高考英语外刊阅读模拟强化训练 阅读理解专题一
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Few years ago, it might have been dauting to try to start a union at an arts organization during times of economic uncertainty. But that’s exactly what Jorie Moss, 34, and a group of professional singers did in early December when they asked the Philadelphia Orchestra Association to recognize them as a union so they could negotiate a contract. A recession may be coming, says Moss, but the pandemic changed what workers are willing to tolerate.
It’s been more than a year and a half since waves of labor unrest started sweeping through the country. Thousands of workers have walked off the job for better conditions, and long-shot campaigns—like organizing workers at Starbucks coffee shops—have snowballed, leading to a surge of union elections. Though the strong labor market that emboldened workers is softening, the conflicts will continue in 2023, says Thomas Kochan, a professor of employment rearch at the MIT Sloan School of Management. “I expect what we’ll e is more conflict, more strikes, and more contract rejections,” Kochan says. Worker
s are still focud on companies’ profits during boom years, he notes, while companies are starting to trim costs to prepare for an economic downturn. “It’s that difference in expectations,” he says, “that creates a higher probability of conflicts and strikes.”
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What’s different now from past downturns is the changing demographics that are leaving employers short-staffed. Baby boomers who stayed in the workforce until the pandemic have left en mas in recent years, while the immigration rate slowed in 2020 and has not recovered. From 2026 to 2036, the U.S. will e its workforce shrink by 3.2%, which means “workers will have more power to demand changes,” says a recent report on workplace trends by economists from Indeed and Glassdoor.
哈佛大学的入学要求题源 【TIME 时代周刊 (January 16-23, 2023) 】
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1.What does the author want to indicate by citing Jorie Moss’s experience?
A. To start a union at an arts organization is rare and frightening
B. It is unusual for professional singers to go for a strike
C. Professional singers are eager to negotiate a contract
D. Waves of labor unrest are dominant and popular around the country
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2.What does the underlined word “snowballed” in paragraph 2 mean?
A. launched immediately
B. became more rious
C. turned bigger
D. organized properly
3. What can we learn from Thomas Kochan’s words?
A. Workers are focud on more than companies’ profits now
B. He strongly supported more conflict, more strikes, and more contract rejections
C. There will be more conflicts and strikes in 2023 between workers and companies
D. It is a common practice for government department to control costs
成长需要挫折4. Which one is the suitable title of this passage?
A. Will the U.S. e even bigger strikes this year?
B. A economic recession is doomed to be coming this year
C. Laid-off workers are increasingly unrest
paradoxicallyD. Bow Farewell to the pandemic
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I was a graduate student in Manhattan having breakfast on my rooftop on Sept. 11, 2001, when I witnesd planes demolish the Twin Towers. For months afterward, I shook with anxiety every morning. Unwilling to medicate, I tried everything el. Mindfulness meditation induced panic attacks. Hot yoga built muscle but did nothing for my anxiety. I went to talks by Buddhist monks and meditation teachers hoping to attain inner peace, to
no avail. Finally, I attended a SKY Breath Meditation class, which involves a 20-minute breathing regimen in different postures and rhythms. Though I went in skeptical, I came out calm. Two decades later, I haven't misd a day of my breathing practice, not even when I gave birth.
I've also devoted part of my rearch career to studying the benefits of breathing for mental health and well-being. Seven years after 9/11, I was working with veterans returning from war with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Traditional treatments had failed many of them, so my colleagues and I ran a randomized controlled trial to test the effects of SKY breathing. Compared with the control group, veterans practicing SKY every day for one week saw their anxiety drop to levels typical of the general population. Even though most did not continue to practice, they maintained the benefits a year later.
Emotions influence your breathing patterns, and changing your breathing can change your emotions. For example, anxiety and anger correspond to an irregular, short, fast breath. Adopting the slower and more regular breathing pattern that corresponds to a cal
英文学校m feeling signals relaxation by activating the vagus nerve(交感神经), slowing heart rate, easing blood pressure, and ttling you down. A simple exerci you can try is to clo your eyes and breathe out for twice as long as you breathe in. Do this for five minutes in the morning, before a stressful meeting, or as you transition from work to home.
题源 【TIME 时代周刊 (January 16-23, 2023) 】
1. Which of the following is correct about SKY Breath Meditation class?
拿大A. It orders attendees to take medicine
B. It helps attendees build up muscles
C. It involves a breathing regimen
D. It is of no u to attain inner peace
新西兰留学的条件2. How did I test the effects of SKY breathing?
A. I worked with healthy veterans returning from war
轮船的英文B. I adopted a randomized controlled trial
C. I cho victims suffering PTSD in the 9-11 incident
D. I cooperated with rearchers from Mindfulness meditation class
3.What can we learn from the last paragraph?
A. A regular and slow breath contribute to anxiety and anger
B. It is of harm to activate the vagus nerve
C. Closing your eyes and breathing out for twice as long as you breathe in are simple ways to follow
D. Breathe regime should be carried out for five minutes every morning
