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The most frightening words in the English language are, "Our computer is down." You hear it more and more when you are on business. The other day I was at the airport waiting for a ticket to Washington and the girl in the ticket office said, "I"m sorry, I can"t sell you a ticket.Our computer is down." "If your computer is down, just write me out a ticket." "I can"t write you out a ticket. The computer is the only one allowed to do so." I looked down on the computer and every passenger was just standing there drinking coffee and staring at the black screen. Then I asked her, "What do all you people do?" "We give the computer the information about your trip, and then it tells us whether you can fly with us or not." "So when it goes down, you go down with it." "That"s good, sir." "How long will the computer be down?" I wanted to know. "I have no idea. Sometimes it"s down for 10 minutes, sometimes for two hours. There"s no way we can find out without asking the computer, and since it"s down it won"t answer us." After the girl told me they had no backup (备用) computer, I said. "Let"s forget the computer. What about your planes? They"re still flying, aren"t they?" "I couldn"t tell without asking the computer." "Maybe I could just go to the gate and ask the pilot if he"s flying to Washington," I suggested. "I wouldn"t know what gate to send you to.Even if the pilot was going to Washington, he couldn"t take you if you didn"t have a ticket." "Is there any other airline flying to Washington within the next few hours?" "I wouldn"t know," she said, pointing at the dark screen. "Only "IT" knows."It" can"t tell me." By this time there were quite a few people standing in lines. The word soon spread to other travelers that the computer was down. Some people went white, some people started to cry and still others kicked their luggage. |
1. The best title for the article is _____. |
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A. When the Computer Is Down B. The Most Frightening Words C. The Computer of the Airport D. Asking the Computer |
2. What could the girl in the ticket office do for the passengers without asking the computer? |
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A. She could sell a ticket. B. She could write out a ticket. C. She could answer the passengers" questions. D. She could do nothing. |
3. Why do you think they had not a backup computer? |
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A. Because it was easy down B. Because it was very expensive. C. Because it was not advanced enough. D. Because it was not as big as the main computer. |
4. The last paragraph suggests that _____. |
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A. a modern computer won"t be down. B. computers can take the place of humans C. sometimes a computer may bring suffering to people D. there will be great changes in computers |
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1-4: ADBC |
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Years ago, when my co-worker, Andrea, asked if I"d like to come to a clothing exchange, I was interested, "What"s that?" I asked. "A bunch of us who are about the same 1 are getting together to exchange clothes that are in good condition", she explained. " 2 me in!" I said. That night, I 3 my closet, finding shirts, skirts and pants I hadn"t worn in months-or years! I looked at the clothes I had 4 and wondered if anyone would want them. When I arrived at Andrea"s, I found a group of co-workers-and piles of clothes 5 around the living room. I also found homemade food and wine to 6 . We chatted for a while, then the exchange began. We drew lots (抽签), each 7 selecting from the piles. Hey! I 8 my shirt and jacket had been chosen by my co-workers. I guess my "tired" clothes did 9 special to new eyes. Then, the floor was 10 to everyone and a free-for-all 11 as we ran around choosing and 12 things on. And as our choices were 13 , we went back to the dining room to eat and talk. I left that night with 14 as many items as I"d brought-including a green silk evening dress I knew my daughter would love to dress up in- and the 15 of an evening with a group of really special women. Now our "Exchange Club" has become a tradition-and we 16 everything from kitchen gadgets to houseplants, and 17 Christmas presents! 18 , as we"ve exchanged the "stuff" of our lives, we"ve exchanged our 19 office acquaintance for real friendship-and for me, that"s been the most 20 exchange of all. |
