I am trying to muster (鼓起) the courage to toss away my mobile phone to enjoy a more peaceful and ringfree life.
Can you imagine not having your mobile phone? In our hightech, inahurry age, a cellfree life is a hard concept to swallow. Our mobile phones can now access the Internet, and many people feel the need to express their every thought on their blog pages. If I gave up my cellphone, people would think I was mad.
I wish I had the strength to toss away my technology. I have an office phone, a home phone，an email and if people want to contact me, they can. If I’m out，people can leave a message. Do they really need to find me 24/7？However, I’m a bit like Frodo in the movie Lord of the Rings. The power of the ring is too strong and I can’t let it go.
Mobile phones have become necessary tools in our busy life. For most people, they hold all contacts and many of us don’t write up address books any more. The latest phones carry our music, pictures, movies and everything else. We feel lost without this device and when we do misplace it, we feel cut off from our fellow.
“Where have you been？” said a friend, who saw me a week after I lost my cellphone, “I tried calling you, but you disappeared. You disappeared off the face of the Earth.” See, when you don’t have a mobile phone, you don’t exist.
I’m not really going to toss my mobile phone away, in fact. We humans are such social animals and mobile phones serve us well. So in 2009, I’ve decided not to serve my mobile phone. Like all machines, I can always turn it off.
1.
. What does the underlined phrase “toss away” mean?
A. give away B. get away C. break away D. throw away
2.
The writer mentions Frodo to________.
A. show it is difficult to get rid of the mobile phone
B. show how much he likes Frodo
C. suggest a cellfree life is what he wants
D. introduce a film character to us
3.
What do we know about mobile phones in the 4th paragraph?
A. Mobile phones can do anything for us.
B. Mobile phones have become very important in our life.
C. We could not live without mobile phones.
D. We would be cut off by our fellow without mobile phones.
4.
What can be inferred from the last paragraph?.
A. The writer is not really going to toss his mobile phone away.
B. When you don’t have a mobile phone，you don’t exist.
C. The writer decides not to serve his mobile phone.
D. We humans can control ourselves and machines.
Once upon a time, there was a large mountainside, where an eagle’s nest rested. The eagle’s nest contained four 21 eagle eggs. One day an earthquake rocked the mountain, 22 one of the eggs to roll down the mountain 23 a chicken farm, which was in the valley below. The chickens knew that they must 24 and care for the eagle’s egg, so an old hen 25 to hatch and raise the large egg.
One day, the egg hatched and a beautiful eagle was born. 26 , however, the eagle was raised to be a(n) 27 . Soon, the eagle believed he was 28 more than a chicken. The eagle loved his home and family, 29 his spirit cried out for more. While playing a game on the farm one day, the eagle looked to the skies above and 30 a group of eagles soaring(翱翔) in the skies. “Oh,” the eagle 31 , “I wish I could soar like those birds.” The chickens shouted with32 , “You cannot soar with those birds. You are a chicken and chickens do not soar.”
The eagle 33 staring at his real family up above, 34 that he could be with them. Each time the eagle would let his 35 be known, he was told it couldn’t be done. That is 36 the eagle learned to believe. Slowly, the eagle 37 dreaming and continued to live his life like a chicken. 38 , after a long life as a chicken, the eagle 39 .
You become what you believe you are; so if you ever dream to become an eagle, 40 your dreams, not the words of a chicken.
1.
A. large B. curious C. small D. fortunate
2.
A. guiding B. blowing C. causing D. inviting
3.
A. on B. over C. past D. to
4.
A. introduce B. punish C. protect D. share
5.
A. offered B. regretted C. managed D. turned
6.
A. Carefully B. Gently C. Sadly D. Luckily
7.
A. chicken B. eagle C. hero D. fool
8.
A. something B. everything C. anything D. nothing
9.
A. and B. but C. so D. however
10.
. A. noticed B. recognized C. respected D. watched
11.
A. cried B. smiled C. argued D. explained
12.
A. excitement B. anger C. laughter D. surprise
13.
A. approached B. avoided C. continued D. considered
14.
A. promising B. proving C. believing D. dreaming
15.
A. suggestion B. advantage C. dream D. discovery
16.
. A. what B. why C. how D. when
17.
. A. went B. enjoyed C. began D. stopped
18.
. A. Happily B. Finally C. Quickly D. Probably
19.
A. gave away B. broke down C. passed away D. died out
20.
A. steal B. follow C. have D. remember
—I really thought I’d be offered the chance.
—Oh, well, ____, Vicky.
A. you’re right B. best wishes
C. better luck next time D. congratulations
An increase in the price of drugs has _____ the rising cost of medical care.
A. contributed to B. brought up
C. burst into D. resulted from
_____ being too large, the color and the style of the dress suit me well.
A. Apart from B. As well as C. Besides D. Instead of
It’s very dangerous to be ____ to the SARS virus without any protection.
A. disclosed B. uncover C. affected D. exposed
