[1]The word addiction usually makes you think of alcohol or drugs,but in modern—day society we are seeing some new kinds of addictions. Some people are compulsive (难以自制的) shoppers. Others find it impossible to pull themselves away from their work. Still others spend countless hours watching TV or playing computer games.
[2]Over the years, shopping has become a very common activity. Many people enjoy going to stores more and more every day, but it’s more than a common hobby for some of them. They have turned into shopaholics. They are people who simply enjoy shopping and walking around spending money without being able to stop doing it. They are hooked on shopping and usually buy things that they don’t need. Even though they don’t have enough money, they buy everything they want.
[3] The question is, why do they have this addiction? There isn’t a specific answer. Some people go shopping when they are sad, worried, upset or lonely and they want to feel better. They use this activity as a way to forget their problems. Shopaholics say that they feel more important and better after they buy something. They also tend to have this addiction when feel guilty.
[4]Shopaholism seems to be a harmless addiction, but it can . Some of them can be psychological. If this is the case, people addicted to shopping, should go to a support group to help them break this habit. However, the process, like for most addictions, is long, and they suffer a lot. It can also cause financial problems. They just think about satisfying their feelings, so they spend money they don’t have. They get deep in debt, and they can even go bankrupt and get sent to prison.
1. List three activities that might develop into addictions based on the text. (Please answer within 8 words.)
①
②
③
shopping, drinking, playing computer games, working, watching TV, taking drugs
(答出其中三种即可,不根据原文回答者不得分)
2. What is the main idea of Paragraph 3? (Please answer with in 8 words)
The reason why some people shopaholics have shopping addition.
The possible reasons for shopaholism/shopping addition.
3. Fill in the blank in Paragraph 4 with proper words.(Please answer within 6 words)
cause/bring about/result in many problems
4. Which sentence in the text is the closest in meaning to the following one?
Accordingly,these shopaholics should turn to a certain organization for help so that they can stop compulsive shopping.
If this is the case, people addicted to shopping should go to a support group to help them break this habit
5. Translate the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 into Chinese
他们购物成瘾,而且通常买的都是用不着的东西。
他们购物上瘾,常买些不需要的东西。
1.shopping drinking, playing computer games, working, watching TV, taking drugs
(答出其中三种即可,不根据原文内容回答者不得分)
2.The possible reasons for shopaholism/shopping addition.
why some people shopping addition.
3.cause/bring about/result in many problems.
4.If this is the case, people addicted to shopping should go to a support group to help them break this habit.
5.他们购物成瘾,而且通常买的都是用不着的东西.
他们购物上瘾,常买些不需要的东西.
科目:高中英语 来源:哈师大附中2008-2009学年高二下学期第一次月考英语试卷 题型:050
|
查看答案和解析>>
科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:
短文改错 (共10小题;每小题1.5分,满分15分)
此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行做出判断:
如无错误,该行右边横线上画一个勾(√);
如有错误(每行只有一个错误),则按下列情况改正:
此行多一个词:把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉,在该行右边横线上写出该词,并也用斜线划掉。
此行缺一个词:在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧),在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。
此行错一个词:在错的词下划一横线,在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。
注意:原行没有错的不要改。
During the summer of 2008, I started reading books
in English, mostly stories.I would learn a lot of new
words from these books, but I had terribly problems
memorizing them.I had to look up to the same word
many time, which was quite troublesome.I realized
I do need a way to remember all this vocabulary.It was
a great achievement for myself.I started writing down
words from books that I read.I would come back from
school, and then sit for an hour and two.I wrote down
new words and add them to my collection.By the end
of last year,my collection has grown to 3,000 wor
0ds.
查看答案和解析>>
科目:高中英语 来源:2013-2014学年福建省高三上学期11月学段考试英语试卷(解析版) 题型:阅读理解
It’s common to hear the honking of horns in New York. Whoever tries every day to get more than a few minutes of sleep in the city will tell you that he could do nothing about it! Honking of horns is just one of their most widely enjoyed pastimes.
But Aaron, a Japanese website developer has had enough of it. Once, the 31-year-old man approached the open window to wait for the driver to finish honking, delivered a polite "excuse me" and then yelled " Ho-o-o-o-onk!", which suggests fierce anger in Japan. Then he threw three eggs from the window of his apartment on to a passing car honking loudly below when his patience was worn out. Instead of apologizing to him, the driver threatened to kill him angrily. So, nobly, Aaron turned to non-violence. He started writing anti-honking haiku verses, a form of Japanese poetry, and submitted them to local newspapers:
Oh .forget Enron;
The problem around here is;
All the damn honking
(Enron: a major American company that recently caused a scandal by going bankrupt because of corrupt(腐败) mismanagement)
"Then this kind of chain reaction started happening," Aaron says. "All these other haiku started appearing that I haven't written." Aaron’ s community is now covered in anti - honking poetry, written by all walks of life, ranging from scary environmental activist types to violent revolutionaries:
Patience slowly fades;
Residents store up their eggs;
That day is coming soon.
It’s no surprise that Aaron has started a website — www. honku. org — and now people from across the country send him news of their own anti - honking activities. It seems that poetry can change the world after all. Then, just recently, anti-anti- honking haiku started to appear, taped up by locals who thought Aaron should stop worrying about honking and start worrying about starving children, say, or war in the Middle East instead. Aaron has an answer for that. "Stop me if this is too tenuous(不靠谱的) ," he says," but they talk about the violence in the Middle East like it' s a force of nature, like it' s beyond our control. But actually it's kind of like the honking - the violence is man -made. If we can figure out how to stop honking on the streets, I think we could learn some things that we could use on a large scale. "
1.The first paragraph of the passage is intended to tell us that_______.
A. New Yorkers have formed a habit of honking while driving
B. most New Yorkers enjoy sleeping late in the morning
C. honking noise has influenced people's life in New York
D. New Yorkers enjoy listening to the honking of horns
2.What is Aaron’s final response to the frequent honking of horns?
A. Pretended to ignore it.
B. Screamed at the driver.
C. Acted in a peaceful way.
D. Complained to the government.
3.According to the passage, most New Yorkers think Aaron's response is ___.
A. pointless
B. abnormal
C. sensitive
D. acceptable
4.Faced with the criticism of his anti-honking campaign, Aaron notes that___.
A. fierce violence in the Middle East is more of an issue worthy of concern
B. finding the solution to anti - honking is as meaningful as that to starvation
C. big issues are beyond our control while small ones are under our control
D. if not handled properly, honking may cause serious problems like starvation
查看答案和解析>>
科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:阅读理解
查看答案和解析>>
科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:阅读理解
查看答案和解析>>
湖北省互联网违法和不良信息举报平台 | 网上有害信息举报专区 | 电信诈骗举报专区 | 涉历史虚无主义有害信息举报专区 | 涉企侵权举报专区
违法和不良信息举报电话:027-86699610 举报邮箱:58377363@163.com