Directions: You are going to read a passage with 10 statements attached to it. Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter.Parents and adult children

Directions: You are going to read a passage with 10 statements attached to it. Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter.Developing the heroic imagination: The traits of heroes

Listen to a short passage three times . When the passage is read for the first time , listen for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, fill in the blanks with the exact words you hear. When the passage is read for the third time, check what you have written.New wordsstatus /'staetas/ n.社会地位evaluation /I vaelju'eifn/ n.评价;评估lottery /lbtori/ n.抽彩给奖法[音频]According to a new study, happiness in life has more to do with respect and influence than wealth . Researchers say that they got interested in this idea because there is abundant 1)that higher income or wealth does not contribute to happiness much at all. At the same time, many theories suggest that higher status should 2) happiness .The researchers put their idea to the test in a set of studies. First, they 3)80 college students. The amount of respect the students received from their peers was 4)based on peer evaluation, self-reports and the number of leadership positions the students held. The researchers also 5)the students’ family income and asked them about their social well-being. They found the admiration from their peers 6)their social well-being. However, their wealth or income did not. Similar results 7)in another study with a larger group of students.In a final study, the researchers followed graduate students in business schools. They found the MBA students' social well-being 8) changes in the respect they felt from their peers before and after graduation. They noted that respect had more to do with the students' well-being after graduation than the money they made.One of the reasons why money doesn't buy happiness is that people quickly 9) the new level of income or wealth.Lottery winners, for example, are initially happy but then return to their 10) level of happiness quickly, What can last is the feeling of being respected, having influence and being socially connected.

51. What does the author use the example of his father to illustrate?

A. How long people took to reach the top of their career.
B. How people accumulated wealth in his father's time.
C. How people viewed success in his father's time.
D. How long people usually stayed in a company.

52. Why did people often change jobs when the author started his career?

A. It was considered a fashion at that time.
B. It was a way to advance in their career.
C. It was a response to the changing job market.
D. It was difficult to keep a job for long.

53. What does the author say about people now working for several businesses at the same time?

A. They are often regarded as most treasured talents.
B. They are able to bring their potential into fuller play.
C. They have control over their life and work schedules.
D. They feel proud of being outstanding problem solvers.

54. What have businesses come to recognize now?

A. Who is capable of solving problems with ease.
B. How people can be more focused and productive.
C. What kind of people can contribute more to them.
D. Why some people are more passionate about work.

55. What does the author say about the gig economy?

A. It may force companies to reform their business practice.
B. It may soon replace the traditional economic model.
C. It will drive technological progress on a global scale.
D. It will bring about radical economic and social changes.

[音频]A poorly trained manager can make an eployee's life miserable. In 99 out of 100 cases, eployees may1) low spirits and then gradually become no longer 2) about their jobs just because they have a boss who doesn't approve of them, doesn't listen to them, or generally 3) their self-esteem.Three basic sills that every manager should use in order to be 4) on the job are:being specific, enhancing others' self-esteem and listening effectively. Being specific meansgiving 5) instructions about what is to be done and the results to be achieved. Beingspecific also means describing the behavior of people rather than 6) people. It includes giving both positive feedback that tells them what to repeat and corrective feedback that isfirm, yet not critical. Then it 7) evoking in the employees self-esteem. Self- esteem is a private, individual matter. It is not fixed, but goes up and down from day to day, or even from hour to hour. Thus, building self-esteem is no easy task. Managers can't MAKE people feel good about themselves, but rather, they need to help people develop their own self-esteem as self-esteem is like a door that's locked from the inside. A final skill that today's managers need more than ever is listening. Listening may seem like a 8)skill, but it's not practiced as much as it should be in business today. People 9）think about what they are going to say in response when another person is talking, instead of 10)what that person is saying and what he/she means.

[音频]Scientific research should improve our overall quality of life. The government should provide financial and political support to any research that is likely to result in immediate andsignificant benefits for the people. However, people's ideas 1)when it comes to whether the government should support scientific research with no practical use. Still 2)‍‍ people believe that the government should distribute adequate funds to any scientific research that aims to improve the 3)of people, even if it is of no practical use in the short run.Scientific research whose social benefits are immediate, predictable, and 4) should continue to be a high priority. For example, biotechnology research has been proven to help cure and prevent diseases; information technology enables education to be more 5) ; and communication technology facilitates global peace by improving mutual understanding among people and their participation in the democratic process.However, this is not to say that research whose benefits are less immediate or clear should be given a lower priority. It is difficult to predict which research will 6)lead to the greatest contributions to society. Reluctance to finance less practical scientific research could 7) the efforts to explore new knowledge. This is particularly true of the computer sciences. For instance, before the firstcomputer was invented, public opinions 8)it, as most people saw nothing practical in computer research. However, computers transformed the way human society evolved and proved to be of great avail in the long run,especially in terms of scientific development in fields such as the military, medicine, 9),and education.Therefore, never should we think that scientific research whose benefits are unknown10) since the purpose of any research should be to discover truths, whatever it might be.