2015押题卷任务型阅读专项练习.doc

2015押题卷 任务型阅读专项练习
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Children suffer from sleepwalking due to health problems like weakness and stress among the children. During a survey, it was found that nearly 14% of the children surveyed suffered from sleepwalking. Many children had more than one sleepwalking experiences and it was also observed that boys suffered more from this disease compared to girls. Many children who develop this disorder overcome it as they grow up and by adolescence they’re more or less cured. The disease of children sleepwalking can be cured by taking certain precautions (预防措施).
Children who suffer from sleepwalking face the condition in which the body can move even though the brain is half asleep. Sleepwalkers commonly get out of bed and roam (闲逛) all over the house. Some of them even get dressed and leave the house. Sleepwalkers’ eyes remain open, and they can see what is in front of them. However, their expressions are blank and they’re unable to respond either to conversation or to their names being called out. Children suffering from sleepwalking don’t have any idea about their walk and don’t know any direction in which they’re moving.
Sleepwalking in children is a poorly developed sleep/wake cycle. In normal circumstances, the entire brain awakes at the same time. A sleepwalker’s brain, however, is different in the sense that only a portion of it wakes up at a time. The portion of the brain that manages mobility awakens while the portion that deals with cognition and awareness is still asleep. A sleepwalking child is actually fast asleep and doesn’t have any idea of the sleepwalking session in the sleep. Children sleepwalking is the symptom of disorder in children due to improper diet or other health problems like weakness and stress among the children.
Certain precautions should be taken to protect sleepwalkers from dangerous situations. Make sure that sleepwalking children are in a safe place during their sleepwalking sessions. Take care to ensure that they will not get injured during a sleepwalking session. Parents should not keep any sharp or fragile objects in a child’s room. Lock the door of a sleepwalker’s room to prevent him or her from venturing out at night. Fixing a bell to alert a parent or caregiver if a child goes out of the room is a great idea. Large glass doors or windows should be covered by heavy curtains to prevent sleepwalkers from trying to walk through them during their sleepwalking sessions. Children who sleepwalk should be given ample protection till they overcome this disorder. There is a possibility of them running into dangerous situations during their sleepwalking sessions.
Children sleepwalking
(1)　　　 about the
disease
● Many children suffer from sleepwalking.
● Boys are more (2)　　　 to sleepwalk than girls.
● Sleepwalking can be overcome with children (3)　　　 up.
Symptoms of
sleepwalking
● The body can move though the brain is half asleep.
● It is (4)　　　 for sleepwalkers to get out of bed and roam all over the house.
● Sleepwalkers, with eyes open and blank expressions, can’t make any (5)　　　 to conversation or to their names.
● They don’t know (6)　　　 they’re walking.
(7)　　　
● Improper diet
● Some health problems like weakness and stress
Precautions
● (8)　　　 that sleepwalking children are in a safe place during their sleepwalking sessions.
● Keep any sharp or fragile objects (9)　　　 of a sleepwalking child’s room.
● Lock the door of a sleepwalker’s room at night.
● Fix a bell to alert a parent or caregiver.
● (10)　　　 large glass doors or windows with heavy curtains.
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Getting work experience and climbing onto the career ladder has always been a difficult task, but in these hard economic times of high unemployment rates, you need a good resume to stand out from the crowd of people fighting for even the most basic jobs. College students are often particularly disadvantaged as they don’t have time to work a full-time job, and therefore, often have no relevant experience or marketable skills when they later fully enter the job market. Getting some work experience without having a full-time job is therefore essential for students who want to dive straight into the world of work after graduation. Well, if you’re one of them, take the following tips into account.
Not everybody is lucky enough to have the right family connections, but sometimes, you can be surprised at how far you can get by asking your family and friends for some work experience. Just by putting the word out there, you might hear back from an over-concerned aunt or nice family friend about a work opportunity that would otherwise pass you by. For example, your brother’s girlfriend’s sister’s best friend’s husband might just be able to put a good word in for you for an intern (实习) position at his office if he happens to know you’re looking for some work.
