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A hundred years ago, before all these devices were invented, if a person wanted to entertain himself with a song or a piece of music, he would have to do the singing himself or pick up a violin and play it. Now, all he has to do is turn on the radio or TV. As a result, singing and music have declined.
Italians used to sing all the time. Now, they only do it in Hollywood movies, Indian movies are mostly a series of songs and dances trapped around silly stories. As a result, they don't do much singing in Indian villages anymore. Indeed, ever since radio first came to life, there has been a terrible decline in amateur (业余的) singing throughout the world.
There are two reasons for this sad decline. One, human beings are astonishingly lazy. Put a lift in a building, and people would rather take it than climb even two flights of steps. Similarly, invent a machine that sings, and people would rather let the machine sing than sing themselves. The other reason is that people are easily embarrassed. When there is a famous, talented musician readily available by pushing a button, which amateur violinist or pianist would want to try to entertain family or friends by himself？
These earnest reflections came to me recently when two CDs arrived in the mail. They are historic recordings of famous writers reading their own works. It was thrilling to hear the voices from a long dead past in the late 19th century. But today, reading out loud anything is no longer common. Today, we sing songs to our children until they are about two, we read simple books to them till they are about five, and once they have learnt to read themselves, we become deaf. We're alive only to the sound of the TV and the stereo (立体声音响).
I count myself extremely lucky to have been born before TV became so common: I was about six before TV appeared. To keep us entertained my mother had to do a good deal of singing and tell us endless tales. It was the same in many other homes. People spoke a language; they sang it, they recited it; it was something they could feel.
Professional actors' performance is extraordinarily revealing. But I still prefer my own reading, because it's mine. For the same reason, people find karaoke (卡拉OK) liberating. It is almost the only electronic thing that gives them back their own voice. Even if their voices are hopelessly out of tune, at least it is meaningful self-entertainment.
The main idea of this passage is that ______.
A．TV and radio can amuse us with beautiful songs and music
B．TV and radio prevent us from self-entertainment
C．people should sing songs and read books aloud themselves
D．parents should sing songs and read books aloud to their children
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第2题
A.最糟糕的事情是，在装船之前的最后时刻，你发现订单货物有遗漏。
B.最糟糕的事情是到了最后一刻还没有装船。
C.最糟糕的事情是在装船前的最后一刻，你有所发现。
第3题
Each age has its glories and pain. The young man, once he starts to earn his own living, becomes () with the discipline of schools, parents and society. At the same time.he is() to accept responsibilities which are of () importance. Old age is () as a resting age to ()in because one can have the joy of seeing his children making progress in life and also his grandchildren()up around him. But the best satisfaction and ()that the old man can have is that of ()the battle of life safely and bravely. Most of these old people found their worst battle ()while they were()their teenage years. In that period of life there are many hardships, ()to battle()and that is why it is a()to be aqality that most teenagers do nager long.
Patience is one quality that most teenagers do not() itcan'tbe () jin most of their work or when they are ()play. The absence of () is a big drawback with teenagers.
Another handicap of being a teenager is that boys and girls havetobe()the observation of parents, authorities or other guides. Since at this stage of life, the youth 19 freely with life, so it is a natural necessity,()thing that boys and girls have to be under the care and resposibilities of parents and guides.
第4题
【C1】
A．mistakes
B．disadvantages
C．shortages
D．imperfections
第5题
The room is a vault (地下库) designed to hold around 2 million seeds, representing all known varieties of the world's crops. It is being built to safeguard the world's food supply against nuclear war, climate change, terrorism, rising sea levels, earthquakes and the collapse of electricity supplies. "If the worst came to the worst, this would allow the world to reconstruct agriculture on this planet," says Cary Fowler, director of the Global Crop Diversity Trust, an independent international organization promoting the project.
The Norwegian (挪威的) government is planning to create the seed bank next year at the request of crop scientists. The $3 million vault will be built deep inside a sandstone mountain on the Norwegian Arctic island of Spitsbergen. The vault will have metre-thick walls of reinforced concrete and will be protected behind two airlocks and high-security doors.
The vault's seed collection will represent the products of some 10, 000 years of plant breeding by the world's farmers. Though most are no longer widely planted, the varieties contain vital genetic properties still regularly used in plant breeding.
To survive, the seeds need freezing temperatures. Operators plan to replace the air inside the vault each winter, when temperatures in Spitsbergen are around -18℃. But even if some disaster meant that the vault was abandoned, the permanently frozen soil would keep the seeds alive. And even accelerated global warming would take many decades to penetrate the mountain vault.
"This will be the world's most secure gene bank," says Fowler. "But. its seeds will only be used when all other samples have gone for some reason."
The project comes at a time when there is growing concern about the safety of existing seed banks around the world. Many have been criticized for their poor security, ageing refrigeration (冷藏) systems and vulnerable electricity supplies.
The scheme won UN approval at a meeting of the Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome in October 2005. A feasibility study said the facility "would essentially be built to last forever".
The Norwegian vault is important in that ______.
A．the seeds in it represent the rarest varieties of world's crops
B．the seeds in it could revive agriculture if the worst thing should happen
C．it is built deep in a mountain on a freezing-cold Arctic island.
D．it is strong enough against all disasters caused by man and nature
第7题
Passage Four
Within a large concrete room，Cut out of a mountain on a freezing-cold island just 1,000 kilometres from the North Pole，could lie the future of humanity.
The room is a vault(地下库)designed to hold around 2 million seeds,representing all known varieties of the world’S crops.It is being built to safeguard the world’S food supply against nuclear War,climate change，terrorism，rising sea levels，earthquakes and the collapse of electricity supplies。“If the worst came to the worst，this would allow the world to reconstruct agriculture on this planet，”says Cary Fowler,director of the Global Crop Diversity Trust，an independent international organisation promoting the project.
The Norwegian(挪威的)government is planning tO create the seed bank next year at the request of crop scientists.The ＄3 million vault will be built deep inside a sandstone mountain on the Norwegian Arctic island of Spitsbergen.The vault will have metre-thick walls of reinforced concrete and will be protected behind two airlocks and high-security doors.
The vault’S seed collection will represent the products of some 10，000 years of plant breeding by the world’S farmers.Though most are no longer widely planted，.the varieties contain vital genetic properties still regularly used in plant breeding.
To survive，the seeds need freezing temperatures.Operators plan to replace the air inside the vault each winter,when temperatures in Spitsbergen are around-18℃.But even if some disaster meant that the vault Was abandoned,the permanently frozen soil would keep the seeds alive.And even accelerated global warming would take many decades to penetrate the mountain vault.
“This will be the world’s most secure gene bank，” Says Fowler.“But its seeds will only be used when all other samples have gone for sOme reason.”
The project comes at a time when there is growing concern about the safety of existing seed banks around the world.Many have been criticized for their poor security, ageing refrigeration(冷藏)systems and vulnerable electricity supplies.
The scheme won UN approval at a meeting of the Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome in October 2005.A feasibility study said the facility“would essentially be built to last forever”.
46.The Norwegian yault is important in that_________________.
A.the seeds in it represent the rarest varieties of world’S crops
B. the seeds in it could revive agriculture if the worst thing should happen
C.it is built deep in a mountain on a freezing-cold Arctic island
D.it is strong enough against all disasters caused by man and nature
第8题
A.by surprise
B.out back
C.by accident
D.pessimistic abou
第10题
A.A.to worry
B.B.in worrying
C.C.for us worrying
D.D.with us to worry
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