involved in the study, says that this research shows feelings data shouldn’t be underestimated even if they’re more difficult to study. “Scientists who ignore this do so at their own risk,” he says.
Looking ahead, Kaiser hopes this same data can be studied in lower-income countries so that it can be applied universally to places with varied levels of economic development. But more than anything else he’s interested in studying why feelings work so well.
1．Paragraph 2 is mainly about .| A．research process and findings |
| B．research topic and significance |
| C．research subjects and purpose |
| D．research data collection and analysis |
| A．It also applies to people from lower-income countries. |
| B．It challenges the opinion that feelings data are unreliable. |
| C．It explains why ratings of feelings can foresee future actions. |
| D．It first shows data about feelings can predict human behavior |
| A．Neutral. | B．Skeptical. | C．Supportive. | D．Cautious. |
| A．How You Rate Your Life Predicts Your Future Behavior |
| B．Feelings Forecast Actions Better than Economic Factors |
| C．Why Your Feelings Affect Your Future Actions |
| D．Ranking Every Aspect of Your Life Counts |
A few years ago, the company I worked for sent my wife and me to live in New York for a year. I've always loved running, so I was really happy when I found out I lived next to Central Park. This meant that every morning I could go for a run before I went to work.
Because a lot of people had told me to be careful of robbers in the park, so usually I didn't take anything with me. How could they rob me if I didn't have anything? But one morning, my wife gave me a $ 10 bill and asked me to buy some bread on the way.
It was a beautiful morning and the park was quiet with very few people walking or jogging (慢跑) around. While I was running through the park, another jogger knocked into me. He apologized and continued running. For a while, I didn't think too much of it. However, when I noticed the wide path where I was running, I thought it was kind of strange. The warning of robbers in the park occurred to me. “It could have been a robber!” I suddenly became alarmed, so I checked my pocket and found that the money was missing. Without thinking twice, I ran after that jogger. I finally caught up and held him by the arm. I shouted, “Give me the $10 bill! Now!”I am not usually a hot-headed (性急的) person, but I got really angry this time. I couldn't believe the robbery was actually happening to me. Filled with anger, I shook my fist at him. This seemed to frighten him. He quickly put his hand in his pocket and gave me the money. Then he ran away as fast as he could.
I bought the bread and went home. As soon as I got home, I couldn't wait to tell my wife my story. “You won't believe what happened to me,” I started with pride. She immediately stopped me, “I know, you left the money for the bread on the kitchen table.”
Looking at the money on the table, I stood there, shocked.
For several days, I waited at the same spot.
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