Question

Nowadays more and more people are trapped in too busy work to relax themselves. We have no time to tell a bed-time story to our children, or enjoy a nice dinner with our family, or take a break to think about how we live the precious life, or even meet friends. All we notice is that the distinctions that used to guide and steady us ------ between Sunday and Monday, public and private, here and there ------ are gone. We have more ways to communicate, but less and less to say. Partly because we’re so busy communicating.
Maybe that’s why more and more people I know, even if they have no religious commitment, seem to be turning to yoga, or meditation, or tai chi. Some friends of mine try to go on long walks every Sunday, or to “forget” their cellphones at home. A series of tests in recent years has shown that after spending time in quiet rural settings, subjects “exhibit greater attentiveness, stronger memory and generally improved cognition. Their brains become both calmer and sharper.” More than that, empathy, as well as deep thought, depends on neural processes that are “inherently slow. ” The very ones our high-speed lives have little time for.
In my own case, I turn to eccentric and often extreme measures to try to keep my sanity and ensure that I have time to do nothing at all. I’ve not yet used a cellphone and I’ve never Tweeted or entered Facebook. I try not to go online till my day’s writing is finished, and I moved from Manhattan to rural Japan.
None of this is a matter of principle or asceticism (苦行主義): it’s just pure selfishness. Nothing makes me feel better-----calmer, clearer and happier----than being in one place, absorbed in a book, a conversation, a piece of music. It’s actually something deeper than mere happiness: it’s joy, which the monk David Steindl-Rast describes as “that kind of happiness that doesn’t depend on what happens.” That is the highest of the highest we have been longing for----The Joy of Quiet.
【小題1】The writer sometimes doesn’t do anything because ________.

A．he is out of work .

B．whatever he does make no sense

C．he is worried about his writing.

D．he can enjoy himself in his leisure time.

【小題2】When the writer uses the word “forget” , his real meaning is _______.

A．Somebody really forgets his cellphone at home.

B．Somebody thinks cellphone is not a suitable means of communication.

C．Somebody hates modern techniques such as the cellphone.

D．Somebody leaves his cellphone at home on purpose.

【小題3】Which of the following is right?

A．It is better to go back to the ancient times since we are so busy now.

B．The writer is unwilling to help others since he is selfish.

C．Slowing down to find time and space to think and enjoy oneself is urgent.

D．We have more to say because we have more ways to communicate.

【小題4】What does the underlined word mean?

A．difference

B．sameness

C．simplicity

D．complication

【小題5】What is the main idea of the article?

A．The importance of spending time in quiet.

B．We can do some sports such as yoga to relax.

C．Principle or asceticism is important in one’s life.

D．The more we communicate, the more we will be closer.

Answer 1

【小題1】D
【小題2】D
【小題3】C
【小題4】A
【小題5】A

解析試題分析：
【小題1】D 細節題。根據文章最后一段后4行It’s actually something deeper than mere happiness: it’s joy, which the monk David Steindl-Rast describes as “that kind of happiness that doesn’t depend on what happens.” That is the highest of the highest we have been longing for----The Joy of Quiet.說明我們說明都不做，讓我們享受到生活的考快樂。
【小題2】D 推理題。根據第二段Some friends of mine try to go on long walks every Sunday, or to “forget” their cellphones at home說明他們是故意把電話留在家里，是不想受到干擾。故D正確。
【小題3】C 細節題。根據第一段最后兩行. We have more ways to communicate, but less and less to say. Partly because we’re so busy communicating.說明C正確。
【小題4】A 猜測詞義題。根據本句All we notice is that the distinctions that used to guide and steady us ------ between Sunday and Monday, public and private, here and there ------ are gone.指星期天和星期一，私人的和公眾的之間的差別都沒有了。也就是說都很忙，沒有了私人的空間和時間了。故該詞指difference,故A正確。
【小題5】A 主旨大意題。文章主要討論的是我們要花一點時間安靜的生活，不受工作等的干擾，安靜的享受生活。故A正確。
考點：考查健康類短文閱讀
點評：文章主要討論的是我們要花一點時間安靜的生活，不受工作等的干擾，安靜的享受生活。本文考查非常全面，既有細節題也有推理題，猜測詞義題。難度較大。尤其是69題，要求考生完全理解文章的中心思想。