Everyone looks forward to progress, whether in one’s personal life or in the general society. Progress indicates a person’s ability to change the way he is living at the moment. Progress must lead a better way of doing things. All these, however, remains true only in so far as people want to accept technology and move forward by finding new and more efficient ways of doing things.
However, at the back of the minds of many people, especially those who missed the “good old days”, efficiency comes with a price. When communication becomes efficient, people are able to contact one another no matter where they are and at whatever time they wish to. The click of a button allows people miles apart to talk or to see each other without even leaving their homes. With the communication gadgets, such as mobile phones and ipads, people often do not take the effect to visit one another personally. A personal visit carries with it the additional feature of having to be in the person’s presence for as long as the visit lasts. We cannot unnecessarily excuse our selves or turn the other person off.
With efficiency also comes mass production. Such is the nature of factories and the success of industrialization today. Factories have improved efficiency. Unskillful tasks are left to machines and products are better made and produced with greater accuracy than any human hand could ever have done. However, with the improvements in efficiency also comes the loss of the personal touch when making these products. For example, many handcrafts(手工艺品) are now produced in a factory. Although this means that supply is better able to increase demand, now that the supply is quick and efficient, the demand might fall because mass production lowers the quality of the handicraft and it is difficult to find unique designs on each item.
Nevertheless, we must not commit the mistake of analyzing progress only from one point of view. In fact, progress has allowed tradition to keep up. It is only with progress and the invention of new technology that many old products can be brought back to their old state. New technology is required for old products to stay old.
It is people’s attitude towards progress that causes the type of influence that technology has on society. Technology is flexible. There is no fixed way of making use of it. Everything depends on people’s attitude. The worst effects of progress will fall on those who are unable to rethink their attitudes and views of society. When we accept progress and adapt it to suit our needs, a new “past” is created.
【小题1】According to Paragraph 1, progress can benefit people when they are willing to _______.
A.live a better life |
B.look for better methods |
C.change ways of living |
D.accept technology and advance steadily |
A.tools | B.messages | C.barriers | D.skills |
A.describing a process | B.using examples |
C.following time order | D.making classification |
A.lack great accuracy | B.lack the personal touch |
C.are of high value | D.are quite welcome |
A.It can destroy old traditions. |
B.It can lead to social progress. |
C.It can be used to correct mistakes. |
D.It can be used to preserve old products. |
A.Progress can suit the needs of daily life. |
B.People review the past with great regret. |
C.Technology should be introduced in a fixed way. |
D.People’s attitude decides the use of technology. |
【小题1】D
【小题2】A
【小题3】B
【小题4】B
【小题5】D
【小题6】D
解析【文章大意】这是一篇议论文。众所周知,发展可以为人类和社会带来各种便利,但新技术的使用对社会产生何种影响取决于人们的态度。因为发展的同时,会付出一定的代价。如,大批量生产使手工产品质量的降低,产品个性的缺失,产品人文性的丧失等。呼吁先进性与传统性要协调同步发展。
【小题1】D解析:细节理解题 文章第一段告诉我们,不论个人还是社会都需要发展,发展为的是改善现状,求得更有效的行事方法。但是,所有的这些只有在人们接受这些技术和改进(All these, however, remains true only in so far as people want to accept technology and move forward......),这样发展才能起更大作用。因此D选项符合此意。
【小题2】A解析:词义猜测题 原文说“有了交际......,比如手机,ipads 等,人们就不会经常登门拜访(With the communication gadgets, such as mobile phones and ipads, people often do not take the effect to visit one another personally.),根据所划线部分词举的例子,我们可以猜出是指手机等交往工具。因此A选项正确。
【小题3】B解析:写作手法理解题 该段首句提出,怀旧的人们认为:高效率带来的发展要有代价的。接着作者以人们手机,平板电脑等的使用为例加以说明。由此得知,B选项与此意吻合。
【小题4】B解析:细节理解题 第三段告诉我们高效率带来产品的大批量的生产。但比起手工制作, 因没有个性造成与人类联系的缺失(However, with the improvements in efficiency also comes the loss of the personal touch when making these products.)。.所以B 选项正确。
【小题5】D解析:段意理解题 第四段从发展的另一角度告诉我们,新技术可以用来保持传统。就是因为发展和新技术的运用使许多古老的东西风韵犹存(It is only with progress and the invention of new technology that many old products can be brought back to their old state.),所以D 选项正确。
【小题6】D解析:主旨要义题 最后一段首句告诉我们,人们对发展的态度是技术给社会产生相应影响的根源(It is people’s attitude towards progress that causes the type of influence that technology has on society.);然后作者从正反两方面论证这一中心。所以D 选项正确。
科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:单选题
Parties and social gatherings no longer excite us the same way they once did. This is not due to a lack of desire to socialize, but the smartphone.
