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1、 高三英语辅导 I. 词汇填空 Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be use only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.A. public B. inadequate C. lowered D. released E. disappointment F. casting G. possibility H. objective I. desperately J. balance K. c
2、omparedWhy Arent Women Happier?Why arent women happier these days? Thats the question raised by a thought-provoking study, The Paradox of Declining Female Happiness, _31_ last month. The research showed that over the past 35 years womens happiness has declined, both _32_ to the past and relative to
3、men even though the lives of women in the US have improved in recent decades by most _33_ measures.The research, by University of Pennsylvania economists Stevenson and Wolfers, and made _34_ by the National Bureau of Economic Research, found the decline in happiness to be widespread among women acro
4、ss a variety of demographic (人口统计的) groups. The researchers, for instance, measured similar declines in happiness among women who were single parents and married parents, “_35_ doubt on the hypothesis (假设) that trends in marriage and divorce, single parenthood or work/family _36_ are at the root of
5、the happiness declines among women,” they wrote.One theory for the decline in happiness is that expectations for workplace and general advancement were raised too high by the womens movement and women might feel _37_ for not “having it all,” as a Los Angeles Times columnist recently put it.The resea
6、rchers acknowledge thats a _38_:“If the womens movement raised womens expectations faster than society was able to meet them,” the paper says, “they would be more likely to experience _39_ in their lives.” But they add things could change for the better: “As womens expectations move into adjustment
7、with their experiences, this decline in happiness may reverse.”Readers, why do you think women are unhappier than in the past? Do you think that if expectations for “having it all” were _40_ to “move into adjustment with experiences,” women might be happier? A statuses B. relevantly C. reserves D. h
8、ighlighting E. populationF. estimated G. downgraded H. driving I. critically J. enforced K. reverse Good news for giant panda lovers: the cute and cuddly creature has just been brought back from the edge of extinction.The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) _31_ the species from “e
9、ndangered” to “vulnerable” as the union released its updated Red List on Sept. 4 at Hawaii with their _32_ growing by 17 percent in the decade leading up to 2014.Chinese conservation efforts, including forest protection and reforestation, are considered to be the _33_ force behind the animals re-pro
10、sperity. The number of panda _34_ in China has also jumped to 67, from 13 in 1992. Nearly two-thirds of all wild pandas live there. Restoring the pandas habitat has given them back their space with food available to them.Apart from giant pandas, the Tibetan Antelope has also moved from “endangered”
11、to “near threatened”. According to a statement from IUCN, the animals numbers have shrunk severely - dropping from around 1 million to a(n) _35_ 65,000 - 72,500 in the 1980s and early 1990s - due to commercial poaching (偷猎). Rigorous protection has since been _36_ to protect the beasts and the popul
12、ation is now likely to be between 100,000 and 150,000.Despite the improved _37_，wild animals like the giant panda and the Tibetan Antelope still face challenges. The IUCN warned, for example, that ongoing threats from climate change could eliminate more than 35 percent of the pandas bamboo habitat i
13、n the next 80 years, which would _38_ the species recent gains.Good progress has been made but there is still work to do. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species is devoted to _39_ species from around the world and their statuses in relation to their risk of extinction. The list currently has eight
14、categories, including extinct, extinct in the wild, _40_ endangered, endangered, vulnerable, near threatened, least concern and data deficient. These categories are based on criteria relating to population trends, size and structure, and geographic range. II. 完形填空精选 About five years ago, when the fi
15、rst generation of wearable fitness trackers became popular, they were announced as the dawn of a revolution. Health experts and busniess people alike said that giving people access to real-time calorie (卡路里)- burning and step-count data would inspire them to lose weight, eat better and -most important- _41_ more. But even as the U.S. market for _42_ devices hits $7 billion this year, theres evidence that their promise isnt quite paying off. The U.S. has an exercise problem, with 28% of Americans ages 50 and over considered wholly _43_. That means 31
