The clock rules our lives. The more we try to save time, the less time we seem to have. In every area of our lives we are doing things faster. And many of us live in towns and cities which are getting noisier and more stressful as each day passes. But now a worldwide movement, whose aim is to slow life down, has started. Its supporters are people who believe that a happier and healthier way of life is possible.
The Slow Food movement was founded the day that an Italian journalist, Carlo Petrini, saw that McDonald’s had opened a restaurant in a beautiful square in Rome. He thought it was sad that many people today live too quickly to sit down for a proper meal and only eat much fast food. He decided that he had to try to do something about it and so he started the Slow Food movement. Slow Food has become a global organization ever since and now has more than 80,000 members in 100 countries.
Slow Food also encourages people to eat local and regional food, to use local shops and markets, to eat out in small family restaurants, and to cook with traditional recipes.
The idea of Slow Cities was inspired by the Slow Food movement. The aim of Slow Cities is to improve people’s quality of life. Towns which want to become a Slow City have to reduce traffic and noise, increase the number of green areas, plant trees, build pedestrian zones, and promote local businesses and traditions. Now it has spread to other countries all over the world, from the UK to Japan and Australia. There are now 135 Slow Cities in 24 countries across the world that have been named since founding of the organization in 1999. Gao Chun County, in east China’s Jiangsu Province, is expected to be named the first “Slow City” in China next year.
“Slow Cities are about having a community life in the town,” said a local resident. “It is not ‘slow’ as in ‘stupid’. It is ‘slow’ as in the opposite of ‘worried’ and ‘stressful’.”
But not everybody is happy. For teenagers, who have to go 25km to Norwich, the nearest city, to buy CDs, living in a Slow City is not very attractive. “It’s all right here,” says Lewis Cook, 16. “But if you want excitement, you have to go to Norwich. We need more things here for young people.”
【小題1】What’s the aim of the Slow Food movement?
A.To call on people to eat out. |
B.To make people enjoy cooking. |
C.To drive McDonald’s out of Rome |
D.To encourage people to slow down. |
A.reducing traffic and noise |
B.increasing the number of green areas |
C.building more department stores |
D.promoting local businesses and traditions |
A.the Slow Food was founded in 1999 |
B.there is no Slow City in China now |
C.Slow Cities are mainly in the UK |
D.there are about 24 Slow Cities in the world |
A.Positive | B.Neutral | C.Negative | D.Indifferent |
A.Slow down and you’ll move fast |
B.Time flies never to be recalled. |
C.Eat slowly and you’ll be healthy. |
D.Pay attention to the quality of life. |
【小題1】D
【小題2】C
【小題3】B
【小題4】C
【小題5】A
解析試題分析:
【小題1】D 推理題。根據(jù)第二段2,3,4行He thought it was sad that many people today live too quickly to sit down for a proper meal and only eat much fast food. He decided that he had to try to do something about it and so he started the Slow Food movement.說(shuō)明他看見(jiàn)了麥當(dāng)勞的快餐店,認(rèn)為現(xiàn)代人的生活節(jié)奏太快了,于是就創(chuàng)立了這個(gè)組織,目的在于鼓勵(lì)人們過(guò)一種慢生活。故D正確。
【小題2】.C 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第四段2,3,4行The aim of Slow Cities is to improve people’s quality of life. Towns which want to become a Slow City have to reduce traffic and noise, increase the number of green areas, plant trees, build pedestrian zones, and promote local businesses and traditions.說(shuō)明ABD都提及了,只有C不是,故C正確。
【小題3】B 推理題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第三段最后一句Gao Chun County, in east China’s Jiangsu Province, is expected to be named the first “Slow City” in China next year.說(shuō)明高淳有希望成為第一個(gè)這樣的中國(guó)城市,說(shuō)明現(xiàn)在中國(guó)還沒(méi)有這樣的城市,故B正確。
【小題4】C 推理題。根據(jù)文章最后一段第一句,說(shuō)明不是每個(gè)人都同意這樣的觀(guān)點(diǎn),舉了Lewis Cook的例子,說(shuō)明他不同意,故他對(duì)這樣的觀(guān)點(diǎn)持反對(duì)的態(tài)度,故C正確。
【小題5】.A 主旨大意題。文章關(guān)于一個(gè)讓我們生活慢下來(lái)的一個(gè)運(yùn)動(dòng),故A正確。
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I have been consistently opposed to feeding a baby regularly. As a doctor, mother and scientist in child development I believe there is nothing to recommend it, from the baby’s point of view.
Mothers, doctors and nurse alike have no idea of where a baby’s blood sugar level lies. All we know is that a low level is harmful to brain development and makes a baby easily annoyed. In this state, the baby is difficult to calm down and sleep is impossible. The baby asks for attention by crying and searching for food with its mouth.
It is not just unkind but also dangerous to say a four-hourly feeding schedule will make a baby satisfied. The first of the experts to advocate a strict clock-watching schedule was Dr Frederic Truby King who was against feeding in the night. I’ve never heard anything so ridiculous. Baby feeding shouldn’t follow a timetable set by the mum. What is important is feeding a baby in the best way, though it may cause some inconvenience in the first few weeks.
