If our sense of wonder relies totally on the world of make-believe,we willA．fail to appreciate the joy in our livesB．be confused by the world of make-believeC．miss the chance to recognize the fantasy worldD．be trapped by other worlds existing all around us
If our sense of wonder relies totally on the world of make-believe,we will
A．fail to appreciate the joy in our lives
B．be confused by the world of make-believe
C．miss the chance to recognize the fantasy world
D．be trapped by other worlds existing all around us
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The human body has developed its millions of nerves to be highly aware of what goes on both inside and outside of it. This helps us aajust to the outside world. Without our nerves and our brain, which is a system of nerves, we couldn’t know what’s happening. But we pay for our sensitivity. We can feel pain when the slightest thing is wrong with any part of our body. The history of torture is based on the human body being open to pain. But there is a way to handle pain. Look at the Indian fakir (苦行僧) who sits on a bed of nails. Fakirs can put a needle right through an arm, and feel no pain. This ability that some humans have developed to handle pain should give us ideas about how the mind can deal with pain. The big thing in withstanding pain is our attitude toward it. If the dentist says, “This will hurts a little,” it helps us to accept the pain. By staying relaxed, and by treating the pain as an interesting sensation, we can handle the pain without falling apart. After all, although pain is an unpleasant sensation, it is still a sensafion, and sensations are the stuff of life. [共5题]1.The human body has developed a system of nerves that enables us to ________.A.stay relaxedB.avoid painC.stand tortureD.feel pain2.What does the writer mean by saying “we pay for our sensitivity” in Para.1?A.We have to take care of our sense of pain.B.We suffer from our sense of feeling.C.We should try hard to resist pain.D.We are hurt when we feel pain.3.When the author mentions the Indian fakir, he shows that ________.A.fakirs possess magic powerB.Indians are not afraid of painC.people can learn to cope with painD.some people are born without a sense of pain4.What is essential for people to stand pain according to the writer?A.Their relaxation.B.Their interest.C.Their nerves.D.Their attitude.5.The author believes that ________.A.feeling pain is part of our lifeB.pain should be avoided at all costsC.feeling pain can be an interesting thingD.magic power is essential for reducing pain
EEvery day we experiencc one of the wonders of the world around us without even realizing it It is not the amszing complexity of television. Nor the impressive tcchnology of transport The universal wonder we share andExperience is our ability to make noises with our mouths, and so transmit ideas and thoughts to each other’s minds. This ability comes so naturally that tend to forget what a miracle（奇迹）it is.Obviously, the ability to talk is something that marks humans off from animals. Of course, some animals have powers just as amazing. Birds can fly thousands of miles by observing positions of the stars in the sky in relation to the time of day and year. In Nature’s went show, humans are a species of animal that have deve pod their own special act. If we reduce it to basie ferms, it’s a ability for communicating information to ther by varying sounds we make as we breathe out.Not the to don’t have other powers of communication. Our facia. expressions convey our emotions, such as anger, or jout or disappointment. The way we hold our beads can indicate to others whether we are happy or sad. This is so-called “body language”. Bristling(直立的)fur is an unmistakable warning of attack among many animals. Similarly, the bowed bead or drooping tail shows a readiness to take second place in any animal gathering.Such a means of communication is a basic mechanism that animals, including human beings, instinctively acquire and display. Is the ability to speak just another sort of instinct? If so, how did human beings acquire this amazing skill? Biologists can readily indicate that particular area of our brain where speech mechanisms function, but this doesn’t tell us how that part of our bodies originated in our biological history.72.According to the passage, the wonder we take for granted is____ .A.our ability to use languageB.the mintle of technalayC.the miaole power of natureD.our canlity to make noises with mouth
( ) you are in the world, when you walk in to our hotel we want you to have best lodging experience possible.A.WhoeverB.WhateverC.WheneverD.Wherever
E Humans are naturally drawn to other life forms and the worlds outside of our own. We take delight in the existence of creatures and even whole socicties beyond our everyday lives.This sense of wonder is universal look at the efforts that scientists have made to find out whether life of some kind exists on Mars, and the popularity of fantasy(幻想) litcrature or movies like The lord of the Rings, This sense of wonder drous us to each other, to the world around us, and to the world of make-believe. But have we gone to far in creating worlds of fantasy that we are missing the phcasure of other worlds that alrewly exist all around us?Human beings, as biologists have suggested, possess an inborn desire to connect with and understand other life forms, However, people, especially in big cities, often lead rather isolated lices. In a study of British schoolchildren, it was found that children bye age eight were much more familiar with hurmans for television shows and cideo games than with common wildlife. Without modern technology ,a amall pond could be an amazing world filled with strange and beautiful plants, insects,birds,and animals. When we lack meaningful interaction (交互) with the world around us, and sometimes ecen with our families and friends , we seek to understand and communicate with things that exist only in our imaginations or on a computer screenThe world of make-believe is not neccsanly bad, But when the world of famsity becomes the only outlet (出路) our sense of wonder ,then we are really missing something, We are missing a connection with the living world. Other wonderful worderful worlds exist all around us. But even more interesting is that if we look closely enough ,we can see that these worlds, in a broad sense , are really part of our own.第72题：The popularity of The Lord of the rings provesA.the close connestion between man and the fantasy worldB.the wonderful achievements of fantasy literatureC.the fine taste of moviegoers around the worldD.the general existence of the sense of curiosity
What can we infer from the underlineed sentence in Paragraph 3?A.People are fra less familiar with the world of fantasy.B.The world around us could serve as a sound of wonder.C.The world of fantasy can be mirred by a small and lively pond.D.Modern technology prevents us from developing our sense of wonder.
