“People are ruder today because they are rushed and more ‘time poor’ than ever before，”says Patsy Rowe，“ Manners_have_fallen_off_the_radar(雷達(dá))．”Due to our strong attraction to electronic equipment it is a wonder more people don’t wake up each morning and greet the singing birds with a complaint(抱怨)about the noise.Here are some examples of rudeness.
Some people prefer to do almost everything over the internet.To them，dealing with an actual human is like an evolutionary step backward.It feels very slow because humans don’t work at 4G speeds.When you have dinner with friends，you will often notice someone paying more attention to his mobile phone.We have programmed ourselves to think that every new message brings life­changing news，so taking calls and checking our texts are more important than talking to the people we are with.What is worse，some people even tend to send anonymous(匿名的) rude messages by email.
However，rudeness is never acceptable.Don’t assume it is OK to be rude if the person you’re in touch with won’t recognize you.If you have something awful to say，have the courage to face the person and say it，write a letter or email and sign it，or forget it.Upsetting people with unsigned messages is cruel and disgusting.
We shouldn’t blame technology for our shortcomings.Technology is here to help us，but we should not allow it to take over our lives.An important step ia acknowledging our shortcomings.People spend a lot of time pointing out bad manners but it would be even more helpful if we’d publicly acknowledge good manners when we see them.
小題1:What can be inferred from the underlined sentence in Paragraph 1?
A．People can tell good from bad behavior.
B．Radar is able to observe human behavior.
C．People care little about their behavior.
D．Radar can be used to predict human behavior.
小題2:Some people are less willing to deal with humans because________.
A．they are becoming less patient
B．they are growing too independent
C．they have to handle many important messages
D．they have to follow an evolutionary step backward.
小題3:The author thinks sending unsigned awful messages is________.
A．ridiculous　　　　　B．disgusting
C．a(chǎn)cceptableD．reasonable
小題4:What can we learn from the last paragraph?
A．We should applaud good behavior.
B．Technology can never be blamed.
C．We should keep pointing out mistakes.
D．Technology will take over our lives one day.

小題1:C
小題2:A
小題3:B
小題4:A
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小題1:解析：選C。句意理解題。文章開(kāi)門(mén)見(jiàn)山地提出了論點(diǎn)“People are ruder today because they are rushed and more‘time poor’than ever before…”，畫(huà)線句子是對(duì)上述觀點(diǎn)的一個(gè)形象比喻，是對(duì)上句觀點(diǎn)的展開(kāi)論述。故選C項(xiàng)。
小題2:解析：選A。推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段內(nèi)容，尤其是第二、三句“To them，dealing with an actual human is like an evolutionary step backward.It feels very slow because humans don’t work at 4G speeds.”可知選A項(xiàng)。
小題3:解析：選B。作者觀點(diǎn)題。根據(jù)第三段最后一句“Upsetting people with unsigned messages is cruel and disgusting.”可知答案應(yīng)選B項(xiàng)。
小題4:解析：選A。推理判斷題。B項(xiàng)是對(duì)最后一段首句“We shouldn’t blame technology for our shortcomings.”的誤讀。根據(jù)最后一句“People spend a lot of time pointing out bad manners but it would be even more helpful if we’d publicly acknowledge good manners when we see them.”可知C項(xiàng)不正確。D項(xiàng)是對(duì)最后一段第二句“Technology is here to help us，but we should not allow it to take over our lives.”的誤讀，如果我們?nèi)祟?lèi)聽(tīng)之任之，這種情況就可能出現(xiàn)，如果我們致力于改變這一不好的現(xiàn)象，則這種情況就不會(huì)出現(xiàn)。根據(jù)最后一句中的“...but it would be even more helpful if we’d publicly acknowledge good manners when we see them.”可知A項(xiàng)正確。
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The Millennium Village project was created to help reach the Millennium Development Goals, which were set by the United Nations in 2000. The plan is to get people out of poverty, assure（確保）them of access to health care and help them stabilize the economy and quality of life in their communities. The goals are supposed to be met by 2015; some other targets are set for 2025. But our first sight of Sauri showed us there was plenty of work to do.
On that day in 2004, we followed the village leaders into Yala Sub-District Hospital. It wasn’t in good shape. The rooms were packed with patients who probably wouldn’t receive treatment, either because the hospital did not have it or the patients could not afford it. There was no running water or electricity in the hospital. It is hard for me to see people sick with preventable diseases who are near death when they shouldn’t have to be. I just get scared and sad.
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We walked over to see the farmers. Their crops started to die because they could not afford the necessary fertilizer（肥料）and irrigation. Time and again, a family will plant seeds only to have an outcome of poor crops because of lack of fertilizer and water. Each year, the farmers worry: Will they harvest enough food to feed the whole family? Will their kids go hungry and become sick?
Many kids in Sauri didn’t attend school because their parents couldn’t afford school fees. Some kids are needed to help with housework, such as fetching water and wood. In 2004, the schools had minimal supplies like books paper and pencils, but the students wanted to learn. They all worked hard with the few supplies they had. It was hard for them to concentrate, though, as there’s no midday meal.
Great changes have taken place in these years. Today, Yala Sub-District Hospital has medicine, free of charge. Water is connected to the hospital, which also has a generator（發(fā)電機(jī)）for electricity. There are no school fees, and the school now serves midday meals for the students. The attendance rate is way up. All this is encouraging supporters of the Millennium Villages project.
There are many solutions to the problems that keep people poor. What it will really take is for the world to work together to change poor areas forever. When my kids are my age, I want this kind of poverty to be a thing of history. It will not be an easy task. But Sauri’s progress shows us all that winning the fight against poverty is achievable in our lifetime.
小題1:In Paragraph 1, the writer describes the kids’ clothes to show that _________________.
A．local children spent a lot of time outside
B．local parents were not responsible
C．local villagers were very poor
D．local villagers were very friendly
小題2: What is mainly discussed in Paragraph 3?
A．Medical conditions.B．Agriculture.
C．Education.D．Economy.
小題3:What does the underlined word “minimal” in Paragraph 6 probably mean?
A．Many.B．Few.C．Colorful.D．Various.
小題4:Because there was no midday meal in school, __________________.
A．kids lacked energy to study attentively
B．many kids dropped out of school
C．kids made more efforts to study hard
D．many kids had to go back home for lunch
小題5:This story is mainly about _____________________________.
A．the education in an African village
B．the schools and hospitals in an African village
C．the poverty and the progress of an African village
D．the author’s car journey to an African village

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