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Parties and social gatherings no longer excite us the same way they once did. This is not due to a lack of desire to socialize, but the smartphone.
At parties, more people are on their smartphones than on their drinks. According to a recent International Data Corporation study, well over half of all Americans have a smartphone and reach for it the moment they wake up, keeping it in hand all day. In addition, too much of society is using smartphones while driving and as a result getting into car crashes. 34 percent of teens admit to text while driving, and they confirm that text messaging is their number one driving interruption. People"s attachment to their smartphones is unbelievably becoming more important than the lives of themselves and others.
Just as drivers dismiss the importance of focusing while on the road, many people also fail to recognize the significance of human interaction. When with their friends, some people pointlessly check or send text messages in the presence of a friend, which sends a message to that friend: the person I am texting is more important than you. In addition, relying on our smartphone to make friends does not give us the same advantage as being able to make new friendships in the real world. Face-to-face conversations will give us much stronger communication skills in the long run.
As many people risk their lives and the lives of people around them just to send a text or mindlessly check their massages, smartphones are in many ways more dangerous to people. The quality of this technology is de-advancing societal achievements and weakening the value of communication. Not only is the smartphone affecting our desire to interact (交流) face-to-face but it is also lowering society"s ability to communicate.
小题1:The purpose of this text is to ______.| A．call for an end to use the smartphone while driving | | B．appeal to us to pay attention to communication skills | | C．express a concern about the overuse of the smartphone | | D．advise us to be cautious about the addiction to the smartphone |
小题2:The second paragraph is developed by ______.| A．giving examples | B．listing figures | C．comparing facts | D．analyzing the effects |
小题3:The author advocates us to make new friends ______.| A．by using smartphones | B．in a face-to-face way | | C．in different ways | D．under a free circumstance |
小题4:Over dependence on the smartphone leads to the fact that ______.| A．parties and gatherings limit their social circle | | B．people are more and more narrow-minded | | C．people"s communication skills are weakened | | D．face-to-face communication becomes less important |
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答案
小题1:C
小题2:A
小题3:B
小题4:C |
解析
试题分析：文章介绍了一种社会现象，现在的人们过分依赖手机而忽视人与人之间面对面的交流。
小题1:写作意图题：从文章的内容和第一段的句子：Parties and social gatherings no longer excite us the same way they once did. This is not due to a lack of desire to socialize, but the smartphone.可知作者写这篇文章是表达对过度使用手机的担心，选C
小题2:写作手法题：从第二段的内容: well over half of all Americans have a smartphone and reach for it the moment they wake up, keeping it in hand all day. In addition, too much of society is using smartphones while driving and as a result getting into car crashes. 34 percent of teens admit to text while driving,可知作者是通过举例来说明问题的。选A
小题3:推理题：从文章第三段的句子：In addition, relying on our smartphone to make friends does not give us the same advantage as being able to make new friendships in the real world.可知作者提倡通过面对面的方式我们交朋友，选B
小题4:细节题：从文章最后一段的句子：Not only is the smartphone affecting our desire to interact (交流) face-to-face but it is also lowering society"s ability to communicate.可知过度依赖手机的后果是人们的交流技能会削弱。选C |
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La Gomera is the only place in the world which has a whistle （口哨）language. We do not know how and why it began because we do not know the complete history of the island. But we can certainly imagine the reasons for the beginning of the whistle language. There are many deep valleys on the island. A person on one side of a valley can not easily shout to a person on the other side. But he can whistle and be heard. Some of the best whistlers can be heard from four miles away and the record is seven miles.
The people who live on the island usually have good teeth, and this helps them to whistle well. They must also have good ears so that they can hear other whistlers.
We can understand why the whistle language continues. It is very useful on the island, and quite easy to learn. When somebody is hurt or ill, the whistle language takes the place of telephone. If the sick person is quite far away from the town, people pass the message from one to another. A boy guarding cattle on a hillside whistles to a man fishing from his boat. The last one is able to describe the trouble fully and exactly to the doctor in town. People help one another in the same way when a car breaks down or a cow is lost.
