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46.What is a reason for the author to be in the habit of saying “busy” when asked how he is doing?
A) He just follows successful people’s example.
B) He is actually proud to be fully occupied.
C) He thinks everyone should be devoted to work.
D) He believes busyness ensures accomplishments.
47.Why do we tend to think that busy people are of high status?
A) Our status can be attributed to our social mobility.
B) We hold the belief that hard work leads to success.
C) Our own opportunity for success never comes easily.
D) We find few people of high status have time for leisure.
48.What do we learn about the culture of busyness from a recent study?
A) It places employees in endless meetings, emails and stress.
B) It compels some 20% of employees to appear always busy.
C) It distorts many employees’ belief of what a satisfying life is.
D) It does much harm to many busy employees’ well-being.
49.What do such utterances as “I have limited access to email” sound like according to the author?
A) One is too busy to check all emails in time.
B) One is opposed to the prevailing work culture.
C) One is forced by circumstances to stop working.
D) One is simply enjoying their time off work.
50.Why did the author and his colleagues launch the Out of Office Email Generator?
A) To enable busy employees to spend less time checking emails.
B) To ensure employees as well as employers truly have time off.
C) To stop managers from talking about how busy their teams usually are.
D) To encourage both employers and employees to answer emails promptly.
51. What did the author’s team conclude about the gender difference in airfares from their further investigation?
A) It is largely attributed to women booking earlier than men.
B) It is largely explained by women’s choosing cheaper flights.
C) It is mainly accounted for by male employees’ readiness to pay more.
D) It is due to the fact that women care more about their company’s money.
52. What did the researchers want to determine by testing a variety of possible explanations?
A) What made male frequent travelers book air tickets late.
B) What caused women to plan ahead in booking business trips.
C) What motivated women to book cheaper flights.
D) What accounted for the gender gap in airfares.
53. What happened when the negative reciprocity variable was taken into account?
A) Both men and women were found to engage in negative behaviors.
B) Neither men nor women viewed booking late as a bad behavior.
C) The gender difference in airfare expenses no longer existed.
D) The gender gap tended to narrow to a significant degree.
54. What did prior research on negative reciprocity among workers find?
A) It can do more harm to the workplace than to employees.
B) It contributes to the male-female divide in the workplace.
C) It proves to be counterproductive in a number of ways.
D) It can result in increasing labor-management conflicts.
55. What does the author emphasize about their analysis in the last paragraph?
A) It can help companies increase their savings significantly.
B) It can duly contribute to companies’ business performance.
C) It can translate women’s booking practice into men’s behavior.
D) It can enhance large multinational companies’ competitiveness.
46. What characterizes Japanese and Chinese foods?
A) Variety. ✅（中日饮食以多样性著称）
B) Flavor.
C) Color.
D) Naturalness.
47.What is typical of Americans in the way of eating?
A) They emphasize nutrition.
B) They tend to eat quite a lot.
C) They prioritize convenience. ✅（美国人饮食通常注重便利性）
D) They care about flavors.
48.What features in Mediterranean, Nordic and Okinawan diets?
A) Fruits and vegetables.
B) Olive oil and red wine.
C) Seasonal local produce. ✅（地中海、北欧、冲绳饮食均强调当地应季食材）
D) Unprocessed ingredients.
49.What do people in most healthy eating cultures have in common?
A) They get the whole family to eat at a table.
B) They eat their meals regularly and punctually.
C) They consume plenty of cereal for breakfast.
D) They attach great importance to their meals. ✅（健康饮食文化通常重视用餐仪式感）
50. Compared with the average American, people in healthy societies _____.
A) walk at least 4 miles a day
B) do considerably more walking ✅（健康社会人群通常步行更多）
C) pay more attention to body shape
D) consume a lot more organic food
51. What is the finding of the new study?
A) Emotional intelligence helps people get along with others.
B) Emotional intelligence is generally beneficial to its bearer.
C) People who are aware of others’ feelings may experience more stress.
D) People who are emotionally stressed may have trouble making friends.
52. What was the purpose of psychologist Myriam Bechtoldt’s experiment?
A) To define different types of human feelings.
B) To assess the impacts of being emotionally clever.
C) To demonstrate how to distinguish different feelings.
D) To identify gender differences in emotional intelligence.
53. What does the finding of Myriam Bechtoldt’s study indicate?
A) Greater emotional cleverness means less trouble in one’s life.
B) Emotional intelligence helps people succeed in job interviews.
C) People’s psychological wellbeing is related to various factors.
D) People may suffer from having a high emotional intelligence.
54. What do we learn about emotional intelligence from a number of studies?
A) People suffering from depression are emotionally immature.
