Question

Nowadays more and more people are trapped in too busy work to relax themselves. We have no time to tell a bed-time story to our children, or enjoy a nice dinner with our family, or take a break to think about how we live the precious life, or even meet friends. All we notice is that the distinctions that used to guide and steady us ------ between Sunday and Monday, public and private, here and there ------ are gone. We have more ways to communicate, but less and less to say. Partly because we’re so busy communicating.
Maybe that’s why more and more people I know, even if they have no religious commitment, seem to be turning to yoga, or meditation, or tai chi. Some friends of mine try to go on long walks every Sunday, or to “forget” their cell phones at home. A series of tests in recent years has shown that after spending time in quiet rural settings, subjects “exhibit greater attentiveness, stronger memory and generally improved cognition. Their brains become both calmer and sharper.” More than that, empathy, as well as deep thought, depends on neural processes that are “inherently slow. ” The very ones our high-speed lives have little time for.
In my own case, I turn to eccentric and often extreme measures to try to keep my sanity and ensure that I have time to do nothing at all. I’ve not yet used a cell phone and I’ve never Tweeted or entered Face book. I try not to go online till my day’s writing is finished, and I moved from Manhattan to rural Japan.
None of this is a matter of principle or asceticism (苦行主義): it’s just pure selfishness. Nothing makes me feel better-----calmer, clearer and happier----than being in one place, absorbed in a book, a conversation, a piece of music. It’s actually something deeper than mere happiness: it’s joy, which the monk David Steindl-Rast describes as “that kind of happiness that doesn’t depend on what happens.” That is the highest of the highest we have been longing for----The Joy of Quiet.
【小題1】The writer sometimes doesn’t do anything because ________.

A．he is out of work .	B．whatever he does make no sense
C．he is worried about his writing.	D．he can enjoy himself in his leisure time.

【小題2】When the writer uses the word “forget” , his real meaning is _______.

A．Somebody really forgets his cell phone at home.

B．Somebody thinks cell phone is not a suitable means of communication.

C．Somebody hates modern techniques such as the cell phone.

D．Somebody leaves his cell phone at home on purpose.

【小題3】Which of the following is right?

A．It is better to go back to the ancient times since we are so busy now.

B．The writer is unwilling to help others since he is selfish.

C．Slowing down to find time and space to think and enjoy oneself is urgent.

D．We have more to say because we have more ways to communicate.

【小題4】What does the underlined word mean?

A．difference

B．sameness

C．simplicity

D．complication

【小題5】What is the main idea of the article?

A．The importance of spending time in quiet.

B．We can do some sports such as yoga to relax.

C．Principle or asceticism is important in one’s life.

D．The more we communicate, the more we will be closer.

Answer 1

【小題1】D
【小題2】D
【小題3】C
【小題4】A
【小題5】A

解析試題分析：文章講述了現代社會人們越來越忙碌，很少進行休息。對這一現象進行闡明并發表了作者自己的看法，結合自己的做法，作者最后點明主題要享受平靜帶來的樂趣。
【小題1】推斷題。作者有時候喜歡什么都不干，結合倒數第一段Nothing makes me feel better-----calmer, clearer and happier----than being in one place, absorbed in a book, a conversation, a piece of music.和倒數第二段可知，作者之所以這樣是因為自己渴望寧靜所帶來的歡樂，故選D。
【小題2】推斷題。第二自然提到我認識的人，他們并非出于宗教方面的原因可是也去參加瑜伽、太極、遠足，并且故意不拿手機。可知這樣做是為了享受寧靜。故選D.
【小題3】判斷題。文章并沒有提到要我們返回古代，排除A。文章并非講作者很自私，排除B。文章第一段We have more ways to communicate, but less and less to say.可知我們交流方式多了，但說的更少了。排除D。慢下來去宣召時間和空間進行思考和享受是很多缺少的，是比較緊迫的事情。故選C.
【小題4】推斷題。根據前文我們沒有是時間去思考我們如何度過寶貴的一生，我們只注意到周日和周一、公共和私有、這兒和那兒的區別，這些曾引領我們、使我們生活穩定。故選A.
【小題5】主旨題。文章講述了現代社會人們越來越忙碌，很少進行休息。對這一現象進行闡明并發表了作者自己的看法，結合自己的做法，作者最后點明主題要享受平靜帶來的樂趣。所以呼吁人們要懂得在寧靜中花費時間的重要性。故選A。
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