Successful people reflect on their accomplishments. While many of us spend our last hour of work making a to-do list for tomorrow, they review the day they just had, instead.【2】Similarly, Levin recommends writing down the day's wins rather than setbacks or to-dos, as well as reviewing your list of successes once a month. It will prove your professional growth and bring more joy into your job.

Also, successful people brainstorm solutions for today's setbacks.【3】Instead, they end their day by thinking carefully about the problems they met, brainstorming possible solutions, and then leaving it for tomorrow. They will settle those problems after a good night's sleep.

【4】Rather than detailing the tasks that need to get done, this kind of list encourages people to focus on finding solutions for their projects. “Forget the horrible 'to-do' list,” Levin says, “before heading to happy hour, write down three to five goals you have for the next 24 hours.【5】It will provide you with not only a concrete and positive way to begin tomorrow, but also it will allow you to see much more possibilities.”

A.This list is a promise to yourself.

B.Successful people make a to-do list.

C.It will make people understand the problems better.

D.They never bring the day's failures home with them.

E.Another work these people do is to create an action list.

F.But ending the workday with purpose can make a difference.

G.They typically choose a case and consider what led to that success.

Disappearing Earth

By Julia Phillips

In the first chapter of this novel, two young girls vanish, sending shock waves through a town on the edge of the remote and mysterious Kamchatka Peninsula. What follows is a novel of overlapping short stories about the different women who have been affected by their disappearance. Each tale pushes the narrative forward another month and exposes the ways in which the women of Kamchatka have been destroyed — personally, culturally and emotionally — by the crime.

No Visible Bruises

By Rachel Louise Snyder

Snyder’s thoroughly reported book covers what the World Health Organization has called “a global health problem”. In America alone, more than half of all murdered women are killed by a current or former life partner; domestic violence cuts across lines of class, religion and race. Snyder reveals pervasive myths (restraining orders are the answer, abusers never change) and writes movingly about the lives (and deaths) of people on both sides of the equation. She doesn’t give easy answers but presents a wealth of information that is its own form of hope.

Midnight in Chernobyl

By Adam Higginbotham

Higginbotham’s superb account of the April 1986 explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant is one of those rare books about science and technology that read like a tension-filled thriller. Filled with vivid detail and sharply etched personalities, this narrative of astonishing incompetence moves from mistake to mistake, miscalculation to miscalculation, as it builds to the inevitable, history-changing disaster.

Exhalation

By Ted Chiang

Many of the nine deeply beautiful stories in this collection explore the material consequences of time travel. Reading them feels like sitting at dinner with a friend who explains scientific theory to you with no airs and graces. Each thoughtful, elegantly crafted story poses a philosophical question; Chiang arranges all nine into a conversation that comes full circle, after having travelled through remarkable areas.

【1】Which of the following tells about the violence from a husband to a wife in a family?

A.Disappearing EarthB.No Visible Bruises

C.Midnight in ChernobylD.Exhalation

【2】How may readers feel when reading the book Midnight in Chernobyl?

A.Delighted.B.Awkward.

C.Tense.D.Calm.

【3】What kind of book is Exhalation?

A.A folk tale.B.A biography.

C.A love story.D.A sci-fi story.

1. 活動(dòng)的時(shí)間和地點(diǎn)；

2. 活動(dòng)的目的和意義；

3. 表達(dá)你的期待。

注意：

1. 詞數(shù)100左右；

2. 可以適當(dāng)增加細(xì)節(jié)，以使行文連貫。

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【1】The pilot bailed out of the airplane before it _______(爆炸).

【2】The two friends were _______(競(jìng)爭(zhēng)對(duì)手) for the class presidency.

【3】He _______(承認(rèn)) that he hadn't done his duty.

【4】Like the flu, computer _______(病毒) evolve.

【5】Legal knowledge and legal belief are not_______(邏輯地) associated.

【6】Hearing the joke, we burst into spontaneous _______(笑) .

【7】I was_______(咬) in the leg by a mosquito

【8】He has plenty of_______(幽默的) stories to tell.

【9】A man was needed to stay behind to look after the _______(存活) desert plant.

【10】She is _______(敏感) to what people think of her.

