Since long ago,greeting cards have been considered a time-saver.More than 150 ye

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Since long ago,greeting cards have been considered a time-saver.More than 150 years ago,a busy Englishman,Sir Henry,asked a friend to design a card so that he didn"t have to labour to write holiday letters to his friends at the end of the year.Those paper cards are now the tradition.
But time,like sunlight,is still in short supply for December.That"s why the Internet is ready to make a change in holiday greeting customs.Already,those,who are always busy,like sending video greetings by e-mail.So,don"t be surprised to find a lively card in your electronic mail box at the end of the year or at any time you should have one.
A recent survey by the Shared Greetings Company found 50 percent of all the Internet users will send online cards especially during the holiday seasons.“That is a lot easier,and it is lively,”said Carol,a New Yorker,who had stopped at the Shared Greetings Company demonstration() online.With her children"s help,she sent her first e-card before Thanksgiving Day.“It was the first time I had done something like this;it"s quite enjoyable,”she said.
“I will send online Christmas cards to my friends,”said Marcos,a 22-year-old student.“It costs so little and you can even send numbers of greetings at a time.”But he added “the e-card also has its limits,and I don"t think it is ready to replace the paper card for the more formal or traditional occasions.For some people,I would rather buy paper cards and mail them traditionally.I believe it is more personal and respectful in that way,”he said.
Well,for those who are very busy but still prefer to do a lot of greetings to different receivers in the holiday season,the Internet may have another way.“Now you can use the Net to decide and send as many as 50 beautiful cards,which allows the buyer to choose the inside saying,as well as the ink colour and typeface,only costing about 30 minutes,”said Julie,vice-president of marketing for an electronic card company-Hallmark Company.“And if you are in less of a hurry,you can spend another 30 minutes sitting in your home or office to create a photo card,showing off your kids,your pets or even your new house-anything as your favorite design for your relatives and friends.”
小题1:How can we understand “But time,like sunlight,is still in short supply for December”in Paragraph 2?

A．December cannot supply enough time for people because the sunlight in this month is short.

B．People are always busy at the end of the year,so time is precious like the sunlight in winter.

C．Time is short at the end of the year,like the sunlight in December.

D．Time passes quickly like the sunlight in winter as December comes.

小题2:According to the 22-year-old student,he would probably mail e-cards to everyone except_________.

A．the members of his family

B．his girlfriend

C．the teachers who have taught him

D．his schoolmates

小题3:If you are quite busy,but having many greetings to send,which of the following is your best choice?

A．Ordering a lot of cards you like online and sending them from the post office.

B．Getting as many cards from your electronic mail box and mailing them on the Net.

C．Sitting and writing lots of beautiful cards at home and sending them just in a traditional way.

D．Choosing personalized cards in numbers and mailing them directly on the Net.

答案

小题1:B
小题2:C
小题3:D

解析

小题1:December是十二月，一年中的最后一月，把时间比作冬日之阳光。
小题2:第四段“For some people,I would rather buy...”不会给老师ecards。
小题3:最后一段send as many so beautiful cards并设计cards。

举一反三

Making an advertisement for television often costs more than a movie．For example, a two-hour movie costs $ 6 million to make．A TV commercial can cost more than $ 6 000 a second．And that does not include cost of paying for air time(电视节目开始的时间)．Which is more valuable, the program or the ad? In terms of money--and making money is what television is all about the commercial is by far the more important．
Research, market testing, talent, time and money-----all come together to make us want to buy a product．No matter how bad we think a commercial is, it works．The sales of Charm went up once the ads began．TV commercials actually buy their way into our head．We, in turn, buy the product．
And the ads work because so much time an attention are given them．Here are some rules of commercial ad making．If you want to get the low middle-class buyer, make sure the announcer has a tough, manly voice．Put some people in the ad who work with their hands．If you want to sell to upper-class audience, make sure that the house, the furniture, and the hair style are the types that the group identifies (识别) with．If you want the buyer feel superior to the character selling the product, then make that person so stupid or silly that everyone will feel great about himself or herself
We laugh at commercials．We don"t think we pay that much attention them．But facts show we are kidding ourselves．The making of a commercial that costs so much money is not kid stuff．It"s big, big business．And it"s telling us what to think, what we need, and what to buy．To put it simply, the TV commercial is a form of brainwashing．
小题1:TV commercials are more important than other programs to television because _______．

A．they bring in great profits (利润)	B．they require a lot of money to make
C．they are not difficult to produce	D．they attract more viewers than other programs

小题2:The purpose of all the efforts made in turning out TV commercials is ________．

A．to persuade people to buy the product	B．to show how valuable the product is
C．to test the market value of the product	D．to make them as interesting as TV movies

