The arrival of computer, some people predicted, soon make paper a thing out of date. And guess what? Bill Gate’s dream of a computer on every desk has been more or less realized. Yet, most of people working at those desks fire knee-deep in paper.
Some research from a new book, the Myth of Paperless Office suggests our increasing use of paper is due to the introduction of the very digital technology that was supposed to wipe it out. The studies show that it can lead to a 40％rise in paper consumption.
Xerox’s main business involved paper, and it was also alarmed by the prospect of its going out of fashion. So the research center invented the computing and printer technology that made sure it didn’t. Xerox knew what they were doing.
But our attachment to paper is truly amazing. Why store e—mail messages in paper files, which take up valuable space and are effectively unsearchable, when you can keep them on a hard disk and look through them for keywords? Why print off quantities of documents which is to be thrown away after the meeting is over, when they can be handed out electronically via intranets (内部互联网)?
If people love paper, there must be a reason for it. It is highly portable, flexible,
and consumes no battery power. And it doesn’t have to be turned on before you can read it.
So the problem with the predictions is that they are always solution-driven. In fact, technology is not always the answer. The answer is not that people use so much paper, but that they don’t make good use of it.
1．What changes has the computer brought in for paper?
A．More and more paper is needed.
B．Its sale is reducing and it is to disappear.
C．Fewer people prefer paper to a hare disk.
D．More paper of fine quality is produced.
2．What does“the very digital technology” in paragraph 2 refer to?
A．The new book. B．The hard disk.
C．The computer. D．The technology of printing.
3．To protect their production from disappearing, Xerox——.
A．had the computing and printer technology invented
B．took off the price of their production
C．introduced new technology of paper making
D．encourage people to store messages by writing them on paper
4．Which word can describe paper best according to the reasons for people’s love of paper?
A．Fashionable. B．Convenient. C．Traditional. D．Effective.
5．What can we learn from the whole passage?
A．Bill Gates’ vision of the computer is to wipe paper out.
B．It is a stupid way to store e—mail messages on a hard disk.
C．Digital technology is the only solution to reduce the use of paper.
D．To print documents on papers has become a great waste now.
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Some weird, wild and wonderful stories coloured the news in 2010:
★A Copenhagen bus company has put "love seats" on 103 of its vehicles for people looking for a partner. "Even love at first sight is possible on the bus," said a spokesman for the British owned Arriva company to explain the two seats on each bus that are covered in red cloth and a "love seat" sign.
★Shoppers at an international luxury fair in Verona, Italy, found a cell-phone-equipped golden coffin among the items on display. The phones will help "the dead" contact relatives if they have been buried alive by mistake.
★A man in New York came up with a disarming way to set off his latest bank heist , approaching the clerk’s window with a large bunch of flowers and handing over a hold-up note saying“give me the money!”
★ An Englishman who lost all his legs and arms in an electrical accident successfully swam across the Channel, a challenge he had been preparing for two years. The whole cost is 400 dollars.
★A set of artificial teeth made for Britain's war-time prime minister Winston Churchill known as "the teeth that saved the world" sold for nearly 18,000 pounds (21,500 euros, 24,000 dollars) at auction.
★A British woman caused an Internet hate campaign after she was caught on camera dumping a cat in a rubbish bin. She was fined 250 pounds (400 dollars, 280 euros) after pleading guilty.
★The BBC apologized completely and without any doubts after a radio presenter jokingly announced that Queen Elizabeth II had died.
★Two Australian men needed surgery after shooting each other in the bottoms during a drinking session to see if it would hurt were charged 400 dollars separately.
★ A Kuwaiti MP(议员) proposed state-aid for male citizens to take second wives, in a bid to reduce the large number of unmarried women in the oil-rich state.
What is special about the coffin in the second news?
A. It is golden B. It has a cell phone.
C. It is a luxury D. It has many items
What is the probable meaning of the underlined word heist in the third news?
A. robbery B. proposal C. begging D. raising money
Who has to spend 400 dollars to do the surgery?
A. A British woman who dumped a cat in a rubbish bin.
B. One who bought Winston Churchill’s artificial teeth.
C. An Australian man who shot in bottom to test the hurt.
D. An Englishman crossing the Channel without legs and arms.
From the last news we can infer that _________.
