阅读理解。 Reading can provide lots of fun for children and teens during summer
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Reading can provide lots of fun for children and teens during summer vacation. Children who read during
the summer are better prepared for school when they return to classes in the fall. Public libraries throughout
Wisconsin will host summer events to encourage children and young adults to include reading in their summer
fun.
●All Star Readers
The Milwaukee Public Library will host its 2007 Summer Reading Club for kids from 3 to 18. Signing up
starts on June 1 at all Milwaukee public libraries and bookmobile sites.
Children aged 6 to 12 are invited to become "All Star Readers" at the Milwaukee library when they sign up
for the Summer Reading Club. Children can score a point by reading 10 books or 1,000 pages. When they
reach the reading goal, they will win a bag full of prizes.
●Sparkey Spots the Ball
Children up to 5 years old can join the read-to-me club, "Sparkey Spots the Ball". They will receive their
own reading folders (文件夹) to record the books read to them by parents, brothers and sisters or relatives.
Once they have listened to 20 books, they will win a baseball and a coupon (优惠券) for McDonald"s ice
cream.
●X-treme Read
Teens between the age of 13 and 18 can join in their own reading program called "X-treme Read". Teens
can read to win movie passes, CDs and more.
The library also plans extreme bike races by C4BMX at four libraries in June and July. Check with your
local library or Milwaukee Journal Sentinel for the exact dates, times, and places of the demonstrations (集会). |
| 1. Students who take part in the reading club can _____. |
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A. take part in extreme bike races
B. get a good mark in the final exam
C. get better prepared for the new term
D. finish their homework ahead of time |
| 2. In order to become "All Star Readers" and win a lot of prizes, you _____. |
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A. should be 18 years old
B. should be at least five years old
C. must read at least 1,000 pages or 10 books
D. just need to sign up at the Milwaukee library |
| 3. Which of the following is TRUE according to this passage? |
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A. Children up to 5 might win a baseball or an ice cream.
B. Teens who have listened to books might win movie tickets.
C. The public libraries only allow children to read in the reading club.
D. Students who want to read can sign up at any public library at Milwaukee. |
| 4. If you are a 17-year-old student who wants to win some prizes, you can take part in _____. |
| [ ] |
A. 2007 Summer Reading Club
B. X-treme Read
C. Sparkey Spots the Ball
D. All Star Readers |
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Earthquakes are something that people fear. There are some places that have few or no earthquakes.
Most places in the world, however, have them regularly (有规律的). Countries that have a lot of earthquakes
are usually quite mountainous (多山的).
The most talked about earthquake in the United States was in San Francisco in 1906. Over 700 people
died in it. The strongest one in North America was in 1964. It happened in Alaska.
Strong earthquakes are not always the ones that kill the most people. In 1755, one of the strongest
earthquakes ever recorded was felt in Portugal. Around 2,000 people died.
In 1923, a very strong earthquake hit the Tokyo, Yokohama area of Japan. A hundred and forty thousand
people died. Most of them died in fires which followed the earthquake.
One of the worst earthquakes ever was in China in 1976. It killed a large number of people. The worst
earthquake ever reported was also in China, in which 400,000 people were killed or injured. This earthquake
happened in 1556.
Earthquakes worry people a lot. The reason is that we often do not know when they are coming. People
can not prepare for it. |
| 1. Earthquakes happen _____. |
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A. in all the places in the world
B. only in the countries that have a lot of mountains
C. regularly in most places in the world
D. only in a few places along the coast |
| 2. How many people died in the earthquake which happened in Portugal in 1755? |
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A. 500.
B. 140,000.
C. 400,000.
D. 2,000. |
| 3. When and where was the worst earthquake ever reported? |
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A.1964; Alaska.
B. 1556; China.
C. 1923; Japan.
D. 1976; China. |
| 4. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true? |
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A. The stronger the earthquake is,the more people are killed.
B. Earthquakes often come unexpectedly (出乎意料地).
C. Earthquakes can cause fires.
D. People still don"t know how to tell when an earthquake will come. |
| 5. What may be talked about in the seventh paragraph? |
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A. How do earthquakes worry people?
