TV is so often a parents good friend, keeping kids happily occupied so the grownups can co
【C1】
A.hopefully
B.unfortunately
C.interestingly
D.unluckily
【C1】
A.hopefully
B.unfortunately
C.interestingly
D.unluckily
tead of doing your work, you check Facebook or do some on line shopping.This is called procrastination, and it affects everyone.So how can you stop procrastinating?
We often procrastinate because a task seems too big, or impossible to achieve.Try breaking down the task into smaller pieces.For example, instead of thinking,“I need to finish this essay by 10 p.m.tonight ” tell yourself,“I’ m going to make a short outline, fill that in, and then look for quotes.”
Another important factor is your environment, isn’t it? If there are too many distractions in your work space, you may be tempted to procrastinate more.Are there any things in your work space (for example, a TV) that could be causing you to lose focus?
Making a timeline with goals and deadlines is a great way to stop yourself from procrastinating.
However, it is important to make your deadlines realistic so that you can be sure you’ll stick to them.
Some people like to wait for the perfect time to start a task, while the perfect time is often now.Try something called the Two-Minute Rule to help you get started.This idea comes from David Allen’ s best-selling book, Getting Things Done.It states that.if something takes less than two minutes, such as washing your dishes after a meal, then you should do it now.
1.Procrastination means().
A.putting your work off till later
B.doing your work quickly
C.doing your work carefully
D.doing your work well
2.Sometimes we procrastinate because a task seems too().
A.easy
B.small
C.fun
D.big
3.Having a TV in your work space is an example of an environmental().
A.distraction
B.reaction
C.attration
D.concentration
4.Setting realistic is a() good way to stop procrastinating.
A.environments
B.deadlines
C.focus
D.places
5.The Two-Minute Rule states that if something takes no more than two minutes, you should().
A.put it aside
B.do it later
C.do it now
D.wait for a moment
No longer is the possession of information【C11】______ to a privileged minority. Forty years ago people used to【C12】______ to the cinema, but now far more people sit at home and turn on the TV to watch a programme that【C13】______ into millions of homes. Communication is no longer merely concerned【C14】______ the transmission of information. The modem communications industry influences the way people live in society and broadens, their【C15】______ by allowing access to information, education and entertainment. The printing, broadcasting and【C16】______ industries are all involved with informing, educating and entertaining.
【C17】______ a great deal of the material communicated by the mass media is very【C18】______ to the individual and to the society of which he is a part, the vast modem network of communications is【C19】______ to abuse. How ever, the mass media are with us for better, for worse, and there is no turning【C20】______ .
【C1】
A.basis
B.base
C.foundation
D.ground
--She likes to watch TV plays, but she doesn't watch TV every day. -- ().
A.So do I
B.Nor do I
C.So I do
D.So it is with me
A.retain
B.contradict
C.defy
D.respect
Families share many activities. Homes have spaces for people to be together. Families have meals together in the kitchen or dining room. They play games, watch TV, or talk with friends in the living room.
Every family's home is special. People can decorate their homes with things they like. They put the furniture the way they want it. They use colors they like. The children often fix up a space with their own things. They hang posters or art projects from school over their beds. They have a place for things they collect. Their homes tell about them.
1)、People often go to the cinema when they want to be alone.
A.T
B.F
2)、Families have meals together in their dining-room.
A.T
B.F
3)、Families cook food in the living room.
A.T
B.F
4)、Every family's home is special because people decorate their homes with things they like.
A.T
B.F
5)、The children often watch TV to make their homes special.
A.T
B.F
A、fear
B、horror
C、frighten
D、dread
Print publications have lots of advantages. Paper is pleasant to handle, easy to read, and very portable: you can read it almost anywhere. On the other hand, print has its weaknesses. Paper is expensive, and articles are often cut to fit the space available, printing and distributing paper is expensive and takes time. Printed materials are expensive to store and almost impossible to search, Electronic publishing offers solutions to all these problems.
Suppose a publisher makes the electronic copy of a newspaper or magazine available from the net, perhaps on the Internets World Wide Web. No paper is used and disc space is cheap, so internet publishing costs very little. Articles don' t have to be cut (though there is of course a limit to the amount people are willing to read on line). Internet publishing is fast, and readers can access material as soon as it becomes available: within minutes, instead of the next day, next week or nest month. Internet publishing goes beyond geographical boundaries: the humblest local pa- per can be read everywhere form. New York to London to Delhi to Tokyo, Delivery costs are low because there are no newsagents to pay, and no postal charges: readers pick up the bills for their on-line sessions, also, computer- based publications are simple to store (on disc) and every word can be searched electronically.
At the moment, newspapers and magazines, TV and radio stations, news agencies and book publishers are making content freely available on the Web because they are competing for "mind share". Perhaps they want to find out if they can attract and hold an audience on line, or perhaps they re afraid of missing out because “everyone else is doing it.” But don't count on things staying that way. Publishers are not in business to lose money.
What does the author probably foresee?
A.Readers will have more accesses.
B.Books and newspapers will be kept as computer files.
C.It will not make any sense to keep the printed versions.
D.Electronic publications will replace printed ones.
No Jetlag(时差反应)Anymore
Most people who travel long distances complain of jetlag(时差反应). Jetlag makes business travelers less productive(多产的,有成效的)and more prone 1 making mistakes. It is actually caused by 2 of your "body clock"--a small cluster(串,组,群)of brain cells that controls the timing of biological 3 . The body clock is designed for a regular rhythm(节奏)of daylight and darkness, so that it is thrown out of balance when it experiences daylight and darkness at the "wrong" times in a new time zone. The 4 of jetlag often persist(持续) for days 5 the internal body clock slowly adjusts to the new time zone.
Now a new anti-jetlag system is available that is based on proven 6 pioneering scientific research. Dr. Martin Moore has devised a practical strategy to adjust the body clock much sooner to the new time zone 7 controlled exposure to bright light. The time zone shift(转)is easy to accomplish and eliminates(消除) 8 of the discomfort of jetlag.
A successful time z0ne shift depends on knowing the exact times to either 9 or avoid bright light. Exposure to light at the wrong time can actually make jetlag worse. The proper schedule 10 light exposure depends a great deal on 11 travel plans.
Data on a specific flight itinerary(旅行路线)and the individual's sleep 12 are used to produce a Trip Guide with 13 on exactly when to be exposed to bright light.
When the Trip Guide calls 14 bright light you should spend time outdoors if possible. If it is dark outside, or the weather is bad, 15 you are on an aeroplane, you can use a special light device to provide the necessary light stimulus(刺激)for a range of activities such as reading, watching TV or working.
第 51 题
A.for
B.from
C.to
D.of