I am trying to muster(鼓起)the courage to toss away my mobile phone to enjoy a more peaceful and ring –free life.

Can you imagine not having your mobile phone? In our high-tech, in-a-hurry age, a cell-free life is a hard concept to swallow. Our mobile phones can now access the Internet, and many people feel the need to express their every thought on their blog pages. If I gave up my cellphone, people would think I was mad.

I wish I had the strength to toss away my technology . I have an office phone, a home phone, e-mail and if people want to contact me. they can. If I’m out, people can leave a message. Do they really need to find me 24/7 ? However, I’m a bit like Frodo in the movie Lord of the Rings. The power of the ring is too strong and I can’t let it go.

Mobile phones have become necessary tools in our busy life. For most people , they hold all contacts and many of us don't write up address books any more. The latest phones carry our music, pictures, movies and everything else. We feel lost without this device and when we do misplace it , we feel cut off from our fellow,

“Where have you been?” said a friend, who saw me a week after I lost my cell, “I tried calling you , but you disappeared. You disappeared off the face of the Earth。” See, when you don’t have a mobile phone, you don’t exist.

I’m not really going to toss my mobile phone away, in fact. We humans are such social animals and mobile phones serve us well. So in 2009, I’ve dicided not to serve my mobile phone. Like all machine, I can always turn it off.

1.What does the underslined phrase“toss away”mean?

A.give away      B.get away     C.break away      D.throw away

2.The writer mentions Frodo to        

A.show it is difficult to get rid of the mobile phone

B.show how much he likes Frodo

C.suggest a cell-free life is what he wants

D.introduce a film character to us

3.What do we know about mobile phones in the 4 th paragraph?

A.Mobile phones can do anything for us .

B.Mobile phones have become very important in our life

C.We could not live without mobile phones

D.We would be cut off by our fellow without mobile phones

4.What can be inferred from the last paragraph?

A.The writer is not really going to toss his mobile phone away.

B.When you don't have a mobile phone, you don’t exist.

C.The writer decides not to serve his mobile phone

D.We humans can control ourselves and machines will.

 

 

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     In 1982, Steven Callahan was crossing the Atlantic alone in his sailboat when it struck something and
sank. He got into a lifeboat, but his supplies were __1__. His chances of surviving were small. __2__
when three fishermen found him 76days later, he was alive-much __3__ than he was when he started, but
alive.
     His __4__ of how he survived is fascinating. His cleverness-how he __5__ to catch fish, how he
evaporated(使蒸发) sea water to __6__ fresh water- is very interesting.
     But the thing that __7__ my eye was how he managed to keep himself going when all hope seemed
lost, and there seemed no __8__ in continuing the struggle. He was starved and __9   exhausted. Giving
up would have seemed the only possible choice.
     When people __10   these kinds of circumstances, they do something with their minds, which gives
them the courage to keep going. Many people in __11   desperate circumstances __12   in or go mad.
Something the survivors do with their thoughts helps them find the courage to carry on __13   difficulties.
     "I tell myself I can __14   it," wrote Callahan in his book. "Compared to what others have been
through, I'm fortunate, I tell myself these things over and over, __15   up courage…
     I wrote that down after I read it. It __16   me as something important. And I've told myself the same thing when my own goals seemed __17   off or when my problems seemed too terrible. And every time I've said it, I've always come back to my __18  .
     The truth is, our circumstances are only bad __19   to something better. But others have been through the much worse, that is, in comparison with what others have been through, you're fortunate. Tell this to yourself over and over again, and it will help you __20   through the rough situation with a little more courage.
(     )  1:  A. full           
(     )  2:  A. And            
(     )  3: A. th inner       
(     )  4:  A. attitude      
(     )  5: A. helped        
(     )  6: A. make          
(     )  7: A. attacked      
(     )  8: A. operation      
(     )  9: A. partly        
(     )10: A. deal          
(     )11. A. similarly      
(     )12: A. bring          
(     )13: A. for the lack of
(     )14: A. make          
(     )15: A. rolling        
(     )16: A. defeated      
(     )17: A. far            
(     )18: A. feelings      
(     )19: A. related        
(     )20: A. see            
B. rich          
B. Yet            
B. stronger      
B. decision      
B. pretended      
B. absorb        
B. caught        
B. taste          
B. completely    
B. defend        
B. differently    
B. take          
B. in the face of
B. carry          
B. using          
B. told          
B. long          
B. senses        
B. measured      
B. cut            
C. few            
C. Still          
C. worse          
C. instruction    
C. managed        
C. choose          
C. froze          
C. message        
C. hardly          
C. survive        
C. gradually      
C. break          
C. in exchange for
C. follow          
C. building        
C. introduced      
C. ever            
C. ideas          
C. contributed    
C. get            
D. enough        
D. Thus          
D. healthier      
D. account        
D. intended      
D. replace        
D. cheated        
D. point          
D. generally      
D. observe        
D. commonly      
D. give          
D. as a result of
D. respect        
D. making        
D. struck        
D. even          
D. influences    
D. compared      
D. think          

I am trying to muster(鼓起)the courage to toss away my mobile phone to enjoy a more peaceful and ring –free life.