B) People who look at the dark side of life often feel depressed.
C) Some people may take advantage of it and benefit themselves.
D) Some people may lack it and are easily manipulated by others.
55. What does the author suggest sensitive individuals do?
A) Avoid burdening themselves with others’ feelings.
B) Rid themselves of worries over worldly affairs.
C) Learn to cope with people’s negative feelings.
D) Help people to deal with their troubles in life.
46. What does the author say about working from home?
A) It will become the norm sooner or later.
B) It requires employees to adapt promptly.
C) It benefits employers at the expense of employees.
D) It will force cities to transform their infrastructure.
47. Why do some people oppose working from home?
A) It discourages team spirit.
B) It invades employees’ privacy.
C) It undermines traditional values.
D) It negatively impacts productivity.
48. Why did the author run the estimates for Montreal?
A) To provide convincing data for serious discussion.
B) To illustrate the ongoing change in working patterns.
C) To show the impact of remote working on productivity.
D) To exemplify how remote working affects the economy.
49. What can we conclude from the author’s calculations?
A) There is no point in transferring office work to working from home.
B) Employees can benefit as much from remote working as their employers.
C) Employers’ gain from remote working should go to employees as compensation.
D) Effective measures should be taken to motivate employees to set up offices at home.
50. What is the author’s opinion on working from home?
A) It should be avoided if possible.
B) It is only a temporary measure.
C) It can reduce companies’ real estate costs.
D) It may affect employees’ corporate loyalty.
51. What does the author say about curiosity?
A) It is too complex for non-scientists to understand.
B) It is the force that pushes human society forward.
C) It is a unique trait specific to the human race.
D) It is often the major cause for human failures.
52. What is the general understanding of curiosity?
A) It motivates people to seek information.
B) It is destined to transform human genes.
C) It does people more good than harm.
D) It underlies all human behaviors.
53. What do we learn about how genes shape people’s behavior?
A) They determine people’s way of thinking.
B) They account for age differences in learning.
C) They enable people to undertake massive tasks.
D) They work in conjunction with the environment.
54. What do numerous studies show about infants?
A) They are far more curious than adults.
B) They prefer to go after all that is novel.
C) They have different interests than adults.
D) They show non-human animal behaviors.
55. What does the example of the Inuit people of the Arctic regions illustrate?
A) The cost of humans’ curiosity to explore.
B) The incredible harshness of cold weather.
C) The innovative ideas stemming from curiosity.
46. What do we learn about Knowledge-Based Artificial Intelligence?
A) It is a robot that can answer students’ questions.
B) It is a course designed for students to learn online.
C) It is a high-tech device that revolutionizes teaching.
D) It is a computer program that aids student learning.
47. What problem did Professor Goel meet with?
A) His students were unsatisfied with the assistants.
B) His course was too difficult for the students.
C) Students’ questions were too many to handle.
D) Too many students dropped out of his course.
48. What do we learn about Jill Watson?
A) She turned out to be a great success.
C) She was unwelcome to students at first.
B) She got along pretty well with students.
D) She was released online as an experiment.
49. How did the students feel about Jill Watson?
A) They thought she was a bit too artificial.
C) They could not but admire her knowledge.
B) They found her not as capable as expected.
D) They could not tell her from a real person.
50. What does Professor Goel plan to do next with Jill Watson?
A) Launch different versions of her online.
B) Feed her with new questions and answers.
C) Assign her to answer more of students’ questions.
D) Encourage students to interact with her more freely.
51. What do we learn about the scientists trying to raise money online for their projects?
A) They did not raise much due to modest targets.
B) They made use of mixed fundraising strategies.
C) Not all of them achieved their anticipated goals.
D) Most of them put movies online for the purpose.
52. What is the purpose of Mike Schafer’s research of recent crowdfunding campaigns?
A) To create attractive content for science websites.
B) To identify reasons for their different outcomes.
C) To help scientists to launch innovative projects.
D) To separate science projects from general ones.
53. What trait contributes to the success of a crowdfunding campaign?
A) The potential benefit to future generations.
B) Its interaction with prospective donors.
C) Its originality in addressing financial issues.
D) The value of the proposed project.
54. What did the researchers think of the financial targets of crowdfunding projects?
A) They should be small to be successful.
B) They should be based on actual needs.
C) They should be assessed with great care.
D) They should be ambitious to gain notice.
55. What motivates people to donate in a crowdfunding campaign?
A) The ease of access to the content of the webpage.
B) Their desire to contribute to the cause of science.
C) The significance and influence of the project itself.
D) Their feeling of connection to the scientists themselves.
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