Be persistent with your dream employers. There is no harm in dreaming big as long as you keep your expectations in check, so why not send a few emails, twitters or even snail-mail letters to your dream employers asking for work experience? Your pleas (恳求) may fall upon deaf ears, but some people get lucky if they’re persistent enough in their pursuit. In addition, you can shadow someone for a week or two to learn how things work in their particular business or industry. Shadowing is great because although it isn’t direct work experience, it allows you to make connections and contacts while getting the feel for a particular industry or field.
If you cannot find the perfect part-time job or if you have no opportunities to get work experience, then why not create one for yourself? Whether you’re selling hand-knitted puppets on the Internet or printing and pressing T-shirts from your garage, turn it into an official incorporated business and put it on your resume. No matter how silly and small your business pursuit may seem, it says a lot to possible employers about your entrepreneurial skills, imagination, and willingness to take risks and pull yourself up.
Charities almost always need volunteers, so why not earn some good luck as well as good work experience by volunteering a couple of hours of your time each week? Doing something as simple as working in a charity shop, for example, can give you truly valuable retail (零售) experience. Best of all, most charities are pretty flexible with their volunteering hours, so you can fit the work around your own schedule.
Get work experience without having a full-time job
Why?
● To be (1)　　　 in today’s hard economic times, you need relevant work experience.
● However, college students often lack practical work experience because they have no chance to work (2)　　　.
How?
Take(3)　　　
of your family
connections.
● Talk with your family and friends to get some work experience.
● You might get a work opportunity from someone who is (4)　　　 to one of your family members or friends.
Be persistent with
your dream
employers.
● Keep trying various (5)　　　 to ask your dream employers to give you a work chance.
● (6)　　　 someone and learn about his job when he’s working at workplace.
(7) ____ your own part-time job.
● Do business on your own, and mention it in your resume.
● Your business pursuit (8)　　　 your various skills and abilities.
Volunteer for
charities.
● (9)　　　 several hours in a week to volunteering activities.
● Most charities allow you to arrange your time (10)　　　.
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A muscle up is when you do a pull-up and lift yourself over the bar into a chest-dip and lock your arms. You’ve probably seen someone do this move before. In fact, it’s a common technique used in gymnastics. So if you’ve ever watched a gymnast do his/her routine on the rings or the high bar, you’ve definitely seen a muscle up. When you watch a professional do muscle ups, it looks easy, but the reality is that most people — even very fit individuals — cannot do one.
If you want to be able to do muscle ups, you can’t just go for it; you must follow a clear progression.
Step 1
The first thing you will need to do is master pull-ups. The first step in a proper muscle up is a good pull-up. So until you can do at least one perfect pull-up, you have no chance of doing a muscle up. You should practice pull-ups until you can do at least six to eight before moving on.
Step 2
Now that you’re a pull-up professional, you have to start mastering the second move: dips.You’ll need to go to a gym that has a dip bar, or build your own at home, using a pair of chairs or stools. Just like pull-ups, practice dips until you can do at least six to eight with perfect form before moving on.
Step 3
Now you can do pull-ups and dips, but you still can’t manage to do a muscle up. Believe it or not, the hardest part of doing a muscle up is the transition from pull-up to dip. You’ll need to find a park or a gym that has pull-up bars set at different heights. You’ll need a low bar, a medium bar, and a high bar.
Start with the lowest bar, which should be equal to your shoulders or chin in height, and just work on pushing yourself up over the bar and locking your arms, and then slowly lowering yourself back down. It’s perfectly okay to jump up to help you get over the bar if you have to.
Next, move on to the medium-height bar which should be just a little higher than your head. Just like with the low bar, work on getting yourself over the bar, locking your arms and lowering yourself back down.
Lastly, move over to the highest bar — the one you might actually have to jump up to just grab. This time, you’ll have to jump and do a full pull-up before you push yourself over the bar. You might be thinking, “Well, isn’t that a muscle up?” Not quite. You’ll need to keep practicing this until you can start from a dead-hang and transition from a pull-up to a dip. Once you can do about 10 repetitions by jumping and using your momentum to get you over the bar, you’ll want to move up to a higher bar or start attempting a muscle up from a dead-hang. You can also practice on gymnastic rings if you prefer.