Can you imagine not having your mobile phone? In our high-tech, in-a-hurry age, a cell-free life is a hard concept to swallow. Our mobile phones can now access the Internet, and many people feel the need to express their every thought on their blog pages. If I gave up my cellphone, people would think I was mad.

I wish I had the strength to toss away my technology . I have an office phone, a home phone, e-mail and if people want to contact me. they can. If I’m out, people can leave a message. Do they really need to find me 24/7 ? However, I’m a bit like Frodo in the movie Lord of the Rings. The power of the ring is too strong and I can’t let it go.

Mobile phones have become necessary tools in our busy life. For most people , they hold all contacts and many of us don't write up address books any more. The latest phones carry our music, pictures, movies and everything else. We feel lost without this device and when we do misplace it , we feel cut off from our fellow,

“Where have you been?” said a friend, who saw me a week after I lost my cell, “I tried calling you , but you disappeared. You disappeared off the face of the Earth。” See, when you don’t have a mobile phone, you don’t exist.

I’m not really going to toss my mobile phone away, in fact. We humans are such social animals and mobile phones serve us well. So in 2009, I’ve dicided not to serve my mobile phone. Like all machine, I can always turn it off.

1.What does the underslined phrase“toss away”mean?

A.give away      B.get away     C.break away      D.throw away

2.The writer mentions Frodo to        

A.show it is difficult to get rid of the mobile phone

B.show how much he likes Frodo

C.suggest a cell-free life is what he wants

D.introduce a film character to us

3.What do we know about mobile phones in the 4 th paragraph?

A.Mobile phones can do anything for us .

B.Mobile phones have become very important in our life

C.We could not live without mobile phones

D.We would be cut off by our fellow without mobile phones

4.What can be inferred from the last paragraph?

A.The writer is not really going to toss his mobile phone away.

B.When you don't have a mobile phone, you don’t exist.

C.The writer decides not to serve his mobile phone

D.We humans can control ourselves and machines will.

David Beckham made a losing start to his second season in Major League Soccer when his Los Angeles Galaxy team were crushed 4 – 0 by the Colorado Rapids on Saturday.

Beckham, in his first game since reaching 100 international caps for England in a friendly against France on Wednesday, played in a variety of different positions as head coach Ruud Gullit tried in vain to find a successful formation.

The former England captain and his Galaxy team mates struggled to cope with playing at altitude, just outside Denver.

“It is always going to be tough when you travel when you have got international games,” Beckham told reporters. It is always tough when you are back from England and you are adjusting to the time difference.

“I felt ok for most of the match but I was maybe not at my sharpest and maybe the altitude had something to do with that.”

Former Manchester United winger Terry Cooke opened scoring for Colorado after 10 minutes.

The Galaxy went further behind after an hour when defender Abel Xavier was adjudged to have fouled Rapids forward Omar Cummings inside the penalty area(罚球区). Christian Gomez converted the spot-kick after they argued fiercely.

“I find it hard not to criticize some of the decisions tonight but I’ve been told I’ll be fined if I do,” said Beckham. “But certain decisions change games. I think that has happened tonight.”

Cummings added Colorado’s third goal on 67 minutes before Colin Clark scored the fourth with 10 minutes left. 

Xavier was sent off late in the game for using abusive language towards referee Abiodun Okulaja and Colorado substitute Ciaran O’Brien was also dismissed after a foul on Carlos Ruiz.

1.The news report is mainly about        .

       A.Beckham’s new team Galaxy

       B.referee Okulaja’s preference

       C.Beckham’s good performance

       D.possible reasons for Galaxy’s first failure

2.We can know that        .

       A.Beckham is captain of England

       B.Beckham was not in form during the game

       C.Gullit found a proper position for Beckham

       D.Beckham was well adjusted to the time difference

3.By saying “certain decisions change games” Beckham means the referee          .

       A.carried out judgment in the Galaxy’s favor

       B.could do anything he liked on the football field

       C.carried out judgment in the Rapids’ favor

       D.might have received money from the Rapids

4.We know the        goal of Rapids was controversial.

       A.1 st                     B.2 nd                    C.3 rd                    D.4 th

5.We can infer that        is fighting for Galaxy.

       A.Xavier      B.O’Brien     C.Cooke      D.Gummings

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