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This may sound like something someone would say today. But in fact, an unknown citizen who lived
in Rome in AD 52 wrote it.
We all love new inventions. They are exciting, amazing and can even change our lives. But have all
these developments really improve the quality of our lives?
Picture this: You"re rushing to finish your homework on the computer. Your mobile phone rings, a
QQ message from your friend appears on the screen, the noise from the television is getting louder and
louder. Suddenly the computer goes blank and you lose all your work. Now you have to stay up all
night to get it done. How calm and happy do you feel?
Inventions have speeded up our lives so much that they often leave us feeling stressed and tired. Why
do you think people who live far away from noisy cities, who have no telephones, no cars, not even any
electricity often seem to be happier? Perhaps because they lead simpler lives.
One family in the UK went "back in time" to see what life was like without all the inventions we have
today. The grandparents, with their daughter, and grandsons Benjamin, 10, and Tomas, 7, spent nine
weeks in a 1940s house. They had no washing machine, microwave, computer or mobile phones.
The grandmother, Lyn, said, "It was hard physically, but not mentally." She believed life was less
materialistic. "The more things you have, the more difficult life becomes," She said. The boys said they
fought less to fight over, such as their computer. Benjamin also noticed that his grandmother had changed
from being a "trendy (时髦的), beer-drinking granny, to one who cooked things."
Here are some simple ways to beat the stress often caused by our inventions!
Don"t be available all the time. Turn off your mobile phone at certain times of the day.
Don"t check your e-mail every day. Don"t reply to somebody as soon as they leave a text message
just because you can. It may be fun at first, but it soon gets annoying.
B. improvements of our life with technology
C. the important roles technology plays in our everyday life
D. major changes which will be likely to happen to technology
in order to _________.
B. tell us what life was like long time ago
C. make us wonder what causes such a thing to happen
D. point out that you experience some big problems and they may be the same
B. they were curious about how people lived without modern inventions
C. they were troubled by modern inventions
D. living in a different time would be a lot of fun for them
B. Free
C. Be able to
D. Be found by others.
答案
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举一反三
somebody? Perhaps we all do sometimes, but we don"t often make the idea a reality. Recently, in Britain,
there was a competition called British Designers for Tomorrow. The competition encourages young
people to carry out their bright ideas. There were two groups in the contest: Group One was for
schoolchildren under 16; Group Two was for schoolchildren over 16, and there were eleven
prize-winners altogether.
Neil Hunt, one of the prize-winners, was called "Sunshine Superman". It"s important when people
study the weather to be able to record sunshine accurately. We need to know how many hours of
sunshine we have and how strong it is. Most sunshine recorders only record direct sunlight. Neil"s is more
accurate and this is very important for research into the way of using solar power.
You can do so much with animated cartoon. Look at Simon West"s idea for animated road signs. He
uses pictures which appear to move as you go nearer to or farther from them. This isn"t a new idea. But it
is new to use these pictures on road signs. "We found that people were more likely to see moving signs,"
said Simon. So now, you can really see rocks falling, trains moving, horses running or a car falling over
the edge of a cliff. Quite a warning!
The ideas in the competition were so inventive that we are surprised that British industry doesn"t ask
more schoolchildren for suggestions. Perhaps this will be the start of "pupil power!"
B. take better care of schoolchildren
C. stop asking schoolchildren for suggestions
D. pay more attention to schoolchildren"s inventive power
B. knowing how strong sunlight is
C. using the energy of the sun
D. recording the hours of sunshine
B. win as many prizes as they could
C. design something useful for the next day
D. invent something for immediate use
B. To warn people on the roads of the danger ahead.
C. To help make a car trip more exciting.
D. To warn people to be careful while working.
B. turn their bright ideas into reality
C. have bright ideas
D. think of inventing something
four goals for people to reach a perfect life in their future.
The first goal common to all of us is health and energy. We all want to be healthy and fit, to have high
levels of energy and to live free of pain and illness. Today, with the incredible advance in medical science,
the quality of our health and fitness, and our lifespan is largely determined by design, not by chance.
People with excellent health habits are far healthier, have more energy, and live longer and better than
people who have poor health habits. Remember that health is not everything, but without health everything
is nothing!
The second goal that we all have in common is to enjoy excellent relationships-intimate, personal or
social-with the people we like and respect, and who in turn. Fully 85% of your happiness will be
determined by the quality of your relationships at each stage, and in each area, of your life. How well you
get along with people, and how much they like and respect you, have more impact on the quality of your
life than perhaps any other factor.
The third common goal is to do work that we enjoy, to do it well, and to be well paid for it. You want
to be able to get and keep the job you want, to get paid more and promoted (晋升) faster. You want to
earn the very most that is possible for you at each stage of your career, whatever you do.
The fourth goal we all have in common is to achieve financial independence. You want to reach the
point in life where you have enough money so that you never have any financial worries. You want to be
completely free of them. You want to be able to order dinner in a restaurant without referring to the price
listings to determine what you want to eat.
