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“Life is speeding up. Everyone is getting unwell.”

This may sound like something someone would say today. But in fact, an unknown citizen who lived in Rome in AD 52 wrote it.

We all love new inventions. They are exciting, amazing and can even change our lives.

But have all these developments really improve the quality of our lives?

Picture this: You’re rushing to finish your homework on the computer. Your mobile phone rings, a QQ message from your friend appears on the screen, the noise from the television is getting louder and louder. Suddenly the computer goes blank and you lose all your work. Now you have to stay up all night to get it done. How calm and happy do you feel?

Inventions have speeded up our lives so much that they often leave us feeling stressed and tired. Why do you think people who live far away from noisy cities, who have not telephones, no cars, not even any electricity often seem to be happier? Perhaps because they lead simpler lives.

One family in the UK went “back in time” to see what life was like without all the inventions we have today. The grandparents, with their daughter, and grandsons Benjamin, 10, and Tomas, 7, spent nine weeks in a 1940s house. They had no washing machine, microwave, computer or mobile phones.

The grandmother, Lyn, said, “It was hard physically, but not mentally.” She believed life was less materialistic. “The more things you have, the more difficult life becomes,” She said. The boys said they fought less to fight over, such as their computer. Benjamin also noticed that his grandmother had changed from being a “trendy（时髦的）, beer-drinking granny, to one who cooked things.”

Here are some simple ways to beat the stress often caused by our inventions!

Don’t be available all the time. Turn off your mobile phone at certain times of the day. Don’t check your e-mail every day.

Don’t reply to somebody as soon as they leave a text message just because you can. It may be fun at first, but it soon gets annoying.

1．The passage is mainly about________.

A．problem with technology

B．improvements of our life with technology

C．the important roles technology plays in our everyday life

D．major changes which will be likely to happen to technology

2．The writer quoted（引用） what a citizen in ancient Rome said at the beginning of the story in order to___________.

A．share a truth about life

B．tell us what life was like long time ago

C．make us wonder what causes such a thing to happen

D．point out that you experience some big problems and they may be the same

3．Why did the family choose to spend some time in a 1940’s house? Because________.

A．they liked to live simple lives

B．they were curious about how people lived without modern inventions

C．they were troubled by modern inventions

D．living in a different time would be a lot of fun for them

4．What do you think the underlined word “available” in the first suggestion offered by the writer mean?

A．Busy on line. B．Free C．Be able to. D．Be found by others.

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Most people in school liked Gloria. So when she got sick，some boys 21 to visit her． But none of them wanted to 22 any money on a gift to bring along．

Then Willie said，“We can 23 some flowers from a 24． ”

Gloria will not know 25 they come from，and the dead man will not 26them．

Everybody was afraid，27 Willie．So he went alone and 28 some beautiful flowers．Then they went to Gloria’s 29，and the boys acted as if the flowers were from all of them，but 30 did not mind．

After their visit，Willie 31 the other boys，“It is a good thing that I was not afraid． Gloria 32 the flowers． ”

The other boys laughed． Gloria would not have liked the 33 if she had known they had come from a grave(坟墓)．

That night，Willie was reading a book 34 his mother came into his room．“Willie，did you and other boys buy some flowers today 35 Gloria？”she asked．“There’s a man 36 asking for you，”she added． “He says that you didn’t 37 the flowers． ”

“What does he look 38 ？”Willie asked．

“That’s hard to say，”Willie’s mother answered． “He is all 39 with mud． ”

Willie，all of a sudden，turned 40 ．

21. A. thought B. asked C. planned D. took

22. A. keep B. cost C. take D. spend

23. A. steal B. make C. buy D. plant

24. A. shop B. store C. street D. grave

25. A. how B. where C. when D. why

26. A. miss B. lose C. hate D. love

27. A. beside B. besides C. including D. except

28. A. saw B. thought C. looked into D. found

29. A. room B. hospital C. school D. library

30. A. Gloria B. some C. Willie D. nobody

31. A. ordered B. asked C. said to D. explained

32. A. refused B. liked C. hated D. missed

33. A. boys B. flowers C. secret D. news

34. A. as B. when C. while D. suddenly

35. A. to B. for C. on D. with

36. A. inside B. outside C. still D. also

37. A. ask for B. water C. like D. pay for

38. A. as B. about C. like D. for

39. A. painted B. dressed C. wrapped D. covered

40. A. sad B. red C. pale D. glad

It was Saturday . As always, it was a busy one, for “Six days shall you labor and do all your work” was taken seriously back then. Outside,Father and Mr. Patrick next door were busy chopping firewood. Inside their own houses, Mother and Mrs. Patrick were engaged in spring cleaning.

