Old-Fashioned Play-For Pay
Kids! Come to have a ball! Or 60,000 of them! There’s a new type of business franchise(特許經(jīng)銷權(quán))that is appearing in shopping malls and neighborhood across America offering pay-per-use  indoor playgrounds, which feature toys, games, guided fun and a workout that doesn’t break the family bank.
As public playgrounds grow increasingly worn and dirty, the for-profit centers offer clean, safe guided activity as well as a variety of challenging exercises to develop kids’ physical fitness, usually for a fee of around $ 5 an hour. “Playgrounds are dirty, not guided,” says Dick Guggenheimer, owner of the two-month-old Discovery Zone in Yonkers, N. Y., part of Kansas City-based chain, “We are indoors; we are padded; parents can feel their child is safe”.
In order to satisfy the need of two-earner families, the new franchise stays open in the evenings, long after traditional public playgrounds have grown dark and unusable. However, these new playgrounds are not meant to be day-care centers. Parents are expected to go stay and play with their kids rather than drop them off. But several also provide high-tech baby-sitting services. At some of the Discovery Zones, parents can register their children in special guided programs, then leave them and slip away for a couple of hours to enjoy a movie or dinner. If there is a problem, Mom and Dad are called.
The most fun of all, though, is getting to do what parents used to do in the days before two-earner families and two-hour commutes(兩小時(shí)上下班往返), play with their kids. That, at least, is old-fashioned, even at per-hour rates.
【小題1】What is this article mainly talking about?

A.Children can play without parent’s care.
B.The fast development of Discovery Zone.
C.A new type of business franchise of kids.
D.The disadvantages of outdoor playgrounds.
【小題2】According to the article, which of the following is TRUE to the new playground?
A.The cost is high for a family.
B.It doesn't allow parents to leave their kids.
C.It stays open in the evening just as traditional playgrounds.
D.It's a place where parents can play together with their kids.
【小題3】What does the writer mean by saying "old-fashioned"?
A.The so-called new playground is out of date.
B.The new playground is actually enjoyed by parents.
C.The new playground is also enjoyed by old people.
D.The new playground offers a fashion which is popular in the past.
【小題4】The writer’s attitude toward the new playground is_______________.
A.a(chǎn)greeable B.negative
C.doubtful D.unknown


【小題1】C
【小題2】D
【小題3】D
【小題4】A

解析試題分析:作者介紹了一種新型的游樂場(chǎng),父母可以付費(fèi)讓孩子在里面安全,快樂的游樂。
【小題1】主旨題:根據(jù)第一段的句子:There’s a new type of business franchise(特許經(jīng)銷權(quán))that is appearing in shopping malls and neighborhood across America offering pay-per-use  indoor playgrounds,可知這篇文章介紹的是一種針對(duì)孩子的新的特許經(jīng)銷權(quán),所以選C。
【小題2】細(xì)節(jié)題:根據(jù)第三段的句子:Parents are expected to go stay and play with their kids rather than drop them off. 可知在這個(gè)新的游樂場(chǎng)父母可以和孩子一樣玩,所以選D。
【小題3】推理題:根據(jù)最后一段的句子:The most fun of all, though, is getting to do what parents used to do in the days before two-earner families and two-hour commutes(兩小時(shí)上下班往返), play with their kids.可知作者用old-fashioned表示新的游樂場(chǎng)是提供的是過(guò)去流行的時(shí)尚,所以選D。
【小題4】作者態(tài)度題:根據(jù)文章的內(nèi)容:可知作者介紹了一種新型的游樂場(chǎng),父母可以付費(fèi)讓孩子在里面安全,快樂的游樂,作者在字里行間表示的是同意的態(tài)度,所以選A。
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Silence is unnatural to man. He begins life with a cry and ends it in stillness. In between he does all he can to make a noise in the world, and he fears silence more than anything else. Even his conversation is an attempt to prevent a fearful silence. If he is introduced to another person, and a number of pauses occur in the conversation, he regards himself as a failure, a worthless person, and is full of envy of the emptiest headed chatterbox (喋喋不休的人). He knows that ninety-nine percent of human conversation means no more than the buzzing of a fly, but he is anxious to join in the buzz and to prove that he is a man and not a waxwork figure (蠟塑人像).
The aim of conversation is not, for the most part, to communicate ideas; it is to keep up the buzzing sound. There are, it must be admitted, different qualities of buzz; there is even a buzz that is as annoying as the continuous noise made by a mosquito (蚊子). But at a dinner party one would rather be a mosquito than a quiet person. Most buzzing, fortunately, is pleasant to the ear, and some of it is pleasant even to the mind. He would be a foolish man if he waited until he had a wise thought to take part in the buzzing with his neighbors.[來(lái)源:Z*xx*k.Com]
Those who hate to pick up the weather as a conversational opening seem to me not to know the reason why human beings wish to talk. Very few human beings join in a conversation in the hope of learning anything new. Some of them are content if they are merely allowed to go on making a noise into other people’s ears, though they have nothing to tell them except that they have seen two or three new plays or that they had food in a Swiss hotel At the end of an evening during which they have said nothing meaningful for a long time, they just prove themselves to be successful conservationists
【小題1】According to the author, people make conversation to ______

A.exchange ideas B.prove their value
C.a(chǎn)chieve success in life D.overcome their fear of silence
【小題2】By "the buzzing of a fly" (Para. 1), the author means"________”
A.the noise of an insect B.a(chǎn) low whispering sound
C.meaningless talks D.the voice of a chatterbox
【小題3】According to the passage, people usually talk to their neighbors ______.
A.a(chǎn)bout whatever they have prepared
B.a(chǎn)bout whatever they want to
C.in the hope of learning something new
D.in the hope of getting on well
【小題4】What is the author's purpose in writing the passage? ________.
A.To discuss why people like talking about weather.
B.To encourage people to join in conversations.
C.To persuade people to stop making noises.
D.To explain why people keep talking.

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