小题3:From the rules set for making commercial ads, we can see that_________．

A．the lower-middle-class buyer likes to work with his hand

B．the more stupid the characters, the more buyers of the product

C．ad designers attract different people with different skills

D．an upper-class buyer is more interested in houses and furniture than a lower-middle-class buyer

小题4:It is believed by the writer that_________．

A．few people like to watch TV commercials

B．TV commercials are a good guide to buyers

C．TV commercials often make people laugh

D．people do not think highly of TV commercials

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You may open your electronic mail and find information about how to buy medicine, cheap airline tickets, books and, of course, computers and computer products．There may also be offers for investment deals, bank loans and special holidays．However, to many computer users, this use of electronic spare to sell products has become a major problem as it makes computer communication more difficult．
Many companies who want to send a great deal of advertising might use the services of a “spammer．” A spammer is a person or company that uses computers to send out millions of copies of the same sales information．Spammers find e-mail addresses from websites, news groups and “chat rooms” where people send messages to each other．Most spare is sent by companies who are trying to get you to buy their products．Some of these are honest companies that offer good products or services for a fair price．These companies can offer their products at a cheaper price than you might find in a store．However, much of the spam on the Internet is sent by criminals who are trying to sell products that do not exist or offer services they will not provide．They are only interested in stealing your money．When you answer their spam you find you are expected to send them money and receive a gift．One country in Africa has become famous for the number of criminals who try every known trick to separate people from their money．
小题1:What does the underlined word “spam” in the paragraph probably refer to ?

A．Unwanted electronic information that reaches computer users．

B．Computer virus that causes computer communication difficulties．

C．Advertisements sent out by companies who want to sell their products．

D．Companies that send out millions of copies of the same sales information．

小题2:．Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?

A．Companies who want to send a great deal of advertising are referred to as spammers．

B．Spammers are people who collect e-mail addresses from websites, newsgroups and “chat rooms”．

C．Either individuals or organizations can be regarded as spammers if they send out spam．

D．Spammers are people who receive spam on their computers．

小题3:Which is the possible suggestion from the writer concerning spam ?

A．Spain is very helpful in providing you with useful information about product sales．

B．Spam helps companies to sell more of their products so it should be valued by people．

C．Spam is sent out by those who want to separate you from your money．

D．Look out for any spam that reaches your computer

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What makes a person a scientist? Does he have ways or tools of learning that are different from those of others? The answer is “no”. It is not the tools a scientist uses but how he uses these tools that makes him a scientist. You will probably agree that knowing how to use a power is important to a carpenter. You will probably agree, too, that knowing how to investigate(调查),how to discover information, is important to everyone. The scientist, however, goes one step further, he must be sure that he has a reasonable answer to his questions and that his answer can be confirmed by other persons. He also works to fit the answers he gets to many questions into a large set of ideas about how the world works.

The scientist’s knowledge must be exact. There is no room for half right or right just half the time. He must be as nearly right as the conditions permit. What works under one set of conditions at one time must work under the same conditions at other times. If the conditions are different, any changes the scientist observes in a demonstration must be explained by the changes in the conditions. This is one reason that investigations are important in science. Albert Einstein, who developed the theory of relativity, arrived at this theory through mathematics. The accuracy of his mathematics was later tested through investigations. Einstein’s ideas were shown to be correct. A scientist uses many tools for measurements. Then the measurements are used to make mathematical calculations that may test his investigations.
小题1:What makes a scientist according to the passage?

A．The tools he uses.	B．His ways of learning.
C．The way he uses his tools.	D．The various tools he use

小题2:“The scientist, however, goes one step further,” the author says this to show 。

A．the importance of information

B．the importance of thinking

C．the difference between scientists and ordinary people

D．the difference between carpenters and people with other jobs.

小题3:A sound scientific theory should be one that .

A．does not only work under one set of conditions at one time, but also works under the same conditions at other times

B．leaves no room for improvement

C．does not allow any change even under different conditions

D．can be used for many purposes

小题4:What is the main idea of the passage?

A．Scientists are different from ordinary people.

B．The theory of relativity.

C．Exactness is the core（核心）of science.

D．Exactness and way of using tools are the keys to the making of a scientist.

