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For the last three years, since I stopped working as a producer for Charlie Rose, I have done much of my work as a telecommuter. I submit(提交) articles and edit them by E-mail and communicate with colleagues on Internet mailing lists. My boyfriend lives in England, so much of our relationship is computer-mediated. If I desired, I could stay inside for weeks without wanting anything. I can order food, and manage my money, love and work. In fact, at times I have spent as long as three weeks alone at home, going out only to get mail and buy newspapers and groceries. I watched most of the blizzard of 96 on TV.
But after a while, life itself begins to feel unreal. I start to feel as though I’ve merged(融合) with my machines, taking data in, spitting them back out, just another node(波节) on the Net. Others on line report the same symptoms(症状). We start to strongly dislike the outside forms of socializing. It’s like attending an A. A. meeting in a bar with everyone holding a half-sipped drink. We have become the Net opponents’ worst nightmare.
What first seemed like a luxury, crawling from bed to computer, not worrying about hair, and clothes and face, has becomes avoidance(逃避), a lack of discipline. And once you start replacing real human contact with cyber interaction, coming back out of the cave can be quite difficult.
At times, I turn on the television and just leave it to chatter in the background, something that I’d never done previously. The voices of the programs relax me, but then I’m jarred by the commercials. I find myself sucked in by soap operas, or needing to keep up with the latest news and the weather. “Dateline”, “Frontline”, “Nightline”, CNN, New York 1, every possible angle of every story over and over, and over, even when they are of no possible use to me. Work moves from foreground to background.
小题1: Compared to the clear words of her boyfriend on screen, his accent becomes _______.
A.unreal | B.unbearable |
C.misleading | D.not understandable |
A.Having worked on the computer for too long, she became a bit strange. |
B.She is so interested in TV programs that she often forgets her work. |
C.She watches TV a lot in order to keep up with the latest news and the weather. |
D.She turns on TV now and then in order to get some comfort from TV program. |
A.At first she likes it but later becomes tired of it. |
B.She likes it because it is very convenient. |
C.She dislikes it because TV is more attractive. |
D.She dislikes it because it cuts off her relation with the outside world. |
A.going back to the dreaming world |
B.coming back home from the outside world |
C.bringing back direct human |
D.getting away from living a strange life |
答案
小题1:D
小题2:D
小题3:A
小题4:C
解析
本文是作者对自己长时间对着电脑的生活的描述。
小题1:细节题。根据My boyfriend’s Liverpudlian accent suddenly becomes too difficult to understand after his clear words on screen可知答案为D。
小题2:推断题。根据The voices of the programs relax me, but then I’m jarred by the commercials 可知她有时打开电视,听到节目的声音只是使自己得到放松,故答案D。
小题3:推断题。文中第1,2段描述作者对电脑开始还是喜欢的,再根据But after a while, life itself begins to feel unreal. I start to feel as thought I’ve merged with my machines, taking data in可知答案为A。
小题4:句意理解题。根据And once you start replacing real human contact with cyber interaction, coming back out of the cave can be quite difficult可知答案为C。
核心考点
试题【After too long on the Net, even a phone call can be a shock. My boyfriend’s Live】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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Now Mr Reese was twenty and finished middle school. He could not do anything. But his father didn"t mind it until one day he found the young man had sold one of his companies. He became so angry that he made him leave his house. The young man couldn"t gamble any longer. His friends made him pay his debt. He had to ask his mother to help him and the woman often gave him some money. But one evening his father happened to find it. The old man stopped his wife from doing so. They began to fight in the room. The young man brought out a knife and killed his father. His mother helped him to run away, but soon after that he was caught and sentenced(判刑)to death.
It was a cold and wet day. Suddenly it began to rain hard when Mr Reese was being sent to the execution ground(刑场). Soon both he and the soldiers were wet through. He said angrily, “Bad luck! I shall be shot in such bad weather!”
“Don"t complain(抱怨), brother, ”said one of the soldiers. ‘You"re luckier than us all. We"ll have to go back to the city after that!”
小题1:Old Reese never wanted to know about his son"s studies because ____. [ ]
A.he was sure his son was good at his lessons |
B.he spent all his energies on his business |
C.he knew nothing about the education |
D.his wife looked after their children |
A.to play with him |
B.to spend spare time |
C.that the could get much money from him |
D.that they could find jobs in his father"s companies |
A.his son had learned nothing at school. |
B.his son was weak at all his lessons |
C.his son couldn"t do anything in the companies |
D.his son had lost one of his companies |
A.he was sentenced to death |
B.he would be shot |
C.he went to the execution ground on foot |
D.he would be shot in bad weather |
Last Monday their term was over. Robert said to his father on the telephone that he was going to travel in a small country during his summer holiday. His father agreed to his plan and posted some money to him. So he started four days ago. Their plane landed at the only airport of the country safely. He took a taxi and got to a hotel in the centre of the capital. He felt hungry and tired. So he had a dinner and then a good sleep. This morning he was all right and was going to visit some places of interest. He met an English visitor while he was having breakfast and the man told him to be careful of thieves.
Robert thanked the man and left. But he thought he was smart(机灵的)and strong and he decided to have a try. He brought out a piece of paper and wrote on it, “A pig has stolen my wallet(钱包)!”Then he put the note into his empty wallet. After that he put the wallet into a pocket and set off. He did all carefully and hoped to find out who would steal it.
“Everything went well, ”Robert thought to himself after he had returned to the hotel. He brought out his wallet and put his money into it again. He had a look at the note. To his surprise, it was rewritten. It said, “Your uncle has touched your wallet!”
