Steve, a typical American, stays home on workdays. He plugs into his personal computer terminal (终端) in order to hook up with his office. After work, he watches a movie on his home video recorder, or challenges himself to a game of electronic baseball. On many days, Steve does not talk to any other human beings, and he does not see any people except the ones on television. Steve is imaginary, but his lifestyle is very possible. The inventions of modem technology seem to be cutting us off from contact with our fellow human beings.
The world of business is one area in which technology is isolating us. Experts predict, for example, that many people will soon be able to work at home. With access to a large central computer, employees such as insurance agents(保险公司), secretaries, and accountants(会计)could do their jobs at display terminals in their own homes. They would never have to actually see the people they are dealing with. In addition, the way employees are paid will change. Workers' salaries will automatically be credited (记入……名下) to their pay or cash their checks. Personal banking will change, too. Customers will deal with machines to deposit or withdraw money from their accounts. Bank loans (贷款) will be approved or rejected, not in an interview with a loan officer, but through a display on a computer screen.
Another area that technology is changing is entertainment. Music, for instance, was once a group experience. People listened to music at contact halls or in small social gatherings. For many people now, however, music is a solitary (孤独的) experience. Walking along the street or sitting in their living rooms, they wear headphones to build a wall of music around them. Many more are choosing to wait for a film to appear on television or are renting videocassettes to watch at home. Instead of being involved with the laughter, applause, or hisses (尖叫声) of the audience, viewers watch movie in the isolation of their living moms.
Our games and sports are also changing. Rather than play tag (捉人游戏) or baseball after school, children now rush to the local video arcade to stare at their individual electronic playing fields. They are no longer interested in competing or interacting with each other.
Technology, then, seems to be driving human beings apart. Soon, we may no longer need to communicate with other human beings in order to do our work, entertain ourselves, or play the games we enjoy. Machines will be the coworkers and companions of the future.
1.The first paragraph presents the reader with a description of Steve's ________.
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2.The phrase“With access to a large central computer”in paragraph 2 can be best paraphrased as ________.
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A.“Owing to a large central computer”
B.“With a visit to a large central computer”
C.“With the help of a large central computer”
D.“Knowing how to operate a large central computer”
3.Technology is changing the world of business in that ________.
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A.machines will take over the work usually done by human beings
B.labor and time will be saved
C.people will be able to work at home
D.people will be kept well-informed through a display on a computer screen
4.From this selection we can conclude that ________.
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A.the author welcomes modem technology with open arms
B.modern technology is faultless in the author's eyes
C.the author only looks the dark side of modem technology
D.the author is strongly against modern technology
5.Which of the following is Not true according to the passage?
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A.The changes modern techno logy is bringing to people's life may be many.
B.There are a lot of side effects of modem technology.
C.People are becoming more and more solitary with modem technology.
D.None of the above.
1.B 提示:这是一个细节分析题。第一段通过Steve的生活、工作、娱乐模式告诉我们,在现代技术的作用下,我们的生活和工作都是一个人去处理,排除了和外界的联系,不和其他人进行交流。该段呈现给我们的是一种与外界隔离的、孤独的现代生活,所以,选项B是正确答案。 2.B 提示:专家预测,将来很多人在家工作,随着很多人能访问中央计算机,很多员工都能够在显示终端进行工作。由此可知,因为很多人可以访问大型中央计算机才可以在家庭显示终端上进行工作。 3.A 提示:这是一个段落理解题,问的是技术在哪方面改变商业界。从文章可知,计算机把人们的工作取代了。 4.C 提示:作者在这篇文章中,用了很多如“isolated”,“solitary”,“driving human beings apart”之类的词和词组,反映了现代技术使人们互相隔离而不往来的事实,这些都是现代社会带给人们的不良影响。由此我们得知,作者是从现代技术的坏的方面看待问题的。 5.D 提示:文章告诉我们,随着现代技术的应用,人们的工作、娱乐等方面都发生了极大的变化。上班可以在家里上,取钱、贷款可以通过机器来完成,业务也可以在家里通过电脑完成,体育活动,音乐欣赏都可以独自进行。现代技术给我们带来巨大的变化的同时,也带来了许多负面影响,人们之间缺少了交流,人与人之间都被孤立起来。由此我们得知,选项A,B和C都是符合原文的选项。 |
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Sheri Straily never knew how far life's highway could take her until her dream for her children helped her find out…
Growing up, sheri 1 thought for a moment that she'd make it to college. 2 , she took a job driving a tractor - trailer. 3 years passed, Sheri fell in love, 4 and had three 5 . Because she wanted to be 6 to home, she changed her job for a desk one at the trucking company.
But one day after work, as Sheri 7 her kids playing, she began to 8 :
I want them to achieve so much, but how 9 I afford to give them the opportunities they will need, like college?
Then it came to her: she was the one who 10 college first!
“Go for it,” her 11 Steve encouraged her. So Sheri enrolled (注册) at the university of Denver's Women's College, which let her take all of her 12 on weekend so that she could still 13 .
