_________ person like him won't be simply satisfied with           progress that has

been mode．

A．The; a       B. The;／       C．A;／        D．A; the

B

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 couldn’t 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 with at school 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 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 any 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 the Internet, the biggest library on Earth.

45．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.

46．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

47．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

48．The best heading for the passage is .

       A．Phone Power                  B．Kinds of Phone 

C． How to Use Phones           D．Advantage of Phones

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The Tang dynasty was probably the period when the Silk Road was at its busiest. One important centre on the road was the city of Chang’an, where present –day Xi’an now stands. Chang’an was the capital city of this dynasty and by about 750 AD  it had become a strong and successful capital of around two million people. Because of the chances for trade, a number of foreigners from bordering China lived in the city.

The market at that time in Chang’ an were perhaps the most exciting markets anywhere in the word. They sold goods from India, Africa, Japan, Korea, Turkey, Iran and other Arab countries and many items in the markets world would have been completely to some of the buyers. Interesting animals was sold together with exotic plants and strange medicines. Dried animals, dried foods and dried plants were laid out for sale next to rare seeds and spices. But besides the hop to trade, which drew people together, China was still largely a mysterious country to the outside world, and certainly the secret of the silk making was still unknown.

The route to the west followed different paths but the traders would have traveled from places to places, always looking for routes both to water and protection. However, the Ming Dynasty had its policy of isolation, together with the growth of Islam, reduced the traffic along this ancient route. Instead, _________________________________ become more popular and in the 15th century there were many Chinese ships trading silk and other goods along the coast of India, Arabia and Africa.

76．What’s the best title of the passage?( Please answer within 10 words.)

_____________________________________________________________             _.

77．Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one?

To a great extent China was little known or understood by the outside world.

_____________________________________________________________             _.

78．Please fill in the blank in the last paragraph with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence.(Please answer within 10 words)

_____________________________________________________________             _.

79．Do you think the Silk Road is important in history? Why? (Please answer within 30 words.)

_____________________________________________________________             _.

80．Translate the underlined sentence in the first paragraph into Chinese.

_____________________________________________________________             _.

Nobody wants to make friends with the girl ________ lies.

A．suspected of having told          B．suspected to tell

C．suspected having told           D．suspected to have told

I must go home now, _______ I have many exercises to _______.

I have been convinced that the print media are usually more        and more reliable than television.    

A．accurate             B．ridiculous     C．urgent                    D．shallow

       surprises us most is that she doesn’t even know       the difference between the two opinions lies.

   A.What;where        B.What;what           C.It;which       D.That;where

I don’t like the paintings. It doesn’t _________ well with the walls of the room.

A．fit 　　　　　　　　　　　　　B．suit

C．go 　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．match

The newspaper reporter interviewed the old man and ___ his family history.

A. checked up      B. went through     C. cleared up       D. reminded of

There's no point in trying to ________with her because she will never change her mind.

A. agree                B. compete                   C. compare            D. reason