Perhaps we use "everybody", "nobody", "no one" to make things seem better known than they
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There are great impediments to the general use of a standard in
pronunciation comparable to that existing in spelling.
(orthography). One is the fact that pronunciation is learnt
'naturally' and unconsciously, and orthography is learnt 【B1】______
deliberately and consciously. Large numbers of us, in fact,
remain throughout our lives quite unconscious with what 【B2】______
our speech sounds like when we speak out, and it often 【B3】______
comes as a shock when we firstly hear a recording of ourselves. 【B4】______
It is not a voice we recognize at once, whereas our own handwriting
is something which we almost always know. We begin the 'natural' 【B5】______
learning of pronunciation long before we start learning to read or
write, and in our early years we went on unconsciously imitating and 【B6】______
practicing the pronunciation of those around us for many more hours
per every day than we ever have to spend learning even our difficult 【B7】______
English spelling. This is 'natural', therefore, that our speech-sounds 【B8】______
should be those of our immediate circle;after all, as we have seen,
speech operates as a means of holding a community and 【B9】______
giving a sense of 'belonging'. We learn quite early to recognize a
'stranger', someone who speaks with an accent of a different
community — perhaps only a few miles far. 【B10】______
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Let us take an obvious example. Man, even five hundred years ago, was shorter than he is today. Now, on average, men are about three inches taller. Five hundred years is a relatively short period of time, so we may assume that man will continue to grow taller.
Again, in the modern world we use our brains a great deal. Even so, we still make use of only about 20% of the brain's capacity. As time goes on, however, we shall have to use our brains more and more, and eventually we shall need larger ones. This is likely to bring about a physical change to the head, in particular the forehead, which will grow larger.
Nowadays our eyes are in constant use. In fact, we use them so much that very often they become weaker and we have to wear glasses. But over very long period of time it is likely that man's eyes will grow stronger. On the other hand, we tend to make less use of our arms and legs. These, as a result, are likely to grow weaker. At the same time, how ever, our fingers will grow more sensitive because they are used a great deal in modern life.
But what about hair? It will probably disappear from the body altogether in course of time because it does not serve a useful propose any longer. In the future, then, both sexes are likely to be bald.
Perhaps all this gives the impression that future man will not be a very attractive creature to look at. This may well be true. All the same, in spite of all these changes, future man will still have a lot in common with us. He will still be a human being, with thoughts and emotions similar to our own.
The passage tells us about ______.
A.how man's life will be in the future
B.how future man will look like
C.the fact that man's organs will function differently in the future
D.the fact that man is growing uglier as time passes
A.perhaps
B.definitely
C.maybe
D.probable
But, you know, it is very possible that in the future the question will disappear, and we might very well ask instead, "What do you play?"
Computers and other technological, equipment are making jobs more automated and less personally demanding. Scientists tell us that one day in the foreseeable future, very few people will have to work. Our society will be operated by computers and we will have much more free time, so that our games will become more important than our jobs.
At the beginning of this century, almost everybody believed in work. But by the end of this century, we might be thinking quite differently. Today, people are divided into social classes in accordance with the types of work they do; tomorrow, it is more than likely that we will be divided according to the types of games we play.
This change in the use of our time may give rise to a new race of therapists (治疗学家) called "fun specialists," who will fill the same functions as our current career specialists. They will show us how to get the most fun and enjoyment out of our leisure time. Someday people will no longer be known primarily by the work they do.
What is the main idea of the passage?
A.Work plays an important part in our general lifestyle.
B.People are divided into social classes according to how much they earn each month.
C.It is very possible that game will replace work as the most important part in our life.
D.Game players know how to get the most fun and enjoyment out of our leisure time.
Americans have responded to Lebow&39;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&39;s two largest economies-Japan and the United States-show consumerist definitions of success becoming ever more prevalent.
Overconsumption by the world&39;s fortunate is an environmental problem unmatched in severity by anything but perhaps population growth. Their surging exploitation of resources threatens to exhaust or unalterably spoil forests, soils, water, air and climate.
Ironically, high consumption may by a mixed blessing in human terms, too.