Well, at last we have copper-bottomed research that supports demand feeding and points out the weaknesses of strictly timed feeding. The research finds out that babies who are fed on demand do better at school at age 5, 7, 11 and 14, than babies fed according to the clock. By the age of 8, their IQ (智商)scores are four to five percent higher than babies fed by a rigid timetable. This research comes from Oxford and Essex University using a sample (樣本)of 10,419 children born in the early 1990s,taking account of parental education, family income, a child’s sex and age, the mother’s health and feeling style. These results don’t surprise me. Feeling according to schedule runs the risk of harming the rapidly growing brain by taking no account of sinking blood sugar levels.
I hope this research will put an end to advocating strictly timed baby feeling practices.
【小題1】According to Paragraph 2, one reason why a baby cries is that it feels______.
A.sick | B.upset | C.sleepy | D.hungry |
A.He is strict |
B.He is unkind |
C.He has the wrong idea |
D.He sets a timetable for mothers |
A.basic | B.reliable | C.surprising | D.interesting |
A.The baby will sleep well |
B.The baby will have its brain harmed |
C.The baby will have a low blood sugar level |
D.The baby will grow to be wiser by the age of 8 |
A.in the night |
B.every four hours |
C.whenever it wants food |
D.a(chǎn)ccording to its blood sugar level |
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Even as Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda wrapped up a tired appearance before Congress,the head of the world’s largest automaker wasn’t leaving his problems behind.
Toyota faces a criminal investigation by federal lawyers in New York.The company is now being investigated.Its US dealerships in difficulty now are facing repairs to potentially millions of customer cars that have been recalled.The company is offering customers money back for rental cars and other expenses.
Its lawyers are busy preparing to cope with lawsuits.A new hearing will be conducted. And the cost to Toyota’s reputation is only now starting.
Despite back-to-back hearings this week,left to be said were a better explanation for slow actions to deal with the faults and believable promises that the problems that led to sudden,unintended accelerations will be fixed.
Toyoda said those changes were being made nearly around the clock,but during three hours of often tense questions and answers he repeated that there was no link to the vehicle’s electronic systems.
Many drivers making complaints against Toyota and the government say their acceleration problems had nothing to do with floor mat interference(油門(mén)踏板故障)or sticky gas pedals(剎車(chē)).Outside experts have suggested electronic problems.
House lawmakers expressed serious criticism on Toyoda,the grandson of the company’s founder.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration(NHTSA)is seeking records on Toyota’s recalls and is conducting its own review on whether electronics were behind the car faults.NHTSA also continues to look into steering complaints from drivers of the popular Corolla model.
Toyota has recalled 8.5 million cars,more than 6 million of them in the United States.
It may be a while before car buyers believe that Toyota really makes safe cars.
Toyota’s January sales already fell 16 percent even as most other automakers jumped back from last year’s bad results.Analyst Koji Endo of Advanced Research Japan in Tokyo said he expects February sales,due out next week,to be down 30 percent to 40.Toyota’s sales problem could continue beyond that.
It will take some time to feel the full effect of this,he said.
58.The best title for this passage is___________.
A.Toyota is in trouble B.Toyota is under hearing
C.Toyota is finished D.Toyota is still running
59.What is the purpose of the hearing?
A.America hopes that Toyota apologizes to the US customers.
B.America wants to get Toyota out of the US market.
C.America wants to help Toyota out of difficulty.
D.America hopes that Toyota admits their cars have electronic system problem.
60.Why does Toyota recall cars and offer customers money back for rental cars and other expenses?
A.It tries to avoid the maximum damages to the company.
B.It is big company and has means to fix every problem.
C.It’s part of post service.
D.It’s a way to compete in auto market.
61.The last sentence of this passage indicates______________.
A.Analyst Koji Endo is fully confident about Toyota
B.Toyota could meet a worse situation
C.Toyota would get out of trouble sooner or later
D.Toyota would build up a better reputation among its customers
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A mouse looked through a crack(縫隙) in the wall to see the farmer and his wife opening a package; what food might it contain? He was astonished to discover that it was a mouse trap!
Running to the farmyard, the mouse shouted, warning everyone, “There is a mouse trap in the house, there is a mouse trap in the house.”
The chicken, with her head high, glared at the mouse and said, “Shut up. Little Ugly. This is a great concern to you, but it has nothing to do with me; I can’t be troubled by it.
The mouse turned to the pig and told him, “There is a mouse trap in the house.” “I am so sorry, Mr. Mouse,” said the pig sympathetically, “but there is nothing I can do about it but pray; you are always in my prayers.”
The mouse turned to the cow, who relied, “ A mouse trap, am I in great danger, huh?”
Now the mouse had to face the farmer’s mouse trap alone.
