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In the US, people prefer waiting for a table to sitting with people they don’t know. If you are sitting at a table with people you don’t know, it is impolite to light up a cigarette without asking if it will trouble them.
At American restaurant and coffee shops you are usually served cold water before you order. You may find the bread and butter is free, and if you order coffee, you may get a free refill(再装满).
Most cities and towns have no rules about opening and closing time for stores or restaurants, though they usually do make rules for bars. Especially in large cities, stores may be open 24 hours a day.
Serving in restaurant is often large, too large for many people. If you can’t finish your meal but would like to enjoy the food later, ask your waitress or waiter for a “doggie bag”. It may have a picture of a dog on it, but everyone knows you’re taking the food for yourself. Supper and dinner are both words for the evening meal. Some people have “Sunday dinner”. This is an especially big noon meal.
Tips are not usually added to the check. They are not included in the price of the meal, either. A tip of about 15% of the price of a meal is expected and you should leave it on the table when you leave. In some restaurants, a check is brought on a plate and you put your money there. Then the waiter or waitress brings you your change.
小题1:If you are walking in New York, you will find that _____.| A．you can go to the bars any time you like | | B．stores may be open for the customers a day | | C．restaurants have some rules about foreigners | | D．closing time is often decided by the managers |
小题2:When you are taking a “doggie bag” on the street, we know that _____.| A．you have bought some food for your dogs | | B．you are taking the rest of food for your dogs | | C．you will take the food home and enjoy it later | | D．you have put a dog in the bag and take it home |
小题3:What can we learn from the last paragraph?| A．Tips belong to a part of the price of the meal. | | B．Tips have become an essential part of the life. | | C．Tips are important in the US for the restaurant. | | D．You can provide the tips for the manager directly. |
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答案
小题1:B
小题2:C
小题3:D |
解析
试题分析：文章介绍了美国人在餐馆里的就餐的习惯，怎样点菜，怎样给小费，包括吃不了时可以带回家去自己享用。
小题1:推理题：从第三段的句子：Especially in large cities, stores may be open 24 hours a day.可知24 hours a day.="around" the clock特别是大城市，商店都是全天营业。选B
小题2:细节题：根据第四段的句子：If you can’t finish your meal but would like to enjoy the food later, ask your waitress or waiter for a “doggie bag”. It may have a picture of a dog on it, but everyone knows you’re taking the food for yourself.可知如果你吃不完，可以带回家吃，选C
小题3:推理题：从最后一段的句子：A tip of about 15% of the price of a meal is expected and you should leave it on the table when you leave.可知你可以直接将小费给经理，选D |
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His ignorance was as remarkable as his knowledge. Of contemporary literature, philosophy and politics he appeared to know next to nothing. Upon my quoting Thomas Carlyle, he inquired in the naivest way who he might be and what he had done. My surprise reached a climax, however, when I found incidentally that he was ignorant of the Copernican Theory and of the composition of the Solar system.
“You appear to be astonished, ” Holmes said, smiling at my expression. “Now that I do know it I shall do my best to forget it. You see, I consider that a man’s brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose: A fool takes in all the lumber of every sort that he comes across, so that the knowledge which might be useful to him gets crowded out, or at best jumbled up with a lot of other things, so that he has difficulty in laying his hand upon it. It is a mistake to think that the little room has elastic walls and can distend to any extent. Depend upon it, there comes a time when for every addition of knowledge you forget something that you know before. It is of the highest importance, therefore, not to have useless facts elbowing out the useful ones.”
“But the Solar System! ” I protested.
“What the deuce is it to me?” he interrupted impatiently.
One morning, I picked up a magazine from the table and attempted to while away the time with it, while my companion munched silently at his toast. One of the articles had a pencil mark at the heading, and I naturally began to run my eye through it.
Its somewhat ambitious title was “The Book of Life, ” and it attempted to show how much an observant man might learn by an accurate and systematic examination of all that came in his way. It struck me as being a remarkable mixture of shrewdness and of absurdity. The reasoning was close and intense, but the deduction appeared to me to be far-fetched and exaggerated. The writer claimed by a momentary expression, a twitch of a muscle or a glance of an eye, to fathom a man’s inmost thought. Deceit, according to him, was impossibility in the case of one trained to observation and analysis. His conclusions were as infallible as so many propositions of Euclid. So startling would his results appear to the uninitiated that until they learned the processes by which he had arrived at them they might well consider him as a necromancer.
“From a drop of water, ”said the writer, “a logician could infer the possibility of an Atlantic. So all life is a great chain, the nature of which is known whenever we are shown a single link of it. Like all other arts, the science of Deduction and Analysis is one which can be acquired by long and patient study, nor is life long enough to allow any mortal to attain the highest possible perfection in it. ”
This smartly written piece of theory I could not accept until a succession of evidences justified it.
小题1: What is the author’s attitude toward Holmes?
[A]Praising.
[B]Critical.
[C]Ironical.
[D]Distaste.
