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Many people to newspaper and magazines to express their opinions. Letters to the editor must carry the writer full name, address and telephone number, although the information is not necessary for publication. This requirement to provide personal particulars is a clear indication that writers are held responsible for what they say. When a writer wants his voice heard. He needs to claim ownership of his voice. Responsibility is the name of the game.
“People today prefer living together to putting their signatures on a marriage certificate because they refuse to accept responsibility for the relationship,” said social worker Ken Yip, “and this is what is causing a lot of family problems.” When we sign a paper, for example, a business contract or a bank document, the signature is symbol of consent, an agreement to take the matter seriously. Most governments and many organizations will not process writer’s complaints if they do not bear the writer’s signature. The absence of a signature, they explain, tells us that the writer cannot be too serious and therefore does not deserve a reply.
There are people who wish to remain anonymous(匿名的)for various reasons. Multi-billionaire Mr. King donates generously to charity several times a year. He gives simply because he wants to help but not for the publicity his donations may bring, and he does not want his good deeds to make news. In other cases, people insist on anonymity because they are afraid of the consequences of revealing their identity. Crime witnesses may be willing to assist the police, but most are unwilling to give their names when reporting a crime.
Name or no name? The answer is very personal and lies in how much we want to get involved. We all have a name, it is a matter if responsibility to it when we make a statement, a claim or an accusation. We all want to honour our own name, and it is only by stamping our expression of an opinion with our own name that we honour what we say.
68. What does the writer mean by saying “Responsibility is the name of the game”?
A. Writers need to provide their personal information in the game.
B. Publication must bear the writer’s full name, address and phone number.
C. Writers should be responsible for their names.
D. Names are required to indicate writers’ responsibility for what they say.
69. The second paragraph suggests that a paper without a signature may .
A. help to end a relationship
B. not get a reply
C. be accepted all the same
D. become a family problem
70. Some people don’t want their names known because they are .
A. hesitant to make a donation B. unwilling to draw public attention
C. afraid of an accusation D. ready for involvement
71. The passage is mainly about .
A. honour and writers B. identity and signature
C. signature and responsibility D. anonymity and signature
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Are you a compulsive spender, or do you hold on to your money as long as possible? Are you a bargain hunter? Would you rather use charge accounts than pay cash? Your answers to these questions will reflect your personality. According to psychologists, our individual money habits not only show our beliefs and values, but can also stem from past problems.
Experts in psychology believe that for many people, money is an important symbol of strength and influence. Husbands who complain about their wives’ spending habits may be afraid that they are losing power in their marriage. Wives, on the other hand, may waste huge amounts of money because they are angry at their husbands. In addition, many people consider money a symbol of love. They spend it on their family and friends to express love, or they buy themselves expensive presents because they need love.
People can be addicted to different things — for example, alcohol, drugs, certain foods, or even television. They are compulsive in their addictions, i.e. they must satisfy these needs to feel comfortable. In the same way, according to psychologists, compulsive spenders must spend money. For people who buy on credit, furthermore, charge accounts are even more exciting than money: in other words, they feel that with credit, they can do anything. Their pleasures in spending enormous amounts are actually greater than those they get from the things they buy.
There is even a special psychology of bargain hunting. To save money, of course, most people look for sales, low prices, and discounts. Compulsive bargain hunters, however, often buy things that they don’t need just because they are cheap. They want to believe that they are helping their budgets, but they are really playing an exciting game: when they can buy something for less than other people, they feel that they are winning. Most people, experts claim, have two reasons for their behavior: a good reason for the things that they do and the real reason.
It is not only scientists, of course, who understand the psychology of spending habits, but also business people. Stores, companies, and advertisers use psychology to increase business: they consider people’s needs for love, power, or influence, their basic values, their beliefs and opinions, etc. in their advertising and sales methods.
Psychologists often use a method called “behavior therapy(疗法)” to help individuals solve their personality problems. In the same way, they can help people who feel that they have problems with money: they give them “assignments”. If a person buys something in every store that he enters, for instance, a therapist might teach him self-discipline in this way: on the first day of his therapy, he must go into a store, stay five minutes, and then leave. On the second day, he should stay for ten minutes and try something on. On the third day, he stays for fifteen minutes, asks the salesclerk a question, but does not buy anything. Soon he will learn that nothing bad will happen to him if he doesn’t buy anything, and he can solve the problem of his compulsive buying.
【小题1】If you use charge accounts, ____.
A.you pay in cash | B.you pay with credit card |
C.you pay less than you should | D.you pay more than you should |
A.the things they buy are cheap |
B.they believe they can balance their budgets |
C.they get psychological satisfaction |
D.they really need the things they buy |
A.helping businessmen to increase their business |
B.helping compulsive spenders to buy less |
C.finding out how people will react if they are allowed to buy |
D.finding out what people will do in front of a bargain |
A.different things | B.their addictions |
C.charge accounts | D.their pleasures |
A.how you spend money reveals if you are psychologically healthy |
B.money is a necessity and will bring you happiness if you have much |
C.compulsive buying problems can be solved by taking some medicine |
D.all businessmen understand well the psychology of customers |
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The requirements for high school graduation have just changed in my community. As a result, all students must 1sixty hours of service learning, 2they will not receive a diploma. Service learning is academic learning that also helps the community. 3of service learning include cleaning up a polluted river, working in a soup kitchen, or tutoring a student. 4a service experience, students must keep a journal(日志)and then write a 5about what they have learned.
