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  When I asked my daughter which item she would keep; the phone, the car, the cooker, the computer, the TV, or her boyfriend, she said“the phone”.Personally, I could do without the phone entirely, which makes me unusual.Because the telephone is changing our lives more than any other piece of technology.

  Point 1-The telephone creates the need to communicate, in the same way that more roads create more traffic.My daughter comes home from school at 4∶00 pm and then spends an hour on the phone talking to the very people she has been at school with all day.If the phone did not exist, would she have anything to talk about?

  Point 2-The mobile phone means that we are never alone.“The mobile saved my life,”says Crystal Johnstone.She had an accident in her Volvo on the A45 between Otley and Skipton.Trapped inside, she managed to make the call that brought the ambulance(救护车)to her rescue.

  Point 3-The mobile removes our secret.It allows marketing manager of Haba Deutsch, Carl Nicolaisen, to ring his sales staff all round the world at and time of day to ask where they are , where they are going, and how their last meeting went.

  Point 4-The telephone separates us.Antonella Bramante in Rome says,“We worked in separate offices but I could see him through the window.It was easy to get his number.We were so near——but we didn't meet for the first two weeks!”

  Point-5 The telephone allows us to reach out beyond our own lives.Today we can talk to several complete strangers simultaneously(同时地)on chat lines(at least my daughter does.I wouldn't know what to talk about).We can talk across the world.We can even talk to astronauts(if you know any)while they're space-walking.And, with the phone line hooked up to the computer, we can access(存取)the Internet, the biggest library on Earth.

(1)

How do you understand‘Point 1-The telephone creates the need to communicate,…’?

[  ]

A.

People don't communicate without telephone.

B.

People communicate because of the creating of the telephone.

C.

People communicate more since telephone has been created.

D.

People communicate more because of more traffic.

(2)

Which of the following best shows people's attitude towards mobile phones?

[  ]

A.

Mobile phones help people deal with the emergency.

B.

Mobile phones bring convenience as well little secret to people.

C.

Mobile phones are so important and should be encouraged.

D.

Mobile phones are part of people's life.

(3)

Which points do you think support the idea that phones improve people's life?

a.Point 1. b.Point2. c.Point3. d.Point 4. e.Point 5.

[  ]

A.

c, d

B.

a, e

C.

a, c

D.

b, e

(4)

It is possible to talk to several complete strangers simultaneously through ________.

[  ]

A.

the TV screen

B.

a fax machine

C.

the phone line hooked up to the computer

D.

a microphone

(5)

The best heading for the passage is ________.

[  ]

A.

phone Power

B.

Kinds of Phone

C.

how to Use Phones

D.

Advantage of Phones

答案:1.C;2.B;3.D;4.C;5.A;
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How Long Can People Live?

  She took up skating at age 85, made her first movie appearance at age 114, and held a concert in the neighborhood on her 121st birthday.

  Whe n it comes to long life, Jeanne Calment is the world’s recordholder.She lived to the ripe old age of 122.So is 122 the upper limit to the human life span(寿命)?If scientists come up with some sort of pill or diet that would slow aging, could we possibly make it to 150-or beyond?

  Researchers don’t entirely agree on the answers.“Calment lived to 122, so it wouldn’t surprise me if someone alive today reaches 130 or 135,”says Jerry Shay at the University of Texas.

  Steve Austad at the University of Texas agrees.“People can live much longer than we think,”he says.“Experts used to say that humans couldn’t live past 110.When Calment blew past that age, they raised the number to 120.So why can’t we go higher?”

  The trouble with guessing how old people can live to be is that it’s all just guessing.“Anyone can make up a number,”says Rich Miller at the University of Michigan.“Usually the scientist who picks the highest number gets his name in Time magazine.”

  Won’t new anti-aging techniques keep us alive for centuries?Any cure, says Miller, for aging would probably keep most of us kicking until about 120.Researchers are working on treatments that lengthen the life span of mice by 50 percent at most.So, if the average human life span is about 80 years, says Miller,“adding another 50 percent would get you to 120.”

  So what can we conclude from this little disagreement among the researchers?That life span is flexible(有弹性的),but there is a limit, says George Martin of the University of Washington.“We can get flies to live 50 percent longer,”he says.“But a fly’s never going to live 150 years.”

  “Of course, if you became a new species(物种),one that ages at a slower speed, that would be a different story,”he adds.

  Does Martin really believe that humans could evolve(进化)their way to longer life?“It’s pretty cool to think about it,”he says with a smile.

(1)

What does the story of Jeanne Calment prove to us?

[  ]

A.

People can live to 122.

B.

Old people are creative.

C.

Women are sporty at 85.

D.

Women live longer than men.

(2)

According to Steve Austad at the University of Texas, ________.

[  ]

A.

the average human life span could be 110

B.

scientists cannot find ways to slow aging

C.

few people can expect to live to over 150

D.

researchers are not sure how long people can live

(3)

Who would agree that a scientist will become famous if he makes the wildest guess at longevity?

[  ]

A.

Jerry Shay.

B.

Steve Austad

C.

Rich Miller

D.

George Martin

(4)

What can we infer from the last three paragraphs?

[  ]

A.

Most of us could be good at sports even at 120.

B.

The average human life span cannot be doubled.

C.

Scientists believe mice are aging at a slower speed than before.

D.

New techniques could be used to change flies into a new species.

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