Part B: Ordering Utterances (2026)
Directions:
The following paragraphs are given in a wrong order. For questions 41-45, you are required to reorganize these paragraphs into a coherent text by choosing from the list A-H and filling them into the numbered boxes. Paragraphs F, H and C have been correctly placed. Mark your answers on the ANSWER SHEET. (10 points)
[A]
And just read a single poem. In his Oxford lectures, Seamus Heaney argued that a poem draws a picture of reality, a glimpsed alternative that sets up a contradiction with your own, in ways little and large. The negotiation, between you and it, is the heart of the matter. What does the poet see that you dont? What does the difference mean? It could be one of the best conversations you ever have. Forget self-help books; reading is self-help in action.
[B]
But for the most part, this isnt what the business community does. I have yet to meet a chief executive who reads regularly. Many skip newspapers, and magazines are a stretch. They dont have time, they say. Its inefficient; they can get the information they need from those around them. At a pinch, they might pick up a business book before a long flight, in the hope that, like a cookbook, it will provide a foolproof recipe. Some are drawn to what I think of as business car crash books - the stories of Theranos, Purdue, WeWork. But outside those narrow pools of interest, a vast ocean awaits, bountiful with simmering ideas, mental adventure and imaginative refreshment.
[C]
Neuroscientists have been at pains to demonstrate that the pleasure a book provides isnt indulgence; its good for you. Reading will keep you better informed about the world but it can also improve our tech-shattered ability to concentrate. Standing in the shoes of others fine tunes our social understanding, useful as we struggle to understand friends, neighbours, customers and co-workers. Different parts of our brain engage as we simulate scenes, characters and mental states. Our imagination - remember that? - is rekindled.
[D]
It is undoubtedly true that all work and no play really does make Jack, or Jill dull. The cure is right at hand. Reading is cheap, easy and, most important, its fun. Liberate your imagination this year.
[E]
We are living through a golden age of science writing, so lucid and accessible that even lay readers can relish the unpredictability of discovery. Daunted by uncertainty? Stand in the shoes of scientists and witness the degree to which breakthroughs emerge from accidents, conflict and sheer mental stamina. We are never sure of anything, says the physicist (and writer) Carlo Rovelli.
[F]
You dont need to get out more. If, like most business people, you spend your life dashing from office to plane, train to home, boardroom to washroom, what you really need to do is stay in more, sit down - and read a book.
[G]
Reading has also been found to make us more helpful, to reduce bias, and even to increase longevity - something we will enjoy all the more if we have a good book in our hands. (And yes, all these benefits are more closely associated with physical books than digital ones.)
[H]
Read fiction. Any fiction. Free yourself from algorithms and choose - anything. You dont need technology for an immersive experience - just surrender to narratives across time and place. Modern (Sebastian Barry or Olga Tokarczuk), classic (Virginia Woolf or James Baldwin) or genre (Stephen King, Margaret Atwood, Georges Simenon) - it doesnt matter. Fiction invites you to loiter unseen in the lives of others. We are living through a golden age of translation too, so you can go anywhere in time or place.
Answer Sheet
答案解析 (Answers & Analysis)
41. [B] 衔接首段F。F段提到 business people，B段首句立刻用 business community 对应并指出商界人士不爱读书的现状。
42. [D] 衔接B段。B段末尾提到商界外有广阔海洋(vast ocean)，D段首句指出读书是治愈枯燥的良方(The cure is right at hand)。
43. [E] 衔接固定段H。H段末尾提到 golden age of translation，E段首句形成排比：golden age of science writing。
44. [A] 衔接E段。E段讲科学，A段以 And 开头引导读诗歌，形成 小说->科学->诗歌 的完整链条。
45. [G] 全文收尾。C段讲大脑内部益处，G段首句用 also 补充外部益处（如长寿），逻辑完备。
全文翻译
[A] 2018 年，英国政府禁止在晚上 9 点之前播放高糖、高脂肪和高盐食品的电视广告，旨在遏制儿童肥胖。该禁令于 2022 年生效，后来该政策扩展到了在线广告。虽然健康组织对该政策表示赞赏，但其他人质疑它是否走得足够远。
[B] 不健康饮食是导致非传染性疾病的主要因素之一，如癌症、心血管疾病和糖尿病。超重和肥胖影响着全世界 20 多亿人，政府越来越多地转向监管干预，包括对含糖饮料征税以及带有明确营养警告的包装正面标签。
[C] 含有不健康产品的图像和视频仍然可以在网上无差别地接触到儿童和青少年，这削弱了对电视广告的禁令。一些健康活动人士呼吁进一步干预，以确保品牌不能利用社交媒体来推广不健康产品，尤其是在年轻人中。
[D] 电视限制的早期分析显示，儿童接触不健康食品广告已有略微下降。纽卡斯尔大学的一项研究表明，该禁令已将儿童接触垃圾食品电视广告的时间减少了约 1200 万小时。牛津大学的另一项分析发现，广告限制政策对含糖饮料的购买产生了影响，但影响不大。
[E] 支持更严格监管的势头正在增长，世界卫生组织建议各国政府实施限制，保护儿童免受所有不健康食品的营销。然而，广告行业担心潜在的失业和对依赖广告收入的小型媒体的创收能力造成损害。
[F] 也有一些基本的实施挑战，包括如何定义"不健康"食物。由于不同的营养成分导致了复杂的辩论，政策制定者越来越多地转向营养概况模型作为政策工具，无论它们多么不完善。
[G] 最终，政策制定者面临着一个平衡问题：一方面是确保弱势人群，尤其是儿童受到保护免受有害广告影响的迫切需要，另一方面是意识到行业面临可行的合规路径和真正的创新空间。