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Whatever happened to the unannounced drop-in visit? When I was growing up in the 1960s, it seemed that people-mostly relatives, but also friends-were always dropping in . My parents would put coffee on, and my mom would find something in the kitchen to serve along with it. Then the conversation would begin…The neighbor lady, a worrier, was unloading her sadness while my mom quietly listened. The Irish man next door had such an atcent that I remember asking what language he spoke. My Polish relatives arrived in packs…But I never heard my parents say any- thing like " We weren"t expecting you" or " This isn"t a good time. " Drop-in visitors had a certain right of way and became No. 1.
What happened to such visits? Actually I know the answer. Times have changed. Everybody gets busy with work. There is no longer a stay-at-home mom keeping a pot of hot coffee or tea ready throughout the day for a surprise guest. Exploding malls and stores are now replacing homes as a central form of entertainment.
Just the other day a former student of mine showed up. "I"m sorry for the surprise visit. " my student began. "I just wanted to see if you still lived here. I"ll only stay a minute. "
My response was immediate. "No, you won"t," I said. " Just come in, sit, have coffee, and we"11 talk. "I had nothing in the kitchen but we ordered pizza. And we had a lovely time. I have tried to keep the drop-in tradition alive though it takes some effort.
小题1:The author thought of his friend"s invitation- " You"ll have to drop in sometime"-as______
A. a nice way of refusal | B. an excuse of leaving |
C.a kind of politeness | D.an expression of surprise |
A.pay a sudden visit | B.make many friends |
C.make a special date | D.have a good time |
A.seek comfort from my parents | B.make nevr friends |
C.listen to my parents" story | D.taste nice dishes |
A.unexpected visitors are still welcome now |
B.modern people prefer outdoor activities |
C.there are more jobs for the housewives now |
D.the author misses the lost good days |
A.encourage people to be drop-in visitors |
B.explain how to deal with unexpected visitors |
C.share his feelings about the drop-in tradition |
D.show the importance of making friends |
答案
小题1:C
小题2:A
小题3:A
小题4:D
小题5:C
解析
试题解析:本文通过偶遇多年未见的朋友,朋友的邀请常来做客的经历回忆起了过去亲戚,朋友邻居之间常相往来的温馨感慨现在的时代变了。
小题1:细节理解题.根据第一段Before we parted she said "You"ll have to drop in sometime. "immediately sensed that if I simply " dropped in" I would take my friend by surprise, and I would be discouraged by the image of her standing in her doorway, staring at me, and asking, " Oh ,err …what brings you here?" 在我们分手,她说:“你必须在某个时候来拜访一下。”我立刻感觉到,如果我只是偶尔拜访会让我的朋友诧异,我会被她站在她的门口的形象而别扭,瞪着眼问我:“哦,...什么风把你吹来了?,所以判断出朋友希望常聚,所以C正确。
小题2:词义猜测题.根据划线部分后面句子My parents would put coffee on, and my mom would find something in the kitchen to serve along with it.我的父母总是沏好咖啡,把厨房里好吃的东西端上来,可以判断出是朋友来访,所以A正确。
小题3:细节理解题。根据第二段中The neighbor lady, a worrier, was unloading her sadness while my mom quietly listened.邻居老太太,一个爱焦虑的人,总是来卸载她的伤心,而妈妈静静的听着,所以A正确。
小题4:推理判断题。根据第三段Times have changed. Everybody gets busy with work. There is no longer a stay-at-home mom keeping a pot of hot coffee or tea ready throughout the day for a surprise guest. Exploding malls and stores are now replacing homes as a central form of entertainment. 时代已经变了。人人都有工作忙,不再有一个留在家里的妈妈保持热咖啡或准备好一壶茶全天等候突然造访的客人。拥挤的商场和专卖店,现在变成了娱乐的中心。可以推断出D正确。
小题5:目的意图题。通读全文可以知道过去人们串门聊天的日子已经没有了,时代变了,通过自己的亲身经历来回忆过去的美好,所以C正确
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试题【I recently ran into a friend I hadn"t seen for a long while. Our conversation w】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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It may sound risky, so many teens stay within their own social circles to find rides, and don’t branch out beyond friends when asking on Twitter just like me, but to some young people, especially those taking longer trips, stranger danger is less of a concern.
“I think the digital connection of young people is really key, because younger generations grew up sharing things on line, sharing files, photos, music, etc, so they’ve been very used to sharing,” said Juliet Schor, a sociology professor at Boston College.
