In fact, this is one of the ways that we’re tricked by time, according to the website All That Is Interesting. The website lists several wrong impressions we often have about time. Let’s have a look.

First of all, emotions affect our time-keeping abilities: Negative(消極的)emotions, especially anxiety and boredom, make time seem longer because they make us concentrate more on the passage of time. However, when we are enjoying ourselves, we pay more attention to what we are doing and are likely to lose track of(忘記)time.

Here is another example. In 2007, a group of scientists carried out a test. In the test, people fell 50 metres into a safety net and were then asked about their experience. Although the experience took shorter than 3 seconds, the people thought it was much longer than it actually was.

This is because of the way our bodies reply to danger, according to the scientists. Our bodies produce a chemical called adrenaline(腎上腺素) when we are faced with danger. It allows us to concentrate better so that

we can stay alive. As a result, we are able to remember far more details over a short period of time, which makes it seem like time is going more slowly.

Another situation when we make mistakes about time is when we take afternoon naps. Have you ever had trouble telling what time it is after a long nap? That's because the best amount of time for a nap is 20 minutes. After 20 minutes, you enter a new stage of sleep called slow-wave sleep. If you wake up mid-way in this stage, it will take a while before you can correctly perceive(感知)time again.

Time can be mysterious and there is no way to control it. So perhaps the best thing to do is to make good use of every minute.

【1】According to the passage,_________ possibly make people feel so long.

A. weekends and holidaysB. weekends and workC. classes and workD. holidays and work

【2】How many examples of being tricked by time are mentioned in

A. TwoB. ThreeC. FourD. Five

【3】According to the passage, what will NOT happen when we face danger?

A. Our bodies will produce a chemical called adrenaline.

B. We will feel that time seems to go more slowly.

C. Adrenaline will make us concentrate better to stay alive.

D. We will forget far more details over a short period of time.

【4】If we wake up mid-way after a long nap, it will __________.

A. make us concentrate more on the passage of timeB. make us lose track of time

C. take a moment before we can correctly perceive time againD. take us 20 minutes to tell what time it is

【5】Where can we find this passage?

A. In a storybook.B. In a health report.C. In a science magazine.D. In a travel guide.

【1】______

【2】______

【3】______

【4】______

【5】______

Drew worked for a company in 1925. At work he invented a kind of material ______ enough to hold things together. But his boss told him not to think more about the idea. Drew didn’t stop and finally, using his own time, made a kind of tape, which now is used everywhere by many people. And his company learnt from its ______.

Now the company asks its workers to ______ 15 per cent of their work time just thinking about and developing new ideas.

Creativity is not something one is just born with. A person with high intelligence does not mean that he uses it creatively. Creativity is the matter of ______ your intelligence to think of new ideas that are good for something.

We know that many schools have tried to develop students’ creativity, but some teachers only want to develop students reading, writing and Maths skills, and have to ______ creativity for correct answers. Children from such schools can give correct ______, but they are unable to use them to work out problems.

It is important to give children choices. From the earliest age, children should learn to make decisions and understand their ______. Even though it's choosing between two kinds of food for lunch, decision-making helps ______ skills. As children grow older, parents should let their children decide how to use their time or spend their

money, but not help them too much if they make the wrong decision. The child may have a ______ time, but that is all right.

【1】A. changeB. discoverC. developD. discuss

【2】A. thickB. wideC. lightD. strong

【3】A. mistakeB. effectC. thoughtD. suggestion

【4】A. takeB. wasteC. spendD. save

【5】A. findingB. usingC. takingD. improving

【6】A. grow upB. give upC. catch upD. hurry up

【7】A. reasonsB. knowledgeC. waysD. answers

【8】A. informationB. conversationsC. resultsD. questions

【9】A. eatingB. writingC. thinkingD. reading

【10】A. hardB. luckyC. happyD. great

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Changes in My Hometown

承諾是一份責(zé)任，也是一種素養(yǎng)。在你的成長(zhǎng)過(guò)程中，對(duì)家人、老師、朋友、同學(xué)和社會(huì)有過(guò)哪些與承諾有關(guān)的經(jīng)歷和感觸呢？請(qǐng)結(jié)合自己的個(gè)人經(jīng)歷，選取一個(gè)角度，講述一個(gè)具體事例。

（注意：短文中不得出現(xiàn)考生的姓名、校名及其它相關(guān)信息，否則不予評(píng)分。標(biāo)點(diǎn)符號(hào)不占格）The following is for reference only （以下表述僅供參考）: be responsible for … promise (sb.) that … make/ keep/ break one’s promise

A.popular B. improve C.rarely D.offer E. nearly

One of the reasons for the drop could be rise of online food delivery services. They can bring you food wherever you are. They also 【1】 more choices and tastier food. According to a 2016 survery by China Youth Daily, about 70 percent of young people order meals online 【2】 once a week.

In order to solve this problem, instant noodles companies are trying to 【3】 their products. They are making instant noodles with less fat and salt. They are also making new products, including self-heating hotpot and instant rice. Those can meet the needs of young people. They hope that instant noodles will be 【4】 again.

Will instant noodles disappear one day? We don’t know. But they have surely left a mark on dining history.

A.market B. sales C.discovered D.invented E. hungry

Do you like eating instant noodles (方便面)? The food is easy to make and cheap to buy. People have celebrated its 60th birthday this year. It was 【1】 by a Japanese businessman Momofuku Ando in 1958.

China is the biggest 【2】 for instant noodles. It can be a snack for students, a meal on a train, or just a choice for 【3】 workers. More than 46.2 billion instant noodles packets were sold on the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong in 2013, a BBC article reported. But by 2016, those 【4】 had dropped to 38.5 billion packets, according to the World Instant Noodles Association.

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A. You deserve it.B. Yes, of course.

C. That’s all right.D. You can say that again.

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A. No problem.B. Oh, thanks. I’m OK.

C. I’m sorry I can’t.D. I’m not quite sure.

【1】Rose can go to the Grand Theatre with Steve tomorrow evening.

【2】Rose has no idea why her mum doesn’t allow her to go.

【3】Steve’s mum thinks Steve should stay with the family after school.

【4】Rose dislikes the life in her grandparents’ home because it’s uninteresting.

【5】Steve’s grandpa is often asked to help Steve repair computers.

【6】We can learn that it’s important to have fun with friends from the dialogue.