BuyingIsDoing?Howimportantisshoppingtoyou?Howmuchtimedo...
問題詳情:
Buying Is Doing?
How important is shopping to you? How much time do you spend buying things? And how much time
do you spend organizing these things in your home? In the future, how much time will you spend in movie
theaters, at amusement parks, at shopping malls, or at convenience stores? When you add it all up, you will
probably see you spend a lot of your life consuming(消費)things. Consuming products is not necessarily
bad. However, if we spend too much time doing it, we should look at it carefully.
Imagine that you have a week off from school. You don’t have to go to class. However, in this week,
you cannot spend any money ----- no shopping, no movies, no eating out. How would you spend your time?
What things would bring you happiness? Perhaps you would take a walk with your best friend. Perhaps you
would help a child read. Or you might spend time with your family.
When we look back, it is likely that non-consuming experiences like these will be our most important
memories. Why? Non-consuming activities are active, not passive. They don’t come in a package. You make the experience yourself. For example, each person who reads to a child will have a different experience. The experience changes with the reader, the child, and the book. Similarly, when you have a conversation with a friend, you are actively creating an experience. The conversation that you have with your friend cannot be experienced or recreated by anyone else. However, if you watch a movie with a friend, you will each have a package experience. It requires no action and little interaction between the two of you.
The environment we live in encourages us to have packaged experiences. We feel that we must consume because we believe that buying is doing. However, we can start a personal revolution ( 變革) against consumerism. How? By consuming less. We can ask ourselves what experiences bring us the greatest satisfaction. Then we can organize our lives so that we have more of those kinds of experiences.
1. If consuming products takes too much time, we should ____________.
A. spend less money B. think about it carefully
C. organize our things D. go to convenience stores
2. According to the passage, the writer believes that _____________.
A. we can say no to consumerism by consuming less
B. buying things can bring us the greatest satisfaction
C. the environment seldom influences our shopping choices
D. consuming experiences will be our most important memories
3. What is the writer’s main purpose in writing this passage?
A. To introduce some ways of enjoying our spare time.
B. To encourage people to have more active experiences.
C. To explain reasons behind people’s shopping behavior.
D. To share his personal experience in consuming products.
【回答】
1B 2A 3B
知識點:日常生活類
題型:閱讀理解
-
AnnaCraig,11,hasapaperdollcoveredwithstickers(標籤).Ea...
問題詳情: AnnaCraig,11,hasapaperdollcoveredwithstickers(標籤).Eachstickerislabeledwithawordsuchascreative,cheerful,smartorkind.“Wechoosestickersthatbestdescribeusandputthemonourdolls,"explainsAnna."Allthesewordsarewhatmakesmebeautiful!...
-
_______youeatthecorrectfoods_____beabletokeepfitandstay...
問題詳情:_______youeatthecorrectfoods_____beabletokeepfitandstayhealthy.A.Unless;willyou B.Unless;youwillC.Onlyif;youwill D.Onlyif;willyou【回答】D知識點:倒裝與省略題型:選擇題...
-
一部歐美資產階級*的紀錄片,介紹了各國透過立法手段來鞏固*成果,下列解說詞中說法錯誤的是A.英國頒佈了《權...
問題詳情:一部歐美資產階級*的紀錄片,介紹了各國透過立法手段來鞏固*成果,下列解說詞中說法錯誤的是A.英國頒佈了《權利法案》 B.美國*戰爭期間頒佈《*宣言》C.法國大*期間頒佈《*宣言》 D.美國南北戰爭期間頒佈《1787年憲法》【回答】D知...
-
閱讀下文,根據文中的情境,選出依序最合適填入*、乙的選項。(3分)清光四*,天空皎潔, * ,坐客無...
問題詳情:閱讀下文,根據文中的情境,選出依序最合適填入*、乙的選項。(3分)清光四*,天空皎潔, * ,坐客無不悄然!舍前有兩株梨樹,等到月升中天,清光從樹間篩灑而下, 乙 ,此時尤爲幽絕。直到興闌人散,歸房就寢,月光仍然逼進窗來,助我淒涼。 ...
相關文章
- —Iwon'thavetimetogoshoppingwithyouthisafternoon.—Butyou...
- –WhatdoyouthinkoftheprogramSingMySongonCCTV?--It’sagoo...
- ---Wouldyoumindtakingphotoswithme?---Ofcoursenot.WhenI
- TheInternetisbecomingimportantinourlife.Howmuchdoyoukno...
- —Mum,canIgoouttoplaywithmyfriendstonight?—OK,butyou
- Ifyoucan’tmanagetoquitsmokingtoimproveyourownhealth,doi...
- —Whatdoyouthinkofthe14thGuangdongProvincialGames?—Ithin...
- IhadmeanttotheschooltopickyouupthismorningbutIwastoobu...
- Mum:(puttingonhercoat)I'mgoingtohavetogodowntotheshopfo...
- Youmightthinkgoingtoschoolduringthesummerisoppositetowh...