题目
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When we walk through the city, we all experience a kind of information overload but we pay attention only
to those that are important to us. We don"t stop, we keep our faces expressionless and eyes straight ahead, and
in doing so, we are not just protecting ourselves but are avoiding overloading other people as well.
We make use of stereotypes (刻板的模式) as convenient ways to make quick judgments about situations
and people around us. They may not always be accurate,and they can often be dangerously wrong, but they
are used regularly.
The problem with the stereotypes is that they restrict experience. By using limited close to provide us with
a rapid opinion of other people or places we may choose to limit our communication. We may decide not to go
to certain places because we believe they will not offer something we enjoy.
In the city, styles of dress are particularly important with regard to self-presentation. Different groups often
use clearly identifiable styles of clothes so that they can be easily recognized. It is becoming increasingly
common for brand names to be placed on the outside of clothes, and this labeling makes it easy to send out
information about fashion and price instantly, and lets others tell at a distance whether an individual has similar
tastes and is a suitable person to associate with.
In England, where social grouping or class continues to make social distinctions (区分), clothes, hairstyles,
people"s pronunciation and the manner of speaking are all clues to our social group. Class distinctions tend to
be relatively fixed, although in the city where greater variety is permitted, they are more likely to be secondary
determining factors of friendship and association.
B. everyone else is expressionless
C. the environment is already familiar to them
D. there is too much information to take in
B. may make us miss some pleasant experience
C. can rarely be relied on
D. make us mentally lazy
B. people are becoming more interested in fashion
C. dressing can send messages about individuals
D. stereotypes can do more harm than good to people
B. is mainly determined by his pronunciation
C. plays less of a role than it did in the past
D. is something that can be changed easily
答案
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试题【Reading comprehension. When we walk through the city, we all experience a ki】；主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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(探险者) landed on the moon, they discovered that the moon was full of underground cities. They expressed
their surprise to the"moon people" they met.In turn, the"moon people" expressed their surprise."Why," they
asked,"are you traveling to outer space when you don"t even use your inner space?"
H. G. Wells could only imagine travel to the moon. In 1969, human beings really did land on the moon.
People today know that there are no underground cities on the moon. However, the qu- estion that the "moon
people" asked is still an interesting one. A growing number of acientists are seriously thinking about it.
Underground systems are already in place. Many cities have underground car parks. In some cities, such
as Tokyo, Seoul and Montreal, there are large underground shopping areas. The"Chunnel", a tunnel (隧道)
connecting England and France, is now complete.
But what about underground cities? Japan"s Taisei Corporation is designing a network of underground
systems, called"Alice Cities," The designers imagine using surface space for pubic parks and using underground space for flats, offices, shopping, and so on. A solar dome (太阳能穹顶) would cover the whole city.
Supporters of underground development say that building down rather than building up is a good way to use
the earth"s space. The surface, they say, can be used for farms, parks, gardens, and wilderness, H. G. Wells
"moon people" would agree. Would you?
B. understood their language
C. lived in so many underground cities
D. were ahead of them in space technology
B. Using the earth"s inner space.
C. Meeting the "moon people" again.
D. Traveling to outer space.
B. Tunnels, car parks, shopping areas.
C. Gardens, car parks, power stations.
D. Tunnels, gardens, offices.
B. Space travel with H. G. Wells
C. Enjoy living underground
D. Building down, not up
reply to anything Kate said. Kate was in charge of showing Nadia around on her first day at Buckminster
Grade School. Kate could not figure out why the school had put Nadia in a class where she could not
understand what people were saying.
"Why did they do this?" Kate wondered aloud." I mean, you can"t learn if you can"t understand the
teacher."
Nadia"s voice was a whisper. "I understand English. I will learn." Nadia"s English was perfect.
Kate was perplexed. She couldn"t understand why Nadia did not like to speak. Then she realized that
moring to a new country probably wasn"t the easiest thing to do. There were hundreds of unfamiliar and
unusual things to learn-all at the same time.
