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In this modern world, we rush around all day, doing things, talking, emailing, sending and reading messages. We are always on, always connected, always thinking, always talking. There is no ___31___ for stillness.
And when we are ___32 ___to be still because we’re in line for something, or waiting at a doctor’s appointment, or on a bus or train, we often ___33 ___something to do. Some will play with mobile devices, others will read something. Being still isn’t something we’re ___34 ___.
This comes at a ___ 35___: we lose that time for ___ 36___, for observing and listening. We lose peace.
And ___37___ yet: sometimes too much action is worse than no action at all. You can run around crazily, but get ___ 38___done.
Take a moment to think about ___39___ you spend your days. Are you constantly rushing around? Are you constantly reading and answering ___40 ___, checking on the news and the latest stream of information? Are you always ___41___through your schedule?
Is this how you want to spend your ___42___? If so, peace be with you. If not, take a moment to be ___43___. Don’t think about what you have to do, or what you’ve done already. ___44___be in the moment.
Then after a minute or two of doing that, consider your life, and how you’d ___45___ it to be. See your life with less movement, less doing, less rushing. See it with more stillness, more consideration, more ___46___.
Then be that vision.
It’s pretty simple: all you have to do is sit still for a little bit each day. ___47___you’ve gotten used to that, try doing less each day. Breathe when you feel yourself moving too___48___. Slow down. Be present. Find happiness now, in this moment, instead of ___49___ for it.
___50 ___ the stillness. It’s a treasure, and it’s available to us, always.

【小题1】
A.place B.chance C.freedom D.time
【小题2】
A.forced B.ordered C.invited D.told
【小题3】
A.have B.find C.buy D.get
【小题4】
A.familiar with B.curious about C.used to D.interested in
【小题5】
A.cost B.risk C.loss D.danger
【小题6】
A.play B.food C.sleep D.consideration
【小题7】
A.further B.worse C.farther D.deeper
【小题8】
A.everything B.anything C.nothing D.something
【小题9】
A.how B.where C.why D.whether
【小题10】
A.questions B.problems C.phones D.messages
【小题11】
A.walking B.rushing C.stepping D.going
【小题12】
A.school B.youth C.work D.life
【小题13】
A.silent B.patient C.still D.quiet
【小题14】
A.Nearly B.Ever C.Just D.Already
【小题15】
A.like B.decide C.choose D.need
【小题16】
A.activity B.research C.study D.peace
【小题17】
A.Because B.Until C.Once D.Unless
【小题18】
A.frequently B.slowly C.fast D.quickly
【小题19】
A.asking B.sending C.calling D.waiting
【小题20】
A.Value B.Miss C.Owe D.Hold


【小题1】D
【小题2】A
【小题3】B
【小题4】C
【小题5】A
【小题6】D
【小题7】B
【小题8】C
【小题9】A
【小题10】D
【小题11】B
【小题12】D
【小题13】C
【小题14】C
【小题15】A
【小题16】D
【小题17】C
【小题18】C
【小题19】D
【小题20】A