If our sense of wonder relics totally on the world of make-believe. we will_______.A.fail to appreciate the joy in our livesB.be confused by the world of make-believeC.miss the chance to recognizc the fantas worldD.be tranped by other worlds exsting all around us
What is the main purpose of the passage?A.To show us the hidden beauty in our world.B.To warn us not to get lost in the fantasy wonderC.To argue against the misuse of the sense of wonderD.To discuss the influence of the world of make-believe
EHumans are naturally drawn to other life forms and the worlds outside of our own。We take delight in the existence of creatures and even whole societies Beyond our everyday lives.This sense of wonder is universal. Look at the efforts that scientists（幻想）literature or movies like the lord of the rings. This sense of wonder draws us to each other，to the world around us ,and to the world of make-believe.but have we gone so far in creating worlds of fantasy that we are missing the pleasure of other worlds that already exist all around us?Human beings，as biologists have suggested，possess an inborn desire to connect with and understand other life forms，However, people，especially in big eities，often lead rather isolated lives，In a study of British schoolchildren，it was found that children by age eight were much more familiar with characters from television shows and video games than common wildlife.without modem technology，a small Pond could be an amazing world filled with strange and beautiful plants，insects，birds，and animals 。when we lack meaning（交互）with the world around us,and somethings even with our families and friends，we seek to understand and communicate with things that exist only in our imaginations or on a computer screen。The world of make-believe is not necessarily bad,but when the world of fantasy becomes the only outlet（出路）for our sense of wonder，then we are really missing something，we are missing a connection with the living world. Other wonderful wonderful worlds exist all around us.but even more interesting is that if we look closely enough，we can see that these worlds,in a broad sense,are really part of our own.72．The popularity of the lord of the rings.provesA．the close connection between man and the fantasy worldB．the wonderful achievements of fantasy literatureC．the fine taste of moviegoers around the worldD．the general existence of the sense of curiosity
What can we infer from the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3?A．people are far less familiar witn the world of fantasyB．the world around us could serve as a source of wonderC．the world of fantasy can be mirrored by a small and lively pond.D．Modern technology prevents us from developing our sense of wonder
What is the main purpose of the passage?A.To show us the hidden beauty in our world.B.to warn us not to get lost in the fantasy world.C.To argue against the misuse of the sense of wonder.D.To discuss the influence of the world of make-believe.
