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阅读理解专项练习一：
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When families gather for Christmas dinner, some will stick to formal traditions dating back to
grandma's generation. Their tables will be set with the good dishes and silver, and the dress code
will be Sunday best.
But in many other homes, this china-and-silver elegance has given way to a stoneware (粗
陶) and stainless informality, with dresses assuming an equally casual-Friday look. For hosts and
guests, the change means greater simplicity and comfort. For makers of fine china in Britain, it
spells economic hard times.
Last week Royal Doulton, the largest employer in Stoke-on-Trent, announced that it is eliminating
1,000 jobs -- one-fifth of its total workforce. That brings to more than 4, 000 the number
of positions lost in 18 months in the pottery (陶瓷) region. Wedgwood and other pottery factories made cuts earlier.
Although a strong pound and weak markets in Asia play a role in the downsizing, the layoffs in
Stoke have their roots in earthshaking social shifts. A spokesman for Royal Doulton admitted that the
company \dining. Families eat together
less often, he explained, and more people eat alone, either because they are single or they eat in
front of television.
Even dinner parties, if they happen at all, have gone casual. In a time of
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long work hours and
demanding family schedules, busy hosts insist, rightly, that it's better to share a takeout pizza
on paper plates in the family room than to wait for the perfect moment or a \dinner party.
Too often, the perfect moment never comes. Iron a fine-patterned tablecloth? Forget it. Polish the silver? Who has time?
Yet the loss of formality has its down side. The fine points of etiquette (礼节) that children
might once have learned at the table by observation or instruction from parents and grandparents
(\the table. \picked up else-
where. Some companies now offer etiquette seminars for employees who may be able professionally
but inexperienced socially.
72. Why do people tend to follow the trend to casual dining? A. Family members need more time to relax.
B. Busy schedules leave people no time for formality. C. People prefer to live a comfortable life.
D. Young people won't follow the etiquette of the older generation.
73. It can be learned from the passage that 'Royal Doulton is . A. a seller of stainless steel tableware B. a dealer in stoneware C. a pottery chain store D. a producer of fine China 74. The main cause of the layoffs in the pottery industry is .
A. the increased value of the pound B. the worsening economy in Asia
C. the change in people's way of life D. the fierce competition at home and abroad
75. Formal table manners, though less popular than before in current Social life, .
A. are still a must on certain occasions
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B. are certain to return sooner or later C. are still being taught by parents at home D. can help improve personal relationships
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When Johnny Cash sings, people listen. His big, deep voice rumbles
out of radios and juke-
boxes across North America. His records sell by the million. Country-music fans everywhere, know
his big hits. They love songs like \Prison Blue\
Johnny Cash sings about a hundred concerts a year. People like what they hear--and what
they see, too. Rugged and big-shouldered, the singer stands six-two without his black boots on.
He's a two-hundred-pound package of muscle and talent. And that scar(疤痕)on his cheek? It's
a bullet(子弹)hole, of course!
In the minds of most people, Johnny Cash is \Tough( violent) Guy\
addict (上瘾者)who was once put in prison. His grandmother was an Indian. To keep from starving
he once had to live on wild rabbits killed from forty feet away with a knife. Some people say he even killed a man.
In fact, most of the Johnny Cash story is just that--a story. True, years ago he had a \
habit \\
times he'd go wild and get locked up for a few hours . But he never served a prison sentence.
There's no Indian blood in his veins. He's been a killer only in song. As for the
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