解析试题分析:本文的主要内容是:现在快节奏的生活使得我们失去了静心思考的时间。沉静是很有必要和价值的。作者建议大家每天都要留出一些可以静心思考问题的时间。
【小题1】考查名词及上下文的呼应。A. place地方;B. chance机会  ;C. freedom自由;D. time时间。根据In this modern world, we rush around all day, doing things, talking, emailing, sending and reading messages.可知我们没有时间静止,故选D。
【小题2】考查被动语态及上下文的呼应。forced被迫的 ordered命令 invited邀请 told告诉,根据because we’re in line for something, or waiting at a doctor’s appointment, or on a bus or train,可知我们是被迫静止,故选A。
【小题3】考查动词及上下文的呼应。A. have有;B. find找到,发现;C. buy   买;D. get得到。根据Some will play with mobile devices, others will read something可知我们通常找事情做.故选B。
【小题4】考查固定词组及上下文的呼应。A. familiar with熟悉;B. curious about好奇,想知道;C. used to惯于,故去经常;D. interested in对有兴趣。由“Some will play with mobile devices, others will read something.”现在做的事情和过去常常做的不同,故选C。
【小题5】考查名词及上下文的呼应。 根据we lose that time for consideration for observing and listening. We lose peace.可知这是要付出代价的,cost代价; risk冒险; loss丢失; danger危险,故选A。
【小题6】考查名词及上下文的呼应。A. play  玩;B. food食物;C. sleep睡觉;D. consideration考虑,关心,报酬。根据See it with more stillness, more consideration, more peace.故选D。
【小题7】考查比较级及上下文的呼应。A. further更远的,更深一层的;B. worse更糟糕的;C. farther更远地,进一步的;D. deeper更深。根据sometimes too much action is worse than no action at all,故选B。
【小题8】考查不定代词及上下文的呼应。A. everything每件事物;B. anything任何事;C. nothing无事; D. something某事。根据sometimes too much action is worse than no action at all,可知这里想说你狂热的东奔西跑,却一无所获,故选C。
【小题9】考查疑问副词及上下文的呼应。A. how怎样;B. where哪里;C. why为什么;D. whether是否,不论。根据Is this how you want to spend your life?这里想说花一些时间去思考怎样度过你的每一天,故选A。
【小题10】考查名词及上下文的呼应。A. questions问题;B. problems难题;  C. phones电话;D. messages信息。根据checking on the news and the latest stream of information? 故选D。
【小题11】考查现在分词及上下文的呼应。A. walking步行;B. rushing猛冲,急速进行;C. stepping  步进,踏;D. going前进。根据Are you constantly rushing around?故选B。
【小题12】考查名词及上下文的呼应。根据Then after a minute or two of doing that, consider your life,这里想表达这是你想要过的生活吗,school学校;youth 年轻; work 工作; life生活。故选D。
【小题13】考查形容词及上下文的呼应。A. silent寂静的;B. patient 耐心的;C. still静止的,仍然;D. quiet安静的。根据Being still isn’t something we’re used to.故选C。
【小题14】考查副词及上下文的呼应。A. Nearly几乎,差不多;B. Ever曾经;C. Just    仅仅,刚才,恰好;D. Already已经。根据Then after a minute or two of doing that, consider your life, and how you’d like it to be,可知这里想说仅仅是那一刻,故选C。
【小题15】考查动词及上下文的呼应。这里想说你喜欢生活是什么样子的,like 喜欢;decide决定;choose决定;need需要。故选A。
【小题16】考查名词及上下文的呼应。A. activity活动;B. research调查,研究;   C. study学习,研究;D. peace和平。根据上文We lose peace. 故选D。
【小题17】考查连词及上下文的呼应。这里表示一旦你习惯了那样做,Because因为Until到……为止 Once一旦 Unless除非,故选C。
【小题18】考查副词及上下文的呼应。A. frequently频繁地;B. slowly缓慢地;C. fast快地;D. quickly迅速地。根据Slow down,故选C。
【小题19】考查非谓语动词及上下文的呼应。这里想表达现在去寻找快乐,而不是等待快乐,asking 问;sending发送;calling 叫; waiting等。故选D。
【小题20】考查祈使句及上下文的呼应。A. Value重视;B. Miss错过,想念;C. Owe    欠,感激;D. Hold持有,拥有。根据It’s a treasure, and it’s available to us, always,故选A。
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【小题1】
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【小题1】
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【小题2】
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【小题3】
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Each user’s     words would be     by microphone, translated, and be instantly     for conversation partners in     visual texts and as audio delivered through headphones.
Users can still see their conversation partner’s face because the text is     onto only part of the retina—the first time such technology is used in a commercial product, according to NEC.
The company plans to put the Tele Scouter in Japan in November next year,       at the beginning without the translation mode.

【小题1】
A.cut off B.cut up C.cut in D.cut down
【小题2】
A.come across B.come up with C.come through D.come down
【小题3】
A.allow B.promise C.force D.leave
【小题4】
A.backgrounds B.cultures C.languages D.customs
【小题5】
A.so B.or C.but D.while
【小题6】
A.admit B.adopt C.agree D.adapt
【小题7】
A.designer’s B.translator’s C.producer’s D.user’s
【小题8】
A.instantly B.strangely C.suddenly D.slowly
【小题9】
A.admission B.translation C.preparation D.permission
【小题10】
A.bearing B.carrying C.wearing D.taking
【小题11】
A.discussion B.argument C.conversation D.translation
【小题12】
A.where B.which C.why D.how
【小题13】
A.connected B.satisfied C.joined D.covered
【小题14】
A.stating B.noticing C.realizing D.criticizing
【小题15】
A.spoken B.imagined C.written D.expected
【小题16】
A.made up B.picked up C.turned up D.brought up
【小题17】
A.agreeable B.acceptable C.believable D.available
【小题18】
A.either B.neither C.none D.both
【小题19】
A.placed B.got C.passed D.knocked
【小题20】
A.therefore B.although C.however D.While

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科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:完型填空