Early in the age of affluence that followed World War II,an American retailing analyst named Victor Lebow proclaimed,“Our enormously productive economy...demands that we make consumption our way of life,that we convert the buying anduse of Eoods into rituals,that we seek our spiritual satisfaction,our ego satisfaction,in consumption...We need thingsconsumed,burned up,worn out,replaced and discarded at an ever increasing rate.”Americans have responded to Lebow’s call,and much of the world has followed.Consumption has become a central pillar of life in industrial lands and is even embedded in social values.Opinion surveys in the world’s two largest economies-Japan and the United States-show consumerist definitions ofsuccess becoming ever more prevalent.Overconsumption by the world’s fortunate is an environmental problem unmatched in severity by anything but perhapspopulation growth.Their surging exploitation of resources threatens to exhaust or unalterably spoil forests,soils,water,air and climate.Ironically,high consumption may be a mixed blessing in human terms,too.The time-honored values of integrity ofcharacter,good work,friendship,family and community have often been sacrificed in the rush to riches.Thus many in theindustrial lands have a sense that their world,of plenty is somehow hollow-that,misled by a consumerist culture,they havebeen fruitlessly attempting to satisfy what are essentially social,psychological and spiritual needs with material things.Of course,the opposite of overconsumption-poverty-is no solution to either environmental or human problems.It is infinitely worse for people and bad for the natural world too.Dispossessed peasants slash-and-burn their way into the rain forests ofLatin American,and hungry nomads turn their herds out onto fragile African grassland,reducing it to desert.If environmentaldestruction results when people have either too little or too much,we are left to wonder how much is enough.What level ofconsumption can the earth support When does having more cease to add noticeably to human satisfaction Apart from enormous productivity,another important impetus to high consumption is___________.《》（）A.the conversion of the sale of goods into ritualsB.the people’s desire for a rise in their living standardsC.the imbalance that has existed between production and consumptionD.the concept that one’s success is measured by how much they consume
Early in the age of affluence that followed World War II,an American retailing analyst named Victor Lebow proclaimed,“Our enormously productive economy...demands that we make consumption our way of life,that we convert the buying anduse of Eoods into rituals,that we seek our spiritual satisfaction,our ego satisfaction,in consumption...We need thingsconsumed,burned up,worn out,replaced and discarded at an ever increasing rate.”Americans have responded to Lebow’s call,and much of the world has followed.Consumption has become a central pillar of life in industrial lands and is even embedded in social values.Opinion surveys in the world’s two largest economies-Japan and the United States-show consumerist definitions ofsuccess becoming ever more prevalent.Overconsumption by the world’s fortunate is an environmental problem unmatched in severity by anything but perhapspopulation growth.Their surging exploitation of resources threatens to exhaust or unalterably spoil forests,soils,water,air and climate.Ironically,high consumption may be a mixed blessing in human terms,too.The time-honored values of integrity ofcharacter,good work,friendship,family and community have often been sacrificed in the rush to riches.Thus many in theindustrial lands have a sense that their world,of plenty is somehow hollow-that,misled by a consumerist culture,they havebeen fruitlessly attempting to satisfy what are essentially social,psychological and spiritual needs with material things.Of course,the opposite of overconsumption-poverty-is no solution to either environmental or human problems.It is infinitely worse for people and bad for the natural world too.Dispossessed peasants slash-and-burn their way into the rain forests ofLatin American,and hungry nomads turn their herds out onto fragile African grassland,reducing it to desert.If environmentaldestruction results when people have either too little or too much,we are left to wonder how much is enough.What level ofconsumption can the earth support When does having more cease to add noticeably to human satisfaction According to the passage,consumerist culture________.《》（）A.cannot thrive on a fragile economyB.will not aggravate environmental problemsC.cannot satisfy human spiritual needsD.will not alleviate poverty in wealthy countries
Early in the age of affluence that followed World War II,an American retailing analyst named Victor Lebow proclaimed,“Our enormously productive economy...demands that we make consumption our way of life,that we convert the buying anduse of Eoods into rituals,that we seek our spiritual satisfaction,our ego satisfaction,in consumption...We need thingsconsumed,burned up,worn out,replaced and discarded at an ever increasing rate.”Americans have responded to Lebow’s call,and much of the world has followed.Consumption has become a central pillar of life in industrial lands and is even embedded in social values.Opinion surveys in the world’s two largest economies-Japan and the United States-show consumerist definitions ofsuccess becoming ever more prevalent.Overconsumption by the world’s fortunate is an environmental problem unmatched in severity by anything but perhapspopulation growth.Their surging exploitation of resources threatens to exhaust or unalterably spoil forests,soils,water,air and climate.Ironically,high consumption may be a mixed blessing in human terms,too.The time-honored values of integrity ofcharacter,good work,friendship,family and community have often been sacrificed in the rush to riches.Thus many in theindustrial lands have a sense that their world,of plenty is somehow hollow-that,misled by a consumerist culture,they havebeen fruitlessly attempting to satisfy what are essentially social,psychological and spiritual needs with material things.Of course,the opposite of overconsumption-poverty-is no solution to either environmental or human problems.It is infinitely worse for people and bad for the natural world too.Dispossessed peasants slash-and-burn their way into the rain forests ofLatin American,and hungry nomads turn their herds out onto fragile African grassland,reducing it to desert.If environmentaldestruction results when people have either too little or too much,we are left to wonder how much is enough.What level ofconsumption can the earth support When does having more cease to add noticeably to human satisfaction The emergence of the affluent society after World War II__________.《》（）A.gave birth to a new generation of upper class consumersB.gave rise to the dominance of the new egoismC.led to the reform of the retailing systemD.resulted in the worship of consumerism
