题目内容
Think back to this time last year. What was on your mind?
Most likely, you were thinking about finals or the holidays, although in this city I’ve noticed that thinking about the holiday is a fancy way of saying how much stuff will I get.
Now reflect on your thoughts for this holiday season. Most people are still thinking about the holidays, but I say that with a grain of salt. Everybody with a functioning brain and the ability to communicate knows that this holioday season comes with a pretty large price tag: the debt of all the hardships, both domestic and foreign, that we’ve faced over the past 12months.
Let’s face it: some of us will get everything we want over the holidays. But there are others whose parents have lost their jobs or who have lost jobs themselves because of the current economic situation. As much as we try to ignore it, there is still economic unrest in the blue and gold suburb.
In this situation, we have three options. One: We ignore the situation, like we seem to do for every bad thing that happens around us, because by God, it’s the American Way! Two: We recognize that our economy is shot, feel bad about it and spend our time wishing for the good old days. Three: We recognize that our economy is shot, but instead of moping, reflect on every good thing that we have going for us. Now, which option sounds best to you?
I spent a week this summer working in and around New York City with the city’s homeless population. Or so I thought. Although a lot of the people I served were in fact homeless, a significant number of them had a job or a home or both. The truth of the importance of this situation is that they and thousands of others across the country can’t afford even the most basic things of life, even while working two jobs. Yet no one that I met complained about their hardships. Instead, they took whatever I happened to give them(which was, more often than enough, not enough) and were genuinely grateful for what they had.
Wrap your heads around that statement for a second. These people worked their butts off to stay alive with minimal results, yet were overjoyed by a flimsy(脆弱的) paper plate with donated green beans on it. Although I am ashamed to admit it( both as a girthy figure and an affluent citizen), I have taken for granted most of my meals, let alone green beans, and I know for a fact that I am not alone.
64. 【小题1】According to the passage when people think about holidays they care much for ____.
A.where to spend their holidays | B.how to spend their holidays |
C.what they can get for their holidays | D.who they should go to visit |
A.began to go bad. | B.began to improve | C.was still serious | D.was favorable for middle class. |
A.to be thankful in time of hardship. | B.to spend their holidays in a wise way |
C.to think little about their holidays | D.to help the country to sail through the crisis |
A.a homeless child | B.an old professor | C.a famous scientist | D.a young student |
【小题1】C
【小题2】C
【小题3】A
【小题4】D
解析【小题1】细节理解题。根据第二段的:how much stuff will I get.和第四段的: some of us will get everything we want over the holidays. 可知答案。
【小题2】推理判断题。根据第三阶段的“this holioday season comes with a pretty large price tag: the debt of all the hardships, both domestic and foreign,”和第四段的“there is still economic unrest”可以推断出当时经济形势严峻。
【小题3】主旨大意题。根据文章倒数第二段的“Instead, they took whatever I happened to give them(which was, more often than enough, not enough) and were genuinely grateful for what they had.”可知答案。
【小题4】推理判断题。根据文章内容,这个作者 spent a week this summer (holiday)working in and around New York City with the city’s homeless population.可知,他是利用假期做社会实践活动,所他很可能是个学生。
Can feeling of nostalgia (怀旧) be good for you? or is it unhealthy to have a strong love for the past?
For years, medical experts have studied nostalgia and the reasons for it. Many experts warn that too much nostalgia is harmful. They say linger (徘徊) in the past shows that a person is unhappy with his present life. These feelings keep the person from living his life to its fullest.
Dr. Louise Kaplan has written several books about nostalgia. She says these feelings often begin when a young person is between 13 and 19 years old.
"This is the time when you must face the loss of your childhood, " Kaplan says. "You see your new life is easily destroyed. But you think romantically about a golden
past. You remember your childhood as a time when life was perfect."
These feelings continue as a person gets older, Kaplan adds. She says many grown persons have a hard time keeping up with changes in the modem world, so they think back to their younger years. At that time the world seemed simple and more harmless.
Kaplan says these feelings are not always actually existing. The good old days weren't always good. However, she says nostalgia can be helpful, if used properly.
"Feelings of nostalgia can cause you to remember a time when you had high hopes and dreams, " Kaplan says. "It might give you the strong wish to catch those dreams today, in your present life." She adds that nostalgia can prevent you from "cutting yourself off from your aim."
"At its best, " Kaplan says, "nostalgia has the ideas for the future."
【小题1】According to the passage, feelings of nostalgia _____.
A.can cause you to think of your past which was full of hopes and dreams |
B.can make you succeed in life |
C.fill one with hopes for the future |
D.bring about a love for the past and a hope for the future |
A.they can hardly keep up with changes in today's world |
B.times are hard, so they can not keep up with changes |
C.many grown persons have little time keeping up with changes in the modem world |
D.they lived in the past, of which they are always proud |
A.Too much nostalgia is harmful. |
B.Nostalgia shows that a person is not satisfied with his present life. |
C.Only women have feelings of nostalgia. |
D.A little nostalgia can make a person's life more colorful. |
A.nostalgia is sure to be harmful |
B.nostalgia can be helpful |
C.nostalgia is always very good |
D.nostalgia is bad indeed |
A.Thoughts on Nostalgia |
B.The reasons for Nostalgia |
C.Why Do They Think Back to the Past |
D.Nostalgia, Good or Bad |