5 Bangor:City of South central Maine
6 Bangkok:Captical of Thailand,曼谷
7 spiel(slang) a lengthy, usually extravagant, speech or argument intended to be persuasive
8 collect call:a telephone call with payment to be made by the receiver
9 press baron:Baron is the lowest male rank of nobility, but here it stands for a man with great power in press
10 mock: simulated
11 cheery:cheerful
Reading comprehension
The author apparently regrets____
having to take his children to PlaySpace
being first-named
being approached so frequently by PR agents
having to put on an adhesive lapel tag
“PR” in paragraph6 stands for____
a. personal request b. personal respect
c. public relations d. public review
3 When the author, as a journalist, speaks on the phone___
a. he is usually very formal and faithful
b. he does not know whether a grownup or a child is speaking at the other end
c. he finds people address each other formally
d. he finds the secretary is often willing to pass a message
4 He often finds secretaries _____
a. irresponsible in answering phone calls
b. trustworthy in passing messages
c. not only friendly but also careful
d. calling him David
5 The author thinks that addressing a stranger by his first name is being____
a. cheerful b. friendly c. disrespectful d. light-hearted
6 “As dead as” in paragraph 3 may be paraphrased as_____
a. as firmly fixed as b. as useless as
c. as out of fashion as d.as unmistakenly as
7 Habitual first-namers’ claim amounts to saying____
a. there’s nothing that can be worse than high-spirited friendliness
b. their attitude should be acceptable
c. they are sometimes too high-spirited to control chemselves
d. one should control oneself while speaking to a stranger
8 The so-called high-spirited friendliness(para. 6) is actually____
a. cheerfulness in appearance but mockery in reality
b. out and out insult
c. a well-accepted skill in public relations
d. an act of outward warmth
9 “In a whoosh” in paragraph 6 means______
a. by all means b. in the end c. in a second d. in reality
10 “I won’t go along with?” in paragraph 6 may be paraphrased as
a. I won’t believe?? b. I won’t go on listening?..
c. I won’t agree with?. D. I won’t stick to?..
1 b 2 c 3 c 4 d 5 c 6 a 7 b 8 a 9 c 10 b
The Dvelopment of Civilization
1 The first two stages in the development of civilized man were probably the invention of primitive weapons and the discovery of fire, although no body knows exactly when he acquired the use of