题目内容
The idea exists only in the minds of poets.
解析:
这种想法是诗人才有的。
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is one of the most loved children’s books of all time, and many adults enjoy it as well. It tells the story of a young girl named Alice, who follows a rabbit entering a magical world called Wonderland. She has many experiences which seem to change the rules of reasoning or common sense. The popularity of the book comes from its imagination, interesting story, and art work.
The writer of the book is Lewis Carroll. In fact, Lewis Carroll was not the writer’s real name. His real name was Charles Dodgson. One day, he took a boat ride down the Thames River to have a picnic with three little girls who were friends of the family. To keep them entertained on the ride, he told them a story in which Alice, the middle child, was the main character. They enjoyed the story very much.
Charles later wrote the story down under the name Alice’s Adventures Under Ground and gave it to Alice as a Christmas present. Later, he gave a copy to his friend George MacDonald. George read it to his children and they loved it. George suggested to Charles that he make a book from his story. Charles then wrote more parts to the story until it was around 35,000 words. It was first printed in 1866, with art work by John Tenniel, under the name Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. The book was an immediate success. One of its first fans was Queen Victoria. She immediately requested a collection of all of Lewis Carroll’s works. She was surprised to find that they included many works on math. In fact, Charles Dodgson was a highly respected mathematician. This can be seen in many puzzles and plays on reasoning that appear in his books and poems.
Since the story was first printed, it has kept selling up to the present day. It has been translated into over fifty languages and has had several movies based on it.
【小题1】The passage is mainly about _________.
| A.Charles’ family life |
| B.the birth of a book and its lasting influences |
| C.a magical world called Wonderland |
| D.a girl’s adventurous experiences |
| A.Alice | B.Charles | C.George | D.John |
a. Charles gave his story to Alice as a Christmas present.
b. Charles had a picnic with three little girls on the Thames.
c. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland was first printed in 1866.
d. More parts were added to the story by Charles.
e. The book won a large number of fans.
| A.c-b-a-d-e | B.c-a-b-e-d | C.b-a-d-c-e | D.b-a-c-e-d |
When you get in your car, you reach for it. When you're at work, you take a break to have a moment alone with it. When you get into a lift, you play with it.
Cigarette? Cup of coffee? No, it's the third most addictive thing in modem life, the cell phone. And experts say it is becoming more difficult for many people to curb their longing to hug it more tightly than most of their personal relationships.
The costs are becoming more and more evident, and I don't mean just the monthly bill. Dr. Chris Knippers, a counselor at the Betty ford Center in Southern California, reports that the overuse of cell phones has become a social problem not much different from other harmful addictions: a barrier to one-on-one personal contact, and an escape from reality. Sounds extreme, but we' ve all witnessed the evidence: The person at a restaurant who talks on the phone through an entire meal, ignoring his kids around the table; the woman who talks on the phone in the car, ignoring her husband; the teen who texts messages all the way home from school, avoiding contact with kids all around him. Jim Williams, an industrial sociologist based in Massachusetts, notes that cell - phone addiction is part of a set of symptoms in a widening gulf of personal separation. He points to a study by Duke University researchers that found one-quarter of Americans say they have no one to discuss their most important personal business with. Despite the growing use of phones, e - mail and instant messaging, in other words, Williams says studies show that we don't have as many friends as our parents. " Just as more information has led to less wisdom, more acquaintances via the Internet and cell phones have produced fewer friends," he says.
If the cell phone has truly had these effects, it's because it has become very widespread. Consider that in 1987, there were only l million cell phones in use. Today, something like 300 million Americans carry them. They far outnumber wired phones in the United States.
1. From the first two paragraphs, we can know________.
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A.cell phones have become as addictive as cigarettes |
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B.cell phone addiction is good for building personal relationships |
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C.people are longing to have their own cell phones |
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D.cell phones are the same as cigarettes |
2.Cell phone addiction has caused the following effects EXCEPT________ .
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A.a barrier to personal contact |
B.fewer friends |
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C.an escape from reality |
D.a serious illness |
3. The underlined word "curb" in Paragraph 2 means “________. ”
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A.ignore |
B.control |
C.develop |
D.rescue |
4.The example of a woman talking on the phone in the car supports the idea that________ .
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A.women Use cell phones more often than men |
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B.talking on the phone while driving is dangerous |
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C.cell phones do not necessarily bring people together |
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D.cell phones make one - on - one personal contact easy |
5.Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
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A.Cell phones Are the New Cigarettes |
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B.Cell phones Are Harmful to the Society |
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C.The New Report about the Cell phone |
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D.The Disadvantages of the Cell phone |