题目内容
A modern university has been set up in ______ used to be a deserted land.
- A.which
- B.that
- C.what
- D.where
宾语从句。What 在从句中作主语
口算题天天练系列答案Evening Classes for the Autumn Term
| Advanced French Language Thurs, 6:00-7:30 p．m． This course is for people who have already done French for at least two years．There will be an examination at the end of the course, and a certificate for successful students． | Car Repairs Thurs, 8:00-9:30 p．m． This is a course for beginners．No experience necessary．Spend less money on garage bills by learning to look after your own car and doing simple repairs at home． |
| First Aid Tues, 6:30-8:30 p．m． Why not study for a certificate in First Aid? People on this course will learn to deal with accidents in the home and at work; what to do in the case of burns, cuts and other common injuries． | Learning Spanish Wed, 7:00-9:00 p．m． Have fun learning Spanish for your holidays! It will be simple conversational Spanish — the chief purpose of the course is enjoyment．Previous knowledge of the language is unnecessary — anyone can join this course． |
| Discovering Our City’s History Mon, Thurs, 6:30-9:00 p．m． Are you curious to learn about the history which is buried beneath the streets of our city? The area has a fascinating history．This term the class will center on the first five hundred years of our city’s past． | Keep Up Office Skills Tues, 7:00-9:00 p．m． At least an opportunity to learn to use the latest electronic office equipment．Increase your typing speed, find out about new business methods and get to know how to run a modern office． |
Nancy wants to work as a secretary in a French company．She will attend courses on _______．
A．Monday and Thursday
B．Wednesday and Thursday
C．Monday and Wednesday
D．Tuesday and Thursday
After reading the advertisement, one will choose the course on Car Repairs mainly because
_______．
A．it takes a short time
B．it helps grasp good skills of repairing cars
C．it needs less money
D．it can make savings on car repairs
What information can we get from the text？
A．Most courses will last two hours．k+s-5#u
B．Successful students can learn French．
C．Teachers will have classes online．
D．Beginners can learn Spanish．
Where might the text come from?
A．A travel guide． B．A newspaper．
C．A personal diary． D．A textbook．k+s-5#u
★The regular use of text messages and e-mails can lower the IQ more than twice as much as smoking marijuana(大麻). Psychologists say that sending/receiving messages or looking through the many menu options your mobile phone has, lowers a person’s IQ by almost 10 points. British researchers have named this situation “infomania”. Instead of fixed on what they are doing, people’s minds are constantly focused on reacting to the technology surrounding them. This means they don’t pay full attention to the work they are paid to do. The report also added that the brain can not do so many things at once. If you try to do too many things, mistakes begin to occur. And while modern technology can have huge benefits, too much use can be damaging not only to a person’s mind, but to their social life.
★The more televisions 4-year-old children watch, the more likely they are to become bullies later on in school, a newest U.S. study said. At the same time, children whose parents read to them, take them on outings and just generally pay attention to them are less likely to become bullies, said the report from the University of Washington. Researchers also found gaps in learning and understanding such things as social skills early in life makes it more difficult for children to relate with other children. Watching violence on television leads to aggressive behavior.
★You could soon be able to add your favorite perfume to your e-mails. UK net provider Telewest Broadband is testing a system to let people send e-mails over the Internet with sweet smell. It has developed a kind of hi-tech air freshener that plugs into a PC and sprays a smell linked to the message. Telewest says it could be used by supermarkets to attract people with the smell of fresh bread or by holiday companies seeking to stir up images of sun-kissed beachers.
【小题1】.
