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Here are some themed attractions inside this Disneyland Park that all have something to offer.   

Mickey Avenue

Once you entered the Disneyland Park, Mickey Mouse and his friends gather along the street welcoming you. This place is also a busy bazaar where tourists can select varieties of goods and enjoy tasty snacks while wandering around.

Gardens of Imagination

It is the first garden-designed Disney park in the world, with bridges and paths connecting seven themed areas. Chinese Zodiac Mural (生肖壁画) in the Garden of the Twelve Friends turn the movie figures into twelve animal signs. Guests can try to find their own zodiac sign on the wall and take photos with it.

Adventure Isle

Adventure Isle takes visitors into a newfound ancient tribe(部落). Drifting down the river on the rafts, you will pass through unknown places and rush into the dark caves, meeting the huge mysterious monsters.

Tomorrowland

The carefully designed Tomorrowland presents endless possibilities of the future. Using high tech, this park is like the settings of science fiction movies. The shooting program, “Buzz lightyear Planet rescue”, gives visitors a mission to save the world.

Admission Fee

One-day Ticket

CNY370 on ordinary days

CNY499 on weekends, public holidays, July and August

Two-day Ticket

A 5% discount on the basis of the original prize

Note:

Children between 1 and 1.4 meters tall and seniors aged over 65 can enjoy a 25% discount on the ticket price.

1. What does the underlined word “bazaar” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?

A. club            B. market           C. agency           D. cottage

2. Where should you go if you’re interested in traditional Chinese culture?

A. Tomorrowland    B. Mickey Avenue    C. Gardens of Imagination.    D. Adventure Isle

3. How much is the admission for a young couple and their son (1.2m) on Sunday?

A. CNY998 .       B. CNY1,122.75 .     C. CNY1,322.35 .    D. CNY1,372.25 .

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       Once a man asked a painter to painting a picture for him. He told the artist he didn't want to any shadows in the picture, just sunshine, but the artist did so. When the man saw the finished picture, he was disappointing. Without shadows, everything in the picture looks flat and unreal. The point of the story is that we need both shadows and sunshine to have a completely picture, just as we need both rain and sun to have living world. People, too, needs both sadness and happiness. We often learn important lesson during sad times. So when we feel sad, we should try to stop and think about that we might learn from the experience.

   Prices began to climb noticeably last year,_a historical high in November.

    A.  hit        B.  to hit       C.  hitting       D.  being hit

I used to believe politeness was a thing of the past, but I had to change my thinking after my experience in a happening coffee place with two of my grown-up daughters. The place was  41  so we had to climb a  42  and steep(陡的) flight of stairs in order to find an empty table. After  43  coffee and snacks, we were going down the stairs one by one, leaving hardly any  44  for another person to either climb up or come down.

Just as I was in the middle of my way down, a gentleman  45  the restaurant through the main entrance, which was right  46  the staircase. I was sure I would be   47  roughly by this man who would want to go up in a hurry. I kept coming down as fast as I could,   48  the banister(扶手). My  49  were already down, looking up at me  50  , hoping I would reach them  51  the stranger started up the stairs, knowing I was a nervous sort. Nearly reaching them, I  52  the man still standing near the  53  . I reached my daughters and passed the  54  at the entrance door which he  55  holding open.

Looking back on this matter, all three of us felt  56  that we did not even thank the  57  gentleman who was actually holding the door open for us ladies to  58  through before going up. Such well-mannered people are hard to find these days, when jostling(推撞) and pushing is  59  in our advanced but aggressive(好斗的) society. The gentleman in the coffee place restored my faith in human  60  .

