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“People are ruder today because they are rushed and more ‘time poor’ than ever before, ” says Patsy Rowe, “ Manners have fallen off the radar(雷达). ” Due to our strong attraction to electronic equipment it is a wonder more people don’t wake up each morning and greet the singing birds with a complaint(抱怨)about the noise. Here are some examples of rudeness.
Some people prefer to do almost everything over the internet. To them, dealing with an actual human is like an evolutionary step backward. It feels very slow because humans don, t work at 4G speeds. When you have dinner with friends, you will often notice someone paying more attention to his mobile phone. We have programmed ourselves to think that every new message brings life-changing news, so taking calls and checking our texts are more important than talking to the people we are with. What is worse, some people even tend to send anonymous(匿名的) rude messages by email.
However, rudeness is never acceptable, Don, t assume it is OK to be rude if the person you, re in touch with won, t recognize you. If you have something awful to say, have the courage to face the person and say it, write a letter or email and sign it, or forget it. Upsetting people with unsigned messages is cruel and disgusting.
We shouldn′t blame technology for our shortcomings. Technology is here to help us, but we should not allow it to take over our lives. An important step is acknowledging our shortcomings. People spend a lot of time pointing out bad manners but it would be even more help if we′d publicly acknowledge good manners when we see them.
小题1:What can be inferred from the underlined sentence in Paragraph I?
A.People can tell good from bad behavior.
B.Radar is able to observe human behavior.
C.People care little about their behavior.
D.Radar can be used to predict human behavior.
小题2:Some people are less willing to deal with humans because
A.they are becoming less patient
B.they are growing too independent
C.they have to handle many important messages
D.they have to follow an evolutionary step backward.
小题3:The author thinks sending unsigned awful messages is
A.RidiculousB.disgustingC.acceptableD.reasonable
小题4:What can we learn from the last paragraph?
A.We should applaud good behabior.
B.Technology can neber be blamed
C.We should keep pointing out mistakes.
D.Technology will take over lives one day.

答案

小题1:C
小题2:A
小题3:B
小题4:A
解析

主旨大意:这篇短文主要讲述了随着生活节奏的加快,人们变得越来越无礼,很多人不再关心礼貌问题。现在有越来越多人喜欢借助于电子产品来做一切事情,比如用手机匿名的恶意的短信。但是如论如何,这种粗鲁的行为是不可接受的,出现这个问题,我们需要谴责的不是这些电子产品,而是要不断检查我们自己的行为,认识到什么才是正确的行为习惯。
小题1:推理题。联系前文People are ruder today,当今人们比以前更粗鲁了,及下文描述,可知选C,人们不太关心他们的行为了。
小题2:根据第二段To them, dealing with an actual human is like an evolutionary step backward. 描述,可知他们对于真实的人打交道变得更没耐心了。故选A。
小题3:细节题。根据倒数第二段Upsetting people with unsigned messages is cruel and disgusting. 描述,可知用匿名的短信***扰别人是残忍的和令人讨厌的,故选B。
小题4:主旨题。这段主要试讲我们应该了解我们的缺点,但是如果公开的认可好的行为习惯,将会更有帮助,故选A,我们应该鼓励好的行为。
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When international aid is given, steps must be taken to ensure (确保)that the aid reaches the people for whom it is intended. The way to achieve this may not be simple. It is very difficult for a nation to give help directly to people in another nation. The United Nations Organization (UNO) could undertake to direct the distribution of aid. Here however rises the problem of costs. Also tied with this is time. Perhaps the UNO could set up a body of devoted men and women in every country who can speedily distribute aid to victims of floods and earthquakes.
More than the help that one nation can give to another during a disaster; it would be more effective to give other forms of help during normal times. A common proverb says, “Give me a fish and I eat for day, teach me to fish and I eat for a lifetime.” If we follow this wise saying, it would be right to teach people from less developed nations to take care of themselves. For example, a country could share its technology with another. This could be in simple areas like agriculture or in more complex areas like medical and health care or even in building satellites. Even small country is able to help less developed nations. Sometimes what is take for granted, like the setting up of a water purification plant or the administration of a school, could be useful for countries which are looking about to solve common problems. It does not cost much to share such simple things. Exchange students could be attached for a number of months or years and learn the required craft while on the site. They can then take their knowledge back to their homelands and if necessary come back form time to time to clear doubts or to update themselves. Such aid will be truly helpful and there is no chance of it being temporary or of it falling into the wrong hands.
Many countries run extensive courses in all sorts of skills. It will not cost much to include deserving foreigners in these courses. Besides giving effective help to the countries concerned, there is also the build-up of friendships to consider. Giving direct help by giving materials may be effective in the short run and must continue to be given in the event of emergencies. However, in the long run what is really effective would be the sharing of knowledge.
小题1:According to the author, how could international aid reach the victims in time?
A. By solving the cost problems
B. By solving the transportation problems
C. By setting up a body of devoted people in every country.
D. By relying on the direct distribution of the UNO.
小题2:What does the author try to express in the underlined sentence?
A.Providing food is vitalB.Learning to fish is helpful
C.Teaching skills is essentialD.Looking after others is important.
小题3:The second paragraph is developed mainly _________.
A.by exampleB.by processC.by comparisonD.by contrast
小题4:Which aid is likely to fall into the wrong hands?
A.A medical team.B.An exchange program.
C.A water plant.D.Financial support.
小题5:What can we infer about international aid from the passage?
A.It is facing difficulties
B.It is unnecessary during normal times
C.It should be given in the form of materials
D.It has gained support developed countries