What does “infomania” refer to according to the first part of the text?
| A．A situation in which a person uses his mobile phone too much. |
| B．A situation in which a person has his IQ lowered using his mobile phone. |
| C．A situation in which a person performs badly at work.. |
| D．A situation in which a person lowers his IQ using his mobile phone improperly. |
According to the second part of the text, _____ are less likely to become bullies.
| A．children whose parents care about them |
| B．children whose parents give them more freedom |
| C．children whose parents direct them over watching TV |
| D．children whose parents stop them watching TV |
The children who watch TV frequently will not ______.
| A．be aggressive |
| B．be likely to become bullies |
| C．have difficulty in communicating with other children |
| D．understand socially skills as easily |
The new system provided by Telewest Broadband can _____.
| A．be used as a kind of air freshener |
| B．make people have imagination of sun kissed beachers |
| C．make people smell fresh bread |
| D．make e-mails smelly over the Internet |
You hear the comment all the time: the U.S. economy looks good by figures, but it doesn’t feel good. Why doesn’t ever-greater wealth promote ever-greater happiness? It is a question that dates at least to the appearance in 1958 of The Wealthy Society by John Kenneth Galbraith, who died recently at 97.
The Wealthy Society is a modern classic because it helped describe a new moment in the human condition. For most of history, “hunger, sickness, and cold” threatened nearly everyone, Galbraith wrote. “Poverty (贫穷) was found everywhere in that world. Obviously it is not of ours.” After World War II, the fear of another Great Depression gave way to an economic growth. In the 1930s unemployment had averaged 18.2 percent; in the 1950s it was 4.5 percent.
To Galbraith, materialism (物质主义) had gone mad and would cause discontent. Through advertising, companies conditioned consumers to buy things they didn’t really want or need. Because so much spending was artificial, it would be unsatisfying. Meanwhile, government spending that would make everyone better off was being cut down because people wrongly considered government only as “a necessary bad.”
It’s often said that only the rich are getting ahead; everyone else is standing still or falling behind. Well, there are many undeserving rich — overpaid chief managers, for instance. But over any meaningful period, most people’s incomes are increasing. From 1995 to 2004, people feel “squeezed” because their rising incomes often don’t satisfy their rising wants — for bigger homes, more health care, more education, and faster Internet connections.
The other great disappointment is that it has not got rid of insecurity. People regard job stability as part of their standard of living. As company unemployment increased, that part has gradually become weaker. More workers fear they’ve become “the disposable American,” as Louis Uchitelle puts it in his book by the same name.
Because so much previous suffering and social conflict resulted from poverty, the arrival of widespread wealth suggested utopian (乌托邦式的) possibilities. Up to a point, wealth succeeds. There is much less physical suffering than before. People are better off. Unfortunately, wealth also creates new complaints.
Advanced societies need economic growth to satisfy the multiplying wants of their citizens. But the search for growth cause new anxieties and economic conflicts that disturb the social order. Wealth sets free the individual, promising that everyone can choose a unique way to self-accomplishment. But the promise is so unreasonable that it leads to many disappointments and sometimes inspires choices that have anti-social consequences, including family breakdown. Figures indicate that happiness has not risen with incomes.
Should we be surprised? Not really. We’ve simply confirmed an old truth: the seeking of wealth does not always end with happiness.
【小题1】The Wealthy Society is a book ________.
| A．about poverty in the past |
| B．written by Louis Uchitelle |
| C．indicating that people are becoming worse off |
| D．about why happiness does not rise with wealth |
| A．materialism has run wild in modern society |
| B．they are in fear of another Great Depression |
| C．public spending hasn’t been cut down as expected |
| D．the government has proved to be necessary but ugly |
| A．They think there are too many overpaid rich. |
| B．There is more unemployment in modern society. |
| C．Their material demands go faster than their earnings. |
| D．Health care and educational cost have somehow gone out of control. |
| A．People with a stable job. |
| B．Workers who no longer have secure jobs. |
| C．Those who see job stability as part of their living standard. |
| D．People who have a sense of security because of their rising incomes. |
| A．Stability and security. |
| B．Materialism and content. |
| C．A sense of self-accomplishment. |
| D．New anxiety, conflicts and complaints. |