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1、1UnitUnit 5 5 NelsonNelson MandelaMandela .阅读理解A A(状元桥改编)A young woman sits alone in a caf sipping tea and reading a book. She pauses briefly to write in a nearby notepad before showing her words to a passing worker：“Where are the toilets please？” This is a familiar scene in Tokyos socalled “silent
2、cafs” ， where customers are not allowed to speak, and only communicate by writing in notepads.The concept rises by a desire to be alone among young Japanese, a situation brought by economic uncertainty, a shift in traditional family support structures and the growing social isolation. The phenomenon
3、 is not confined to coffee shops but covers everything from silent discos, where participants dance alone wearing wireless headphones connected to the DJ, to products such as small desk tents designed for conversationfree privacy in the office. At the most unusual end of the spectrum(观点), one Kyoto
4、company offers single women the opportunity to have a “one woman wedding”a full bridal affair, complete with white dress and ceremonies and the only thing missing being the groom. The trend has its own media expression“_botchizoku_” ， referring to individuals who consciously choose to do things comp
5、letely on their own.One recent weekday afternoon, Chihiro Higashikokubaru, a 23yearold nurse, travelled 90 minutes from her home to Tokyo on her day off in order to enjoy some solo time. Speaking quietly at the entrance of the caf， Miss Higashikokubaru said: “I heard about this place in magazines, a
6、nd I like coming here. I work as a nurse and its always very busy. There are very few quiet places in Tokyo. Its a busy big city. I just want to come and sit somewhere quietly on my own. Im going to drink a cup of tea and maybe do some drawings. I like the idea of a quiet, calm atmosphere, and its d
7、ifficult to find.”The desire to be solitary is not a new concept in Japan, a nation home to an estimated36 million “hikikomori”a more extreme example of social recluses(隐士) who withdraw completely from society.语篇导读2本文为说明文，主要介绍了风靡日本的“沉默”咖啡馆以及逐渐盛行起来的“沉默”文化。1What can we know about the “silent cafs” acc
8、ording to the first paragraph?AIt provides all kinds of tea and books.BIt is a traditional caf.CIt is popular among young Japanese.DIt offers service by writing not by speaking.解析 D D 细节理解题。根据第一段最后一句可知，通过便条簿，顾客与服务员进行沟通，同时服务员通过手写提供服务，故选 D 项。2The word “botchizoku” in Paragraph 2 refers to _.Aa media e
9、xpression on the InternetBa concept to be alone in JapanCsome persons that do their things by themselvesDsome persons that like reading in the cafs解析 C C 词义猜测题。根据第二段最后一句可知，botchizoku 指的是那些喜欢独自做事的人，故选 C 项。3It can be inferred from Paragraph 3 that Higashikokubaru _.Ais a nurseBdoesnt live in TokyoClov
10、es the idea and enjoys her time thereDoften spends her weekends in the cafs解析 C C 推理判断题。根据第三段第二句中的 I like coming here 以及该段最后一句I like the idea可知，东国原千寻小姐喜欢这种理念并且享受在这里的时光，故选 C 项。4Which of the following is the most suitable title for the passage?ASilent cafs BLonely JapaneseCHappy weekends DPeaceful pla
11、ces解析 A A 标题归纳题。本文主要介绍了日本的“沉默”咖啡馆以及由此延伸出的日本特殊文化现象，故选 A 项。B B(2018哈尔滨六中高三 10 月段考)Search engines like Google make people think they are smarter than they actually are because they have the worlds knowledge at their fingertips, psychologists at Yale University have found. Surfing the 3Internet for info
12、rmation gives people a widely inaccurate view of their own intelligence and could lead to overconfidence when making decisions, experts warn.Experiments found that people who had searched on the Internet believed they were far more knowledgeable about a subject than those who had learned by normal r
13、outes, such as reading a book. “The Internet is such a powerful environment, where you can enter any question, and you can easily get the worlds knowledge at your fingertips.” said Matthew Fisher, a psychology professor at Yale University. “But it becomes easier to confuse your own knowledge with th
14、is source. When people are truly on their own, they would easily get more wrong answers.”More than 1,000 students took part in a range of experiments aimed at studying the psychological impact of searching on the Internet. In one test, the Internet group were given a website link which gave the answ
15、er to the question “how does a zip work？” while a control group were given a printout of the same information. When the two groups were tested later on an unrelated question“why are cloudy nights warmer？” the group who had searched online believed they were more knowledgeable even though they were n
16、ot allowed to look up the correct answer.“We also believe that the wrong sense of personal knowledge also could be _perilous_ in some areas when people make decisions; in case where decisions have great influence such as important business trade, it may cause millions of losses and even bankruptcy of a company.” Mr Fisher added.The Internet is a big benefit in many ways, but there may be some disadvantages that a
