A. go off B. get by C. pass on D. work away——青夏教育精英家教网—

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　　I'm one of the many city people who are always saying that given the choice we would prefer to live in the country away from the dirt and noise of a large city．I have managed to convince myself that if it weren't for my job I would immediately head out for the open spaces and go back to nature in some sleepy village buried in the country．But how realistic is the dream?

　　Cities can be frightening places．The majority of the population live in huge tower blocks, noisy, dirty and impersonal．The sense of belonging to a community tends to disappear when you live fifteen floors up．All you can see from your window is sky, or other blocks of flats．Children and mothers, caged up at home all day, feel isolated(隔绝的)from the rest of the world．Whereas in the past the residents of one street all knew each other, nowadays people on the same floor in tower blocks don't even say hello to each other．But one of its main advantages is that you are the centre of things, and that life doesn't come to an end at half past nine at night．

　　Country life, on the other hand, differs from this kind of isolated existence in that a sense of community generally ties the residents of small villages together．People have the advantage of knowing that there is always someone to turn to when they need help．But it is also true that you are cut off from the exciting and important events that take place in cities．Shopping becomes a major problem and for anything slightly out of the ordinary you have to go on an expedition to the nearest large town．The city resident who leaves for the country is often oppressed(压抑)by a sense of unbearable stillness and quiet．

　　What, then, is the answer? Some people have found a compromise(折衷)between the two：they have expressed their preference for the “quietlife” by moving to villages within commuting(可往返的)distance of the large cities．They generally have about as much sensitivity as the plastic flowers they leave behind－they are polluted with strange ideas about change and improvement which they force on to the unwilling original residents of the villages．

　　What of my dreams of leaning on a cottage gate and saying “morning” to the locals as they pass by? I'm wild about the idea, but you see there's my cat, Toby．I'm not at all sure that he would take to all that fresh air and exercise in the long grass．I mean, can you see him mixing with all those hearty males down the farm? No, he would rather have the electric imitation of coal fire any evening．

(1)

We get the impression from the first paragraph that the author ________．
[　　]
A．	used to live in the country
B．	used to work in the city
C．	works in the city
D．	lives in the country

(2)

In the author's opinion, the following may cause city people to be unhappy EXCEPT ________．
[　　]
A．	a strong sense of fear
B．	lack of communication
C．	living in tall buildings
D．	a sense of isolation

(3)

The passage implies that it is easy to buy the following things in the country EXCEPT ________．
[　　]
A．	daily necessities
B．	fresh fruits
C．	designer clothes
D．	fresh vegetables

(4)

Do you think the author will move to the country?
[　　]
A．	Yes, he will do so．
B．	No, he will not do so．
C．	It is difficult to tell．
D．	He would move there but for his cat．

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Technology today has stolen away our voices and robbed our children of memories. I’ve been keeping count of how often people sing around the house these days. The fact is, they don’t.
My earliest memories are of my mother crooning lullabies(催眠曲) in a gentle low voice as she rocked each infant in turn. She said she “didn’t have a singing voice,” but her low, wavering alto will always mean comfort to me. Every time I have sat through the night with a feverish body or held a pre – schooler through a nightmare, the melodies returned, words appearing and disappearing like fragments of a dream but held together by the hum (低声吟唱)of love.
Today, young mothers are routinely presented with lullaby tapes at the baby shower. When baby cries, the idea goes, they will be able to switch on the high-tech audio system and the little one will drift off with the voices of strangers in his ears, perfectly on pitch. If I had my way, new parents would learn the songs themselves, throw out their stereos, and give their child the gift of their own sleepy voices through the midnight hours.
These days, when we go on a trip, my daughters take along tiny personal stereos and headphones. They are lost in their private worlds, and I can’t help wishing that at least here, in the car my girls would be forced to listen to their mother’s voice raised in lost – the – words again, sure I’m out－of－tune songs that they might then pass down to another generation. Those sophisticated earphones have robbed them of something I think every kid should carry from childhood car trips into adulthood.
I drove away from that party humming, and all the way home the good old songs kept tumbling out. Dammit (该死), I thought, why did I ever stop singing in the car and start turning on the radio instead? Why don’t I sign anymore while I’m doing the dishes? I’m going to yank those stereo wires right out of the wall when I get home. We’re going to sing grace before meals, sing coals around the piano, sing in the shower instead of switching on that waterproof radio that stol away our voices and our souls.
63．The author hates today’s technology because________
A．driving a car requires high concentration
B．children are learning pop songs from tapes
C．children have lost touch with good old songs
D．high – tech systems do not record the voices of aged people
64．The underlined sentence “the little one will drift off” in Paragraph 3 means that “________ ”.
A．the play of the high – tech system is of little use
B．the high – tech system will play on and on
C．the low voice will delight the baby
D．the baby will slowly go to sleep
65．To the author, the voices of strangers ________ .
A．are not familiar to the baby
B．lack the motherly love the baby needs
C．work better to stop the baby’s cry
D．surely sound more pleasant
66．What the author wishes to make her girls do is to________ .
A．help memorize the words while she is singing
B．take off their well – designed earphones
C．listen and learn the old songs from her
D．remember their childhood car trips

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Technology today has stolen away our voices and robbed our children of memories. I’ve been keeping count of how often people sing around the house these days. The fact is, they don’t.