The whistle language is hundreds of years old, and probably it will continue to live on for hundreds of years more. Radio and TV often kill the special ways of speaking in different parts of a country. But on La Gomera you are nobody if you cannot whistle. Perhaps soon after TV arrives on the island, people there will be whistling the news and other facts and opinions.
小题1:If a person on La Gomera is ill,______.| A．others will phone the doctor in town | | B．people will take him to town by carriage | | C．his family will take him to the hospital | | D．the whistle language will help pass the message to the doctor |
小题2:La Gomera is special because ______.| A．many visitors go there every year | | B．no visitors have ever been there | | C．people there have special ears to hear whistles | | D．people there use the whistle language to communicate with each other |
小题3:Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?| A．It is not easy for a person to live on La Gomera if he cannot whistle. | | B．The whistle language can only be found on La Gomera. | | C．The whistle language has been used for hundreds of years on the island, but will not be used any longer. | | D．The record shows that one best whistler can be heard others seven miles away. |
小题4:Which of the following will be the best title of this passage?| A．The Secret Language | B．Do You Know the Whistle Language? | | C．The Life of Islanders | D．La Gomera一a Mystery |
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“When I grow up, I want to be...”
Almost all of us have thought about, or been asked to think about, our future careers. Our answers may differ greatly. Even now your aspirations(志向，抱负)may have changed from when you were in primary school.
However, it seems career options aren’t only based on personal taste. In a survey carried out by Teens, doctors, lawyers, and bankers were some of most popular careers that people said they hoped to follow. This is in line with a similar survey carried out in the UK in May 2011 by job website---Co.uk, in which medicine was the top choice among UK teenagers aged between 13 and 17.
Medicine and law are two of the oldest and best known professions. Their prestige (威望) may come from the fact that doctors and lawyers are much-respected members of society, and they make good money. What’s more, these professions are often seen as a sign of upward social mobility.
It is equally unsurprising that banking is now one of the most common career choices. Youngsters worldwide think of banking and see the money rolling in. Wealth is increasingly becoming one of the most important indicators(标志) of a successful career. British young men list the UK tycoon(巨头,大亨) Alan Sugar, Microsoft founder Bill Gates and Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg as their top role models “for their wealth”. Just as Chinese teenagers see being a banker as a good and fun way to “wealth”.
However, not every child has the makings of doctor, lawyer, or banker. They are those who see achievement and happiness in other areas, and many teenagers dare to ink more individuality into their career options. As the Teens’ survey discovered, a variety of unconventional jobs---coffee shop owner, gourmet(美食家)，waiter at a fast food restaurant---are among teenagers’ career choices. They can be equally interesting and rewarding jobs.
With every choice comes responsibility and challenge, and all career paths require specific education and training, you have to learn to balance optimism(乐观主义)and confidence with being realistic about your particular talents and skills.
小题1:What is the passage mainly about?| A．Careers in teenagers’ mind. | | B．Choosing a good job is very important. | | C．Teenagers in the UK like doctors. | | D．The choice of career needs challenge. |
小题2:What is the top career choice among UK teenagers aged between 13 and 17 according to the article?| A．Medicine | B．Law | C．Bank | D．Education |
小题3: According to the article, all of the following are the benefits of being a doctor or a lawyer except _______.| A．respect from others | B．the oldest profession | | C．high pay | D．upward social mobility |
小题4:What do youngsters think is increasingly becoming one of the most important indicators of a successful career?| A．Prestige | B．Achievement | C．Happiness | D．Wealth |
小题5:According to the last two paragraphs, which of the following is TRUE?| A．Careers such as gourmets and waiters are not as rewarding as doctors and lawyers. | | B．Specific education and training can help get a good job. | | C．Responsibility is the most important when you choose a good job. | | D．Optimism and confidence is more important than being realistic when |
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Everyone knows that the French are romantic, the Italians are fashionable and the Germans are serious. Or do they? Are these just stereotypes or is there really such a thing as national character? And if there is, can it affect how a nation succeed or fail?
