题目内容
The media has a great effect on us in our daily life. Believe it or not. I will tell you a true story of my own.Last evening I was watching the evening news on television. The news was about a prize for scientific 1 ; I forgot what it was. The announcer, whose name was Ralph Story, said something, that caught my 2 . “All great discoveries, ”he said, “are made by people between the ages of twenty-five and thirty. ” 3 a little over thirty myself, I wanted to disagree with him. 4 wants to think that he is past the age of making any discovery. The next day I happened to be in the public library and spent several hours looking up the 5 of famous people and their discoveries. Ralph was right.
First I looked at some of the 6 discoveries. One of the earliest discoveries, the famous experiment that proved that bodies of different 7 fall at the same speed, was made by Galileo when he was 26. Madam Curie started her research that 8 to a Nobel Prize when she was 28. Einstein was 26 when he published his world changing theory of relativity. Well, 9 of that. Yet. I 10 , if those“best years”were true in other 11 . How about the field of 12 ? Surely it needed the wisdom of age make a good leader. Perhaps it 13 , but look when these people 14 their career. Winston Churchill was elected to the House of Commons at the age of 26. Abraham Lincoln 15 the life of a country lawyer and was elected to the government at what age? Twenty-six.
But why 16 the best years come after thirty? After thirty, I 17 , most people do not want to take risks or try 18 ways. Then I thought of people like Shakespeare and Picasso. The former was writing wonderful works at the ripe age of fifty, while the latter was 19 trying new ways of painting when he was ninety!
Perhaps there is still 20 for me.
1. A. invention B. discovery C. experiment D. progress
2. A. mind B. idea C. attention D. thought
3. A. As B. Being C. However D. Beyond
4. A. Everybody B. Somebody C. Nobody D. Whoever
5. A. names B. ages C. addresses D. education
6. A. pleasant B. scientific C. last D. oldest
7. A. heights B. sizes C. weights D. things
8. A. led B. meant C. stuck D. referred
9. A. plenty B. none C. much D. enough
10. A. believed B. trusted C. wondered D. asked
11. A. fields B. countries C. courses D. ages
12. A. agriculture B. society C. industry D. politics
13. A. is B. will C. has D. does
14. A. finished B. went C. started D. failed
15. A. devoted B. gave up C. began D. led
16. A. don’t B. the C. can D. not
17. A. believe B. know C. guess D. agree
18. A. other B. new C. best D. their
19. A. always B. still C. seldom D. enjoying
20. A. discovery B. problem C. wish D. hope
提示:
Recently,university students around the world were asked to volunteer in a global experiment called Unplugged.It was designed to see how young people would react if they were asked to observe a total media ban by unplugging all forms of media devices for 24 hours.
Unplugged is being run by Dr Roman Gerodimos,a lecturer in Communication and Journalism at Bournemouth University.During the experiment,Dr Gerodimos said there were already signs of how much the exercise affected volunteers.He said:“They’re reporting withdrawal symptoms,overeating,feeling nervous,isolated and disconnected.”
During their 24-hour test,three of the experiment’s participants were followed around by a BBC reporter plus cameraman.They were asked to write down 100 lines about their day offline,but of course,they all waited until the next day when they had access to their laptops.
Elliot Day wrote:“Today,my whole morning routine was thrown up into the air.Despite being aware of the social importance of the media,I was surprised by how empty my life felt without the radio or newspapers.”
From Caroline Scott,we read:“I didn’t expect it,but being deprived of the media for 24 hours resulted in my day-to-day activities becoming so much harder to carry out than usual…I didn’t break out in a cold sweat like our lecturer expected us all to,but It’s not something l would like to do again!”
And Charlotte Gay wrote:“I have to say the most difficult item for me to be without has been my mobile;not only is it a social device,it’s my main access point of communication.”
Earlier in the year,a UK government study found that in the UK we spend about half our waking hours using the media,often plugged into several things at once.So,with technology continuing to develop at an alarming rate,how much time will you set aside for sleep in the future?
【小题1】What can we learn about the volunteers?
A.Volunteers didn’t write down about their day offline. |
B.Volunteers weren’t allowed to use any media for 24 hours. |
C.Volunteers were followed around by Dr Roman Gerodimos. |
D.Only volunteers in the UK took part in Unplugged experiment. |
A.Anxious. | B.Lonely | C.Bored. | D.Despaired. |
A.The media ban affected his temperature. |
B.His work went on smoothly without the media. |
C.His work was carried on hard without the media. |
D.His life was empty without the radio or newspapers. |
A.People should use the media devices reasonably. |
B.People can easily survive the media devices addict. |
C.People can spend more time sleeping in the future. |
D.People spend about half the time using the media devices. |
A.newspaper ad | B.book review |
C.news report | D.science fiction story |