"There"re a lot of new things to learn, huh?" said Kate.
Nadia nodded rapidly. In a quiet voice she replied. "Many things people say, I do not understand. I
have been speaking English and Romanian all my life, but I do not know what some children are saying.
For example. yesterday a boy asked if I could help him find the USB port on a thin black box he was
carrying. Isn"t a port a place for ships? It made no sense to me."
"Don"t worry." said Kate. "You"ll figure everything out in time. You see, that thin black box was a
computer. A USB port is a place where you can connect other machines to a computer." Nadia and Kate
were quiet after that. They took notes while the teacher gave a maths lesson. To Kate"s surprise. Nadia
put up her hand and offered to answer questions at the blackboard.
Nadia handled every question the teacher gave her. Some of the questions were really difficult, and
no one understood what was going on except Nadia and the teacher. When the teacher said that Nadia
answered everything correctly, the whole class clapped their hands.
Nadia was smiling when she sat back down next to Kate. "Some things," she said in a normal voice,
"are the same all over the world."
B. helpful
C. lively
D. shy
B. angry
C. shocked
D. serious
B. Nadia had lived by the sea before
C. Nadia had never seen a computer before
D. Nadia spoke in a soft voice out of politeness
B. Nadia found some of the maths questions difficult.
C. Nadia was encouraged to answer questions in class.
D. Nadia understood the maths teacher better than other teachers.
B. Answering questions in class makes you better understood by classmates.
C. Language plays an important role in communication between cultures.
D. Mathematics helps to improve communication between cultures.
should have? At one time or another we probably all have. There"s no 1 in getting depressed about it
now-it"s no 2 crying over spilt (溢出的) milk. However, there may be some gain in thinking about exactly
what happened and why 3 we might be able to draw some conclusions for the future.
One thing we all do now and again is to lose our 4 with a friend or close relative. The odd thing is that we
more often display great 5 towards someone we are fond of than towards 6 . The explanation may be that
we see friends and relatives as a kind of safety net, an opportunity to 7 a bit of steam in a safe environment,
while the consequences (结果) of 8 a stranger could be far more serious.
Being honest is usually thought of as a virtue (美德) and undoubtedly this is the 9 . On the other hand, we
have all experienced occasions when we have spoken our minds to someone, telling them exactly what we feel,
and then have found ourselves filled with feelings of 10 . Perhaps we should have kept our mouths shut?
| ( )1. A. reason ( )2. A. use ( )3. A. so ( )4. A. mind ( )5. A. anger ( )6. A. strangers ( )7. A. run through ( )8. A. inviting ( )9. A. issue ( )10. A. excitement | B. purpose B. help B. because B. memory B. interest B. friends B. throw away B. insulting B. case B. happiness | C. point C. value C. but C. manner C. love C. relatives C. give up C. speaking to C. event C. pride | D. result D. benefit D. though D. temper D. respect D. colleagues D. let off D. believing in D. factor D. guilt | |||||||||
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| Several factors make a good newspaper story. First-obviously-it must be new. But since TV can react to events so quickly, this is often a problem for 1 . They usually respond to it in one of three ways. By providing 2 detail, comment or background information. By finding a new 3 on the day"s major stories. By printing completely different stories which TV doesn"t broadcast. What else? Well-it also has to be 4 . People do not to read about ordianry, everyday life. Because of this, many stories 5 some kind of conflict or danger. This is one reason why so much news seems to be 6 news." Plane lands safely-no-one hurt" doesn"t sell newspapers."Plane 7 -200 feared dead!" does. Next, there"s human interest. People are interested in other- 8 -particularly in the rich, famous and powerful. Stories about the private lives of pop singers, actors, models, politicians, 9 , all appear regularly in certain newspapers. Finally, for many editors, 10 is an important factor, too. They prefer stories about people, places and events which their readers know. That"s why the stories in Tokyo"s newspapers are often very different from the stories printed in Paris, Cairo, New York or Buenos Aires. | ||||||||||||
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