The time-honored values of integrity of character, good work, friendship, family and community have often been sacrificed in the rush to riches.
Thus many in the industrial lands have a sense that their world, of plenty is somehow hollow-that, misled by a consumerist culture, they have been 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(被剥夺得一无所有的) peasants slash-and-burn their way into the rain forests of Latin American, and hungry nomads (游牧民族) turn their herds out onto fragile African grassland, reducing it co desert.
If environmental destruction results when people have either too little or too much, we arc left to wonder how much is enough. What level of consumption can the earth support? When does having more cease to add noticeably to human satisfaction?
测试题
The emergence of the affluent society after World War II__________.
A.gave birth to a new generation of upper class consumers
B.gave rise to the dominance of the new egoism
C.led to the reform of the retailing system
D.resulted in the worship of consumerism
Americans have responded to Lebow&39;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&39;s two largest economies-Japan and the United States-show consumerist definitions of success becoming ever more prevalent.
Overconsumption by the world&39;s fortunate is an environmental problem unmatched in severity by anything but perhaps population growth. Their surging exploitation of resources threatens to exhaust or unalterably spoil forests, soils, water, air and climate.
Ironically, high consumption may by a mixed blessing in human terms, too.
The time-honored values of integrity of character, good work, friendship, family and community have often been sacrificed in the rush to riches.
Thus many in the industrial lands have a sense that their world, of plenty is somehow hollow-that, misled by a consumerist culture, they have been 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(被剥夺得一无所有的) peasants slash-and-burn their way into the rain forests of Latin American, and hungry nomads (游牧民族) turn their herds out onto fragile African grassland, reducing it co desert.
If environmental destruction results when people have either too little or too much, we arc left to wonder how much is enough. What level of consumption can the earth support? When does having more cease to add noticeably to human satisfaction?
测试题
The emergence of the affluent society after World War II__________.
A.gave birth to a new generation of upper class consumers
B.gave rise to the dominance of the new egoism
C.led to the reform of the retailing system
D.resulted in the worship of consumerism
A、life expectency
B、income per capita
C、fertility rate
D、child mortality
听力原文:M: How are we ever going to finish this project by Wednesday?
W: Well, we'll just have to roll up our sleeves and hope for the best.
Q: What does the woman mean?
(19)
A.They have to finish it quickly.
B.They have to use what they have.
C.They have to work hard and do their best.
D.They must redo the project and hope it improves.
Prehistoric men and women enjoyed a more varied diet(饮食)than people do now, since they ate species(种类)of plant and several hundred thousand types of living things. But only a tiny percentage of these were ever domesticated(驯化). Modern shops have hastened a trend towards specialization which began in the earliest days of agriculture. The food of rich countries has become cheaper relative to wages. It is speedily distributed in supermarkets, but the choice annually becomes less and less great. Even individual foods themselves become more standardized. We live in the world of the carrot specially blunted in order to avoid making a hole in the bag, and the tomato grown to meet a demand for a standard weight of eighteen tomatoes to a kilo. Siri von Reis Altschul asks: "Only the tree major cereals(谷物)and perhaps ten other widely cultivated species stand between famine and survival for the world's human population and a handful of drug plants has served Western civilization for several thousand years. A rather obvious question arises: are we missing something?" After all, there are 800,000 species of plant on earth.
1. In prehistoric times people _____.
A. ate much more than we do today
B. lived mainly on plant food
C. had a wide-ranging diet
D. were more fussy about what they ate
2. Most of us have come to expect _____.
A. no variation in our diet
B. a reduction in food supplies
C. a specialist diet
D. food conforming to a set standard
3. The specialization of food was started by _____.
A. the emergence of supermarkets
B. the rise of agriculture
C. the rich countries
D. the modern shops
4. According to the passage, people in the West today survive on _____.
A. carrots and tomatoes
B. several thousand types of plants and cereals
C. a very small number of cultivated foods
D. special species planted one thousand years age
5. The conclusion seems to be that we _____.
A. could make use of more natural species
B. don't cultivate the right kind of food
C. produce more food than we need
D. cultivate too many different species
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