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All this saves time, but at a price. When we lose or gain half a day in speeding across the world in an airplane, our bodies tell us so. We get the uncomfortable feeling known as jet-lag; our bodies feel that they have been left behind in another time zone. Again, spending too long at computer results in painful wrists and fingers. Mobile phones also have their dangers, according to some scientists; too much use may transmit harmful radiation into our brains, a consequence we do not like to think about.
However, what do we do with the time we have saved? Certainly not relax, or so it seems. We are so accustomed to constant activity that we find it difficult to sit and do nothing, or even just one thing at a time. Perhaps the days are long gone when we might listen quietly to a story on the radio, letting imagination take us into another world.
There was a time when some people’s lives were devoted simply to the cultivation of the land or the care of cattle. No multi-tasking there; their lives went on at a much gentler pace, and in a familiar pattern. There is much that we might envy about a way of life like this. Yet before we do so, we must think of the hard tasks our ancestors faced: they farmed with bare hands, often lived close to hunger, and had to fashion tools from wood and stone. Modern machinery has freed people from that primitive existence.
小题1: The new products become more and more time-saving because .
A.the manufacturers boast a lot | B.time is limited |
C.the prices are increasingly high | D.our love of speed seems never-ending |
A.Simple life in the past. | B.Imaginary life. |
C.Times of inventions. | D.Time for constant activity. |
A.Critical. | B.Optimistic. | C.Objective. | D.Negative. |
A.The present and past times. | B.Modern technology and its influence. |
C.Imaginations and inventions. | D.Machinery and human beings. |
答案
小题1:. D
小题1:.A
小题1:.C
小题1:.B
解析
核心考点
试题【Modern inventions have speeded up people’s lives amazingly. Motor-cars cover a h】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
举一反三
The problem is that in the last century and a half, we have been putting too many of these gases into the earth’s atmosphere by burning large quantities of coal and oil and by cutting down forest. The rapid increase in greenhouse gases is making the world warmer. The world’s temperature has already gone up by half a degree this century, and the sea level has risen by 10 centimetres. If the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere doubles, there will probably be a rise in the earth’s temperature of between I and 4℃;. This may seem a small increase, but it would be enough to cause major changes in geography and agriculture. Large areas of the world would be flooded, and some areas would become dry and unable to produce crops. It is important, too, to consider that there may be a delay of about 30 years in the greenhouse effect. This means that we are probably experiencing only now the effect of the gases put into the atmosphere before the 1960s. Since then, our use of these gases has greatly increased.
小题1: According to the passage, we can know “greenhouse effect” means_______.
A.the way in which gases are used for keeping plants warm |
B.a natural course that is to a certain degree useful to us |
C.the way “greenhouse gases” trap heat on the earth |
D.the whole course in which greenhouse gases prevent heat |
A.all plants would not grow on our planet | B.soil would reduce the temperature by 30 degrees |
C.man would breathe the cleaner air | D.people couldn’t live in the earth |
A.Burning too much coal and oil produces lots of greenhouse gases. |
B.It has become warm on the earth now than in the past. |
C.Gases put into the atmosphere now will affect the earth years later. |
D.The temperature in a greenhouse is as high as that in the atmosphere. |
A.great harm will be done to mankind | B.the sea level would go up by 10 centimeters |
C.all the land in the world would be flooded | D.crops would be unable to grow on the earth |
A.the concept (概念) and the harm of the greenhouse | B.the relation between greenhouse gases and man |
C.the concept and change of greenhouse effect | D.the effect of the rise of the earth’s temperature |
Dragon
The Real Thing: The mythical dragon is a symbol of power and good fortune in Chinese culture. One of the most popular figures in Chinese art, the dragon is believed to be a combination of nine animals, including a frog, a tiger, an eagle, and a fish.
Born a Dragon: You go out of your way to help your friends, who often seek you out for advice. Your outgoing personality helps you get along with many types of people.
Snake
The Real Thing: Snakes have great instincts. Some “play dead” to fool predators(捕食者), and most sense prey by detecting ground vibration(震动). They can take more than an hour to swallow a meal, and they become inactive for up to two weeks before they shed their skin.
Born a Snake: You rely on yourself before asking others their opinions. At times you want to take a break from the action. It’s not that you are lazy---sometimes you just like to think.
Pig
The Real Thing: Domesticated(驯养)pigs have been helping human for about 9,000 years. Incredibly intelligent, a pig shows its smarts by rolling in mud and sticking its snout in dirt. Why? The mud keeps it cool, and rooting in the dirt provides important vitamins.
Born a Pig: Smart and caring, you live to help other people. You have great taste and love to wallow in the nicer things in life.
Rat
The Real Thing: Most rats are highly adaptable. They can live just about anywhere and eat about anything. Before brown rats leave their underground burrows, these clever creatures send one rat ahead to make sure danger doesn’t exist outside.
Born a Rat: You welcome challenges and enjoy learning about new things. Funny and smart, you are generous and will protect your pack of friends.
______
The Real Thing: The largest of the big cats, they hunt alone. They secretly move towards prey, then leap and attack when the time seems right. Dinner still escapes most of the time.
Born a _____: You are a natural leader but often like to do things by yourself. (That’s how you stay in charge!) You believe in fighting for what’s right, even if you’ll lose in the end.
小题1: According to the description of the last animal, we can choose _____ to fill in the blanks.
A.Tiger | B.Lion | C.Ox | D.Monkey |
A.back | B.nose | C.head | D.tail |
When you wave to a friend who is across the street, you are using sign language. When you smile at someone, you are saying, “I want to be friendly”, but you are not using speech. You are using sign language. When you raise your hand in class, you are saying, “Please ask me. I think I know the correct answer.”
