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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. When people plan to meet nowadays, they A . postpone fixing the place till the last minute. B . seldom care about when and where to meet. C . still love to work out detailed meeting plans. D . arrange the meeting place beforehand.

正确答案:postpone fixing the place till the last minute.

题目详解:根据题干中的plan to meet nowadays定位到第三段第三句“人们再也不需要严格地确定会见的时间和地点。”最后两句又指出，节日的夜晚可以随时安排，人们不再说“八点见”，而是说“八点左右再联系”。据此可知答案为postpone fixing the place till the last minute. ，排除seldom care about when and where to meet.和still love to work out detailed meeting plans. 由第三段第四句可知[A)发生在20年前，而非现在。

2. According to the two British researchers, the social and psychological effects are mostly likely to be seen on A . the \B . talkers C . texters.

D . the \

正确答案: texters.

题目详解:根据题干中的two British researchers和social and psychological effects定位到第四段第二句“英国研究人员将手机用户分为两类——talkers和texters'?。接着第五段论述了手机对texters的社交和心理影响。可见手机对用户在社交上和心理上的影响最可能通过texters看出来，答案为texters.

3. We can infer from the passage that the texts sent by texters are A . shocking to others.

B . unacceptable by others. C . well written. D . quite revealing.

正确答案:quite revealing.

题目详解:根据题干及选项定位到第五段。首句指出，手机的个性化和隐私性使得短信用户能够展示一个具有全新个性的自我。第二句明确提到，如果家人看了他们的短信后，反应是would be surprised，与 unacceptable by others. shocking to others.同义。但是，本题考查infer(推断)得出的信息，由此排除，可以推断出quite revealing(揭露事实的，暴露真相的)，即通过短信的内容可以了解手机用户的真实性格和特点。well written.在文中无相关论述。

4. According to the passage, who is afraid of being heard while talking on the mobile? A . The \B . Texters. C . Talkers.

D . The \

正确答案:The \

题目详解:根据题干及选项定位到第六段，主要介绍了两种手机用户(speakeasy和spacemaker)及他们在打电话时使用的不同肢体语言。最后一句介绍spacemaker的特点：打电话时避开他人。这与题干中的is afraid of being heard意义相同，所以答案为The \

5. An appropriate title for the passage might be A . Changes in the Use of the Mobile.

B . Body Language and the Mobile Phone. C . Cultural Implications of Mobile Phone Use. D . The SMS Effect.

正确答案:Cultural Implications of Mobile Phone Use.

题目详解:本文主要谈论手机给人们带来的影响，而谈论手机对文化的影响占了主要篇幅。所以Cultural Implications of Mobile Phone Use.是比较可能的题目。The SMS Effect.和Body Language and the Mobile Phone.都只是片面地说明了文章内容；Changes in the Use of the Mobile.手机使用的变化”，不符合文章内容。

OIn the case of mobile phones, change is everything. Recent research indicates that the mobile phone is changing not only our culture, but our very bodies as well. First, let's talk about culture. The difference between the mobile phone and its parent, the fixed-line phone, is that a mobile number corresponds to a person, while a landline goes to a place. If you call my mobile, you get me. If you call my fixed-line phone, you get whoever answers it. This has several implications. The most common one, however, and perhaps the thing that has changed our culture forever, is the \need to make firm plans about when and where to meet. Twenty years ago, a Friday night would need to be arranged in advance. You needed enough time to allow everyone to get from their place of work to the first meeting place. Now, however, a night out can be arranged on the run. It is no longer \see where we all are . Texting changes people as well. In their paper, \Social and Psychological Effects of SMS Text Messaging\,two British researchers distinguished between two types of mobile phone users; the \and the \—those who prefer voice to text messages and those who prefer text to voice. They found that the mobile phone's individuality and privacy gave texters the ability to

express a whole new outer personality. Texters were likely to report that their family would be surprised if they were to read their texts. This suggests that texting allowed texters to present a self-image that differed from the one familiar to those who knew them well. Another scientist wrote of the changes that mobiles have brought to body language. There are two kinds that people use while speaking on the phone. There is the \head is held high, in a self-confident way, chatting away. And there is the \these people focus on themselves and keep out other people. Who can blame them? Phone meetings get cancelled or reformed and camera-phones intrude on people's privacy. So, it is understandable if your mobile makes you nervous. But perhaps you needn't worry so much. After all, it is good to talk.ver the last 25 years, British society has changed a great deal—or at least many parts of it have. In some ways, however, very little has changed, particularly where attitudes are concerned. Ideas about social class—whether a person is \—are one area in which changes have been extremely slow. In the past, the working-class tended to be paid less than middle-class people, such as teachers and doctors. As a result of this and also of the fact that workers' jobs were generally much less secure, distinct differences in life-styles and attitudes came into existence. The typical working man would collect his wages on Friday evening and then. It was widely believed, having given his wife her \squander the rest on beer and betting. The stereotype of what a middle-class man did with his money was perhaps nearer the truth. He was—and still is—inclined to take a longer-term view. Not only did he regard buying a house as a top priority, but he also considered the education of his children as extremely important. Both of these provided him and his family with security. Only in very few cases did workers have the opportunity (or the education and training) to make such long-term plans. Nowadays, a great deal has changed. In a large number of cases factory workers earn as much, if not more, than their middle-class supervisors. Social security and laws to improve job-security, combined with a general rise in the standard of living since the mid-fifties of the 20th century, have made it less necessary' than before to worry about \to be losing the feeling of inferiority they had in the past. In fact there has been a growing tendency in the past few years for the middle-classes to feel slightly ashamed of their position. The changes in both life-styles and attitudes are probably most easily seen amongst younger people. They generally tend to share very similar tastes in music and clothes, they spend their money in having a good time, and save for holidays or longer-term plans when necessary. There seems to he much less difference than in previous generations. Nevertheless, we still have a wide gap between the well-paid (whatever the type of job they may have) and the low-paid. As long as this gap exists, there will always be a possibility that new conflicts and jealousies will emerge, or rather that the old conflicts will re-appear, but between different groups.

