Love is a telephone which always keeps silent when you are longing for a call, but rings when you are not ready for it. As a result, we often miss the sweetness from the other end.
Love is a telephone which is seldom program-controlled or directly dialed. You cannot get an immediate answer by a mere "hello", let alone go deep into your lover"s heart by one call. Usually it had to be relayed by an operator, and you have to be patient in waiting. Destiny(命运) is the operator of this phone, who is always irresponsible and fond of playing practical jokes to which she may make you a lifelong victim intentionally or unintentionally.
Love is a telephone which is always busy, When you are ready to die for love, you only find, to your disappointment, the line is already occupied by someone else, and you are greeted only by a busy line. This is an eternal regret handed down from generation to generation and you are only one of those who languish for（因…受煎熬） followers.
Love is telephone, but it is difficult to seize the center time for dialing, and you will let the opportunity slip if your call is either too early or too late.
Love is a telephone which is not always associated with happiness. Honeyed words are transmitted by sound waves, but when the lovers are brought together, the phone serves no purpose that many lovers observe that marriage is the doom of love.
Love is a telephone which, when you use it for the first time, makes you so nervous and excited that you either hold the receiver upside down or dial the wrong number. By the time you"ve calmed down, you will beat a loss to whom you should make the call.
Love is a telephone which often has crossed lines. And this usually happens to you unexpectedly. Your time will either cross or be crossed. Both cases are referred to as "triangle". Fortunately, all such occurrences are transient(转瞬即逝的).
小题1:What is the best title of the passage?| A．Love is transient | | B．Love is permanent | | C．Love is a telephone | | D．What’s love in life |
小题2:Which statement has the closest meaning to the underlined sentence? | A．"all shall be well，Jack shall have Jill。“（有情人终成眷属） | | B．A lifelong love is not only romantic but also practical | | C．Love is all we have in life | | D．Beauty is in the eyes of beholder |
小题3:Which is the synonym with the underlined word ”doom”?| A．monument | B．final end | C．key point | D．substitute |
小题4:In which part can this passage probably be found ?| A．advertisement | B．financial | C．emotion | D．lottery |
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小题1:C
小题2:B
小题3:B
小题4:C |
试题分析：文章把爱比作电话，阐述了爱的真谛。
小题1:主旨题：每一段中都含有Love is a telephone，所以Love is a telephone是文章最好的题目。故选C。
小题2:猜词题：根据Destiny(命运) is the operator of this phone, who is always irresponsible and fond of playing practical jokes to which she may make you a lifelong victim intentionally or unintentionally.可知划线句子意思是永生不渝的爱不仅浪漫，而且实际，故选B。
小题3:猜词题： 根据Love is a telephone which is not always associated with happiness. Honeyed words are transmitted by sound waves, but when the lovers are brought together, the phone serves no purpose that many lovers observe that marriage is the doom of love.可猜出”doom”意思是结局，故选B。
小题4:推理题：这篇文章主要谈论了爱这一话题，故这篇文章最可能出现在情感版块。故选C。 |
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试题【Love is a telephone which always keeps silent when you are longing for a call, b】；主要考察你对
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People in cities all over the world shop in supermarkets. Who decides what you buy in the supermarket? Do you decide? Does the supermarket decide?
When you enter the supermarket, you see shelves full of food. You walk in the aisles (走道) between the shelves. You push a shopping cart and put your food in it.
You probably hear soft, slow music as you walk along the aisles. This may be an attempt to please you, so you will enjoy shopping. Some supermarkets want to increase their profits by playing soft and slow music, because the slow music makes you walk slowly and you have more time to buy things.
Fresh fruit and vegetables are usually put near the entrance. When you arrive at the supermarket, you think about the kinds of fruit and vegetables you need first. Once you’ve got that out of the way, you can relax and do the rest of the shopping without any hurry. Besides, if you see fresh goods first, it gives you a “feel good” impression of freshness, so you can not help spending your money.
Maybe you go to the meat department then. There is some meat on sale, and you want to find it. The manager of the supermarket knows where customers enter the meat department. The cheaper meat is at the other end of the meat department, away from where the customers enter. You have to walk past all the expensive meat before you find the cheaper meat. Maybe you will buy some of the expensive meat instead of the meat on sale.
Most of the food in supermarkets is very attractive. It all says “Buy me quickly!” to the customers. The fresh fruit and vegetables say “Buy me quickly!” as you walk by. The expensive meat says “Buy me quickly!” The supermarket tells you what to buy.
