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1、高一英语限时阅读（2）ARomehadtheForum.LondonhasSpeaker'sComer.Nowalways-on-the-goNewYorkershaveLizandBill.LizandBill,twocollegegraduatesintheirearly2Os,havespentawholeyeartryingtohavethousandsdpeopletalktotheminsubwaystationsandonbusystreetcomers.Justtalk.Usinga2-foot-tallsig
2、nthatsays,"TalktoMe,"theyattractconversationalists,whooneeveningincludedamentalpatient,andmeninbusinesssuits.Theydon'tcollectmoney.Theydon'tpushreligion(宗教).Sowhat'sthepoint?"Toseewhathappens,"saidLiz."Wesimplyenjoylifewithopencommunication(交流)."ShortlyaftertheSepte
3、mber11,2001attacks,theydecidedtowalkfromNewYorkCitytoWashington,a270-miletrip.Theyfoundtheylovedtalkingtopeoplealongthewayandwantedtocontinuetalkingwithstrangersaftertheirreturn."Itstartedasacrazyidea,"Lizsaid."Weweresocuriousaboutallthestrangerswalkingbywiththeirli
4、festories.Peoplewilltalktousaboutanything:theirjobs,theirclothes,theirchildhoodexperiences,anything."Denisewantedtotalkaboutanexamshewasabouttotake.Shehadstoppedbyforthesecondtimeintwodays,toletthetwolistenersknowhowitwent.Marciahadlestherhusbandtoaseriousdisease."T
5、hatwasveryheavyonmymind,”Marciasaid."Tobeabletotalkaboutittototalstrangerswasverygood,"sheexplained.Tocelebrateayearoftalking,thetwoheldaget-togetherinacityparkforallthepeopletheyhadmetoverthepastyear.Afewhundredpeopleshowedup,aswellassometelevisioncameramenandrepor
6、ters.Theymayplanmorepartiesortrytoattractmarepeopletojointheirinformaltalks.Somepublishershaveexpressedinterestinabook,somethingtheysaythey'llconsider.56.WhatdidLizandBillstartdoingafterSeptember2001?A.Chattingwithpeople.B.Settingupstreetsigns.C.Tellingstoriestostra
7、ngers.D.Organizingaspeaker'scomer.57.Whattheyhavebeendoingcanbedescribedas______.A.pointlessB.normalC.crazyD.successful58.WhyareDeniseandMarciamentionedinthetext?A.TheyknewLizandBillverywell.B.Theyhappenedtomeetthewriterofthetext.C.Theyorganizedtheget-togetherinthec
8、itypark.D.TheyareexamplesofthosewhotalkedtoLizandBill.59.WhatwillLizandBilldointhefuture?A.Goinforpublishing.B.Domoretelevisionprograms.C.
