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| The computer has been in wide use for a long time. What do you use it for? The short passage 1 something of home computers used by a group of young people. We asked thirty young people 2 fourteen and eighteen. We asked how much 3 they usually spent on their computers in a week, but we were most interested 4 they used their computers for. The usual time spent on a computer in a week was about twelve hours. All of the young people said they mainly used computers to play games. Fourteen people told us they did some word-pro-cessing(文字处理) is. Five of them said the computer 6 their lessons, and eight told us they kept addresses, phone numbers, and diaries 7 their computers. Only three said they were learning to make computer programmers and nobody looked up database(数据库). 8 of them used computers for any other use. 9 ，although computers are common in the homes of young people, they have not yet become 10 in everyday life. | |||
| ( )1. A. looks ( )2. A. between ( )3. A. money ( )4. A. what ( )5. A. as usual ( )6. A. found out ( )7. A. as ( )8. A. None ( )9. A. By the way ( )10.A. popular | B. says B. among B. hours B. how B. at last B. looked for B. on B. All B. It is said that B. expensive | C. writes C. about C. time C. why C. all the time C. helped with C. to C. Some C. From now on C. wonderful | D. makes D. from D. times D. whether D. at times D. worked at D. for D. Any D. It seems to us that D. useful |
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| The car was invented just a century ago. You may know all kinds of car"s names, but many people don"t know who was the inventor of the first car. The car was invented not by a German, but by an American. His name was Henry Ford. Henry Ford was born in a poor family. He was the eldest of six children. When he was a boy, he became interested in fixing(安装) watches and machines. When he was twelve years old, his mother died. Soon he had to work in a machine shop for two dollars and fifty cents a week. In the evening he mended watches for another one dollar a week. The hard life made him strong and able. At that time there was another interest in the life of the young Ford. He dreamed of making a machine. The machine could run without horse. It was named "horseless carriage". He overcame a lot of difficulties and in April, 1893,the horseless carriage was finished at last. It was the first car. | |||
| 1. How many dollars did young Ford get every week? | |||
| A. 2. 5 dollars. B. 4 dollars. C. 3 dollars. D. 3. 5 dollars. | |||
| 2, Who invented the car? | |||
| A. A German. B. An American. C. A Frenchman. D. A Japanese. | |||
| 3. From this passage, when was the car invented？ | |||
| A. More than l00 years ago, B.Less than l00 years ago. C. Just 100 years. D. 50 years ago. | |||
| 4. "Horseless carriage" means “ ” | |||
| A. a carriage with a horse B. a carriage with one or two horses C. a carriage without a horse D. a carriage with a man and without a horse | |||
| 5. Henry Ford have . | |||
| A. five or six younger brothers B. six brothers or sisters C. five brothers or sisters D. three brothers | |||
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| The United States has many different kinds of climates. On the northwest coast, the temperature changes very little between summer and winter, but the north central states have a very different kind of climate. In those states, people wear light clothes in summer, and they need heavy woolen clothes in winter. In the southwest coast, the climate is rainy and warm during the winter, but the summer is dry and hot. In the northeast of the United States, summer temperature"s are very different from winter temperatures. Summer is usually hot, and winter is usually cold. Spring temperatures are warm, and fall temperatures arc cool. Years ago, people in the cold parts of the United States didn"t often get fresh vegetables and fresh fruits during the summer. Today, however, trucks and trains carry fruits and vegetables very quickly to all parts of the United States. In this way, Americans "send their climates"to people in other states. | |||
| 1. The summer and winter temperatures are almost the same _____. | |||
| A. in the northeastern states B. on the north central states C. in the western states D. on the northwest coast | |||
| 2. The word "fall" in this passage means "_____". | |||
| A. drop B. down C. autumn D. spring | |||
| 3. Today people _____ can get fresh vegetables and fruits. | |||
| A. in the north central states B. in every part of the USA C. in the cold parts of the USA D. in the southwest part of the USA | |||
| 4. From this passage we know that the climate of the United States _____. | |||
| A. is always very cold B. is warm in winter C. is widely different D. changes very little between summer and winter | |||
| 5. From Paragraph 2 we know that the climate of the southwest coast is _____. | |||
| A. Maritime (海洋性) climate B. Savanna (热带草原) climate C. Mediterranean (地中海) climate D. Tropical rainforest (热带雨林) climate | |||
