In Greek mythology（神話）, the gods punished Sisyphus by forcing him to roll a rock up a steep hill for eternity（來世）. But he was probably better off than if they’d forced him to sit and stare into space until the end of time, conclude the authors of a new study on keeping busy. They found that people who have something to do, even something pointless, are happier than people who sit around.
“The general phenomenon I’m interested in is why people are too busy doing what they are doing in modern society,” says Christopher K. Hsee, of the University of Chicago. “People are running around, working hard, the way beyond the basic level.” Sure, there are reasons, like making a living, earning money, and so on. But, Hsee says, “I think there’s something deeper: We have extra energy and we want to avoid idleness.”
In a study 98 students were asked to complete two surveys. After they had completed the first they were made to wait 15 minutes to receive the next one. They were given a choice of either handing in the first survey nearby or at a more distant location they had to walk to. Whichever option they chose, they received a chocolate bar. Not everyone chose to go to the faraway location. Two-thirds chose the lazy option. Yet those who chose to stay busy by going to the faraway location were found to be happier than those who had stayed put.
But if the chocolate bars offered at the two locations were different, they were more likely to choose the far location—because they could make up a good and acceptable reason for the trip, Hsee and his colleagues say.
Hsee thinks it may be possible to use this principle—people like being busy, and they like being able to show being busy right or reasonable—to benefit society. “If we can find a way for idle people to engage in activity that is at least not harmful, I think it is better than destructive business,” he says. Hsee himself has been known to give a research assistant a useless task when he doesn’t have anything to do, so he isn’t sitting around the office getting bored and depressed.
【小題1】The author starts the passage with the Greek mythology story to ________.
| A．make it easier to understand the passage |
| B．draw readers’ attention to Greek culture |
| C．show Greek people enjoyed being busy |
| D．bring about the subject of the passage |
| A．make others think they are not lazy |
| B．keep their energy at the basic level |
| C．earn more money to support their family |
| D．a(chǎn)void the state of having nothing to do |
| A．remained there | B．kept occupied | C．got around | D．stayed awake |
| A．Blue. | B．Empty. | C．Contented. | D．Trapped. |
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聽力(共20小題；每小題1.5分，滿分30分)
第一節(jié)
聽下面5段對話。每段對話后有一個小題，從題中所給的A、B、C三個選項中選出最佳選項。聽完每段對話后，你都有10秒鐘的時間來回答有關(guān)小題和閱讀下一小題。每段對話僅讀一遍。
W：What about those in England?
M：The fifty-pence’s the biggest, and the half-penny is the smallest．
W：Really? In America, the biggest is the fifty-cents, and the smallest is the cent．
1．What are the speakers doing?
A．Comparing goods．
B．Doing shopping．
C．Talking about coins．
M：This meat is like old leather! It’s enough to break every tooth in your head．
W：Perhaps you’d like to change your order, sir．The fish is very tender．
2．How does the man feel?
A．Unsatisfied．
B．Impatient．
C．Pleased．
M：Tomorrow is the Tenth of June．It’s my birthday and I’m going to the George and Dragon．Would you like to come?
W：To celebrate your birthday? Of course I would．What group’s playing?
M：The Red Rose, I think．
3．What is the woman interested in?
A．The man．
B．The party．
C．The band．
W：Why are you so late?
M：My alarm clock failed to work again．
4．Why is the man late?
A．He could not walk fast．
B．He slept late last night．
C．His clock was out of order．
M：Where’s the book about cars I was reading last night? I laid it down on the table, and now it’s gone．
W：I don’t know．I cleaned early this morning and I don’t remember where I put it．
5．What is the man looking for?
A．A book about cards．
B．A book about furniture．
C．A book about cars．
第二節(jié)
聽下面5段對話或獨白。每段對話或獨白后有幾個小題，從題中所給的A、B、C三個選項中選出最佳選項。聽每段對話或獨白前，你將有時間閱讀各小題，每小題5秒鐘；聽完后，各小題將給出5秒鐘的作答時間。每段對話或獨白讀兩遍。
聽第6段材料，回答第6～8題。
M：Why aren’t you doing your homework?
