题目内容
15.Modern inventions have speeded up people's lives amazingly.Motor-cars cover a hundred miles in a little more than an hour.Aircrafts cross the world a day,while computers operate at a lightning speed.Indeed,this love of speed seems never-ending.Every year motor-cars are produced which go even faster and each new computer boasts (吹嘘)of saving precious seconds in handling tasks.All this saves time,but at a price.When we lose or gain half a day in speeding across the world in an airplane,our bodies tell us so.We get the uncomfortable feeling known as jet-lag(时差); our bodies feel that they have been left behind in another time zone.Again,spending too long at computers results in painful wrists and fingers.Mobile phones also have their dangers according to some scientists; too much use may transmit harmful radiation into our brains,a consequence we do not like to think about.
However,what do we do with the time we have saved?Certainly not relax,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.Perhaps the days are long gone when we might listen quietly to a story on the radio,letting imagination take us into another world.
There was a time when some people's lives were devoted simply to the cultivation of the land or the care of cattle.No multi-tasking there; their lives went 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 faced:they farmed with bare hands,often lived close to hunger,and had to fashion tools from wood and stone.Modern machinery has freed people from that primitive existence.
8.The new products become more and more time-saving becauseA.
A.our love of speed seems never-ending
B.time is limited
C.the prices are increasingly high
D.the manufacturers boast a lot
9.What does"the days"in Paragraph 3refer to?B
A.Imaginary life
B.Simple life in the past
C.Times of inventions
D.Time for constant activity
10.What is the author's attitude towards the modern technology?B
A.Critical
B.Objective
C.Optimistic
D.Negative
11.What does the passage mainly discuss?D
A.The present and past times
B.Machinery and human beings
C.Imaginations and inventions
D.Modern technology and its influence.
分析 本文是一篇议论文.人们不难发现现代发明加速和丰富了人们的生活.如:小汽车可以每小时行驶百英里、飞机可在一日内横跨世界,而电脑更是极速运转…
解答 8.A.细节理解题.文章第一段中先将第一句作为结果加以叙述,再陈述其原因即:Indeed,this love of speed seems never-ending可知新产品变得越来越省时,因为对速度的追求似乎永无止境;故选A.
9.B.推理判断题.从第二段的首句"All this saves time,but at a price."到第三段第一句中提到的"what do we do with the time we have saved?"再到第三句中的"or even just one thing at a time."无不说明,新发明所节省的这些时间无不需要付出代价,由此可推知人们怀念的the days即现代发明之前的simple life in the past是一去不复返了;故选B.
10.B.观点态度题.由文章大意及最后一段中的"There is much that we might envy about a way of life like this…we must think of the hard tasks our ancestors faced:…Modern machinery has freed people from that primitive existence."可推知,作者的观点是"一分为二的(即客观的)",故选B.
11.D.主旨大意题.文章的首段就明确地告诉我们:现代发明加速了人们的生活节奏.下文又提到这些发明给人们的生活带来了哪些影响和如何客观地分析这个问题.故选项D正确.
点评 考察学生的细节理解和推理判断能力,做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句,和题干进行比较,再做出正确的选择.在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实,要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断.
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Before understanding the influence of society on education,we must(51)Bsociety.Society is an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization.It is characterized by patterns of relationships between individuals.It is a group of individuals who (52)Aa common system of customs,values and laws.From the definition of society,it is clear that we human beings are its building (53)B.As we interact with people,try to understand their thinking styles and(54)Dpatterns,we soon realize that there is so much to learn from them.Society is the greatest(55)Cof education.Don't you think so?
We cannot(56)Dthe impact of society on the education system alone.We need to understand the role of society in the(57)Ddevelopment of an individual.Even before we become a part of the education system,we start learning from our surroundings.And during the process of formal education,we (58)Ctake‘non-formal'from society.Yes,our interactions with our fellow-beings,our observations about their social behaviour and our understanding of social norms(59)Cus to face life.True,educational (60)D,like schools,colleges and universities play a very important role in our education.But,we cannot ignore the fact that we learn some of the important lessons of life from society.It would not be an exaggeration to say that the (61)Aprocess of learning begins at a point,which marks the end of institutional education.Learning,as an individual,from your interaction with society,is a vital part of education.
Society plays an important role in education and influences it,both positively and negatively.Social inequalities and unhealthy educational practices are some of the(62)Binfluences of society on our lives.Customs and traditions (63)Dcertain sections of society from exercising their fundamental rights and block the well-being of society,shatter the basic ideas of educaiotn and social awareness.Some social groups deny women's right to education,while others force children to work,depriving (剥夺) them from a healthy environment,conducive to their growth and development.Education is one of the basic human rights.If social norms deprive certain strata(阶层)of society form progressing in life and come in the way of social welfare,it(64)Cthe purpose of education.
Society is an entity that cannot be separated from us.It is we who(65)Bthe society.It is entirely in our hands whether to add value to our education or devalue it.
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52.A.share | B.invent | C.operate | D.practice |
53.A.extents | B.blocks | C.designs | D.expenses |
54.A.cultural | B.traditional | C.educational | D.behavioral |
55.A.performer | B.supervisor | C.facilitator | D.opponent |
56.A.resist | B.resolve | C.reserve | D.restrict |
57.A.steady | B.future | C.lasting | D.overall |
58.A.successfully | B.desperately | C.constantly | D.surprisingly |
59.A.encourage | B.impact | C.prepare | D.impose |
60.A.circumstances | B.contributions | C.environments | D.organization |
61.A.a ctual | B.external | C.universal | D.available |
62.A.realistic | B.opposing | C.practical | D.invisible |
63.A.confirm | B.cultivate | C.maintain | D.prevent |
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