For those who make journeys across the world, the speed of travel today has turned the countries into a series of villages.Distances between them appear no greater to a modern traveler than those which once faced men as they walked from village to village. Jet planes fly people from one end of the earth to the other, allowing them a freedom of movement undreamt of a hundred years ago.
Yet some people wonder if the revolution in travel has gone too far. A price has been paid, they say, for the conquest (征服) of time and distance. Travel is something to be enjoyed, not endured (忍受). The boat offers leisure and time enough to appreciate the ever-changing sights and sounds of a journey. A journey by train also has a special charm about it. Lakes and forests and wild, open plains sweeping past your carriage window create a grand view in which time and distance mean nothing. On board a plane, however, there is just the blank blue of the sky filling the narrow window of the airplane. The soft lighting, in-flight films and gentle music make up the only world you know, and the hours progress slowly.
Then there is the time spent being “processed” at a modern airport. People are conveyed like robots along walkways; baggage is weighed, tickets produced, examined and produced yet again before the passengers move to another waiting area. Journeys by rail and sea take longer, yes, but the hours devoted to being “processed” at departure and arrival in airports are luckily absent. No wonder, then, that the modern high-speed trains are winning back passengers from the airlines.
Man, however, is now a world traveler and cannot turn his back on the airplane. The working lives of too many people depend upon it; whole new industries have been built around its design and operation. The holiday maker, too, with limited time to spend, patiently endures the busy airports and limited space of the flight to gain those extra hours and even days, relaxing in the sun. speed controls people’s lives; time saved, in work or play, is the important thing—or so we are told. Perhaps those first horsemen, riding free across the wild, open plains, were enjoying a better world than the one we know today. They could travel at will, and the clock was not their master.
【小题1】What does the writer try to express in Paragraph 1?
A.Travel by plane has speeded up the growth of villages. |
B.The speed of modern travel has made distances relatively short. |
C.The freedom of movement has helped people realize their dreams. |
D.Man has been fond of traveling rather than staying in one place. |
A.By giving instructions. |
B.By analyzing cause and effect. |
C.By following the order of time. |
D.By giving examples. |
A.they pay less for the tickets |
B.they feel safer during the travel |
C.they can enjoy higher speed of travel |
D.they don’t have to waste time being “processed” |
A.They could enjoy free and relaxing travel. |
B.They needed the clock to tell the time. |
C.They preferred traveling on horseback. |
D.They could travel with their master. |
A.Air travel benefits people and industries. |
B.Train Travel has some advantages over air travel. |
C.Great changes have taken place in modern travel. |
D.The high speed of air travel is gained at a cost. |
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I live in Japan where electronic items are a way of life, so it’s no surprise that many students carry these little electronic dictionaries.E-dictionaries may be lighter and compacter(简洁的)than any paper dictionary. 1 However, to me, these are the limits of their advantages.
I think e-dictionaries should be limited in their use in classrooms. 2
E-dictionaries are much more expensive.In Japan, they cost from 10,000 yen(US $ 100)to as much as 40,000 yen, depending on how many functions you want(or think you want)and depending on how fashionable you are.My trusty Random House paper dictionary, copyrighted at 1995, cost me a mere US $ 12.95 plus tax.
E-dictionaries are more fragile.Drop you paper dictionary.Go ahead.Hold it above your head and drop it. 3
E-dictionaries need batteries.Batteries are temperature sensitive.Batteries cost money, too.
E-dictionaries have keypads.Typing in the spelling of a word is harder and more time consuming than looking through pages and using the index at the top of each page.
4 Sound.Little devices beep(嘟嘟声)when you press the buttons, but it’s very disturbing to the people in a classroom situation or library.
Finally, let’s consider making corrections or additions.No dictionary is perfect, paper version or electronic.However, when you find something you’d like to change in the e-dictionary, you can’t do anything about it.You can pencil in some notes with the paper type.Similarly, if you learn a word that is not in the dictionary, a few notes of a pencil make it easy to increase its memory capacity. 5 And, for those students whose habit is to mark certain words with a highlight pen for ease of future reference, again, the paper dictionary wins out.
A.But it’s impossible to do so with a keypad model.
B.They may even contain more words and expressions.
C.Let me add a statement about one that really troubles me.
D.Now, try this with any lightweight plastic e-dictionary, and you’ll be picking up pieces.
