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Leisure time is a _______ commodity for most professors. Still, _______ manage to curl up with a good book when they have the chance.
A
usual; few
B
cheap; many
C
regular; less
D
scarce; a few
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休闲时间对于大多数教授来说是一件稀有物品，一些教授一有机会就会蜷缩起来看书。scarce缺乏的，不足的；稀有的。a few少许，少数。curl up蜷缩。
休闲时间对于大多数教授来说是一件稀有物品，一些教授一有机会就会蜷缩起来看书。scarce缺乏的，不足的；稀有的。a few少许，少数。curl up蜷缩。
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B.purposefully
C.obviously
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“Carry a book with you at all times”can work if______A.reading becomes your primary business of the day
B.all the daily business has been promptly dealt with
C.you are able to drop back to business after reading
D.time can be evenly split for reading and business
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Eberle would agree that scheduling regular times for reading helps_____A.encourage the efficiency mind-set
B.develop online reading habits
C.promote ritualistic reading
D.achieve immersive reading
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B.what challenging books demand is repetitive reading
C.what people often forget is carrying a book with them
D.what deep reading requires cannot be guaranteed
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The“empty bottles”metaphor illustrates that people feel a pressure to_____A.update their to-do lists
B.make passing time fulfilling
C.carry their plans through
D.pursue carefree reading
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第三篇Book Shops in LondonLondoners are great readers.They buy vast numbers of newspapers and magazines and of books一specially paperbacks,which are still comparatively cheap in spite of ever-increasing rises inthe costs of printing. They still continue to buy"proper"books,too,printed on good paper and bound between hard covers.There are many streets in London containing shops which specialize in book-selling. Perhaps the best known of these is Charring Cross Road in the very heart of London.Here bookshops of all sorts and sizes are to be found,from the celebrated one which boasts of being"the biggest bookshop in the world"to the tiny,dusty little places which seem to have been left over from Dicken's time. Some of these shops stock,or will obtain,any kind of book,but many of them specialize in second-hand books,in art books,in foreign books,in books on philosophy,politics or any other of the myriad subjects about which books may be written.One shop in this area specializes solely in books about ballet.Although it may be the most convenient place for Londoners to buy books,Charring Cross Road is not the cheapest. For the really cheap second-hand volumes,the collector must venture off the beaten track,to Farringdon Road,for example,in the East Central district of London.Here there is nothing so grandiose as bookshops.Instead,the booksellers come along each morning and tip out their sacks of books on the small barrows（流动集售货车）which line the gutters（街沟）.And the collectors,some professional and some amateur, who have been waiting for them,pounce（一把抓住）upon the dusty cascaded（一叠叠图书）.In places like this one can still, occasionally, pick up for a few pence an old volume that may be worth many pounds.The book sellers on Farringdon Road________.A:keep fine bookshopsB:keep only small bookshopsC:sell books on handcartsD:sell the same books as the bookshops on Charring Cross Road
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单选题Picking up books that vaguely interest you can be dangerous because _____.A
you may forget about the book you plan to buyB
you have to give up the best-selling bookC
it makes you break your appointmentD
it costs you too much money and time
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lining up the systemsB
topping offC
starting deliveryD
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update their to-do listsB
make passing time fulfillingC
carry their plans throughD
pursue carefree reading
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单选题What is NOT a requirement for testing the line throwing appliance on a vessel? （）A
The appliance should be tested every three monthsB
A regular service line should be used when testingC
A regular projectile should be used when testingD
An entry about the test must be made in the Official Log Book
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reading becomes your primary business of the dayB
all the daily business has been promptly dealt withC
you are able to drop back to business after readingD
time can be evenly split for reading and business
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单选题Do you have any fresh fish today?（）A
No, I still have a few.B
No, I still have a little.C
Yes, I have some.D
Yes, I have many.
