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It is now close to four years since I last took a holiday. This is because I have come to the conclusion, over the course of my adult life, that I am not very good at it. You might say this sounds like saying you are not very good at drinking tea or listening to music. What could possibly be difficult about the natural act of putting your working life on hold for a couple of weeks and going somewhere to do nothing?
So what is my problem? On the surface, I"m probably a bit of homebody. And I just find the pressure of being on holidy too severe: it always feels like having a gun held to my head and being forced to have fun. Somehow, packing a carefully itemized list of possessions and meeting a scheduled flight has none of the excitement of suddenly deciding to take a day off and driving somewhere for the fun of it.
Thankfully, I am not alone. This summer, most of my friends have decided not to have a break. And a recent survey highlighted the downside(负面)of holidays, with the results shoeing that nearly two thirds of people found that the calming effects of a holiday wore off within 24 hours, as stress levels returned to normal. And this year"s the Idler magazine published its book of awful holidays .Here you will find a list of the five most ecologically--damaging vacations it"s possible to take, along with 50 horrible holidays experiences voted for on the idler website. Over the last decade, The Idler has become well known for promoting the idea of an easy, lazy life. The leisure(休闲)industry might seem an unlikely target of its criticism, but Dan Kienan, the book"s editor, says that he was flooded with entries from readers for his list of awful holidays.
小题1:According to the first paragraph We can know that the writer .
A. has a strong desire to book a holiday |
B. wishes that the weather would change |
C. finds it is too late to enjoy the sunshine |
D. realizes it’s time to decide whether to go on a holiday |
A. people may find the man unbelievable |
B. People think traveling is not so easy an act as drinking tea |
C.The writer often regrets not taking a holiday. |
D. The writer doesn"t like drinking tea or listening to music |
A. it usually takes too much time |
B. he is tired of making preparations too much for holidays |
C. it is far less enjoyable than breaks planned in advance |
D. he feels embarrassed when other people are having fun but he isn"t |
A. pretend to enjoy their holiday |
B. fail to relax while they are on holiday |
C. feel that the benefits of going on holidays are limited |
D. have made the some decision as the writer and most of his friends |
A. damage the reputation of the magazine |
B.prove his idea to be more popular than expected |
C. indicate that his dislike of holidays is widely shared |
D. foucs entirely on bad personal experiences of holidays |
答案
小题1:D
小题2:A
小题3:B
小题4:C
小题5:C
解析
试题分析:文章介绍作者不喜欢旅游,宁可呆在家里,他厌倦于为假日做太多的准备,而且作者在一些调查结果中发现,还有很多人不喜欢旅行。
小题1:细节题:从第一段的句子:a reminder that if I am ever to go around to book this year"s holiday,time is running out .可知作者觉得这是该决定是否要度假的时候了,选D
小题2:句意理解题:从文章第二段的句子:You might say this sounds like saying you are not very good at drinking tea or listening to music.你可能会说这就像说你不擅长喝茶和听音乐一样(是难以置信的)可知这句话的意思是人们会发现这个人是难以置信的,选A
小题3:细节题:从文章第三段的句子:Somehow, packing a carefully itemized list of possessions and meeting a scheduled flight has none of the excitement of suddenly deciding to take a day off and driving somewhere for the fun of it.可知作者不喜欢旅游的原因可能是他厌倦于为假日做太多的准备,选B
小题4:细节题:从文章最后一段的句子:And a recent survey highlighted the downside(负面)of holidays, with the results shoeing that nearly two thirds of people found that the calming effects of a holiday wore off within 24 hours, as stress levels returned to normal.可知从调查中人们感觉度假的好处是有限的,选C
小题5:细节题:从文章最后一段的句子:Dan Kienan, the book"s editor, says that he was flooded with entries from readers for his list of awful holidays.可知作者用Awful Holidays做为例子,为了暗示很多人和他一样不喜欢假日。选 C
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试题【It is a wonderful morning,as I write this:hot,but without being too hot. Outside】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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Environmentalists examined the stomach of the turtle found off the coast of Argentina. What they found is the symptom of the increasing threat to sea turtles from a human addiction to plastic.
Sea turtles often mistake plastic items for jellyfish or other food. Ingesting(摄取)ocean pollution can cause a digestive blockage and internal cuts. The result can be dangerous, followed by death.
Humans produce 260 million tons of plastic a year. When those products are pulled into the sea’s currents, the plastics are just broken into smaller pieces which are consumed by marine life at the bottom of the food chain. An examination of a green turtle found off Florida discovered that, over the course of a month, the animal’s faeces(粪便)had contained 74 foreign objects, including “four types of balloons, different types of hard plastic, a piece of carpet--like material and two 2--4 mm tar balls.”
