Your mobile phone rings,and instead of usual electronic signals,it’s playing your favorite music.A friend sends your favorite song to cheer you up.One day,a record company might forward new records and music videos to your phone

The mobile business is getting into the music business.For the moment,the interest is in pleasant ring tones,but some companies are hoping to take full advantage of the next generation of mobile phones-all-purpose gadgets that blend phone,personal stereo,video player and Internet browser into one.

Finally,record companies might send new records and videos to fans who register their cell phone numbers.

The fans could pass music or songs along to friends—a kind of musical trading card.Unlike Internet tracks,mobile downloads would be easy for record companies to control,said former record industry official Ralph Simon,who is now chairman of your mobile,based in Santa Monic,California.

“If you pass a song along to other phones through a network,each phone can be charged,” said Simon.“It’s like going through a toll gate（收费站）.There’s more possibility for copyright control than there is on the Internet.”

Massachusetts-based Converse is offering a service in Portugal and the Netherlands that lets people record tunes on their voice mail or send music as presents to friends.Finally,people might be able to sing karaoke and pass them along.The company is sure that people will want to use music to reach out and touch someone.

“A mobile phone is not a listening machine,and you’ll be disappointed if you think you can change it to a radio,”said Ohad Ouziel,a creative manager for Converse in Israel.“But if someone sends you a song while you’re on vacation,you appreciate the feeling.”

1.The underlined word “blend”in the second paragraph probably means _____.

A.send

B.become

C.mix

D.compare

解析：从上下文以及该词的搭配可知，blend...into...“把……融为一体”。?

答案：C

2.“Massachusetts-based Converse”in the sixth paragraph probably refers to _____.

A.a person

B.a city in Israel

C.a state in the USA

D.a company

3.Record companies _____ the idea of passing songs and music along mobile phones.

A.are worried about

B.are interested in

C.try hard to stop

D.a company

4.According to Ralph Simon it would be easier to _____ through mobile phone network than through the Internet.

A.protect copyright of music works

B.send personal messages

C.pass along songs and music　

D.send voice mail

单词拼写。 结合句意，根据单词首字母或中文意思填写单词，注意单复数、时态、语态等形式。

71. The travel agency has ______________ (安排) everything for our trip to Canada.

72. F____________ is the mother of success. Keep up your courage.

73. Two dozen people have already _____________(申请) for the job.. 

74. She thought she got a ______________ (固定的) job, but now she has been fired.

75. The police found some stolen ____________ (财产) hidden in the thief’s house.

76. Our conversation c__________ many topics.

77. He is always speaking aloud in public, r____________ of others’ feelings.

78. These bad customs and laws must be a_____________.  

79. He’s not in. He may have gone _______________ (商业区).

80. The students are not _____________ (保证) jobs when they graduate..

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第二节：阅读短文，根据上下文翻译。（共5小题；每小题2分,满分10分） 

I.  Henry, an American businessman, arrived in London by accident. He was hungry and penniless. One day, 86________________________(他正在街上溜达) when he was called into a big house, where he got one million pound bank note. With the note, he had a big meal without paying anything, because nobody could change it. 87_____________________(尽管他衣衫褴褛), the owner of the restaurant asked him to come whenever. It seemed as if he could survive with the help of the bank note.

II. 88____________ (根据一个被广泛接受的理论), the universe began with a “Big Bang”. As the earth cooled down, water appeared. 89____________. (水的存在让生命的发展成为了可能) Then, the first small plants appeard and encouraged the later development of early shellfish and all sorts of fish. Next, green plants began to grow on land, followed by land animals. After that, some huge animals called dinosaurs appeared but 90____________ (他们为什么突然灭绝仍然是一个谜). When the age of dinosaurs ended, mammals began to develope, including humans.