How to train for muscle ups
General
introduction
● A muscle up is to pull up and lift yourself over the bar into a chest-dip with your arms (1)　　　
● Muscle up is definitely (2)　　　 in a gymnast’s routine on the rings or the high bar.
● It looks easy, but in fact is very (3)　　　 for most people.
Three
steps
Master
pull-ups.
● A proper muscle up is (4)　　　 on a good pull-up.
● Do at least six to eight pull-ups before moving on.
Practice
(5)　　　.
● Do at least six to eight (6)　　　 dips before moving on.
Make the
transition
from
pull-up
to dip.
● The third step is the most difficult part of doing a muscle up.
● Practice on bars which are different in (7)　　　.
● (8)　　　 with the lowest bar about the height of your shoulders or chin.
● Move on to the medium-height bar which is a little (9)　　　 than your head.
● Jump up to (10)　　　 the highest bar and practice until you can start from a dead-hang and transition from a pull-up to a dip.
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Are you convinced you can create an incredibly popular life-changing product? Don’t wait! You can make your own invention by taking some steps. The first step is to brainstorm ideas and then choose your best idea for an invention. For this, try making a list of all the things you’re interested in. These could be hobbies, jobs, or products you use on a regular basis. For each activity or item of interests, make a sublist (子表) of possible improvements that could be made in the form of an invention. After considering all possible options, you can draw some sketches of what you imagine your invention will look like, and then consider all aspects of your invention including all the required parts, and important details about how it works. Keep these answers and ideas in your journal so you can refer back to them.
When you feel confident in your chosen idea, research it to make sure it’s truly unique. You can search online for products that match the description of your invention. If you have a name for your product created already, search this too to make sure it isn’t already being used. Also visit stores that offer products similar to what you will do. More importantly, you need to get a professional patent search done to verify (核实) there are truly no other inventions on the market similar to yours.
After making the above good preparations, it’s a good time to create a working model of your invention. Don’t worry about making it with expensive materials or going through an extensive process. Just make a version of your invention yourself. If you can’t manage to make the prototype (原型) on your own, you can pay a company to make one for you.
With your prototype in hand, you’re on the road to success! The next step is making a presentation that completely covers the bases of your invention. You can use this to show to both potential manufacturers and buyers, although you may create slightly different versions of your presentation for each purpose. Make sure your presentation is professional, no matter what way you create it. Use lots of useful information, diagrams, and images. Be sure to cover the specifications of your product, uses, and long-term results or benefits.
Finally it’s time to present your invention to a manufacturer and produce it. Find local manufacturers that create products similar to yours and persuade them to produce your invention for you. You may have to send them an introductory letter to begin with, explaining who you are and what you want from them. Especially, emphasize why and how your invention will not only help people, but help them earn lots of money. Once you get a manufacturer on board with your invention, start mass-producing it!
Steps of inventing a product
Paragraph
outlines
Supporting details
(1)　　　
an idea
● (2)　　　 what interests you and possible improvements you can make.
● Draw some sketches of your invention based on your (3)　　　.
Researching
your idea
● Search online or visit stores which offer similar products to prove the (4)　　　 of your invention.
● Have a professional patent search to make sure there are no similar inventions.
Creating a
prototype
● Make a model of your invention on your own without worrying about the (5)　　　 and process.
● You can also pay a company to make one for you.
(6)　　　
your invention
● Give potential manufacturers and consumers a (7)　　　 presentation about your invention.
● Every important aspect of your invention should be (8)　　　 in your presentation.
Putting your
invention into
(9)　　　
● To persuade a potential manufacturer, send him a letter to introduce yourself and your invention.
● Once the manufacturer agrees, (10)　　　 it.

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A passion for shopping can often be a draining (消耗的) experience on your wallet. The excitement that buying new clothes brings can often be washed away by the despair that an empty pocket causes. But what if shopping could promote your cash inflow rather than draining it? If t