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问答题Practice 2 A good book is often the best urn of a life enshrining the best that life could think out; for the world of a man’s life is, for the most part, but the world of his thoughts. Thus the best books are treasuries of good words, the golden thoughts, which, remembered and cherished, become our constant companions and comforters. “They are never alone,” said Sir Philip Sidney, “that are accompanied by noble thoughts.” The good and true thought may in times of temptation be as an angel of mercy purifying and guarding the soul. It also enshrines the germs of action, for good words almost always inspire to good works. Books possess an essence of immortality. They are by far the most lasting products of human effort. Temples and statues decay, but books survive. Time is of no account with great thoughts, which are as fresh today as when they first passed through their author’s minds, ages ago. What was then said and thought still speaks to us as vividly as ever from the printed page. The only effect of time has been to sift out the bad products; for nothing in literature can long survive but what is really good. Books introduce us into the best society; they bring us into the presence of the greatest minds that have ever lived. We hear what they said and did; we see them as if they were really alive; we sympathize with them, enjoy with them, grieve with them; their experience becomes ours, and we feel as if we were in a measure actors with them in the scenes which they describe. The great and good do not die even in this world. Embalmed in books, their spirits walk abroad. The book is a living voice. It is an intellect to which one still listens. Hence we ever remain under the influence of the great men of old.
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单选题Passage2That everyone's too busy these days is a cliché.But one specific complaint is made especially mournfully:There's never any time to read.What makes the problem thornier is that the usual time-management techniques don't seem sufficient. The web's full of articles offering tips on making time to read;Give up TVorCarry abook with you at all times.But in my experience, using such methods to free up the odd 30 minutes doesn't work. Sit down to read and the flywheel of work-related thoughts keeps spinning-or else you' re so exhausted that a challenging book's the last thing you need. The modern mind, Tim Parks, a novelist and critic, writes,is overwhelmingly inclined toward communication.. It is not simply that one is interrupted; it is that one is actually inclined to interruption.Deep reading requires not just time, but a special kind of time which can't be obtained merely by becoming more efficient.In fact,becoming more efficientis part of the problem. Thinking of time as a resource to be maximised means you approach it instrumentally, judging any given moment as well spent only in so far as it advances progress toward some goal. Immersive reading, by contrast, depends on being willing to risk inefficiency, goallessness, even time-wasting. Try to slot it in as a to-do list item and you' ll manage only goal-focused reading-useful, sometimes but not the most fulfilling kind.The future comes at us like empty bottles along an unstoppable and nearly infinite conveyor belt,writes Gary Eberle in his book Sacred Time, and we feel a pressure to fill these different-sized bottles(days, hours, minutes) as they pass, for if they get by without being filled, we will have wasted them.No mind-set could be worse for losing yourself in a book.So what does work? Perhaps surprisingly, scheduling regular times for reading. You'd think this might fuel the efficiency mind-set, but in fact, Eberle notes, such ritualistic behavior helps us step outside time's flowintosoul time. You could limit distractions by reading only physical books, or on single-purpose e-readers.Carry a book with you at all timescan actually work, too-providing you dip in often enough, so that reading becomes the default state from which you temporarily surface to take care of business, before dropping back down. On a really good day, it no longer feels as if you' remaking time to read, but just reading, and making time for everything else.The usual time-management techniques don't work because ________.A
what they can offer does not ease the modern mindB
what people often forget is carrying a book with themC
what challenging books demand is repetitive readingD
what deep reading requires cannot be guaranteed
