题目内容
With more people ____ the traffic rules, our city is becoming better organized.
A.respect B.being respected
C.respected D.respecting
D
Professor Barry Wellman of the University of Toronto in Canada has invented a term to describe the way many North Americans interact(互动)these days. The term is “networked individualism”. This concept is not easy to understand because the words seem to have opposite meanings. How can we be individuals(个体)and be networked at the same time? You need other people for networks.
Here is what Professor Wellman means. Before the invention of the Internet and e-mail, our social networks included live interactions with relatives, neighbors, and friends. Some of the interaction was by phone, but it was still voice to voice, person to person, in real time.
A recent research study by the Pew Internet and American Life Project showed that for a lot of people, electronic interaction through the computer has replaced this person-to-person interaction. However, a lot of people interviewed for the Pew study say that’s a good thing. Why?
In the past, many people were worried that the internet isolated(孤立)us and caused us to spend too much time in the imaginary world of the computer. But the Pew study discovered that the opposite is true. The Internet connects us with more real people than expected—helpful people who can give advice on careers, medical problems, raising children, and choosing a school or college. About 60 million Americans told Pew that the Internet plays an important role in helping them make major life decisions.
Thanks to the computer, we are able to be alone an together with other people—at the same time!
1.The underlined phrase “networked individualism” probably means that by using computers people .
A.stick to their own ways no matter what other people say |
B.have the rights and freedom to do things of their own interest |
C.do things in their own ways and express opinions different from other people |
D.are able to keep to themselves but at the same time reach out to other people |
2.According to the Pew study, what do many people rely on to make major life decisions?
A.Networks. |
B.Friends. |
C.Phones. |
D.Parents. |
3.It can be inferred from the Pew study that .
A.people have been separated from each other by using computers |
B.the Internet makes people waste a lot of time and feel very lonely |
C.the Internet has become a new tool for a new kind of social communication |
D.a lot of people regard the person-to-person communication as a good thing |
4.Which would be the best title for this passage?
A.We’re Alone on the Internet |
B.We’re Communicating on the Internet |
C.We’re Alone Together on the Internet |
D.We’re in the Imaginary World of the Internet. |
Will it matter if you don't take your breakfast? Recently a test was given in the United States. Those tested included people of different ages, from 12 to 83. During the experiment, these people were given all kinds of breakfasts, and sometimes they got no breakfast at all. Special tests were set up to see how well their bodies worked when they had eaten a certain kind of breakfast. The results show that if a person eats a proper breakfast, he or she will work with better effect than if he or she has no breakfast. This fact appears to be especially true if a person works with his brains. If a student eats fruit, eggs, bread and milk before going to school, he will learn more quickly and listen with more attention to class.
Opposite to(与.....相反) what many people believe, if you don't eat breakfast, you will not lose weight. This is because people become so hungry at noon that they eat too much for lunch, and end up gaining weight instead of losing. You will probably lose more weight if you reduce your other meals.
1.During the test, those who were tested were given ________.
A.no breakfast at all |
B.very rich breakfast |
C.little food for breakfast |
D.different breakfast or none |
2.The results of the test show that ________.
A.breakfast has great effect on work and studies |
B.breakfast has little to do with a person’s work |
C.a person will work better if he has a simple(简单的) breakfast |
D.those working with brains needn’t have anything for breakfast |
3.The passage mentions that many people believe that if you don't eat breakfast, you will _________.
A.lose weight |
B.not lose weight |
C.be healthier |
D.gain a lot of weight |
4.Which of the following is not true according to the passage?
A.Poor breakfasts affect those who work with brains. |
B.Eating nothing in the morning may cause one to get fatter. |
C.Reducing lunch and supper is of less use in weight losing. |
D.Eating less in lunch and supper may help to lose weight. |