题目内容
Now it is becoming more and more popular to chat over the Internet, because you can find it 1. _______ expensive to do that than to make a long distance call. This makes Internet chatting 2. _______ attractive option if you live far away from family and friends,3. ______ you are on a budget.
You can also complete 4. _______ tasks while chatting over the Internet. For example, you can read and reply to emails, finish typing a document, or have a conversation 5.______ someone who is in the room. This can be an advantage 6. ______ you are busy and don’t have much time for personal chatting. This can also be a disadvantage because you aren’t giving the other person or task your full attention.
Because you can do kinds of tasks7. _______ chatting on the Internet, it can become easy to lose track of time. You can end up chatting longer than you intended to, 8.______ can make it difficult to complete other tasks.
1.less
2.an
3.or
4.other
5.with
6.if/when
7.while
8.which
【解析】
试题分析:本文是一篇说明文。因特网聊天是生活中的一部分,尤其是青年学生更是喜爱有加。然而,它究竟是好还是坏?文章简单介绍了应用因特网进行电话交流及其他用途的利与弊。
1.less。抓住关键词than,根据expensive与to make a long distance call的常识,作出判断:网上聊天比长度电话更便宜,于是得出答案less。
2.关键在于懂得option是可数名词,那么结合英语知识:可数名词第一次出现,其前面须用不定冠词;再根据attractive以元音开头,从而确定答案为an。
3. or。关键要正确理解you live far away from family and friends与you are on a budget在句子中关系。根据This makes Internet chatting an attractive option中的option可知,为两者之间的选择,于是答案填or。
4.other。抓住名词tasks就可知道,名词前面须用形容词、数词或代词,根据also及后面的For example,结合前面一段的意思可知,指通过因特网完成其他任务,于是填答案other。
5.with。在此题中,考生必须牢记英语短语have a conversation with someone(与某人会话),从而很容易确定答案with。
6.if/when。本题主要考查对句子间的逻辑关系的理解。根据can可知,前面主句表示一种可能,那么后面应该是可能情况下所需要的条件,于是答案填if。也可理解为表时间,填when。
7.while。本题主要考查对动作时间关系的理解。根据multitask后面的chatting on the Internet可知,表示两件事情同时进行,于是用连词while。
8.which。本题主要考查对句子结构的理解。根据前面的逗号及后面的内容可知,后面为非限制性定语从句,由于定语从句缺主语,于是答案填which。
考点:日常生活类短文阅读理解
点评:这篇文章非常简单,理解了全文内容,很容易写出正确答案。阅读短文时,常常会遇到一些生词。这时,要沉着,冷静,细心思考。首先要把整段、整篇文章看完。通过对全篇短文的理解,就很有可能猜测出生词的大意。另外,还可以从含有生词句子的上下文,以及句子和段落之间的关系来判断、理解生词以求获得其真正含义。猜测生词的另一种方法是,根据构词法推测。遇到生词后,可从构词法角度分析判断生词。
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【小题1】When do the volunteers help others?
A.In their spare time | B.At weekends | C.on weekdays | D.In the evenings |
A.Children | B.Old women | C.Anyone aged12—70 | D.Young people |
A.money | B.computers | C.everything | D.nothing |
A.animals | B.children | C.computers | D.older people |
The Pacific island nation of Nauru used to be a beautiful place. Now it is an ecological disaster area. Nauru’s heartbreaking story could have one good consequence — other countries might learn from its mistakes.
For thousands of years, Polynesian people lived the remote island of Nauru, far from western civilization. The first European to arrive was John Fearn in 1798. He was the British captain of the Hunter, a whaling ship. He called the island Pleasant Island.
However, because it was very remote, Nauru had little communication with Europeans at first. The whaling ships and other traders began to visit, bringing guns and alcohol. These elements destroyed the social balance of the twelve family groups on the island. A ten-year civil war started, which reduced the population from 1,400 to 900.
Nauru’s real troubles began in 1899 when a British mining company discovered phosphate (磷酸盐)on the island. In fact, it found that the island of Nauru was nearly all phosphate, which a very important fertilizer for farming. The company began mining the phosphate.
A phosphate mine is not a hole in the ground; it is a strip mine. When a company strip-mines, it removes the top layer of soil. Then it takes away the material it wants. Strip mining totally destroys the land. Gradually, the lovely island of Nauru started to look like the moon.
In 1968, Nauru became one of the richest countries in the world. Every year the government received millions and millions of dollars for its phosphate.
Unfortunately, the leaders invested the money unwisely and lost millions of dollars. In addition, they used millions more dollars for personal expenses. Soon people realized that they had a terrible problem — their phosphate was running out. Ninety percent of their island was destroyed and they had nothing. By 2000, Nauru was financially ruined. Experts say that it would take approximately $433,600,000 and more than 20 years to repair the island. This will probably never happen.
【小题1】What might be the author’s purpose in writing the text?
A.To seek help for Nauru’s problems. |
B.To give a warning to other countries |
C.To show the importance of money |
D.To tell a heartbreaking story of a war. |
A.Rich and powerful | B.Modern and open |
C.Peaceful and attractive | D.Greedy and aggressive |
A.soil pollution | B.phosphate overmining |
C.farming activity | D.whale hunting |
A.Its leaders misused the money |
B.It spent too much repairing the island |
C.Its phosphate mining cost much money |
D.It lost millions of dollars in the civil war. |
A.The ecological damage is difficult to repair. |
B.The leaders will take the experts’ words seriously. |
C.The island was abandoned by the Nauruans |
D.The phosphate mines were destroyed |
When a rather dirty, poorly dressed person kneels at your feet and puts out his hands to beg for a few coins, do you hurry on, not knowing what to do, or do you feel sad and hurriedly hand over some money? What should our attitude to beggars be? There can be no question that the world is full of terribly sad stories. It must be terrible to have no idea where our next meal is going to come from. It seems cruel not to give some money to beggars.
Certainly, most of the world’s great religions (宗教) order us to be open-hearted and share what we have with those less fortunate than ourselves. But has the world changed? Maybe what was morally (道德方面) right in the old days, when one knew exactly who in the village had suffered misfortune and needed help, is no longer the best idea. Quite a few people will not give to beggars. Let us look at their arguments.
First, some believe that many city beggars dress up on purpose to look pitiable and actually make a good living from begging. Giving to beggars only encourages this sort of evil (恶行). Secondly, there is the worry that the money you give will be spent on beer, wine or drugs. Thirdly, there is the opinion that there is no real excuse for begging. One might be poor, but that is no reason for losing one’s sense of pride and self-dependence.
Related to this is the opinion that the problem should be dealt with by the government rather than ordinary people. Some people think beggars should go to the local government department and receive help.
It is hard to come to any final conclusion; there are various cases and we must deal with them differently. A few coins can save a life in some situations, and even if the money is wasted, that does not take sway the moral goodness of the giver.
【小题1】What is mainly discussed in the passage?
A.Moral deeds of people. |
B.Religious activities of the church. |
C.Moral goodness of the giver. |
D.Arguments on giving to beggars. |
A.People no longer know who suffers misfortune in the village. |
B.Some people will not do what was morally right in the past. |
C.We don’t meet with those who need help any more. |
D.Now it is the government’s duty to help the beggars. |
A.Some people dress up to pretend to be beggars. |
B.Some beggars want money to help their children go to school. |
C.Some beggars use the money to buy drugs. |
D.Some beggars have no excuse for begging. |
A.the cases can be so different |
B.there are so many beggars |
C.there is so much money wasted |
D.there are so many different arguments |