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1、阅读理解1. Buying is Doing?How important is shopping to you? How much time do you spend buying things?And how much time do you spend organizing these things in your home? In the future, how much time will you spend in movietheaters, at amusement parks, at shopping malls, or at convenience stores? When y
2、ou add it all up, you willprobably see you spend a lot of your life consuming（消费） things. Consumingproducts is not necessarily bad. However, if we spend too much time doing it, weshould look at it carefully.Imagine that you have a week off from school. You don t have to go to class.However, in this
3、week, you cannot spend any money - no shopping, no movies, noeating out. How would you spend your time?What things would bring you happiness? Perhaps you would take a walk with your best friend. Perhaps you would help a child read. Or you might spend time with your family.When we look back, it is li
4、kely that non-consuming experiences like these will be our most important memories. Why? Non-consuming activities are active, not passive. They don t come in a package. You makethe experience yourself. For example, each person who reads to a child will have a different experience. The experience cha
5、nges with the reader, the child, and the book. Similarly, when you have a conversation with a friend, you are actively creating an experience. The conversation that you have with your friend cannot be experienced or recreated by anyone else. However, if you watch a movie with a friend, you will each
6、 have a package experience. It requires no action and little interaction between the two of you.The environment we live in encourages us to have packaged experiences. We feel that we must consume because we believe that buying is doing. However, we can start a personal revolution（变革） against consume
7、rism. How? By consuming less. We can ask ourselves what experiences bring us the greatestsatisfaction. Then we can organize our lives so that we have more of those kinds of experiences.1. If consuming products takes too much time, we should _.A. spend less moneyB. think about it carefullyC. organize
8、 our thingsD. go to convenience stores2. According to the passage, the writer believes that _.A. we can say no to consumerism by consuming lessB. buying things can bring us the greatest satisfactionC. the environment seldom influences our shopping choicesD. consuming experiences will be our most imp
9、ortant memories3. What is the writer s main purpose in writing this passage?A. To introduce some ways of enjoying our spare time.B. To encourage people to have more active experiences.C. To explain reasons behind peoples shopping behavior.2On my recent trip to Sydney with my parents, we visited the
10、Wildlife Park. The Wildlife Park has lots of different animals and birds. Some are native 当(地的 ) to Australia and can only be found there. There are over 600 animals there, including kangaroos, koalas and crocodiles 鳄(鱼 ). They are kept in their natural environment. I like the Wildlife Park better t
11、han a zoo where most of the animals are in cages (笼子 ).We first spent some time with the kangaroos. We were allowed to touch and feedthem. It was very exciting to be so close to them. There were koalas there too. They looked very cuddly (令人想拥抱的 ). Although we were not allowed to carry them, I got to
12、 take a photo with one. It is a wonderful souvenir 纪(念品 ) of my holiday in Sydney.The Wildlife Park has plenty of freshwater and saltwater crocodiles. Some ofthem are really big and scary 吓(人的 ) with huge teeth! I did not want to get too close to them.There was also a bird show. The keepers showed u
13、s different species种类( ) theyhad. I saw an old parrot which could“ talk ” . It made a greatonimpression.I enjoyed the trip very much. There was so much to see.1. Where is the Wildlife Park?A. In Sydney. B. In Cairo. C. In Athens. D. In Rome.2. What is a wonderful souvenir of the writer s holiday? A.
14、 A parrot that could talk. B. A chance to feed a koala. C. A photo with a koala. D. Food for the kangaroos.3. Why didn t the writer want to get very close to the crocodiles?A. They lived in water.B. The writer was afraid of them.C. The writer did not want to feed them.D. The writer did not like the
15、smell of saltwater.4. Which of the following is true?A. The kangaroos are kept in cages in the Wildlife Park.B. The writer travelled to the Wildlife Park alone.C. The writer went to see koalas first.D. The writer watched a bird show.5. How did the writer feel after visiting the Wildlife Park?A. Excited. B. Unhappy. C. Bored. D. Hopeless.6. A.