【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 families, our houses—let’s listen to what the experts say, then make up our own minds.Notes1 cardboard carton:a box or container made of a stiff pasteboard of paper2 scalp: the skin covering the head3 tumor:腫瘤4 eye socket: the opening or cavity in which the eye fits5 docile: easily managed or taughtreading prehension1. “It” in “…deal with it”() refers to ______a. confidence b. the world c. ability d. plication2. “Expertise” in means______ a. mon sense b. expert skill or knowledge c. unusual ability to appreciate d. personal experience3. We have to trust our own judgement since ____ a. not all of us have acquired reliable expertiseb. experts often lose their mon sense c. experts may sometimes fail to give good advice d. intimate knowledge of a person is not to be substituted for by expertise4 “That” in “it almost cost me my life to learn that”(para. 2) refers to______ a. I can learn to trust my judgement b. I can acquire an intimate knowledge of myself c. mon sense is not as useful as knowedge d. expertise may not be reliable5 While reading one day, the author______ a. found a hole at the back of his head b. heard a scratching sound from a carton c. noticed some echo from his head where he was scratching d. noticed a sound ing out from his head6 “tease” in paragraph 3 means______ a. to make fun of b. to fort c. to reply d. to disbelieve7 “if you won’t take my word for it” in may be paraphrased_____ a. if you don’t think my word is worth anything b. if you don’t listen to my advice c. if you don’t believe my judgement d. if you prefer actions to words8 “Skull” in most probably means____ a. the bony framework of the head b. the surface skin of the head c. the nerve system inside the head d. the top part of the head9 The author didn’t think he was smart()because____ a. he had already suffered for two years b. he had not been able to put up with the pain c. he had believed too much in expertise d. he had formed too strong an opinion of himself10 It happens that the examples given by the author_____ a. all concern with wars b. are taken from modern American history c. have bee popular themes in movies d. have American Civil War as the background11 In the last paragraph, the work ”intimidate” may mean_____ a. deceive b. frighten c. make timid d. encourage1 b 2 b 3 c 4 d 5 c 6 a 7 c 8 a 9 c 10 a 11 c4 Just Call Me Mister 1 On cold days people in Manhattan like to take their children to PlaySpace, an indoor playground full of wonderful climbing and sliding contraptions. There’s just one irritating detail: when you pay your money, the cashier pulls out a felttrip marker and an adhesive lapel tag and asks you your name.“Frum,” I say.“No, your first name.”“What do you need my first name for?”“To write on the tag, so all the children and the staff will know what to call you.”“In that case, write ‘Mr. Frum.’”2 At which I am shot a look as if I had asked to be called to Duke of Plaza Toro.3 In encouraging fiveyearolds to address grownups by their first names, PlaySpace is only slightly ahead of the times. As a journalist, I faithfully report that the custom of addressing strangers formally is as dead as the practice of leaving a visiting card.4 There’s hardly a secretary left who does not reply, when I give a message fro her boss, “I’ll tell him you called, David.” Or a public relations agent, whether in Bangor or Bangkok, who does not begin his telephonic spiel with a cheerful “Hello, David!”5 You don’t have to be a journalist to collect amazing firstname stories. Place a collect call, and the operator firstnames you. The teenager behind the counter at a fastfood restaurant asks a 70yearold customer for his first name before taking his order.6 Habitual firstnames claim they are motivated by nothing worse than uncontrollably highspirited friendliness. I don’t believe it. I f I asked the fastfood ordertakers to lend me $50, their friendliness would vanish in a whoosh. The PR man drops all his cheerfulness the moment he hears I won’t go along with his story idea. No, it’s not friendliness that drives firstnamers。 it’s aggression. The PR agents who call me David uninvited would never, if they could somehow get him on the phone, address press baron Rupert Murdoch that way. The woman at the bank who called me David would never firstname the bank’s chairman. Like the mockcheery staff at PlaySpa