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During the past hundred years, the railway, the car, the radio, the cinema and now the TV, have produced very
1 changes in the amusement (娱乐活动) with which people pass their
2 time.
A hundred years
3 , people were in the habit of making their own amusements. When a group of people
4 together, they talked, played cards or other games, read aloud to each other, or went out riding, shooting or walking. Most people could sing a little or play
5, so at a party the guests amused each other. Above all, conversation was an art. Amusing conversation could
6 people happy for hours.
As for games,
7 football and tennis, people were also in the habit of playing them themselves. Most of them did not play very well,
8 they amused themselves and their friends. Nowadays we are amused
9 professional (专业的) singers or players.
10 listen to your friends singing when you can hear the great singers of the world over the radio or on TV? What about playing football with players who
11 very good at it when you can see some of the best players playing an important match? You may just sit comfortably
12 and watch the game without the trouble of going outside.
The art of conversation and the habit of playing and singing are dying. People are becoming more and more lookers and listeners, and
13 doers and talkers. This change does more
14 to people than good. It is better to do something not very well oneself than
15 to sit and watch others doing it.
| 小题3: | | A．later | B．before | C．ago | D．passed |
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| 小题5: | | A．basketball | B．the basketball | C．piano | D．the piano |
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| 小题7: | | A．for example | B．such as | C．like | D．for |
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| 小题10: | | A．Why not | B．Why don’t | C．How about | D．What about |
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| 小题11: | | A．is | B．are | C．is not | D．are not |
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| 小题12: | | A．at a cinema | B．at school | C．at home | D．in a park |
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| 小题13: | | A．much | B．little | C．more | D．less |
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| 小题14: | | A．harm | B．harmful | C．bad | D．badly |
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| 小题15: | | A．sometimes | B．always | C．usually | D．never |
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in nature. Even the appearance of zoos has changed. Trees and grass grow in cages, and water flows through the places the animal live in. there are few bars; instead, there is often a deep ditch, filled with water, which surrounds a space where several sorts of animals live toge
ther as they world naturally. In an American zoo, the visitor can walk through a huge special cage that is filled with trees,
to live naturally. In a 
zoo in New York, with the us of special night, people can observe certain animals that are active only at night, when most zoos are closed. Some zoos have special places for visitors to watch animals that live in the desert or under water.
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