At parties, more people are on their smartphones than on their drinks. According to a recent International Data Corporation study, well over half of all Americans have a smartphone and reach for it the moment they wake up, keeping it in hand all day. In addition, too much of society is using smartphones while driving and as a result getting into car crashes. 34 percent of teens admit to text while driving, and they confirm that text messaging is their number one driving interruption. People's attachment to their smartphones is unbelievably becoming more important than the lives of themselves and others.
Just as drivers dismiss the importance of focusing while on the road, many people also fail to recognize the significance of human interaction. When with their friends, some people pointlessly check or send text messages in the presence of a friend, which sends a message to that friend: the person I am texting is more important than you. In addition, relying on our smartphone to make friends does not give us the same advantage as being able to make new friendships in the real world. Face-to-face conversations will give us much stronger communication skills in the long run.
As many people risk their lives and the lives of people around them just to send a text or mindlessly check their massages, smartphones are in many ways more dangerous to people. The quality of this technology is de-advancing societal achievements and weakening the value of communication. Not only is the smartphone affecting our desire to interact (交流) face-to-face but it is also lowering society's ability to communicate.
【小题1】The purpose of this text is to ______.
A.call for an end to use the smartphone while driving |
B.appeal to us to pay attention to communication skills |
C.express a concern about the overuse of the smartphone |
D.advise us to be cautious about the addiction to the smartphone |
A.giving examples | B.listing figures | C.comparing facts | D.analyzing the effects |
A.by using smartphones | B.in a face-to-face way |
C.in different ways | D.under a free circumstance |
A.parties and gatherings limit their social circle |
B.people are more and more narrow-minded |
C.people's communication skills are weakened |
D.face-to-face communication becomes less important |
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科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:阅读理解
Do you love holidays but hate the increase weight that follows? You are not alone.
Holidays are happy days with pleasure and delicious foods. Many people, however, are worried about the weight that comes along with these delicious foods.
With proper planning, though, it is possible to control your weight. The idea is to enjoy the holidays but not to eat too much. You don't have to turn away from the foods that you enjoy. The following suggestions may be of some help to you.
Do not miss meals. Before yon leave home for a feast(宴会),have a small, low-fat snack(小吃). This may help to keep you from getting too excited before delicious foods. Begin with clear soup and fruit or vegetables. A large glass of water before you eat may help you feel full. Use a small plate; a large plate will encourage you to have more than enough.
Better not have high-fat foods. Dishes that look oily or creamy have much fat in them.
Choose lean meat(瘦肉 ).Fill your plate with salad and green vegetables.
If you have a sweet tooth, try mints (薄荷) and fruits. They don’t have fat content as cream and chocolate.
Don’t let exercise take a break during the holidays. A 20-minute walk after a meal can help burn off excess(过多的) calories.
【小题1】Holidays are happy days with pleasure but they may ______
A.bring weight problems |
B.bring you much trouble in your life |
C.make you worried about your foods |
D.make you hate delicious foods |
A.drink much water and have vegetables only |
B.not eat the food in high fat |
C.not accept invitations to feasts |
D.turn away from delicious foods |
A.physical exercise | B.water |
C.calories of energy | D.vegetables |
A.enjoy delicious food |
B.go to too many feasts |
C.can't control themselves |
D.can't help turning away from the foods |
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科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:阅读理解
If you see a group of people dancing and singing on the street or in the railway station, you don't need to feel surprised. They are a flash mob(暴民). Who are they? Are they mobs? Don't be confused by their name. Actually, a flash mob is a group of people who gather suddenly in a public place, do something unusual for a brief period of time, and then quickly disappear.
They are usually organized with the help of the Internet or other digital communications networks. The messages may be sent to friends, who send to more people. At a predetermined time, they gather and perform some activities such as exchanging books, coming together to look at the sky, waving their hands and yelling something at the top of their voice for 30 seconds. Then, they quickly disappear before the police can arrive. Using mobile phones, the flash mob can change its place if the first one has been cancelled for any reason.
Bill Wasik, senior editor of Harper's Magazine, organized the first flash mob in Manhattan in May 2003 and the first successful flash mob gathered on June 3,2003. Wasik claimed that he created the flash mob as a social experiment designed to laugh at fashion seekers and stress the cultural atmosphere of wanting to be an insider or part of “the next big thing”.
Flash mob gatherings can sometimes shock people. Such an activity might seem amusing and magical, but it also might frighten people who are not aware of what is taking place. Undoubtedly, flash mob can serve as good political tools and have great potential, such as using to advertise a product.
The flash mob is now becoming more and more popular. People use it to do many things. Flash mobs give people from all walks of life an opportunity to come together to create a memory.