41. A. cold                          B. noisy                C. crowded                 D. decorated

42. A. narrow                            B. broken                    C. dark                        D. short

43. A. delivering                 B. making             C. enjoying                 D. ordering

44. A. time                          B. space                     C. pace                       D. step

45. A. left                                  B. blocked            C. checked                 D. entered

46. A. above                      B. in front of         C. behind                           D. at the top of

47. A. punished                  B. pulled                     C. attacked              D. pushed

48. A. making way for         B. sitting on          C . holding on to         D. jumping over

49. A. colleagues               B. daughters        C. friends                           D. neighbors

50. A. worriedly                  B. excitedly          C. doubtfully               D. patiently

51. A. before                      B. once                C. unless                           D. if

52. A. imagined                  B. heard               C. sensed                          D. noticed

53. A. door                         B. table                C. window                   D. counter

54. A. manager                  B. stranger           C. waiter                            D. cook

55. A. appreciated                    B. suggested              C. admitted                 D. kept

56. A. bad                          B. grateful            C. delighted                D. heartbroken

57. A. courageous                    B. generous         C. polite                      D. responsible

58. A. drive                        B. search                    C. run                         D. pass

59. A. popular                           B. common           C. avoidable               D. favorable

60. A. feelings                           B. emotions          C. kindness                 D. behavior

  If Mickey Mouse is a westerner who has captured the worldHello Kitty is the worlds

sweetheart from Asia. With its two innocent black eyes and the cute ribbon on its earthis

white-faced kitten has captivated(迷住)the hearts of women of all ages since 1974.

    Hello Kitty is found on more than 50 thousand itemsincluding toysschool supplies

make-up and even neckties.

    To celebrate the characters 38' birthdayan exhibition calledInside Kitty" is underway

at the Seongnam Arts Center in Yatab-dong.

    Kitty was not popular at all at firsteven in Japan. Only since 198511 years after it was

bornhave people started to pay attention to it,”Yuko Yamaguchione of the designers of the

charactertold the press.

    Hello Kitty was only for kids then. But in 1987I got a letter from a high school student

who said that her friends teased her because she had a Hello Kitty product. She asked the com-

pany to make something that did not look strange for her to carry around. Since then we’ve

tried to come up with things that all ages can enjoy,”Yamaguchi said.

    Hello Kitty became popular after being displayed in Anna Sui boutiques(精品店)in the

United States. Young women from all over the world have been in love with the character ever

since. The boutique of MACa make-up brandpackedon the day the brand was releasedits

first products made in collaboration with Hello Kitty.

The character has to communicate with people. It should change over timeand always

stay fashionable,"Yamaguchi said.

    “Inside Kitty" starts by viewing the past of the character. Kitty fans will be delighted to

see Hello Kitty items from throughout the past 38 years on display.

Hello Kitty 61____________ its 38th birthday

Appearance

Two innocent 62__________ eyes, a cute ribbon on its ear, and a white face.

Related products

About 50 thousands items 63_________ toys, school supplies, and make-up.

64________

l       It came into 65_______ in  1974  .

l       It has been 66________ since 1985, 11years after its 67_______.

l       In 1987, it was designed to appeal to all ages instead of only to 68_______.

The 38th birthday celebration

An exhibition 69_________ “Inside Kitty” is being held where Hello Kitty items from throughout the past 38 years will be on 70_______.

   Memory, they say, is a matter of practice and exercise. If you have the wish and really made a conscious effort, then you can quite easily improve your ability33_________(remember) things. But 34_________ _________ you are successful, there are times when your memory seems to play tricks on you.

    Sometimes you remember things that really did not happen. One morning last week, for example, I got up and found that I (35) _________ (leave) the front door unlocked all night, yet I clearly remember locking it carefully the night before.

    Memory “tricks” work the other way as well. Once in a while you remember not doing something, and then find out that you did. One day last month, for example, I was sitting in a barber shop (36)_________ (wait) for my turn to get a haircut, and suddenly I realized that I had got a haircut two days (37)_________ (early) at the barber shop across the street from my office.

    We always seem to find something funny and (38)_________ (amuse) in incidents caused by people’s forgetfulness or absent-mindedness. Stories about absent-minded professors (39)_________ (tell) for years, and we’ve never got tired of hearing new ones. Unfortunately, however, absent-mindedness is not always funny. There are times when  “trick” of our memory40_________  cause us great trouble.   

