《高中英语阅读理解》单元测试题doc.pdfVIP

一、高中英语阅读理解 1．阅读理解 Recently, as the British doctor Robert Winston took train from London to Manchester, he found himself becoming steadily angry. A woman had picked up her phone and begun loud conversation, which would last an unbelievable hour. Furious, Winston began to tweet about the woman. He took her picture and sent it to his more than 40,000 followers. When the train arrived at its destination, Winston rushed out. Hed had enough of the womans rudeness. But the press were now waiting for her on the platform. And when they showed her Winstons messages, she used just one word to describe Winstons actions: rude. Winstons tale is something of a microcosm( 缩影) of our age of increasing rudeness, fueled by social media. What can we do to fix this? Studies have shown that rudeness spreads quickly, almost like the common cold. Just witnessing rudeness makes it far more likely that we, in turn, will be rude later on. The only way to avoid it is to deal with it face to face. We must say, Just stop. For Winston, that would have meant approaching the woman, telling her that her conversation was frustrating other passengers and politely asking her to speak more quietly or make the call at another time. The rage and injustice we feel at the rude behavior of a stranger can drive us to do odd things. In my own research, surveying 2,000 adults, I discovered that the acts of revenge people had taken ranged from the ridiculous to the disturbing. Winston did shine a spotlight on the womans behavior — but from afar, in a way that shamed her. We must instead combat rudeness head on. When we see it occur in a store, we must step up and say something. If it happens to a colleague, we must point it out. We must defend strangers in the same way wed defend our best friends. But we can do it with grace, by handling it without a trace