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1. Which of the following is seen as the cause of class differences in the past? A . Attitude and income. B . Income and job security. C . Job security- and hobbies.

D . Life style and occupation.

正确答案:Income and job security.

题目详解:根据题干inthepast定位到第二段第一、二句：在过去，工人阶级的收入往往比中产阶级的低；正由于此，再加上工人的工作一般得不到很好的保障，两大阶级在生活方式和态度上出现了明显的不同。简而言之，收入(income)和工作保障(job security)的不同造成了两大阶级差异的产生。

2. The writer seems to suggest that the description of ______is closer to truth. A . middle-class ways of spending money

B . working-class ways of spending the weekend C . working-class drinking habits D . middle-class attitudes

正确答案: middle-class ways of spending money

题目详解:由middle-class ways of spending money的内容定位到第三段第一句，在叙述中产阶级花钱方式时用到了 “was perhaps nearer the truth'?，这与题干中的closert。truth意思相近，为正确答案；working-class ways of spending the weekend和working-class drinking habits的内容可以定位到第二段第三句，在叙述工人阶级度周末的方式和饮酒习惯时用到了“让was widely believed”，意思是“人们普遍认为”，语气不够肯定；middle-class attitudes的内容可以定位到第四段末句；在叙述中产阶级态度时用到了词组“in fact”，说明下文所述完全是事实。

3. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT a typical feature of the middle-class?

A . Having priorities in life. B . Desiring for security, C . Saving money

D . Making long-term plans.

正确答案: Saving money

题目详解:由题干及选项定位到第三段。在论述中产阶级特点时，分别在第二句中提到了“take a longer term view'?，第四句中提到了\?，由此排除[刚和[A]；第三句中提到了\”，意思为“把买房子看成最重要的事情”，由此排除Having priorities in life.；只有Saving money.是答案。

4. Working-class people's sense of security increased as a result of all the following factors EXCEPT ______

A . better social security. B . higher living standard. C . better legal protection.

D . more job opportunities.

正确答案:more job opportunities.

题目详解:由题干定位到第四段第三句“社会保障和法律使得工作得到更好的保障，再加上自20世纪中期以来生活水平普遍提高，(工人阶级)不需要再像以前那样为?将来?感到担忧了。”这句话中指出了工人安全感得到提高的几个原因：社会保障、法律和生活水平提高，由此排除better social security. higher living standard.和better legal protection.另外，原文中提到了job secunty(工作保障)，而非more job opportunities.中的job opportunities (工作机会)。

5. Which of the following statements is INCORRECT?

A . Differences in income will remain but those in occupation will disappear.

B . The gap between working-class and middle-class young people is narrowing. C . Changes are slowly taking place in all sectors of the British society.

D . Middle-class people may sometimes feel inferior to working-class people.

正确答案: Changes are slowly taking place in all sectors of the British society.

题目详解:由Changes are slowly taking place in all sectors of the British society.定位到第一段第二句，“在许多方面几乎没有发生变化”，这与[A)中all sectors矛盾，所以答案为Changes are slowly taking place in all sectors of the British society；由第五段第二、三句，“他们在音乐和着装上有着共同的品味，他们都花钱享受，攒钱去度假，还作一些必要的长远计划。看上去他们这一代比前代的差距要少得多。”说明两个阶层的年轻人间的差距在缩小，排除The gap between working-class and middle-class young people is narrowing.；接着的下一句，“但是，(无论从事何种类型的工作)，收入差距还是存在的”排除Differences in income will remain but those in occupation will disappear.第四段尾句，“实际上，在过去几年中，中产阶级的自卑感一直呈现上升趋势”，排除Middle-class people may sometimes feel inferior to working-class people.

For several days I saw little of Mt. Rochester. In the morning he seemed much occupied with business, and in the afternoon gentlemen from the neighourhood called and sometimes stayed to dine with him. When his foot was well enough, he rode out a great deal. During this time, all my knowledge of him was limited to occasional meetings about the house, when he would sometimes pass me coldly, and sometimes bow and smile. His changes of manner did not offend me .because I saw that I had nothing to do with the cause of them, One evening, several days later, I was invited to talk to Mr. Rochester after dinner. He was sitting in his armchair, and looked not quite so severe, and much lews gloomy. There was a smile on his lips, and his eyes were bright, probably with wine. As 1 was looking at him, he suddenly turned, and asked me, \Eyre?\. \really are unusual' you are a quiet, serious little person, but you can be almost rude. \, I'm sorry. I should have said that beauty doesn't matter, or something like that. \

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