The screens will be turned off and our children will find that times of quiet can be just as or even more entertaining. They will bond with their brother and sister, making memories that they will replay in their minds well into adulthood. Even though sunscreen will be religiously applied, they will leave summer with sunburned and scratches coming from climbing trees, stomping through creeks and chasing the dog in the field.
This summer I will be giving my children the greatest gift of all—boredom. For inside boredom is the gift of getting to know your own mind, of finding comfort and joy in nature and in the realization that the greatest gifts are experiences, not things.
( )65. From the first two paragraphs we can know that the author ________. A. participated in many organized activities B. enjoyed an unscheduled vacation C. explored magical forests and a violent river D. realized the strength of patience ( )66. The author thinks today's children's activities are ________. A. less meaningful B. less accessible
C. more related to nature D. more in line with the nature of play ( )67. What is the real reason for children's feeling of boredom? A. Children are addicted to screen time. B. Children are limited to using electronics. C. Children have no patience with everything.
D. Children lack the experience of exploring entertainment.
( )68. What is the author's attitude towards his children's childhood?
A. Sympathetic. B. Envious. C. Unsatisfactory. D. Indifferent. ( )69. What is the author's purpose to ensure children the days of “boredom”？ A. To keep children away from electronics.
B. To encourage children to climb trees and stomp through creeks. C. To set aside more time to improve their academic performance.
D. To provide children with the opportunity to seek happiness in nature. ( )70. What might be the best title of the passage? A. The gift of boredom B. The memory of childhood
C. The attraction of nature D. The experience of two generations
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第四部分：任务型阅读(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分) 请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。注意：每个空格只填1个单词。
Pleasure and Enjoyment
When considering the kind of experience that makes life better, most people first think that happiness consists in experiencing pleasure: good food, all the comforts that money can buy. We imagine the satisfaction of traveling to exciting places or being surrounded by expensive devices. If we cannot afford those goals, then we are happy to settle for a quiet evening in front of the television set with a drink close by.
Pleasure is a feeling of contentment that one achieves whenever expectations set by biological programs or by social conditioning have been met. The taste of food when we are hungry is pleasant because it reduces a physiological(生理的) imbalance. Resting in the evening while passively absorbing information from TV, with alcohol or drugs to dull the mind overexcited by the demands of work, is pleasantly relaxing. Traveling to Acapulco is pleasant because the exciting
novelty(新奇) restores our sensations(感觉) exhausted by the repetitive routines of everyday life.
When people think further about what makes their lives rewarding, they tend to move beyond pleasant memories and begin to remember other events, other experiences that overlap (重叠) with pleasurable ones but fall into a category that deserves a separate name: enjoyment. Enjoyable events occur when a person has not only met some expectation or satisfied a need or a desire but also gone beyond what he or she has been programmed to do and achieved something unexpected, perhaps something even unimagined before.
Enjoyment is characterized by this forward movement: by a sense of novelty, of accomplishment. Playing a close game of tennis that stretches one's ability is enjoyable, as is reading a book that reveals things in a new light, as is having a conversation that leads us to express ideas we didn't know we had. Closing a contested business deal, or any piece of work well done, is enjoyable. None of these experiences may be particularly pleasurable at the time they are taking place, but afterward we think back on them and say, “That really was fun” and wish they would happen again. After an enjoyable event we know that we have changed, that ourself has grown: in some respect, we have become more complex as a result of it.
Experiences that give pleasure can also give enjoyment, but the two sensations are quite different. For instance, everybody takes pleasure in eating. To enjoy food, however, is more difficult. A gourmet(美食家) enjoys eating, as does anyone who pays enough attention to a meal so as to discriminate the various sensations provided by it. As this example suggests, we can experience pleasure without an investment of psychic energy, whereas enjoyment happens only as a result of unusual investments of attention. A person can feel pleasure without any effort, but it is impossible to enjoy a tennis game, a book, or a conversation unless attention is fully concentrated on the activity.
Pleasure and Enjoyment Main contents Detailed information ● Pleasure is a feeling that one achieves what one has (71) ________ on a biological or social level. ● Things like good food, exciting travelling and a quiet rest can bring one pleasure because they can help restore one's physiological balance, reduce one's heavy (72) ________ pressure and save one from boredom. ● Enjoyment (73) ________ from the achievement of something unexpected or even unimagined before. ● Enjoyment (74) ________ a sense of novelty and accomplishment such as a close tennis game, a valuable book and a conversation productive of ideas. ● Pleasure is often related to the comforts that money can buy, while enjoyment, more linked to one's inner world, makes one feel rewarded and change for the (76) ________. ● While some experiences give both pleasure and enjoyment, some enjoyable ones are not pleasurable when taking place but bring wonderful feelings (77) ________. ● Pleasure requires no (78) ________ while enjoyment can never be achieved without the investment of the full (79) ________ of attention. ● Enjoyment is a (80) ________ level of pleasure and the two differ from each other in several aspects. Pleasure Enjoyment (75) ________ Conclusion 第五部分 书面表达(满分25分)
请认真阅读下面有关图片及文字，并按照要求用英语写一篇150词左右的文章。 Chinese actress Liu Yifei is set to star as the titular female warrior in Disney's live-action adaptation of the classic Chinese epic, Mulan. The film will be set for a release in 2019. The original animated version in 1998 earned $304.3 million worldwide as well as Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations. A Hero Born, the first volume of famous Chinese martial arts novelist Jin Yong's Legends of the Condor Heroes, was published in English for the first time. After years of hard work, the 400-page translation, priced at 14.99 pounds ($20.8), finally hit bookstores. This latest translation project is the most ambitious with regard to Jin Yong's works. It's been 14 years since customer services manager Anthony Gentles was inspired to cheer up the “blank faces” of passengers with wisdom from his favorite book, Tao Te Ching(道德经). Mr Gentles said offering up pearls of wisdom from ancient China was his way of trying to make people feel more welcome as they braved the Underground. 【写作内容】 1. 用约30个单词概括上述信息的主要内容； 2. 简要谈谈你对“中国元素影响世界”的感受；
3. 你觉得我们怎样才能更好地进行文化输出？(不少于两点)。 【写作要求】
1. 写作过程中不能直接引用原文语句； 2. 作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称； 3. 不必写标题。 【评分标准】
内容完整，语言规范，语篇连贯，词数适当。
