Modern inventions have speeded up people’s loves amazingly. Motor-cars cover a hundred miles in little more than an hour, aircraft cross the world inside a day, while computers operate at lightning speed. Indeed, this love of speed seems never-ending. Every year motor-cars are produced which go even faster and each new computer boats (吹嘘) of saving precious seconds in handling tasks.

All this saves time, but at a price. When we lose or gain half a day in speeding across the world in an airplane, our bodies tell us so. We get the uncomfortable feeling known as jet-lag; our bodies feel that they have been left behind on another time zone. Again, spending too long at computers results in painful wrists and fingers. Mobile phones also have their dangers, according to some scientist; too much use may transmit harmful radiation into our brains, a consequence we do not like to think about.

However, what do we do with the time we have saved? Certainly not relax, or so it seems. We are so accustomed constant activity that we find it difficult to sit and do nothing or even just one thing at a time. Perhaps the days are long gone when we might listen quietly to a story on the radio, letting imagination take us into another world.

There was a time when some people’s lives were devoted simply to the cultivation of the land or the care of cattle. No multi-tasking there; their lives went on at a much gentler pace, and in a familiar pattern. There is much that we might envy about a way of life like this. Yet before we do so, we must think of the hard tasks our ancestor faced: they farmed with bare hands, often lived close to hunger, and had to fashion tools from wood and stone. Modern machinery has freed people from that primitive existence.

1.The new products become more and more time-saving because .

A. our love of speed seems never-ending

B. time is limited.

C. the prices are increasingly high.

D. the manufactures boast a lot.

2.What does “the days” in Paragraph 3 refer to ?

A. Imaginary life

B. Simple life in the past.

C. Times of inventions

D. Time for constant activity.

3.What is the author’s attitude towards the modern technology?

A.Critical B.Objective.

C.Optimistic. D. Negative.

4.What does the passage mainly discuss?

A. The present and past times.

B. Machinery and human beings.

C. Imaginations and inventions.

D. Modern technology and its influence.

阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

My Emotional (感人的) Experience in Jaipur

I came to India in February 2012 to complete a volunteer practicum requirement with some friends.It was really an unforgettable experience!

Before we set off, I thought it would be a hard job, ____ that I could not adapt to the poor living conditions.After arriving in Jaipur, we went straight to the hotel that the Center had ____ for us; a relief to us as we were tired from the ___.During the following days we were ____ to the city and had Hindi lessons with our guide Ravi.

On our fourth day in Jaipur we were taken to the head office.There we were ___ for the Child Development Program and over the course we ____ two studies related to child work and child rights.We focused on the experiences of the children who were working and the ____ that pushed them into work.The experience was entirely new for me and I learned so much through the ____.The best part of the work, however, was ____ being in the communities and interacting with the children and their parents.I was ____ to a way of life completely different from my own.In spite of the poor living situations, people in Jaipur were ____.We found that the parents communicated openly with each other and they were always ____ to share their own thoughts and feelings with their children.I could ____ that people in Jaipur have positive relationships with their family and community members.Talking with the people there and hearing their stories was something that had a strong effect on my worldview, continuing to ____ how I understand everything around me now.I have been ____ by the people that I met through this experience.

On the weekends I spent time in Jaipur, ____ the city and shopping.We were ___ enough to be there during Holi, an exciting and colorful celebration in February end or early March in India! We really ____ every minute of the life in Jaipur!

Generally, my practicum experience with Volunteering India was extremely ____.I know that I will be thinking about everything that I saw, learned and ____ in India and look forward to the day that I can return to this amazing country.

1.A. expecting B. worrying C. determining D. promising

2.A. booked B. covered C. reported D. designed

3.A. distance B. program C. movement D. journey

4.A. limited B. arranged C. introduced D. pointed

5.A. responsible B. available C. famous D. powerful

6.A. described B. conducted C. exchanged D. benefited

7.A. standards B. chances C. fears D. causes

8.A. adventure B. memory C. process D. discovery

9.A. really B. simply C. properly D. generally

10.A. exposed B. selected C. compared D. delivered11.A. independent B. attractive C. comfortable D. cheerful

12.A. careful B. willing C. upset D. ashamed

13.A. predict B. advise C. sense D. wonder

14.A. influence B. reflect C. analyze D. test

15.A. reminded B. witnessed C. admitted D. inspired

16.A. identifying B. exploring C. representing D. charging

17.A. curious B. energetic C. lucky D. generous

18.A. valued B. delayed C. confirmed D. permitted

19.A. complex B. reasonable C. reliable D. positive

20.A. declared B. imagined C. experienced D. promoted

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