Last year,two days after Christmas,we kicked China out of the house.Not the country obviously,but bits of plastic,metal,and wood with the words“Made in China”. We kept what we already had,but stopped bringing any more in.Because it had coated our lives with toys,and useless stuff.Sometimes I worried about jobs sent overseas,but price triumphed(胜过)over virtue at our house.We couldn’t resist what China was selling.

But on that dark Monday last year,an unease feeling washed over me fls I sat on the  sofa.It wasn’t until then that I noticed a fact:China was taking over the place.

It stared back at me from the empty screen of the television.I spied it in the pile of tennis shoes by the door.It glowed in the lights on the Christmas tree and watched me in the eyes of a doll lay on the floor,I slipped off the couch and sorted gifts into two piles: China and non―China.The count came to China,25,the world,14.Christmas,I realized, had become a holiday made by the Chinese.Suddenly I wanted China out.

I persuaded my husband,and on Jan.I we started fl year-long household embargo on Chinese imports.The idea wasn’t to punish China.And we didn’t fool ourselves into thinking we’d bring back a single job.We pushed China out of our lives because we wanted to measure how far it had pushed in.We wanted to know what it would take in time, money,and worry to kick our China habit.

In the spring.our 4-year-old son started a campaign to support“China things”.“It’s too long without China,”he cried.He kept at me all day.

I have discovered for myself that China doesn’t control every aspect of our daily lives, but if you take a close look at the underside of boxes in the toy department,I promise it will give you pause.

“When we can buy China things again,let’S never stop,”my son said.

After a year without China l can tell you this:You can still live without it,but it’S getting costlier by the day.And fl decade from now I may not be brave enough to try it again.

 

72.The best title for the text could be__________________

A.A Year without“Made in China”.            B.China free Living:A Trouble One.

C.Why I Choose“Made in China”?               D.“Made in China”:Good or Bad?

73.According to the passage,why did the author stop bringing in things made in China?

A.Because she wanted to bring back job opportunities for her natives.

B.Because she has a strong sense of nationalism against“made in China”.

C.Because she wanted to learn what life would be like without“made in China”.

D.Because too much stuff made in China was taking over her house.

74.The underlined word“embargo”in the.fifth paragraph means___________.

A.reaction                  B.ban                         C.restriction               D.cancellation

75.The writer’S purpose in writing this passage is__________.

A.to tell the readers an interesting experience

B.to describe the trouble facing a housewife

C.to explain the importance of Chinese goods

D.to show the difficulty without Chinese goods

Al Ossinger,an experienced mountain guide,knew it was time to leave Longs Peak in Colorado’s Rocky Mountain National Park,and get off‘quickly.The sky had turned threatening dark,and his ice ax at times gave out upset sounds.Suddenly,as Ossinger was  crossing a large mass of rock,both hands pressed against it for balance,there was a roar,a flash of light and an electric current charged through his arms.

“In that second. I thought 1 was finished,”he said,“Then I realized 1 was still there―the jolt(震动)hadn’t knocked me off.My body and legs were all right,but my arms  were paralyzed from the shoulder down.’’Fortunately Ossinger was able to continue down and soon the feeling began to return to his shoulders,upper arms,and,two hours later,his fingertips.Ossinger was a lucky man.

A single stroke of lightning,which is usually three to four miles long,travels at speeds of up to 100,000 miles per second.In a single flash,it can carry 100 million volts of electricity and reach a temperature of 55,000 degrees Fahrenheit,five times hotter than the surface of the sun.During its brief life span,lightning carries enough energy to power  a 100-watt light bulb for as long as three months.If you find yourself unlucky enough to be  near lightning’s path,you could suffer a direct hit,sending electrical current though your body for some 5 00 milli-seconds.Because of the short duration,severe burns aren’t common and the resulting burns are usually superficial(表面的).

According to the national Weather Service,more people have been killed by lightning in the United States during the past 30 years,an average of 87 a year-than by either tornadoes or hurricanes,484 people were injured in 1994 alone.These“swords from the sky” are also responsible for an estimated$100 million to$300 million of property damage a year.During the 1980s an average of 5502 wildfires a year were sparked by lightning on national forest lands alone.

Earth is struck by at 1east 100 of these flashes every second-more than 8.6 million strikes a day.For all its destructive power,lightning has its good sides too.It’s likely that humans discovered fire from some early lightning-sparked flames.And all that activity above the earth may help create ozone(臭氧),which protects us from the sun’s harmful rays.Lightning dancing across a summer night sky is a force to be respected and appreciated-from a distance.

 

68.Electrical lightning is called“swords from the sky”to mean_________.

A.it looks 1ike swords                                    B.it can kill people

C.it is sent by God                                         D.it comes naturally

69.When Ossinger felt some electrical current charged through his arms,_________.

A.he thought it was going to rain                     B.he dared not move about any more

C.he tried to move further up                          D.he thought his arms wouldn’t move

70.According to the passage we can say that____________________.

A.people caught by lightning may go disabled at once

B.1ightning strikes may do harms to human beings

C.more forest fires will be caused by lightning

D.1ightning is a rich energy resource to humans

71.In the passage the author implies that__________.

A.we all should try to avoid all thunderstorms

B.we should make full use of the lightening

C.we should recognize the positive effects of lightning

D.we should learn about the lightning as much as possible

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