unhealthy eating environment, I found a __52___ for a nutrition consultant.
Today, Food is no longer a barrier that keeps us__53__, but a __54___ that keeps us connected. There’s nothing my dad enjoys more than talking with me about his weight-loss__54__. And now I am the one__55__ sending recipe cards to my father’s house, just as my grandmother did for me.
36. A.came up B. turned up C. ended up D.went up 37.A. weight B.confidence C. temper D. face 38. A. ordering B. consuming C. serving D. treating
39. A. then B. so C. for D. while 40. A. instantly B. constantly C. frankly D. unfortunately
41. A. longed B. deal C. hit D. show 42. A. even B. ever C. once D. never 43.A. weekend B. communicative C. active D. sensitive
44.A.where B. when C. that D. which 45.A.out B. behind C. alone D. away 46.A.dependence B. intention C. tendency D. independence
47.Aamazed B. excited C. lost D.bored 48.A.cure B.approach C. reason D.access 49.A. reminded B.linked C. separated D. informed
50.A.
quarrels
B.
debates
C.
topics D.struggles
51.A.in spite of B. in possession of C. in case of D. in terms of
52.A.demand B.request C. command D.desire 53.A. out B.up C. down D. apart 54.A.base B. bridge C. joke D. record 55.A.occasionally B. finally C. regularly D. slightly
第三部分 阅读理解
A
Since I moved from London and started living in the Italian countryside, I have encountered a greater variety of strange insects than I even thought existed. I have also become more of an observer.
A spider built a web outside my office window. My policy these days tends to be one of live and let live. So I just let it be. Every so often, when I took a break from working, I would go to the window and there he would be; perfectly still, waiting in exactly the same place. In fact, he was there for many weeks; about three or four at least.
He caught something on a couple of occasions; a moth and a fly. However, in the last few weeks, he caught nothing at all. But he stayed there anyhow, perfectly still-waiting. I wondered if he was getting quite hungry by now.
One day, I went to the window and the web was still there but the spider was gone. He’d cut his losses and moved on. I found that there were several lessons in his behavior:
(1)Persistence. How many of us give up in life when desired results don’t materialize immediately? Adults are particularly prone to this in a way that children are not. Imagine if we had given up when we were learning to walk as quickly as we do these days when we try anything new! (2) Know when to quit. Persistence is important. However, knowing when it’s time to move on is also crucial. Someone defined insanity as “doing the same things you’ve always done
and expecting a different result”. Clearly, this spider was not insane. He knew when to quit.
That’s more than many of us know. We happily sweat away at the same situations, do things the exact same way we’ve always done them, but expect or hope for a different result! We don’t even have the intelligence of a spider. Scary thought, isn’t it? If I come back to your web in a couple of years time, will I find you still there? Will you still be stuck in the same job, the same relationship, the same social group that you either hate or that’s doing you no good at all? Unlike this little spider, many people don’t know when to quit or when to move on in life to a fresh challenge.
However, if we are failing to get the results we want in life, there is no point hanging around in our comfort zone, fearing the unknown.
This spider did not get caught in his own web. Don’t get caught in yours!
56. According to paragraph 2, we can know the author should be the man who ____
A. is lazy and never cleans his office B. focuses on spiders’ life style C takes care of animals
