第四部分任务型阅读

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We often close ourselves off when unfortunate events happen in our lives; instead of letting the world soften us, we let it drive us deeper into ourselves. We try to deflect the hurt a nd pain by pretending it doesn’t exist, but although we can try this all we want, in the end, we can’t hide from ourselves. We need to learn to open our heartsto the potentials of life and let the world soften us.Whenever we start to let our fears and seriousness get the best of us, we should take a step back and re-evaluate our behavior. The items listed below are ways you can open your heart more fully and completely.Breathe into painWhenever a painful situation arises in your life, try to embrace it instead of running away or trying to mask the hurt. When the sadness strikes, take a deep breath and lean into it. When we run away from sadness that’s unfolding in our lives, it gets stronger and more real. We take an emotion that’s fleeting and mak e it a solid event, instead of something that passes through us.By utilizing our breath we soften our experiences. If we dam them up, our lives will stagnate, but when we keep them flowing, we allow more newness and greater experiences to blossom.Embrace the uncomfortableWe all know what that twinge(刺痛) of anxiety feels like. We know how fear feels in our bodies: the tension in our necks, the tightness in our stomachs, etc. We can practice leaning into these feelings of discomfort and let them show us where we need to go.The initial impulse is to run away — to try and suppress these feelings by not acknowledging them. When we do this, we close ourselves off to the parts of our lives that we need to experience most. The next time you have this feeling of being truly uncomfortable, do yourself a favor and lean into the feeling. Act in spite of the fear.Ask your heart what it wantsWe’re often confused at the next step to take, making pros and cons lists until our eyes bleed and our brains are s ore. Instead of always taking this approach, what if we engaged a new part of ourselves that isn’t usually involved in the decision making process?I know we’ve all felt decisions or actions that we had to take simply due to our “g ut” impulses: when as ked, we can’t explain the reasons behind doing so —just a deep knowing that it had to get done. This instinct is the part of ourselves we’re approaching for answers.To start this process, take few deep breaths then ask, “Heart, what decision should I make here? What action feels the most right?”See what comes up, then engage and evaluate the outcome.Title: Open Our HeartsBackground information ★Unfortunate events often 71 us deeper into ourselves;★We can’t hide ourselves 72 the fact that we pretend not to have been hurt; ★We should take a step back and re-evaluate our behavior whenever fears and seriousness 73 us.★Breathe into pain ★Try to embrace it instead of running awayor trying to 75 up the hurt whenever apainful situation arises in our lives;第四部分 任务型阅读(共10小题，每小题１分，满分10分)71 drive 72 despite 73 defeat 74 Approaches 75 cover76 produce 77 find 78 prevents/stops 79 angle 80 happens/occurs第四部分 任务型阅读(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）College helps students dream of more than a salaryFrom the earliest days of our country, we have seen education as the foundation for democracy and citizenship. Yet high school students and families are increasingly questioning its value. Is investing in a college or university education still worth it? Th e answer is definitely “Yes”.From a financial point of view, a college education surely pays off. Students who graduate from college can expect to make about 60% more than those who do not, well over a million dollars over a lifetime. Completing college makes an even greater difference to the earning power of young women. A 25-34 year-old female with a bachelor’s degree can expect to make 70% more than if she had only completed her high school diploma. But what about the benefits of college that are more difficult to measure?College is a passport to different places, different times, and different ways of thinking — from learning newlanguages to considering the arc of human history to diving deep into the building blocks of matter. It gives students a chance to understand themselves differently, seeing how their lives are both like and unlike those who inhabited other eras and other lands.College introduces students to people they’ve never met before? One of the most important ways in which students learn at college is by interacting with people who are different from themselves. I recall one student who was admitted to Harvard but wasn’t sure he would fit in at a school in the Northeast. However, one night he found himself debating the characteristics that define a genuine hero with other admitted students from around the world. Not everyone agreed, but the differences were what made the conversation exciting, and he realized how much he could learn at a place full of engaging people with a wide range of viewpoints.College teaches students the virtue of slowing down?No one denies the value of speed, connectivity and the virtual world in an economy that thrives on all three. But “thinking” is a word that is too often forgotten. College teaches students to slow down, to