Nothing taught by others can have the same effect on you as _________ learned by yourself

  A. the one          B. each          C. that           D. those

Tom used to be a teacher till he turned ________ policeman who caught a robber by _____ arm.

  A. /; the           B. a; his          C. the; an        D. /; /

----- Cliff, I lost your umbrella at school. I suppose I should pay for it.

----- Oh, _______. It was just an old one anyway.

  A. Forget it       B. Take it easy    C. By no means     D. You got it

阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。

Perhaps the biggest difference is in the growth of computers. Computers can think, remember and calculate faster than any human brain. A computer can hold more than a billion facts in its memory. There are computers that are so big that they would fill this entire auditorium with machinery. Business and banks are now managed by computers. Students’ grades, their marks are all managed by the computer, not from your teachers. In America we pay bills. We have to pay our children’s university study from a computer and I pay the computer who then writes me another letter to say, “Thank you for your payment. You now own such-and-such amount.” This is not even seen by a human being. It is all between me and the computer. However, if a computer makes a mistake, that won’t help you. If a computer makes a mistake about one of you, it is terribly difficult to correct that mistake. And sometimes a computer does make a mistake; that mistake is never learned by another computer and the same mistake will go into other computers. And it becomes terribly difficult for one person to correct a mistake that has been made. So in many ways people have become the servant of computers who are bigger and cleverer than they are. Of course, computers speed up every operation because computers can immediately record, remember facts and produce new information that is combined with these facts. It makes science possible. Modern science would not be possible without the computers to do the calculations.

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你可以用实例或其他方法支持你的论点,也可以参照阅读材料的内容,但不要抄袭阅读材料中的句子.

1.       以约30个词概括短文的要点;

2.       然后以约120个词就 “过度依赖电脑的弊端”的主题发表看法，并包括如下要点:

1. 沉迷于电脑对学生造成的不利影响;
2. 骇客入侵对国家带来的危害;
3. 上网需要大笔的费用。

请根据以下的4幅图，使用5个规范的英语句子描述全部所给的信息内容。

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1. 标题：Things Go Contrary to His Wishes .

2. 只能使用5个句子表达全部的内容.

参考词语：drain 下水道

Britons Learn to Forgive

LEEDS, England ─ A Leeds University psychology professor is teaching a course to help dozens of Britons forgive their enemies.

“The hatred we hold within us is a cancer,” Professor Ken Hart said, adding that holding in anger can lead to problems such as high blood pressure and heart disease.

More than 70 people have become members in Hart’s first 20-week workshop in London ─ a course he says is the first of its kind in the world.

These are people who are sick and tired of living with a memory. They realize their bitterness is a poison they think they can pour out, but they end up drinking it themselves, said Canadian-born Hart.

The students meet in groups of eight to ten for a two-hour workshop with an adviser every fortnight. The course, ending in July, is expected to get rid of the cancer of hate in these people. “People have lots of negative attitudes towards forgiveness,” he said. “People confuse forgiveness with forgetting. Forgiveness means changing from a negative attitude to a positive one.”

Hart and his team have created instructions to provide the training needed.

“The main idea is to give you guidelines on how to look at various kinds of angers and how they affect you, and how to change your attitudes towards the person you are angry with,” said Norman Claringbull, a senior expert on the forgiveness project.

Hart said he believes forgiveness is a skill that can be taught, as these people “want to get free of the past”.