W：I’ll do it later, Dad．I must get these things right first．Our group’s playing in a concert on Saturday．
M：Oh, is it? You’ll be making records next, will you?
W：We hope so．The man from “Dream Discs” is coming to the concert．So I’d better play well．
M：You’d better get on with your homework! You can practise the guitar all day Saturday．
W：Oh, Dad, you don’t understand at all．This concert could change my life．
M：It certainly could! You’ve got exams next month．Important ones．If you don’t pass them, you won’t get a good job．
W：I don’t want a boring old job in a bank．
M：Oh, don’t you? Whose boring old job paid for this house? And for what?
W：Yours, I know．But I’d rather be happy than rich．
6．What is the girl doing now?
A．Repairing a guitar．
B．Practising the guitar．
C．Preparing for making records．
7．What does the girl expect?
A．To be chosen by a band．
B．To pass the coming exams．
C．To get a job in a bank．
8．What is the man?
A．A school teacher．
B．A guitar player．
C．A bank clerk．
聽第7段材料，回答第9～11題。
W：Hello?1523852．
M：Hello, may I speak to Anna?
W：I’m afraid Anna isn’t in．
M：Is that Tracy speaking?
W：No, this is Jane．
M：Oh, I’m sorry…er…well, could you please leave Anna a passage for me?
W：Sure, what is it?
M：Well, I’ll meet Anna for lunch at my home．Would you ask her to see if she has my French dictionary? And if she does, tell her to bring it along．
W：All right．And where are you calling from?
M：My home．I’m Anna’s friend, Pat．
W：Thank you for calling, Pat．
M：And thank you, Jane．
9．Where is Pat calling from?
A．His home．
B．His school．
C．His office．
10．Who does Pat want to call?
A．Tracy．
B．His friend Anna．
C．Tracy and Anna．
11．Why can’t Pat speak to Anna now?
A．Because Anna is at work．
B．Because Anna is out for lunch．
C．Because Anna is not at home．
聽第8段材料，回答第12～14題。
W：Good evening, sir．I’m Assistant Manager．I’m afraid we’ve had a complaint about the noise from your neighbour who’s trying to get some sleep．
M：Oh, I see．
W：Could you please ask your friends to be a little quieter so that our guests can get a good night’s sleep?
M：Oh, I’m so sorry．I suppose we were talking rather loudly．We won an important prize．We were having a celebration．
W：I’m pleased to hear it．Shall I have some coffee brought to you?
M：No, that won’t be necessary．We were just about to pack up anyway．
12．Where does the conversation take place?
A．At a hotel．
B．In a flat building．
C．In the manager’s office．
13．What is the woman pleased to hear?
A．The man’s apology．
B．The man’s story．
C．The man’s explanation．
14．What were the man and his friends about to do?
A．End their activity．
B．Leave where they were．
C．Apologize to their neighbor．
聽第9段材料，回答第15～17題。
W：So, what do you think? How do you like New York?
M：I’m having a good time．I love it．I’m glad we came．
W：Yeath really like the stores and the shopping centers?．
M：I love the museums, too．
W：But the traffic is pretty bad．
M：Yeah．I hate all the traffic．It’s really noisy．
W：Listen, it’s almost dinner time．There are lots of restaurants around here．What do you want to try? Italian? Greek? Japanese? Chinese?
M：I can’t stand making decisions．You choose．
W：OK, let’s go American．Where is the nearest McDonald’s?
15．What do you know about the speakers from the dialogue?
A．They are native American．
B．They are tourists to New York．
C．They are from Japan．
16．What do they dislike here?
A．The museum．
B．The restaurants．
C．The traffic．
17．Which restaurants are NOT mentioned in their dialogue?
