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city life is attractive with all its advantages and conveniencessupermarkets or shopping malls dine out (外出吃飯)expansion (擴(kuò)張)of the city flowing into (涌入)作文題目: Living In A Big City。June and Pete live near to John .( T )34. C. It makes every contact between human beings automatic and makes people feel connected .3135小題:閱讀下列短文,并根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容判斷其后的句子是否正確(T)或錯誤(F).短文理解2John Preston lives in a flat in London .He moved there after his wife died four years ago to be closer to his daughter’s family , and his big detached house and garden were too much work for him as he got older .It’s easier in the flat because the letting agent does everything that needs doing . The agent has had the roof repaired and got the gutter replaced , but at the moment John is not satisfied because the window frames need painting and the garden looks neglected . The agent had the windows painted two years ago , but the painters didn’t do it very well , so they need doing again .John pays over £1,500 a year for service and maintenance , and he thinks that it’s not good enough because the flats look shabby and a lot of things need repairing .His daughter , June , and her husband , Pete , on the other hand , have to do everything themselves or find builders to do it .They live in a large semidetached house further out from the center of London than John ,but they are still near enough to see him often .They live in the suburbs with a nice garden where their children play .They moved there four years ago to have more space .The only drawback is that June’s husband has to mute into the center of London every day , but , overall , they are happy with their decision .When they bought the house , a lot needed doing to it and it still does .June says ,“We have a list of things to do as long as your arm the roof needs repairing and the chimney needs mending .The bedrooms need decorating and we haven’t had the broken windowpanes replaced yet in the conservatory . We need to fix the gate and repair the path – it looks dreadful when you arrive .”(F ) lives in the center of London .(F )32. B. It actually creates a distance between people instead of bringing them together . B. With voice mail , you can make entire conversations without ever reaching anyone .more disconnected (C )29. What are the examples the author gives to explain his idea that every advance in munication technology is a setback to the closeness of human interaction ?A. With and instant message over the Internet , we can now municate without seeing or talking to one another .more automatic B. C. wonderful (C ) to the author ,human contact in a park means ______ .A. Looking at each other and saying hello when passing B. funny A. unhappy 短文理解1 A funny thing happened on the way to the munication revolution : we stopped talking to each other . I was walking in the park with a friend recently , and his mobile phone rang , interrupting our conversation .There we were , walking and talking on a beautiful sunny day and ___ proof ! ___ I was cut off as if I had bee absent from the conversation . The park was filled with people talking on their cell phones . They were passing people without looking at them , saying hello , noticing their babies or stopping to pat their dogs . It seems that the limitless electronic voice is preferred to human contact . The telephone is used to connect you to the absent .Now it makes people feel absent .Recently I was in a car with three friends . The driver hushed the rest of us because he could not hear the person on the other end of his cell phone .There we were , four friends driving down the highway , unable to talk to each other because of the small thing designed to make munication easier .Why is it that the more connected we get , the more disconnected I feel ? Every advance in munication technology is a setback to the closeness of human interaction . With and instant message over the Internet , we can now munication without seeing or talking to one another .With voice mail , you can make entire conversation without ever reaching anyone .If my mom has a question , I just leave the answer on her machine .As almost every contact between human beings