| A. Suppose you visit a country in South America. B. They say if people do everything on time, they are letting clocks control (控制) their lives. C. People there think that it is important to know the time. D. The radio announcers don"t think it is important to announce the exact time. E. They don"t want to arrive on time. | |||||||||
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| 阅读理解。 | |||||||||
| My grandfather is eighty years old. He always complains about how fast things have changed, and he often says that life used to be better. "Families aren"t what they used to be. A lot of families have broken up. If the husband and wife have problems with their marriage, they no longer stay together. And mothers used to stay at home and take care of their children, but now parents are both busy working. No one has time to look after children at home. And the cars! No one walks anymore. More and more people drive. We used to walk five miles to school on school days, even in winter. But now we don"t. And in school, children don"t have to think anymore. In math class, for example, we used to add, subtract, multiply and divide by using our heads. But now kids don"t use their heads anymore. Instead, they use calculators. Most families have computers now. In the past we didn"t have computers. We didn"t even have lights. My mother used to spend all day cooking in the kitchen. But now we don"t often eat home-cooked food. And people talk less to each other than before. They are too busy to talk, too busy to eat, too busy to think...Life used to be simple, but it isn"t anymore." | |||||||||
| 1. What does the grandfather think of the life now? | |||||||||
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| A. It"s as good as it used to be B. It"s worse than it used to be C. It"s better than it used to be D. It"s the same as it used to be | |||||||||
| 2. What does the underlined word "marriage" mean in Chinese? | |||||||||
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| A. 生活 B. 工作 C. 婚姻 D. 家庭 | |||||||||
| 3. What did the grandfather used to do? | |||||||||
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| A. He used to use calculators in math class B. He used to drive to school in winter C. He used to go to school by bike D. He used to walk five miles to school | |||||||||
| 4. What changes have happened? ① There are lights at home ② People often eat home-cooked food now ③ Lots of families have computers ④ More and more people drive instead of walking | |||||||||
| A. ①②④ B. ②③④ C. ①②③ D. ①③④ | |||||||||
| 5. Which of the following is TURE? | |||||||||
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| A. Life now is much simpler B. People have more time to talk with each other now C. The grandfather only complains and pays no attention to the better life now D. Lots of mothers still stay at home and look after their children. | |||||||||
| 阅读短文，回答问题。 | |||||||||
| Some things can carry messages, for example, a sign at the bus stop helps you to know which bus to take. Signs on the door tell you where to go in or out. Have you ever noticed that there are a lot of signs around you and that you receive messages from them all the time? People can communicate on many other ways. An artist can use his drawing to tell about beautiful mountains, about the blue sea and many other things. Books are written to tell you about all the wonderful things in the world and also about people and their ideas. Books, magazines, TVs, radios and films all help us to communicate with others. They all help us to know what is going on in the world and what other people are thinking about. | |||||||||
| 1. What can help you if you want to know which bus to take? 2. What do the signs on the door do? 3. People can communicate in many other ways, can"t they? 4. What can help us to communicate with others? 5. What do they help us to do? | |||||||||
| 阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的(A、B、C、D)四个选项中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。 | |||||||||
| Juan Gomez wakes up at six o"clock every morning. He gets up, takes a 1 , gets dressed, and eats breakfast. After breakfast he 2 the newspaper until 7:15, then he leaves for work. He gets on the bus at the bus stop, rides it to University Avenue, 3 , and walks to his office. He works 4 five o"clock. He usually goes and plays basketball with friends after work. Then he goes home. Juan 5 a very boring life. | |||||||||
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