B. What will people do to prepare for earthquakes?
C. How can we save people when earthquakes happen?
D. How do earthquakes happen? |
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To what degree can a computer achieve intelligence (智力)? The answer to this question may lie in a
newly-developed US computer program called Smarter Child and the Internet.
If you ran into Smarter Child online, you would be surprised at this kid"s huge memory. It can recite
many facts. For example, Smarter Child knows every baseball player in every team this season.
He knows every word in the dictionary and the weather in every major city areas across the US.
However, if you ask Smarter Child other questions, you get stranger answers. A question about Smarter
Child"s age returns. "One year, 11 days, 16 hours, 7 minutes, and 47 seconds!" Asking where he lives gets,
"In a clean room in a high-tech building in California．"
Smarter Child uses the vast information on the World Wide Web as his memory bank. To answer
questions about spelling, for instance, Smarter Child goes to American Heritage Dictionary online. For the
weather, he visits www.intellicast.com.
Some scientists believe that by joining the many systems of the Internet, an artificial being with the
combined knowledge of, say, Albert Einstein, Richard Nixon and Britney Spears could be born. However
if Smarter Child wants to think and learn on his own like the boy-computer David in the movie A.I.,
Artificial Intelligence, he must overcome two problems.
The first is that computers find it difficult to read web pages because the files are labeled in different
ways. That"s why programmers need to tell Smarter Child where to look for the weather. It would be a
much more difficult task to let him find it himself.
Another problem is that while Smarter Child can process (处理) information more exactly and faster
than any human, he lacks common sense-a basic grounding of knowledge that is obvious to any young
child. |
| 1. From the text we can infer that www.inte3llicast.com is a website _____. |
| [ ] |
A. which is specially designed to help Smarter Child
B. where we people can find Smarter Child
C. where weather forecasts are made
D. which is about artificial intelligence |
| 2. It is probably most difficult for Smarter Child to _____. |
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A. tell us how to spell a difficult word
B. tell us how the American government is run
C. provide us with a famous poem by Shakespeare
D. learn how to tell right behaviors from wrong ones. |
| 3. Which of the following is TRUE according to the text? |
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A. Smart Child has his own memory bank big enough for all kinds of information.
B. A.I. Artificial Intelligence is probably the name of a film about a boy-computer.
C. Smart Child can recognize different files and find information needed on his own.
D. We have similar product now which has the knowledge of Einstein, Nixon and Spears. |
| 4. Which of the following is the bet title for the passage? |
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A. A New Web Child
B. Smarter Child
C. The Future of Internet
D. Intelligence Development |
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Passwords are no safeguards
Typing your password or credit card number into a computer is a moment"s work. But if you think your
personal details disappear as soon as you hit the Return key, think again: they can sit on the computer"s hard
disk for years waiting for a hacker (黑客) to take them.
As people spend more time on the web and hackers become more experienced, the dangers of storing
personal information on computers are growing by the day, security experts say. There are some safe-guards,
such as never allowing your computer to store your passwords. But even that in no guarantee of security.
When you type in a password, it is stored in random access memory (RAM), where it is held temporarily
until other data overwrites it or the computer is switched off.
But every so often, the computer copies the contents of its RAM onto hard disk, where it is easy to prey
(捕获) for a hacker, who can read it directly or design a worm to e-mail it back. The longer sensitive data
stays in RAM, the more likely it is to be copied onto the disk, where it stays until it is overwritten-which might
not happen for years.
Tal Garfinkel and colleagues from Stanford University have created a software tool which simulates (模拟)
the workings of a complete computer system. Within the simulation, sensitive data can be tagged and then
tracked as it passes through the system. Next, Garfinkel and his team simulated computers running common
software that regularly handles passwords or secret personal information, such as Internet Explorer, the
Windows login script and Apache server software.
In a paper to be presented, they conclude that the programs took no measures to limit the length of time
the information is kept. Some of the tested software even copied the sensitive information, obviously without
restraint (阻拦). |
| 1. What does the passage mainly talk about? |
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A. It"s important to set passwords to your computer.