Before going outside in the morning, many of us check a window thermometer (温度计) for the temperature. This helps us decide what to wear.      __36__ We want our food to be a certain coldness in the refrigerator. We want it a certain hotness in the oven. If we don't feel well, we use a thermometer to see if we have a fever. We keep our rooms a certain warmth in the winter and a certain coolness in the summer.

Not all the thermometers use the same system to measure temperature. We use a system called the Fahrenheit scale. But most other countries use the Centigrade scale. Both systems use the freezing and boiling points of water as their guide.    __37__

The most common kind of thermometer is made with mercury (水银) inside a clear glass tube. As mercury (or any other liquid ) becomes hot, it expands. As it gets colder, it contracts (收缩). That is why on hot days the mercury line is high in the glass tube.    __38__

First. Take a clear glass juice bottle that has a cap; fill the bottle with coloured water. Tap a hole in the center of the cap using a hammer and thick nail. Put the cap on the jar. Then stick a plastic straw (吸管) through the nail hole.     __39__

Finally. Place a white card on the outside of the bottle and behind the straw. Now you can see the water lever easily.      __40__

As the temperature goes down, the water will contract, and the lever in the straw will come down. Perhaps you will want to keep a record of the water lever in the straw each morning for a week.

AWe use and depend on thermometers to measure the temperature of many other things in our daily lives.

BThermometers measure temperature, by using materials that change in the same way when they are heated or cooled.

CNow that you know this rule you can make a thermometer of your own that will work.

DThe water will rise in the straw. As the temperature of the air goes up, the water will expand and rise even higher.

EThey label these in different ways. On the Fahrenheit scale water freezes at 32 degrees and boils at 212 degrees. On the Celsius scale water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees.

FTake wax (you may use an old candle if you have one) and melt some of it right where the straw is struck into the cap to seal (……粘住) them together.

GPeople use thermometers which are made by themselves when travelling around the world.

Being Left-handed in a Right-handed World              

   The world is designed for right-handed people, but why does a tenth of the population prefer the left?   71 

   The answer to it remains a bit of a mystery. Since scientists have noticed that left-handedness tends to run in families, it’s assumed that left-handedness has a genetic(基因的) component to it.   72   In fact, identical twins, who share the same genes, can sometimes prefer to use different hands. There are also plenty of theories on what else might determine which hand you write with, but many experts believe that it’s kind of random.

   Historically, the left side and left-handedness have been considered a negative thing by many cultures.   73   In some areas, the left hand became known as the “unclean” hand. In many religions, the right hand of God is the favored hand. For example, Jesus sits at God’s right side. God’s left hand, however, is the hand of judgement. Various activities and experiences become rude or even signs of bad luck when the left hand becomes involved. In some parts of Scotland, it is considered bad luck to meet a left-handed person at the start of a journey.   74   A person giving directions will put their left hand behind them and even physically try to point with their right hand if necessary. In some Asian countries, eating with the left hand is considered impolite.

  75   People come to realize that left-handedness is natural. People even noticed that many famous people are left-handed, including Benjamin Franklin, Leonardo Da Vinci, and Charlie Chaplin. Some researchers find out that lefties are more creative and can deal with abstract thinking better. The left-handedness is more easily adaptable to the right-handed world as well. Being left-handed is no longer a sad story now; instead, it is a wonderful gift or maybe it is something you should take pride in. 

