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are properly used. If fire did not hurt when it burnt, children would play it until their hands were bumt
away. Similarly , if pain existed but fear did not,a child would bum itself again and again , because fear
would not warn the child to keep away from the fire that had burnt him or her before. A really fearless
soldier-and some do exist-is not a good soldier because he is soon killed;and a dead soldier is of no use
to his army. Fear and pain are therefore two guards without which men and animals might soon die out.
In our first sentence we suggested that fear ought to be properly used. If, for example ,you never go
out of your house because of the danger of being knocked down and killed in the street by a car, you
are letting fear rule you too much. Even in your house you are not absolutely safe:a plane may crash on
your house, or ants may eat away some of the wood in your roof , and they later may fall on you , or
you may get cancer!
The important thing is not to let fear rule you , but instead to use fear as your servant and guide. Fear
will warn you of dangers; then you have to decide what action to take.
In many cases, you can take quick and successful action to avoid the danger. For example , you see
a car coming straight towards you ; fear warns you , you jump out of the way , and all is OK.
In some cases, however, you decide that there is nothing that you can do to avoid the danger. For
example, you cannot prevent a plane from crashing into your house , and you may not want to go and
live in a desert where there are no plants. In this case , fear has given you its waming;you have examined
it and decided on your course of action,so fear of this particular danger is no longer of any use to you ,
and you have to try to overcome it.
B. they didn"t have any sense ofpain at all
C. they had never burnt themselves
D. they felt afraid of the fire
B. is not afraid of battles at all
C. is nothing but a dead soldier
D. is easy to get killed in a battle
B. they are quick both in mind and in action
C. they are calm in face of danger
D. they have gained much experience
B. too much fear is harmful
C. fear should be used as a servant and guide
D. fear is something strange and particular
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试题【阅读理解 Fear and its companion pain are two of the most useful things that men 】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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Cooling puts the greatest stress on your summer energy bill and the power grid (电网 ). Just as a
tune-up for your car can improve your gas mileage, a yearly tune-up of your heating and cooling system
can improve efficiency and comfort. Clean or replace filter monthly or as needed.
For central air conditioning systems and room air conditioners , look for the ENERCY STAR, the
federal government"s symbol for energy efficiency. For central air, purchase the system with the highest
possible Seasonal Energy Efficiency Ratia( SEER) .
Use energy-efficient ceiling fans either alone or with air conditioning. Ceiling fans do a great job of
circulating air. When used with air conditioning , fans allow you to raise the thermostat (恒温器) and
cut costs. Ceiling fans cool people, not rooms. so before you leave; tum off the ceiling fan.
Let a programmable thermostat " remember for you " to automatically adjust the indoor climate
with your daily and weekend patterns to reduce cooling bills by up to 10 percent. You can come home
to a comfortable house without wasting energy and creating
pollution all day while you are at work.
Try to make your home airtight enough to increase your comfort, make your home quieter and
cleaner and reduce your cooling costs up to 20 percent.
Cut your air conditioning load, and reduce pollution by planting leafy trees around your home and
fixing reflective bricks on your roof.
Close blinds or shades on south-and west-facing windows during the day , or fix shading equipment
to avoid heat build-up. Turn off everything not in use: lights, TVs, computers. And use fluorescent
bulbs(荧光灯),which provide bright,warm light while using
at least two-thirds less energy, producing 70 percent less beat and lasting up t0 10 times longer than
incandescent bulbs(白炽灯).
Drive the car that gets better gas mileage whenever possible if you own more than one vehicle. If
you drive 12,500 miles a year, switching 10 percent of your trips from a car that gets 20 miles per gallon
to one that gets 30 mpg will save you more than $65 per year.
Carpool. The average US commuter(乘车上班族) could save about $260 a year by sharing cars
twice a week with two other people in a car that gets 20. 1 mpg-assuming the three passengers share the
cost of gas.
