2009年山西省某市特岗教师招聘考试小学英语真题及答案(三)

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　　Welcome to my Message Board!Subject: Slimming down classics?Mr.

　　Handsome

　　2007512

　　6∶34 AMOrion Books, which decides there is a market in creating cutdown classics (经典著作), is slimming down some novels by such great writers as L. Tolstoy, M. Mitchell and C. Bronte. Now, each of them has been whittled down to about 400 pages by cutting 30 to 40 pages percent of original, with words, sentences, paragraphs and, in a few cases, chapters removed. The first six shortened editions, all priced at ￡6.99 and advertised as great reads "in half the time", will go on sale next month, with plans for 50 to 100 more to follow. The publishing house believes that modern readers will welcome the shorter versions. Mr.

　　Edwards

　　2007512

　　9∶40 AMWell, Im the publisher of Orion Group. Thanks for your attention, Mr. Handsome.

　　I must say, the idea developed from a game of "shame" in my office. Each of us was required to confess (承认) to the most embarrassing blanks in his or her reading. I admitted that I had never read Anna Karenina and tried but failed to get through Gone with the Wind several times. One of my colleagues acknowledged skipping (跳读) Jane Eyre. We realized that life is too short to read all the books you want to and we never were going to read these ones.

　　As a leading publishing house, we are trying to make classics convenient for readers but its not as if were withdrawing the original versions. They are still there if you want to read them.Ms.

　　Weir

　　2007512

　　11∶35 AMIm the director of the online book club http://www.lovereading.co.uk/

　　Mr. Edwards, I think your shortened editions is a breath of fresh air. Im guilty of never having read Anna Karenina, because its just so long. Id much rather read two 300page books than one 600page book. I am looking forward to more shortened classics!Mr.

　　Crockatt

　　2007512

　　4∶38 PMIm from the London independent bookshop Corckatt & Powell.

　　In my opinion, the practice is completely ridiculous. How can you edit the classics? Im afraid reading some of these books is hard work, and that is why you have to develop as a reader. If people dont have time to read Anna Karenina, then fine. But dont read a shortened version and kid yourself its the real thing. 54. According to the  commessage board, Orion Books .

　　A. opposes the reading of original classics

　　B. is embarrassed for cutting down classics

　　C. thinks cutdown classics have a bright future

　　D. is cautions in its decision to cut down classics

　　55. In Mr. Edwards opinion, Orion Group is shortening classics to .

　　A. make them easier to read

　　B. meet a large demand in the market

　　C. increase the sales of literary books

　　D. compete with their original versions

　　56. By describing the shortened classics as "a breath of fresh air", Ms. Weir .

　　A. speaks highly of the cutdown classics

　　B. shows her love for original classics

　　C. feels guilty of not reading the classics

　　D. disapproves of shortening the classics

　　57. Mr. Crockatt seems to imply that .

　　A. reading the classic works is a confusing attempt

　　B. shortening the classics does harm to the original

　　C. publishing the cutdown classics is a difficult job

　　D. editing the classic works satisfies childrens needs

　　D

　　After too long on the Net, even a phone call can be a shock. My boyfriends Liverpudlian accent suddenly become too difficult to understand after his clear words on screen; a secretarys tone seems more rejecting than Id imagined it would be. Time itself becomes fluid-hours becomes minutes, and alternately seconds stretch into days. Week ends, once a highlight of my week, are now just two ordinary days.

　　For the last three years, since I stopped working as a producer for Charlie Rose, I have done much of my work as a telecommuter. I submit(提交) articles and edit them by Emails and communicate with colleagues on Internet mailing lists. My boyfriend lives in England, so much of our relationship is computermediated. If I desired, I could stay inside for weeks without wanting anything. I can order food, and manage my money, love and work. In fact, at times I have spent as long as three weeks alone at home, going out only to get mails and buy newspapers and groceries. I watched most of the blizzard of 96 on TV.

　　But after a while, life itself begins to feel unreal. I start to feel as though Ive merged(融合) with my machines, taking data in, spitting them back out, just another node(波节) on the Net. Others on line report the same symptoms(症状). We start to strongly dislike the outside forms of socializing. Its like attending an A. A. meeting in a bar with everyone holding a halfsipped drink. We have become the Net opponents worst nightmare.

　　What first seemed like a luxury, crawling from bed to computer, not worrying about hair, and clothes and face, has becomes avoidance(逃避), a lack of discipline. And once you start replacing real human contact with cyber interaction, coming back out of the cave can be quite difficult.

　　At times, I turn on the television and just leave it to chatter in the background, something that Id never done previously. The voices of the programs relax me, but then Im jarred by the commercials. I find myself sucked in by soap operas, or needing to keep up with the latest news and the weather. "Dateline", "Frontline", "Nightline", CNN, New York 1, every possible angle of every story over and over, and over, even when they are of no possible use to me. Work moves from foreground to background.

　　58. Compared to the clear words of her boyfriend on screen, his accent becomes______ .

　　A. unreal B. unbearable

　　C. misleading D. not understandable

　　59. What does the last paragraph mean?( )

　　A. Having worked on the computer for too long, she became a bit strange.

　　B. She is so interested in TV programs that she often forgets her work.

　　C. She watches TV a lot in order to keep up with the latest news and the weather.

　　D. She turns on TV now and then in order to get some comfort from TV programs.

　　60. What is the author′s attitude to the computer?( )

　　A. At first she likes it but later becomes tired of it.

　　B. She likes it because it is very convenient.

　　C. She dislikes it because TV is more attractive.

　　D. She dislikes it because it cuts off her relation with the outside world.

　　61. The underlined phrase "coming back out of the cave" probably means .

　　A. going back to the dreaming world

　　B. coming back home from the outside world

　　C. bringing back direct human

　　D. getting away from living a strange life