E.That huge, heavy paper dictionary that you see in your library looks like a building block in size and weight.
F.E-dictionaries have advantages as well as disadvantages.
G.Let’s take a look at the following reasons.
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Mobile phones are everywhere in big cities. It seems that 36 can survive without one. Mobile phones are a great 37 to stay connected with friends and family. 38 , it is important to remember that there are certain times 39 you should not be using your phone, especially as a student, during school.
__40 you are in class, you should not be sending your friends text messages 41 taking phone calls. Your classmates and teacher should not have to deal with this rude 42 . Aren’t you at school to learn?
In the United States, students would never be allowed to 43 their mobile phones during class. If you were to send or 44 a text message you would probably be kicked 45_ class. It is very disturbing to hear a lot of tones and ringing during 46 . There are many more rules for mobile phone use in America and it is to 47 respect for those around you.
As a teacher in China, I have to 48 students using mobile phones every day. I have told my class to 49 their phones, but many students do not listen. The 50 to be connected all the time seems to be more 51 than the desire to learn.
It’s easy to understand 52 it is so tempting(诱惑人的) to have your phone on during class. It seems so easy just to send a short text message; it’s not hurting anyone, is it? But you may actually be hurting 53 when you do this. Your teacher knows when you use your phone and may give you a 54 grade. Sending a text message also takes your attention away from what’s going on in class, you may 55 something important.
36. A. one B. somebody C. someone D. no one
37. A. way B. road C. method D. path
38. A. But B. However C. So D. Therefore
39. A. which B. that C. when D. where
40. A. After B. Before C. Because D. If
41. A. or B. and C. as well as D. instead of
42. A. act B. action C. habit D. behavior
43. A. have B. take C. use D. send
44. A. receive B. accept C. make D. get
45. A. of B. off C. out D. out of
46. A. school B. class C. office D. home
47. A. ask B. suggest C. show D. answer
48. A. do B. deal C. do with D. deal with
49. A. turn on B. turn down C. turn off D. turn in
50. A. desire B. wish C. hope D. expect
51. A. possible B. important C. necessary D. interesting
52. A. why B. what C. that D. whether
53. A. himself B. herself C. ourselves D. yourself
54. A. lower B. higher C. better D. upper
55. A. forget B. remember C. miss D. leave
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Mobile phones are everywhere in big cities. It seems that 36 can survive without one. Mobile phones are a great 37 to stay connected with friends and family. 38 , it is important to remember that there are certain times 39 you should not be using your phone, especially as a student, during school.
__40 you are in class, you should not be sending your friends text messages 41 taking phone calls. Your classmates and teacher should not have to deal with this rude 42 . Aren’t you at school to learn?
In the United States, students would never be allowed to 43 their mobile phones during class. If you were to send or 44 a text message you would probably be kicked 45 class. It is very disturbing to hear a lot of tones and ringing during 46 . There are many more rules for mobile phone use in America and it is to 47 respect for those around you.
As a teacher in China, I have to 48 students using mobile phones every day. I have told my class to 49 their phones, but many students do not listen. The 50 to be connected all the time seems to be more 51 than the desire to learn.
It’s easy to understand 52 it is so tempting(诱惑人的) to have your phone on during class. It seems so easy just to send a short text message; it’s not hurting anyone, is it? But you may actually be hurting 53 when you do this. Your teacher knows when you use your phone and may give you a 54 grade. Sending a text message also takes your attention away from what’s going on in class, you may 55 something important.
36. A. one B. somebody C. someone D. no one
37. A. way B. road C. method D. path
38. A. But B. However C. So D. Therefore
39. A. which B. that C. when D. where
40. A. After B. Before C. Because D. If
41. A. or B. and C. as well as D. instead of
42. A. act B. action C. habit D. behavior
43. A. have B. take C. use D. send
44. A. receive B. accept C. make D. get
45. A. of B. off C. out D. out of
46. A. school B. class C. office D. home
47. A. ask B. suggest C. show D. answer
48. A. do B. deal C. do with D. deal with
49. A. turn on B. turn down C. turn off D. turn in
50. A. desire B. wish C. hope D. expect
51. A. possible B. important C. necessary D. interesting
52. A. why B. what C. that D. whether
53. A. himself B. herself C. ourselves D. yourself
54. A. lower B. higher C. better D. upper
55. A. forget B. remember C. miss D. leave
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