A. In Kuwait many men are eager to get married
B. A lot of rich single men lived in Kuwait
C. There are quantities of oil in Kuwait
D. There are many single women in Kuwait
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Some weird, wild and wonderful stories coloured the news in 2010:
★A Copenhagen bus company has put "love seats" on 103 of its vehicles for people looking for a partner. "Even love at first sight is possible on the bus," said a spokesman for the British owned Arriva company to explain the two seats on each bus that are covered in red cloth and a "love seat" sign.
★Shoppers at an international luxury fair in Verona, Italy, found a cell-phone-equipped golden coffin among the items on display. The phones will help "the dead" contact relatives if they have been buried alive by mistake.
★A man in New York came up with a disarming way to set off his latest bank heist , approaching the clerk’s window with a large bunch of flowers and handing over a hold-up note saying
“give me the money!”
★ An Englishman who lost all his legs and arms in an electrical accident successfully swam across the Channel, a challenge he had been preparing for two years. The whole cost is 400 dollars.
★A set of artificial teeth made for Britain's war-time prime minister Winston Churchill known as "the teeth that saved the world" sold for nearly 18,000 pounds (21,500 euros, 24,000 dollars) at auction.
★A British woman caused an Internet hate campaign after she was caught on camera dumping a cat in a rubbish bin. She was fined 250 pounds (400 dollars, 280 euros) after pleading guilty.
★The BBC apologized completely and without any doubts after a radio presenter jokingly announced that Queen Elizabeth II had died.
★Two Australian men needed surgery after shooting each other in the bottoms during a drinking session to see if it would hurt were charged 400 dollars separately.
★ A Kuwaiti MP(议员) proposed state-aid for male citizens to take second wives, in a bid to reduce the large number of unmarried women in the oil-rich state.
【小题1】What is special about the coffin in the second news?
| A．It is golden | B．It has a cell phone. |
| C．It is a luxury | D．It has many items |
| A．robbery | B．proposal | C．begging | D．raising money |
| A．A British woman who dumped a cat in a rubbish bin. |
| B．One who bought Winston Churchill’s artificial teeth. |
| C．An Australian man who shot in bottom to test the hurt. |
| D．An Englishman crossing the Channel without legs and arms. |
| A．In Kuwait many men are eager to get married |
| B．A lot of rich single men lived in Kuwait |
| C．There are quantities of oil in Kuwait |
| D．There are many single women in Kuwait |
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Some weird, wild and wonderful stories coloured the news in 2010:
★A Copenhagen bus company has put "love seats" on 103 of its vehicles for people looking for a partner. "Even love at first sight is possible on the bus," said a spokesman for the British owned Arriva company to explain the two seats on each bus that are covered in red cloth and a "love seat" sign.
★Shoppers at an international luxury fair in Verona, Italy, found a cell-phone-equipped golden coffin among the items on display. The phones will help "the dead" contact relatives if they have been buried alive by mistake.
★A man in New York came up with a disarming way to set off his latest bank heist , approaching the clerk’s window with a large bunch of flowers and handing over a hold-up note saying “give me the money!”
★ An Englishman who lost all his legs and arms in an electrical accident successfully swam across the Channel, a challenge he had been preparing for two years. The whole cost is 400 dollars.
★A set of artificial teeth made for Britain's war-time prime minister Winston Churchill known as "the teeth that saved the world" sold for nearly 18,000 pounds (21,500 euros, 24,000 dollars) at auction.
★A British woman caused an Internet hate campaign after she was caught on camera dumping a cat in a rubbish bin. She was fined 250 pounds (400 dollars, 280 euros) after pleading guilty.
★The BBC apologized completely and without any doubts after a radio presenter jokingly announced that Queen Elizabeth II had died.
★Two Australian men needed surgery after shooting each other in the bottoms during a drinking session to see if it would hurt were charged 400 dollars separately.
★ A Kuwaiti MP(议员) proposed state-aid for male citizens to take second wives, in a bid to reduce the large number of unmarried women in the oil-rich state.
1.What is special about the coffin in the second news?
A. It is golden B. It has a cell phone.
C. It is a luxury D. It has many items
2.What is the probable meaning of the underlined word heist in the third news?
A. robbery B. proposal C. begging D. raising money
3.Who has to spend 400 dollars to do the surgery?
A. A British woman who dumped a cat in a rubbish bin.
B. One who bought Winston Churchill’s artificial teeth.
C. An Australian man who shot in bottom to test the hurt.
D. An Englishman crossing the Channel without legs and arms.
4.From the last news we can infer that _________.
A. In Kuwait many men are eager to get married
B. A lot of rich single men lived in Kuwait
C. There are quantities of oil in Kuwait
D. There are many single women in Kuwait
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