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Many people think that listening is a passive business. It is just the opposite. Listening well is an active exercise of our attention and hard work. It is because they do not realize this, or because they are not willing to do the work, that most people do not listen well.
Listening well also requires total concentration upon someone else. An essential part of listening well is the rule known as ‘bracketing’. Bracketing includes the temporary giving up or setting aside of your own prejudices and desires, to experience as far as possible someone else’s world from the inside, stepping into his or her shoes. Moreover, since listening well involves bracketing, it also involves a temporary acceptance of the other person. Sensing this acceptance, the speaker will seem quite willing to open up the inner part of his or her mind to the listener. True communication is under way and the energy required for listening well is so great that it can be accomplished only by the will to extend oneself for mutual growth.
Most of the time we lack this energy. Even though we may feel in our business dealings or social relationships that we are listening well, what we are usually doing is listening selectively. Often we have a prepared list in mind and wonder, as we listen, how we can achieve certain desired results to get the conversation over as quickly as possible or redirected in ways more satisfactory to us. Many of us are far more interested in talking than in listening, or we simply refuse to listen to what we don’t want to hear.
It wasn’t until toward the end of my doctor career that I have found the knowledge that one is being truly listened to is frequently therapeutic(有疗效的) In about a quarter of the patients I saw, surprising improvement was shown during the first few months of psychotherapy(心理疗法), before any of the roots of problems had been uncovered or explained. There are several reasons for this phenomenon, but chief among them, I believe, was the patient’s sense that he or she was being truly listened to, often for the first time in years, and for some, perhaps for the first time ever.
小题1:The phrase “stepping into his or her shoes” in paragraph 2 probably means _______.
A.preparing a topic list firstB.focusing on one’s own mind
C.directing the talk to the desired resultsD.experiencing the speaker’s inside world
小题2:What is mainly discussed in Paragraph 2?
A.How to listen well.B.What to listen to.
C.Benefits of listening.D.Problems in listening
小题3:According to the author, in communication people tend to ________.
A.listen activelyB.listen purposefully
C.set aside their prejudicesD.open up their inner mind
小题4:According to the author, the patients improved mainly because _______.
A.they were taken good care of.B.they knew they were truly listened to.
C.they had partners to talk to.D.they knew the roots of problems.
小题5:What type of writing the article likely to be?
A.Science fictionB.A news report.C.A medical report.D.Popular science

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In my living room, there is a plaque (匾) that advises me to “Bloom (开花) where you are planted.” It reminds me of Dorothy. I got to know Dorothy in the early 1980s, when I was teaching Early Childhood Development through a program with Union College in Barbourville, Kentucky. The job responsibilities required occasional visits to the classroom of each teacher in the program. Dorothy stands out in my memory as one who “bloomed” in her remote area.
Dorothy taught in a school In Harlan County, Kentucky, Appalachian Mountain area. To get to her school from the town of Harlan, I followed a road winding around the mountain. In the eight-mile journey, I crossed the same railroad track five times, giving the possibility of getting caught by the same train five times. Rather than feeling excited by this drive through the mountains, I found it depressing. The poverty level was shocking and the small shabby houses gave me the greatest feeling of hopelessness.
From the moment of my arrival at the little school, all gloom (忧郁) disappeared. Upon arriving at Dorothy’s classroom. I was greeted with smiling faces and treated like a queen. The children had been prepared to show me their latest projects. Dorothy told me with a big smile that they were serving poke greens salad and cornbread for “dinner” (lunch). In case you don’t know, poke greens are a weed-type plant that grows wild, especially on poor ground.
Dorothy never ran out of reports of exciting activities of her students. Her enthusiasm never cooled down. When it came time to sit for the testing and interviewing required to receive her Child Development Associate Certification, Dorothy was ready. She came to the assessment and passed in all areas. Afterward, she invited me to the one-and-only steak house in the area to celebrate her victory, as if she had received her Ph. D. degree. After the meal, she placed a little box containing an old pen in my hand. She said it was a family heirloom (传家宝), but to me it is a treasured symbol of appreciation and pride that cannot be matched with things. (360 words)
小题1:“Early Childhood Development” in Paragraph 1 refers to __________.
A.a program directed by Dorothy
B.a course given by the author
C.an activity held by the students
D.an organization sponsored by Union college
小题2: In the journey, the author was most disappointed at seeing __________.
A.the long trackB.the poor houses
C.the same trainD.the winding road
小题3:Upon arriving at the classroom, the author was cheered up by __________.
A.a warm welcomeB.the sight of poke greens
C.Dorothy’s latest projectsD.a big dinner made for her
小题4:What can we know about Dorothy from the last paragraph?
A. She was invited to a celebration at a restaurant.
B. She got a pen as a gift from the author.
C. She passed the required assessment.
D. She received her Ph. D. degree.
小题5:What does the author mainly intend to tell us?
A.Whatever you do, you must do it carefully.
B.Whoever you are, you deserve equal treatment.
C.However poor you are, you have the right to education,
D.Wherever you are, you can accomplish your achievement.