B. Passwords help keep your personal information.
C. It"s unsafe to store personal information on computers.
D. There are some safeguards for your personal information. |
| 2. Hackers usually get others" information from _____. |
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A. RAM
B. the hard disk
C. a worm
D. the e-mail |
| 3. Garfinkel and his colleagues created a software tool to _____. |
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A. find out how hackers steal personal information
B. protect personal information from being stolen
C. see how a complete computer system works
D. tag and track sensitive data on the computer |
| 4. Talking about computer safety, which of the following the writer would probably suggest? |
| [ ] |
A. People should stop using computers.
B. Hackers should be heavily punished.
C. Better computer programs are needed.
D. Program developers are to blame. |
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This year, about 2,300 teenagers from all over the world will spend about 10 months in US homes. At the
same time about 1,300 American teenagers will go to other countries to learn new languages and learn the rest
of the world.
Here is a 2-way student exchange in action. Fred, 19, spent last year in Germany with George"s family.
In turn, George"s son Mike spent a year in Fred"s home in America.
Fred, a lively young man, knew little German when he arrived. But after 2 months of studying, the
language became easy for him. School was completely different from what he had expected and it was much
harder. Students rose respectfully when the teacher entered the room. They took 14 subjects instead of 6 that
were usually taken in the US.
Family life, too, was different. The father"s word was the law. All the activities were done with the family
rather than individually. Fred found the food to be too simple at first. He also missed having a car.
"Back home, you pick up some friends in a car and go out to have a good time. In Germany, you walk but
you soon learn to like it."
At the same time, in America, Mike, a friendly German boy, was also forming his own ideas. "I suppose
I should criticize American schools." he says, "It is far too easy for our level but I have to say that I like it a
lot in Germany, we do nothing buy study. Here we take part in many other activities. I think that maybe
American schools are better in training their citizens. There ought to be some middle ground between the two." |
1______ between American school life and German school life Items (项目) American students German
students Class rules They don"t have to stand up. They have to rise to show respect to their 2______. 3______
life They do their own things individually. They have to listen to their 4______. School 5______ They are very
6______ to learn. They are much more difficult. Going out They can 7______ cars. They have to 8______ all
the way. School activities They have 9______ other activities. They have to 10______ hard all the time. |
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Tens of thousands of Chinese have joined a debate on whether students should be separated into science
and liberal arts (文科) classes in high school, a practice that allows them to stay competitive (有竞争力的) in
college entrance exam by choosing preferred subjects. The debate came after the Ministry of Education began
to ask for opinions from the public on Friday on whether it was necessary and possible to stop the dividing
system, which has been accepted for decades.
In a survey started by www. qq. com, more than 260 000 people cast their votes, with 54 percent of
those voted for the abolishment (废除) and 40 percent against.
A netizen from Chengdu said:"Sciences can activate the mind, while arts could strengthen their learning
ability."
But some people disagreed with him. A netizen nicknamed "gentle scholar" said the students would have
more burden if they have more subjects to study. "You don"t even know how difficult the courses are. I
suggest a survey among students."
"Abolish the current system of division? We have to study nine subjects? Finally we will study everything
and have learnt little," wrote another netizen.
Li Yanling, an education expert in Beijing, called on education authorities to consider students" school
burden. Chinese students are required to choose either arts or sciences subjects after ten years" education,
which include six years in primary school, three years in junior high school and one year in senior high
school.
Besides the Chinese language, mathematics and English, which are must for everyone, science students
are required to take physics, biology and chemistry, while arts students study politics, history and geography. |
| 1. Choosing preferred subjects can help students _____. |
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A. have more chance to look for jobs in future
B. find a good job after graduation
C. have more advantages to enter a university
D. show interest in daily life |
| 2. Netizen nicknamed "gentle scholar" _____. |
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A. is for the abolishment
B. is against the abolishment
C. doesn"t care the abolishment
D. prefers students to learn more |
| 3. Which of the following statements is NOT true? |
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A. The debate is on whether the students should choose science or liberal arts classes in high school
B. More people on the Internet are for the abolishment
C. The students who are against the abolishment think abolishing the current system of division will heavy
their burden.
D. Science students are required to take physics, biology and chemistry besides Chinese, math and English. |
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