题型:阅读选择 题类:常考题 难易度:普通
浙江省温州市2017-2018学年九年级上学期英语学业水平期末检测试题(听力答案、音频暂无)
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Born and raised in a digital age,today's young people are generally tech savvy.But when it comes to basic life skills,things are quite different.
According to a recent study by YouGov,a UK—based market research company,69%18—24-year—olds in the UK have no idea how to fix the furniture.About 35%of them don't know how to sew on a button,while about 11%of them don't understand how to change a light bulb or iron clothes.
"It appears young people are losing the skills their parents took for granted,"reported the Daily Mail.
In fact,the problem is shared by young people in the United States.According to a report by Forbes in 2014,most young people don't know how to fix their bikes.Cooking is another basic life skill that has been dropped as young people are much more likely to order food deliveries than their parents.
This situation may be caused by technology."Skills at using phones and computers are the ones valued these days.and the practical hands-on skills of yesteryear are now seen to be easily replaced,''Sandi Mann,a Doctor at the University of Central Lancashire,UK,told the Mirror.
Indeed,improvements in technology have made young people unfamiliar with many basic life skills.For example,with GPS always at hand,young people have had no need to learn how to read physical maps.
However,this change has been cared by many people."If you have your doctor's degree and you can't live within your ways or go home from your job and feed yourself a healthy meal,you're not a complete student,"Chris Moore,a professor from Brigham Young University,US,told HuffPost.
That's why there's an increasing call for the return of"home ec"in the US,short for home economics,which teaches basic skills like cooking and how to wash clothes.It was very popular in the early 20th century,but was later taken out of schools and universities because the government didn't have enough money.But recently,home ec was reintroduced in a small number of schools and universities·
A Californian company wants to build a hotel in orbit (天体等运行的轨道). The space hotel will open in 2027. It will be able to carry up to 400 people. The space hotel will be shaped like a large wheel, with 24 space pods (舱) around the outside of the 200-meter-wide structure. The pods will be used for restaurants, bars, gyms, rooms for tourists, laboratories for research and so on. ▲
A UK company Seedlip has released (发布) a gift box that uses packaging (包装材料) made from mycelium (菌丝体). Seedlip is working with Magical Mushroom Company to make the packaging. Magical Mushroom adds mycelium to natural materials that farmers no longer need. As the mycelium tries to break the materials down, it grows threads (线) that form a strong and light material that can be used as packaging. And after being used, it breaks down naturally in about 40 days in a garden. |
Happy Rain on a Spring Night Good rain knows its time right; It will fall when comes spring. With wind it steals in night; Mute, it moistens each thing. O'er wild lanes dark cloud spreads; In boat a lantern looms. Dawn sees saturated reds; The town's heavy with blooms. —Translated by Xu Yuanchong Du Fu |
When Tang Dynasty poet Du Fu (712-770) wrote this poem, he was living in Chengdu. Sometimes he went to farm in the field. The poem shows his care for farmers.
The very first word, "good", shows the poet's joy and love for the spring rain. The rain is good indeed, as it "knows" the right time to come. Here the poet uses personification (拟人), as if the rain were smart enough to know that it should come in time for the farmer's busy plowing (农耕) season.
When the rain comes, it appears during the night. Unlike the thunder (雷) and lightning of summer storms, the quiet spring rain makes its contributions (贡献) without being known.
In the night sky, the clouds look dark and heavy, showing that there will be enough rain during the night. Then the poet imagines: tomorrow morning, all of the flowers in the city will bloom (盛开) after the rain.
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