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| Have you thought about what might have happened if American President Kennedy was saved in 1963? Impossible, you"ll say Kennedy was killed in Dallas, Texas, on 22nd November, 1963, and that"s an end to it. But what would happen if he came back to life? That"s what the "stuff books"are made of. In 1988 an American named George Bernall wrote a book of this kind. The book is called "Promises to Keep". It was thought of as the best one of the kind. He made the book like real life. The story was so interesting that it kept readers turning the page till the end though it had over 800 pages. In fact we know that John F. Kennedy was killed and never came back to life. In this book, he comes back to life, and the story begins from there. The book set readers thinking, not especially about Kennedy"s killing, but about what would happen after. | |||
| 1. The phrase "come back to life" means _____. | |||
| A. never die again B. become alive again C. know one is still living D. live forever | |||
| 2. What kind of book is "Promises to Keep"? | |||
| A. A kind of study of Kennedy"s killing. B. An American horror novel. C. A life story about Kennedy. D. A story book developed from a true story. | |||
| 3. The book "Promises to Keep" tells us _____. | |||
| A. how to write a "stuff book" like the one written by George Bernall B. how to write about history C. what would happen when Kennedy was brought back to life D. how to make up a story about the presidents | |||
| 4. The book not only keeps the readers interested, until the end, but makes them _____. | |||
| A. feel terrible B. stop thinking C. laugh at something D. think about something | |||
| 5. Although the story is _____, readers like to read it very much. | |||
| A. not interesting B. long C. sad D. not exciting | |||
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| After the Second World War, there were many reports of mysterious "flying saucers (碟子)". They 1 throughout the world. For quite a long time strange shapes had been reported in. 2 parts of the world, but it was not until recent times that these were seriously studied. Pictures and films 3 of flying saucers, or UFOs seen in the sky. Some pilots of 4 reported that round flying machines had followed 5 , and moved at great speeds. Some unofficial (非官方的) experts and 6 suggested that some creatures(生物) from other planets were watching us. Some reports said a UFO had 7 the earth. A space creature 8 the UFO and moved around, then flew off again. But none of the landings was ever proved to be true. What lies ahead of us? We do not know. 9 we are sure that whatever happens, we are living in an age which will grow steadily 10 . | |||
| ( )1. A. see ( )2. A. the same ( )3. A. take ( )4. A. planes ( )5. A. them ( )6. A. people ( )7. A. was ( )8. A. ran away ( )9. A. And ( )10. A. interesting | B. saw B. different B. took B. ships B. they B. teachers B. left B. came into B. But B. interested | C. were seen C. similar C. were taking C. space C. we C. TVs C. arrived C. got out of C. Or C. more interesting | D. seen D. alike D. were taken D. trains D. us D. newspapers D. landed on D. reached D. So D. more interested |
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| Now satellites are helping to forecast the weather. They are in space, and they can reach any part of the world. The satellites take pictures of the atmosphere(大气), because this is where the weather forms. They send these pictures to the weather stations. So meteorologists (气象学家)can see the weather of any part of the world. From the pictures, the scientists can often say how the weather will change. Today, nearly five hundred weather stations in sixty countries receive satellite pictures. When they receive new pictures, the meteorologists compare them with earlier ones. Perhaps they may find that the clouds have changed during the last few hours. This may mean that the weather on the ground may soon change, too. In their next weather forecast, the meteorologists can say this. So the weather satellites are a great help to the meteorologists. Before satellites were invented, the scientists could forecast the weather for about 24 0r 48 hours. Now they can make good forecasts for three or five days. Soon, perhaps, they may be able to forecast the weather for a week or more ahead. | |||
| 1. Satellites travel _____. | |||
| A. in space B. in the atmosphere C. above the ground D. above space | |||
| 2. Why do we use the weather satellites to take pictures of the atmosphere? Because _____. | |||
| A. the weather satellites can do it easily B. clouds form there C. the weather forms there D. the pictures can forecast the weather | |||
3. Meteorologists forecast the weather _____. | |||
| A. when they have received satellite pictures B. after they have compared new satellite pictures with eariler ones C. before they received satellite pictures D. when they are studying satellite pictures | |||
| 4. Maybe we"ll soon be able to forecast the weather for _____. | |||
| A. one day B. two days C. five days D. seven days or even longer | |||
| 5. The main idea of this passage is that satellites are now used in _____. | |||
A. taking pictures of the atmosphere | |||