Supporters claim that there are many 6of service learning. Perhaps most importantly, students are forced to think 7their own interests and become 8of the needs of others. Students are also able to learn real-life skills that 9responsibility, problem-solving, and working as part of a team. 10, students can explore possible careers 11service learning.
For example, if a student wonders what teaching is like, he or she can choose to work in an elementary school classroom a few afternoons each month. 12there are many benefits, opponents (反对者) 13problems with the new requirement. First, they 14that the main reason students go to school is to learn core subjects and skills. Because service learning is time-consuming, students spend 15time studying the core subjects. Second, they believe that forcing students to work without 16goes against the law. By requiring service, the school takes away an individual's freedom to choose.
In my view, service learning is a great way to 17to the community, learn new skills, and explore different careers. 18, I don' t believe you should force people to help others – the 19to help must come from the heart. I think the best 20is one that gives students choices: a student should be able to choose sixty hours of independent study or sixty hours of service. Choice encourages both freedom and responsibility, and as young adults, we must learn to handle both wisely.
1.A. spend B. gain C .complete D. save
2.A. and B. or C. but D. for
3.A. Subjects B. ideas C. Procedures D. Examples
4.A. With B. Before C . During D. After
5.A. diary B, report C . note D. notice
6.A. courses B. benefits C . challenges D. features
7.A. beyond B. about C. over D. in
8.A. careful B. proud C. tired D. aware
9.A. possess B. apply C. include D. develop
10.A. Gradually B. Finally C . Luckily D. Hopefully
11.A. through B. across C. of D. on
12.A. So B. Thus C . Since D. While
13.A. deal with B. look into C . point out D. take down
14.A. argue B. doubt C . overlook D. admit
15.A. much B. full C . less D. more
16.A. cost B. pay C. care. D. praise
17.A. contribute B. appeal C. attend D. belong
18.A. Therefore B. Otherwise C. Besides D. However
19.A. courage B. desire C. emotion D. spirit
20.A. decision B. purpose C. solution D. result
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Some people think they have an answer to the problems of automobiles crowding and pollution in large cities. Their answer is the bicycle.
In a great __1__ cities, hundreds of people ride bicycles to work every day. In New York, some bike riders have even __2__ a group called Bike for a Better City, they __3__ that if more people rode bikes to work, there would be fewer cars in the downtown and therefore less dirty air from car engines.
For several years this group has been trying to __4__ the city government to help bike riders. For example, they want the city to paint special lanes-for bicycles __5__-on some of the main streets, because when bicycle riders must use the same lanes as cars, there may be __6__. Bike for a Better City feels that if there were special lanes, more people would use bicycles.
But no bike lanes have been painted yet. Not everyone thinks it is a good idea. Taxi drivers don’t like the idea-they say it will __7__ traffic. Some store owners on the main streets don’t like this idea-they say that if there is less traffic, they will have less business. And most people live too far from downtown to travel by bike.
They city government hasn’t yet decided what to do. It wants to keep everyone happy. On weekends, Central Park is closed to cars and the roads may be used by bikes only. But Bike for a Better City says that this is not __8__ and __9__ fighting to get bicycle lanes downtown. If that happens, the safest place to bike may be in the __10__.
A. number | B. many | C. lot | D. few |
A. formed | B. set | C. built | D. met |
A. claim | B. tell | C. announce | D. complain |
A. let | B. get | C. have | D. find |
A. riders | B. use | C. only | D. riding |
A. policemen | B. quarrel | C. accidents | D. possibility |
A. control | B. regulate | C. stop | D. slow |
A. interesting | B. enough | C. satisfied | D. well |
A. insists | B. sticks | C. keeps | D. determines |
A. downtown | B. park | C. street | D. space |
Games originally are entertainment. Contemporary games are very realistic and for this reason they are a source of great experience for the player and develop the imagination. Games are entertainment and even more than that. The statistics (统计) of the New York University led by Green claim that the player preferring active games get improvement of some types of brain activity. In particular, game players deal with problems of simultaneously (同时地) tracking several moving objects at the average level of 30% better than people who do not play active computer video games. The “gaming” violent experience may not be the cause of violent behavior in reality. None of the playing experience will become the priority in making important decisions concerning problems in real life. A game is an abstraction (虚拟物). A player gets abstract tasks and acts according to abstract rules.
Games are also the possibility to be however a person wants to he and to rest from the outside world for some time. But what if a person gets so much excited with the game scenes that he becomes violent in reality? Then, it proves that the games cause people to become violent in reality. But a psychologically healthy person will never confuse these two different worlds. A game is virtual world with visual images very similar to human. These images represent by themselves nothing but playing obstacles (障碍). A game may potentially give the opportunity to “destroy the obstacles” that may not be destroyed according to the rules but it is more about personal choice whether to do it or not. This leads us to the conclusion that violence is not a consequence but the cause. People who are originally trended to violence may get into a temper by games and perform violence in the “real world”. But in this case violence in games is a simple justification (理由) of the violent nature of the player.
49.The passage is .
A.a story B.a descriptive writing
C.an argumentative writing D.a scientific essay
50.In the first paragraph the author used the statistics to prove that .
A.games can provide experience for the players
B.games can help develop player’s imagination
C.games can cause violent behavior
D.game are more than entertainment
51.What is the author’s attitude towards the “computer games”?[
A.“Violent games” can lead to the performance of violence in the real world.
B.Violence is not a consequence of the “computer games” but the cause.
C.Games are just entertainment and nothing more.
D.The virtual world and the real world are just the same.
52.The best title for this passage is .
A.Violent games cause violence B.Games: good or bad?
C.The cause of violence D.The consequence of games