Point 4 The telephone separates us. Antonella Bramante in Rome says, “We worked in separate offices but I could see him through the window. It was easy to get his number. We were so near——but we didn’t meet for the first two weeks!”
Point 5 The telephone allows us to reach out beyond our own lives. Today we can talk to several complete strangers simultaneously ( 同时地) on chat lines (at least my daughter does. I wouldn’t know what to talk about). We can talk across the world. We can even talk to astronauts (if you know any) while they’re space-walking. And, with the phone line hooked up to the computer, we can access(存取) the Internet, the biggest library on Earth.
64.How do you understand ‘Point 1 —The telephone creates the need to communicate,6…’？
A. People don’t communicate without telephone.
B. People communicate because of the creating of the telephone. C. People communicate more since telephone has been created. D. People communicate more because of more traffic.
65.Which of the following best shows people’s attitude towards mobile phones?
A. Mobile phones help people deal with the emergency.
B. Mobile phones bring convenience as well little secret to people. C. Mobile phones are so important and should be encouraged. D. Mobile phones are part of people’s life.
66. Which points do you think support the idea that phones improve people’s life?
a. Point 1. b. Point2. c. Point3. d. Point 4. e. Point 5. A. c, d
B. a, e
C. a, c
D. b, e
67.It is possible to talk to several complete strangers simultaneously through________ . A. the TV screen
B. a fax machine
D. a microphone
C. the phone line hooked up to the computer
68.The best heading for the passage is___________ . A. phone Power
B. Kinds of Phone D. Advantage of Phones
C. how to Use Phones D
I never realized that bureaucratism (官僚主义) hated criticism so much until I myself was taught a good lesson by some bureaucrats.
One sunny morning, I went to a high－level organization to report on some business. Once in the office, I found the man in charge busy and about to leave. “Wait a minute, please. You are the comrade I was told I must see.” I walked closer to the chief.
“Sorry, I’m busy now,” the reply was polite but firm.
“Would you please spare me just a few minutes? I came from a great distance and it’s not easy for me to pay another visit here in a short time.”
“Then come when you can,” now a chief’s tone (语气), very businesslike.
“Just take a look at this paper. One minute is enough.”
“But I don’t even have one minute, no, not one single minute.” “Then I must come back again?” “Right, you must.”
“You are practicing bureaucratism!” I lost control of my temper that had been suppressed (压抑) since I entered the office.
“Good criticism,”the chief smiled and left.
That was “bad” criticism, bad for me, as later I was told that my report was turned down. I was beaten by bureaucratism.
I learned the lesson: bureaucratism hates criticism. It seems that I need to learn more about the battle against that ugly social evil (弊病). 69. From the passage we can see _____.
A. the man in charge had a good temper B. the writer was a bad－tempered person
C. the man in charge didn’t lose temper D. the writer avoided losing his temper
70. The chief smiled and said “Good criticism”. This really shows _____. A. he was open to the writer’s criticism B. politeness
C. his false politeness writer lost temper
71. The report was turned down only because _____.
A. the writer wouldn’t come back again B. the chief was hurt by his criticism
C. the writer didn’t make it clear to him D. the report itself was worthless
E
In 1986, Willie Mays was paid $ 125,000 to play baseball, but the $ 80,000 a year earned by Babe Ruth, the homerun king of the early 1930’s, went a great deal farther．The two men paid greatly different amounts for federal taxes and consumer goods．Read what Dr Lawrence Ritter had to say on this matter．Dr Ritter is chairman of the department of finance（财政）at New York University’s graduate school of business．
D. he didn’t mind much though the
his
patience
and
“On his $ 80,000 Ruth paid $ 11,500 in federal income taxes, giving him a takehome pay of $ 68,500．On his $ 125,000 Mays paid a federal income tax of $ 73,000, leaving $ 52,000 in take-home pay．In addition, consumer prices today are about 2．2 times as high as they were in 1931．At today’s prices, Mays’ $ 52,000 take home bay would buy what $ 23,000 would have bought in 1931．In terms of purchasing power, Mays’ Salary was worth only about one-third of Ruth’s．”
72．The best title for this passage is ______． A．Poor Willie
B．Rich Babe C．Rising Price
D．Too Much Tax
73．Which of the following is true? A．Ruth had bigger salary．
B．Mays got more take-home pay．
C．Ruth had bigger purchasing power D．Mays could spend less money on consumer goods．
74．Mays’ federal income tax is ______ higher than Ruth’s． A．14．4%
B．58．4%
C．44%
D．16．8%
75．From the passage we can conclude that ______． A．the United States is getting richer and richer
B．the dollar today is worth less than it was in the thirties C．American people are paid today less than in 1931 D．American sportsmen become poorer and poorer 第二卷 （非选择题 共35分） 第一节：对话填空(满分10分)
阅读下面对话，掌握其大意，并根据首字母的提示，在标有题号的右边横线上写出一个英语单词的完整、正确形式，使对话通顺。
M: I’d like to 76 c__________ this CD, please. (76)___________ W: You’d like to change it. What 77 e_________ is (77)___________ the problem? (78)___________ M: It was a Christmas 78 p_______. I asked my mum to buy me a CD for Christmas, but this isn’t the one I wanted. I wanted the new CD by Chaos Theory, and (79)___________ she bought me this. It’s their first CD, not their (80)___________ 79 l_______ one. W: I see, so you’d like to 80 e_______ it for the (81)___________ right CD, is that right? (82)___________ M: Well, no, not really, you see I don’t like Chaos (83)______ Theory any 81 m__. I’d like a computer 82 g______ _____ instead. (84)________ W: I see, well, if you’d like to 83 c______ which ___ computer game you’d like, then we can probably take the 84 p______ of the CD off the price of the computer game. If you have the receipt with you… do you have the receipt? M: Yeah, it’s here. W: Okay, then. So if you’d like to choose the computer game, then we’ll try and 85 f_____ one for you, okay? 第三节：书面表达（满分25分） 阅读下列材料,发表自己的感想:
1. 日常生活中，我们常会碰到类似的现象 (1) 不少人对于身边随意丢弃的废纸视而不见
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江苏省南京市金陵中学2020年高考英语模拟压轴题(无附听力材料及答案)
