题目内容
and ringfree life.
Can you imagine not having your mobile phone? In our hightech, inahurry age, a cellfree life is a hard
concept to swallow.Our mobile phones can now access the Internet, and many people feel the need to
express their every thought on their blog pages.If I gave up my cellphone, people would think I was mad.
I wish I had the strength to toss away my technology.I have an office phone, a home phone, an email
and if people want to contact me, they can.If I'm out, people can leave a message.Do they really need
to find me 24/7?However, I'm a bit like Frodo in the movie Lord of the Rings.The power of the ring is
too strong and I can't let it go.
Mobile phones have become necessary tools in our busy life.For most people, they hold all contacts
and many of us don't write up address books any more.The latest phones carry our music, pictures,
movies and everything else.We feel lost without this device and when we do misplace it, we feel cut off
from our fellow.
"Where have you been?" said a friend, who saw me a week after I lost my cellphone, "I tried calling
you, but you disappeared.You disappeared off the face of the Earth." See, when you don't have a
mobile phone, you don't exist.
I'm not really going to toss my mobile phone away, in fact.We humans are such social animals and
mobile phones serve us well.So in 2009, I've decided not to serve my mobile phone.Like all machines,
I can always turn it off.
1. What does the underlined phrase "toss away" mean?
A. give away
B. get away
C. break away
D. throw away
2. The writer mentions Frodo to________.
A. show it is difficult to get rid of the mobile phone
B. show how much he likes Frodo
C. suggest a cellfree life is what he wants
D. introduce a film character to us
3. What do we know about mobile phones in the 4th paragraph?
A. Mobile phones can do anything for us.
B. Mobile phones have become very important in our life.
C. We could not live without mobile phones.
D. We would be cut off by our fellow without mobile phones.
4. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?
A. The writer is not really going to toss his mobile phone away.
B. When you don't have a mobile phone, you don't exist.
C. The writer decides not to serve his mobile phone.
D. We humans can control ourselves and machines.
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| I first met her on the beach near where I live.I drive to this beach a__1__of three or four miles,whenever I'm feeling down.At that time she was__2__something. Looking__3__,she said,"Hello." I nodded,not wanting to__4__with a small child. "I'm Wendy and I'm building something," she said. "I see.But what is it?" I asked,not__5__. "I don't know.I just like the__6__of sand." A sandpiper (矶鹞鸟) flew by. "That's a__7__.Mum says sandpipers come to bring us joy." "Goodbye,joy," I thought to myself, " hello, __8__." and walked away. My life then seemed completely out of__9__. "Come again," she called,"and have another__10__day." But the days and weeks that followed__11__to other people:naughty boys and a__12__mother.One morning I suddenly realized I needed my__13__and headed for the beach.The breeze was cool,but I walked along,trying to recapture (捕捉) the inner peace I needed.I had almost__14__the child so I was surprised when she appeared. "__15__do you live?" I asked.She pointed toward a summer cottage. Then one day,I rushed said coldly,"I'd rather be__17__today." She seemed unusually__18__ and out of breath. "Why?" she asked. "My mother died!" "Did it hurt when she died?" "Of course it hurt!" I shouted,misunderstanding her. When I next went to the beach,she wasn't there.Feeling__19__,and admitting I__20__her,I went up to the cottage.A woman answered the door."Wendy,my daughter,died last week.She had leukemia (白血病).Maybe she didn't tell you." | |||
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B.distance B.drawing B.out B.play B.seeing B.sense B.joy B.pleasure B.sight B.happy B. led B. poor B. sandpiper B. known B. What B. time B. lonely B. pale B. excited B. lost |
C.space C.building C.down C.say C.wanting C.smell C.pity C.kindness C.mind C.busy C. belonged C. lonely C. chance C. noticed C. Where C. way C. unique C. good C. cold C. troubled |
D.reach D.collecting D.over D.talk D.worrying D.comfort D.lie D.pain D.range D.fine D. related D. sick D. holiday D. forgotten D. Which D. place D. special D. powerful D. puzzled D. missed |
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| (A) Dear Abby, In a recent column, a lady wrote to say that one of her guests at a dinner party had stolen a fork. She did not know how to 1 it. I was not that guest, but over the last ten years I have 2 three things from where I have been a guest. Abby, I cannot understand 3 I took these things! I have thought over as to how I can give these things 4 ! I cannot do it openly and 5 that I took them. This is a small town, and I am well known here. If just one of these people 6 about it, I would be finished. Abby, what is wrong with me? They are 7 unimportant things. I considered seeing an __8 for a long time, but should I be 9 going to an expert, it would be known in the entire town 10 . I am sure thousands of people like me wish to h Should I just wait until it is 12 , and then find a good chance to 13 the things in the mailboxes of their right 14 ? Help me! I’m eagerly looking forward to your reply! A Guilty Conscience (B) Dear Guilty Conscience, Yes. It will make you feel 15 to tell your story, but it will not solve your problem. You need to 16 help to find out why you took those things so you won’t 17 this kind of behavior. See an expert in 18 town or city nearby to protect your 19 . He/She will give you much help. Please 20 my advice, and let me hear from you again. I care. Abby | |||
| ( )1.A. get ( )2.A. made ( )3.A. when ( )4.A. out ( )5.A. remember ( )6.A. talked ( )7.A. hardly ( )8.A. editor ( )9.A. avoided ( )10.A. in no time ( )11.A. which ( )12.A. dark ( )13.A. research ( )14.A. owners ( )15.A. worse ( )16.A. provide ( )17.A. realize ( )18.A. other ( )19.A. story ( )20.A. follow |
B. cover B. taken B. how B. back B. unders tand B. worried B. really B. official B. understood B. at one time B. that B. dawn B. bring B. relatives B. good B. seek B. continue B. the other B. clue B. offer |
C. recover C. borrowed C. where C. off C. admit C. quarreled C. lately C. expert C. seen C. ahead of time C. as C. broken C. put C. parents C. bad C. supply C. stop C. others C. privacy C. refuse |
D. discover D. delivered D. why D. away D. forget D. imagined D. shortly D. artist D. allowed D. for the time being D. what D. gone D. carry D. friends D. better D. enjoy D. mention D. another D. article D. send |