Many experts believe that in the new world of artificial intelligence（AI）human beings will still be needed to do the jobs that require higher-order critical,creative,and innovative thinking and the jobs that require high emotional engagement to meet the needs of other human beings.The 1 for many of us is that we do not excel at those skills because of our natural cognitive and emotional tendencies:We are confirmation-seeking thinkers and ego-affirmation-seeking defensive reasoners.We will need to overcome those tendencies 2 take our thinking,listening,relating,and collaborating skills to a much higher level.This process of 3 begins with changing our definition of what it means to"be smart."4,many of us have achieved success 5 being"smarter"than other people as 6 by grades and test scores,beginning in our early days in school.AI will change that because there is no 7 any human being can outsmart,8,IBM's Watson,at least without augmentation,Smart machines can process,9,and recall information faster and better than we humans.10.AI can pattern-match faster and produce a wider array of alternatives than we can.AI can even learn faster.In an age of smart machines,our old definition of what makes a person smart doesn't 11.What is needed is a new definition of being smart,one that 12 higher levels of human thinking and emotional engagement.The new smart will be determined not by what or how you know 13 by the quality of your thinking,listening,relating,collaborating,and learning.Quantity is 14 by quality.We will spend more time training to be open-minded and learning to update our beliefs in 15 to new data.We will practice 16 after our mistakes,and we will invest more in the skills traditionally 17 with emotional intelligence.The new smart will be about trying to overcome the two big 18 0f critical thinking and team collaboration:our ego and our fears.Doing so will make it easier to perceive reality as it is,rather than as we 19 it to be.In short,we will embrace humility.That is 20 we humans will add value in a world of smart technology.11选？A.follow suitB.fall apartC.stand outD.make sense
Questions 76-79 refer to the following advertisement.BONDHAM INTERNATIONALBondham International, one of the leading real estate firm in the world, has been in business for over 50 years. We began our business by specializing in residential sales, primarily in Australia. Over time, our business has grown to include property rental and management services in locations throughout the world. We now sell, and manage over 15000 commercial and residential properties, and our global network includes employees in Australia, Canada, England, Kenya, and Mexico. We have won numerous industry awards, and our firm has been named one of the top ten international real estate firms by the World Association of Property Management.In our effort to provide the highest quality service available, we have made significant investments in staff training. As a result, our sales agents offer a wealth of real estate expertise that our clients can always rely on. In addition, through market research and customer satisfaction surveys, we have been able to fulfill client expectations by consistently delivering the highest quality of service.Whether you have interested in selling a home,purchasing a commercial property, or simply obtaining expert real estate advice, Bondham International can respond effectively to your needs. Learn more about our firm by visiting our Website, www.bondhaminternational.co.au.What is stated about Bondham International?A. Most of its work is done online.B. The staff works only in Australia.C. Its prices are the lowest in the industry.D. It has expanded over the years.
Questions 76-79 refer to the following advertisement.BONDHAM INTERNATIONALBondham International, one of the leading real estate firm in the world, has been in business for over 50 years. We began our business by specializing in residential sales, primarily in Australia. Over time, our business has grown to include property rental and management services in locations throughout the world. We now sell, and manage over 15000 commercial and residential properties, and our global network includes employees in Australia, Canada, England, Kenya, and Mexico. We have won numerous industry awards, and our firm has been named one of the top ten international real estate firms by the World Association of Property Management.In our effort to provide the highest quality service available, we have made significant investments in staff training. As a result, our sales agents offer a wealth of real estate expertise that our clients can always rely on. In addition, through market research and customer satisfaction surveys, we have been able to fulfill client expectations by consistently delivering the highest quality of service.Whether you have interested in selling a home,purchasing a commercial property, or simply obtaining expert real estate advice, Bondham International can respond effectively to your needs. Learn more about our firm by visiting our Website, www.bondhaminternational.co.au.What is NOT one of Bondham International main activities?A. Offering expert adviceB. Conducting researchC. Managing propertyD. Building private homes
What drives us is our mission to acelerate the world' s transition to sustainable, clean energy ,but we will never achieve that missionwe______we eventually demonstrate that we can be sustainably profitable.A、untilB、unlessC、ifD、through
Almost of the information we gather is also available online around the world,with the______ coming from our contacts,from direct growers and wholesalers。A.remainedB.remainingC.remainsD.remain
问答题Practice 1 We have learned from our Embassy that you are interested in importing Chinese silk products. We are a long-established exporter of silk products in China and we have a very good reputation both at home and abroad. Our products sell well all over the world and highly valued by our customers for their excellent quality and fine workmanship(工艺). Enclosed are our catalogue and price list covering all the products. We are looking forward to your early reply.