At least one group of people is certain that it can. A recent survey of the top 500 entrepreneurs (实业家) in the UK found that 70 percent felt that their efforts were not appreciated by the British public.
Britain is hostile to success, they said. It has a culture of jealousy (嫉妒) . As a result, the survey said, entrepreneurs were “unloved, unwanted and misunderstood”. Jealousy is sometimes known as the “green-eyed monster” and the UK is its home. Scientists at Warwich University in the UK recently tested this idea. They gathered a group of people together and gave each an imaginary amount of money. Some were given a little, others a great deal. Those given a little money were given the chance to destroy the large amounts of money given to others—but at the cost of losing their own. Two thirds of the people tested agreed to do this.
This seems to prove the entrepreneurs were right to complain. But there is also conflicting evidence. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) recently reported that the UK was now the world’s fourth largest economy. That is not bad for people who are supposed to hate success. People in the UK also work longer hours than anyone else in Europe. So the British people are not lazy, either.
“It’s not really success that the British dislike,” says Carey Cooper, a Professor of management at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology. “It’s people using their success in a way that seems arrogant (傲慢) or unfair or which separates them from their roots.”
Perhaps it is the entrepreneurs who are the problem. They set out to do things in their way. They work long hours. By their own efforts they become millionaires. But instead of being happy they complain that nobody loves them. It hardly seems worth following their example. If they were friendlier, people would like them more. And more people want to be like them.
小题1:What does the underlined “it” in the second paragraph refer to__________?| A．One group of people | B．A great survey | C．A nation | D．National character |
小题2:Most entrepreneurs surveyed believe that .| A．the British public are hardworking | | B．they are not popular simply because they are successful | | C．love of success is Britain’s national character | | D．they are considered as “green-eyed monsters” |
小题3:What does the result of the Warwich University test show_________?| A．Most people would rather fail than see others succeed | | B．Two thirds of the people tested didn’t love money | | C．An imaginary amount of money does not attract people | | D．Most people are willing to enjoy success with others |
小题4:The writer of the passage seems to suggest that .| A．jealousy is Britain’s national character | | B．British entrepreneurs are not fairly treated | | C．the British dislike the entrepreneurs because they do not behave properly | | D．the scientists at Warwich University did a successful test |
小题5:Which of the following statements is true according to the passage? | A．Everyone knows that the French are romantic, the Germans are fashionable and the Italians are serious. | | B．About 350 entrepreneurs in the UK felt that their efforts were not appreciated by the British public. | | C．The British people are not lazy and they work longer hours than anyone else in the world. | | D．Carey Cooper said that the British really dislike success. |
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When did you last visit a shopping mall? In many places, the answer would be “last weekend.” Some people go even more often. Why? For one thing, malls offer goods and services that people need all in one place: food, clothing, things for their houses, entertainment, even medical services. So, are malls one of the highlights of modern civilization? Environmental activists would say No! They would go even further and say that consumer behavior is causing a huge environmental disaster. They cause consumers of ignorance of the side effect of their shopping—urban sprawl (扩大) .
Social scientists agree that patterns of development have changed the landscape a great deal in the last half century. Before 1950, most people lived in towns or cities and either walked to work or took public transportation. Only very wealthy people had automobiles. Farmers lived in rural areas or isolated villages and came into town only when they needed things they couldn’t produce themselves. If you gazed at the landscape you would see towns surrounded by countryside. Then a massive change occurred.
Automobiles became affordable and people were quick to adopt them. Now ambitious workers could live in the suburbs, the areas just outside cities, which started to grow rapidly. As long as there was lots of cheap land in the suburbs, no one paid much attention to the usage of that land. Malls, fast food restaurants, cinemas, and car dealerships spread out in large, flat buildings. These one–storey buildings and their parking lot took up a great deal space. Well– meaning farmers thought they were better off selling their land than growing crops. In ignorance, no one realized that once the land was built up in urban sprawl, the good farming land would be ruined forever. There was no way to preserve it.
