题目内容
The idea of not having a phone at all could be beneficial sounds crazy to people who are addicted to the global Internet or even just Facebook.
Indeed,it sounds like a pain.But some advantages of a phone-free lifestyle make us realize that freedom has long been absent from our lives with a phone.
According to The Wall Street Journal's Anton Troianovski,people expect less of you when you don't have a cell phone.
Melissa Hildebrand,for example,doesn't own a cell phone.She just leaves if her friends don't show up on time for an event or meeting.“She gives them 15 to 30 minutes to show up.”writes Troianovski.
With a phone in hand,one receives apology calls,which only lengthen the waiting.Without a phone,that responsibility seems to reduce.
Dean Obeidallah of CNN believes that not having a cell phone gives him the ability to see things:A beautiful woman hurrying past while fixing her makeup;Asian tourists busy taking photos;a businessman talking on his phone and looking important.“Instead of texting or checking my e-mail.I began to actually look at the people I was sharing the streets with.It truly resembles a movie set filled with extras(临时演员)from all walks of life,”Obeidallah said.
Along with these small benefits of not having a phone,however,come all its inconveniences.
Nancy Kadlick told The Wall Street Journal that she once missed an airport pick-up due to not having a phone.
For Rebecca Greenfield,an editor for The Atlantic Wire,the inconveniences of not having a phone ontweigh these small advantages.But she also said:“Not having one every once in a while sounds like a nice practice.”
61.Melissa Hildebrand is mentioned as an example to show that without a phone .
A.people expect less of you B.people needn't bear responsibility
C.you have to wait long D.you will miss something important
62.According to Dean Obeidallah,not having a phone can help him .
A.watch more movie sets B.communicate with people on the street
C.enjoy the surroundings D.know more extras from all walks of life
63.The last three paragraphs mainly focus on of not having a phone.
A.the benefits B.the disadvantages
C.different opinions D.a good practice
64. thinks not having a phone has both good and bad effects.
A.Anton Troianovski B.Melissa Hildebrand
C.Nancy Kadlick D.Rebecca Greenfield
65.What is the main idea of the text?
A.Having a phone is of great benefit.
B.Not having a phone brings inconveniences.
C.Mobile phones are robbing us of freedom in some way.
D.The phone-free lifestyle is popular with young people.
ACBDC
If you happen to find “On the Road” at a gas station or “Who Moved My Cheese?” in your grocery store, it might not be and accident. You could be the unwitting beneficiary of a “bookcrosser”---- a person who on purpose leaves books in public places hoping they’ll be found by strangers.
The idea o leaving a book for someone else to find and enjoy is not new ---- some people have been leaving just-finished books in airports and on buses since the dawn of the hurry-up-and-wait. Creating a system for book-leavers to find out what happened to those books adds a new way to the practice. Bokcrossing.com, the website that encourages books to be “released into the wild”, has more than 18,000 members since its start last year, and averages 112 new participants daily.
Its members have scattered(分发) more than 42,000 novels, self-help books, memoirs, technical manuals and biographies in 45 countries, leaving them in public restrooms, movie theatres, coffee studios or anywhere that they can imagine. The result: a worldwide living library.
Peri Doslu, a California yoga instructor, has dropped three--- one on top of a telephone booth, one on a rock wall at remote Mono Lake in the eastern Sierra Nevada, and another in one of the studios where she teaches.
“I’m always looking for paces to pass on books,” said Doslu. “To think my book’s going to go off and have this future, and I might even get to know a little bit about it down the road.”
1.If you are an unwitting beneficiary of a bookcrosser, that means_____.
A.you get a book on how to avoid accidents |
B.you know where to get a book for free |
C.you get a book somewhere for free without knowing in advance |
D.you get a card with which you can borrow books at a gas station or somewhere else |
2. Bookcrossers are the people who ____.
A.have lots of books |
B.have lots of money |
C.release books in public places on purpose |
D.like reading books very much |
3. A bookcrosser may not leave books in _____.
A.toilets |
B.a studio |
C.the fields |
D.his bed |
4. Which of the following about Doslu is true?
A.She dropped her first book on top of a telephone booth. |
B.She had no idea who took her books away |
C.She always left books to her students |
D.She is a bookcrosser traveling around the world |