Babies who can’t talk can point at things. They are using sign language. A policeman who wants to stop traffic holds up his hands. He is using sign language.
Many years ago, a French priest(神父), Charles Michel de Epee, became interested in education for deaf people. He invented a finger alphabet (字母表). It is still in use. People can make the sign for letters and spell words with their hands, and deaf people can read and understand them. Soon there were schools for the deaf in many countries. The only university for the deaf is Gallaudet College in Washington, D.C.
Today, in the United States, there are special TV news programs for deaf people. The newsreader tells the news in sign language. At the same time, the words appear on the TV screen.
The actors in the Theatre of Deaf don’t spell every word. Sometimes they use hand signs. When they put two hands together, it means sandwich. They can make a roof with their hands when they want to show a house. One finger in front of an actor’s mouth can mean quiet. You can talk to people who are behind windows that are closed. And when you go swimming with your friends, you can have conversations under water.
How many hand signs do you use every day?
小题1:. Which of the following about sign language is TRUE?
A.It is a special language used in a few countries in the world. |
B.It is a way to express one’s ideas without words. |
C.It is only used by the deaf. |
D.It can be heard. |
A.raise your hand | B.put one hand onto the other |
C.smile to the person | D.make a roof with your hands |
A. Hand signs instead of finger signs are used everyday.
B. There are schools, colleges and universities for the deaf in the USA.
C. The French priest Charles invented sign language.
D. Even babies are using sign language.
小题4:.The passage is mainly about ______.
A.an introduction to sign language | B.the importance of sign language |
C.a famous priest in France | D.how to use sign language |
In the past four years, welfare list in Athens County have been cut in half.But 70 percent of the people who left in the past two years took jobs that paid less than $ 6 an hour.The result: The Athens County poverty rate still remains at more than 30 percent —twice the national average.For advocates(代言人) for the poor, that"s an indication that much more needs to be done.
"More people are getting jobs, but it"s not making their lives any better," says Kathy Lairn, a policy analyst at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities in Washington.A center analysis of US Census data (户口普查资料) nationwide found that between 1995 and 1996, a greater percentage of single, female-headed families were earning money on their own, but that average income for these families actually went down.
But for many, the fact that poor people are able to support themselves almost as well without government aid as they did with it is in itself a huge victory."Welfare was a poison.It was a poisonous substance that was poisoning the family," says Robert Rector, a welfare-reform policy analyst."The reform is changing the moral climate in low-income communities.It"s beginning to rebuild the work ethic (道德观), which is much more important."
Mr.Rector and others argued that once "the habit of dependency is cracked," then the country can make other policy changes aimed at improving living standards.
小题1:.From the passage, it can be seen that the author __ __.
A.believes the reform has reduced the government"s burden |
B.insists that welfare reform is doing little good for the poor |
C.is not interested in the success of welfare reform |
D.considers welfare reform to be fundamentally successful |
A.Because many families end their marriage. |
B.Because government aid is now rare. |
C.Because their wages are still low. |
D.Because the cost of living is rising. |
A.saving welfare funds B, rebuilding the work ethic
C.providing more jobs D.cutting government expenses
小题4:According to the passage,____ before the welfare reform was carried out.
A.the poverty rate was lower |
B.average living standards were higher |
C.the average worker was paid higher-wages |
D.the poor used to rely on government aid |
British Prime Minister David Cameron and his ministers were attending a reception hosted by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. They insisted on wearing poppies(罂粟花) in their buttonholes.
What’s wrong with that?
According to the Global Times, Chinese officials apparently had asked the UK delegation not to wear poppies. The British said that poppies meant a great deal to them on that day and they would wear them all the same.
So what’s the significance of the poppy? It’s a flower which has different cultural and symbolic meanings for British and Chinese people.
From the Chinese point of view, the poppy is a symbol of China’s humiliation at the hands of European powers in the Opium Wars of the 19th century. Britain forced China to open the borders to trade —including in the opium —which was made from poppies grown in India.
Yet from the British viewpoint the poppy is a reminder of the killing during Word War I. Red poppies grew on the battlefields of Flanders in Belgium where many thousands of British soldiers died or were buried. Since then, Poppy Day (November 11) has become a time in the UK to wear poppies and remember the sacrifices of British soldiers and civilians in times of war.
So you can see that the poppy sets off strong feelings in the hearts of Chinese and British people for different reasons. And it makes sense for us to try to understand each other’s standpoint.
Of course cultural differences can also be interesting and funny. And what one nation thinks is an acceptable gift may be viewed differently by their guest from overseas. US President Barack Obama gave a gift of an iPod to Britain’s Queen —a dull person with no interest in music. Obama also presented Gordon Brown with a fine selection of American movies. But they were in US format and impossible to play on British DVD players.
Many countries have diplomats stationed overseas. Diplomats provide information and advice to their governments back home. However, sometimes it would seem that even diplomats can overlook the cultural significance of a small flower.
( ) 小题1:. British Prime Minister David Cameron probably attended a reception in Beijing on .
A.October 1 | B.November 11 | C.December 31 | D.January 1 |
A.the shame caused by European countries in the 19th century |
B.the British soldiers who were killed and buried during World War I |
C.the Chinese soldiers killed during World War II |
D.the suffering caused by Britain during World War I |
A.the translation mistake | B.the language difference |
C.the cultural difference | D.the different lifestyle |
A.Britain’s Queen is not interested in art |
B.Gordon Brown was fond of American movies US President Barack Obama sent him |
C.US President Barack Obama received a gift for music |
D.Britain’s Queen may not like the iPod US President Barack Obama presented her |
A.Cultural difference can also be interesting and funny. |
B.Cultural differences can cause a big problem. |
C.US President Barack Obama likes to present gifts to other leaders. |
D.US leaders and British leaders get along well with each other. |
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