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　　Unit3 同步检测
　　Ⅰ.阅读理解
　　Nowadays more and more people are trapped in too busy work to relax themselves.We have no time to tell a bedtime story to our children，or enjoy a nice dinner with our family，or take a break to thint how we live the precious life，or even meet friends.All we notice is that the distinctions that used to guide and steady us—between Sunday and Monday，public and private，here and there－are gone.We have more ways to communicate，but less and less to say，partly because we’re so busy communicating.
　　Maybe that’s why more and more people I know，even if they have no religious commitment，seem to be turning to yoga，or meditation(打坐)，or Tai Chi(太极)．Some friends of mine try to go on long walks every Sunday，or to “forget” their cellphones at home.A series of tests in recent years has shown that after spending time in quiet rural settings，subjects exhibit greater attentiveness，stronger memory and generally improved cognition.Their brains become both calmer and sharper.More than that，sympathy，as well as deep thought，depends on neural processes that are inherently slow，the very ones our high­speed lives have little time for.
　　In my own case，I often turn to unusual and extreme measures to try to keep my good sense and ensure that I have time to do nothing at all.I’ve not yet used a cellphone and I’ve never entered Facebook.I try not to go online till my day’s writing is finished，and I moved from Manhattan to rural Japan.
　　None of this is a matter of principle or asceticism (苦行主义)：it’s just pure selfishness.Nothing makes me feel better，calmer，clearer and happier than being in one place，absorbed in a book，a conversation，a piece of music.It’s actually something deeper than mere happiness：it’s joy，which the monk Brother David Steindl­Rast describes as “that kind of happiness that doesn’t depend on what happens”．That is the highest of the highest we have been longing for—The Joy of Quiet.
　　【文章大意】　忙碌的工作使人难以放松，而在安静的环境中度过时间会使大脑更冷静。
　　1．The writer sometimes doesn’t do anything because________．
　　A．he is out of work
　　B．whatever he does makes no sense
　　C．he is worried about his writing
　　D．he can enjoy himself in his leisure time
　　解析：选D。推理判断题。根据第三段的内容可知，作者常采用一些不寻常的措施来保证自己有时间什么也不做，让自己得以放松。因此选D。
　　2．When the writer uses the word “forget”，his real meaning is that________．
　　A．somebody really leaves his cellphone at home
　　B．somebody leaves his cellphone at home on purpose
　　C．somebody hates modern technology such as the cellphone
　　D．somebody thinks the cellphone is not a suitable means of communication
　　解析：选B。细节理解题。根据第二段的内容可知，作者的一些朋友为了不受打扰，故意把手机落在家里。因此选B。
　　3．The underlined word “distinctions” (Para.1) means “________”．
　　A．outcomes B．similarities
　　C．differences                D．complications
　　解析：选C。词义猜测题。根据画线词所在句的内容可知，越来越多的人忙于工作不能放松自己，工作日与周末、公与私、地点之间的区别已经不存在了。故选differences，意为“差别”。
　　4．What is the main idea of the article?
　　A．It is important to spend time in quiet circumstances.
　　B．We can do some sports such as yoga to relax.