The very night a sound was heard through the house, like that of a mouse trap catching its prey. The farmer’s wife rushed to see what was caught. In the darkness, she did not see it was a big poisonous snake whose tail the trap had caught. The snake bit the farmer’s wife. The farmer rushed her to the hospital. She returned home with a fever. It is said that drinking fresh chicken soup will help treat fever, so the farmer took his sharp knife to the farmyard for the soup’s main ingredient. His wife’s sickness continued, so friends and neighbors came to sit with her around the clock. To feed them, the farmer killed the pig. The farmer’s wife did not get well, in fact, she died, and so many people came for her funeral. The farmer had the cow killed to provide for all of them to eat.
So next time when someone is facing a problem, don’t say that it has nothing to do with you. Remember: when the least of us is threatened, we all might be at risk.
【小題1】We could see from the passage that the mouse was _____.
A.good at cheating others | B.honest |
C.kind and warm-hearted | D.foolish |
A.The others help the farmer kill the cow. |
B.The mouse trap was very practical |
C.The pig is more friendly than the other animals. |
D.The farmer’s family was very poor and they had no friends |
A.Better safe than sorry |
B.Traps can always cause chain reactions |
C.To keep the balance of nature is the duty of us all |
D.What you think impossible to happen to you might come at you unexpectedly |
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A rat looked through a crack in the wall to see the farmer and his wife opening a package. What food might it contain? But he discovered that it was a rattrap (捕鼠夾).
Going back to the farmyard, the rat started to give a warning.
The rat turned to the pig and told him:“There is a rattrap in the house, a rattrap in the house!”
“I’m sorry, Mr. Rat,” said the pig, “I can only say this is something terrible to you, but it is of no consequence to me. I cannot be bothered with it.”
The rat turned to the cow. But the cow said, “Like wow, Mr. Rat? A rattrap? I am in danger, Huh?”
The rat returned to the house, head down and dejected. So the rat had to face the farmer's rattrap alone.
That very night, a sound was heard throughout the house, like the sound of a rattrap catching its prey (獵物). The farmer's wife rushed to see what was caught.In the darkness, she did not notice that it was a poisonous snake whose tail had been caught by the trap. The snake bit her.The farmer rushed her to hospital. She returned home with a fever. Everyone knows that a fever could be treated with fresh chicken soup, so the farmer took his knife to the farmyard for the soup. However, his wife's sickness continued.
The farmer's friends and neighbors came to sit with her around the clock. To feed them, the farmer killed the pig. But she didn't get well. Finally, she died, and so many people came for the last sight that the farmer had the cow killed to provide meat for all of them.
So the next time you hear that someone is facing a problem and think that it does not concern you, remember that the whole farmyard is at risk when there is a rattrap in the house.
【小題1】From the passage we know that ______.
A.the pig helped the rat get rid of the trap |
B.the cow strongly believed in what the rat said |
C.no animals showed concern over the rat's warning |
D.the snake was killed immediately after being caught |
A.disappointed | B.surprised | C.irritated | D.excited |
A.the farmer had planned to kill the rat |
B.the rat was very clever in avoiding the trap |
C.the farmer's wife got good treatment in hospital |
D.the rat had expected what would happen to the pig and cow |
A.We should mind our own business. |
B.Everything is related to something else. |
C.We'd better treat animals in a friendly way. |
D.The farmer couple and their friends are all foolish. |
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Tom arrived at the bus station quite early for the London bus. The bus for London would not eave until five to twelve. He saw a lot of people waiting in the station. Some were standing in lines, others were walking about. There was a group of school-girls. Their teacher was trying to keep them in order. Tom looked around but there was nowhere for him to sit.
He walked into the station cafe. He looked up at the clock there. It was only twenty to twelve. He found a seat and sat down, facing a large mirror(鏡子) on the wall. Just then, John, one of Tom's friends, came in and sat with Tom.
"What time is your bus?" asked John.
"Oh, there is plenty of time yet, "answered Tom.
"Oh, I'll get you some more tea then," said John.
They talked while drinking. Then Tom looked at the clock again.
"Good heavens! It's going back-ward!" he cried. "A few minutes ago it was twenty to twelve and now it's half past eleven."
"You are looking at the clock in the mirror," said John.
Tom wanted to kick(踢) himself for being so foolish. The next bus was not to leave for another hour. He has never liked mirror since then.
1.The London bus left ______________.
A.a(chǎn)t 11:55 |
B.a(chǎn)t 5:12 |
C.before 11:55 |
D.a(chǎn)fter 11:55 |
2.Tom went into the station cafe because ____________.
A.John asked him to have a cup of tea |
B.he wanted a drink there |
C.he would meet a friend of his |
D.it was early yet and he wanted to find a place to sit |
3.What time was it in fact when he looked at the clock in the mirror?
A.Half past twelve. |
B.Half past eleven. |
C.Twenty to twelve. |
D.Half past one. |
4.When Tom sat in the station café, who came in?
A.his friend |
B.his father |
C.his uncle |
D.his girlfriend |
5.Which of the following is true?
A.Tom missed his bus. |
B.He has liked mirror since then. |
C.The next bus would leave soon. |
D.Tom arrived London on time. |
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