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Manycitieshavesubwaysandundergroundpublictransportationtotakelocalsandtouristsalikerapidlyaroundthecity.However,there’ssomethingdifferentaboutridingaLondonsubway.Itmaynotlookdifferent,butthehistoricalvalueofoneofEngland’smostpopularformsoftransportationisenoughtomakeridingthesubwayamustwhenvisitingLondon.Withalittleunder100differentstations,thesubwaycantakeyoualmostanywhereyouneedtogo.
RidingaLondonsubway,apersonfromothercountrieswillnoticeonemajordifference:
inLondon,peopledonotlookateachother.Infact,eyecontactisavoidedatalltimes.That’snotrudeness―peoplearejusttoobusytobotherlooking.
Busydoingwhat,youask?
Well,they’recertainlynotusingthetimeforamomentofquietthinking.Noraretheyreadingabook.Newtechnologyhasreplacedquiethabits.TodaytheonlyacceptableformofbookontheLondonundergroundisane-book.
ApplemustearnafortunefromLondoncommuters(使用月票上下班者).SincethelaunchoftheiPhonein2007,over40,000―yes,that’s40,000“apps”havebeendesigned.
Commuterslovethembecausetheyaretheperfecttime-fillers.One“app”,callediShoot,isagamethatfeaturestanks.Anotherone,TubeExits,tellspassengerswheretositonthetraintobeclosesttotheexitoftheirdestination.iSteamcloudstheiPhonescreenwhenyoubreatheintothemicrophone.Youcanthenwriteinthe“steam”onyourphonescreen.
ForthosewithoutaniPhone,anotherAppleproduct,theiPod,maybethedistraction(消遣)ofchoice.It’snotjustteenagerswho“plugin”totheirmusic-iPodsareapopularwaytopassthetimeforallages.
Andifgames,e-booksandmusicaren’tenoughtokeepyouoccupied,thenperhapsyouwouldpreferafilm?
ThedevelopmentofpalmDVDtechnologymeansmanycommuterswatchtheirfavoriteTVshowsorfilmsonthewaytowork.Withallthesedistractions,it’samazingthatpeoplestillremembertogetoffthetrain.
1.Thosewhowanttosavetimetoreachwheretheygocandownload______totheiriPhones.
A.iShootB.TubeExitsC.iSteamD.iPod
2.PeopleinLondondonotmakeeyecontactonthesubwaybecause______.
A.theyaregoingtoworkandhavenotimetocommunicatewitheachother
B.theylovereadingbooksanddonotwanttobedisturbed
C.theyfeelsleepybecauseofgettingupearly
D.theyarebusyplayinggames,readinge-books,listeningtomusicorwatchingfilms
3.Theunderlinedword“apps”inthefourthparagraphmeans______.
A.computersB.programsdownloadedfortheiPhone
C.computercompaniesD.fortunefromLondoncommuters
4..Themainideaofthepassageisthat______.
A.Londoncommutersareunfriendlytostrangers
B.Applehasearnedalotofmoneyfromselling40,000apps
C.technologyischanginghowLondoncommutersspendtheirtravelingtime
D.ridingaLondonsubwayisamustwhenvisitingLondon
1.B细节理解题。
根据Anotherone,TubeExits,tellspassengerswheretositonthetraintobeclosesttotheexitoftheirdestination.故选B。
2.D细节理解题。
根据最后一段可知人们在地铁里没空看别人,是因为大家都忙于玩游戏读电子书听音乐或看电影,故选D。
3..B词义猜测题。
根据havebeendesigned可知它是电脑里已经设计好的程序,故选B。
4..C主旨大意题。
整篇短文叙述了伦敦的人们是怎样打发他们在做地铁的时间的,故选C。
【广东省2012届高三考前冲刺卷(三)】C
Technologyhasbeenanencouragementofhistoricalchange.ItactedassuchaforceinEnglandbeginningintheeighteenthcentury,andacrosstheentireWesternWorldinthenineteenth.Rapidadvancesweremadeintheuseofscientificfindingsinthemanufacture(制造)ofgoods,whichhaschangedideasaboutwork.Oneofthefirstchangeswasthatotherformsofenergyhavetakentheplaceofhumanpower.Alongwiththiscametheincreaseduseofmachinestomanufactureproductsinlesstime.Peoplealsodevelopedmachinesthatcouldproducethesamepartsforaproduct:
eachnailwasexactlylikeeveryothernail,meaningthateachnailcouldbechangedforeveryothernail.Thismeansthatgoodscouldbemassproduction,althoughmassproductionrequiredbreakingproductiondownintosmallerandsmallertasks.
Oncethiswasdone,workersnolongerstartedontheproductandlabouredtocompleteit.Instead,theymightworkonlyonethousandthofit,otherworkerscompletingtheirownpartsincertainorder.Thereisnothingstrangeaboutthismanufacturingworkbytoday’sstandards.Highlyskilledworkerswereunabletocomparewiththenewproductiontechniques,asmassproductionallowedgoodsofhighstandardtobeproducedingreaternumberthancouldeverbedonebyhand.Buttheskilledworkerwasn’ttheonlyloser,thecommonworkerslosttoo.Similarchangesforcedfarmersaway.Theincreasedmechanization(机械化)ofagriculturefreedmassesofworkersfromploughingthelandandharvestingitscrops.Theyhadlittlechoicebuttostreamtowardtherapidlydevelopingindustrialcenters.Increasingly,standardsweresetbymachines.Workersno