题目内容
【题目】 Society today tells us that automatic pencils are a lot better than manual ones which you have to sharpen every 5 seconds. Maybe this is true. However, there are some benefits from using an old-fashioned traditional pencil which you cannot get with an automatic one.
To be honest, it is quite convenient to use an automatic pencil with an easy press on the button. Meanwhile a manual pencil doesn’t enjoy any plus point. But it is sort of strange that manual pencils should be used in standardized tests today. Chances are that the manual pencil makes the line of grey look nicer.
Nowadays, it is always a battle of who has the newest, most high-tech gadget(小装置), from pencils, cars to clothes. The newer it is, it seems the more popular it becomes. If you walk around school, you will for sure find at least three out of ten people walking around with the latest iPhone 4S. If you are one of the luckier ones walking around with the newest Nokia phones, you will get laughed at.
Maybe an automatic pencil is better at the moment, but after using it for a while, usually the pencil will break. Most people lose them and don’t remember to carry extra lead(铅芯) to fill them up with, as it sometimes can do so much that it needs a lot of lead, just like an iPhone 4S needs to be charged after it has done so much work. As for the manual pencil, the lead will also run out but unlike the mechanical pencil it will last longer. Besides, the automatic pencil and the iPhone 4S are more likely to get stolen while the manual pencil along with the Nokia phone will be left alone and most likely-returned to you.
Title | Automatic Pencils 【1】 Manual Pencils? |
People’s 【2】 towards different high-tech gadgets | ●The newer-gadget like the iPhone 4s becomes more 【3】 . ●You will be 【4】 at if using the Nokia phones at school. |
Advantages | ●We can use the automatic pencil more easily by 【5】 the button. ●The manual pencil is 【6】 to make the line of grey look nicer. ●The manual pencil can last longer. |
【7】 | ●The automatic pencils usually tend to 【8】 after being used for a while. ● People often 【9】 to take more lead along to fill the automatic pencil up with. ●【10】 with the manual pencil, the automatic one is more likely to get stolen. |
【答案】见解析
【解析】【1】or
【2】attitudes/reactions
【3】popular/fashionable
【4】laughed
【5】pressing/pushing
【6】likely
【7】disadvantages
【8】break
【9】forget
【10】compared
阅读快车系列答案【题目】用所给单词的适当形式填空
attempt, scholar, value, belief, shadow, convince, possession |
【1】The children were having fun, running after each other’s ___.
【2】Einstein never ___ what any others had said until he proved it himself.
【3】The prisoners made several ___ to run away, but failed every time.
【4】In china, citizens are not allowed ___ a gun.
【5】The public call for a return to traditional ___ in education, such as firm discipline.
【6】Despite the objection, he was ___ that he was right.
【7】 George won a ___ to study at university.