题目
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White-collar workers going to great lengths for stress relief
A soldier of the South Korean special attack corps paints his eyes during a friendly Taekwondo match at a South Korean Army Base in Pochon, north of Seoul.
Stressed out white-collar workers are scaling(攀登) skyscrapers, camping out on rooftops, smashing up restaurants, pretending to be children and even visiting cemeteries in a bid to relieve the pressure of modern life.
As the country’s economy continues to steam ahead, once popular forms of entertainment, such as karaoke, card games and even boxing bars, appear to be losing their appeal.
Consider the members of Shanghai’s Cat Rain club. By day, this group of young women works executive jobs, but by night they climb buildings so they can spend the night on the roof. "It’s a good way to release our pressure. You feel relaxed when you’re sitting on the roof, looking up to the sky and chatting with intimate(亲密的)friends," said Gong Ying, 25.
The stress of work is not just limited to people in Shanghai. A recently-opened restaurant in Beijing encourages customers to smash plates - as long as they are willing to pay to replace them.
Though there has been some debate about the extravagance(奢侈)of such services, some psychologists say the activity reflects the desire of some white-collar workers to vent their angst.
Some workers even appear eager to return to their childhoods. This May, hundreds of people took part in a festival in which adults pretended to be children. It was an adults-only event, and participants could read comics and eat sweets all day.
Scenic places such as parks and rivers can also help people relax and put things in perspective. But a cemetery? Cemetery companies in Shanghai organized visits to local graveyards for stressed-out workers in March. The participants were taken to quiet spots in the cemetery where they could contemplate (考虑 )life and their futures.
Roof-camper Chen Bin, an IT marketing professional, said she had camped out on a rooftop about 30 times. When she’s not sleeping out under the stars, she also has several other adrenalin-fueled interests, such as downhill racing and paragliding.
"Pressure may bring us distress, but it doesn’t mean we can’t find ways out," Chen says. "Life should be imaginative."
答案
小题1:relieve / reduce/ release
小题1:popularity / appeal / attraction
小题1:like
小题1: modern
小题1:spending
小题1:smash
小题1:pretend
小题1:relax
小题1:sleeping
小题1: imaginative
解析
小题1:词性转化题:从标题的White-collar workers going to great lengths for stress relief可知把relief改成relieve / reduce/ release
小题1:原词重现:从第三段的句子:appear to be losing their appeal.可知填 popularity / appeal / attraction
小题1:词组转化题:第三段的such as改成 like
小题1:原词重现:从第二段的句子cemeteries in a bid to relieve the pressure of modern life.可知答案是modern
小题1:词性转化题:从第四段的句子so they can spend the night on the roof.可知spend改成 spending
小题1:原词重现:从第五段的句子:A recently-opened restaurant in Beijing encourages customers to smash plates 可知要填smash
小题1:词形转化题:从第六段的句子:hundreds of people took part in a festival in which adults pretended to be children.可知填 pretend
小题1:原词重现:从第六段的句子:Scenic places such as parks and rivers can also help people relax and put things in perspective.可知填relax
小题1:原词重现:从最后一段的句子:When she’s not sleeping out under the stars,可知填sleeping
小题1:原词重现:从最后一段的句子:"Life should be imaginative."可知答案是 imaginative
核心考点
试题【认真阅读下列短文,并根据所读内容在文后图标中的空格里填入最恰当的一个单词。White-collar workers going to great lengths】;主要考察你对数词等知识点的理解。[详细]
举一反三
take on compete in hold out on one’s own be greedy
burst in adapt to repair argue with pass away
小题1:There is no need _______her, for it is not up to her to make the final decision.
小题2:I used to watch cars _______ in the garage when I was young.
小题3:During harvest seasons, farmers all _______ extra workers to help get in the crops.
小题4: The guide desired to know how long their food __________.
小题5:It so happened that the merchant was accused of ______ in public.
小题6: To succeed in living abroad ,you must learn ________ the foreign customs there.