小题1: Robert can study in the university because ____. [ ]
A.he wants to be a lawyer |
B.his father is a rich farmer |
C.he"s smart and strong |
D.he keeps his wallet well |
A.make fun of the thieves |
B.catch some thieves |
C.visit the places of interest |
D.have a nice meal and a good sleep there |
A.there were a lot of thieves in the city |
B.Robert could deal with the thieves |
C.it was dangerous to travel in the city |
D.Robert had to take good care of himself |
Looking thinner and darker, 30 year-old Blaine was taken out of his box over the River Thames(泰晤士河)and immediately went to hospital. He was then slowly reintroduced to food, a process (过程)doctors say could be life threatening. He had been drinking only water since September 5.
A native of Brooklyn, New York, Blaine first became known as a street magician in the early 1990s. He soon found himself doing magic tricks in bars for the likes of American actor Leonardo DiCaprio and his super model friends.
Over the last decade Blaine has become famous with a combination of breathtaking magic and clever tricks aimed at getting a lot of attention.
In 1999, he was buried in a coffin (棺材) for one week and, in 2000, he spent 62 hours in a giant block of ice. Last year he stood on top of a 25-meter pillar(柱子) in the center of New York for 35 hours before jumping into a pile of boxes.
“I think a lot of people are unable to accept that they’re able to do what they can do,” he said. “They don’t realize we can survive. The human being is an amazing creation.”
But he seems to have suffered from spending so long in the glass box. He said that at times he was unable to see, had serious back pains and lost his sense of taste.
小题1:It is _ __ for David Blaine to eat food after such a long starvation.
A.pleasant | B.delicious | C.dangerous | D.important |
A.he had become blind | B.he had serious back pains |
C.he lost his sense of taste | D.he was in weak health |
A.Serious | B.Adventurous | C.Mad | D.Crazy |
A.Blaine immediately went to hospital after he was taken out of his box. |
B.Blaine was born and brought up in England. |
C.In Blaine’s opinion, people can create a wonder. |
D.Blaine didn’t have any food for 44 days. |
One day his mother was ill and his father told him to buy some medicine for headache in the town. The young man got there soon. There were many people in the chemist"s shop while he was waiting there. And when his turn came, he could"t find his money. An old woman hinted(暗示)a young man had stolen it. He saw the thief had already left the shop. He ran towards him quickly. The thief found it and began to run. He was happy and tried to catch up with him.
“Let"s have a race and see who will run faster, ”Ruben called out behind.
Soon after that he caught up with the thief. But he didn"t stop and went on running. At a crossing one of his friends asked, “What are you running for, Ruben? ”
“I"m running after(追)a thief. ”
“Where"s the thief, then? ”
“He wants to show that he"ll run faster than me, but he"s fallen behind!”
小题1: Ruben had to run to school because ____. [ ]
A.he had no bike |
B.he hoped to win some medals |
C.his village was a little far from the school |
D.he was afraid to be late for class |
A.Ruben is good at running |
B.Ruben went to school on time |
C.Ruben often took part in the sports meetings. |
D.Ruben likes to have a race with others |
A.化工商店 | B.药店 | C.化工厂 | D.制药厂 |
A.on his way to the town |
B.before he went in the shop |
C.when he was waiting in the shop |
D.after he had left the shop |
A.he could easily catch the thief |
B.he had a chance(机会)to have a race |
C.he knew who had stolen his money |
D.he would win another medal that day |
Recently he received an invitation to a fashionable banquet. Although he did not know the hostess, he accepted the invitation. He was secretly very pleased, because he felt that his reputation as a desirable guest was growing.
When he arrived at the banquet hall, he found that about one hundred people had been invited. He began to move a-round the hall. He spoke to other guests whether he knew them or not. He soon realized that he had never met any of the other people present, although they seemed to know each other.
At dinner he was seated beside a very dignified woman. The woman tried to be friendly even though she had never met Mr. Smith before. She spoke politely whenever he spoke to her. Between the first and the second course of the meal, she, turned to Mr. Smith and said, “Do you see that gray-haired man at the end of the table? The one with glasses.”
“Ah, yes. Who is he?”
“He’s the Secretary of the Interior!” she replied.
Mr. Smith said, “So that’s the secretary of the Interior! I’ m afraid that I find very little to admire about him, although he is the Secretary.”
The woman stiffened and did not reply. Mr. Smith continued in spite of her coldness. “I really can’t see how he received his appointment unless he is perhaps a relative of the President.”
“It hardly matters whether you like the Secretary or not,” she said. “He was chosen because the President thought he was the man for the job. If he does the job well, you should have no complaint.”
“That’s just it,” persisted Mr. Smith. “No one does the things he does, unless he is a complete fool!”
“Sir!” said the woman in all her dignity. “Do you know who I am?” “No,” replied Mr. Smith.
“I am the Secretary’s wife,” she said coldly. Mr. Smith was shocked, but he went on in spite of his embarrassment. “Madam, do you know who I am?”
“No, I don’t,” the woman replied.
“Thank goodness!” exclaimed Mr. Smith, as he quickly left the table.
小题1:Why is Mr. Smith well known in Washington?
A.He’s the Secretary of the Interior. |
B.He has more friends than other people. |
C.He always makes foolish mistakes on social occasions. |
D.He likes to go to all kinds of parties. |
A.beautiful | B.serious | C.noble | D.kind-hearted |
A.shocked | B.worried | C.embarrassed | D.relieved |
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