—Peter, hurry up! You ______ on the phone.

—Oh, I ______. Thank you.

A．are being wanted; will come               B．are wanted; am coming

C．want, come                            D．will be wanted; should come

 

Anyone who works in an office knows the power of technology. When it works, life is wonderful. Information files across the world in seconds. It saves time and makes our jobs easier. But when technology goes wrong, everyone hates it.

   In March, Peter Golota received a gas bill for $0.00. He threw it away. In April, he received another bill for $0.00. He threw that one way, too. In May, the gas company sent him a letter which said he had to pay his gas bill. If he didn’t pay it, they were going to cut off his gas. He called and told them the bill was for $0.00. They said it was a computer error. But the bills continued. Finally, he sent a check for $0.00. This caused the bank’s computer to crash. After a lot of angry phone calls and the letters between the man, the gas company, and the bank, the case went to court. The gas company lost, and had to pay Peter Golota $8,000. It all happened because of a bill for $0.00.

   A man from Colorado appeared on the news when he shot his computer because it crashed all the time. The man, who owned a bar, put the “dead” laptop on the wall for everyone to see. The police said, “It’s the first time someone shot a computer because he was angry with it.” They arrested him.

   In December, Margaret Smart, of Energies Solutions, stood up in front of 2,000 people in Taxes. As she began to speak, her microphone stopped working. They found another one. After two minutes, that one also died. When she decided to show her notes on PowerPoint, the computer refused to start up. The title of her presentation was “Technology: The way Forward”.

1.Why did the bank’s computer crash?

   A. Because it kept sending gas bills for $0.00.

   B. Because Peter Golota sent a check for $0.00.

     Because the gas company sent a letter to the bank.

   D. Because the gas bill case went to court.

2.Who got angry with his computer and shot it?

   A. A bar owner.                                          B. A policeman.

  Peter Golota.                                        D. A bank manager.

3.Margaret Smart’s computer refuses to start up probably because ________.

   A. there was a power failure                  B. it worked too long

     it went wrong                                D. someone shot her computer

 

Read the following posters carefully and answer the questions below.

                    Basketball Match

                 Rockets VS Lakers

         DATE: July 19, 7 o’clock;  Billy Basketball Club

  For detailed information, see Paul Burton before Friday lunch time.

Layla’s Disco

                No-shop light music show

                15 Pembroke Road; 

Weekdays: 7 pm-11 pm;  Sunday closed

                Over 18s only

                   Fashion Show

             At the Daxing Square

             Date: May the 1st to the 8th 

             From 7:30 to 11:00 pm

             Booking agent: Peter Smith— 010-8266 1555

KARMA Health Food Restaurant

6 Castle Street

Hot and cold vegetable food(素食)

Lunch(11:00—14:00) Self-service;

Dinner(17:00—21:00) Table-service

For bookings, ring 0865-5677665

________ can give you more information about the basketball match.

   A. John Smith.     B. Tommy Brown.    C. Paul Burton.    D. Tonny Wang. 

Who can’t be allowed to go to the Layla’s Disco? 

   A. A 30-year-old worker.                B. A 50-year-old doctor.

C. A 22-year-old manager.               D. A 15-year-old student.

You must phone ________ if you want to get a ticket for the fashion show. 

   A. the booking agent                    B. the teacher

C. the manager                         D. a postman

Which of the following food can you have at KARMA?

   A. Chicken.        B. Tomato.          C. Fish.          D. Beef.

At five he was collecting old newspapers to make money. And when he was 15 he signed his schoolmates up to start a baby-sitting circle.

Now 20, third-year Cambridge University student, Peter Blackburn is managing director of a company with a £ 30,000 plan. And he thinks it will make more than $15,000 by next summer.

He set up Peter Black born Ltd last year to bring out a new, color term-planner that now students all over the UK are using.

“I felt that most of the planners going around were pretty unimaginative,” he says, “I believed that I could do a better job and decided to have a go”.

Blackburn admits that he is putting far more effort into business than his computer studies course at university. While fellow students are out with their friends, he keeps in touch with his business office in Lancashire by movable phone. Before he set up the company he spent one holiday preparing a plan that would persuade his bank to lend him money.

“Most students work hard for a good degree because they believe that will help them get a job to support themselves,” he says “I work hard at my company, because that is what will support me next year, after I leave college.”

Friends believe that Blackburn will make £ 1 million within 5 years.

He is not quite so sure, however. “There’s a lot to be done yet,” he says.

1.Choose the right order of the facts given in the passage.

a. He spent his holiday preparing a plan.

b. He collected newspapers.

c. He set up his own company.

d. He asked the bank for money.

e. He set up a babysitting circle.

A．e, b, c, a, d

B．b, e, a, d, c

C．b, e, d, a, c

D．b, e, c, a, d

2.When he was quite young, Blackburn ____ .

A．already made a lot of money	B．already had a business brain
C．was already managing director of a company	D．already set up his own business

3. The underlined expression in the fourth paragraph “have a go,” here means ____ .

A．give up this job and have a new one	B．leave the company
C．have a try	D．develop my business quickly

4.In spite of a college student, Blackburn ____ .

A．spends more time on his business than on his studies course

B．keep in touch with his business office by movable phone

C．seldom goes out with his friends

D．often spends whole holiday preparing business plan

5. Which of the following best explain why Blackburn works hard at his company?

A．He wants to do more business practice before he leaves college.

B．He wants to make more money before he leaves college.

C．He wants to get a good job like most students after he leaves the college.

D．he depends on the company for his living in the future.

 

Read the following posters carefully and answer the questions below.

Basketball Match                  Rockets VS Lakers          DATE: July 19, 7 o’clock;  Billy Basketball Club   For detailed information, see Paul Burton before Friday lunch time.

Layla’s Disco                 No-shop light music show                 15 Pembroke Road;  Weekdays: 7 pm-11 pm;  Sunday closed                 Over 18s only

Fashion Show              At the Daxing Square              Date: May the 1st to the 8th              From 7:30 to 11:00 pm              Booking agent: Peter Smith— 010-8266 1555

  

  

KARMA Health Food Restaurant 6 Castle Street Hot and cold vegetable food(素食) Lunch(11:00—14:00) Self-service; Dinner(17:00—21:00) Table-service For bookings, ring 0865-5677665

________ can give you more information about the basketball match.

   A. John Smith.     B. Tommy Brown.    C. Paul Burton.    D. Tonny Wang. 

Who can’t be allowed to go to the Layla’s Disco? 

   A. A 30-year-old worker.                B. A 50-year-old doctor.

C. A 22-year-old manager.               D. A 15-year-old student.

You must phone ________ if you want to get a ticket for the fashion show. 

   A. the booking agent                    B. the teacher

C. the manager                         D. a postman

Which of the following food can you have at KARMA?

   A. Chicken.        B. Tomato.          C. Fish.          D. Beef.