The sharing economy got big during the recession (经济衰退), allowing people to access more goods, services using technology and even to share costs. And that technology, for me, is what the car was for my mom, a gateway to more freedom, like what my friend Earl says, “The symbol of freedom isn’t the car any more because there’s technology out there connecting you to a car.”
According to the researchers at the University of Michigan, 30 years ago, eight in ten American 18-year-olds had a driver’s license compared to six in ten today. So it’s not that surprising that on my 16th birthday I wasn’t rushing to get a license but an iPhone.
“Driving, for young people, does mean they have to disconnect from their technology, and that’s a negative. So if they could sit in the passage side and still be connected, that’s going to be a plus.” Schor continued.
To me, another plus is that ridesharing represents something, something much bigger than trying to save money. I see it as evidence that people still depend on each other. My generation shares their cars and apartments the way neighbors used to share cups of sugar. For the system to work, some of us still need our own cars. But until I get my own version of the silver Super Beetle, you can find me on Twitter.
小题1:The American teens like me, prefer to possess an iPhone as a birthday gift because _______.
A.it is most fashionable and cool |
B.they are bored with driving cars |
C.they are fond of being connected |
D.it is much cheaper than a car |
A.Twitter is a website for teens to make friends and achieve goals |
B.ridesharing can be seen as a sign that people still count on each other |
C.driving cars for teens means a plus and connecting with technology |
D.having a car and cost-sharing symbolize more freedom for the author’s mother |
A.young people will sit waiting to be contacted by reading a passage |
B.sharing economy is bound to be responsible for the recession |
C.young people tend to share a car with strangers by means of Twitter |
D.being connected via technology comes first for young people |
A.Twitter, an Awesome Website | B.Cars or iPhone |
C.Teens Use Twitter to Thumb Rides | D.Cool Teens on the Go |
Love is a telephone which is seldom program-controlled or directly dialed. You cannot get an immediate answer by a mere "hello", let alone go deep into your lover"s heart by one call. Usually it had to be relayed by an operator, and you have to be patient in waiting. Destiny(命运) is the operator of this phone, who is always irresponsible and fond of playing practical jokes to which she may make you a lifelong victim intentionally or unintentionally.
Love is a telephone which is always busy, When you are ready to die for love, you only find, to your disappointment, the line is already occupied by someone else, and you are greeted only by a busy line. This is an eternal regret handed down from generation to generation and you are only one of those who languish for(因…受煎熬) followers.
Love is telephone, but it is difficult to seize the center time for dialing, and you will let the opportunity slip if your call is either too early or too late.
Love is a telephone which is not always associated with happiness. Honeyed words are transmitted by sound waves, but when the lovers are brought together, the phone serves no purpose that many lovers observe that marriage is the doom of love.
Love is a telephone which, when you use it for the first time, makes you so nervous and excited that you either hold the receiver upside down or dial the wrong number. By the time you"ve calmed down, you will beat a loss to whom you should make the call.
Love is a telephone which often has crossed lines. And this usually happens to you unexpectedly. Your time will either cross or be crossed. Both cases are referred to as "triangle". Fortunately, all such occurrences are transient(转瞬即逝的).
小题1:What is the best title of the passage?
A.Love is transient |
B.Love is permanent |
C.Love is a telephone |
D.What’s love in life |
A."all shall be well,Jack shall have Jill。“(有情人终成眷属) |
B.A lifelong love is not only romantic but also practical |
C.Love is all we have in life |
D.Beauty is in the eyes of beholder |
A.monument | B.final end | C.key point | D.substitute |
A.advertisement | B.financial | C.emotion | D.lottery |
When you enter the supermarket, you see shelves full of food. You walk in the aisles (走道) between the shelves. You push a shopping cart and put your food in it.
You probably hear soft, slow music as you walk along the aisles. This may be an attempt to please you, so you will enjoy shopping. Some supermarkets want to increase their profits by playing soft and slow music, because the slow music makes you walk slowly and you have more time to buy things.
Fresh fruit and vegetables are usually put near the entrance. When you arrive at the supermarket, you think about the kinds of fruit and vegetables you need first. Once you’ve got that out of the way, you can relax and do the rest of the shopping without any hurry. Besides, if you see fresh goods first, it gives you a “feel good” impression of freshness, so you can not help spending your money.