A.more than six times that | B.six times more than that |
C.more than six times what | D.six times as many as |
请认真阅读下列短文,并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入最恰当的单词。
注意:每个空格填1个单词。
China’s Tianhe-1 has a computing speed of 2,507 trillion(万亿)calculations a second, making it the fastest computer in the world. It is also 40 percent faster than the world’s second fastest supercomputer, Cray XT5 Jaguar, in the US, kept at a national laboratory in Tennessee, according to the New York Times. Jack Dongarra, a University of Tennessee computer scientist, told NYT that the Chinese supercomputer is faster than the existing Number One machine.
Building the fastest supercomputer has become a source of national pride, as these machines are valued for their ability to solve problems in areas like defense, energy and science. These problems are related to national interests. Supercomputing technology is also found in business. Oil and gas companies use supercomputers to find oil and gas.
Obviously, research centers with large supercomputers attract top scientific talents. This adds extra importance to the machines—they’re more than just huge computers.
China’s new supercomputer will be used to speed up greatly scientific calculations, such as hurricane and tsunami modeling, cancer research, car design and even studying stars.
In 2008, two US scientists put together a step-by-step guide on how to build a supercomputer using PlayStation 3 video-game consoles(控制台). Modern supercomputers are built by combining thousands of small computer servers(服务器)and using software to turn them into one large computer. Really, any organization with enough material and technology can create a fast machine.
The Chinese system follows that model by linking thousands upon thousands of computer servers. But the secret behind the system—and the technological achievement—is China’s own networking technology. “That technology was built by them,” Dongarra said. “They are taking supercomputing very seriously and using a lot of time and money.”
“China is still a developing country,” said Sha Chaoqun, manager at Dawning Company which is the leading supercomputer maker in China. “Maybe one day, China’s total computing power can be greater than that of the US, but there is still a long way to go before we get there.”
Paragraph outline | Supporting details |
China has developed the world’s fastest supercomputer. | ◇Tianhe-1 has a high computing speed, which (1)__________ it the fastest computer in the world. ◇Tianhe-1 is 40 percent faster than the (2)__________ fastest supercomputer in the world. ◇(3)__________ Jack Dongarra, we learn that the Chinese supercomputer is faster than the existing Number One machine. |
Many countries see the fastest supercomputer as a source of national (4)__________ and are making efforts to develop it. | ◇The high-speed computer is (5)__________ to solve problems related to national interests. ◇Besides (6)__________, supercomputing technology can also be found in areas of defence, energy and science. ◇It’s obvious that top scientific talents are (7)__________ to research centers with large supercomputers. |
The secret behind supercomputers is networking technology. | ◇By using the technology built by Chinese people, taking it (8)__________ and devoting lots of time and money, China has achieved a lot. |
Mr. Sha showed a conservative(保守的) (9)__________ toward the development of computing power. | ◇(10)__________ the greater computing power China may have in the future, there is still a long way to go. |
请认真阅读下列句子,并根据题干所给的信息在空格处填上一个恰当的词。
1. ---What made you so excited?
---I was informed that I was ___________ to Peking University.
2. ---How many people attended your party yesterday?
---Almost 200, with their ages ___________ from 15 to 80. It was indeed an unforgettable moment for me.
3. ---What do you think of the idea of human cloning?
--- If mankind toys with nature in that way, we may be on our way to ________ a real-life Frankenstein’s monster.
4. ---I said some mean things to my mother the other day, but now I regret doing so. Anyway, I didn’t mean to her.
---In that case, you’d better make an ___________ to her as soon as possible. I’m sure your mother will forgive you right away.
5. ---What’s wrong with your car?
---It has broken down, but I’m hurrying to an important meeting. I would ___________ it very much if you could give me a ride.
1.中国人正在尽自己的一份力以解决这些环境问题。
People within China _______ _______ _______ ____ to solve these environmental problem.
2.他们很关心关于培训的规定。
They are concerned about the rules _____ _____ ______ training.
3.作为世界第三长河,长江的环境问题已经引起了国内外的关注。
As the third longest river in the world, the health of the Yangtze River ___________ ___________ ___________ both in China and abroad.
4.如今许多人把这一变化归咎于二氧化碳等气体。
Today many people ___________ this change ___________ gases such as carbon dioxide.
5.第一只成功地用成年动物的细胞克隆出的哺乳动物是多利羊。
The first mammal ___________ ___________ ___________ successfully from an adult cell was Dolly the sheep.
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