When I was in high school, my father retired and set up a food booth on the street near my school. He was particularly good at making       . Every day after I finished school, my classmates and I would      his food booth. But I really      talking to him before his food booth, because I didn’t want my classmates to know my father was selling noodles on the street!
One night, I couldn’t      it any more and shouted, “Dad, could you      selling your annoying noodles? I don’t need a father who sells noodles on the street!” At that moment, my father was     . He tried to say something but didn’t. When he turned      , something happened that I would never      . His eyes were filled with tears. I saw him     for the first time. My mother later told me my father was selling noodles to      money for my college education. Even today I still feel      for what I did that night.
Time really flies. I finished      and then left my home to work. During the past years, whenever I       home, he was always there meeting me      at the railway station. Whenever he saw me off, he never tried to hug me, although I always      his hug. When I was away from home, he never wrote or telephoned me,      he always pushed my mother to telephone me. Whenever my mother was telephoning me, he’d sit beside her with a list of questions. He’d      my mother to talk to me for him. That’s the way he is, and that’s how he shows his      to me.
My father is quiet, but I feel a      , which is deep and powerful. It lives in a place far beyond     , and it is something special-“a silent father’s love”.

【小题1】
A.chicken B.noodles C.bread D.dessert
【小题2】
A.pass B.watch C.visit D.advertise
【小题3】
A.enjoyed B.hated C.considered D.continued
【小题4】
A.stand B.deserve C.forgive D.digest
【小题5】
A.start B.stop C.forget D.remember
【小题6】
A.tired B.confused C.interested D.shocked
【小题7】
A.around B.back C.up D.down
【小题8】
A.describe B.forget C.prove D.face
【小题9】
A.arguing B.weeping C.laughing D.smiling
【小题10】
A.save B.take C.spend D.count
【小题11】
A.happy B.empty C.lonely D.guilty
【小题12】
A.meeting B.reading C.homework D.college
【小题13】
A.returned B.missed C.left D.stayed
【小题14】
A.shyly B.regularly C.quietly D.responsibly
【小题15】
A.saw B.refused C.expected D.rewarded
【小题16】
A.and B.but C.or D.if
【小题17】
A.force B.challenge C.tell D.inspire
【小题18】
A.love B.hate C.anger D.respect
【小题19】
A.connection B.competition C.condition D.combination
【小题20】
A.greetings B.injuries C.links D.words

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科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:阅读理解

A study by St. Louis University has found that a lovable dog named Sparky and a robotic dog AIBO, were about equally effective at reducing the loneliness of nursing home residents. The study confirmed previous findings that dogs have a good effect on nursing home residents(居民).
Dr. Andrew Smith led the Stanford University team出at built a home-assistance robot. "If humans can feel an emotional tie with robots, some day they could be not just our assistants, but also our companions," he said.
To test whether residents responded better to Sparky, a trained dog, or the Sony-made robotic dog, researchers divided 38 nursing home residents into three groups at three long-term care centers in St, Louis.
One group had weekly 30-minute one-on-one visits with Sparky; another group had similar visits with AIBO; a control group had no contact with either dog.The groups' respective levels of loneliness were tested by having them answer a number of questions at the beginning and near the end of the visits.
After two months, both groups that had contact with the dogs were less lonely and more attached. Most of the elderly regarded Sparky, a 9-year-old dog, as an audience for their life stories, said investigator Marian Banks.
"He listened attentively, wagged his tail, and allowed them to pet him," said Banks, who adopted and trained Sparky after finding him in a street behind her home seven years ago.
Those who were together with AIBO took a little longer to warm to the robotic creature.Over time, however, they grew comfortable with him, and petted and talked to him. He would respond by wagging his tail,  vocalizing(发出声音), and blinking his lights.
"AIBO is charming once you start to interact with him," said the study's author, Dr. William Banks, " He's an attractive sort of guy. He gives a feeling: of being personal, not just a robot. "
【小题1】Before the new study, it was known that                  

A.dogs could help get rid of old people's loneliness
B.robots could build close connection with humans
C.robots were more effective at reducing people's loneliness
D.dogs and robots were equally effective at reducing loneliness
【小题2】The first time those who contacted with the robotic dog            
A.accepted it immediately
B.found it easy to interact with it
C.were not quite comfortable with it
D.were confused by its behavior
【小题3】The findings of the researchers tell us that           .
A. robots are actually attractive sorts of guys
B.robots could make a good companion of the old.
C.it's easy for people to become close with robots
D. the elderly will have a robot assistant in no time
【小题4】What would be the best title for the passage?
A.Robots Serve People Better Than Thought
B.No More Lonely Old Age with Emotional Robots
C.Dogs equipped with robots to Help the Elderly
D.Robots and Dogs Can Equally Cheer up the Elderly

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