问答题There are great impediments to the general use of a standard in pronunciationcomparable to that existing in spelling (orthography). One is thefact that pronunciation is learnt ‘naturally’ and unconsciously, and orthography 1．_______is learnt deliberately and consciously. Large numbers of us, in fact, remainthroughout our lives quite unconscious with what our speech sounds 2．_______like when we speak out, and it often comes as a shock when we 3．_______firstly hear a recording of ourselves. It is not a voice we recognize at once, 4．_______whereas our own handwriting is something which we almost always know. We 5．_______begin the ‘natural’ learning of pronunciation long before we start learning toread or write, and in our early years we went on unconsciously imitating and 6．_______practicing the pronunciation of those around us for many more hours per every 7．_______day than we ever have to spend learning even our difficult English spelling.This is ‘natural’, therefore, that our speech-sounds should be those of our im 8．_______mediate circle; after all, as we have seen, speech operates as a means of holding acommunity and to give a sense of ‘belonging’. We learn quite early to recognize a 9．_______‘stranger’, someone who speaks with an accent of a different community — perhapsonly a few miles far. 10．_______
问答题One of the questions coming into focus as we face growing scarcity of resources in the world is how to divide limited resources among countries. In the international development (1) com____, the coronal wisdom has been that the billion people living in poor countries could never expect to (2) r____ the standard of living that most of the people in North America enjoy, simply because the world does not contain enough iron ore, protein, petroleum, and so on. At the same time, we in the United States have continued to pursue super-affluence as though there were no limits (3)____ how much we could consume. We (4) m____ only 6 percent of the world’s people; yet we consume one third of the world’s resources. As long as the resources we consumed each year came primarily from (5) w____ our own boundaries, this was largely an internal matter. But as our resources come more and more from the outside world, we will no longer be able to think in (6)____ of “our” resources and “their” resources, but only of (7) c____ resources. As Americans consume such a(n) (8)____(proportion) share of the world’s resources, we have to question whether or not we can continue our pursuit of super-affluence in a world of (9)____(scarce). We are now reaching the point at which we must carefully examine the presumed link between our level of well-being and the level of material goods consumed. If you have only one crust of bread and get another crust of bread, your well-being is greatly enhanced. But if you have a loaf of bread, then an additional crust of bread doesn’t make (10) d____. In the eyes of most of the world today, Americans have their loaf of bread and are asking for still more. The prospect of a scarcity of, and competition in, the world’s resources requires that we re-examine the way in which we relate to the rest of the world.
问答题This is the world out of which grows the hope, for the first time in history, of a society where there will be freedom from want and freedom from fear. Our very anxiety is born of our knowledge of what is now possible for each and for all. The number of people who consult psychiatrists today is not, as is sometimes felt, a symptom of increasing mental ill health, but rather the precursor of a world in which the hope of genuine mental health will be open to everyone, a world in which no individual feels that he needs be hopelessly broken-hearted, a failure, a menace to others or a traitor to himself. But if our anxieties are actually signs of hope, why is there such a voice of discontent abroad in the land? I think this comes perhaps because our anxiety exists with accompanying recognition of the tragedy which will always be inherent in human life, however well we build our world. We may banish hunger, violence and secret police, we cannot—as we have tried to do—banish death itself.
单选题We cannot imagine what our world _____ like without electric power.AisBwill beCwould beDwere
单选题To learn how to let go is not an easy lesson to learn, _____ when we are young and think that the world is ours to command, that whatever we desire with the full force of our passionate being can, nay, will, be ours.AmainlyBactuallyCespeciallyDinitially