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1、高一英语时文专题训练(四)——文化艺术Passage31EmbracingtheknowledgeeconomyageTheknowledgeeconomyageisuponus.Wehaveexploredorestablishedmanynewacademicfields.Wearealsosurprisedtofindthatmoreskillsandtechnologiesareemergingeveryyear,everymonth,eveneveryday,andknowledgeisreallyexpandingatanalarming
2、speed.Allthesepointstothefactthattheknowledgeeconomyisrapidlyapproachingus.KnowledgewillplayadominantroleinthiscurrenteconomicsystemThepossession,manufacture,distributionandconsumptionofinformationarethebasisofeconomicactivities.Whoeverpossessmoreknowledgewillbethemasteroftoday
3、’ssociety.Hencethepursuitofnewknowledgewillbeeveryindividual’sgoalandlifelongcommitment.HowcanIbetterembracethenewage?Asastudent,Ihavealreadyrealizedhowstiffthecompetitionwillbe.SoIhavebecomedeterminedtomakethebestofmytimetoacquireasmuchknowledgeaspossible.Evenaftergraduation,I
4、willdomyutmosttoupdatemyknowledgeandmasterallnecessaryskillsneededinmyfuturecareer.Knowledgeisstrengthandwealth.Afterall,opportunityalwaysbenefitsthepreparedmind.1.Whichageisuponus?________A.Theknowledgeeconomyage.B.Thestoneage.C.Theindustryage.D.Theindustryage.2.Whyistheageupo
5、nus?_______A.Wehavealotofmoney.B.Wehavealotoffactories.C.Knowledgeisreallyexpandingatanalarmingspeed.D.Wehavealreadyrealizedhowstiffthecompetitionwillbe.3.Thepersonwhotoldthestoryisprobablya________A.teacherB.studentC.businessmanD.doctorPassage32OnelanguageforeveryoneAstoryfrom
6、theBible(圣经)tellsofoldBabylon,wherethemendecidedtobuildatowerthatwouldtouchthesky.ButGodwasunhappy,andhemadethemspeakdifferentlanguages.Theycouldn'tunderstandeachother,sotheirdreamnevercametrue.Yetthedreamremainsalive:ifallmenspeakthesamelanguage,theycandoanything.L.L.Zamenhoff
7、romPolandwasamongthemenwhopursuethisdream.HedevelopedEsperanto(世界语)between1877and1885.Asthemostsuccessfulman-madeworldlanguage,itisspokenbyovertwomillionpeoplearoundtheworld.Lastmonth,theWorldEsperantoCongress(大会),dealingwithlanguagerights,endedinSweden.Theconferencewillbeheldi
8、nBeijing.MostEsperantospeakersareinCentralandEasternEu
