题目内容
Your address was forwarded to us by Why Bother Magazine. All of us here think The International
Institute
Not Doing Much is the best organization in the world. You know how to avoid unnecessary activities!
We closely followed the advice in your article. First, we replaced all our telephones with carrier
pigeons. Simply removing the jingle of telephones and replacing them with the pleasant sounds of birds
has had a remarkable effect on everyone. Besides, birds are cheaper than telephone service. After all,
we are a business. We have to think of the bottom line. As a side benefit, the birds also fertilize the lawn
outside the new employee sauna.
Next, we sold the computers of, to Stab, Grab, Grit, and Nasty, a firm of lawyers nearby. Our
electricity bill went way down. Big savings! The boss is impressed. We have completely embraced paper
technology. Now that we all use pencils, doodling is on the increase, and the quality of pencilwomanship
is impressive, as you can tell from my handwriting in this letter. By the way, if you can, please send this
letter back to us. We can erase and reuse it. Just tie it to Maggie's leg and she'll know where to take it.
Now it's very calm and quiet here. You can notice the di fference. No more loud chatter on the
telephones! All we hear is the scratching of pencil on paper, the sound of pigeons, and the delivery of inter-
office correspondence by paper airplane.
Wonderful! I've always wanted to work for an insurance company ever since I was a little girl. Now
it's perfect.
Sincerely yours,
Eleanor Lightly
Spokeswoman and ComPany Hair Stylist
ABC Activity Insurance: Insure against overdoing it
B. ABC Activity Insurance Company.
C. Stab, Grab, Grit, and Nasty Law Firm.
D. The International Institute of Not Doing Much.
B. Turning off lights in the daytime to save electricity.
C. Recycling paper resources whenever possible.
D. Buying birds and pets as company for the staff.
B. She sometimes helps fertilize the lawn outside the sauna.
C. She often helps with inter-office correspondence using e-mail.
D. Her handwriting has improved a lot after entering the company.
B. Letter.
C. Telephone.
D. Computer.
B. A life of hard work and security.
C. A religious, peasant-like life.
D. A life away from paper and pencils.
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To settle the question about whether or not to invite a rock (摇滚乐) group to their city, the mayor took a poll (投票). The results are.
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A. 12,094 B. 11,789 C. 11,49 D. 15014 | |||||||||
2. The undecided people _____. | |||||||||
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A. thought it would help the city B. thought it would do harm to the city C. hadn't made up their minds D. didn't take part in the poll at all | |||||||||
3. According to the results, _____. | |||||||||
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A. the rock group would be invited to the city B. the rock concert wouldn't be held in the city C. a new theater would be built quickly D. the quarrel would last for a long time |