【小题1】What is NOT the feature of the flash mob?
A.It can get together quickly. |
B.It can change its place freely. |
C.It can do activities suddenly. |
D.It can injure people seriously. |
A.③④ | B.①⑤ | C.②⑥ | D.⑤⑥ |
A.To advertise some products. |
B.To help people make friends. |
C.To laugh at fashion seekers. |
D.To create some memories. |
A.Bill Wasik organized the first successful flash mob in May, 2003. |
B.People are encouraged to take a more active part in an activity. |
C.Flash mobs tend to do something illegal for a short time. |
D.Flash mob gathering can frighten all the people present. |
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科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:阅读理解
How far would you be willing to go to satisfy your need to know? Far enough to find out your possibility of dying from a terrible disease? These days that’s more than an academic question,as Tracy Smith reports in our Cover Story.
There are now more than a thousand genetic(基因的)tests,for everything from baldness to breast cancer,and the list is growing.Question is do you really want to know what might eventually kill you? For instance,Nobel Prize-winning scientist James Watson,one of the first people to map their entire genetic makeup, is said to have asked not to be told if he were at a higher risk for Alzheimer’(老年痴呆症).
“If I tell you that you have an increased risk of getting a terrible disease,that could weigh on your mind and make you anxious,through which you see the rest of your 1ife as you wait for that disease to hit you.It could really mess you up.”Said Dr.Robert Green,a Harvard geneticist.
“Every ache and pain,”Smith suggested,could be understood as“the beginning of the e nd.”“That’s right.If you ever worried you were at risk for Alzheimer's disease,then every time you can’t find your car in the parking lot,you think the disease has started.”
Dr.Green has been thinking about this issue for years.He led a study of people who wanted to know if they were at a higher genetic risk for Alzheimer’s.It was thought that people who got bad news would,for lack of a better medical term,freak out.But Green and his team found that there was “no significant difference”between how people handled good news and possibly the worst news of their lives.In fact,most people think they can handle it.People who ask for the information usually can handle the information,good or bad,said Green.
【小题1】The first paragraph is meant to .
A.ask some questions | B.introduce the topic |
C.satisfy readers,curiosity | D.describe an academic fact |
A.He is strongly in favor of the present genetic tests. |
B.He is more likely to suffer from Alzheimer's disease. |
C.He believes genetic mapping can help cure any disease. |
D.He doesn’t want to know his chance of getting a disease. |
A.advisable not to let him know |
B.impossible to hide his disease |
C.better to inform him immediately |
D.necessary to remove his anxiety |
A.break down | B.drop out | C.leave off | D.turn away |
A.prefer to hear good news | B.tend to find out the truth |
C.can accept some bad news | D.have the right to be informed |
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科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:阅读理解
“When your mother scolds you, you can look elsewhere and think about other things. Just ignore her words. But remember: such a tough attitude cannot be used often.”
These words are from a series of cartoons which outline skills for children to fight against their mothers. The images have created heated debate among Chinese netizens.
Regarded as “a book for children aged 6 to 12 who are always scolded by their parents”, the cartoons, drawn by two 10yearold Beijing girls, list over 20 skills which children can use to deal with their mothers' anger such as crying, pretending to be ashamed, fleeing into the toilet and pleasing her afterwards.
Each skill is described with vivid pictures and humorous notes. The creativity of the young girls has amazed netizens, the Yangtse Evening Post reported on Thursday.
According to one of the girls' mothers, her daughter once received a poor mark in an exam, and the mother blamed her and compared her performance with another classmate. The daughter's feelings led to her creating the cartoons.
The girl's father, who first posted the pictures on his Sohu Microblog on Monday, said he hopes parents pay close attention to the pictures, allow children to feel free to develop their own characteristics and try not to criticize them so often.
The father said the cartoons aren't finished yet; his daughter will continue with them when she has time.
“The cartoons, although an individual case, reflect a modern phenomenon and some of the problems within Chinese family education,” said Yu Qinfang, an expert on family education.
According to a survey of 104 children and their parents, Yu discovered that as many as 51.9 percent of primary school students hate being urged to do things by their mothers.
“Not giving children enough time and hurrying them to do things seems to be a very tiny detail within family life, but it is potentially a huge problem which can easily be ignored by parents. A mother's blame may lead to negative feelings within her child's heart,” Yu said. “Parents should learn to blame less and be more patient.”
【小题1】What amazed Chinese netizens according to the text?
