题目内容
S: Hi, are you being helped?
K:__61__I'm interested in some scarves. (围巾)
S: All our scarves are in this section. What do you think of this one here? It's made of silk.
K:__62__
S: Maybe you would like a heavy wool scarf. How about this one?
K: __63__ How much is it?
S: It's seventy-five dollars plus tax.
K: __64_ Do you think it's possible to get a discount?
S: Hm, since you like it so much, how about a 10 percent discount. That's the best I can offer.
K: That's good. __65__.
S: Sure. Is there anything else I can get for you?
K: No, that should be it. Thank you.
A. It’s a little expensive.
B. Sure.
C. I don’t like the color.
D. No. I’m not.
E. Could you wrap it for me?
F. I think that’s what I want.
G. I’d like to have something warm for the winter.

“I usually put my mobile phone in my bag, and I often feel like it is ringing when there actually is no phone call. Now I always want to keep it in my hand, being afraid that I might miss important calls or messages,” Miss Liu tells her doctor.
Miss Gu, a news worker, has to take her mobile phone with her all the time so as not to miss any calls from her office or readers. Gradually, she started to experience a great “panic” about her mobile phone. “Every night when I’m about to fall asleep, I often wake up with a start, feeling that my phone is ringing. Although I’m sure that I have turned it off, I still feel that it is ringing, clearly.”
The above phenomenon is what we call “mobile-phone acouasm (幻听)”. The mobile phone has now become a “new organ” in a white collar’s daily life, and “mobile-phone acouasm” has become a common phenomenon among office workers.
According to a report of China Youth Daily, “mobile-phone acouasm ” most likely results from people’s dependency on hi-tech products. It is associated with certain professions, such as salesmen, consultants and journalists. They use mobile phones almost continuously.
Constantly being in the “stand-by” mode, the strong psychological tension gives them acouasm. Meanwhile, a large number of this year’s graduates are joining the family of acouasm suffers due to the hard job-hunting experience.
“You know that the rings are not from your phone, but you always take it out and have a look. This is subconscious (潜意识) from your body sending you a signal, telling you that you must take a break to reduce your pressure,” Professor Sun Li from Huadong Normal University explains.
There are many ways to solve the problem. The professor says that the key is to deal with pressure from work. “This is just a kind of self-protection”; the most important thing is to find out the source of your pressure. And then take part in some activities that are not related to your work. You can do anything that can relax your body and mind.
【小题1】 According to the passage the phrase “mobile-phone acouasm” refers to .
A.people’s being addicted to mobile phones |
B.people’s feeling the unreal phone rings |
C.mobile phones’ going wrong frequently |
D.mobile phones’ disturbing people constantly |
A.Some mobile phones are in poor quality. |
B.Some people develop the dependency on mobile phones. |
C.Some people listen to the music on mobile phones too much. |
D.Something is wrong with some people’s hearing. |
A.Those who use mobile phones too often. |
B.Those who like mobile phones very much. |
C.Those who lead a busy life. |
D.Those who lead a free life. |
A.To buy a mobile phone of good quality. |
B.To turn off your mobile phone. |
C.To get rid of pressure from work. |
D.To have your ears examined regularly. |
★The regular use of text messages and e-mails can lower the IQ more than twice as much as smoking marijuana(大麻). Psychologists say that sending/receiving messages or looking through the many menu options your mobile phone has, lowers a person’s IQ by almost 10 points. British researchers have named this situation “infomania”. Instead of fixed on what they are doing, people’s minds are constantly focused on reacting to the technology surrounding them. This means they don’t pay full attention to the work they are paid to do. The report also added that the brain can not do so many things at once. If you try to do too many things, mistakes begin to occur. And while modern technology can have huge benefits, too much use can be damaging not only to a person’s mind, but to their social life.
★The more televisions 4-year-old children watch, the more likely they are to become bullies later on in school, a newest U.S. study said. At the same time, children whose parents read to them, take them on outings and just generally pay attention to them are less likely to become bullies, said the report from the University of Washington. Researchers also found gaps in learning and understanding such things as social skills early in life makes it more difficult for children to relate with other children. Watching violence on television leads to aggressive behavior.
★You could soon be able to add your favorite perfume to your e-mails. UK net provider Telewest Broadband is testing a system to let people send e-mails over the Internet with sweet smell. It has developed a kind of hi-tech air freshener that plugs into a PC and sprays a smell linked to the message. Telewest says it could be used by supermarkets to attract people with the smell of fresh bread or by holiday companies seeking to stir up images of sun-kissed beachers.
【小题1】.
What does “infomania” refer to according to the first part of the text?
A.A situation in which a person uses his mobile phone too much. |
B.A situation in which a person has his IQ lowered using his mobile phone. |
C.A situation in which a person performs badly at work.. |
D.A situation in which a person lowers his IQ using his mobile phone improperly. |
According to the second part of the text, _____ are less likely to become bullies.
A.children whose parents care about them |
B.children whose parents give them more freedom |
C.children whose parents direct them over watching TV |
D.children whose parents stop them watching TV |
The children who watch TV frequently will not ______.
A.be aggressive |
B.be likely to become bullies |
C.have difficulty in communicating with other children |
D.understand socially skills as easily |
The new system provided by Telewest Broadband can _____.
A.be used as a kind of air freshener |
B.make people have imagination of sun kissed beachers |
C.make people smell fresh bread |
D.make e-mails smelly over the Internet |