小题2: What way did the author take to stick out Holmes’ uniqueness?
[A]By deduction.
[B]By explanation.
[C]By contrast.
[D]By analysis.
小题3: What was the Holmes’ idea about knowledge-learning?
[A]Learning what every body learned.
[B]Learning what was useful to you.
[C]Learning whatever you came across.
[D]Learning what was different to you.
小题4: What did the article mentioned in the passage talk about?
[A]One may master the way of reasoning through observation.
[B]One may become rather critical through observation and analysis.
[C]One may become rather sharp through observation and analysis.
[D]One may become practical through observation and analysis.
Vocabulary
1.Thomas Carlyle 托马斯•卡莱尔 1795-1881美国作家、历史家、哲学家
2.jumble (up) 搞乱，使混乱
3.lay hand on (upon) sth. 抓住，找到
4.at best 最好的情况下
5.elbow out (off) 用胳膊肘挤出，推出
6.deuce =" devil" what the deuce is it to me?
这里表示福尔摩斯的厌恶心理。
义：这倒霉的词儿与我有什么关系？
7.while away the time 消磨/打发时间
8.shrewdness 机敏，敏锐，犀利
9.far-fetched 牵强附会，不自然
10.fathom 看穿/透，推测，探索
11.infallible 一贯正确
12.uninitiated 对某事无知的
13.Euclid 欧几里德（古希腊数学家）
14.necromancer 巫师 |
Years ago, if a teenager had some problems in her life, she might go home and write in her diary. Now, a teenager with problems might go onto the Internet and write about his problems in a blog. In many ways a diary and a blog are very . So, what makes blogging different from writing in diary?
The biggest difference is that blogging is much more than a diary. Usually, a teenager treats his diary like a book full of that she does not want to .
It’s interesting that someone who writes in a blog a diary will probably write nearly the same information.
I have a little sister, and sometimes I go online to read her . She writes about things like waking up early for swimming practice and not studying enough for her chemistry test. I was her age, I wrote about the same things, but in my diary. Then, after I had finished writing, I would hide my diary in a secret place because I was that my sister might read it!
The biggest with blogging is that anyone can read what you write. If I was angry with a friend during high school and wrote something about her in my diary, she would never know! , if my sister ever wrote something bad about a friend, that friend read her blog and get a “cry”.
There are also to blogging, of course. If I felt sad one day and wrote in my diary, “Nobody cares about me,” would know about it. However, if my sister wrote the same sentence in her blog, her best friends would respond and tell her how much they her. Blogs help people in touch with their friends and know what the people around them are doing.
| 小题1: | | A．the same | B．troublesome | C．difficult | D．daily |
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| 小题2: | | A．familiar | B．special | C．similar | D．different |
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| 小题3: | | A．a personal | B．an ordinary | C．a common | D．a traditional |
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| 小题4: | | A．attractive | B．public | C．convenient | D．quick |
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| 小题5: | | A．thoughts | B．puzzles | C．mysteries | D．secrets |
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| 小题6: | | A．tell | B．share | C．publish | D．solve |
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| 小题7: | | A．instead of | B．as well as | C．in favor of | D．in spite of |
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| 小题8: | | A．blog | B．diary | C．report | D．web |
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| 小题9: | | A．Although | B．Since | C．When | D．Because |
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| 小题10: | | A．only | B．already | C．still | D．never |
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| 小题11: | | A．angry | B．concerned | C．glad | D．worried |
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| 小题12: | | A．problem | B．doubt | C．trouble | D．mistake |
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| 小题13: | | A．pleasant | B．wrong | C．mean | D．funny |
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| 小题14: | | A．Besides | B．However | C．Therefore | D．Then |
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| 小题15: | | A．should | B．will | C．must | D．might |
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| 小题16: | | A．reasons | B．disadvantages | C．shortcomings | D．advantages |
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| 小题17: | | A．everyone | B．no one | C．anyone | D．someone |
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| 小题18: | | A．happily | B．especially | C．quickly | D．immediately |
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| 小题19: | | A．like | B．miss | C．need | D．help |
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There’s been a lot of talk about white-and-blue collar（衣领） workers, and you may have even heard of gold collar workers, but lately a new color of collar is making its way into China’s urban vernacular(土话)—green. Green collars say no when work is life and life is work. They choose to get out of the fast lane(车道), and explore new ways of living “green”.
Living green doesn’t mean someone is working as an environmentalist, biologist or scientist. Instead it is more of a lifestyle choice. A typical green collar is well educated like a white-collar but physically tough like a blue-collar, likely born in the 70s or 80s of the last century and living in one of China’s big cities, with a monthly income well above 5,000 yuan(about US $700).
The life of a green collar may go something like this: Turn off the mobile phone after work, eat only healthy food rich in vitamins, go on hikes every weekend, and like to help the underprivileged.
Green collars even have their own club. In Beijing, the Green Collar Club is for people who share a “be happy, healthy and helpful” spirit. The club often holds charity parties and uses the donations for environmental protection and poverty relief projects in China.