A．Chinese restaurants．
B．Thai restaurants．
C．American restaurants．
聽第10段材料，回答第18～20題。
Scientists are trying to make desert into good land again．They want to bring water to the deserts, so people can live and grow food．They are learning a lot about the deserts．But more and more of the earth is becoming desert all the time．Scientists may not be able to change the desert in time．
Why is more and more land becoming desert? Scientists think that people make deserts．
People are doing bad things to the earth．
Some places on the earth don’t get much rain．But they still don’t become deserts．This is because some green plants are growing there．Green plants and grass are very important to dry places．Plants don’t let the wind blow away the dirt．When a bit of rain falls, the plants hold the water．Without plants, the land can become desert more easily．
18．Why is land becoming desert little by little according to the passage?
A．Because plants can’t grow there．
B．Because there is not enough rain．
C．Because people do bad things to the earth．
19．Why are green plants very important to dry places?
A．Because they don’t let the wind blow the earth away?．
B．Because they hold water．
C．Both of the above．
20．From this passage, what can we learn?
A．Plants can keep dry land from becoming desert．
B．All places without a lot of rain will become deserts?．
C．It is better to grow crops on dry land than on wet land．
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聽力測試(共20小題；每小題1.5分，滿分30分)
第一節(jié)
聽下面5段對話。每段對話后有一個小題，從題中所給的A、B、C三個選項中選出最佳選項，并標在試卷相應(yīng)的位置。聽完每段對話后，你都有10秒鐘的時間來回答有關(guān)小題和閱讀下一小題。每段對話僅讀一遍。
W：What about those in England?
M：The fifty-pence’s the biggest, and the half-penny is the smallest．
W：Really? In America, the biggest is the fifty-cents, and the smallest is the cent．
1．What are the speakers doing?
A．Comparing goods．
B．Doing shopping．
C．Talking about coins．
M：This meat is like old leather! It’s enough to break every tooth in your head．
W：Perhaps you’d like to change your order, sir．The fish is very tender．
2．How does the man feel?
A．Unsatisfied．
B．Impatient．
C．Pleased．
M：Tomorrow is the tenth of June．It’s my birthday and I’m going to the George and Dragon．Would you like to come?
W：To celebrate your birthday? Of course I would．What group’s playing?
M：The Red Rose, I think．
3．What is the woman interested in?
A．The man．
B．The party．
C．The band．
W：Why are you so late?
M：My alarm clock failed to work again．
4．Why is the man late?
A．He could not walk fast．
B．He slept late last night．
C．His clock was out of order．
M：Where’s the book about cars I was reading last night? I laid it down on the table, and now it’s gone．
W：I don’t know．I cleaned early this morning and I don’t remember where I put it．
5．What is the man looking for?
A．A book about cards．
B．A book about furniture．
C．A book about cars．
第二節(jié)
聽下面5段對話或獨白。每段對話或獨白后有幾個小題，從題中所給的A、B、C三個選項中選出最佳選項。聽每段對話或獨白前，你將有時間閱讀各小題，每小題5秒鐘；聽完后，各小題將給出5秒鐘的作答時間。每段對話或獨白讀兩遍。
聽第6段材料，回答第6～8題。
M：Why aren’t you doing your homework?
W：I’ll do it later, Dad．I must get these things right first．Our group’s playing in a concert on Saturday．
M：Oh, is it? You’ll be making records next, will you?
W：We hope so．The man from “Dream Discs” is coming to the concert．So I’d better play well．
M：You’d better get on with your homework! You can practise the guitar all day Saturday．
W：Oh, Dad, you don’t understand at all．This concert could change my life．
M：It certainly could! You’ve got exams next month．Important ones．If you don’t pass them, you won’t get a good job．
W：I don’t want a boring old job in a bank．
M：Oh, don’t you? Whose boring old job paid for this house? And for what?
W：Yours, I know．But I’d rather be happy than rich．
6．What is the girl doing now?
A．Repairing a guitar．
B．Practising the guitar．
C．Preparing for making records．
7．What does the girl expect?
A．To be chosen by a band．
B．To pass the coming exams．
C．To get a job in a bank．
8．What is the man?
