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 A problem has been troubling me and I would like to share it with you. We seem to be living in a hugely difficult situation. And I don¡¯t know if there is a solution. I am not even sure that it is a ¡°problem¡±, but here it is.

   Let¡¯s begin by looking at the world situation. We have argued that wars must be given up. But modern technologies have brought us to the point where weapons of mass destruction are becoming easier and cheaper to make . Now they are in the possession of a few large military powers. Before long, it is likely that other nations will also have the ability to develop and use these terrible weapons. If this happens, or when this happens, many nations have the ability to destroy other nations, and other nations probably will have time for retaliatory£¨±¨¸´ÐԵģ©strikes. Under these conditions, there can be no winners, only losers.

   In spite of the terrible international situation, in our daily lives we place the highest value on winning. We are taught that ¡°everybody loves a winner¡± and that ¡°winning is everything¡±. Our sports teams are told that they must win. Our entertainment culture is based on winning. Contests are held to determine the winner. This becomes a matter of local and national pride. We are taught to win.

   In America, and in other western nations, children and adults are taught that to be successful, they must win. Of course, when there are ¡°winners¡±, there must also be ¡°losers¡±. We are conditioned to be either winners or losers.

   When there are winners. There are losers. There is nothing in between. This is what we are taught. It is part of our western culture.

   Our western societies praise winning. They do not consider ¡°impasse(ƽ¾Ö)¡±as a choice . A tie game, for example, is said to be like kissing you sister. It pleases no one, In most of our sports games, we have additional periods of time in order to avoid a ¡°tie game¡±. In football it is called ¡°sudden death¡± . Even our language is full of words against tie games. We call such games ¡°deadlocks(À§¾Ö)¡± or ¡°stalemates£¨½©¾Ö£©¡±.

60. What worries the author according to the passage?

A. Trying to be winners.     B. Developing terrible weapons

C. Destroying the world     D. Retaliatory strikes.

61.The author thinks the present world situation is _____

A. peaceful   B. serious   C. encouraging   D. astonishing

62. What¡¯s the main idea of the third paragraph?

A. There are only winners in our daily lives.

B. Everyone must win in our daily lives.

C. We are forced to win in our daily lives

D. In our daily lives, winners are valued most.

63. The underlined part ¡°kissing your sister¡± probably has the same meaning as ________

A. interesting  B. uninteresting   C. exciting   D. wrong

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Mr Smith, looking ______, started to work out a        problem.

A£®puzzled, puzzling                        B£®puzzling, puzzled

C£®puzzled, puzzled                        D£®puzzling, puzzling

 

A new generation addiction is quickly spreading all over the world. Weboholism£¨×íÐÄÓÚÍøÂ磩, a twentieth century disease, affects people from different ages. They surf the net, use e-mail and speak in chat rooms. They spend many hours on the computer, and it becomes a compulsive habit. They cannot stop, and it affects their lives.

Ten years ago, no one thought that using computers could become compulsive£¨Ç¿ÆÈÐԵģ©behavior that could affect the social and physical life of computer users. This obsessive behavior has affected teenagers and college students. They are likely to log on computers and spend long hours at different websites.

They become hooked on computers and gradually their social and school life is affected by this situation. They spend all free time surfing and don¡¯t concentrate on homework, so this addiction influences their grades and success at schools. Because they can find everything on the websites, they hang out there. Moreover, this addiction to websites influences their social life.

They spend more time in front of computers than with their friends. The relation with their friends changes. The virtual£¨ÐéÄâµÄ£©life becomes more important than their real life. They have a new language that they speak in the chat rooms and it causes cultural changes in society.

Because of the change in their behavior, they begin to isolate£¨¹ÂÁ¢ themselves from the society and live with their virtual friends. They share their emotions and feelings with friends who they have never met in their life. Although they feel confident on the computer, they are not confident with real live friends they have known all their life. It is a problem for the future. This addictive behavior is beginning to affect the whole world.

1.The main idea of the passage is about _______.

A£®the cause of weboholism                 B£®the advantage of weboholism

C£®the popularity of weboholism              D£®the influence of weboholism

2.The underlined work ¡°obsessive¡± in the second paragraph most probably means ¡°______¡±.

A£®attractive         B£®addictive          C£®professional       D£®potential

3.We can infer from the passage that ________.

A£®weboholism has the greatest effect on teenagers.

B£®students can hardly balance real and virtual life.

C£®people are addicted to games on the Internet.

D£®virtual life is more vivid and attractive anyway.

4.Which of the following is NOT true of weboholism?

A£®It contributes to the development of the web.

B£®The chat room language may change social culture.

C£®The problem will be getting more and more serious later.

D£®People addicted to the web often become inactive in real life.

5.The author¡¯s attitude towards weboholism is that of being ________.

A£®optimistic         B£®positive           C£®oppositive         D£®acceptable

 

Tired of living in the same location but don¡¯t want to leave the house you love? That wouldn¡¯t be a problem if architect Felipe Campolina had his way.

The Brazilian architect has designed a concept for a home tower consisting of portable, stackable (¿ÉµþÆð¶Ñ·ÅµÄ) apartment units, which he says opens up new possibilities for ways of living in the city.

His design would allow owners to take their home with them when they travel ¡ª whether for a weekend away or for longer periods, he said.

The mobile home tower project is at the concept stage, and it could be years before it is built, if ever at all.

But if it is realized, it would offer an eco-friendly solution to living in urban areas, Campolina said.

¡°We have enough technology to build with fewer materials and minimize (ʹ¼õÖÁ×îС) the impact on nature,¡± he said.

