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1、启德学府：2013托福阅读模拟题Betterbusythandoingnothing,scientist忙碌的工作生活让很多人觉得疲惫不堪，但是据芝加哥大学的研究人员研究发现忙碌的人更加快乐。Thesecrettohappinessiskeepingbusy,researchhasfound.Keepingthemindoccupiedwithtasks-nomatterhowmeaningless-stavesoffnegativeemotions,thestudyfound.However,thebadnewsisthathumansseemhard-wired
2、tobelazyinordertosaveenergy,accordingtoProfessorChristopherHsee,abehavioralscientistatChicagoUniversity.Inastudy98studentswereaskedtocompletetwosurveys.Aftertheyhadcompletedthefirsttheyweremadetowait15minutestoreceivethenextone.Theyweregivenachoiceofeitherhandinginthefirstsurveynearbyo
3、ratamoredistantlocationtheyhadtowalkto.Whicheveroptiontheychose,theyreceivedachocolatebar.Two-thirds(68percent)chosethelazyoption.Thosewhohadtakenthewalkreportedfeelinghappierthanthosewhohadstayedput.ProfHseeconcludedkeepingbusyhelpedkeeppeoplehappy.Hesaidthefindings,reportedinthejourn
4、alPsychologicalScience,hadpolicyimplications."Governmentsmayincreasethehappinessofidlecitizensbyhavingthembuildbridgesthatareactuallyuseless",heproposed.Attheindividuallevel,headvised:"Getupanddosomething.Anything.Eveniftherereallyisnopointtowhatyouaredoing,youwillfeelbetterforit."Head
5、ded:"Incidentally,thinkingdeeplyorengaginginself-reflectioncountsaskeepingbusy,too."Youdonotneedtoberunningaround,–youjustneedtobeengaged,eitherphysicallyormentally."SmallestFish许多科学家都在为地球物种的研究保护做努力。澳大利亚科学家近期发现了一种名为大型婴儿鱼(StoutInfantfish)的鱼类，这是至今世界上最小的鱼类。大型婴儿鱼的寿命只有两个月，也不会发育出鱼鳍，牙齿和鱼鳞等构造。
6、是澳洲博物馆研究期刊中描述的三十二种新鱼类之一。Afishthatwascapturedabouttwenty-fiveyearsago,butwhichwasleftunstudiedallthistime,isnowrevealedtobeanewspecies.Andnotonlythat,butthenewspeciessetsthenewworldrecordforsmallestandlightestfish,aswellasforsmallestandlightestanimalwithabackbone.Thelargestofthespecimen
7、sstudied,andtheonlyfemale,measuresaboutathirdofaninchlong.Themalesareatadoveraquarterinchlong.Theyweighsolittlethatitwouldtakeaboutfivehundredthousandofthelittleguysandgalstoaccumulateapound.Thefishdopossesscharacteristicstypicaloffishlarvae.Theylackpigmentationandaretransparent.Andt