小题1:Some supermarkets play soft, slow music because it ______.| A．makes customers walk slowly and buy more | | B．can help customers get the things they want | | C．can make customers relaxed and happy | | D．can tell customers exactly where to go |
小题2:The manager knows ______.| A．where customers come from | | B．which customers like slow music | | C．where fresh meat should be put | | D．which customers like cheap meat |
小题3:When walking past the expensive meat, the customers will ______.| A．pay no attention to it | B．possibly buy some | | C．look for some cheap meat | D．feel uncomfortable |
小题4:If you see fresh goods first in the supermarket, ______.| A．you know where to get things | | B．it brings you good luck | | C．it makes you spend less money | | D．you’ll get a fresh impression |
小题5:Supermarket managers make the food attractive so that ______.| A．the customers will buy more | B．it looks very expensive | | C．the customers come often | D．it seems cheap and fine |
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I travel a lot, and I find out different “styles” of directions every time I ask “How can I get to the post office?”
Foreign tourists are often confused in Japan because most streets there don’t have names; in Japan, people use landmarks (地标) in their directions instead of street names. For example, the Japanese will say to travelers, “Go straight down to the corner. Turn left at the big hotel and go past a fruit market. The post office is across from the bus stop.”
In the countryside of the American Midwest, there are not usually many landmarks. There are no mountains, so the land is very flat; in many places there are no towns or buildings within miles. Instead of landmarks, people will tell you directions and distances. In Kansas or Iowa, for example, people will say, “Go north two miles. Turn east, and then go another mile.”
People in Los Angeles, California, have no idea of distance on the map; they measure distance in time, not miles. “How far away is the post office?” you ask. “Oh,” they answer, “it’s about five minutes from here.” You say, “Yes, but how many miles away is it?” They don’t know.
It’s true that a person doesn’t know the answer to your question sometimes. What happens in such a situation? A New Yorker might say, ‘Sorry, I have no idea.” But in Yucatan, Mexico, no one answers “I don’t know.” People in Yucatan believe that “I don’t know” is impolite, They usually give an answer, often a wrong one. A tourist can get very, very lost in Yucatan!
小题1:When a tourist asks the Japanese the way to a certain place they usually _________| A．describe the place carefully | | B．show him a map of the place | | C．tell him the names of the streets | | D．refer to recognizable buildings and places |
小题2:What is the place where people measure distance in time?| A．New York. | B．Los Angeles. | C．Kansas. | D．Iowa. |
小题3:People in Yucatan may give a tourist a wrong answer ________| A．in order to save time | B．as a test | C．so as to be polite | D．for fun |
小题4:What can we infer from the text?| A．It’s important for travelers to understand cultural differences. | | B．It’s useful for travelers to know how to ask the way properly. | | C．People have similar understandings of politeness. | | D．New Yorkers are generally friendly to visitors. |
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Forget Twitter and Facebook, Google and the Kindle. Television is still the most influential medium around. Indeed, for many of the poorest regions(地区)of the world, it remains the next big thing—finally becomes globally available. And that is a good thing, because the TV revolution is changing lives for the better.
Across the developing world, around 45% of families had a TV in 1995; by 2005 the number had climbed above 60% . That is some way behind the U.S. ,where there are more TVs than people, and where people now easily get access to the Internet. Five million more families in sub-Saharan Africa will get a TV over the next five years. In 2005 , after the fall of the Taliban（塔利班）,which had banned TV, I in 5 Afghans had one. The global total is another 150 million by 2013—pushing the numbers to well beyond two thirds of families.
Television’s most powerful effect will be on the lives of women. In India, researchers Robert Jensen and Emily Oster found that when TVs reached villages, women were more likely to go to the market without their husbands approval and less likely to want a boy rather than a girl. They were more likely to make decisions over child health care. TV is also a powerful medium for adult education. In the Indian state of Gujarat, Chitrageet is a popular show that plays Bollywood songs with words in Gujarati on the screen. Within six months, viewers had made a small but significant improvement in their reading skills.
Too much TV has been associated with violence, overweight and loneliness. However, TV is having a positive influence on the lives of billions worldwide.
小题1:Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? | A．Americans used to get access to the Internet easily. | | B．The world’s TV sets will total 150 million by 2013. | | C．45% of families in the developing countries had a TV in 2005. | | D．Over two thirds of families in the world will have a TV by 2013. |
小题2:The author intends to ____________. | A．stress the advantages of TV to people’s lives | | B．persuade women to become more independent | | C．encourage people to improve their reading skills | | D．introduce the readers some websites such as Google |
小题3:What would be the best title for the passage? | A．TV Will Rule the World | B．TV Will Disturb the World | | C．TV Will Better the World | D．TV Will Remain in World |
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Every one of us, rich or poor，should at least have one or two good friends. I learned that a true friend is the most important in my life after I had gone so many terrible things. I felt
upset when I was told that I would have to the company . As I had a very big family to __ ___
and was in great need of money，what I was about was how to find another new job .In order to this problem, I rushed from place to place like crazy. I read almost all the newspapers and almost all the telephone numbers in the newspaper___ in my notebook and tried to call almost a11 the companies that needed new _ ___．Not until I found a job in a small town near Townsville had I down .My new boss ,Mr. Johnson , was one of my good friends since primary school.“Why didn’t you me until now ? Was it to do that ? Explain to me the reason ,”he said , me a cup of hot coffee. Both of us were overjoyed to see each other and we the whole afternoon talking about things and persons that we at school .John asked me to give him some advice about to enlarge his present business and he was entirely happy about my .To my great surprise，he offered me a which didn’t need much experience because I was not with this field but the pay l got was much more man .The moment I saw my ，the sum of money given by the company，I cried for the first time — that was the first time for me to do so since I grew up.