51.   From this passage we know that ______.

A.    high blood pressure and heart disease are caused by hatred

B.    high blood pressure can only be cured by psychology professors

C.    without hatred, people will have less trouble connected with blood and heart

D. people who suffer from blood pressure and heart disease must have many enemies

52.   If you are angry with somebody, you should____.

A.    try your best to defeat him or her        

B.    never meet him or her again

C.    persuade him or her to have a talk with you   

D.    relax yourself by not thinking of him or her any more

53.   In Hart’s first 20-week workshop, people there can ___.

A.    meet their enemies                        B.  change their minds

C.    enjoy the professor’s speech       D.  learn how to quarrel with others

54.   If you are a member in Hart’ s workshop, you’ll ______.

A.    pay much money to Hart         

B.    go to the workshop every night

C.    attend a gathering twice a month  

D.    pour out everything stored in your mind

55.   The author wrote this passage in order to

A.    persuade us to go to Hart’s workshop        

B.    tell us the news about Hart’s workshop

C.    tell us how to run a workshop like Hart’s     

D.    help us to look at various kinds of angers

More Taiwanese Students Study Here

TAIBEI―Increasing numbers of Taiwanese students are joining the island's "China rush", seeking education on the Chinese mainland. According to official Chinese figures, the number of Taiwanese students admitted into college and postgraduate programmes on the mainland totaled 461 in 1996, 928 in 1997 and 839 in 1998. Although no latest official numbers were available, Netbig.com said this number had risen between 30 to 50 per cent annually in the past two years with well over 1,000 entering mainland campuses last year.

The Internet site, based in the Chinese city of Shenzhen, provides education service and information on Chinese mainland colleges and universities. "Many Taiwanese believe a Chinese education giving more knowledge about the people and culture in the mainland will increase their chances in the Chinese job market," Netbig.com vice-president Ingrid Huang said. "I believe it will give me hands-on experience in the business field in the Chinese mainland and a better understanding of the Chinese mainland people," said Lydia Chang, a 19-year-old majoring in journalism at Shih Shin University. Chang plans to go on to get a master's degree in business administration in Shanghai, which she says offers the best environment for such studies.

A journalism graduate student, surnamed Lin, at the National Taiwan University said he would like to study law on the Chinese main-land since "there will be better career prospects for me now that more Taiwanese companies are going there".

Some business executives were sending their children to study in the Chinese mainland. "They hope the children could build up connections which could later become useful in their business operations," said Yang Chingyao, professor of the Chinese mainland studies.

A Netbig.com survey showed the campuses favoured by Taiwanese students included Beijing, Qinghua and Renmin universities in Beijing, and Jinan and Zhongshan universities in Guangzhou. The most popular studies were law, business and Chinese medicine.

At present, Chinese Taibei doesn't recognize diplomas earned in the Chinese mainland nor help with any inquiries about studying there. But recognizing the trend, education authorities are giving a final form to a policy accepting certificates( IIE 45) from selected universities.

46. More Taiwanese students study on the Chinese mainland because ___.

A. Taiwan will reunite with the mainland sooner or later

B. the fees asked for are lower than those of Taiwan

C. what they have learned on the mainland will bring them a bright future

D. there are many famous universities for them to choose

47. Some business executives were sending their children to study in the Chinese mainland so that their children ___.

A. could receive better education                  

B. could learn more about the policy there

C. could do well in their business operations   

D. could make more friends there

48. The underlined word "it" refers to ___.

A. Netbig.com                                   B. a Chinese education on the mainland

C. the Chinese job market                   D. the university

49. The main idea of paragraph 3 is ___.

A. law in the Chinese mainland is pleasant to learn

B. Taiwanese companies are coming to the Chinese mainland because the law there is perfect

C. more Taiwanese companies coming to the mainland makes it better to learn laws

D. the mainland is short of lawyers for the Taiwanese companies

50. The author wrote the article to tell us __.

A. the number of Taiwanese students going to universities on the mainland had been increasing year after year

B. more Taiwanese students are studying on the mainland

C. education on the mainland is more attractive compared with that of Taiwan

D. Taiwan and the mainland should cooperate with each other in every field.

Nobody Benefits

NEW YORK―America has been experiencing the longest economic increase in its history. Incomes have risen, unemployment has fallen, and cities such as New York are bursting with new office buildings.