A．A school teacher．
B．A guitar player．
C．A bank clerk．
聽第7段材料，回答第9～11題。
W：Hello?1523852．
M：Hello, may I speak to Anna?
W：I’m afraid Anna isn’t in．
M：Is that Tracy speaking?
W：No, this is Jane．
M：Oh, I’m sorry…er…well, could you please leave Anna a message for me?
W：Sure, what is it?
M：Well, I’ll meet Anna for lunch at my home．Would you ask her to see if she has my French dictionary? And if she does, tell her to bring it along．
W：All right．And where are you calling from?
M：My home．I’m Anna’s friend, Pat．
W：Thank you for calling, Pat．
M：And thank you, Jane．
9．Where is Pat calling from?
A．His home．
B．His school．
C．His office．
10．Who does Pat want to call?
A．Tracy．
B．His friend Anna．
C．Tracy and Anna．
11．Why can’t Pat speak to Anna now?
A．Because Anna is at work．
B．Because Anna is out for lunch．
C．Because Anna is not at home．
聽第8段材料，回答第12～14題。
W：Good evening, sir．I’m Assistant Manager．I’m afraid we’ve had a complaint about the noise from your neighbour who’s trying to get some sleep．
M：Oh, I see．
W：Could you please ask your friends to be a little quieter so that our guests can get a good night’s sleep?
M：Oh, I’m so sorry．I suppose we were talking rather loudly．We won an important prize．We were having a celebration．
W：I’m pleased to hear it．Shall I have some coffee brought to you?
M：No, that won’t be necessary．We were just about to pack up anyway．
12．Where does the conversation take place?
A．At a hotel．
B．In a flat building．
C．In the manager’s office．
13．What is the woman pleased to hear?
A．The man’s apology．
B．The man’s story．
C．The man’s explanation．
14．What were the man and his friends about to do?
A．End their activity．
B．Quarrel with the Assistant Manager．
C．Apologize to their neighbor．
聽第9段材料，回答第15～17題。
W：So, what do you think? How do you like New York?
M：I’m having a good time．I love it．I’m glad we came．
W：Yeath I really like the stores and the shopping centers．
M：I love the museums, too．
W：But the traffic is pretty bad．
M：Yeah．I hate all the traffic．It’s really noisy．
W：Listen, it’s almost dinner time．There are lots of restaurants around here．What do you want to try? Italian? Greek? Japanese? Chinese?
M：I can’t stand making decisions．You choose．
W：OK, let’s go American．Where is the nearest McDonald’s?
15．What do you know about the speakers from the dialogue?
A．They are native American．
B．They are tourists to New York．
C．They are from Japan．
16．What do they dislike here?
A．The museum．
B．The restaurants．
C．The traffic．
17．Which restaurants are NOT mentioned in their dialogue?
A．Chinese restaurants．
B．Thai restaurants．
C．American restaurants．
聽第10段材料，回答第18～20題。
Scientists are trying to make desert into good land again．They want to bring water to the deserts, so people can live and grow food．They are learning a lot about the deserts．But more and more of the earth is becoming desert all the time．Scientists may not be able to change the desert in time．
Why is more and more land becoming desert? Scientists think that people make deserts．People are doing bad things to the earth．
Some places on the earth don’t get much rain．But they still don’t become deserts．This is because some green plants are growing there．Green plants and grass are very important to dry places．Plants don’t let the wind blow away the dirt．When a bit of rain falls, the plants hold the water．Without plants, the land can become desert more easily．
18．Why is land becoming desert little by little according to the passage?
A．Because plants can’t grow there．
B．Because there is not enough rain．
C．Because people do bad things to the earth．
19．Why are green plants very important to dry places?
A．Because they don’t let the wind blow the earth away．
B．Because they hold water．
C．Both of the above．
20．From this passage, what can we learn?
A．Plants can keep dry land from becoming desert．
B．All places without a lot of rain will become deserts．
C．It is better to grow crops on dry land than on wet land．
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