change information into insight and knowing into understanding. It nurtures critical thinking. The result is that students grow in knowledge and in wisdom for a lifetime.To conclude, investing in a college or university education is well worth it. College opens opportunities reflected in earning and employment statistics. But more importantly, in college students have acquired a new way of transforming the74 to helpingopen our hearts★Utilize our breath and we can 76 more newness and greater experiences in the future. ★Embrace the uncomfortable ★We can practice leaning into the feelings of discomfort and 77 a way out in our lives; ★Running away only 78 us experiencing the parts of our lives that we need most. ★Ask your heart what it wants ★To treat the process of decision makingfrom a different 79 ;★See what 80 , then engage and evaluatethe outcome.world, through the power of learning, analyzing, changing to adapt to what they have come to understand.【答案】51. question/doubt 52. worthwhile 53. evidence/facts/information54. Financial 55. graduating 56. exposed/introduced 57. interacting/communicating58. critically 59. wise 60. transform/reform/remake/change第四部分任务型阅读(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）We see the world in three dimensions. Now. we can print in three dimensionst ，too, thanks to a manufacturing process： 3D priming.3D printing or additive manufacturing is a process of making three dimensional solid objects from a digital file.The creation of a 3D printed object is achieved using additive piocesses. In an additive process an object is created by laying down successive (连续的) layers of material until the object is created. Each of these layers can be seen as a thinly sliced horizon till (水平的)cross-section of the eventual object. Today's 3D printers are being used to print everything from design models to jewelry, crafts, product parts, body parts，and even food.3D printing starts with making a virtual design of the object you want to create. This virtual design is for instance a CAD (Computer Aided Design) file. This CAD created using a 3D modeling application or with a 3D scanner (to copy an existing object). A 3D scanner can make a 3D digital copy of m object.You will have to prepare a 3D model before it is ready to be 3D printed. This is what they call slicing. Slicing is dividing a 3D model into hundreds or thousands of horizontal layers and needs to be done with software.Sometimes a 3D model can be sliced from within a 3D modeling software application. It is also possible that you are forced to use a certain slicing tool for a certain 3D printer,When the 3D model is sliced, you are ready to feed it to your 3D printer. This can be done via USB. SD or WiFi.It really depends on what brand and type 3D printer you have.When a uploaded in a 3D printer. the object is ready to be 3D printed layer by layer. I'he 3D printer reads every slice (2D image) and creates a three dimensional object.Before you pick up a 3D printer and experimenting in the 3D world, consider how big the objects you might want tocreate, If your goal is to print foot-long rulers，you'll fall short of that goal if the printer you choose can only handle objects smaller 6 inches in height and width.Another reality check is print speed., You'll be able to knock out a days worth of chores (琐事）while the primer is running, with a typical 4-inch model requiring as many as 12 hours to print. As with ordinary printers, print speed also depends on how well it prints.Title: A liegiliners' Gmk to 3D Printing【答案】71. consists 72. work 73. step 74. desired/Wanted/target 75. prepared76. tool 77. fed 78. form/make 79. size 80. quality第四部分任务型阅读（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）Small Talk May Make Us Happie rSmall talk. Chitchat. These are the short conversations we have at parties, while we are waiting in line at the store, at family events or at work. Sometimes we make small talk with people we already know but not well. Often we have to make small talk with complete strangers. Many people find these small conversations about random topics difficult. Some people say they hate it. Others say small talk is a waste of time. They may even call it inactive chitchat or inactive chatter, meaning it doesn’t do anything. They consider small talk unimportant.However, small talk is important.These exchanges can open doors that may lead to larger, more meaningful conversations. When you first meet someone or talk to someone you don’t know well, it would be awkward to begin a conversation. However, small talkdoes help. Small talk also gives you the chance to decide if you want to get to know that person better - or not. Chitchat can also increase your feeling of understanding toward people you know but not well. Chatting with a colleague about their child may help you to understand more of their life outside the office. This could help build healthy work relationships. Small talk could even help our larger communities - our relationships with neighbors and colleagues.However, some people are not good at small talk. Making small talk doesn’t have to be either awkward or boring. Here are some tips to improve your small-talking ability.Have some conversation starters ready.If you have seen a really good movie or have read a really good book, you can talk about that. You