His vision would call for units with a green roof and walls and a system for recycling water.

The tower, whose first floor would be built nine meters above ground, would also make it possible to save space in thickly populated areas.

¡°It is designed to facilitate (ʹ±ãÀû) its application in dense urban centers, where space is very limited,¡± he said.

Still just a concept, Campolina ¡ª who designed the building for architecture journal eVolo¡¯s Skyscraper Competition ¡ª said with enough public interest, it just might become a reality one day.

1.We can learn from the first four paragraphs that the tower _____.

A£®is now being built

B£®is intended for people in the countryside

C£®will be made up of mobile living units

D£®was designed by a US architect

2.Which of the following is TRUE about the home tower?

A£®All its walls will be painted blue.

B£®It will have a waste paper recycling system.

C£®It will be made of recycled rubbish.

D£®It will do little harm to the environment.

3.The building¡¯s first floor would be built high above ground _____.

A£®to save space in crowded cities             B£®to make the building attractive

C£®to build the house solidly                 D£®to fix its units more easily

 

Trying to leave work at the office is proving to be a challenge for many British workers£¬with research showing that heavy workloads£¬conflicts and bosses all make an appearance in dreams£®

Work-related issues are the number one topic featuring in dreams£¬with colleagues invading shut£®eye time more than celebrities£®More than 20 per cent surveyed admitted that they regularly dream about their boss£®One in three dreams about work when they are stressed in their job and a quarter stated that they dream about a colleague if there was a conflict with them earlier that day£®

Of the 2,000 people surveyed£¬20 per cent dreamed more if they were under pressure or stressed£®The research found that the average person dreams most nights£¬with only 12 per cent saying they never dream£®However, dreams often leave people confused£¬with 52 per cent saying they do not make sense and 60 per cent wishing they could know what they mean£®

Commenting on the survey carried out by One Poll for Premier Inn hotels£¬dreams expert Davina MacKail said£º¡°Whether we are asleep or awake£®a problem with a colleague or stress at work can really affect us£®More than half of the nation stated that their dreams don¡¯t make sense so I have worked with Premier Inn to make a Dream Dictionary to help dreamers to understand why they dream what they do and what those dreams mean£®¡±

A spokesman for Premier Inn said£º¡°It is really important to try to unwind after a hard day at work but that is easier said than done if something is playing on your mind£®¡±

1.What Can we infer about the British workers?

A£®Most of their dreams are work-related£®

B£®Some of them dream about work every night£®

C£®They dream of their colleagues more than their boss£®

D£®Their dreams involve work more than anything else£®

2.The survey shows that most people    £®

A£®dream more under pressure     

B£®never dream at all

C£®don¡¯t understand their dreams   

D£®interpret their dreams well

3.Davina MacKail expects people to use his Dream Dictionary when they    £®

A£®have had a dream               

B£®want to prevent dreams

C£®feel stressed and need relaxation   

D£®do research about dreams

4.According to the spokesman for Premier Inn£¬it¡¯s hard to relax if we     £®

A£®dream about work while asleep       

B£®keep thinking hard

C£®have sounds ringing in the mind      

D£®sleep in a noisy environment

 

Our spiritual intelligence quotient£¨¾«ÉñÖÇÉÌ£©,or SQ, helps us understand ourselves, and live fuller, happier lives.

Though we're all born with SQ, most of us don't even realize that we have it. Fortunately, you don't have to sign up for classes to learn how to improve your SQ. Here are some simple steps that can lead you to this new level of understanding.

Sit Quietly. The process of developing spiritual intelligence begins with solitude£¨¶À´¦£©and silence. To tune in to your spirit, you have to turn down the volume£¨Ç¿¶È£©in your busy, noisy, complicated life and force yourself to do nothing at all. Start small by creating islands for silence in your day. In the car, instead of listening to the music, use the time to think. At work, shut the door to your office between meetings, take a few breaths and let them out very, very slowly. Enjoy the stillness in your home after the kids are finally in bed.

Step Outside. For many people, nature sets their spirit free. Go outside to watch a beautiful sunset. If you are walking with the dog, take the time to admire flowers in bloom; follow the flight of a bird and watch clouds float overhead.

Ask Questions of Yourself. Ask open-ended questions, such as "What am I Feeling? What are my choices? Where am I heading?"

But don't expect an answer to arrive through some supernatural forms of e-mail. ¡°Rarely do I get an immediate answer to my question,¡± says Reverend Joan Carter, a Presbyterian minister in Sausalito, California. ¡°But later that day I suddenly find myself thinking about a problem in a perspective£¨½Ç¶È£© I never considered before.¡±

Trust Your Spirit. While most of us rely on gut£¨±¾Äܵģ©feeling to realize danger, spiritual intelligence pushes us, not away from, but towards some action that will lead to a greater good.

1.The passage is mainly about______.

A. what your SQ is and in what way it can benefit our life

B. what your SQ is and in what way it can be improved

C. the relationship between your SQ and your life

D. advantages and disadvantages of SQ

2.The underlined phrase "to tune in to your spirit" in the third paragraph probably

means to_________

A. get your spirit relaxed                  B. keep up your spirit

C. keep seated quietly                  D. change your spirit

3.From the passage, we can know that the most important thing to improve your SQ is______

A. a peaceful mind                      B. deep thought

C. spare time and hobbies               D. good spirits

4.According to the passage, which of the following is True?

A. Not everyone has SQ.

B. You have to go to classes to learn how to improve your SQ.

C. SQ leads us to take wrong actions.

D. SQ can benefit our life.

 

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