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1、高考英语时文专题训练(五)——文化艺术Passage31EmbracingtheknowledgeeconomyageTheknowledgeeconomyageisuponus.Wehaveexploredorestablishedmanynewacademicfields.Wearealsosurprisedtofindthatmoreskillsandtechnologiesareemergingeveryyear,everymonth,eveneveryday,andknowledgeisreallye
2、xpandingatanalarmingspeed.Allthesepointstothefactthattheknowledgeeconomyisrapidlyapproachingus.KnowledgewillplayadominantroleinthiscurrenteconomicsystemThepossession,manufacture,distributionandconsumptionofinformationarethebasisofeconomicactivities.Whoeverpo
3、ssessmoreknowledgewillbethemasteroftoday’ssociety.Hencethepursuitofnewknowledgewillbeeveryindividual’sgoalandlifelongcommitment.HowcanIbetterembracethenewage?Asastudent,Ihavealreadyrealizedhowstiffthecompetitionwillbe.SoIhavebecomedeterminedtomakethebestofmy
4、timetoacquireasmuchknowledgeaspossible.Evenaftergraduation,Iwilldomyutmosttoupdatemyknowledgeandmasterallnecessaryskillsneededinmyfuturecareer.Knowledgeisstrengthandwealth.Afterall,opportunityalwaysbenefitsthepreparedmind.1.Whichageisuponus?________A.Theknow
5、ledgeeconomyage.B.Thestoneage.C.Theindustryage.D.Theindustryage.2.Whyistheageuponus?_______A.Wehavealotofmoney.B.Wehavealotoffactories.C.Knowledgeisreallyexpandingatanalarmingspeed.D.Wehavealreadyrealizedhowstiffthecompetitionwillbe.3.Thepersonwhotoldthestor
6、yisprobablya________A.teacherB.studentC.businessmanD.doctorPassage32OnelanguageforeveryoneAstoryfromtheBible(圣经)tellsofoldBabylon,wherethemendecidedtobuildatowerthatwouldtouchthesky.ButGodwasunhappy,andhemadethemspeakdifferentlanguages.Theycouldn'tunderstand
7、eachother,sotheirdreamnevercametrue.Yetthedreamremainsalive:ifallmenspeakthesamelanguage,theycandoanything.L.L.ZamenhoffromPolandwasamongthemenwhopursuethisdream.HedevelopedEsperanto(世界语)between1877and1885.Asthemostsuccessfulman-madeworldlanguage,itisspokenb
8、yovertwomillionpeoplearoundtheworld.Lastmonth,theWorldEsperantoCongress(大会),dealingwithlanguagerights,endedinSweden.TheconferencewillbeheldinBeijing.MostEsperantospeakersareinCentralandEasternEu