My earliest memories are of my mother crooning lullabies(催眠曲) in a gentle low voice as she rocked each infant in turn. She said she “didn’t have a singing voice,” but her low, wavering alto will always mean comfort to me. Every time I have sat through the night with a feverish body or held a pre – schooler through a nightmare, the melodies returned, words appearing and disappearing like fragments of a dream but held together by the hum (低声吟唱)of love.

Today, young mothers are routinely presented with lullaby tapes at the baby shower. When baby cries, the idea goes, they will be able to switch on the high-tech audio system and the little one will drift off with the voices of strangers in his ears, perfectly on pitch. If I had my way, new parents would learn the songs themselves, throw out their stereos, and give their child the gift of their own sleepy voices through the midnight hours.

These days, when we go on a trip, my daughters take along tiny personal stereos and headphones. They are lost in their private worlds, and I can’t help wishing that at least here, in the car my girls would be forced to listen to their mother’s voice raised in lost – the – words again, sure I’m out－of－tune songs that they might then pass down to another generation. Those sophisticated earphones have robbed them of something I think every kid should carry from childhood car trips into adulthood.

I drove away from that party humming, and all the way home the good old songs kept tumbling out. Dammit (该死), I thought, why did I ever stop singing in the car and start turning on the radio instead? Why don’t I sign anymore while I’m doing the dishes? I’m going to yank those stereo wires right out of the wall when I get home. We’re going to sing grace before meals, sing coals around the piano, sing in the shower instead of switching on that waterproof radio that stol away our voices and our souls.

63．The author hates today’s technology because________

A．driving a car requires high concentration

B．children are learning pop songs from tapes

C．children have lost touch with good old songs

D．high – tech systems do not record the voices of aged people

64．The underlined sentence “the little one will drift off” in Paragraph 3 means that “________ ”.

A．the play of the high – tech system is of little use

B．the high – tech system will play on and on

C．the low voice will delight the baby

D．the baby will slowly go to sleep

65．To the author, the voices of strangers ________ .

A．are not familiar to the baby

B．lack the motherly love the baby needs

C．work better to stop the baby’s cry

D．surely sound more pleasant

66．What the author wishes to make her girls do is to________ .

A．help memorize the words while she is singing

B．take off their well – designed earphones

C．listen and learn the old songs from her

D．remember their childhood car trips

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Technology today has stolen away our voices and robbed our children of memories. I’ve been keeping count of how often people sing around the house these days. The fact is, they don’t.

My earliest memories are of my mother crooning lullabies(催眠曲) in a gentle low voice as she rocked each infant in turn. She said she “didn’t have a singing voice,” but her low, wavering alto will always mean comfort to me. Every time I have sat through the night with a feverish body or held a pre – schooler through a nightmare, the melodies returned, words appearing and disappearing like fragments of a dream but held together by the hum (低声吟唱)of love.

Today, young mothers are routinely presented with lullaby tapes at the baby shower. When baby cries, the idea goes, they will be able to switch on the high-tech audio system and the little one will drift off with the voices of strangers in his ears, perfectly on pitch. If I had my way, new parents would learn the songs themselves, throw out their stereos, and give their child the gift of their own sleepy voices through the midnight hours.

These days, when we go on a trip, my daughters take along tiny personal stereos and headphones. They are lost in their private worlds, and I can’t help wishing that at least here, in the car my girls would be forced to listen to their mother’s voice raised in lost – the – words again, sure I’m out－of－tune songs that they might then pass down to another generation. Those sophisticated earphones have robbed them of something I think every kid should carry from childhood car trips into adulthood.

I drove away from that party humming, and all the way home the good old songs kept tumbling out. Dammit (该死), I thought, why did I ever stop singing in the car and start turning on the radio instead? Why don’t I sign anymore while I’m doing the dishes? I’m going to yank those stereo wires right out of the wall when I get home. We’re going to sing grace before meals, sing coals around the piano, sing in the shower instead of switching on that waterproof radio that stol away our voices and our souls.

63．The author hates today’s technology because .

A．driving a car requires high concentration

B．children are learning pop songs from tapes

C．children have lost touch with good old songs

D．high – tech systems do not record the voices of aged people

64．The underlined sentence “the little one will drift off” in Paragraph 3 means that “ ”.

A．the play of the high – tech system is of little use

B．the high – tech system will play on and on

C．the low voice will delight the baby

D．the baby will slowly go to sleep

65．To the author, the voices of strangers .

A．are not familiar to the baby B．lack the motherly love the baby needs

C．work better to stop the baby’s cry D．surely sound more pleasant

66．What the author wishes to make her girls do is to .

A．help memorize the words while she is singing

B．take off their well – designed earphones

C．listen and learn the old songs from her

D．remember their childhood car trips

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