“The oceans have become a giant refuse bin for all manner of plastics. All sea turtle species may be seriously harmed, “according to the biologists Colette Wabnitz, from the University of British Columbia. ”The symptom of this growing crisis can be seen inside and on sea turtles as well as their oceanic and terrestrial habitats. It is urgently necessary to directly confront the source of plastic pollution, redesign packaging and rethink the very idea of ‘throwaway culture’.”
Almost all marine species, from plankton to whales, have ingested plastic. But, even in small quantities, plastic can kill sea turtles, the biologists said.
Fifty out of 92 turtles found dead, stranded on the shorelines of Rio Grande do Sul state in Brazil, had ingested a “considerable amount of man-made debris”.
小题1:What’s tile passage mainly about?
A.How to prevent the sea turtle from plastic. |
B.Why plastic is dangerous to the sea turtle. |
C.Protecting the sea turtle from being polluted. |
D.Sea turtles suffering from plastic pollution. |
A.praising | B.positive | C.ironic | D.comedic |
A.a kind of food | B.a kind of fish |
C.pieces of cloth | D.pieces of rubbish |
A.the way the biologists examined the sea turtle |
B.some tips on how to make sea turtles avoid plastic |
C.how to prevent plastic pollution |
D.the reason why we should protect the sea turtle |
His shirts cost about 1,000 yuan and upwards. I paid 50 yuan for my colorful shirt from a street vendor in Beijing.
Of course my shirt was a knockoff, a cheap copy of the brand. After a few washes, little balls formed on the surface of the thin material.
Do I care? Not at all. You get what you pay for.
I have to admit I hate shopping. I don’t care enough about spending money on clothes. I have other priorities.
In You Are What You Wear, US writer Jennifer Baumgartner says people’s clothes tell a story about their personality.
She writes: “The clothes you choose to wear provide important information about you as a person: your approximate education level, your income, social status and even your level of self-esteem (自信).” When I started work as an undercover crime reporter, I had to shop for jeans and a hoodie (连帽衫) in order to fit in with a rough and ready (世故的) social group.
I bought the hoodie in a charity shop. My daughters were shocked. They thought I looked bad, but I knew my disguise was perfect.
Elizabeth L. Cline thinks she knows best when it comes to cheap clothes in her book Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion. She expresses sadness that clothing has been turned into a good that is thrown away after being used once or twice.
She looks down her nose at cheap fashion and longs for the good old days when department stores sold quality clothes at high prices.
I don’t agree. At least people now can choose what to wear without breaking the bank.
小题1:The underlined sentence in the article meant that .
A.I don’t mind spending money on clothes |
B.there’s not much point spending money on clothes |
C.it is too much trouble to spend money on clothes |
D.I never spend money on clothes |
A.immediately won the admiration of his daughters |
B.turned out unsuited to his plan |
C.proved that clothes can’t show a person’s true personality |
D.had something to do with his income |
A.express his anger at the poor quality of clothes |
B.show his disagreement with her idea |
C.show his dislike for how people treat their clothes |
D.support her attitude toward spending money on clothes |
A.The variety of clothes | B.You are what you wear |
C.High cost of cheap fashion | D.You get what you pay for |
The job market is, after all, awfully ______. Just this month the Federal Reserve Bank _____ a study showing that “recent graduates are ______ working in low-paid jobs or working part-time.” The ______ spot, according to the study, is for students who majored(主修) in STEM— science, technology, engineering and ______— areas in which recent graduates “have______ to do relatively well”.
But Emma is a student of the humanities(人文) at a small college. She’s an American Studies major with a(an) ______ on the politics and culture of food. For quite a while, I think her field of study is so fashionable right now that I’m not the least bit ______ she will find a good job. Yet the more I’ve thought about it, the more I’ve decided to be honest. “I’m not sure what Emma is going to do,” I now say. “But she’s gotten a great education and has really found her ______. — and I know those things will serve her well over the _____ of her life.”
Nowadays, more and more universities and colleges are being ______ by the salaries of their recent graduates. In this climate, ______ your kid to study the humanities, seems, at best, unwise or, at worst, unconcerned with ______ a living. But a college is not a vocational(职业) school. And promoting STEM subjects should not be society’s only answer to helping the next generation grow in a competitive world.
From the beginning, we never urged Emma to ______ a college or a major with an eye on its expected return on money, ______ more and more families are doing. To Emma, what really ______ will be something that we may not be able to measure for quite a long time: Emma’s ______ to the world and how happy she is in it.
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If you’re mad, that will only make your boss mad. Calm down first. And don’t let a particular concern open the floodgates for all your accumulated frustration. The boss will feel that you think negatively about the company and it is hopeless trying to change your mind. Then, maybe he will dismiss you.
Terrible disputes can result when neither the employer nor the employee knows what is the problem the other wants to discuss. Sometimes the fight will go away when the issues are made clear. The employee has to get his point across clearly in order to make the boss understand it.
Your boss has enough on his mind without your adding more. If you can’t put forward an immediate solution, at least suggest how to approach the problem. People who frequently present problems without solutions to their boss may soon find they can’t get past the secretary.
