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The clock rules our lives. The more we try to save time, the less time we seem to have. In every area of our lives we are doing things faster. And many of us live in towns and cities which are getting noisier and more stressful as each day passes. But now a worldwide movement, whose aim is to slow life down, has started. Its supporters are people who believe that a happier and healthier way of life is possible.The Slow Food movement was founded the day that an Italian journalist, Carlo Petrini, saw that McDonald’s had opened a restaurant in a beautiful square in Rome. He thought it was sad that many people today live too quickly to sit down for a proper meal and only eat much fast food. He decided that he had to try to do something about it and so he started the Slow Food movement. Slow Food has become a global organization ever since and now has more than 80,000 members in 100 countries.
Slow Food also encourages people to eat local and regional food, to use local shops and markets, to eat out in small family restaurants, and to cook with traditional recipes.
The idea of Slow Cities was inspired by the Slow Food movement. The aim of Slow Cities is to improve people’s quality of life. Towns which want to become a Slow City have to reduce traffic and noise, increase the number of green areas, plant trees, build pedestrian zones, and promote local businesses and traditions. Now it has spread to other countries all over the world, from the UK to Japan and Australia. There are now 135 Slow Cities in 24 countries across the world that have been named since founding of the organization in 1999. Gao Chun County, in east China’s Jiangsu Province, is expected to be named the first “Slow City” in China next year.
“Slow Cities are about having a community life in the town,” said a local resident. “It is not ‘slow’ as in ‘stupid’. It is ‘slow’ as in the opposite of ‘worried’ and ‘stressful’.”
But not everybody is happy. For teenagers, who have to go 25km to Norwich, the nearest city, to buy CDs, living in a Slow City is not very attractive. “It’s all right here,” says Lewis Cook, 16. “But if you want excitement, you have to go to Norwich. We need more things here for young people.”
小题1:What’s the aim of the Slow Food movement?A．To call on people to eat out.B．To make people enjoy cooking.C．To drive McDonald’s out of RomeD．To encourage people to slow down.小题2:All the following are necessary to be a Slow City EXCEPT ______. A．reducing traffic and noiseB．increasing the number of green areasC．building more department storesD．promoting local businesses and traditions小题3:From the fourth paragraph, we know that ______.A．the Slow Food was founded in 1999B．there is no Slow City in China nowC．Slow Cities are mainly in the UKD．there are about 24 Slow Cities in the world小题4:What’s Lewis Cook’s attitude to living in a Slow City?A．PositiveB．NeutralC．NegativeD．Indifferent小题5:What would be the best title for the passage?A．Slow down and you’ll move fastB．Time flies never to be recalled.C．Eat slowly and you’ll be healthy.D．Pay attention to the quality of life. 题型：未知难度：其他题型
答案
小题1:D
小题2:C
小题3:B
小题4:C
小题5:A
解析
小题1:D 推理题。根据第二段2,3,4行He thought it was sad that many people today live too quickly to sit down for a proper meal and only eat much fast food. He decided that he had to try to do something about it and so he started the Slow Food movement.说明他看见了麦当劳的快餐店，认为现代人的生活节奏太快了，于是就创立了这个组织，目的在于鼓励人们过一种慢生活。故D正确。
小题2:.C 细节题。根据第四段2,3,4行The aim of Slow Cities is to improve people’s quality of life. Towns which want to become a Slow City have to reduce traffic and noise, increase the number of green areas, plant trees, build pedestrian zones, and promote local businesses and traditions.说明ABD都提及了，只有C不是，故C正确。
小题3:B 推理题。根据倒数第三段最后一句Gao Chun County, in east China’s Jiangsu Province, is expected to be named the first “Slow City” in China next year.说明高淳有希望成为第一个这样的中国城市，说明现在中国还没有这样的城市，故B正确。
小题4:C 推理题。根据文章最后一段第一句，说明不是每个人都同意这样的观点，举了Lewis Cook的例子，说明他不同意，故他对这样的观点持反对的态度，故C正确。
小题5:.A 主旨大意题。文章关于一个让我们生活慢下来的一个运动，故A正确。
点评：本文介绍了一种新的保健模式，让我们的生活节奏慢下来。从选项中可以看出，本大题主要还是考查了细节题和推理题，更加注重综合语言能力的运用，需要根据故事情节，结合语境，做出准确的判断。
考点
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健康环保类文章阅读技巧：
健康环保类文章常是介绍科学知识、生活常识和环境保护方面的短文。阅读此类短文要以现象或事物为中心进行思考，理解现象产生的原因、条件和客观规律等。同时要抓住事物的特征、用途和相互关系等。科普环保类文章一般为说明文，从结构上看大致可分为三个部分：
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第三部分是结尾段，对文章的主题进行归纳总结。这类文章多用一般现在时，而且一般多使用客观性词语表述。有时为了强调客观性，也常使用被动语态。
从近几年的考试题来看，科普环保类的文章越来越与人们的实际生活相接近。由于此类文章缺乏故事情节，很多同学对此类文章感到费解。但一般的科普类文章都是就事论事，需要逻辑推理和想象的时候较少，因此此类阅读题也没有同学们想象中的那么难，只要多加训练，就能较好地答题。
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