Though Sheri loved her studies, she 14 home: rather than make the two - hour travel home, Sheri 15 in a dormitory on weekends. “I 16 I were home with Steven and the kids,” she'd think. But Eric, eight, Ryan, seven and Kristin, five, backed their mom all the 17 . “Just do your best,” they said.
Sheri did, getting straight A's as she earned a 18 in business administration (商业管理). Now she's 19 the University of Denver Law School on a merit scholarship (奖学金)!
“It hasn't been 20 ”, notes Sheri. “But it's rewarding - for me and my family.”
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Steve Jobs on life and death
When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: “If you live each day as if it was your last, some day you’ll most certainly be right.” It made an 1 on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every 2 and asked myself: “If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?” And whenever the 3 has been “No” for too many days in a row, I know I need to 4 something.
Remembering that I’ll be 5 soon is the most important tool I’ve ever used to help me make the big 6 in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all 7 of embarrassment or failure — these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is 8 important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to 9 . You are already naked. There is no reason not to 10 your heart.
Your time is limited, so don’t 11 it living someone else’s life. Don’t be 12 by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most importantly, have the 13 to follow your beliefs and goals. They somehow already know what you really want to 14 . Everything else is 15 .
1. A. expectation B. impression C. imagination D. examination
2. A. minute B. night C. day D. morning
3. A. answer B. solution C. result D. chance
4. A. accept B. hide C. change D. avoid
5. A. famous B. dead C. old D. forgotten
6. A. decisions B. contributions C. differences D. mistakes
7. A. understanding B. certainty C. fear D. knowledge
8. A. mostly B. hardly C. nearly D. truly
9. A. take B. lose C. give D. win
10. A. break B. catch C. warm D. follow
11. A. waste B. imagine C. spend D. risk
12. A. confused B. trapped C. discouraged D. hurt
13. A. wisdom B. idea C. desire D. courage
14. A. see B. show C. become D. forget
15. A. necessary B. natural C. secondary D. possible
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A 17-year-old boy,caught sending text messages in class,was recently sent to the vice principal’s office. The vice principal,Steve Gallagher,told the boy he needed to focus on the teacher,not his cellphone. The boy listened politely and nodded,and that’s when Mr. Gallagher noticed the student’s fingers moving on his lap. He was testing while being scolded for texting. " It was a subconscious act," says Mr. Gallagher,who took the phone away. " Young people today are connected socially from the moment they open their eyes in the morning until they colse their eyes at night. It’s compulsive."
A study this year by psychology students at Covenant College in Lookout Mountain, Ga, found that the more time young people spend on Facebook,the more likely they are to have lower grades and weaker study habits. Heavy Facebook users show signs of being more sociable,but they are also more likely to be anxious,hostile or depressed. (Doctors, meanwhile, are now laming addictions to ‘night texting’ for disturbing the sleep patterns of teens.)
Almost a quarter of today’s teens check Facebook more than 10 times a day,according to a 2009 survey by Common Sense Media, a nonprofit group that monitors media’s impact on families. Will these young people get rid of this habit once they enter the work force,or will employers come to see texting and ‘social—network checking’ as accepted parts of the workday?
Think back, When today’s older workers were in their 20s,they might have taken a break on the job to call friends and make after-work plans. In those earlier eras, companies discouraged non-business-related calls, and someone who made personal calls all day risked being fired. It was impossible to imagine the constant back-and-forth texting that defines interactions among young people today.
Educators are also being asked by parents,students and educational strategists to reconsider their rules. "In past generations,students got in trouble for passing notes in class. Now students are good at texting with their phones still in their pockets," says 40-year-old Mr. Gallagher, the vice principal," and they’re able to communicate with someone one floor down and three rows over. Students are just fundamentally different today. They will take suspensions rather than give up their phones."
66.The underlined word "a subconscious act" in the first paragraph refers to an act .
A.on purpose B.without realization
C.in secret D.with care
67.Young people addicted to the use of Facebook .
A.are good at dealing with the social relationships and concentrate on their study
B.have high spirits and positive attitudes towards their life and work
C.have been influenced mentally in the aspects of behaviors and habits
D.are always in bad mood and have poor performance in every respect
68.Through the situation of today’s older workers in their 20s,it can be inferred that .
A.the employers will not accept young people’s sending text messages
B.a cellphone is a must for today’s older workers instead of young people
C.The employers prefer older workers to young people
D.the employers will find it hard to control the interaction among young people
69.Mr. Gallagher reminds us that the students in the past and those today_______.
A.like to break rules and have the same means of sending messages
B.are always the big problem for the educations and their parents
C.like sending text messages but those today do it in a more secret and skillful way
D.cannot live without a cellphone
70.What’s the best title of the passage?
A.Teenagers and Cellphones
B.Teenagers’ Texting Addiction
C.Employers and Teenagers
D.Teenagers’ Education
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