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What on Earth about Chinese Football?
Do you like playing football? Do you know what on earth about Chinese football? Are you in
__1__ of watching Chinese football? If you are,you will know that China"s football world is a mess (混乱) recently. It looks as if only an earthquake 2   the system and a reform has to   3 . Last week, the fa"st steps towards change might have been 4   when the Chinese Football Association(CFA) agreed 5  out the reform of the Chinese Premier League (中超联赛). For example, no team will leave the league for its bad performance this year. The move came following pressure from both clubs and the fans.
The story starts when the Beijing Hyundai Football Club quit a match (罢赛) on October 2,2004 in protest against a penalty kick (违规点球). The club disagreed   6   their punishment made by the CFA, 7  included a fine and a points cut. It warned it might leave the league. Many fans and clubs supported Beijing Hyundai"s position. They said that the fault did not lie   8   the club but the troubled Chinese football world. Scold of match fixing and" black whistles" have been frequent since the late 1990s. In an important match 9 Yanbian Hyundai and Sichuan Quanxing in 1995, one side gave up defending to protest   10   unfair referees(判罚) and watched the other side score almost freely. Some teams lose   11  purpose because it 12 the same owner with its opposition. Most football fans are losing interest in such games because of their lack   13  professional spirit.
Most football clubs are   14   and some cannot pay their players. Smaller and smaller crowds means ticket sales, their other main income,   15  falling. All the facts show that Chinese football has come to its most critical point for years. "There is no choice   16 . The CFA will help those clubs which are losing money to 17  confidence l8   a profit ",said Yan Shiduo, the vice president of the CFA. Wang Wen, 19   of Beijing"s Football Fans Association said," The fans are 20   by Chinese football and we hope for effective reform of the league."
1.A.habit B.a habit C.the habit           D.habits
2.A.will shake up     B.shake up C.would shake up    D.should shake up
3.A.carry out   B. be carried out      C.make    D.be made
4.A.made          B.carried C.taken    D.brought
5.A.to carry      B.carrying         C.with carrying       D.on carrying
6.A.with   B.to C.on D./
7.A.it        B.which    C.that       D.this
8.A.in        B.on C.at D.with
9.A.between    B.among C.in D.on
10.A.at     B.for         C.against D.in
11. A.for B. on         C. in D. with
12.A. shares    B. spares      C. owns         D. wants
13. A. for B. of C. with            D. to
14. A. on debts         B. in red       C. in the debt          D. in the red
15. A. is    B. are       C. was             D. were
16. A. but reform     B. but reforming      C. but to reform       D.other than to reform
17.A.build         B.build up         C. set up             D. put up
18.A.to make   B. making             C. make         D.made
19.A.head         B.thehead        C. a head           D.heads
20.A.harmed   B.hurt       C.injured D.destroyed

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My newly-rented small apartment was far away from the centre of London and it was becoming essential for me to find a job, so finally I spent a whole morning getting to town and putting my name down to be considered by London Transport for a job on the underground. They were looking for guards, not drivers. This suited me. I couldn’t drive a car but thought that I could probably guard a train, and perhaps continue to write my poems between stations. The writers Keats and Chekhov had been doctors. T.S. Eliot had worked in a bank and Wallace Stevens for an insurance company.

I’d be a subway guard. I could see myself being cheerful, useful, a good man in a crisis. Obviously I’d be overqualified but I was willing to forget about that in return for a steady income and travel privileges — those being particularly welcome to someone living a long way from the city centre.
The next day I sat down, with almost a hundred other candidates, for the intelligence test. I must have done all right because after about half an hour’s wait I was sent into another room for a psychological test. This time there were only about f

ifty candidates. The interviewer sat at a desk. Candidates were signaled forward to occupy the seat opposite him when the previous occupant had been dismissed, after a greater or shorter time. Obviously the long interviews were the more successf

ul ones. Some of the interviews were as short as five minutes. Mine was the only one that lasted a minute and a half.
I can remember the questions now: “Why did you leave your last job?” “Why did you leave your job before that?” “And the one before that?” I can’t recall my answers, except that they were short at first and grew progressively shorter. His closing statement, I thought, revealed (揭示) a lack of sensitivity which helped to explain why as a psychologist, he had risen no higher than the underground railway. “You’ve failed the psychological test and we are unable to offer you a position.”
Failing to get that job was my low point. Or so I thought, believing that the work was easy. Actually, such jobs — being a postman is another one I still desire — demand exactly the sort of elementary yet responsible awareness that the habitual dreamer is least qualified to give. But I was still far short of full self-understanding. I was also short of cash.
小题1:The writer applied for the job chiefly because _________.

A．he wanted to work in the centre of London

B．he could no longer afford to live without one

C．he was not interested in any other available job

D．he had received some suitable training

小题2:The writer thought he was overqualified for the job because _________.

A．he often traveled underground	B．he had written many poems
C．he could deal with difficult situations	D．he had worked in a company

小题3:The length of his interview meant that _________.

A．he was not going to be offered the job

B．he had not done well in the intelligence test

C．he did not like the interviewer at all

D．he had little work experience to talk about

小题4:What does the writer realize now that he did not realize then?

A．How unpleasant ordinary jobs can be.	B．How difficult it is to be a poet.
C．How unsuitable he was for the job.	D．How badly he did in the interview.

小题5:What’s the writer’s opinion of the psychologist?

A．He was very aggressive.	B．He was unhappy with his job.
C．He was quite inefficient.	D．He was rather unsympathetic.

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