B. control room temperature
C. turn off the air conditioner
D. reduce room air pollution
B. turning off the ceiling fan befo you leave your house
C. keeping your south-facing windows open during the day
D. using fluorescent bulbs instead of incandescent bulbs
B. sharing cars with others on workdays
C. turning off everything not in use
D. reducing lO% of your car trips every year
B. fuel-saving tips
C. do-it-yourself tips
D. environment-protecting tips
[1] Do you spend over an hour each day texting messages to your friends? Do you frequently ignore
work, study, and other activities to check your phone for messages? Are you anxious and restless if you
are separated from your mobile phone? Do you hardly ever use your phone to talk any more , and do
your thumbs hurt from texting too much?
[2] lf_________ , then it is very possible that you are a textaholic. A textaholic can be defined as
someone who is addicted to sending and receiving messages. The main symptoms are a strong
desire to text messages, which takes precedence (优先) over everything else. And bad moods, low
spirits and a lack of self-confidence if messages fail to come in. The root of the problem, as
with many addictions, is the desire to escape from emotional difficulties such as stress , anxiety and
relationship problems. Expercs warn that text addiction is likely to become the most common form of
addiction in the future , especially among the young.
[3] So what can you do if you think you may be a textaholic? The key is to get your life back in
balance. Make sure your resist the urge to answer every message you receive, and consider leaving your
mobile phone behind occasionally when you go out. Most importantly,make a point of spending quality
time with friends and family , and make time to re-learn the art of face-to-face conversation instead of
conducting your relationships by means of text messages. Not only will you save time add money, but
you may also rediscover the pleasure of true communication.
1. How does the author introduce the topic of the text?
( no more than 5 words)
__________________________________________________________
2. Fill in the blank in Paragraph 2 with proper words.
( no more than 8 words)
___________________________________________________________
3. What emotional difficulties may be the causes of text addiction?
( no more than 5 words)
①_____________②______________③____________
4. What do experts say about text addiction?
( no more than 14 words)
___________________________________________________________
5. What is the main idea of Paragraph 3?
( no more than 8 words)
____________________________________________________________
them on every high street.The charity shop is a British institution, selling everything from
clothes to electric goods , all at very good prices. You can get things you won"t find in the shops any
more. The thing I like best about them is that your money is going to a good cause and not into the
pockets of profit-driven companies, and you are not damaging the planet , but finding a new home for
unwanted goods.
The first charity shop was opened in 1947 by Oxfam. The famous charity"s appeal to aid postwar
Greece had been so successful it had been flooded with donations (捐赠物). They decided to set up
a shop to sell some of these donations to raise money for that appeal. Now there are over 7, 000 charity
shops in the UK. My favourite charity shop in my hometown is the Red Cross shop, where I always find
children"s books, all 10 or 20 pence each.
Most of the people working in the charity shops are volunteers , although there is often a manager
who gets paid. Over 90% of the goods in the charity shops are donated by the public. Every moming you
see bags of unwanted items outside the front of shops, although they don"t encourage this, rather ask
people to bring things in when the shop is open.
The shops have very low running costs : all profits go to charity work . Charity shops raise more
than £110 million a year ,funding (资助) medical research, overseas aid, supporting sick and poor
children , homeless and disabled people , and much more. What better
place to spend your money? You get something special for a very good price and a good moral sense.
You provide funds to a good cause and tread lightly on the environment.
B. its great variety of goods
C. its spirit of good will
D. its nice shopping environment
B. deal with unwanted things
C. raise money for patients
D. help a foreign country
B. The staff are usually well paid.
C. 90% of the donations are second-hand.
D. They are open twenty-four hours a day.
B. Charity Shop : Its Origin & Development
C. Charity Shop : Where You Buy to Donate
D. The Public"s Concern about Charity Shops
used to be crazy about a specific film, but now the public tends to base its consumption (消费) on the
interest of celebrity attached to any given product.Besides, fashion magazines have almost abandoned
the practice of putting models on the cover because they don"t sell nearly as well as famous faces. As a
result , celebrities have realized their unbelievably
powerful market potential, moving from advertising for others" products to developing their own.