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单选题Passage 2 That everyone's too busy these days is a cliche.But one specific complaint is made especially mournfully: There's never any time to read. What makes the problemthornier is that the usual time-management techniques don't seem sufficient. The web's full of articlesoffering tips on making time to read: Give up T' or Carry a bookwith you at all times. But in my experience, using such methods to freeup the odd 30 minutes doesn't work. Sit down to read and the flywheel of work-relatedthoughts keeps spinning-or else you're so exhausted that a challenging book'sthe last thing you need. The modern mind, Tim Parks, a novelist and critic,writes, is overwhelmingly inclined toward communication ... It is not simplythat one is interrupted: it is that one is actually inclined tointerruption. Deep reading re-quires not just time, but a special kind oftime which can't be obtained merely by becoming moreefficient. Infact, becoming more efficient is part of the problem. Thinking oftime as a resource to be maximised means you approach it instrumentally, judgingany given moment as well spent only in so far as it advances progress towardsome goal. Immersive reading, by contrast, depends on being will-ing to riskinefficiency, goallessness, even time-wasting. Try to slot it in as a to-do list item and you 'll manage only goal-focused reading-useful,sometimes but not the most fulfilling kind. The futurecomes at us like empty bottles along an unstoppable and nearlyinfinite conveyor belt, writes Gary Eberle inhis book Sacred Time, and we feela pressure to fill these different-sized bottles(days, hours, minutes)as theypass, for if they get by without being filled, we will have wasted them.No mind-set could be worse for losing yourself in a book. So what does work? Perhaps surprisingly,scheduling regular times for reading. You'd think this might fuel theefficiency mind-set, but in fact, Eberle notes, such ritualistic behavior helpsus step outside time's flow into soul time. You couldlimit distractions by reading only physical books, or on single-purposee-readers.Carry a book with you at all times can actually work,too-providing you dip in often enough, so that reading becomes the defaultstate from which you tem-porarily surface to take care of business, beforedropping back down. On a really good day, it no longer feels as if you're making time to read, but justreading, and making time for everything else. The usual time-management techniques don't work because_______.A
what they can offer does not ease the modern mindB
what people often forget is carrying a book with themC
what challenging books demand is repetitive readingD
what deep reading requires cannot be guaranteed
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单选题Passage2That everyone's too busy these days is a cliché.But one specific complaint is made especially mournfully:There's never any time to read.What makes the problem thornier is that the usual time-management techniques don't seem sufficient. The web's full of articles offering tips on making time to read;Give up TVorCarry abook with you at all times.But in my experience, using such methods to free up the odd 30 minutes doesn't work. Sit down to read and the flywheel of work-related thoughts keeps spinning-or else you' re so exhausted that a challenging book's the last thing you need. The modern mind, Tim Parks, a novelist and critic, writes,is overwhelmingly inclined toward communication.. It is not simply that one is interrupted; it is that one is actually inclined to interruption.Deep reading requires not just time, but a special kind of time which can't be obtained merely by becoming more efficient.In fact,becoming more efficientis part of the problem. Thinking of time as a resource to be maximised means you approach it instrumentally, judging any given moment as well spent only in so far as it advances progress toward some goal. Immersive reading, by contrast, depends on being willing to risk inefficiency, goallessness, even time-wasting. Try to slot it in as a to-do list item and you' ll manage only goal-focused reading-useful, sometimes but not the most fulfilling kind.The future comes at us like empty bottles along an unstoppable and nearly infinite conveyor belt,writes Gary Eberle in his book Sacred Time, and we feel a pressure to fill these different-sized bottles(days, hours, minutes) as they pass, for if they get by without being filled, we will have wasted them.No mind-set could be worse for losing yourself in a book.So what does work? Perhaps surprisingly, scheduling regular times for reading. You'd think this might fuel the efficiency mind-set, but in fact, Eberle notes, such ritualistic behavior helps us step outside time's flowintosoul time. You could limit distractions by reading only physical books, or on single-purpose e-readers.Carry a book with you at all timescan actually work, too-providing you dip in often enough, so that reading becomes the default state from which you temporarily surface to take care of business, before dropping back down. On a really good day, it no longer feels as if you' remaking time to read, but just reading, and making time for everything else.Eberle would agree that scheduling regular times for reading helps_______.A
promote ritualistic readingB
encourage the efficiency mind-setC
develop online reading habitsD
achieve immersive reading
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