[单项选择]You are always late. You ______ late three times this week.
[A] are being [B] were [C] had been [D] have been

[单项选择]You don’t object （　） late tonight, do you
A. to work
B. to working
C. work
D. working

[填空题]

Happiness Secrets for Tough Times

1. You don’t need an expert to tell you that relationships are critical to happiness. Not being the bread-winner anymore or not being able to fulfill your kid’s needs can weigh down hard on your family life. But the trick is to stop feeling guilty and focus on nurturing your loved ones. "I was at a psychology conference where an expert was talking about the effects of this economy on families and how parents can’t afford to buy their kids luxuries like toys anymore," says Sonja Lyubomirsky, author of The How of Happiness: A Scientific Approach to Getting the Life You Want. "But what they don’t realize is that kids don’t care about toys-what they care about is parents being grumpy and taking it out on them."
2. Now more than ever we need each other to survive. Lyubomirsky found that doing good things for friends, family, or strangers can make you happier. Think of practical, everyday gestures that

[简答题]Do you work more effectively at certain times of the day (Do you work better at different times of the day )

[单项选择]You’ve now heard it so many times, you can probably repeat it in your sleep. President Obama will no doubt make the point publicly when he gets to Beijing: the Chinese need to consume more; they need—believe it or not—to become more like Americans, for the sake of the global economy.
And it’s all true. But the other side of that equation is that the U. S. needs to save more. For the moment, American households actually are doing so. After the personal-savings rate dipped to zero in 2005, the shock of the economic crisis last year prompted people to snap shut their wallets.
In China, the household-savings rate exceeds 20%. As we’ve seen, wage earners are expected to care for not only their children but their aging parents. And there is, to date, publicly-funded health care and pension systems which increases incentives for individuals to save while they are working. But China is a society that has long esteemed personal financial prudence (谨慎). There is no chance that will cha
A. The more one saves, the more returns one will reap.
B. A country’s economy hinges on its savings policy.
C. Those who keep saving will live an easy life in the end.
D. A healthy savings rate promotes economic prosperity.

[单项选择]

[听力原文]
M: I told you several times. You should not be late for the writing class.
W: Well, I’m very sorry. The bus came late and it was held up on the way.

What is the man’s profession（）
A. Editor.
B. Journalist.
C. Teacher.
D. Student.

[填空题]If you hadn’t watched that late movie last night, _________________ (你现在就不会在课堂上昏昏欲睡了).

[单项选择]You are late. If you （　）a few minutes earlier, you （　） him.
A. come; would meet
B. had come; would have met
C. come; will meet
D. had come; would meet

[单项选择]How many times do you wake during the night Do the slightest disturbances—the sound of a toilet flushing, or the TV in the next room—rouse you from sleep, while your partner slumbers soundly through a thunderstorm
It turns out that some people’s brains are better than others’ at blockading (阻碍) the constant incoming flow of environmental stimuli during sleep, and in a new study, scientists have identified and measured the process. They hope that one day they will be able to manipulate this ability in order to give lighter sleepers a better night’s rest.
Ambient (周围的) sound is the most common cause of sleep interruption, since even during sleep the brain must actively receive sensory information. But as it continually monitors stimuli (刺激) from the environment in order to protect against threats, the brain also actively blockades them to allow body and mind to recharge and rest during sleep. Now, for the first time, sleep researchers led by neurologist Dr. Jeffrey Ellenbogen,
A. How the brain receives sensory information.
B. Which brain area monitors stimuli from the environment.
C. How the brain finds the compromise between the two demands.
D. Which brain area allows body and mind to recharge and rest during sleep.