A. In other words, left-handers are born that way. 

B. Left-handedness used to be regarded as a disability.

C. The unfavorable associations of the use of the left hand among cultures are varied.

D. Why do they prefer to use their left hand rather than their right hand for routine activities?

E. Why do some parents force their left-handed children to become right-handed when writing?

F. In Ghana, pointing, gesturing, giving or receiving items with the left hand is considered rude.

G. Fortunately, nowadays most societies and cultures no longer reject left-handedness like before.

Peter, Helen, Catherine, ElizabethLevin 想根据各自在环保方面的兴趣进行案例研究。阅读下面某杂志的专题报道摘要(ABCDEF),选出适合他们研究的最佳案例,并在答题纸上相应选项的标号涂黑。选项中有一项是多余选项。

37. Peter: Reducing plastic and other wastes through DIY.

38. Helen: Making use of the heavy traffic to produce electricity.

39. Catherine: Building a community without private cars

40. Elizabeth: Building houses with recycled materials and energy-efficiency systems

41. Levin: Developing a new type of urban car which burns less gas

         A

             B

          Vauban

 We know cars are terrible polluters, but would you give yours up? Vauban, a community in southwestern Germany, did just that, and its 5,000 citizens are doing fine. Most streets are free of vehicles, and there are generous green spaces and good public-transport links, including fast buses and bicycle paths. When people must drive, they can turn to car-sharing clubs. “All the citizens had the chance to plan their own city,” says Andreas Delleke, an energy expert, “and it’s just how we wanted it to be. ”

Denmark

During the period of gas shortage in the early 70s, Denmark decided to become self-sufficient(自足). So they began a few projects making smart investments along the way.

On the island of Samsoe, local families, fishermen and farmers bought wind turbines(涡轮机) to produce their own energy, Within seven years these turbines were completely paid for. And can you believe just one of wind turbines produces enough electricity for 600 households?

                   C

                     D

           Trey Parker and Matt Stone

Trey Parker and Matt Stone, creators of South Park, have built a sustainable(可持续的) castle with outer siding and inner flooring of recycled wood, recycled carpeting, high-efficiency boiler systems.

   “I think more and more today, people are willing to make a statement about the Earth and how they want to protect it,” Michael Ruth, home designer and builder says. “For high-end homes in this valley, this is entirely consistent with what they cost. ”

                    P-NUT

Who doesn’t love the name P-NUTshort for Personal-Neo Urban Transport? It’s Honda’s latest attempt to create a tiny footprint for a new urban vehicle.

This little P-NUT is unique. With a central driving position, the car is designed to move in tight settings. The 11-foot micro car will seat three with two rear-seat passengers behind the driver.

“The P-NUT concept explores the packaging and design potential for a vehicle designed for the city lifestyle. ” Said Dave Marek, a Honda design spokesman.

              E

                  F

          Israel Company

    Is it possible that annoying rush hour traffic could become a source of renewable energy?

 Israel’s Technion Institute of Technology claims that if we placed special generator(发电机) under roads, railways, and runwayswe could harvest enough energy to mass-produce electricity. A trial process has been used on a smaller scale, in dance clubs for instance, where the pounding feet of dancers light up the floor.

   “We can produce electricity anywhere there is a busy road using energy that normally goes to waste,” said Uri Amit, chairman of Israel’s Technion Institute of Technology.

                 Coffee

Coffee. Some of us can’t start our day without it, and we don’t mind waiting 10 minutes in line for it.

Here is the most effective tip to make you a superstar in environment protection.

Get a coffee machine for your home or coffee, or persuade your company into buying one. (Tell them it will improve productivity. ) Skip the coffee line on the way to work and make something that is better-tasting and much better for your wallet.

Plus, you won’t need those plastic cups or carrying cases that just get thrown away. Better yet, use your favorite travel mug.

How Learning Habits Influence On Learning Results. Its useful and necessary to discuss learning habits. There is a famous saying Good habits lead to good endings.,    1    shows the importance of habits.

An apple a day keeps doctor away .also shows how a healthy everyday habit helps to build up our body.     2    , good learning habits can help us gain great learning results    3    (include) high scores and abundant knowledge. At first, learning habits form our ways of thinking and attitudes     4   the content of our learning. Obviously, a good habit can help us to speed up to reach our destinations.    5    we can see, cultivating a good habit is so important      6     I would like to introduce one kind of good learning habits -- keep a learning diary every day. We can start the habit by    7    (write) learning summary and remember to record something impressive and     8    (mean). Keep it in mind, and gradually we can gain this good learning habit and benefit from it.