Somehow the boys had slipped away to the back lot with their kites. Now, even at the risk of having Brother caught to beat carpets , they had sent him to the kitchen for string(线). It seemed there was no limit to the heights to which kites would fly today.

My mother looked at the sitting room ,its furniture disorderd for a thorough sweeping, Agun she cast a look toward the window. “Come on, girls ! Let’s take string to the boys and watch them

On the way we met Mrs. Patrick, laughing guiltily as if she were doing something

wrong, together with her girls.

There never was such a day for flying kited! We played all our fresh string into the boys’ kites and they went up higher and higher .We could hardly distinguish the orange-colored spots of the kites. Now and then we slowly pulled one kite back, watching it dancing up and down it the wind, and finally bringing it down to earth , just for the joy of sending it up again.

Even our fathers dropped their tools and joined us. Our mothers took their turn, laughing like schoolgirls. I think we were all beside ourselves. Parents forgot their duty and their dignity; children forgot their everyday fights and little jealousies. “Perhaps it’s like this in the kingdom of heaven,” I thought confusedly.

It was growing dark before we all walked sleepily back to house. I suppose we had some sort of supper. I suppose there must have been a surface tidying-up, for the house on Sunday looked clean and orderly enough. The strange thing was , we didn't mention that day afterward. I flt a little embarrassed .Surely none of the others had been as excited as I. I locked the memory up in that deepest part of me where we keep“the things that cannot be and yet they are.”

The years went on, then one day I was hurrying about my kitchen in a city apartment, trying to get some work out of the way while my three-year-old insistently cried her desire to “go park ,see duck.”

“I can’t go!” I said. “I have this and this to do, and when I’m through I’ll be too tired to walk that for.”

My mother , who was visiting us , looked up from the peas she was shelling ,“It’s a wonderful day,”she offered，“Really warm , yet there’s a fine breczc . Do you remember that day we flew kites?”

I stopped in my dash between stove and sink . The looked door flew open and with it a rush of memories. “Come on.”I told my little girl. “You’re right , it’s too good a day to miss.”

Another decade passed. We were in the aftermath (余波)of a great war. All evening we had been asking our returned soldier, the youngest Patrick Boy, about his experiences as a prisoner of war. He had talked freely , but now for a long time he had been silent . What was he thinking of – what dark and horrible things?

“Say!” A smile slipped out from his lips . “Do you remember --- no, of course you wouldn’t . It probably didn’t make the impression on you as it did on me.”

I hardly dared speak.“Remember what ?”

“I used to think of that day a lot in POW camp(战俘营), when things weren’t too good. Do you remember the day we flew the kites?”

1.

Mrs. Patrick was laughing guiltily because she thought .

A. she was too old to fly kites

B. her husband would make fun of her

C. she should have been doing her housework then

D. her girls weren’t supposed to play the boy’s game

2.

By“we were all beside ourselves”, the writer means that they all .

A. felt confused B. went wild with joy

C. looked on D. forgot their fights

3.

What did the writer think after the kite-flying?

A. The boys must have had more fun than the girls.

B. They should have finished their work before playing.

C. Her parents should spend more time with them.

D. All the others must have forgotten that day.

4.

Why did the writer finally agree to take her little girl for an outing?

A. She suddenly remembered her duty as a mother.

B. She was reminded of the day they flew kites.

C. She had finished her work in the kitchen.

D. She thought it was a great day to play outside.

5.

The youngest Patrick Boy is mentioned to show that _____ .

A. the writer was not alone in treasuring her fond memories

B. his experience in POW camp threw a shadow over his life

C. childhood friendship means so much to the writer

D. people like him really changed a lot after the war

In the fall of 1985. I was a bright-eyed girl heading off to Howard University, aiming at a legal career and dreaming of sitting on a Supreme Court bench somewhere. Twenty-one years later , I am still a bright-eyed dreamer and one with quite a different tale to tell.

My grandma, an amazing woman, graduated from college an the age of 65. She was the first in our family to reach that goal. But one year after I started college, she developed cancer. I made the choice to withdraw from college to care for her. It meant that school and my personal dream would have to wait.