“They are successful in their careers, but do not miss the pleasures in life. They have a lot of money, but do not fall slave to it.” said Zuo Shiguang, one of the founding members of the club.
小题1:What is the passage mainly about?| A．Differences between white-and-blue collars and green collars. | | B．The increasing awareness(意识) of environmental protection. | | C．New trends of life in China’s big cities. | | D．The lifestyle of green collars. |
小题2:Green collars are living green because _________.| A．they have a large income to use | | B．they refuse to live an unhealthy life | | C．they spend a lot of money and time in the open air | | D．they devote themselves to environmental protection |
小题3:What’s Zuo Shiguang’s attitude towards green collars?| A．Appreciative. | B．Doubtful. | C．Negative(否定的). | D．Neutral(中立的). |
小题4:The underlined part “the underprivileged” probably refers to those who are_________.| A．in heavy polluted areas | B．in faraway places | | C．in a poor state of education | D．in unfavourable(不利的) conditions |
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Everywhere I look outside my home I see people busy on their high-tech devices, while driving, walking, shopping, even sitting in toilets. When connected electronically, they are away from physical reality.
People have been influenced to become technology addicted. One survey reported that “addicted” was the word most commonly used by people to describe their relationship to iPad and similar devices. One study found that people had a harder time resisting the allure of social media than they did for sleep, cigarettes and alcohol.
The main goal of technology companies is to get people to spend more money and time on their products, not to actually improve our quality of life. They have successfully created a cultural disease. Consumers willingly give up their freedom, money and time to catch up on the latest information, to keep pace with their peers or to appear modern.
I see people trapped in a pathological（病态的）relationship with time-sucking technology, where they serve technology more than technology serves them. I call this technology servitude. I am referring to a loss of personal freedom and independence because of uncontrolled consumption of many kinds of devices that eat up time and money.
What is a healthy use of technology devices? That is the vital question. Who is really in charge of my life? That is what people need to ask themselves if we are to have any chance of breaking up false beliefs about their use of technology. When we can live happily without using so much technology for a day or a week, then we can regain control and personal freedom, become the master of technology and discover what there is to enjoy in life free of technology. Mae West is famous for proclaiming the wisdom that “too much of a good thing is wonderful.” But it’s time to discover that it does not work for technology.
Richard Fernandez, an executive coach at Google acknowledged that “we can be swept away by our technologies.” To break the grand digital connection people must consider how life long ago could be fantastic without today’s overused technology.
小题1:The underlined word “allure” in Paragraph 2 probably means ______.| A．advantage | B．attraction | C． adaption | D．attempt |
小题2:From the passage, technology companies aim to ______.| A．attract people to buy their products | B．provide the latest information | | C．improve people’s quality of life | D．deal with cultural diseases |
小题3:It can be inferred from this passage that people ______.| A．consider too much technology wonderful | | B．have realized the harm of high-tech devices | | C．can regain freedom without high-tech devices | | D．may enjoy life better without overused technology |
小题4:What’s the author’s attitude towards the overusing of high-tech devices?| A．Neutral. | B．Sceptical. | C．Disapproving. | D．Sympathetic. |
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How can you stop smoking?
It is not easy to stop smoking，but millions have to quit and so can you Here are a few suggestions.
Prepare yourself . Decide on a day to quit Don’t choose a day that you know is going to be stressful, such as the day of an exam. Make a list of all the you will get from stopping smoking. Then your last packet of cigarettes.
Be . Every time you feel like smoking a cigarette， yourself that you are a non-smoker．Reread the list of benefits you wrote earlier．
Break the habit Instead of smoking a cigarette，do something else. Go for a walk，clean your teeth drink some water, clean the house；in fact，do anything to keep your mind and your hands busy.
Relax. If you start to feel nervous or stressed，do not reach a cigarette .Try some deep breathing instead. Do some relaxation exercise every time you feel stressed.
Get help if you need it. Arrange to stop smoking with a fiend so you call talk about your problems，or Join a stop-smoking group .If you feel ，you might like to talk to a doctor or chemist about something to help you，like nicotine chewing gum.
Keep trying. Do not be disappointed if you have to try several times before you stop smoking. If you and have a cigarette，do not feel ashamed .Just try again. You will succeed .
| 小题1: | | A．managed | B．tried | C．wanted | D．expected |
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| 小题2: | | A．values | B．benefits | C．results | D．profits |
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| 小题3: | | A．give away | B．take away | C．throw away | D．keep away |
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| 小题4: | | A．addicted | B．accustomed | C．determined | D．depressed |
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| 小题5: | | A．prepare | B．inform | C．threaten | D．remind |
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| 小题6: | | A．especially | B．specially | C．normally | D．certainly |
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| 小题8: | | A．desperate | B．satisfied | C．arbitrary | D．conscious |
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| 小题9: | | A．stick | B．continue | C．weaken | D．insist |
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| 小题10: | | A．eventually | B．constantly | C．occasionally | D．normally |
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