Celebrity clothing lines aren"t a completely new phenomenon,but in the past they were typically aimed
at the ordinary consumers ,and limited to a few TV actresses. Today they"re started by first-class stars
whose products enjoy equal fame with some world top brands.The most successful start-ups have been
those by celebrities with specific personal style. As celebrities become more and more experienced at the market, they expand their production scale rapidly,covering almost all the products of daily life.
However,for every success story , there"s a related warning tale of a celebrity who overvalued his
consumer appeal. No matter how famous the product"s origin is ,if it fails to impress consumers with its
own qualities it begins to resemble an exercise in self-promotional marketing. And once the initial (最初的 ) attention dies down, consumer interest might fade , loyalty (忠诚) returning to tried-and-true labels.
Today, celebrities face ever more severe embarrassment. The pop-cultural circle might be bigger than
ever, but its rate of turnover has speeded up as well. Each misstep threatens to reduce a celebrity"s shelf
life, and the same newspaper or magazine that once brought him fame has no problem picking him to
pieces when the opportunity appears. Still, the ego"s (自我的 ) potential for expansion is limitless.
Having already achieved great wealth and public recognition,many celebrities see fashion as the next
frontier to be conquered. As the saying goes ; success and failure always go hand in hand. Their success
as designers might last only a short time, but fashion-like celebrity-has always been temporary.
B. no longer put models on the cover
C. need not worry about celebrities" market potential
D. judge the market potential of every celebrity correctly
B. producers prefer models to celebrities for advertisements
C. producers prefer TV actresses to film stars for advertisements
D. quality rather than the outside of products is more concerned
B. damage the image of a celebrity in the eyes of the general public
C. cut short the artistic career of a celebrity in show business
D. influence the price of a celebrity"s products
B. celebrity and market potential
C. celebrity and fashion design
D. celebrity and clothing industry
friend." Now, Wuhan University has come up with another system for the campus
bathhouse. It charges students for the amount of time in a shower. Before entering
the bathhouse, students pay for the amount of time they want in the shower with
cash or their student ID card. The clock starts ticking the minute the tape is turned
on. It pauses when a button is pressed for soap. An integrated circuit (IC) card
reader at each tap shows the time. No money, no water. The benefits of the new
system can be seen with the old system, which charged 1 Yuan for each person
regardless of time in the shower. The university used about 320 tones of water daily
under the old system, but only 160 tons now.
Many students use the new system but opinions on it are divided. Some students
say it is bad because bathing had become a sort of race. Many people using it for
the first time are not sure how long they need to shower. Some might be embarrassed
if their time is up and they" re still covered in soap. They have to ask the bathhouse
worker to help them buy extra time.
"It"s a flaw in the system that you can not buy extra time on the ID card," said Ren,
a freshman in Wuhan University. The university is also considering some students"
suggestions that they be allowed to pay after they"ve finished the shower. Not
surprisingly, some are complaining about losing the hour shower. But many students
say the move helps them develop a water- saving sense.
Without the time limits, most students tended to shower for 30 to an hour in the
bathhouse.
Some even used the hot water to wash their clothes. "In my experience, l0 -20
minutes is enough," said Dai Zhihua, a third -year student who usually takes 8 minutes.
A similar system has been installed in other universities. Shanghai Normal University
introduced it at its Fengxiang Campus in September. The bathing fee there is 0.2 Yuan
per minute. One male student responded by setting a record with a two -minute shower.
B. The clock times all through while the student is bathing except when the bather paused for soap.
C If money runs out, there will be no water.
D. Having finished bathing, the student has to pay for it.
B. advantage
C. pity
D. fault
A. a quarter
B. one third
C. one half
D. two thirds
B. The new operation can raise students" environmental awareness.
C. a similar operation has been set in other universities.
D. The university has saved a lot of water by using the new system.
B. Society
C. Campus Life.
D. Lifestyle
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