can talk about something that you recently learned. When you are sharing the same experience with someone, it’s easy to start a conversation. You simply notice and commen t on what’s going on around you. For example, if you are at a party and a song comes on that you like or that reminds you of something, you can talk about that.Ask open-ended questions.These types of questions require more thought and more than a simple one-word answer. If you ask questions that need more details to answer, the conversation will go on longer. For example, if you are at a summer pool party, don’t ask a person if they like summer. Instead, ask them what they like or dislike about summer. So, instead of getting a one-word answer, you might have the chance to share in a memory.Become a student.Nobody knows everything. So, as someone is answering one of your open-ended questions, they bring up something about which you know nothing. So, tell them! This lets the other person become the teacher. They feel good about sharing their knowledge and you get to learn something. It’s a win-win situation.Don’t ask “So, what do you do?”Some people do not like their jobs. Or maybe they don’t want to talk about it. So, instead of asking, “What do you do for a living?” you may ask something like, “So, what have you been doing these days?” or “So, what have you been up to?” One general question can lead to an opportunity to share something you have in common. So, ask questions. Ask people about their families, their ambitions or even their fears. However, balance these questions with comments about yourself. Asking too many questions may make people feel they are in an interview rather than in a conversation.Like anything else, getting good at making small talk takes practice. If you make small talk in your native language, you might become happier. If you make small talk in English, you will most definitely improve your speaking and listening skills.71. occasions 72. praise 73. ice 74. Approaches 75. preparations76. familiar 77. end / close 78. arise/appear 79. avoid 80. about第四部分任务型阅读（共10小题：每小题1分，满分10分）Translation is an essential tool for communication between businesses, between companies and their customers, between organizations, and between countries. The most common way to get a translation done is to go through a translation agency or a translator. But the past few years have seen the appearance of a new type of translators: machine translators. Nowadays a person can point his smartphone at a sign in downtown Japan and a machine translation app will display the text on the sign in English. So, with such advanced technology being created, the question arises, win human translators will be jobless in future?When talking about Machine Translations we all think of Google Translate first, for one thing, it is the most famous one with more than 500 million users worldwide. It is a huge number compared to human translators: over 330,000 translators internationally which is just 0.0045% of the world population. Google Translate translates 100 billion words per day, that is, 41,666,666 words per hour, in comparison 250 words per hour are translated by professionals. On average human translation of 1 word equals to $0.11, which means that if we gave the job done by Google Translate to professionals they would have daily jobs of 10,000 words which multiplied by $0.11 is $ 1100 a day.It seems that machine translators have taken the lead in the competition with humans. However, not everything in the garden is rose. Not every language is offered by machine translation tools: while Google's translation gives plenty of languages, what if your required language isn't on the list?The biggest complaint regarding machine translation is that it may even basically provide a literal, word-for-word translation. The translation, even though it may be comprehensible, will not sound natural at all, will not bewell-structured and may not keep the original meaning. In a contest held by a Korean university, Google Translate went up against a group of human translators. Google's translations only scored a 28 out of 60 possible points while the humans scored much better, with a high score of 49 out of 60.Unlike a machine, when doing translation, a human translator must take into account the style of the source text: context, humor, irony, and idiomatic expressions. Missing the spirit and aesthetic(美学的）character of the source text is less excusable than a few errors in translation of words. Content that is targeted to a specific audience requires a morecomprehensive understanding of the messaging. Unlike machines, humans understand when to be literal and when to paraphrase(意译）for their audience.Machine translating technology is getting better day by day, but it has a long way to go before being perfect. It is likely that in the future human translators will work alongside machine translators and use the software produced translation as an aid or a guide, in order to produce their own translations. But only if we provide improvement.Will Machine Translation(71) Human Translation?第四部分任务型阅读(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)71. Replace 72. Disadvantages/Drawbacks 73. access 74. expensive/costly/dear75. limited 76. consistent 77. style 78. adapt/adjust 79. help/aid/assist 80. polish。