When I asked my daughter which item she would keep; the phone, the car, the cooker, the computer, the TV, or her boyfriend, she said “the phone”.Personally, I could do without the phone entirely, which makes me unusual, because the telephone is changing our lives more than any other piece of technology.

Point 1 The telephone creates the need to communicate, in the same way that more roads create more traffic.My daughter comes home from school at 4:00 pm and then spends an hour on the phone talking to the very people she has been at school with all day.If the phone did not exist, would she have anything to talk about?

Point 2 The mobile phone means that we are never alone.“The mobile saved my life,” says Crystal Johnstone.She had an accident in her Volvo on the A45 between Otley and Skipton.Trapped inside, she managed to make the call that brought the ambulance(救护车)to her rescue.

Point 3 The mobile removes our secret.It allows marketing manager of Haba Deutsch, Carl Nicolaisen, to ring his sales staff all round the world at any time of day to ask where they are, where they are going, and how their last meeting went.

Point 4 The telephone separates us.Antonella Bramante in Rome says, “We worked in separate offices but I could see him through the window.It was easy to get his number.We were so near—but we didn’t meet for the first two weeks!”

Point 5 The telephone allows us to reach out beyond our own lives.Today we can talk to several complete strangers simultaneously(同时地)on chat lines(at least my daughter does.I wouldn’t know what to talk about).We can talk across the world.We can even talk to astronauts(if you know any)while they’re space-walking.And, with the phone line hooked up to the computer, we can access the Internet, the biggest library on Earth.

How do you understand ‘Point 1 —The telephone creates the need to communicate,…’?

       A.People don’t communicate without telephone.

       B.People communicate because of the creating of the telephone.

       C.People communicate more since telephone has been created.

       D.People communicate more because of more traffic.

Which points do you think support the idea that phones improve people’s life?

       a.Point 1.         b.Point2.          c.Point3.   d.Point 4.  e.Point 5.

       A.c, d B.a, e   C.a, c   D.b, e

It is possible to talk to several complete strangers simultaneously through       

       A.the TV screen      

       B.a fax machine

       C.the phone line hooked up to the computer       

       D.a microphone

The best heading for the passage is .

       A.Phone Power              B.Kinds of Phone

       C.How to Use Phones      D.Advantage of Phones

A German taxi-driver, Franz Bussman, recently found his brother who was thought to have been killed twenty years before.

  While on a walking tour with his wife, he stopped to talk to a workman. After they had gone on, Mrs Bussman said that the workman was closely like her husband and even suggested that he might be his brother. Franz laughed at the idea, pointing out that his brother had been killed in action during the war. Though Mrs Bussman knew this story quite well, she thought that there was a chance in a million that she might be right.

  A few days later, she sent a boy to the wokman to ask him if his name was Hans Bussman. Needless to say, the man’s name was Hans Bussman. And he really was Franz’s long-lost brother. When the brothers were reunited, Hans explained how it was that he was still alive.

  After having been wounded towards the end of the war, he had been sent to hospital and was separated from his unit. The hospital had been bombed and Hans had made his way back into Western Germany on foot. Meanwhile, his unit was lost and all records of him had been destroyed. Hans returned to his family house, but the house had been bombed. Guessing that his family had been killed during an air-raid. Hans settled down in a village fifty miles away where he had remained ever since.

69.Which of the following can be used as the best title of the passage?

       A.Living Not Far.               B.A Chance in a Million

       C.Coming Back to Life   D.Back after the War.

70.Walking along the street, _______.

       A.Mr. Bussman recognized his brother at the first sight.

       B.Mrs. Bussman thought of her long-lost brother.

       C.Mr. and Mrs. Bussman talked to a workman because he looked like his brother.

       D.Mr. Bussman happened to meet a work-man and talked to him.

71. Which of the following order is RIGHT?

A.He walked back to Western German

B.He was wounded when the war was coming to the end.

C.The hospital was destroyed by bombs.

D.He came back to his family house.

e. He was sent to hospital.

f. His unit of German didn’t exist any longer.

A.b, a, e, d, f, c            B.b, e, c, a, f, d   

C.b, e, a, c, d, f            D.b, c, f, d, a, e

信息匹配A. Happiness lies in persistent pursuit.
B. Happiness is in your own hand.
C. Self-knowledge is positively related to happiness.
D. Happiness is based on comparison.
E. There does not exist a guide to happiness.
F. Happiness is all about doing what you want to.
以下是5个人对幸福的看法,请把个人的看法与上面对幸福的表述匹配起来。
【小题1】 Heather Mccoy
 Entering a bookstore, one cannot help but notice entire shelves devoted to books boating knowledge of the true path to happiness.
 Whether this wave of commercials and books can actually make people happier is the question. Happiness cannot be found by sticking to a narrow set of steps or rules. Finding happiness is not as simple as following a how-to-do handbook. It’s something that every person must find in his or her own way.
【小题2】 Gary Russell
 Does happiness grow proportionally with wealth? Hardly.
 Experiences teaches us material satisfaction comes only when one finds himself wealthier than those around him; and, in a similar manner, one feels of being lowered when facing a billionaire, while a worker with a monthly salary of several hundred dollars becomes the envy of the villagers in remote mountainous regions.
【小题3】 David Niven
 True happiness is not a result from human action. Results are temporary while happiness is everywhere and can neither be created nor destroyed. With true happiness there is no place for disappointments! True happiness may mean pain and restraint in the beginning but will lead to everlasting joy and freedom. To achieve true happiness, we should separate and remove the negatives. True happiness is realized by understanding one’s own self.
【小题4】 Joshua Party
 Happiness is a state of mind. you can be happy in almost any situation. Likewise, you can be unhappy in an equal number of situations.In the end, it’s your decision.
 If one can control one’s unhappiness, then one must be able to control one’s happiness. As far as I know, the human genome project has not been able to identify a single part of any human chromosome(染色体) which is responsible for happiness.
【小题5】 Laura Johnson
 So what makes me a happy person? Studying to be a journalist because I loved to write, not because it pays a lot of money. Skiing in the winter snow and swimming in the summer sun. Spending time with my close friends from home. Being in a stable family. Reading romance novels and watching movies. Having a boyfriend who knows more about rock and roll history than I do.

