The clock rules our lives. The more we try to save time, the less time we seem to have. In every area of our lives we are doing things faster. And many of us live in towns and cities which are getting noisier and more stressful as each day passes. But now a worldwide movement, whose aim is to slow life down, has started. Its supporters are people who believe that a happier and healthier way of life is possible.
The Slow Food movement was founded the day that an Italian journalist, Carlo Petrini, saw that McDonald’s had opened a restaurant in a beautiful square in Rome. He thought it was sad that many people today live too quickly to sit down for a proper meal and only eat much fast food. He decided that he had to try to do something about it and so he started the Slow Food movement. Slow Food has become a global organization ever since and now has more than 80,000 members in 100 countries.
Slow Food also encourages people to eat local and regional food, to use local shops and markets, to eat out in small family restaurants, and to cook with traditional recipes.
The idea of Slow Cities was inspired by the Slow Food movement. The aim of Slow Cities is to improve people’s quality of life. Towns which want to become a Slow City have to reduce traffic and noise, increase the number of green areas, plant trees, build pedestrian zones, and promote local businesses and traditions. Now it has spread to other countries all over the world, from the UK to Japan and Australia. There are now 135 Slow Cities in 24 countries across the world that have been named since founding of the organization in 1999. Gao Chun County, in east China’s Jiangsu Province, is expected to be named the first “Slow City” in China next year.
“Slow Cities are about having a community life in the town,” said a local resident. “It is not ‘slow’ as in ‘stupid’. It is ‘slow’ as in the opposite of ‘worried’ and ‘stressful’.”
But not everybody is happy. For teenagers, who have to go 25km to Norwich, the nearest city, to buy CDs, living in a Slow City is not very attractive. “It’s all right here,” says Lewis Cook, 16. “But if you want excitement, you have to go to Norwich. We need more things here for young people.”
小題1:What’s the aim of the Slow Food movement?
A．To call on people to eat out.
B．To make people enjoy cooking.
C．To drive McDonald’s out of Rome
D．To encourage people to slow down.
小題2:All the following are necessary to be a Slow City EXCEPT ______.
A．reducing traffic and noise
B．increasing the number of green areas
C．building more department stores
D．promoting local businesses and traditions
小題3:From the fourth paragraph, we know that ______.
A．the Slow Food was founded in 1999
B．there is no Slow City in China now
C．Slow Cities are mainly in the UK
D．there are about 24 Slow Cities in the world
小題4:What’s Lewis Cook’s attitude to living in a Slow City?
A．PositiveB．NeutralC．NegativeD．Indifferent
小題5:What would be the best title for the passage?
A．Slow down and you’ll move fast
B．Time flies never to be recalled.
C．Eat slowly and you’ll be healthy.
D．Pay attention to the quality of life.

小題1:D
小題2:C
小題3:B
小題4:C
小題5:A

試題分析：
小題1:D 推理題。根據(jù)第二段2,3,4行He thought it was sad that many people today live too quickly to sit down for a proper meal and only eat much fast food. He decided that he had to try to do something about it and so he started the Slow Food movement.說明他看見了麥當勞的快餐店，認為現(xiàn)代人的生活節(jié)奏太快了，于是就創(chuàng)立了這個組織，目的在于鼓勵人們過一種慢生活。故D正確。
小題2:.C 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)第四段2,3,4行The aim of Slow Cities is to improve people’s quality of life. Towns which want to become a Slow City have to reduce traffic and noise, increase the number of green areas, plant trees, build pedestrian zones, and promote local businesses and traditions.說明ABD都提及了，只有C不是，故C正確。
小題3:B 推理題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第三段最后一句Gao Chun County, in east China’s Jiangsu Province, is expected to be named the first “Slow City” in China next year.說明高淳有希望成為第一個這樣的中國城市，說明現(xiàn)在中國還沒有這樣的城市，故B正確。
小題4:C 推理題。根據(jù)文章最后一段第一句，說明不是每個人都同意這樣的觀點，舉了Lewis Cook的例子，說明他不同意，故他對這樣的觀點持反對的態(tài)度，故C正確。
小題5:.A 主旨大意題。文章關(guān)于一個讓我們生活慢下來的一個運動，故A正確。
點評：本文介紹了一種新的保健模式，讓我們的生活節(jié)奏慢下來。從選項中可以看出，本大題主要還是考查了細節(jié)題和推理題，更加注重綜合語言能力的運用，需要根據(jù)故事情節(jié)，結(jié)合語境，做出準確的判斷。
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