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阅读理解 When I was seven, my father gave me a Timex, my first watch. I loved it, wore it for years, andhaven't had another one since it stopped ticking a decade ago. Why? Because I don't need one. I have a
mobile phone and I'm always near someone with an iPod or something like that. All these devices (装置)
tell the time-which is why, if you look around, you'll see lots of empty wrists; sales of watches to young
adults have been going down since 2007.
But while the wise have realized that they don't need them, others-apparently including some
distinguished men of our time-are spending total fortunes on them. Brands such as Rolex, Patek Philippe
and Breitling command shocking prices, up to ￡250 000 for a piece.
This is ridiculous. Expensive cars go faster than cheap cars. Expensive clothes hang better than
cheap clothes. But these days all watches tell the time as well as all other watches. Expensive watches
come with extra functions-but who needs them? How often do you dive to 300 metres into the sea or
need to find your direction in the area around the South Pole? So why pay that much of five years' school
fees for watches that allow you to do these things?
If justice were done, the Swiss watch industry should have closed down when the Japanese discovered how to make accurate watches for a five pound note. Instead the Swiss reinvented the watch, with the aid of millions of pounds' worth of advertising, as a message about the man wearing it. Rolexes are for those
who spend their weekends climbing icy mountains; a Patek Philippe is for one from a rich or noble family;
a Breitling suggests you like to pilot planes across the world.
Watches are now classified as "investments" (投资). A 1994 Patek Philippe recently sold for nearly ￡350 000, while 1960s Rolexes have gone from ￡15 000 to ￡30 000 plus in a year. But a watch is
not an investment. It's a toy for self satisfaction, a matter of fashion. Prices may keep going up-they've
been rising for 15 years. But when fashion moves on, the owner of that ￡350 000 beauty will suddenly
find his pride and joy is no more a good investment than my childhood Timex. 1. The sales of watches to young people have fallen because they . A. have other devices to tell the time
B. think watches too expensive
C. prefer to wear an iPod
D. have no sense of time 2. It seems ridiculous to the writer that . A. people dive 300 metres into the sea
B. expensive clothes sell better than cheap ones
C. cheap cars don't run as fast as expensive ones
D. expensive watches with unnecessary functions still sell 3. What can be learnt about Swiss watch industry from the passage? A. It targets rich people as its potential customers.
B. It's hard for the industry to beat its competitors.
C. It wastes a huge amount of money in advertising.
D. It’s easy for the industry to reinvent cheap watches. 4. Which would be the best title for the passage? A. Timex or Rolex?
B. My Childhood Timex
C. Watches? Not for Me!
D. Watches—a Valuable Collection 题型：未知难度：其他题型
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日常生活类阅读的概念：
日常生活这一话题主要涉及人们衣食住行等方面的活动。这一话题的选材主要针对人们日常的工作，生活以及学习情况。做这一类题时，最主要的是要把握好人物的活动内容，时间和地点。
日常生活类阅读题答题技巧：
【题型说明】
该类文章内容涉及到人们的言谈举止、生活习惯、饮食起居、服饰仪表、恋爱婚姻、消遣娱乐、节日起源、家庭生活等。文章篇幅短小，追根溯源，探索各项风俗的历史渊源，内容有趣。命题也以送分题为主，如事实细节题、语义转换题、词义猜测题和简单推理判断题等。虽然这类文章读起来感觉轻松，试题做起来比较顺手，但绝不能掉以轻心。因为稍不留神，就会丢分。
【备考提醒】
为了保证较高准确率，建议同学们做好以下几点：
1、保持正常的考试心态。笔者在教学中发现，越是容易的试题，同学们越是容易失分。为什么呢？因为在这种情况下，同学们极易产生麻痹思想，认为题目好做，就不引起高度重视，于是思维不发散、不周密。而命题人就是利用同学们的这一弱点，设计陷阱题。所以，无论试题难易与否，我们都要保持正常的考试心态。试题容易，不欣喜；试题难，不悲观。
2、根据前面讲到的方法，认认真真、细细心心做好事实细节题。
3、做好语义转换题。这类题是根据英语中一词多义和某些词语在文中能表达一定的修辞意义的原则而设计的。要求同学们解释某生词的含义，确定多义词或短语在文中的意思，确认文中的某个代词所指代的对象，或者对英语中特有的表达、格言、谚语进行解释。这种题要求同学们一定要根据上下文猜测词义或理解句子，切不可望文生义。
4、做好简单推理判断题。简单推理判断题要以表面文字为前提，以具体事实为依据进行推理，做出判断。这种推理方式比较直接，只要弄清事实，即可结合常识推断出合理的结论。
