19.To Whom It May Concern:
Your address was forwarded to us by How to Magazine.All of us here think The International Institute of Not Doing Much is the best organization in the world.You know how to avoid unnecessary activities!
As a matter of fact,we closely followed the advice in your article.First,we replaced all our telephones with carrier pigeons.Simply removing the jingle of telephones and replacing them with the pleasant sounds of birds has had a remarkable effect on everyone.Besides,birds are cheaper than telephone service.After all,we are a business.We have to think of the bottom line.As a side benefit,the birds also add the nutrients to the grass outside the new employees'sauna(桑拿房).
Next,we sold the computers off to Stab,Grab,Grit,and Nasty,a firm of lawyers nearby.Our electricity bill went way down.Big savings!The boss is impressed.We have completely hugged paper technology.Now that we all use pencils,doodling (涂鴉) is on the increase,and the quality of pencil Woman Ship is impressive,as you can tell from my handwriting in this letter.By the way,if you can,please send this letter back to us.We can erase and reuse it.Just tie it to Maggie's leg and she'll know where to take it.
Now it's very calm and quiet here.You can notice the difference.No more loud chatter on the telephones!All we hear is the scratching of pencil on paper,the sound of pigeons,and the delivery of inter-office letters by paper airplane.
Wonderful!I've always wanted to work for an insurance company ever since I was a little girl.Now it's perfect.
Sincerely yours,
Eleanor Lightly
Spokeswoman and Company Hair Stylist
ABC Activity Insurance:insure against overdoing it

40.Where is Eleanor's letter sent to?D
A.How To Magazine.
B.ABC Activity Insurance Company.
C.Stab,Grab,Grit,and Nasty Law Firm.
D.The International Institute of Not Doing Much.
41.Which of the following best describes the life the author is leading?B
A.A religious,peasant-like life.
B.A simple,slow-paced life.
C.A life away from paper and pencils.
D.A life of hard work and security.
42.Which of the following is practiced in the author's company?D
A.Replacing the hand work system with modern technology.
B.Turning off lights in the daytime to save electricity.
C.Buying birds and pets as company for the staff.
D.Recycling paper resources whenever possible.
43.What is the purpose of writing this letter?D
A.to show his dissatisfaction with the new environment.
B.to complain about the bad working condition.
C.to persuade people to live a simple life.
D.to express his thanks for the good advice.

分析 本文是一篇說明文,作者寫這封信就是為了表示對這個建議的感謝,正是因為采納了這個建議,作者的生活才變得更加安寧環(huán)保.

解答 DBDD
40.D 細節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)文章第二句All of us here think The International Institute of Not Doing Much is the best organization in the world.可知這封信就是寫給The International Institute of Not Doing Much 的,在信件里Eleanor Lightly表達了自己的觀點.故D正確.
41.B 推理判斷題.根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第二段Now it's very calm and quiet here.You can notice the difference.No more loud chatter on the telephones!All we hear is the scratching of pencil on paper,the sound of pigeons,and the delivery of inter-office letters by paper airplane.現(xiàn)在的生活很安寧,沒有電話聲,沒有大聲聊天,有的只是鉛筆在紙上寫畫的聲音,格子以及紙飛機的聲音.說明現(xiàn)在的生活很簡單,節(jié)奏也很慢.故B正確.
42.D 推理判斷題.根據(jù)第三段最后兩句By the way,if you can,please send this letter back to us.We can erase and reuse it.Just tie it to Maggie's leg and she'll know where to take it.可知這封信的紙還可以被回收利用.說明在作者的公司里,他們盡可能地回收利用一切紙
張.故D項正確.
43.D 主旨大意題.根據(jù)文章第二段As a matter of fact,we closely followed the advice in your article.可知作者完全采納了對方的建議,在公司里盡可能地回收利用一切可以利用的東西,并減少使用電腦等電器.文章倒數(shù)第二段告訴我們現(xiàn)在的生活很寧靜.說明作者寫這封信就是為了表示對這個建議的感謝.故D項正確.

點評 學生需要認真閱讀原文,把握文章大意,對文章脈絡有整體的了解,能仔細查找文中細節(jié),并能根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容進行合理的推測判斷.

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