We live in the computer age. People use computers to do much of their work. But few people know how to look after them. Remember the following when you use your computer:

1.Keep your computer in a cool, dry room. Too much or too little heat is bad for computers. Damp(潮湿) is also bad for them.

2.Do not let people smoke near your computer. Smoke of all kinds is very bad for many parts of a computer.

3.Do not eat or drink when you are near your computer. Pieces of food and a little water in the keyboard are also bad for a computer.

4.Keep your screen clean and do not have it too bright. They are bad for your eyes. Make sure the screen is not too far from or too near your eyes. Some people use different glasses to protect their eyes when they use a computer.

1.Computers can          people to do a lot of work.

        A.use       B.help     C. make       D.take

2.Few people know how to          their computers.

        A.look at     B.try out    C.look for   D.take care of

3.A computer works well at a temperature of         .

        A.0℃      B.-5℃      C.20℃            D.35℃

4.Smoke is not good for many parts of a computer, is it?

        A.Yes,it is.  B.No,it isn't.   C.Yes,a little.  D.Not at all.

5.A dirty screen or a very bright screen is    for your eyes.

        A.bad     B.good     C.useful        D.helpful

 

Japan is made up of a chain of islands that lie off the coast of Asia. People came to live in Japan from the nearby countries of China and Korea. From these older countries, the Japanese borrowed ideas, inventions and habits.

For many years, the Japanese built houses like those in China. They dressed themselves like a Chinese. From China came their way of writing and their habit of drinking tea.

In more recent times, the Japanese have borrowed things from our country, the United States. They have a government like ours. They do much work in science, as we do. Baseball is a favorite sport in Japan, just as it is here.

Things change when they come to Japan. The Japanese improve on almost everything they borrow. The art of garden making came from Korea and China, but the Japanese gardens are special. Each garden has a waterfall, a pond, and small bridges. There are few flowers in Japanese gardens. But the gardens are green during all the year round because they have many evergreens. Japanese gardens have a different kind of beauty.

1. The first paragraph of the passage tells us that ________ centuries ago.

A．the Japanese borrowed ideas only from China and Korea

B．people came to live in Japan from neighbouring Asian countries

C．Japan is much older than Korea

D．many Japanese came from the United States

2. In the third paragraph of the passage the italic (斜体)words “just as it is here” mean”________”

A．just as it is in the United States

B．just as it is in China

C．just as it is in Japan

D．just as it is in Asia

3. Why did the Japanese change the things they had borrowed?

A．They wanted very much to be different from others.

B．They didn’t like them the way they were.

C．They wanted visitors to like the change.

D．They tried to make them better.

4. From the passage we can see that ________.

A．Japanese gardens are different from those in other countries but not very beautiful

B．Japanese gardens are full of life during all the seasons

C．Japanese gardens are not very big

D．There are many flowers in Japanese gardens

5. Choose a statement from the following sentences that is NOT true.

A．The government of Japan is like that of the United States.

B．People in the United States like playing baseball.

C．The Japanese invented the habit of drinking tea.

D．Japan is made up of many islands.

 

I stood there listening to my father shout at top of his voice. The    1    on his face said that one of us had done something wrong.

“   2   one of you did this? ”

We all stared down at the step. There was child’s handwriting in chalk there. I was very  3  . I hoped no one could see it. Would he guess it was me? I was so scared. When he asked me, I   4   , “Not me, Dad. ”

The others denied (否认) it as well. Of course, we all knew that one of us   5  have done it. But as the   6  and the smallest of the three, I just couldn’t find the courage to tell the  7   .

To find out who had written on the  8  , father gave us each a piece of paper and a pencil. “I want each of you to   9  exactly what you see on the step. ”

I tried my best to write the words  10 . I didn’t want Dad to be able to tell it was me.

He gathered up our pieces of paper and looked at them. “ Since  11 of you will

admit(承认) to have done it, then I will punish you all. ” I stood there and said  12 . The last thing I wanted was for Dad to punish me!

“ I  13 it. ” My sister stepped forward and said she had done something she hadn’t. She was punished for a month.

We didn’t talk   14 that day for many years. Not until we were all older and I knew it was safe to finally tell my dad it was really me. I always felt sorry  15  it. That was the last time I let anyone take the blame for me.

1.                A．sound          B．taste           C．look D．feeling

 

2.                A．What          B．Which          C．Who D．Where

 

3.                A．unhappy        B．surprised       C．angry D．frightened

 

4.                A．lied            B．said            C．talked    D．told

 

5.                A．can            B．may            C．must D．might

 

6.                A．oldest          B．kindest         C．youngest  D．healthiest

 

7.                A．answer         B．story           C．truth D．thing

 

8.                A．step           B．ground         C．floor D．door

 

9.                A．write          B．draw           C．paint D．print

 

10.               A．carefully        B．differently      C．heavily    D．badly

 

11.               A．all             B．none          C．neither    D．both

 

12.               A．something      B．anything        C．everything D．nothing

 

13.               A．did            B．done          C．do   D．doing

 

14.               A．on            B．with           C．to    D．about

 

15.               A．because        B．because of      C．though    D．except

 

 

根据汉语意思完成句子，每空一词。

1. 对许多外国人来说使用筷子是很难的。

It’s     for many foreigners     use Chinese chopsticks.

2. 我每天步行去学校只需10分钟。

It only     me ten minutes to         to school every day.

3. 公园很近，为什么不肯走着去呢？

The park is quite near，            go there on foot?

4. 他们总是让我等很久。

 

He always makes me            a long time.

5. 你介意我把门打开吗？

Would you     my     the door?

 

 

1Choose the words or expressions to complete the passage(选择最恰当的单词或词语，完成短文)

For many years the United States and the other countries used gold and silver as money. Paper money was used to stand for the holdings(储备)of both gold and silver. The value of silver was limited to that of gold. Fifteen ounces(盎司) of silver had the same value of one ounce of gold. These values did not change until after 1860 when mines(银矿)in the west of the United States began to  1  large amounts of silver. This extra amount of silver caused the price of silver to 2    . Then fifteen ounces of silver would no longer buy one ounce of gold. In 1871 Germany declared(宣布)that it would not support its paper money with silver any more. Instead, it would use only gold. Other countries of Europe quickly  3  the same. The United States passed a law in 1973 that prevented the government from using silver as money. Western silver producers protested(抗议)loudly and put much pressure on the  4  makers. Five years later a new law was  5  . It said that the government must buy four and half million ounces of silver each month. The new law increased the amount of silver money. The country had two kinds of quite different views on the issue(发行)silver money. Businessmen, bankers and other rich men wanted to  6  the use of silver money because it made the dollar less valuable. But farmers, laborers and the others who owned the money not only wanted silver money but also wanted an unlimited supply of it.

1.A. produce     B. find          C. search        D. dig

2.A. rise        B. lift          C. fall          D. set

3.A. did         B. took          C. made          D. acted.

4.A. law         B. money         C. gold          D. silver

5.A. refused     B. accepted      C. planned       D. passed

6.A. end         B.  continue     C. protect       D. allow