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something. If they are not working, they are jogging, or playing tennis or golf, or taking courses to
improve their minds or bodies-or they are parked in front of the TV. Sitting in front of the TV isn’t
sitting- it’ s watching.
People used to sit a whole lot. You would walk down the street or drive down the road, and there
they would be, out on the doorsteps, sitting. You could go down to the store and sit on the bench out
front in the summer or around the fire in the winter. There were sitting benches out in the town square. At
the garage (车库), there were straight-backed chairs. There among the oilcans and tires and spare parts,
you could kick back and sit.
Houses used to have sitting rooms, where the grown-ups would go after Sunday dinner. Mom and
Dad, Grandpa and Aunt Ruby would sit and digest chicken and talk about Aunt Ethel"s illness, and how
well the minister did today. Outside, the children would play, and the afternoon would pass by in a
comfortable haze ( 悠闲的氛围 ).
That sort of thing looks like doing nothing. A recharging battery (正充电的电池) doesn’t look as if
it" s doing anything either. Sitting restores your soul. If you want to enjoy a truly full life, don’t just do
something-sit there.
B. People should spend less time watching TV.
C. People should pass down their good habits.
D. People should take things easy for their own good.
B. towns were built to make living convenient
C. small town garages had a lot to offer
D. people enjoyed going out for a drive
B. watching TV
C. gathering together
D. playing with children
B. sitting helps people remember the past
C. a sitting room may have different purposes
D. a sitting room is important for the old
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试题【阅读理解。 Sitting is an art that isn’t getting passed along. People these days f】；主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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A mathematician who goes mad is not a subject most directors consider commercially attractive, but
then Ron Howard isn’t among most directors. Despite an impressive list of credits, A Beautiful Mind is
his most successful work to date, combining a psychological drama with a moving love story to
produce a film that is as interesting as it is entertaining.
The Oscar winning Russell Crowe has put himself in line for further honours with his acting John Nash,
the Nobel Prize-winning mathematician troubled by schizophrenia（精神分裂症）. A Beautiful Mind
pictures Nash as an unusual hero, not just because of his academic achievements but also because of the
courage he displays while battling his illness.
In 1947 Nash was one of many great young minds at Princeton. "To find a truly original idea is the
only way to distinguish myself,"the proud and determined student declared. His exploration of such an
idea afforded him little time for the normal socialising. His shyness and straightforward approach brought
him few friends.
After finally hitting on a revolutionary new idea, Nash’s career took off and his reputation was
secured. He balanced research work with teaching, which is where he met the bright and beautiful
student Alicia（Jennifer Connelly）. Things in his life were going well when his talent for code breaking
brought him to the attention of the military who employed him during the early stages of the cold war
with Russia. However, the stress of his work made Nash’s illness develop.
Crowe’s performance is perfect. He and Connelly ignite（make something exciting）the film’s
passionate love story and Connelly’s wonderful performance makes the audience moved by Alicia,
whose courage, strength and faith in her husband are the primary reasons for his recovery.
B. a movie review
C. a movie poster
D. an advertisement
B. come on
C. put on
D. put up with
B. Ron Howard is an outstanding director
C. the stress of the academic work caused Nash’s illness
D. Nash’s concentration on his work and his shyness brought him few friends
B. John Nash gave up his career when troubled by schizophrenia
C. Russell Crowe won another Oscar Award after this movie
D. John Nash volunteered to serve in the army
no right answers because every case is different. Use the questions with your parents or with friends and
decide what you think might work? Think of your own solutions and make up new "What If" questions to
answer.
1）You are walking to school and a gang of older bullies（person who uses his strength or power
to frighten or hurt weaker people）demands your money.
Do you:
a. Shout and run away?
b. Give them the money?
Give them the money（or other possessions）— your safety is more important than money.
2）You are in the school toilet and an older student comes in, beats you and then tells you not to do
anything or "you" ll get worse" . You know who the person is and you have never done anything to him/her. Do you:
a. Wait until the person leaves and then tell a teacher?
b. Get it a fight with him/her?
c. Accept what happened and don’t tell?
