( )1. A. works ( )2. A. service ( )3. A. pains ( )4. A. always ( )5. A. If ( )6. A. health care ( )7. A. Italian ( )8. A. chance ( )9. A. No one ( )10. A. abroad ( )11. A. driven ( )12. A. friends ( )13. A. busy ( )14. A. nice ( )15. A. hard ( )16. A. holiday ( )17. A. besides ( )18. A. fires ( )19. A. few ( )20. A. starts | B. challenges B. industry B. comfort B. hardly B. Unless B. vacation work B. English B. ability B. None B. employed B. ridden B. decisions B. free B. reasonable B. easy B. job B. therefore B. employs B. little B. lasts | C. chances C. business C. difficulty C. never C. Because C. language studies C. French C. possibility C. Not everyone C. sad C. left C. noise C. tiring C. fair C. difficult C. festival C. however C. recommends C. all C. approaches | D. hardships D. science D. excitement D. seldom D. Although D. tourist safety D. Spanish D. advantage D. Everybody D. respected D. flown D. destruction D. pleasant D. poor D. ordinary D. study D. meanwhile D. appreciates D. much D. finishes |
阅读以下段落,从选项中挑出符合各段大意的选项,第三段段意已给出。注意其中有一项是多余的。 | |||
1. I love bridges! Walking across a large river, a busy road or over a railway line is very exciting for me. Sometimes, if the bridge is very high, I feel like I"m flying. If the bridge is very long, I think there may be a problem arriving at the other side. If the bridge is very narrow, I think it may break! When I travel I like to cross bridges. In the USA I crossed the Golden Gate, in Australia I crossed the Sydney Harbour Bridge and when I was in Thailand I crossed the Friendship Bridge to Laos. 2. Luckily I live in London and there are many bridges here. I live near Chelsea Bridge. So you can imagine how excited I was to hear that there was a new bridge to celebrate the millennium (太平盛世). A new bridge in London! The first new pedestrian bridge! A bridge just for people, so no cars, trains or pollution. (Excitement about a new bridge) Every weekend I went to see the building of the bridge. It was great to see it changing and growing. Then at last it was finished and it looked beautiful. It runs from St Paul"s Cathedral to Southwark, it is long and wide. 3. I was really happy that day the bridge opened. I went with my friend Janice and we waited with all the other people who wanted to cross the bridge too. Everyone was very happy and talking about the bridge. The mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, said:"It will be so good to actually walk across the river peacefully, without cars and trains thundering by." 4. Then, at last, we walked across the bridge! We walked slowly and looked down at the river below. I was very excited. Then I could feel the bridge move a little. It moved to the left and then it moved to the right. Then it moved again to the left and to the right again. I wasn"t excited now, I was a little afraid. The other people stopped talking and looked at each other. The bridge was swinging to the left and right! I was very happy to arrive at the other side of the river without a problem. 5. The next day the bridge was closed and it had a new name: not the Millennium Bridge but the Wobbly (摇摆) Bridge! The architect said there was not a problem: the bridge is designed to move. So the bridge was reopened again later. It is now my favorite bridge in London and I try and cross it as many times as possible. | |||
A. The building of the new bridge B. Moving bridge finally won my love C. Opening of the new bridge D. Special feeling about brdges E. Everybody loved the bridge F. Walking across the new bridge | |||
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The easiest way for the English to deal with their social discomfort is to avoid social interaction altogether, by choosing either leisure (闲暇) activities that can be performed in the privacy of one"s own house, or outdoor activities that follow their interest without direct contact with anyone other than one"s own family members, such as going for a walk, or to the cinema, or shopping. In recent survey, over half of all the leisure activities were of this private domestic type, and of the top ten pastimes, only two-having friends round for a meal or drink, and going to the pub-could be described as "sociable". The most domestic activities are the most popular: watching TV, listening to the radio, reading, DIY (Do It Yourself) and gardening. Even when the English are being sociable, the survey findings show that most of them would much rather entertain a few close friends or relatives in the safety of their own homes than venture out among strangers. In the latest national census survey (人口普查), over half of the entire adult male population had been DIYing in the four weeks before the census date. Nearly a third of the female population had also been busily improving their homes, and their work with their gardens was equally obvious: 52 percent of all English males and 45 percent of females had been out there, cutting branches and weeding grass. Even among people claiming to belong to a particular religion, only two percent attend services every week. The rest of the population can be found every Sunday at their local garden center or DIY superstore. And when they want a break from caring about their own homes and gardens, they go on trips to visit bigger and better houses and gardens, such as the stately homes and gardens opened to the public by the National Trust and the Royal Horticulture Society. Visiting grand country houses always ranks as one of the most popular national pastimes. | |||
1. The result of the survey shows that _____. | |||
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A. about half English people enjoy working in their gardens B. 8 out of 10 pastimes can be described as social activities C. 2 percent of the religious people enjoy visits to public houses D. visiting stately homes is the most popular national pastime | |||
2. According to the passage, the English enjoy all of the following EXCEPT _____. | |||
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A. the social activities, such as gathering with friends B. working at home and in their gardens C. dining out in a public place among strangers D. visits to stately homes and gardens | |||
3. The underlined word "domestic" probably means _____. | |||
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A. public B. household C. outdoor D. collective | |||
4. The passage mainly tells us about _____. | |||
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A. why the English don"t like social activities B. how the English spend their leisure time C. what the result of a recent census survey is D. where the English hold their private activities |