A.The girls' poor marks. |
B.The girls' skills against their mothers. |
C.The girls' creativity. |
D.The girls' tough attitude to their mothers. |
A.It tells us how to control mothers' feelings. |
B.It includes a number of vivid pictures and humorous notes. |
C.It is intended for primary school teachers. |
D.It is finished by children aged 6 to 12. |
A.show off his daughter's cleverness |
B.blame his daughter for drawing these cartoons |
C.encourage his daughter to make greater progress |
D.get other parents to draw a lesson from the cartoons |
A.dislike being forced to do things |
B.like drawing cartoons in class |
C.seldom do well in exams |
D.enjoy being compared with others |
A.parents often ignore their children's hobbies |
B.parents often speak highly of their children |
C.how to develop children's gifts puzzles parents |
D.how to blame children needs parents' wisdom |
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科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:阅读理解
Endless playing of songs like All I want for Christmas in shops during the festive season doesn’t just drive us mad —the songs also make us more careless with our money, research has warned.
While repeated performance of Jingle Bells may seem like an innocent attempt to raise customers’ spirits during the nightmare of Christmas shopping, the songs also have a more delicate impact.
“Background music, or “Muzak”, can be used by marketers to impose cultures ---such as the commercialization of Christmas--- onto consumers and influence their behaviour,” experts said.
Dr. Alan Bradshaw of Royal Holloway, University of London, said, “Festive jingles are force-fed to Christmas shoppers in a bid to change their mood, influence their sense of time and what sort of products they buy. In other words, this is an attempt to control your shopping habits in a way that you might hardly be aware of.”
“Often we are told that we have the freedom to choose where we want to shop, but during Christmas the use of music in this way is so common that our freedom to choose disappears.”
Dr. Bradshaw and Prof Morris Holbrook of Columbia University examined the phenomenon and found that retailers often “dumb down” the music played in shops to relax customers, meaning it is easier to control their behaviour.
It is thought that slowing down the rhythm of music in shops can trick customers into thinking less time has passed, and therefore spend more time examining the shelves, for example.
Some providers of background music have been known to promote their services by claiming they can boost profits by controlling the behaviour of customers.
“A common trick is to take a popular current song and record an instrumental version which can be slowed down or sped up at different time of the day to influence behaviour in different ways,” Dr. Bradshaw said.
Background music is often classed as “Muzak” in honor of the Seattle-based company which began producing its soft-sounding melodies in the 1930s.
【小题1】According to Dr. Bradshaw, in what ways does Christmas music influence customers?
①their mood ②their income ③their sense of time ④ the sort of products they buy
A.①②③ | B.①③④ | C.②③④ | D.①②④ |
A.let customers spend more time shopping |
B.make customers and sales assistants relaxed |
C.let customers enjoy the beautiful music |
D.help customers find what they really want |
A.Classical music | B.Popular modern songs. | C.Folk songs. | D.Jazz music. |
A.Music makes happy Christmas |
B.Christmas “Muzak” |
C.How to make Christmas music? |
D.Christmas music makes us spend more |
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科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:阅读理解
La Gomera is the only place in the world which has a whistle (口哨)language. We do not know how and why it began because we do not know the complete history of the island. But we can certainly imagine the reasons for the beginning of the whistle language. There are many deep valleys on the island. A person on one side of a valley can not easily shout to a person on the other side. But he can whistle and be heard. Some of the best whistlers can be heard from four miles away and the record is seven miles.
The people who live on the island usually have good teeth, and this helps them to whistle well. They must also have good ears so that they can hear other whistlers.
We can understand why the whistle language continues. It is very useful on the island, and quite easy to learn. When somebody is hurt or ill, the whistle language takes the place of telephone. If the sick person is quite far away from the town, people pass the message from one to another. A boy guarding cattle on a hillside whistles to a man fishing from his boat. The last one is able to describe the trouble fully and exactly to the doctor in town. People help one another in the same way when a car breaks down or a cow is lost.
The whistle language is hundreds of years old, and probably it will continue to live on for hundreds of years more. Radio and TV often kill the special ways of speaking in different parts of a country. But on La Gomera you are nobody if you cannot whistle. Perhaps soon after TV arrives on the island, people there will be whistling the news and other facts and opinions.
【小题1】If a person on La Gomera is ill,______.
A.others will phone the doctor in town |
B.people will take him to town by carriage |
C.his family will take him to the hospital |
D.the whistle language will help pass the message to the doctor |
A.many visitors go there every year |
B.no visitors have ever been there |
C.people there have special ears to hear whistles |
D.people there use the whistle language to communicate with each other |
A.It is not easy for a person to live on La Gomera if he cannot whistle. |
B.The whistle language can only be found on La Gomera. |
C.The whistle language has been used for hundreds of years on the island, but will not be used any longer. |
D.The record shows that one best whistler can be heard others seven miles away. |
A.The Secret Language | B.Do You Know the Whistle Language? |
C.The Life of Islanders | D.La Gomera一a Mystery |
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