There are many different ways of seeing a town for the first time．One of them is to walk around it, guide-book 1 hand．Of course, we may 2 with our guide-books the history and 3 development of a town and get to know them． 4 then, if we take our time and 5 in a town for a while, we may get to know it better．When we 6 it as a whole, we begin to have some 7 , which even the best guide-books do not answer．Why is the town just 8 this, this shape, this plan, this size?Why do its streets 9 in this particular way, and not in any 10 way?
Here even the best guide-book 11 us．One can't find in it the information about how a town has developed to the 12 appearance．It may not describe the original(最初的) 13 of a town．However, one may get some idea of what it 14 look like by walking around the town．One can also imagine 15 the town was first planned and built．Then one can learn more about in what direction the town 16 to develop．
What is the 17 of studying towns in the way?For me, it is 18 that one gets a greater depth of pleasure by visiting and seeing a town with one's own eyes．A 19 visit to a town may help one better understand why it is attractive 20 just reading about it in a guide-book．
I was in arush as always, but this time it was for an?date I just corldn’t be late for!I found myself at a checkout counter behind ar?woman seeingly in no nuny as she paid for her groceries．A PhD student with not a lot of money, I had humied into the store to pick up some flowers．I was in a huge rush, thinking of my upconing evening．I did not want to be Late for this date．
We were in Boston, a place not always known for small conversation bitween strangers．The woman stopped unloading her basket and looked up at me．She smiled．It was a nice smile-warm and reasuring-and I retuned her gift by smiling back．
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Must be a special lady,” wboever it is that will be getting \those beautiful flowers．”she said．
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Yes, she’s speciao,” I said ,and then to my cnbarrassment ,the words kept coming out．“It‘s only our second dute, but somchow I am just having the feeling she’s‘the one，’”jokingly, I addcd,“The only problem is that I can’t figure out why she’d want to date a guy like me．”
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Well, I think she’s very lucky to have a boyfriend who buings her such lovely slowers and who is obviorsly in love with her,” the woman said．”My husband rscd to bring me flowers every week-even when tines were tough and we didn’t have much money．Those were incredible days; be was very romantic and-lf course- I miss him since he’s passed away．”
I paid for my flowers as se was gathering up her groceries．There was no doubt in my mind as I walked up to her．I touched her on the shoulder and said“You were right, you know．These flowers are indeed for a very special lady．”I hand??the fowes and thanked her tor such a mice conversation．
It took her a moment to realize htat I was giving her the flowers I had just purchased．“You have a wonderful evening ,”I said．I left het with a big smile and my heart warmed as I saw her smelling the beautiful flowers．
I remember being slightly late for my date that night and telling my girlfriend the above story．A couple of years later, when I finally worked up the courage to ask her to marry me, she told me that this stoty had hdlped to seal it for ber-that was the nigtht than I won her heart．
(1)
Why was the writer in a hurry that day?
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A．
He was to meet his girlfriend
B．
He had to go back to school soon．
C．
He was delayed by an elderly lady
D．
He had to pick up some groceries．
(2)
What does the underlined phrase“her gift”(Paragraph 2)refer to?
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A．
Her words
B．
Her smile
C．
Her flowers
D．
Her politeness．
(3)
Why did the writer give his flowers to the elderly lady?
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A．
She told him a nice story
B．
She allowed him to pay first．
C．
She gave him encouragement
D．
She liked flowers very much．
(4)
What is the message conveyed in the story?
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A．
Flowers are important for a date
B．
Small talk is helpful．
C．
Love and kindness are rewarding
D．
Elderly people deserve respecting．
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Modcm inventions have speeded up people's lives amazingly．Motor-cars cover a bundred miles in little more than an hour．Aireraft cross the world a day, while computers operate at lightning speed．Indeed, this love of speed seems never-ending．Every ycar motor-cars are produced which go even faster each new computer boasts(吹嘘)of saving preeious seconds in handling tasks．
All this saves timc, but at a prick．When we lose or gain half a day in speeding aeross the world in an airplane, our bodies tell us so．We get the uncomfoerable feeling known as jet-lag; our bodies feel tlru they have been left bebind in anot ar nine zoors Again pending too long at compulers resul's in painti ninrts and fingers．Mobile phones also to dange according to some seientists; too much uss may thesmit h bul radiation into our brains, a we do not like to think about．
Howave, what do we do with the time we have saved?Certainly not or so it seems．We are so accustomed to constant activity that we find it difficult to sit and do nothing, or even just one thing at a time．Pcrhaps the days are long gone when we might listen quietly to a story on the radio, letting imavination take us into another world．
There was a time when some people's lives were devotcd simply to the cultivation of the land or the eare of eattle．No multi-tasking there; their lives wenl 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 ancestors faeed;：they farmed with bare hands, often lived close to hunger, and had to fashion tools from wood and stone．Modem machinery has freed peope fre that primitive existcnee．
(1)
The new rooucts opcome more and more time-saving beeause．
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A．
our lose e u speed uts never-ending
B．
mo is liwhcd
C．
shi pnces are increasingly high
D．
the manufacturers boast a lot
(2)
What does“the days”in Paragraph 3 refer to?
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A．
I maginary 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 modem teehnology?
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