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Question

“Life is speeding up. Everyone is getting unwell.”
This may sound like something someone would say today. But in fact, an unknown citizen who lived in Rome in 52 wrote it.
We all love new inventions. They are exciting , amazing and can even change our lives.
But have all these developments really improved the quality of our lives?
Picture this: You’re rushing to finish your homework on the computer. Your mobile phone rings, a QQ message from your friend appears on the screen, the noise from the television is getting louder and louder. Suddenly the computer goes empty and you lose all your work. Now you have to stay up all night to get it done. How calm and happy do you feel?
Inventions have speeded up(加速)our lives so much that they often leave us feeling stressed(压力) and tired. Why do you think people who live far away from noisy cities, who have no telephones, no cars, not even electricity often seem to be happier? Perhaps because they lead simpler lives.
A family in the UK went “back in time” to see what life was like without all the inventions we have today. The grandparents, with their daughter, and grandsons Benjamin, 10, and Thomas,7, spent nine weeks in a 1940s house. They had no washing machine, microwave, computer or mobile phones.
The grandmother, Lyn, said, “It was hard physically, but not mentally.” She believed life was less materialistic. “The more things you have , the more difficult life becomes.” She said. The boys said they found less to fight over, such as their computer. Benjamin also noticed that his grandmother had changed from being a trendy, beer-drinking granny, to one who cooked things.
Here are some simple ways to beat the stress often caused by our inventions!
Don’t be available all the time. Turn off your mobile phone at certain times of the day.
Don’t check your e-mail every day.
Don’t reply to somebody as soon as they leave a text message just because you can. It may be fun at first, but it soon gets boring.
63. The writer quoted( 引用) what a citizen in ancient Rome said at the beginning of the story in order to _______.
A. share a truth about life
B. tell us what life was like long time ago
C. make us wonder what causes such a thing to happen
D. point out that you experience some big problems and they may be the same
64. The family chose to spend some time in a 1940’s house because ______.
A. they liked to live simple lives
B. they were curious about how people lived without modern inventions
C. they were troubled by modern inventions
D. living in a different time would be a lot of fun for them
65. What do you think the underlined word “available” in the first suggestion means?
A. Busy on line B. Free C. Able to be used D. Able to be found by others
要说出每道题目你是怎么做的

Answer 1

When National Day comes, I Feel so excited, it is not because I will have a vacation, but also I have many plans. I have made some plans for the vacation, I want to relax myself and find some interesting to do. I learn that there will be a lot of people going out, but I will choose some places that are less people to go, anyway, I have two plans on the seven days’ vacation.
当国庆节到来的时候，我感到很高兴，不仅仅是因为我将要有一个假期，而且我有很多计划。我已经为这个假期制定了一些计划，我想要放松自己，并找一些有趣的事情来做。我知道会有很多人出去玩，但是我会选择一些没那么多人的地方去，无论如何，我在七天的假期中有两个计划。

First, I will go to visit my grandparents. My grandparents live in the countryside, and it is the place where I grow up. I miss the place so much, I want to spend more time with my grandparents, they are a little old now. I also like to see the countryside’s scenery, the trees are so green and the water is so clean, I enjoy the time when I stay with my grandparents.
第一，我会去拜访我的外公和外婆。外公和外婆住在乡村，那也是我长大的地方。我很想念那里，我想要花多点时间和外公外婆在一起，他们现在有点上年纪了。我也想要看看乡村的景色，树很油绿，水很清澈，我很享受和外公外婆呆在一起的时光。

Second, I will join my friend’s wedding. I received my junior middle school classmate’s wedding note a week ago, I feel so happy for her, she asks me to be her bridesmaid, I feel it a honor to be her bridesmaid.
第二，我将会参加朋友的婚礼。我已经在一周前收到了初中同学的结婚通知，我为她感到高兴，她邀请我成为她的婚礼伴娘，我觉得这是很大的荣幸。
I can’t wait for my vacation now, I have bought the ticket to go home, it will be a wonderful holiday.
我已经等不及要放假了，我已经买了票回家，这将会是一个美好的假期。

Answer 2

63. The writer quoted( 引用) what a citizen in ancient Rome said at the beginning of the story in order to _ C. make us wonder what causes such a thing to happen _. 作者引用一个古罗马人所说的话，目的在于：
A. share a truth about life
分享生活中的一个事实
B. tell us what life was like long time ago
告诉我们很久以前的生活是怎么样的
C. make us wonder what causes such a thing to happen
让我们思考什么引发这样的事
D. point out that you experience some big problems and they may be the same 指出你所经历的大难题可能是一样的。
64. The family chose to spend some time in a 1940’s house because _ B. they were curious about how people lived without modern inventions _.
那个家庭选择呆在一个1940年的房子里因为（原文是“A family in the UK went “back in time” to see what life was like without all the inventions we have today.”，所以，答案是B）
A. they liked to live simple lives 他们喜欢简单的生活
B. they were curious about how people lived without modern inventions
他们想知道没有了现代发明，人们怎么生活。
C. they were troubled by modern inventions
他们受现代发明所困扰
D. living in a different time would be a lot of fun for them
生活在一个不同的时代对他们来说有很多的乐趣
65. What do you think the underlined word “available” in the first suggestion means? D. Able to be found by others你认为第一项建议中的“available”是什么意思？
A. Busy on line 在网上忙
B. Free 自由、有空
C. Able to be used 可以被用
D. Able to be found by others 可以被其他人找到
原文是“Don’t be available all the time. Turn off your mobile phone at certain times of the day.”不是总是让有找到你，在一天的一定时间中关掉手机本回答被提问者采纳

Answer 3

1
A
和
B
很难选，我偏向B
,因为文章主要是在讲，今天的医生会给病人看证，不像在古代，只通过跟病人聊天。
2
A
原文：stethoscope,
an
instrument
for
listening
to
patient’s
heartbeat
and
breathing
3
问哪一个选项不对
D.
因为文中说了，古代的医生depend
on
跟病人的谈话，不是medical
examination
4
A
古代的医生不知道给病人做检查的重要性。
那么就更确定第一题选B了
5
B
从古代讲到现代，应该是医术的发展

Answer 4

Gettysburg Address
Delivered on the 19th Day of November, 1863 Cemetery Hill, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Fourscore and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth upon this continent a new Nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now, we are engaged in a great Civil War, testing whether that Nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting-place for those who gave their lives that Nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.
But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it far above our power to add or detract. The world will little note nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us, the living, rather to be dedicated to the great task remaining before us; that from these honored dead, we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion; that this Nation, under GOD, shall have a new birth of freedom; and that government of the People by the People and for the People shall not perish from the earth."
Abraham Lincoln