话题11 计划与安排
主题语篇阅读
Ⅰ.[2019·昌平二模] 完形填空
Young Scottish brothers take on a list of 500 adventures
For Ollie and Harry Ferguson, life is an adventure. For the past four years, the brothers have been working to 1 a list of 500 challenges and experiences.
“The idea came about actually from the boys,” their father, MacNeill Ferguson, said. “The boys were just asked one day if they could 2 some cool things for us to do as a family. They put forward some impossible ideas firstly, like going on a trip to Mars, International Sausage Day and all kinds of 3 kids requests. They built the list to a hundred, then kept finding new things we wanted to do and try…until it got up to 500.” They’re all listed on the brothers’ Facebook page.
So far they have built an igloo, explored the wilderness, and sent their Lego men to the depths of the ocean and into outer space. Perhaps their biggest 4 is playing out right now on the high seas. Last year, Ollie and Harry launched(使下水) a toy ship from the Scottish coast. The ship named “Adventure” sailed across the North Sea to Scandinavia. It then began a ride on a Norwegian boat and was launched 5 , this time off the coast of west Africa. It’s equipped with a tracking device(跟踪器), allowing the brothers to 6 every step of the sailing. But the battery(电池) on the tracking device is becoming weak, so Harry and Ollie hope a passing ship 7 their boat and is able to recharge(充电) its battery, allowing the adventure to continue.
“Harry, where would you like the boat to go?” Mr. Ferguson asked. “Without (a) 8 , that would be China because we all love China,” Harry answered. He thinks that even there are so many difficulties, the boat will reach China.
( )1.A.finish B.choose C.check D.change
( )2.A.hear of B.keep off C.come up with D.get used to
( )3.A.shy B.strange C.useless D.traditional
( )4.A.memory B.journey C.invention D.adventure
( )5.A.yet B.again C.even D.ever
( )6.A.cancel B.take C.copy D.follow
( )7.A.sells B.leaves C.notices D.protects
( )8.A.doubt B.trust C.mistake D.surprise
Ⅱ.[2018·西城二模]阅读理解
After the holiday season, our guess is that you are tired of visiting the store and buying gifts.It is easy to get stuck, both spiritually and physically by having too much.This is why minimalism and living simply should be your resolution for 2018.
Economic development results in a lot of consumerism(消费): get a good job, get a nice car, and settle into a beautiful house.But some people say that our lives could use a little lightening these days: We work and work and work only to buy and buy and buy—but does all that material wealth really lead to our happiness? Are we filling our time with unnecessary things, when we should be filling our time with friends, value, and service?
An article from the website, Becoming Minimalist, points out the problem with this cycle(循环) in the best way, “Nobody really believes happiness is directly tied to the number of things we own.Yet almost all of us live like it.We get stuck in it.We work more hours than ever before, earn more income, but save less.”
Minimalism isn’t all about ridding(摆脱) consumerism and products from your life.Minimalism is about finding your own sense of self and focusing on the things you love.It is about creating a lifestyle that is focused on only those people and things that enrich you.