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It’s such a happy-looking library, painted yellow, decorated with palm-tree stickers and sheltered from the Florida sun by its own roof. About the size of a microwave oven, it’s pedestrian-friendly, too, waiting for book lovers next to a sidewalk in Palm Beach country Estates, along the northern boundary of Palm Beach Gardens.
It’s a library built with love.
A year ago, shortly after Janey Henriksen saw a Brian Williams report about the Little Free Library organization, a Wisconsin-based nonprofit that aims to promote literacy and build a sense of community in a neighborhood by making books freely available, she announced to her family of four, “That’s what we’re going to do for our spring break!”
Son Austin, now a 10th-grader, didn’t see the point of building a library that resembles a mailbox. But Janey insisted, and husband Peter unwillingly got to work. The 51-year-old owner of a ship supply company modified a small wooden house that he’d built years earlier for daughter Abbie’s toy horses, and made a door of glass.
After adding the library’s final touches (装点), the family hung a signboard on the front, instructing users to “take a book, return a book,” and making the Henriksen library, now one of several hundred like it nationwide and among more than 2,500 in the world, the only Little Free Library in Palm Beach County.
They stocked it with 20 or so books they’d already read, a mix of science fiction, reference titles, novels and kids’ favorites. “I told them, keep in mind that you might not see it again,” said Janey, a stay-at-home mom.
Since then, the collection keeps replenishing (补充) itself, thanks to ongoing donations from borrowers. The library now gets an average of five visits a day.
The project’s best payoff, says Peter, are the thank-you notes left behind. “We had no idea in the beginning that it would be so popular.” (317 words)
小题1:In what way is the library “pedestrian-friendly”?
A.It owns a yellow roof.B.It stands near a sidewalk.
C.It protects book lovers from the sun.D.It uses palm-tree stickers as decorations.
小题2:Janey got the idea to build a library from __________.
A.a visit to Brian WilliamsB.a spring break with her family
C.a book sent by one of her neighborsD.a report on a Wisconsin-based organization
小题3:The library was built __________.
A.by a ship supply companyB.on the basis of toy horses
C.like a mailboxD.with glass
小题4:What can we infer about the signboard?
A.It was made by a user of the library.B.It marked a final touch to the library.
C.It aimed at making the library last long.D.It indicated the library was a family property.
小题5:The passage tells us that the users __________.
A.donate books to the library
B.get paid to collect books for the library
C.receive thank-you notes for using the library
D.visit the library over 5 times on average daily

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To celebrate the end of our exams, my friends and I went to a fast food restaurant.We__26__hamburgers and Coca Cola at the counter. When our__27__came,I started walking towards an empty table. By bad luck, my purse strap (带子) got__28__on a chair and the tray (托盘) that I was holding slipped__29___my hands and went flying in the air. The tray, and its contents,__30___on a man who was just about to__31___a bite of his sandwich. I stared,greatly___32__,as the drinks soaked (浸湿) his white shirt.
Then I___33__my eyes and prepared myself for his burst of__34__.Instead,he said “It’s OK” to_ 35__me before he disappeared into the washroom.
Still shaky and unsure___36__to do next, my friends and I went to a table and sat there, trying our best to look___37__.A moment later, the man came out of the washroom and___38__our table, my heart almost stopped
___39__.I thought he was going to ask for my father’s_ 40 __and call him.
  To my surprise, he merely smiled at us, handed us some cash and said,“__41___yourself new hamburgers. ”He then walked_ 42___without even finishing his food.
  He could have made what was already an uncomfortable situation worse,___43__he chose a different way and gave us a reason to believe that there is still__44___in this world. I will never___45__his actions.
小题1:
A.ordered B.made C.arranged D.demanded
小题2:
A.foodB.turn C.bill D.menu
小题3:
A.fixed B.caught C.cut D.tied
小题4:
A.by B.in C.from D.out
小题5:
A.knocked B.fell C.stood D.hung
小题6:
A.take B.taste C.swallow D.chew
小题7:
A.discouraged B.disappointed C.shocked D.annoyed
小题8:
A.bitterness B.anxiety C.anger D.sorrow
小题9:
A.rolled B.rubbed C.narrowed D.closed
小题10:
A.satisfy B.comfort C.encourage D.praise
小题11:
A.how B.who C.what D.which
小题12:
A.mild B.honest C.calm D.modest
小题13:
A.pushed B.approached C.drew D.laid
小题14:
A.beating B.breaking C.sinking D.trembling
小题15:
A.help B.position C.number D.job
小题16:
A.Prepare B.Buy C.Find D.Cook
小题17:
A.on B.around C.up D.away
小题18:
A.so B.since C.although D.but
小题19:
A.kindness B.happiness C.politeness D.brightness
小题20:
A.forget B.refuse C.oppose D.ignore

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