信息匹配A. Happiness lies in persistent pursuit.

B. Happiness is in your own hand.

C. Self-knowledge is positively related to happiness.

D. Happiness is based on comparison.

E. There does not exist a guide to happiness.

F. Happiness is all about doing what you want to.

以下是5个人对幸福的看法,请把个人的看法与上面对幸福的表述匹配起来。

1. Heather Mccoy

 Entering a bookstore, one cannot help but notice entire shelves devoted to books boating knowledge of the true path to happiness.

 Whether this wave of commercials and books can actually make people happier is the question. Happiness cannot be found by sticking to a narrow set of steps or rules. Finding happiness is not as simple as following a how-to-do handbook. It’s something that every person must find in his or her own way.

2. Gary Russell

 Does happiness grow proportionally with wealth? Hardly.

 Experiences teaches us material satisfaction comes only when one finds himself wealthier than those around him; and, in a similar manner, one feels of being lowered when facing a billionaire, while a worker with a monthly salary of several hundred dollars becomes the envy of the villagers in remote mountainous regions.

3. David Niven

 True happiness is not a result from human action. Results are temporary while happiness is everywhere and can neither be created nor destroyed. With true happiness there is no place for disappointments! True happiness may mean pain and restraint in the beginning but will lead to everlasting joy and freedom. To achieve true happiness, we should separate and remove the negatives. True happiness is realized by understanding one’s own self.

4. Joshua Party

 Happiness is a state of mind. you can be happy in almost any situation. Likewise, you can be unhappy in an equal number of situations.In the end, it’s your decision.

 If one can control one’s unhappiness, then one must be able to control one’s happiness. As far as I know, the human genome project has not been able to identify a single part of any human chromosome(染色体) which is responsible for happiness.

5. Laura Johnson

 So what makes me a happy person? Studying to be a journalist because I loved to write, not because it pays a lot of money. Skiing in the winter snow and swimming in the summer sun. Spending time with my close friends from home. Being in a stable family. Reading romance novels and watching movies. Having a boyfriend who knows more about rock and roll history than I do.

 

When I asked my daughter which item she would keep; the phone, the car, the cooker, the computer, the TV, or her boyfriend, she said” the phone”. Personally, I could do without the phone entirely, which makes me unusual. Because the telephone is changing our lives more than any other piece of technology.

Point 1 The telephone creates the need to communicate, in the same way that more roads create more traffic. My daughter comes home from school at 4:00 pm and then spends an hour on the phone talking to the very people she has been at school with all day. If the phone did not exist, would she have anything to talk about?

Point 2 The mobile phone means that we are never alone. “The mobile saved my life,” says Crystal Johnstone. She had an accident in her Volvo on the A45 between Otley and Skipton. Trapped inside, she managed to make the call that brought the ambulance(救护车) to her rescue.

Point 3 The mobile removes our secret. It allows marketing manager of Haba Deutsch, Carl Nicolaisen, to ring his sales staff all round the world at and time of day to ask where they are , where they are going, and how their last meeting went.

Point 4 The telephone separates us. Antonella Bramante in Rome says, “We worked in separate offices but I could see him through the window. It was easy to get his number. We were so near——but we didn’t meet for the first two weeks!”

Point 5 The telephone allows us to reach out beyond our own lives. Today we can talk to several complete strangers simultaneously ( 同时地) on chat lines (at least my daughter does. I wouldn’t know what to talk about). We can talk across the world. We can even talk to astronauts (if you know any) while they’re space-walking. And, with the phone line hooked up to the computer, we can access(存取) the Internet, the biggest library on Earth.

1.How do you understand ‘Point 1 —The telephone creates the need to communicate,…’?

A.People don’t communicate without telephone.

B.People communicate because of the creating of the telephone.

C.People communicate more since telephone has been created.

D.People communicate more because of more traffic.

2.Which of the following best shows people’s attitude towards mobile phones?

A.Mobile phones help people deal with the emergency.

B.Mobile phones bring convenience as well little secret to people.

C.Mobile phones are so important and should be encouraged.

D.Mobile phones are part of people’s life.

3.Which points do you think support the idea that phones improve people’s life?

a. Point 1.  b. Point2.  c. Point3.  d. Point 4.  e. Point 5.

A.c, d

B.a, e

C.a, c

D.b, e

4.It is possible to talk to several complete strangers simultaneously through      .

A.the TV screen

B.a fax machine

C.the phone line hooked up to the computer

D.a microphone

5.The best heading for the passage is      .

A.Phone Power

B.Kinds of Phone

C.How to Use Phones

D.Advantage of Phones

 

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