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Some people believe that greed and selfishness has become the basis of modern society, and we should return to the old traditions of family and community then we will have a better life. To what extent do you agree or disagree with the above opinion?

In this fast-paced world, many values are undergoing major changes. While people traditionally prioritize caring, sharing and generosity in life and work, modern people seem to be more self-absorbed and self-concerned.

Modern people act selfishly to survive the harsh competition of life. They say that it is a jungle out there. To survive, you have to fight with whatever means that come handy. Obviously greedy and selfishness go perfectly well with such ideas. In a company, employees do everything they can to get better pay and higher position, even at the cost of colleagues. We are in any way advocating any selfish conduct. It is just that people are pressured to act in a certain way due to outside influences.

In spite of common practice, it is hard to conclude that modern society is built on greed and selfishness, both of which are not newly invented vocabulary. In ancient times people also did greedy and selfish things though such behaviors were more condemned then. But we can not ignore the fact that people in the past lived a relatively more isolated life and faced less pressure compared with their modern counterparts.

Are we happier to share with others and be generous to them? There is no fixed answer either. Some people take great pleasure helping and giving to others while others feel happy doing the opposite. But I personally think that people should not be too selfish. Caring for others can actually encourage the development of a mutually beneficial relationship.

In conclusion, modern people appear to be more self-centered than those in the past due to strong outside pressure. However, we should encourage people to know the importance of being caring and generous and to build a mutually beneficial relationship with others.

Are Modern People Becoming More Selfish?

Main comparisons	Contexts
76   are changing	In the past people put caring, sharing and generosity in the first   77   .[
	Nowadays, people seem to be more   78   about themselves.
79   are changing too.	People in the past appeared to be modest and self-effacing(谦让的).
	People may strive to achieve their own  80   at the price of their coworkers.
The author’s  understanding
81   for the changes in author’s eyes	Fierce   82   and great   83   on modern people may be responsible for the changes.
The author’s   84   towards topic	A relationship which can   85   two sides should be established.

Australians have been warned they face a life or death decision over their water — drink recycled sewage or die.

    With the drought continuing, the country is set to be forced to use purified waste water for drinking, even though there is great opposition to the measure. Queensland has become the first state to introduce the policy after a warning from its premier. "I think in the end, because of the drought, all of Australia is going to end up drinking recycled purified water," said Peter Beattie. "These are difficult decisions, but you either drink water or you die. There's no choice. It's liquid gold; it's a matter of life and death." Beattie said Australia's second largest state would become the first to use recycled water for drinking.

    Water is recycled in Britain and parts of northern Europe along with the US and Israel. But Australians have never liked the idea. To try to change the way Australians think, Prime Minister John Howard and Environment Minister Malcolm Turnbull have backed Queensland's move. "I am very strongly in favor of recycling and Mr. Beattie is right and I agree with him completely," Howard said. Turnbull added that Australian cities, all now facing water shortages because of the worst drought on record, must start to use recycled water. "All of our big cities have to widen the range of water sources to include sources which are not dependent on rainfall," he said.

Water is recycled in the following countries EXCEPT ___________.

   A. Australia  B. U.S.  C. Israel   D. Britain

Which of the following is true?

   A. Queensland is the biggest state of Australia.

B. The drought is getting more and more serious in Australia.

   C. People in the U.S. like to drink recycled water.

   D. Australians prefer to die rather than drink purified sewage.

The underlined word in Paragraph 2 is similar to the meaning of _____________.

   A. pure  B. recycled  C. drinking  D. waste

What can be inferred from the passage?

   A. All Australians oppose to the using of recycled water.

   B. Prime Minister first put forward the idea of recycling water.

   C. Australians probably have to drink recycled water in the near future.

D. Australia has experienced worse drought before in history.

What may be the best title of the passage?

   A. Sewage Water: it’s Life or Death    B. Australians Oppose Sewage Water 

C. Recycling Water in Queensland     D. Premier Calling for Purified Water

People tend to become more personal and hide less of themselves when using email. Researchers from Open University in Britain have found in a recent study that there are good reasons for this.

The team of researchers asked 83 pairs of students, all strangers to each other, to solve a problem. They had to discuss this question: If only five people in the world could be saved from a world disaster, who should they be? The pairs of students had to talk over the problem either face to face or by computers. Dr. Johnson said, “They told their partners four times as much about themselves when they talked over the Internet as when they talked face to face. When the computers were fitted with cameras so that students could see each other, this limited the personal side of the conversation.”

Generally the information was not extremely personal. It was mainly about things such as where they went to school, or where they used to live. But some students discussed their love stories, and personal childhood experiences.

Dr Johnson believes that emailing encourages people to focus on themselves. And when they do this, they become more open, especially if there are no cameras. “If you cannot see the other person, it becomes easier to talk about yourself. This is because you are not thinking what the other person is thinking of you. So emailing has become the modern way of talking,” said Dr. Johnson. However, this style of talking is not entirely new. “In the 19th century people started to use the ‘telegraph’ to communicate. Now the same kind of thing has happened and people ended up speaking more freely.”

Dr. Johnson thinks that emailers need to know about these effects of emailing, especially when they start work in a company. “ If you don’t know about it, you could find yourself saying more about yourself than you wanted to.”

The subject discussed in this passage is _______.

       A. how people open up when emailing        B. how people do research studies

       C. how to communicate at work                  D. how to discuss and solve a problem

The reason that some couples talked freely about themselves is that _______.

       A. they didn’t talk about very personal things             B. they couldn’t see each other

       C. the cameras on the computers were turned on  D. they had to discuss a question

What does the underlined sentence refer to?

       A. The telegraph.          B. The computer.           C. Emailing.          D. Face-to-face talk.

In the writer’s opinion, one should ______.

       A. focus on oneself when emailing                     B. talk more freely in emails than usual

       C. discuss any subject that one wants to           D. consider how one uses email at work

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.Modern China is experiencing a completely new period ______ respect for science and creativity has become the guiding principle of the society.

A．which

B．where

C．that

D．in which

 

So involved with computers ____ that the leaders at the summer computer camps often had to force them to break for sports.

A. has the children become                B. did the children become

C. has become the children              D. became the children