Only in recent years have people come to mourn the old way of life as they have developed insight into the problems. Now people realize that urban sprawl has come with serious environmental problems. The negative aspects of sprawl include air and water pollution, loss of agricultural land, traffic jams, and the death of businesses in the old town centers. Many scholars think the time has come to analyze the problems better so we can develop appropriate policies to control further sprawl. Some think the best way to do is to educate citizens about their priceless environment.
小题1:What is mainly discussed in the passage?| A．Weekend Fun | B．Urban Sprawl | C．New Automobiles | D．Isolated Villages |
小题2:What does the underlined word “They” refer to in the first paragraph?| A．Scientists | B．Activists. | C．Farmers. | D．Malls |
小题3:Who do environmental activists blame for environmental problems?| A．Endangered animals. | B．Shopping mall owners. | | C．Unthinking shoppers. | D．Ambitious farmers. |
小题4:What do scholars think should be done about urban sprawl?| A．Understand the situations better. | B．Follow customary policies. | | C．Start school in shopping malls. | D．Charge polluters a lot of money. |
小题5:What is the scholars’ attitude toward urban sprawl?| A．Respectful. | B．Negative. | C．Positive. | D．Doubtful. |
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Whether we should allow marine (海洋的) parks to stay open has been widely debated in our community recently. A variety of different arguments have been put forward about it.
Smith, a sociologist, argued that dolphin parks provide the only opportunity for much of the public to see marine mammals. As this argument goes, most Australians live in cities and never get to see these animals. Marine parks allow the average Australian to appreciate our marine wildlife. However, in fact, there are many places where they can be seen in the wild. Moreover, these places do not charge an overpriced entry fee — they are free.
Dr. Alison Lane, the director of the Cairns Marine Science Institute, insists that we need marine parks for scientific research. She argues that much of our knowledge of marine mammals comes from studies which were undertaken at marine parks. The knowledge which is obtained at marine parks can be useful for planning for the preservation of marine mammal species. However, Jones, a zoologist, explains that park research is only useful for understanding captive animals and is not useful for learning about animals in the wild. Their diets are different, they have significantly lower life lengths and they are more likely to have a disease. In addition, marine mammals in dolphin parks are trained and this means that their patterns of social behaviour are changed.
The Marine Park Owners Association holds that marine parks attract a lot of foreign tourists. This position goes on to state that these tourists spend a lot of money, increasing our foreign exchange earnings and assisting our national balance of payments. However, foreign tourists would still come to Australia if the parks were closed down. Indeed, surveys of overseas tourists show that they come here for a variety of other reasons and not to visit places like Seaworld. Tourists come here to see our native wildlife in its natural environment and not to see it in cages and concrete pools. They can see animals in those conditions in their own countries.
In a word, perhaps an agreement cannot be reached now. However, a question does deserve our consideration: If we continue with our past crimes against these creatures, how will our future generations view us?
小题1:Who support(s) the idea of closing marine parks?| A．Most Australians. | B．Alison Lane. | C．Smith. | D．Jones. |
小题2:What does the author intend to tell us in Paragraph 3 ?| A．The results from studies are valuable in animal preservation. | | B．Scientific research at the marine parks has its limitations. | | C．Captive animals have biology changes in marine parks. | | D．Human behavior causes harmful effects on the animals. |
小题3:Which is NOT the reason to keep marine parks?| A．For entertainment purpose. | B．For scientific research purpose. | | C．For economic purpose. | D．For political purpose. |
小题4:The author tries to persuade readers to accept his argument mainly by .| A．pointing out the problems with keeping the marine parks | | B．using evidence he has collected at the marine parks | | C．discussing the advantages of animals" natural homes | | D．questioning the way the animals are studied |
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