restless 和 下列那个单词意思相近

―What’s the matter? You look worried and restless.
―Oh, nothing really serious. As a matter of fact, I ______ of my graduation thesis. I have to hand it in soon.

A．am just thinking	B．just thought
C．have just thought	D．was just thinking

Americans: Restless? Illiterate（没文化的）?
Americans are queer people: they can’t rest．They have more time, more leisure, shorter work hours, more holidays, and more vacations than any other people in the world．But they can’t rest．They rush up and down across their continent as tourists; they move about in great herds to conferences; they search the wilderness; they flood the mountains; they keep the hotels full．But they can’t rest．The scenery rushes past them．They learn it．Battles and monuments are announced to them on a tour bus．They hear them, but they don’t get them．They never stop moving; they rush up and down as Shriners, Masons, Old Graduates, Bankers—they are a new thing each day, always rushing to a reunion or something．So they go on rushing about till eventually the undertaker （殡葬工） gather them to a last conference．
Americans are queer people: they can’t read．They have more schools, and better schools and spend more money on schools and colleges than all Europe．But they can’t read．They print more books in a year than the French print．But they can’t read．They cover their country with one hundred thousand tons of Sunday newspapers every week．But they don’t read them．They’re too busy．They use them for fires and to make more paper with．They buy eagerly thousands of new novels at two dollars each．But they read only page one．Their streets are full of huge signs．They won’t look at them．Their streetcars are filled with advertising; they turn their eyes away．Transparent colors, cart wheels, and mechanical flares whirl and flicker in the crowded streets at night．No one sees them．Tons of letters pour into the mail boxes, through the houses, and down the garbage cans．No one reads them．
68．The underlined word “queer ” means ___________．
A．strange B．difficult C．forgetful D．friendly
69．According to the text, when do the Americans stop rushing about ?
A．When they are to allowed to．B．When they feel tired and sleepy

C．When they stop breathing eventually D．When they are seriously ill in bed
70．The Americans know the places of battles and monuments ___________．
A．by driving there in person B．when they are on the tour bus

C．from books and magazines D．by visiting them
71．Why does the writer write this passage?
A．To tell people the Americans are illiterate

B．To prove the Americans to be a queer nation

C．To make fun of the American way of life

D．To give the readers information about USA

Dictionaries say that “spring fever” is a lazy or restless feeling . People usually have the feeling on the first warm day of spring. Everyone has probably felt it at one time or another . people have talked about it for years.
Recently, scientists have taken a good look at spring fever. What they found is quite surprising.
In many places we live in , the winter months often seem dark and dreary. When spring comes late March , the world becomes colorful . The number of daylight hours grows with each passing day. According to many scientists, all the sunlight sets off chemicals in the brain (大脑). The chemicals make our feeling change and bring on spring fever.
小题1:How do people who have spring fever feel ?

A．active

B．awake

C．energetic

D．restless .

小题2:Scientists think that _________ cause(s) spring fever .

A．colors

B．sunlight

C．dark

D．illness

小题3: According to the passage ,the underlined word “dreary ”means“______” in Chinese.

A．沉闷的

B．暖和的

C．晴朗的

D．明亮的

小题4:The best title for the passage is ______________ .

A．How to Get Over Spring Fever	B．Spring Fever
C．Darkness in winter	D．Spring and winter

He is, however, one of those restless people who never ___ content with their present environment.

A．have seemed

B．seemed

C．seems

D．seem