高考英语二轮专题总复习-阅读能力培养精品系列（九）.docVIP

2012届高考英语二轮专题总复习阅读能力培养精品系列（九） 阅读理解 A Every Sunday morning, as most people line up outside neighborhood breakfast spots, watch TV news shows, or head for church, Chloris Noelke-Olson is tuning up her fiddle. She’s preparing to enjoy bluegrass music the oldfashioned way: with friends, at home, for free. “To be able to play with other people face to face and have that sort of connection, it’s spiritual,” Ms. Noelke-Olson said of the weekly house concerts in Chicago she participates in. “It’s like a good conversation with instruments—something that doesn’t seem to happen much anymore because everyone is blabbering(饶舌) on their cell phones.” She is among a growing group of Americans who are finding it pleasant to unplug from the digital grid, at least temporarily. While there is no exact data to track how many people are forming knitting groups, hosting house concerts, or organizing family game nights, it is possible to connect the dots between the rising price of entertainment and the rising sales of board games (棋类游戏) and craft supplies. Between 2007 and 2008, the prices for restaurant meals, concert tickets, and movie tickets all increased. At the same time, board games sales rose 6 percent, while total toy sales decreased 3 percent. These trends are expected to continue because of the struggling economy. Instead of outfitting their homes with expensive home entertainment systems, consumers are more likely to be interfacing the old-fashioned way: eye-to-eye. Families are rediscovering ways to come together that have nothing to do with high tech. 揚eople are turning inward to build in enjoyment time for family and home? said Linda Bettencourt, an interior designer in San Francisco whose clients typically live in million-dollar homes. Over the past six months, Ms. Bettencourt has been hired to redeg sign living spaces to foster the kind of connectivity that doesn’t involve wires. 揟he big game table is back,?she says. 揚eople want to sit around and see each othern i’s f