But just a short walk from Manhattan's skyscrapers, George Brown sits on the sidewalk, cooking a lunch of rice and bits of fish over a can of cooking fuel. Brown is homeless ― one of the 2.3 million people in the US who end up on the street. During the day. Brown collects aluminium cans and sells them for five cents a piece. At night, he sleeps on the street.

"I have been on the street about eight or nine years, something like that," said the 62-year-old former construction worker.

Brown admits he's had problems with alcohol and has smoked cocaine. But he said he still wants a more stable housing arrangement. He could afford it just with the money he earns by collecting cans and small pieces of metal, if only truly low-income housing were available. However, he sees no hope of finding affordable housing in New York.

With the strong economy and unemployment down, beautiful housing is being built to meet demand. A report shows rents in New York city rose more than 27 per cent between 1984 and 1999, from US $549 to US $700 a month.

One of the side effects of the strong economy is that rents have been going up. The majority of people who experience homelessness really just need some affordable housing help. But few housing companies have been built for the poor. Many small apartments in the city now rent for US $1,500 a month or more.

Brown, the homeless New Yorker, said he has a daughter who lives in the city but he rarely sees her. She is angry about his drinking and won't allow it in her house. Smiling, he said he also has seven grandchildren whom he'd like to see more often.

"All I've got to do is clean up my act," he said.

41. What kind of life does George Brown lead?

A. Homeless and dangerous.                 B. Homeless and childish.

C. Homeless and miserable.                  D. Homeless and sleepless.

42. From George Brown's life we can find that_____

A. old Americans lead a hard life   

B. old Americans want to live alone

C. American cities are full of poor people  

D. bad habits play a role in poor people's Life

43. It can be inferred from this passage that_____

A. America is short of housing companies

B. the poor can't benefit from the increasing economy

C. poor people in America will become rich  

D. housing companies will build more houses for the poor

44. If this passage comes from a paper, on which page would it be?

A. Society.              B. Science.    C. Economy.      D. Business.

45. What character does George Brown have?

A. Selfish.       B. Lazy.      C. Warm-hearted.   D. Open-hearted.

       阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为31-40的相应位置上。

London was awarded  31  2012 Olympic Games on Wednesday,   32  (defeat) European rival Paris in the final round of voting to take the games back to British capital   33   the first time since 1948.

   34    Moscow, New York and Madrid were eliminated (淘汰) in the first three rounds, London beat Paris 54―50 on the fourth ballot(表决) of the International Olympic Committee.

In London, crowds cheered and waved flags as   35   watched the announcement from Singapore on a giant screen in Trafalgar Square and in the east London area   36   the main Olympic complex (建筑群) will   37  (base).

In Paris，a hush fell over a crowd of thousands of Parisians who gathered expectantly outside City Hall.　Many looked shocked. Some cupped their faces in their hands;    38    stood silently watching scenes of great joy erupting in the British capital from TV screens

Paris had been the front-runner throughout the campaign,  39  London picked up momentum （势头）in the late stages with strong support from Prime Minister Tony Blair

It’s the fourth bid from Britain after   40   (fail) attempts by Birmingham for the 1992 Olympics and Manchester for the 1996 and 2000.

On the way to school, a little boy found a cocoon(茧) of a butterfly and watched it almost every day. One day, it started to break through a small hole in the cocoon, but it  21    greatly. Finally, it seemed it couldn’t succeed.

The boy felt  22  for the butterfly because he knew it was going to die if it didn’t get out. So he ran into the house and got a pair of  23  and cut the cocoon a little. The butterfly came out and was free .

The only strange thing was that the butterfly had a swollen(肿胀的) body and dry  24      . The boy kept waiting for the swelling to go down and for the wings to grow, but  25     didn’t. The butterfly crawled around unable to  26  and then it died an early death.

Therefore, he learned that the butterfly was supposed to struggle to get out of the cocoon. In fact, the struggle to get out of the cocoon   27  the fluid out of its body and into its wings.  28  the struggle, the butterfly couldn’t grow, and would  29  fly. By trying to help the butterfly, the boy  30  hurt it.