Whats more, I find out that I still have some bad learning habits as well. I can     9    concentrate on reading for a short time and I   10   ( conquer) this problem by spending more effort on concentration practice.

I believe that through my efforts, I can gain good learning results by having good habits.

                                

---Are you sure you can pass the drving test tomorrow?.

  ---______. I can manage it very easily.

  A. That’s right.                                      B. It’s a piece of cake.    

  C. Forget it.                                                    D. It really isn’t worth mentioning. 

    When the Internet hits an industry, the result is usually pretty dramatic.

Newcomers with revolutionary business models blow away the old established players. Think what happened to Kodak when photography went digital, and what happened to high street book shops when Amazon got going.

Now it is the turn of higher education. Right now this change is focused on the Mooc—shorthand for massive open online courses. Essentially these are packaged-up pieces of learning that last a few weeks, are often put together by a top professor at a top university, and are available to anyone with a computer. Enrolment(登记)is unlimited, there are no entry requirements, and they are completely free.

Mooc providers will tell you proudly that their product is not an alternative to going to university, it’s an alternative to not going to university. One of the big players in the Mooc world is Coursera, set up by Andrew Ng and Daphne Koller, two computer science professors at Stanford University in the United States.

About two years ago Prof. Ng decided to put lectures from his Machine Learning course online, with surprising results: “I put one of courses online and it reached an audience of 100,000 students,” he says. “To put that number into context, I used to teach 400 students a year at Stanford, which means to reach a comparable sized audience I would have had to teach at Stanford for 250 years.”

“I think Moocs have a huge potential. The technology that allows one professor to teach not just one student, but 100,000 really changes the economics of higher education,” Prof. Ng says. “Once you have created the course content it costs almost nothing to sigh up another student. What that means is we can afford to connect everyone in he world to a great education.”

29. What is the best title for the passage?

   A. The New Will Replace the Old                  B .Science Is Developing Very Quickly

   C. Great Changes Take Place Every Day             D. Traditional Industries Can Hardly Survive

30. What do we learn about Moocs?

   A. They are usually very cheap                     B. They are limited to college students

   C. They are given by famous professors                 D. They have limit to students’ number

31. Prof. Ng gave some numbers in Paragraph 5 to show ________.

   A. the higher quality you Moocs                       B. the large influence of Moocs

   C. the great convenience of Moocs                     D. the quick development of Moocs

32. What’s Prof. Ng’s attitude towards Moocs?

   A. Unclear             B. Doubtful          C. Objective         D. Optimistic

      ________ allow drugs to become uncontrolled in our district.

A. In certain circumstances can we                          B. In no circumstances we can

C. Under any circumstances we can                         D. Under no circumstances can we

I bought ________ of milk she did.

       Adouble an amount                 Bdouble the amount

       Cthe double amount                      Ddouble amount

    New York----Michelle Obama made a daring decision to return to the same designer who created her Inaugural (就职)Ball dress four years ago -- and the risk paid off.

The First Lady looked extremely attractive in a thin, sweeping, and ruby-colored dress by designer Jason Wu. She teamed the dramatic dress with heels by Jimmy Choo and a diamond ring by Kimberly McDonald.

 She surprised the fashion establishment by returning to a Wu design which had been the custom made for her.

 Four years ago at her first Inauguration Ball, Michelle shimmered(熠熠生辉)in an off-white, one-shouldered floor-length dress by the designer.

 Wu, who was 26 at the time and had only been working in fashion for three years, saw his career take off after the First Lady's surprise decision to wear one of his dresses.

 He said at the time that he was unaware she had chosen the dress and had been watching at home on his couch and eating pizza when she appeared.

 After her 2013 decision, Wu told Women's Wear Daily: “Mrs Obama likes to keep her secrets. She fooled me again.”

 Wu released a women's clothing and accessories(装饰品)collection at Target last year and continues to be popular with the First Lady for official engagements.

