23、
A.They enjoyed the beautiful view on the Atlantic Ocean.
B.They discussed the difference between the deaf and the normal.
C.Clerc studied how to be a minister and Hopkins studied how to teach the deaf.
D.Clerc learned English and Hopkins learned sign language.
24、听录音，回答以下问题.
A.They are healthier emotionally and physically.
B.They are more likely to be greedy for more money.
C.They are more likely to be depressed for higher goals.
D.They are more satisfied with people around them.
25、
A.To raise a dog at home.
B.To note down things to be grateful for.
C.To chat with friends.
D.To listen to stories about gratitude.
26、
A.Feeling more satisfied with your friends.
B.Having greater resistance to diseases.
C.Setting higher goals in your life.
D.Changing how you feel the world.
Section A
Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks.
27、根据下列材料，请回答27-36题：
Questions 36 to 45 are based Oil the following passage.
The concept of man versus machine is at least as old as the industrial revolution, but this phenomenon tends to be most acutely felt during economic downturns and slow recoveries. Since technology has such a big 36 for eating up human jobs, this phenomenon will continue to restructure our economy in ways we can't immediately foresee.
When there is exponential (指数的. 37 in the price and performance of technology, jobs that were once thought to be 38 from automation suddenly become threatened. This is a powerful argument, and a scary one. And yet, John Hagel, author of The Power of Pull and other books, says the argument misses the reason why these jobs are so vulnerable to technology in the first palce.
Hagel says we have designed jobs in the U.S. that tend to be tightly scripted and highly 39 ones that leave no room for individual initiative or creativity. In short, these are the types of jobs that machines can 40 much better than human beings. That is how we have put a giant 41 sign on the backs of
American workers.
It's time to 42 the formula for how work is conducted, since we are still relying on a very 20thcentury 43 of work, Hagel says. In our 44 changing economy, we more than ever need people in the workplace who can take initiative and exercise their imagination to respond to 45 events. That's not something machines are good at. They are designed to perform very predictable activities.
A.appetite
B.calculate
C.competition
D.distinct
E.exceedingly
F.immune
G.improvement
H.norm
I.notion
J.perform
K.rapidly
L.reinvent
M.standardized
N.target
O.unexpected
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