2021年北京中考英语真题阅读CD篇.pdf

北京中考 C Buying Is Doing? How important is shopping to you?How much time do you spend buying things?And how much timedo you spend organizingthesethingsinyour home?In thefuture，how much timewillyou spend in movie theaters，at amusement parks，at shopping malls，or at convenience stores?When you add itallup，you willprobablyseeyou spend a lotof your lifeconsuming （消费）things. Consuming productsisnot necessarilybad.However ，ifwe spend toomuch time doing it，we should look at it carefully. Imagine that you have a week off from school. You don’t have to go to class. However，in this week ，you cannot spend any money no shopping，no movies，no eating out. How would you When we look back，it is important memories. Why?Non-consuming activities are active，not passive. They don’t come in a package. You make the experience yourself. For example，each person who reads to a child will have a differentexperience.The experiencechangeswith thereader，thechild，and thebook. Similarly，when you have a conversation with afriend，you are actively creating an experience. The conversation that you have with your friend cannot beexperienced or recreated by anyone else. However ，ifyou watch a movie with a friend，you willeach have a package experience.It requires no action and little interaction between the two of you. consume becausewe believe that buying isdoing.However ，we can starta personalrevolution （变革） againstconsumerism. How?By consuming less. We can ask ourselves what experiences bring us the greatest kinds of experiences. 49. If consuming products takes too much time，we should ____________. A. spend less money B. think about it carefully C. organize our thingsD. go to convenience stores 50. According to the passage，the writer believes that _____________. A. we can say no to consumerism by consuming less B. buying things can bring us the greatest satisfaction C. the enviro