Then I got married with another dream: building my family with a combination of adopt(收养) and biological children. In 1999, we adopted our first son. To lay eyes on him was fantastic---and very emotional. A year later came our second adopted boy. Then followed son No. 3. In 2003, I gave birth to another boy.

You can imagine how fully occupied I became, raising four boys under the age of 8. Our home was a complete zoo---a joyous zoo. Not surprising, I never did make it back to college full-time. But I never gave up on the dream either. I had only one choice: to find a way. That meant taking as few as one class each semester.

The hardest part was feeling guilty about the time I spent away from the boys. They often wanted me to stay home with them. There certainly were times I wanted to quit, But I knew I should set an example for them to follow through the rest of their lives.

In 2007, I graduated from the University of North Carolina. It took me over 21 years to get my college degree！

I am not special, just single-minded. It always struck me that when you’re looking at a big challenge from the outside it looks huge, but when you’re in the midst of it, it just seems normal. Everything you want won’t arrive in your life on one day. It’s a process. Remember；little steps add up to big dreams.

1. When the author went to Howard University, her dream was to be_____________

A. a writer B. a teacher

C. a judge D. a doctor

2.Why did the author quit school in her second year of college?

A. She wanted to study by herself.

B. She fell in love and got married.

C. She suffered from a serious illness.

D. She decided to look after her grandma.

3.What can we learn about the author from Paragraphs 4 and 5?

A. She was busy yet happy with her family life.

B. She ignored her guilty feeling for her sons.

C. She wanted to remain a full-time housewife.

D. She was too confused to make a correct choice.

4.What doses the author mostly want to tell us in the last paragraph?

A. Failure is the mother of success.

B. Little by little, one goes far.

C. Every coin has two sides.

D. Well begun, half done.

5.Which of the following can best describe the author?

A. Caring and determine.

B. Honest and responsible.

C. Ambitious and sensitive.

Innocent and single-minded.

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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

Tired and hungry, two boys walked painfully and difficultly into a big city on October 16, on their feet that had just carried them 300 kilometers.

For nine days they lived like old-fashioned travelers, 21 somewhere new to sleep every night as they walked from one place to another. The boys slept in tents and 22 a six-yuan daily plan. “I learned more in those nine days than I had in the last nine years,” said 17-year-old Li Zhao 23 . Li and 15-year-old Li Xuemeng 24 their journey on October 7, with three teachers from an Educational Motivation Research & Service Center. The purpose of the 25 was for the two troubled boys to develop a (an) 26 attitude to school and life.

With two 27 and some instant noodles for the first day, the five 28 mainly along the Highway 107. On the way to the big city, 29 of them visited schools and interviewed 30 people from different walks of life. Both were asked to write about what they 31 during the walk.

“ The two boys need to know about 32 life and learn to get rid of difficulties, so we 33 this program,” explained Du Junpeng. 34 they had tents, they didn’t just 35 anywhere at night. “We had to 36 on people’s kindness for shelter,” said Li Zhao, who admits he used to be self-centered and at first was 37 against the idea of the trip. But the challenge of getting rid of the 38 on the journey has changed him.

“I’m more 39 than before. And now I also believe failure is the mother of 40 ,” he said.

21. A. finding B. hunting C. searching D. inventing

22. A. lived on B. worked on C. carried out D. went on

23. A. anxiously B. luckily C. excitedly D. tiredly

24. A. developed B. separated C. controlled D. started

25. A. study B. trip C. task D. job

26. A. passive B. popular C. different D. active

27. A. tents B. lights C. drinks D. tools

28. A. ran B. drove C. walked D. marched

29. A. both B. none C. either D. some

30. A. famous B. brave C. different D. strange

31. A. covered B. learned C. heard D. recognized

32. A. interesting B. real C. hard D. meaningful

33. A. carried on B. cared about C. took over D. worked out

34. A. Although B. If only C. As though D. Since

35. A. sleep B. adventure C. move D. tour

36. A. get B. depend C. take D. turn

37. A. hardly B. heavily C. strongly D. secretly

38. A. wrongs B. problems C. difficulties D. fears

39. A. sociable B. particular C. common D. formal

40. A. success B. victory C. hope D. aim

The boys ______ the newspaper on the ground and began to read the news and articles in it.

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