( )1. A. height ( )2. A. Add ( )3. A. looked through ( )4. A. thrown away ( )5. A. put ( )6. A. enjoy ( )7. A. taking turns ( )8. A.watched ( )9. A. appear ( )10. A. closed ( )11. A. followed ( )12. A. putting ( )13. A. picked ( )14. A. mostly ( )15. A. luck ( )16. A. stored ( )17. A. dissatisfied ( )18. A. First of all ( )19. A. polite ( )20. A. valueless | B. size B. Put B. saw through B. become interested in B. extended B. eat B. standing in lines B. noticed B. remain B. open B. passed B. catching B. made B. nearly B. excitement B. ranged B. unhappy B. Best of all B. strange B. precious | C. length C. Count C. sorted through C. lost sight of C. scattered C. drink C. keeping up C. realized C. display C. free C. brought C. picking C. determined C. about C. memory C. bought C. unwanted C. In all C. formal C. important | D. shape D. Show D. lived through D. grown tired of D. spread D. take D. getting down D. knew D. look D. welcome D. returned D. trying D. settled D. almost D. thought D. exchanged D. useless D. At all D. familiar D. worthy | 完形填空。 | I was poor and always said yes to my boss. But the 1 was reached one Tuesday-my half holiday. On my way 2 on Tuesdays I used to carry a large basket of things to the house of my boss" sister. 3 her house was on my way home, I 4 refused this. On this particular Tuesday, 5 , just as we were about to 6 , a load (担) of smoked hams (火腿) was delivered at the 7 . "Waiting a minute, Little Stark," said the boss and he opened the load and 8 out a ham, 9 he started to bone (剔骨) and string up (把……捆 绑起来). I 10 in growing impatience (不耐烦) to get on my way, not for one minute but for quite a 11 time. It was nearly 2:30. Thank God! The boss finished. He then came to me with the boned ham, put it in the 12 beside me, and told me to take it to a customer who had place d an 13 for it days before. This meant my going a 14 way out of my road home, so I looked up, saying, "I have my 15 at two on Tuesday, you know." "What do you 16 ?" he shouted. I told him that I meant that I would deliver things as 17 , but not at this moment. The boss stared at me as if I were some unusual kind of insect and shouted even 18 . But I 19 firm. At last, seeing it was impossible, he gave up and 20 me go home for my holiday. | ( )1. A. time ( )2. A. home ( )3. A. As ( )4. A. always ( )5. A. but ( )6. A. work ( )7. A. house ( )8. A. carried ( )9. A. and ( )10. A. waited ( )12. A. good ( )12. A. desk ( )13. A. order ( )14. A. short ( )15. A. lunch ( )16. A. want ( )17. A. others ( )18. A. harder ( )19. A. fought ( )20. A. made | B. anger B. there B. Although B. sometimes B. however B. cook B. restaura nt B. came B. that B. looked B. bad B. car B. address B. close B. holiday B. do B. though B. louder B. quarreled (吵架) B. permitted (允许) | C. limit C. here C. But C. often C. though C. rest C. boss C. took C. which C. thought C. short C. basket C. advice C. long C. work C. know C. usual C. tougher C. felt C. let | D. holiday D. to my company D. While D. never D. so D. leave D. shop D. broke D. so D. listened D. long D. pocket D. examination D. near D. meal D. mean D. yesterday D. kinder D. stood D. saw | 阅读理解。 | Little Tom down the street calls our dog "the keep dog". Zip is a sheep dog. But when Tom tries to say "sheep", it comes out "keep". And in a way Tom is right. Zip is always bringing things home for us to keep! I"ll tell you about some of them. Zip"s first present was a shoe. It was made of green silk. We didn"t know how Zip found the shoe. But after a moment Mary, my big sister, told me the shoe had a strange smell. I nodded (点头) and held my nose. "What do you think it is?" "It smells like something for cleaning. I think someone tried to clean a spot (污点) off the shoe. Then he put it at the door to dry." I said. "We should take it back." "We can"t," said my sister. "I know we can"t," I said."We don"t know where Zip found it." "Maybe little Tom is right," Mary said. "Maybe Zip is a keep dog!" | 1. The writer and Mary didn"t know _____. | [ ] | A. what Zip"s first present was B. how Zip carried its first present home C. who owned Zip"s first present D. what Zip"s first present was made of | 2. Tom calls Zip "the keep dog" because _____. | [ ] | A. the dog likes keeping things B. the dog likes playing with shoes C. he doesn"t know the dog"s name D. he can"t pronounce the word"sheep" well | 3. What made the shoe strange was _____. | [ ] | A. its color B. its smell C. its size D. that it was a silk one | 4. The word "keep" in the last sentence means "_____". | [ ] | A. keeping things for itself B. bringing things for others to keep C. not letting it run about D. taking care of a small child. | 5. We can know from the reading that the dog _____. | [ ] | A. likes to give presents to people B. has been kept in at the writer"s home C. has brought some trouble D. likes to be called "the keep dog" | 阅读理解。 | Bob always took the newspaper to Grandpa White"s home last before going home. Grandpa White"s was at the end of the road. Bob liked Grandpa White. He was often waiting for him near the front gate with sweets or a nice cake. Besides, he often asked Bob about things he was doing-about what he was going to do for the summer and what he liked to do. The thing that Bob didn"t like about Grandpa was his never-ending stories about his boyhood (童年)in California. Bob never asked to hear about Grandpa"s boyhood, but he could n"t get away. After Grandpa"s wife died in October, Bob could see that Grandpa was lonelier than ever. He would often join Bob halfway along the road and walk along with him as he gave out the papers. Grandpa seemed to have all day, and Bob often was late getting his papers to his customers (订报者), Bob didn"t want to complain (抱怨), but the customers were unhappy. | 1. When he took the newspaper to Grandpa White, Bob would often receive _____. | [ ] | A. old newspapers B. sweets or a cake C. some money D. a paper with questions for him to answer | 2. Which do you think is true? | [ ] | A. Bob lived with Grandpa. B. Grandpa had many stories about his boyhood. C. Grandpa didn"t like to read newspapers. D. Bob took the newspaper to Grandpa first. | 3. Bob could do nothing when _____. | [ ] | A. the customers got their newspapers late B. Grandpa began to tell him about his boyhood C. he saw Grandpa feeling lonely D. Grandpa asked him about the things he was doing | 4. The reading mainly (主要) tells us that _____. | [ ] | A. Bob was still a child B. Grandpa liked to tell stories C. the customers sometimes got angry D. lonely people need other people | 5. The sentence "Grandpa seemed to have all day" means "_____". | [ ] | A. Grandpa always seemed to like daytime B. Grandpa liked telling stories to Bob all day C. Grandpa liked to stay with Bob all the time D. Grandpa seemed to be lonely all day | 阅读理解。 | Selling Shoes A large store was having its spring sale on shoes and boots (靴子). It was the first day of the sale, and the shoe department was full of women who were eagerly trying to buy them. There were all kinds of shoes and boots in a variety of (各种各样) colors, and the prices had been reduced a lot, because the store wanted to get rid of (处理掉) as many as possible in order to make room for their new stock (进货). The cashiers (收银员) were kept busy, and at one moment a woman came to one of them with her money in her hand and said, "I don"t need a bag, thank you. I"m wearing the shoes I bought." She pointed to them on her feet. "Would you like a bag to put your old shoes in then?" the cashier asked politely as she took the woman"s money. "No, thank you," the woman answered quickly. "I"ve just sold those to someone else." | 1. What were on sale in the large store last week? | [ ] | A. spring sale B. shoes and boots C. clothes D. new stock | 2. Why were they being sold cheaply? | [ ] | A. because they were on sale. B. because they were old. C. because they were out of fashion. D. because the store wanted to make room for new store. | 3. What did a woman say to one of the cashiers? | [ ] | A. She wanted to buy a pair of shoes. B. She didn"t need a bag for her shoes. C. She wanted a bag for her shoes. D. She wanted to try the shoes on her feet. | 4. What did the cashier ask her? | [ ] | A. Do you need a bag for your old shoes? B. Where is your pair of shoes? C. Have you paid for your shoes? D. Do they fit your feet? | 5. Why didn"t the woman need a bag? | [ ] | A. She threw them away. B. She was wearing the shoes she bought. C. She put them into her handbag. D. She had sold them to somebody else. |
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