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23．Why did the young man return to the match on Saturday?

A. He hoped his dead father could be proud of his performance. B. He thought he was much better than other players in his team. C. He wanted to defeat the opposing team in this significant game. D. He planned to make money to cure his father of his blindness. 24．What’s the best title of the passage?

A.A thrilling football match C. The power of dreams

B

Petrol and diesel cars may still dominate our roads, but their days are numbered. A recent university study found that current electric cars could be used for 87 percent of daily car journeys in the US. That figure could rise to 98 percent by 2020.

One hurdle to the widespread adoption of electric cars has been “range anxiety” --- drivers’ concerns about running out of juice on a journey. While petrol stations are conveniently located across national road systems, the necessary network of electric charging stations is still being developed. That said, charging points are becoming increasingly common throughout the USA.

Attitudes towards electric vehicles have changed quite considerably over the last few years. Not that long ago, electric cars were met with distrust, and their large price tags drove customers away. Thanks to improvements in battery capacity, recharging times, performance and price, the current generation of electric cars is starting to persuade critics. Plug-in cars will soon give international combustion engine models a run for their money.

As well as advancements on the road, electric vehicles are taking to the seas and skies. Electric boats are among the oldest methods of electric travel, having enjoyed several decades of popularity from the late 19th to the early 20th century before petrol-powered outboard motors took over. Now, the global drive for renewable energy sources is bringing electric boats back. Steps towards electric air travel are also being made, with Airbus and NASA among the organizations developing and testing battery powered planes. The experiments could soon make commercial electric flight a reality.

Electric vehicles do not produce any emissions. Were the US to act on the study’s findings and

B. Determined father and son D. The encouragement of a coach

replace 87 percent of its cars with electric vehicles, it would reduce the national demand for petrol by 61 percent. However, because of the production processes and the generation of electricity required to charge these vehicles, they can not claim to be completely emission-free. That said, as many countries continue to increase their use of renewable energy sources, electric vehicles will become even cleaner.

25. Which is the best title for the passage? A. My Dream Car

B. History of Electric Cars

C. Problems with Petrol Cars D. Driving into the Future 26. As used in Paragraph 2, the underlined word “hurdle” means ______. A. aim B. barrier C. consequence D. step 27. In the past, why did many people refuse to buy the electric cars? A. They were not good value. C. They were not widely promoted. 28. What is the function of Paragraph 4? A. To introduce the history of electric travel. B. To explain why the world needs more electric cars.

[来源学+科+网]B. They were very poorly made. D. They couldn’t travel at a high speed.

C. To show why more people have interests in electric cars. D. To describe different ways electric vehicles can be used.

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C

I used to think the whole purpose of life was pursuing happiness. Everyone said the path to happiness was success, so I searched for that ideal job, that perfect boyfriend, that beautiful apartment. But instead of ever feeling fulfilled, I felt anxious and adrift. Eventually, I decided to go to graduate school for positive psychology to learn what truly makes people happy.

And what’s the difference between being happy and having meaning in life? Many psychologists define happiness as a state of comfort and ease, feeling good in the moment. Meaning, though, is deeper. The renowned psychologist Martin Seligman says meaning comes from belonging to and serving something beyond yourself and from developing the best within you. Our culture is obsessed with happiness, but I came to see that seeking meaning is the more fulfilling path.

There are four pillars (支柱) of a meaningful life.

The first pillar is belonging. Belonging comes from being in relationships where you’re valued for who you are intrinsically and where you value others as well. For many people, belonging is the most essential source of meaning.

For others, the key to meaning is the second pillar: purpose. Finding your purpose is not the same thing as finding that job that makes you happy. A hospital custodian told me her purpose is healing sick people. Many parents tell me, “My purpose is raising my children.” The key to purpose is using your strengths to serve others. Without something worthwhile to do, people flounder.

The third pillar of meaning is also about stepping beyond yourself, but in a completely different way: transcendence (超然). Transcendent experiences can change you. Transcendent states are those rare moments when you’re lifted above the hustle and bustle of daily life, your sense of self fades away, and you feel connected to a higher reality. For me, I’m a writer, and it happens through writing. Sometimes I get so in the zone that I lose all sense of time and place.

The fourth pillar is storytelling, the story you tell yourself about yourself. Creating a narrative from the events of your life brings clarity. It helps you understand how you became you. But we don’t always realize that we’re the authors of our stories and can change the way we’re telling them. Your life isn’t just a list of events. You can edit, interpret and retell your story, even as you’re constrained by the facts.

That’s the power of meaning. Happiness comes and goes. But when life is really good and when things are really bad, having meaning gives you something to hold on to.

29. What can we infer from the first two paragraphs? A. Life can be fulfilled by landing ideal jobs. B. Life dilemma is easy for us to get out of. C. Happiness is the core values in our culture. D. Happiness is what most people pursue.

30. From the four pillars of a meaningful life, we can know that ________. A. nothing is as essential a source of meaning as belonging B. purpose is less about what you want than what you give C. transcendent fades easily and rarely makes us cheerful

D. the way of telling stories guarantees a meaningful life 31. The passage aims to tell us that ________. A. meaning is more important than happiness B. seeking meaning does more good than bad C. chasing happiness can make people unhappy D. meaning has deeper psychological significance

D

Our days are filled with continual interruptions. Email, texts, meetings, needy colleagues—and the list goes on. Many companies even encourage us to perform multiple things at once, creating open office spaces that promote impromptu (临时的) dialogues to go along with jobs that require us to handle totally different tasks at the same time.

But a growing number of researchers say that trying to perform multiple tasks makes you less productive. It turns out that you get more done when you focus on a single task.

That’s because our brains are hardwired to do one thing at a time. When we think we are multi-tasking, we’re really not. Instead, as far as our brains are concerned, we are fully switching back and forth between tasks.

Doing that repeatedly tires out the brain and lowers cognitive ability, research shows. “It’s never multitasking,” says Devora Zack, author of the book Single Tasking. “And it completely backfires in every sense of the word.”

Multitasking “produces shallower thinking, reduces creativity, increases errors and lowers our ability to block irrelevant information,” says Dr. Sandra Bond Chapman, founder and chief director, Center for Brain Health at The University of Texas at Dallas. Because the brain was not built to multitask, over time it can lead to heightened levels of stress and depression and lower overall intellectual capacity, she says.

Yet despite mounting evidence that multitasking isn’t effective, old attitudes combined with new technology make multitasking popular in most work places.

We have ourselves to blame, in part. When we do a lot of things at once, say, answering emails while writing a report or taking a call while we’re in a meeting, it makes us feel busy and productive, says Dr. Christine Carter, executive director of the Greater Good Science Center at the University of California, Berkeley.

“Busyness is a sign of importance, which serves the old guard,” says Carter. “There is the myth that the more time you spend in the office, the better worker you are.”

She sees that attitude as a hangover from the prime of industrialization when we clocked in and out of factories and offices. Back then the myth was manageable, because people usually left work at the office when they went home in the evenings. “The whole thing got blown out of balance with the