Tell the teacher — you didn’t deserve to be beaten and the bully was wrong to do it. If you don’t tell,
the bully will just keep on beating up other kids.
3）A gang of bullies gets you alone and starts beating you. Do you:
a. Do nothing — just take it?
b. Fight back?
c. Shout to attract attention?
d. Watch for your chance and run away?
You must decide, but c.&d. together could work very well. It would be quite difficult to fight a whole
gang of bullies and you might be hurt badly if you did.
4）Someone in your class always makes rude comments about you and says them loud enough for
you（and others）to hear. It really upsets you.
Do you:
a. Ignore the comments?
b. Face the bully and tell him/her off?
c. Tell the teacher?
d. Hit the bully on the nose?
You may feel like beating the bully, but you’ll probably be the one to get into trouble if you do. Try a.
first — ignoring comments is difficult, but can work if the bully gets tired of trying to get you to be angry
or cry or show some reaction. Your teacher should be told about the comments because no one should
make hurtful comments to others. If you are feeling brave, tell the bully off. Try practising in the mirror to
get the right effect!
B. The questions the students meet.
C. The solutions to the students’ questions.
D. The advice on how to fight against the bully.
B. keeping calm is the first thing they should do
C. only being brave can help them solve the problem
D. they should practise boxing to defend themselves
B. if the students fight with the bullies, they will get hurt
C. the teachers can help to solve the bullying problems
D. the students’ safety is more important than money
B. When beaten by the bullies, the students should find a chance to run away.
C. The bullies make rude comments to get the bullied students into anger.
D. The students are most likely to be bullied in the school toilet.
the post office?"
Foreign tourists are often confused (困惑) 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!
B. show him a map of the place
C. tell him the names of the streets
D. refer to recognizable buildings and places
B. Los Angeles.
C. Kansas.
D. Iowa.
B. as a test
C. so as to be polite
D. for fun
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.
water, grow almost everywhere in the world but the hottest and coldest areas (地区). Among the leading
countries in apple production are China, France and the United States.
There are various kinds of apples, but a very few make up the majority of those grown for sale . The
three most common kinds grown in the United States are Delicious, Golden Delicious, and Mcintosh.
Apples are different in color, size, and taste . The color of the skin may be red, green, or yellow. They have various sizes, with Delicious apples being among the largest. The taste may be sweet or tart (酸的). Generally, sweet apples are eaten fresh while tart apples are used to make apple sauce (苹果酱).
Apple trees may grow as tall as twelve metres . They do best in areas that have very cold winters.
Although no fruit is yielded during the winter, this cold period is good for the tree.
B. sold everywhere
C. very big
D. quite sweet
B. producing large apples
C. improving the taste of apples
D. the increase of water in apples
B. be large producers of applesauce
C. have the longest history in apple production
D. have the coldest winter among apple producing countries
B. increased
C. produced
D. sold
the water had 3 and the other houses were 4 there with no roof and no walls and all covered
with mud (泥), her house was just all right.
Her house was quite small, her husband was dead, and she had four children, 5 Anna took in one
of the families that had lost 6 in the flood and she 7 her home with them until it was 8 for them
to rebuild their house.
Anna"s friends were puzzled when they saw Anna do this. They could not understand 9 Anna wanted to give 10 so much more work and trouble when she already had quite a few children to 11 . "Well," Anna 12 her friends, "at the end of the First World War, a woman in the town where I then lived found herself very 13 , because her husband had been killed in the 14 and she had a lot of
children, 15 I have now. The day before Christmas, this woman said to her children, "We won"t be
able to have much for Christmas this year, so I"m going to 16 only one gift to all of us. Now I"ll go
and get it." She came back with a 17 who was even poorer than they, and who had no parents.
"Here"s our 18 ," she said to her children.
The children were 19 and happy to get such a gift. They 20 the little girl, and she grew up as
their sister. I was just that Christmas gift."