 The sleeveless, cross-halter neck dress with low-cut back flattered(突出)49-year-old Michelle's arms and neat waist.

 It had been created especially for her by Wu and was a departure from the dark and plain colour tone she stuck to at earlier inauguration events.

 Mrs Obama's new hairstyle -- she had bangs(美发沙龙)cut on her birthday last week  had been loosely tousled(蓬松的)for the special night.

 Vice-President Joe Biden's wife Jill also looked attractive in a blue silk dress by Vera Wang at the Inauguration Ball.

29. What does the passage mainly talk about

A. Designer Wu’s great works        

B. Mrs. Obama’s decision to return to her former fashion designer  

C. The First Lady’s secrets.      

D. Wu, a great designer.

30. Michelle Obama’s brave decision proved to be a_________.

A. risk           B. danger      C. surprise      D. success

31. According to the passage, which of the following is correct?

A. Mrs Obama’s inaugural dresses were made by the same designer.

B. Joe Biden’s wife Jill also had her dress created by Wu.

C. The colour tone at Michelle’s earlier inaugural events was not satisfactory.

D. Mrs Obama had straight forehead hair as her new hairstyle for the special night.

32. Which of the following best describes Jason Wu?

A. Daring and gifted.      B. Unusual and cautious. 

C. Careful and brave.   D. Talented and lucky.

Last year more than 13 Korean (韩国) TV series were introduced in China. Turn on the TV, and Korean beauties are appearing during peak viewing times(黄金时段). Some of the dramas are being repeated, but audiences continue to watch them. Why are the South Korean TV series loved by so many Chinese people? Cheng Yiting, a student from East China Normal University, gives us her reasons. She thinks that the good-looking actors with cool clothes and the beautiful sight in the dramas are the selling points for South Korean TV dramas. But what attracted the young audiences most is the pure and moving love stories.

And it seems that South Korean TV series has also won the hearts of middle-aged people. They are touched by the morals(道德)in the shows. These include the importance of respecting elders and social order. Though some people think South Korean TV series are too slow and too long, most of the Chinese audiences like them. Maybe we are really tired of Western TV series. Compared with that, South Korean TV series are not bad.

1Which of the following is NOT mentioned提及about South Korean TV series in the passage?

A. Love       B. Morals

C. Social order      D. The youth self-respect

2What is the main reason why South Korean TV series are popular?

A. The series are slow and long.

B. The actors wear cool clothes.

C. The stories with morals in them are pure and moving.

D. The actors are cool.

3What does the writer want to tell us?

A. We are fed up with South Korean TV series.

B. South Korean TV series is a great success and popular in China.

C. South Korean TV series are better than Chinese TV series.

D. We can learn a lot from Korean TV series so we need to watch them again and again.

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The Winthrop Middle School Drama Club has recently given their annual Winter Shows. Over

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______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

                                                          The Student Union

根据下列句子所给汉语意思写出空缺处单词,或根据所给词写出正确形式。

1. We're in the building _________ (对面) the government offices.

2. ________ (政治上) and economically this is an extremely difficult question.

3. Though ten years old, this book is highly ___________ (推荐).

4. Delivery times are arranged at your __________(方便).

5. I have no doubt that the man is guilty and that he deserves __________(惩罚).

Around twenty years ago I was living in York21  I had a lot of experience and a Master's degree, I could not find 22  work..

 I was 23  a school bus to make ends meet and 24  with a friend of mine, for I had lost my flatI had 25 five interviews with a company and one day between bus runs they called to say I did not 26  the job“Why has my life become so 27  ?” I thought painfully.

 As I pulled the bus over to 28  a little girl, she handed me an earring 29  I should keep it 30  somebody claimed (认领) itThe earring was painted black and said “BE HAPPY”.

