Captain Nemo seemed very sure that that savages could not harm us. I slept well. When I went outside the next morning, I saw that there were many more natives on the beach. It was low tide, and many of them had come quite close to the Nautilus. I asked Conseil to get a net, and we used it to get some shells from the water. They were very pretty shells. Suddenly, I saw a very rare and beautiful shell. We looked at it together. One of the savages threw a stone at us and broke the shell. Conseil was very angry. He fired his gun at the savage. Then, we noticed that the savages had come very close to the Nautilus in their canoes. A few moments later, they began to shoot their arrows at us. We went inside and told Captain Nemo about it. He ordered his men to close the doors.

"But what will happen tomorrow?" I asked. "You will have to open the doors to get more air, and the savages will come in."

"Do you think they will dare?"

"I am sure they will."

"We have nothing to fear," he said again.

Captain Nemo asked me about our trip to the island. I told him what we had seen and done. We talked about another French sailor called D'Urville, whose ship was wrecked in the Torres Strait. He told me again that the high tide the next day would lift the Nautilus off the reef. (选自《海底两万里》)

1.The word "savages" may have the similar meaning to ________ in this passage.

A.natives B.shells C.Nautilus D.canoes

2.Conseil and I tried to get some shells with a(n) ________.

A.gun B.arrow C.net D.ship

3.Conseil shot at the savage because the savage ________.

A.looked very ugly B.threw a stone at him

C.shot an arrow at him D.broke the shell with a stone

4.The story happened when the Nautilus ________.

A.was flying over the Torres Strait B.was running in the ocean

C.was kept on the reef D.was with D'Urville

One afternoon David went to buy a pen for himself. _________ his way to the shop, he saw an old woman drop a small bag to the ground. Before he told her about it, a worker had picked it up and put it into his pocket. Soon the woman couldn't find her bag and went to ask the worker,_________ the man didn't tell the woman that he saw it. Looking at the tall and strong man, David could not help the old woman and _________.

That evening _________little boy felt sorry. He thought and thought and at last he found a way.The next morning, after he had breakfast, David went to his friend _______ home and told him about it. The boy agreed _______ him give the worker a lesson. The man was cleaning a sewer (下水道) _______ the two boys passed by.

"My mother dropped her gold watch into this sewer yesterday," David said to Mike, When he beard this, the worker's eyes lit up (发光).“Well, boys.," he said. “It's dirty here. Go and _________ somewhere else.

About two hours _________ the two boys passed there again.The worker stopped them and asked, “________________ you sure that your mother lost her gold watch here?"“Yes,” answered David.

“But my father has got it out!"

1.A.On B.In C.At D.With

2.A.and B.but C.or D.so

3.A.left B.leave C.leaves D.leaving

4.A.the B.an C.a D./

5.A.Mike B.Mike's C.Mikes D.Mikes'

6.A.help B.helping C.to help D.with helping

7.A.after B.when C.where D.which

8.A.play B.to play C.plays D.played

9.A.lately B.late C.later D.latest

10.A.Do B.Did C.Was D.Are

Sometimes it seems that time is flying. Perhaps it doesn’t need to feel this way. Our experience of time can be possibly changed. By understanding the psychological (心理学的) processes behind our different experiences of time, we might be able to slow down time a little.

One basic law of psychological time is that time seems to slow down when we’re exposed(接触) to new environments and experiences. The law is caused by the relationship between our experience of time and the amount of information our minds process. The more information our minds take in, the slower time seems to pass.

It follows, then, that we have different experiences of time in different situations. In some situations, our life is full of new experiences. Our minds process a lot of information and time seems to slow down. In other situations, we have fewer new experiences and the world around us becomes more and more familiar(熟悉的). We become insensitive to our experience, which means we process less information, and time seems to speed up.

How can we slow down time? Here are two suggestions.

Firstly, since we know that familiarity makes time pass faster, we can expose ourselves to as many new experiences as possible. We can give ourselves new challenges, meet new people, and expose our minds to new information, hobbies and skills. This will increase the amount of information our minds process and expand (增加) our experience of time.

Secondly, and perhaps most effectively, we can give our whole attention to an experience-to what we are seeing, feeling, tasting, smelling or hearing. This means living through our senses rather than through our thoughts. For example, on the way home, focus your attention outside of yourself, instead of thinking about the problems you have to deal with. Look at the sky, or at the buildings you pass, traveling among them. This open attitude to your experiences helps take in more information and also has a time-expanding effect.

To a certain degree, we can understand and control our experience of time passing. It’s possible for us to slow down time by expanding our experience of time.

1.According to the writer, we can expand our experience of time by .

A.going to bed on time B.traveling to new places

C.having dinner as usual D.printing the same materials

2.What can we learn from the passage?

A.Being familiar with the world around helps us get more information.

B.Understanding psychological time makes life pass more quickly.

C.We can take in more information by living through our senses.

D.We should build a stronger relationship between time and us.

3.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A.Slow Down Time B.Only Time Will Tell

C.Race Against Time D.Time Will Not Come Twice

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