| 小题1: | | A．over | B．through | C．around | D．for |
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| 小题2: | | A．leave | B．desert | C．choose | D．operate |
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| 小题3: | | A．care | B．protect | C．love | D．support |
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| 小题4: | | A．particular | B．curious | C．concerned | D．excited |
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| 小题5: | | A．analyze | B．raise | C．explain | D．solve |
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| 小题6: | | A．took down | B．turned down | C．looked for | D．stood for |
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| 小题7: | | A．comments | B．surveys | C．reports | D．advertisements |
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| 小题8: | | A．customers | B．bosses | C．clerks | D．applicants |
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| 小题9: | | A．broken | B．slowed | C．sunk | D．calmed |
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| 小题10: | | A．contact | B．trust | C．overlook | D．find |
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| 小题11: | | A．desperate | B．harmful | C．worthy | D．significant |
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| 小题12: | | A．awarding | B．sharing | C．handing | D．showing |
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| 小题13: | | A．spent | B．wasted | C．spared | D．saved |
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| 小题14: | | A．discussed | B．debated | C．remembered | D．imagined |
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| 小题16: | | A．ability | B．courage | C．interests | D．suggestions |
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| 小题17: | | A．position | B．chance | C．fortune | D．service |
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| 小题18: | | A．popular | B．familiar | C．patient | D．content |
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| 小题19: | | A．offered | B．required | C．expected | D．needed |
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| 小题20: | | A．tip | B．share | C．fund | D．salary |
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For many centuries，countless scholars have asked the question：What is beauty? As designers update the latest fashions and artists create their masterpieces, what is considered beautiful changes at an alarming pace.
Fifty years ago，the full-figured Marilyn Monroe was a symbol of the American aesthetic(美学的)value；today，many Hollywood actresses different in appearance from Marilyn’s have taken her place. However，aesthetic values not only differ from generation to generation，but do so along cultural lines as well. Often, what is considered disgusting to one civilization is just the aesthetic appeal in another. Thus it is difficult to give an absolute definition(定义)of beauty.
As fundamental(基础的)physicists，my colleagues and I like to believe that we are involved in a search for a beauty that affects definition. The beauty that we search for is not what is set up through the work of people and subject to the tastes, but rather what has been laid down by nature Physics allows its students to look past outer appearances，into a deeper beauty. As a human being，I am attracted by the visual appeal of a wave crashing on the beach. As a physicist, however I am able to see the deeper beauty of the physical laws that govern such a phenomenon.
In truth，since Albert Einstein put forward the idea that there might be one main physical theory that governs the universe，aesthetics have become a driving force in modern physics. Einstein and other later physicists have discovered that：Nature, as its most fundamental level，is beautifully constructed. The extraordinary simplicity of the laws that govern the universe is really breathtaking . As Einstein said, it would seem more likely that we should find ourselves living in a“chaotic(无秩序曲)world，in no way graspable through thinking”. Yet we are now closer than ever to a full understanding of the universe’s beautiful clockwork. As new discoveries and technologies allow us to examine the physical world on deeper and deeper levels，we find that the beauty itself becomes much deeper.
小题1:The reference to“Marilyn Monroe”in Paragraph 2 mainly serves to___________.| A．provide an example of today’s beauty standards | | B．show there is no fixed definition of aesthetics | | C．compare traditions of the East to the West | | D．discuss her abilities as an actress |
小题2:When appreciating a wave crashing on the beach，a physicist sees the beauty of___________.| A．the visual attraction | B．the powerful sounds | | C．the physical laws behind | D．the lovely creatures |
小题3:Why are Albert Einstein’s words mentioned in Paragraph 3?| A．To detail the functions of physical laws. | | B．To highlight the range of Einstein’s influence. | | C．To show that Einstein doubted the beauty of physics. | | D．To stress the very simplicity of the laws of the universe. |
小题4:The passage is mainly to___________.| A．present a special way of seeing beauty | | B．emphasize the influence of physics | | C．discuss the awareness of cross-culture | | D．argue the traditional ideas on value |
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