Maybe you go to the meat department then. There is some meat on sale, and you want to find it. The manager of the supermarket knows where customers enter the meat department. The cheaper meat is at the other end of the meat department, away from where the customers enter. You have to walk past all the expensive meat before you find the cheaper meat. Maybe you will buy some of the expensive meat instead of the meat on sale.
Most of the food in supermarkets is very attractive. It all says “Buy me quickly!” to the customers. The fresh fruit and vegetables say “Buy me quickly!” as you walk by. The expensive meat says “Buy me quickly!” The supermarket tells you what to buy.
小题1:Some supermarkets play soft, slow music because it ______.
A.makes customers walk slowly and buy more |
B.can help customers get the things they want |
C.can make customers relaxed and happy |
D.can tell customers exactly where to go |
A.where customers come from |
B.which customers like slow music |
C.where fresh meat should be put |
D.which customers like cheap meat |
A.pay no attention to it | B.possibly buy some |
C.look for some cheap meat | D.feel uncomfortable |
A.you know where to get things |
B.it brings you good luck |
C.it makes you spend less money |
D.you’ll get a fresh impression |
A.the customers will buy more | B.it looks very expensive |
C.the customers come often | D.it seems cheap and fine |
Foreign tourists are often confused in Japan because most streets there don’t have names; in Japan, people use landmarks (地标) in their directions instead of street names. For example, the Japanese will say to travelers, “Go straight down to the corner. Turn left at the big hotel and go past a fruit market. The post office is across from the bus stop.”
In the countryside of the American Midwest, there are not usually many landmarks. There are no mountains, so the land is very flat; in many places there are no towns or buildings within miles. Instead of landmarks, people will tell you directions and distances. In Kansas or Iowa, for example, people will say, “Go north two miles. Turn east, and then go another mile.”
People in Los Angeles, California, have no idea of distance on the map; they measure distance in time, not miles. “How far away is the post office?” you ask. “Oh,” they answer, “it’s about five minutes from here.” You say, “Yes, but how many miles away is it?” They don’t know.
It’s true that a person doesn’t know the answer to your question sometimes. What happens in such a situation? A New Yorker might say, ‘Sorry, I have no idea.” But in Yucatan, Mexico, no one answers “I don’t know.” People in Yucatan believe that “I don’t know” is impolite, They usually give an answer, often a wrong one. A tourist can get very, very lost in Yucatan!
小题1:When a tourist asks the Japanese the way to a certain place they usually _________
A.describe the place carefully |
B.show him a map of the place |
C.tell him the names of the streets |
D.refer to recognizable buildings and places |
A.New York. | B.Los Angeles. | C.Kansas. | D.Iowa. |
A.in order to save time | B.as a test | C.so as to be polite | D.for fun |
A.It’s important for travelers to understand cultural differences. |
B.It’s useful for travelers to know how to ask the way properly. |
C.People have similar understandings of politeness. |
D.New Yorkers are generally friendly to visitors. |
Across the developing world, around 45% of families had a TV in 1995; by 2005 the number had climbed above 60% . That is some way behind the U.S. ,where there are more TVs than people, and where people now easily get access to the Internet. Five million more families in sub-Saharan Africa will get a TV over the next five years. In 2005 , after the fall of the Taliban(塔利班),which had banned TV, I in 5 Afghans had one. The global total is another 150 million by 2013—pushing the numbers to well beyond two thirds of families.
Television’s most powerful effect will be on the lives of women. In India, researchers Robert Jensen and Emily Oster found that when TVs reached villages, women were more likely to go to the market without their husbands approval and less likely to want a boy rather than a girl. They were more likely to make decisions over child health care. TV is also a powerful medium for adult education. In the Indian state of Gujarat, Chitrageet is a popular show that plays Bollywood songs with words in Gujarati on the screen. Within six months, viewers had made a small but significant improvement in their reading skills.
Too much TV has been associated with violence, overweight and loneliness. However, TV is having a positive influence on the lives of billions worldwide.
小题1:Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A.Americans used to get access to the Internet easily. |
B.The world’s TV sets will total 150 million by 2013. |
C.45% of families in the developing countries had a TV in 2005. |
D.Over two thirds of families in the world will have a TV by 2013. |
A.stress the advantages of TV to people’s lives |
B.persuade women to become more independent |
C.encourage people to improve their reading skills |
D.introduce the readers some websites such as Google |
A.TV Will Rule the World | B.TV Will Disturb the World |
C.TV Will Better the World | D.TV Will Remain in World |
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