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D. they can be used to personalize students’ learning 23. The main purpose of the passage is to _______. A. inform
B. warn
B
Winter coming, homeless Soapy decided to go to the jail on the Island, where he would not be frozen or starved to death. He must set about accomplishing this right now. There were many ways, the pleasantest of which was to eat luxuriously at an expensive restaurant; and then, after declaring he was unable to pay, he would be handed over to a policeman.
Up Broadway he turned, and stopped confidently at a glittering cafe. He was shaven, and his coat was decent. If he could reach a table unsuspected, success would be his. A roasted duck with a bottle of Chablis, and a cigar would leave him filled and happy for the journey
to his winter jail.
But as Soapy set foot inside the restaurant door the head waiter’s eye fell upon his ragged trousers and worn shoes. Strong hands turned him about and conveyed him in silence to the sidewalk.
He turned off Broadway. At a corner of Sixth Avenue, electric lights and smartly displayed wares behind plate-glass made a shop window attractive. Soapy took a stone and dashed it through the glass. People came running around the corner, a policeman in the lead. Soapy stood still, with his hands in his pockets, and smiled.
“Where’s the man that done that?” inquired the officer excitedly.
“Don’t you figure out that I might have had something to do with it?” said Soapy proudly. The policeman refused to accept Soapy as the guy. Men who smash windows take to their heels. The policeman saw a man half way down the block running to catch a car. With drawn club he joined in the pursuit. Soapy, with disgust in his heart, walked along, twice unsuccessful.
On the opposite side of the street was a cheap restaurant. Soapy managed to get a seat. He consumed beefsteak, flapjacks, doughnuts and pie, and after eating his fill, he called out, “Now, call a cop. Don’t keep a gentleman waiting.”
“No cop for you,” said the waiter madly. Then two waiters gave Soapy a good beating. Arrest seemed but a rosy dream. The Island seemed very far away. What should Soapy do now? 24. Why did Soapy at last decide to go to the jail on the Island?
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A. Because he could make at least a little money there. B. Because he could eat luxuriously at expensive restaurants. C. Because he would be taken good care of by the police there. D. Because he thought he had no other way to survive the winter. 25. The head waiter at the cafe turned Soapy away because _______. A. Soapy had ordered too much
B. Soapy had not been nicely shaven D. Soapy was wearing a very ragged coat
C. Soapy’s dressing style gave him away
26. Why didn’t Soapy run away after breaking the window? A. Because he expected to be arrested.
B. Because it was another man that broke the window. C. Because he was confident he wouldn’t be found out. D. Because he was always ready to fight with any policeman. 27. What can we learn about Soapy at the cheap restaurant? A. He was nearly beaten to death. B. He unexpected had a roay dream. C. He refused to pay although he could have. D. He again failed to get arrested by the police.
C
Research has found that singing in a choir may improve mental and emotional well-being and social connections. In fact, it may also help people recover from several mental illnesses like depression and anxiety, according to a 2017 study.
The University of East Anglia studied groups for six months who sang in weekly workshops
and found that the mixture of singing and socializing improved people’s sense of belonging and well-being. “For some it represented a wider program of support,” said researcher professor Tom Shakespeare. “For
others it stood out as the key to their recovery or maintenance of health.”
Group singing can have a positive influence on one’s physical health as well. Researchers in Sweden found that singing improved heart health; they noted that the heart rates of singers slowly became synchronized (同步), eventually beating as one.
Singing may also help you live longer. A 2013 study conducted at the University of California
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of San Francisco (UCSF) hoped to determine if singing can actually lead to a longer life. The researchers created 12 new choirs in senior centers across the bay area. Singing volunteers were all tested for things like balance and leg strength before the program began, and will be tested again at the end. The researchers found that singing seems to be good for balance.
Exercising the vocal chords (声带) can be good for the lungs. Up to 30 percent of older adults complain of having shortness of breath, and singing in a choir can help work the respiratory (呼吸) system and help improve breathing.
Famed English musician Brian Eno has weighed in on the topic already. Having started an acappella (无伴奏合唱) group with friends and finding immeasurable benefit, Eno wrote in an essay for NPR, “A recent long-term study conducted in Scandinavia sought to discover which activities related to a healthy and happy later life. Three stood out: camping, dancing and singing.”
He added, “I believe that singing is the key to long life, a good figure, a stable temperament, increased intelligence, new friends, super self-confidence, heightened sexual attractiveness and a better sense of humor.”
28. The 2013 study conducted at UCSF actually found that _______. A. singing benefited the lungs
B. singing helped improve balance D. singing made one’s legs stronger
C. singing helped people live longer
29. Which of following would Brian Eno probably agree with? A. Singing has no disadvantages. B. Dancing is as good as camping. C. One can live longer by taking up singing. D. Singing can make you stay young and unchanged. 30. The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 2 refers to _______. A. a wider program of support B. the University of East Anglia C. the mixture of singing and socializing
D. people’s sense of belonging and well-being
31. It can be safely concluded from the passage that _______. A. singing in a choir is better than singing alone B. musicians live longer than others on average
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C. singing can cure people of their mental illnesses
D. singing in a choir benefits old people mentally and physically
D
We live in a heavily edited world. People in pictures are no longer people. They are perfect human beings whom we can only try, and fail, to live up to. And food in pictures is no longer food. It’s artwork, something to make you desire a lifestyle while reminding you that you’re not part of it.
But people are getting sick and tired of such perfection, leading to something Pamela Grossman, a director at Getty Images, calls “perfection fatigue (疲劳)”. This new attitude is now driving people to value something different: honesty.
The pizza company Domino’s, for example, is taking on the trend by encouraging its customers to post un-edited pictures of their pizzas on social media, as part of the no filter (滤镜) movement that has become so popular on Instagram. This may mean oily boxes, dull-colored cheese and less-than-delicious-looking meat, but these images show what we’re actually paying for.
“It’s exactly what it looks like when you really get a pizza,” Dennis Maloney, chief digital officer of Domino’s, told the website FastCoDesign. “It feels much more honest when the images are imperfect.”
Things are also changing with perfect human images. For example, US clothing retailer Gap launched a “Dress Normal” campaign in 2014, promoting simple clothes instead of smart outfits like those of runway models. Underwear companies are also starting to use regular-looking models on their posters instead of “Miss Size-Zeros”.
“We spend so much time trying to hide our flaws because our culture has set it up that we have to be ashamed if we’re not perfect,” US filmmaker Cynthia Wade said. “I think people are tired of it. They’re suddenly much more willing to embrace the ugly or ironic (讽刺的).”
But while it’s probably true that we won’t see an end to “perfect” pictures any time soon, at least some people are starting to see that it can actually be appealing to be imperfect, or to use the name of one of American singer Grace VanderWaal’s albums, Perfectly Imperfect. 32. What is the problem mentioned in the first paragraph? A. Art works should be well edited.
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B. We appreciate pictures too much.