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1、百强校河北定州中学2016-2017学年第二学期高四英语周练试题（5.7）一、阅读理解Manypeoplethinkatelephoneisessential.ButIthinkitisapestandatimewaster.Veryoftenyoufinditimpossibletoescapefromsomeidleorcuriouschatter-box,orfromsomebodywhowantssomethingfornothing.Ifyouhaveatelephoneinyourownhous
2、e,youwilladmitthatittendstoringwhenyouareasleep,orinthemiddleofamealoraconversation,orwhenyouarejustgoingout,orwhenyouaretakingyourbath.Areyoustrongmindedenoughtoignoreit,tosaytoyourself,“Ah,well,itwillallbethesameinahundredyears’time”Youarenot.Youthinkthe
3、remaybesomeimportantnewsormessagesforyou.Icanassureyouthatifamessageisreallyimportantitwillreachyousoonerorlater.Haveyouneverrusheddrippingfromthebath,orchewingfromthetable,ordazedfromthebed,onlytobetoldthatyouareawrongnumber?Butyouwillsay,youneednothaveyo
4、urnameprintedinthetelephonedirectory,andyoucanhaveatelephonewhichisonlyusableforoutgoingcalls.Besides,youwillsay,isn’titimportanttohaveatelephoneincaseofemergency—illness,anaccident,orfire?Ofcourse,youareright,buthereinathicklypopulatedcountrylikeEnglandon
5、eisseldomfarfromatelephoneincaseofdreadfulnecessity.IthinkperhapsIhadbettertrytojustifymyselfbytryingtoprovethatwhatIlikeisgood.Iadmitthatindifferentcircumstances—ifIwereatycoon(businessVIP),forinstance,orbedriddenImightfindatelephoneessential.ButthenifIwe
6、reataxi-driverIshouldfindacaressential.Letmeputitanotherway:therearetwothingsforwhichtheEnglishseemtoshowparticulartalent;oneismechanicalinvention,theotherisliterature.MyownbusinesshappenstobewiththeuseofwordsbutIseeImustnowstopusingthem.ForIhavejustbeenha
7、ndedaslipofpapertosaythatsomebodyiswaitingtospeaktomeonthetelephone.IthinkIhadbetteranswerit.Afterall,oneneverknows,itmaybesomethingimportant.1．Thepassageismainlydiscussing_______.A.thatweshouldbestrongenoughtoignoreaphonecallB.thatimportantmessagewillreac
8、hyousoonerorlaterC.whetherit’snecessarytoanswerallphonecallsD.whetheritisnecessarytohaveatelephone2．Judgingfromthepassage,whoisstrong-mindedenoughtoignoreaphonecall?A.Theauthor.B.Atycoon.C.Ataxi-driver.D.Hard