To deal effectively with a boss, it’s important to consider his goals and pressures. If you can put yourself in the position of being a partner to the boss, then he will be naturally more inclined to work with you to achieve your goals.
小题1:What is the main idea of the fourth paragraph?
A.Present problems. |
B.Propose your solution. |
C.Put yourself in the boss’s position. |
D.Make the issue clear. |
A.how he is feeling. |
B.whether the boss had breakfast. |
C.whether he is on deadline. |
D.whether he had taken a vacation. |
A.How to Propose Your Solution. |
B.Never Give in to Your Boss. |
C.How to Argue with Your Boss. |
D.Learn to Understand Your Boss. |
A.you don’t go into the boss’s office when you are angry |
B.you can present the boss with a problem only. |
C.when you offer advice to your boss, don’t think of the troubles he may have. |
D.when you go into the boss’s office, keep your voice all the time. |
A.what problems he has. |
B.why you are mad. |
C.what position you are in the company. |
D.what you really want to talk to him about |
"Air pollution, and we"re talking about both indoors and outdoors, is now the biggest environmental health problem, and it is affecting everyone, both developed and developing countries," said Maria Neira, the World Health Organisation"s public and environmental health chief.
Globally, pollution was linked to one death in eight in 2012, new WHO research found.
The biggest pollution-related killers were heart disease, stroke, pulmonary disease and lung cancer.
The hardest-hit regions of the globe were what the WHO labels Southeast Asia, which includes India and Indonesia, and the Western Pacific, ranging from China and South Korea to Japan and the Philippines. Together, they accounted for 5.9 million deaths.
The global death toll included 4.3 million deaths due to indoor air pollution, chiefly caused by cooking over coal, wood and biomass stoves. The toll from outdoor pollution was 3.7 million, with sources ranging from coal heating fires to diesel engines.
Many people are exposed to both indoor and outdoor pollution, the WHO said, and due to that overlap the separate death toll attributed to the two sources cannot simply be added together, hence the figure of seven million deaths. The new figure is "shocking and worrying", Ms Neira told reporters.
When it last released an estimate for deaths related to air pollution, in 2008, the agency had put the figure related to outdoor pollution at 1.3 million, while the number blamed on indoor pollution was 1.9 million. But a change in research methods makes comparison difficult between the 2008 estimate and the 2012 figures, Neira said.
In the past, for example, the WHO did not take into account the overlap between exposure to both forms, and only assessed urban pollution. Satellite imagery has made it easier to assess rural pollution, and new knowledge about the health impact of exposure has enabled a better count. "The risks from air pollution are now far greater than previously thought or understood, particularly for heart disease and strokes," said Neira. "Few risks have a greater impact on global health today than air pollution. The evidence signals the need for concerted action to clean up the air we all breathe."
According to the WHO, some 2.9 billion people in poor nations live in homes that use fires as their principle method of cooking and heating. Carlos Dora, the WHO"s public and environmental health coordinator, said that turned homes into "combustion chambers". Simple measures to stem the impact include so-called "clean cook stoves", which are a low-tech option, as well as improved ventilation, he said.
Countries also need to rethink policies, Mr Dora said, pointing to the impact in the developed world of a shift to cleaner power sources, more efficient management of energy demand, and technical strides in the auto industry. He also said transport policies needed a shake-up. With air pollution having sparked a recent scare in France, leading to restrictions on car use and the temporary scrapping of public transport fees in Paris, Mr Dora said such measures could be applied in the longer term. "You can"t buy clean air in a bottle," he said."The air is a shared resource. In order to breathe clean air, we have to have interventions in the areas that pollute air." The WHO said it planned by the end of this year to release a ranking of the world"s 1,600 most polluted cities.
小题1:The main idea of this article is that .
A.In the past, the WHO did not take into account the overlap between exposure to both forms. |
B.Air pollution by sources ranging from cooking fires to auto fumes caused an estimated seven million deaths worldwide in 2012. |
C.According to the WHO, some 2.9 billion people use fires as their principle method of cooking and heating. |
D.The WHO will release a ranking of the world"s 1,600 most polluted cities by the end of this year. |
A.The risks |
B.cooking fires |
C.environmental health problem |
D.Air pollution |
A.The biggest pollution-related killers were heart disease, stroke, pulmonary disease and lung cancer. |
B.Air pollution only affects developing countries. |
C.The risks from air pollution are now not serious. |
D.Maria Neira said that we can"t buy clean air in a bottle. |
A.The air is a our shared resource. |
B.The WHO will release a ranking of the world"s 1,600 most polluted cities. |
C.The government should make effective policies to control the air pollution. |
D.The transport policies need a shake-up. |
A.the death toll included 4.3 million deaths due to indoor air pollution. |
B.in 2008 the WHO only assessed rural pollution. |
C.the research methods changed. |
D.the risks from air pollution are now far greater than previously thought. |
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