Since the beginning of the year, a mystery donor in the German city of Braunschweig 【1】 (give) away several “miracle (奇跡) bags” containing over 200,000 euros in cash to 【2】 (differ) charities.

The bags, each 【3】 (fill) with banknotes worth between 20,000 and 100,000 euros, started appearing at the Braunschweiger Zeitung newspaper headquarters earlier this year, with specific instructions of which local charities the money should go to. The recent one, a bag which contained 100,000 euro bills, 【4】 (receive) last Monday along with instructions that it should be donated to a local hospice (收容所), but other “miracle bags” have gone to 【5】 (church), organizations and several other causes.

“To make it easier for seriously sick people is a sign of human warmth and earns respect and recognition,” a letter attached to 【6】 latest “miracle bag” read. Employees at the local hospice are 【7】 (obvious) delighted to have received their largest donation ever, 【8】 will help them look after even more patients.

What’s even more special about this mystery donor 【9】 (be) that he seems to have been donating since 2011. That’s when local newspapers started receiving “miracle bags” along with instructions of where the money should go, but no one can say for sure 【10】 it’s the same person or not.

—“No person___smoke or carry a lighted cigarette,cigar or pipe in this area.”

A.willB.may

C.shallD.must

【1】How does the girl feel about making a speech?

A.Nervous.B.Confident.C.Excited.

【2】What did the boy do to prepare for his speech?

A.He kept every word in mind.

B.He wrote an 800-word passage.

C.He wrote down the main points.

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【1】What can the “Facial” experience gift help you do?

A.Build up your muscles.B.Have a new look.

C.Relax your body completely.D.Reduce blood pressure.

【2】Who may prefer the experience gift “Massage”?

A.Artists who want to meditate in nature.

B.Elderly women who want to live longer.

C.Businessmen who want to get rid of pressure.

D.Actresses who want to have a fresh appearance.

【3】Which of the following can best improve mental health?

A.Facial.B.Massage.

C.Personal training session.D.Private meditation session.

【2】 Just look at animated films like "The Lion King" and "Frozen"， which have millions of fans young and old． And this year's Lucerne Festival in Switzerland - a classical music festival - will also feature the themes of "Childhood" and "Fairy tales"．

"Fairy tales endure because they are the stories of our lives in their most stripped down form，" wrote US author Laura Packer． "They are stories of love and loss， desire and death， riches and ruin．" 【3】 But if children only see just one side of reality， adults usually see the other． For example， in the movie "Maleficent"， we′re told the tale of Sleeping Beauty from the perspective of the evil queen． 【4】 Instead， she suffers great losses growing up， leading to the creation of her "evil' side． And in US author James Finn Gamer's book "Politically Correct Bedtime Stories "，he tells the classic story of "Little Red Riding Hood"， but with a modem touch．

【5】 They may usually start with "Once upon a time but as we grow older， we learn that every story doesn't always need a "happily ever after" to be a good one．

A．Fairy tales are all about reality．

B．But somehow， our love for fairy tales never dies．

C．Most of us get our earliest life lessons from fairy tales．

D．The theme of fairy tales is to teach people courage and kindness．

E．Fairy tales have been adapted into versions suitable for children．

F．It looks like fairy tales aren't just stories our parents read us at bedtime．

G．Unlike the children's version of the story， we see that the queen wasn't born evil．

增加：在缺詞處加一個(gè)漏字符號(hào)（∧）并在其下面寫(xiě)出該加的詞。

刪除：把多余的詞用斜線（\）劃掉。

修改；在錯(cuò)的詞下劃一橫線，并在該詞下面寫(xiě)出修改后的詞。

注意：1. 每處錯(cuò)誤及其修改均僅限一詞；

2. 只允許修改10處，多者（從第11處起）不計(jì)分。

Sometimes 1 feel that living in a city makes people lonely than before. People always feel strangers cannot trusted. They think this is not normal to start talking to anyone or even smile at anyone. I desire to change that. Last week, while I was skate, a man ran by, smiling at me. He said something to me about doing sports or he hoped to be able to finishing his run. I smiled back and said that he certain would. And then a family cycles by when I was in the park. One of the girl waved at me with a big smile, and I waved back enthusiastically. I do believe such small gestures can change into the world we live in.