_____________________________________________________________
2. Fill in the blank in Paragraph 3 with proper words. (no more than 6 words)
_____________________________________________________________
3. Complete the following sentence with proper words according to the underlined sentence
in Paragraph 4. (no more than 6 words)
Everybody wants to make _________________ no matter what job he is engaged in.
4.Why does the author put health ahead of other goals?(no more than 20 words)
______________________________________________________________
5.What does the underlined word"them"in the last paragraph probably refer to? (no more than 3 words)
______________________________________________________________
parents may face. Of all the reasons that explain their loneliness, a large geographical distance between
parents and their children is the major one. This phenomenon (现象) is commonly known as "Empty
Nest Syndrome" (空巢综合症).
In order to seek better chances outside their countries, many young people have gone abroad, leaving
their parents behind with no clear idea of when they will return home. Their parents spend countless
lonely days and nights, taking care of themselves, in the hope that someday their children will come back
to stay with them. The fact that most of these young people have gone to Europeanized or Americanized
societies makes it unlikely that they will hold as tightly to the value of duty as they would have if they had
not left their countries. Whatever the case, it has been noted that the values they hold do not necessarily
match what they actually do. This geographical and cultural distance also prevents the grown-up children
from providing response (回应) in time for their aged parents living by themselves.
The situation in which grown-up children live far away from their aged parents has been described as
"distant parent phenomenon", which is common both in developed countries and in developing countries.
Our society has not yet been well prepared for "Empty Nest Syndrome".
B. the unfavorable living conditions in their native countries
C. the common worry about their income
D. the geographical distance between parents and children
B. seek a better place for their aged parents
C. continue their studies abroad
D. realize their dreams in foreign countries
B. they can give some help to their parents back home
C. they cannot do what they should for their parents
D. they believe what they actually do is right
B. the situations in the developed and developing countries are different
C. children will become independent as soon as they go abroad
D. the aged parents are not fully prepared for "Empty Nest Syndrome"
from the job. I also think my work is important. There was a time when I thought I would never have that
sort of career (职业).
I wasn"t an excellent student because I didn"t do much schoolwork. In my final term I started thinking
what I might do and found I didn"t have much to offer. I just accepted that I wasn"t the type to have a
career.
I then found myself a job, looking after two little girls. It wasn"t too bad at first. But the problems
began when I agreed to live in, so that I would be there if my boss had to go out for business in the
evening. We agreed that if I had to work extra hours one week, she"d give me time off the next. But
unfortunately, it didn"t often work out. I was getting extremely tired and fed up, because I had too many
late nights and early mornings with the children.
One Sunday, I was in the park with the children, and met Megan who used to go to school with me. I
told her about my situation. She suggested that I should do a course and get a qualification (资格证书) if
I wanted to work with children. I didn"t think I would be accepted because I didn"t take many exams in
school. She persuaded me to phone the local college and they were really helpful. My experience
counted for a lot and I got on a part-time course. I had to leave my job with the family, and got work
helping out at a kindergarten.
Now I"ve got a full-time job there. I shall always be thankful to Megan. I wish I had known earlier
that you could have a career, even if you aren"t top of the class at school.
B. often worked long hours
C. got much help from her boss
D. took a day off every other week
B. She was fed up with children.
C. She decided to attend a part-time course.
D. She needed a rest after working extra hours.
B. Qualifications are necessary for a career.
C. Hard work makes an excellent student.
D. One must choose the job she likes.
grow up to be just like his father, and every little girl thinks her father is the smartest man on the earth. It"s
not very easy to be a good father, but it"s not that difficult either. Children will truly enjoy spending time
with their fathers, not just when they are kids, but even when they are adults.
Not all children communicate well with their fathers. Communication is often left to mothers, while
fathers dispense advice as and when necessary. Don"t expect all conversations to centre around the
dinner table. Go to your children"s bedrooms and talk to them about school, their teachers or their friends. Remember that the conversation cannot be one-sided. When your children open up to you, you also need
to open up to them.
If your children come home from school feeling upset, go up to them and ask them what is the matter. And if it is something which seems to you to be a silly reason to be upset, don"t voice your opinion. It
may be silly to you, but to your children it is important enough. So don"t wave the topic away by telling
them not to bother about such stupid things. Simply discussing their problems with them will help them
feel better.
Don"t shy away from having discussions about your teenage children"s love lives. Generally speaking,
your children are definitely not going to discuss intimate details with you. Try to let them know that you
are relaxed about topics on love. Tell your children how you met your wife. It is perfectly normal for
children to go through feelings for the opposite sex as they grow up, and by keeping the topic closed for
discussion, you are only shutting them off from discussing their feelings with you. All they will do is turn to
their friends.
B. great
C. serious
D. strong
B. talking with children around the dinner table is unnecessary
C. it is better for fathers to communicate more with their children
D. mothers should communicate less with their children.
B. express your opinion
C. keep silent
D. let them alone
B. Personal
C. Strange
D. Serious
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