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Your address was forwarded to us by Why Bother Magazine. All of us here think The International
Institute
Not Doing Much is the best organization in the world. You know how to avoid unnecessary activities!
We closely followed the advice in your article. First, we replaced all our telephones with carrier
pigeons. Simply removing the jingle of telephones and replacing them with the pleasant sounds of birds
has had a remarkable effect on everyone. Besides, birds are cheaper than telephone service. After all,
we are a business. We have to think of the bottom line. As a side benefit, the birds also fertilize the lawn
outside the new employee sauna.
Next, we sold the computers of, to Stab, Grab, Grit, and Nasty, a firm of lawyers nearby. Our
electricity bill went way down. Big savings! The boss is impressed. We have completely embraced paper
technology. Now that we all use pencils, doodling is on the increase, and the quality of pencilwomanship
is impressive, as you can tell from my handwriting in this letter. By the way, if you can, please send this
letter back to us. We can erase and reuse it. Just tie it to Maggie's leg and she'll know where to take it.
Now it's very calm and quiet here. You can notice the di fference. No more loud chatter on the
telephones! All we hear is the scratching of pencil on paper, the sound of pigeons, and the delivery of inter-
office correspondence by paper airplane.
Wonderful! I've always wanted to work for an insurance company ever since I was a little girl. Now
it's perfect.
Sincerely yours,
Eleanor Lightly
Spokeswoman and ComPany Hair Stylist
ABC Activity Insurance: Insure against overdoing it
B. ABC Activity Insurance Company.
C. Stab, Grab, Grit, and Nasty Law Firm.
D. The International Institute of Not Doing Much.
B. Turning off lights in the daytime to save electricity.
C. Recycling paper resources whenever possible.
D. Buying birds and pets as company for the staff.
B. She sometimes helps fertilize the lawn outside the sauna.
C. She often helps with inter-office correspondence using e-mail.
D. Her handwriting has improved a lot after entering the company.
B. Letter.
C. Telephone.
D. Computer.
B. A life of hard work and security.
C. A religious, peasant-like life.
D. A life away from paper and pencils.
完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
阅读下面短文,从16-35各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项并在答题卡上将其涂黑。
I had always loved music and dreamed of being a musician, travelling to different countries, meeting lots of people and doing something I loved to earn my money. 16 , my parents had a farm and I didn’t want to do that—I wanted to do something 17 . However, I had always been shy and too nervous to try playing 18 in public.
I had been playing the 19 since I was ten years old, but the idea of playing in front of other people was very 20 .
I started one day, 21 a local youth club advertised a talent show—anybody who could play an instrument or sing could put his name down to be in concert. I 22 myself up.
When the day of the show came, I was so 23 that I couldn’t eat. 24 was the first time I had played in front of other people and I felt 25 unsure of myself. I had no idea whether I was 26 good and was worried that no one would like me.
When my turn came, I played my favorite tune and I even started to 27 ! I could not hear what I sounded like, but to my surprise, I eventually forgot about all the people in the audience and started to enjoy myself. When the song ended, everyone clapped and some people
28 !
After the show a man 29 up to me to say how much he enjoyed my 30 . He said that he had a rock band, and they needed to 31 a guitar player. He asked me to come along the next day to have a try. This successful trial turned my dream into 32 . In the following days, we 33 around a lot, playing in concerts in lots of places around the world. Sometimes we would enter competitions and once we went on TV.
We really enjoyed ourselves and life was like a big long holiday. As we became more successful, we had to work harder and practice more and eventually I became 34 of travelling so much. But now, nearly fifty years later, I look back on those carefree days of my
35 as among the best moments of my life.
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________ moved us most was ________ he looked after the old man for more than twenty years.
- A.That; that
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- C.What; what
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After the earthquake passed away, all the villages and towns were _____. And no being was seen.
A. in ruin B. in ruins C. at ruins D for ruins
查看习题详情和答案>>After the long journey, the three of them went back home, _________.
A.hungry and tiredly | B.hungry and tired |
C.hungrily and tiredly | D.hungrily and tired |