 At first I got angryThen it 31  me – I had been giving all of my 32   to what was going wrong with my 33   rather than what was right! I decided then and there to make a 34  of fifty things I was happy withLater, I decided to 35  more things to the listThat night there was a phone call for 36  from a lady who was a director at a larger 37 She asked me if I would 38  a one-day lecture on stress management to 200 medical workersI said yes. My 39  there went very well, and before long I got a well-paid jobTo this day I know that it was because I changed my way of 40  that I completely changed my life.

21.AAs              BThough        CIf              DWhen

22.Asuccessful        Bextra          Csatisfying        Dconvenient

23.Adriving           Brepairing      Ctaking           Ddesigning

24.Aworking          Btravelling      Cdiscussing       Dliving

25.Aprepared for       Battended       Casked for        Dheld

26.Alose             Blike           Cfind             Dget

27.Ahard             Bbusy          Cserious          Dshort

28.Awave at          Bdrop off        Ccall on          Dlook for

29.Aordering         Bpromising      Csaying           Dshowing

30.Ain case          Bor else         Cas if             Dnow that

31.Ahurt            Bhit             Ccaught           Dmoved

32.Afeelings         Battention        Cstrength          Dinterests

33.Aopinions         Beducation       Cexperiences      Dlife

34.Alist             Bbook          Ccheck            Dcopy

35.Aconnect         Bturn           Ckeep             Dadd

36.Aher            Ba passenger      Cme              Dmy friend

37.Ahospital        Bfactory          Crestaurant         Dhotel

38.Alisten to        Breview          Cgive             Dtalk about

39.Aplan           Bchoice          Cday              Dtour

40.Aoperation       Bspeaking        Cemployment       Dthinking

Recently the Barbican Museum in London held an exhibition called the Rain Room. During the time this exhibition was open, my twitter stream was filled with photos of people standing in the rain room, accompanied by the caption “rain room@ the barbican!” and a location attachment to prove that they were indeed in the rain room.

This got me thinking. What were people actually saying by Tweeting about their visit? I think all they were doing was fulfilling the obligation that we have to share. Not sharing in the sense of treasuring a moment with people close to us, but sharing in the sense of “tell the world that I am doing a thing”.

It’s not sharing; it’s showing off. When we log in to Facebook or Twitter we see an infinitely updating stream of people enjoying themselves. It’s not real life, because people only post about the good things whereas all the dull or deep stuff doesn’t get mentioned. But despite this obvious fact, it subconsciously makes us feel like everyone is having a better time than us.

This is the curse of our age. We walk around with the tools to capture extensive data about our surroundings and transmit them in real-time to every friend we’ve made. We end up with a reduced understanding of reality because we’re more concerned about choosing a good Instagram filter(过滤器) for our meal than how it tastes.

I don’t think that it’s inherently(内在的、固有的)wrong to want to keep the world updated about what you’re doing. But when you go through life robotically posting about everything you do, you’re not a human being. You’re just a prism that takes bits of light and sound and channels them into the cloud.

The key thing to remember is that you are not enriching your experiences by sharing them online; you are detracting from them because all your efforts are focused on making the look attractive to other people. Once you stop seeing things through the eyes of the people following you on Twitter or Facebook or Instagram, you can make your experiences significant, because you were there and you saw the sights and smelled the smells and heard the sounds, not snapped a photo of it through a half-inch camera lens.

28.What do we learn from the first two paragraphs?

A. Rain Room exhibition received a large audience in London.

B. Most of people feel obligated to share their experience with friends.

C. Many people want to inform others of their experience by Tweeting.

D. All people having gone to the Rain Room took pictures.

29.It seems to the author that ___________.

A. Facebook or Twitter is a good place where we share personal experience

B. people seldom show depressing stuff on the social networking websites

C. most people tend to show off that they are having a better time than others

D. sharing experience on the social networking websites is not real life

30.By talking of “a good Instagram filter for our meal” (Line 3-4, Para.4), the author wants to show _____.

A. we are surrounded by various tools to capture our daily data

B. we are more concerned about how our life seems to be to others

C. we transmit our experience immediately to everybody we know

D. we gain more extensive perception of reality with digital tools


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