阅读下面短文，从每小题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。

　　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 could 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 at school with 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 (救护车) to her rescue．

　　Point 3 The mobile removes our secrets． 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, any 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 use the Internet, the biggest library on the Earth．

1．What does the writer mean by saying “The telephone creates the need to communicate”?

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A．People don’t communicate without telephone．

B．People communicate because of the creating of the telephone．

C．People have communicated more since the telephone was created．

D．People communicate more because of more traffic．

2．Which of the following best shows people’s attitude towards mobile phones?

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A．Mobile phones help people deal with the emergency．

B．Mobile phones bring convenience as well as no secret to people．

C．Mobile phones are so important and should be encouraged．

D．Mobile phones encourage people to waste time in chatting．

3．Which points do you think support the idea that phones improve people’s life?

a． Point 1． b． Point 2． c． Point 3． d． Point 4． e． Point 5．

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4．It is possible to talk to several complete strangers simultaneously

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A．on the TV screen

B．with a computer

C．on chat lines

D．by telephone

5．The best title for the passage is

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A．Views on Telephones

B．Kinds of Phone

C．How to Use Phones

D．Advantages of Phones

While only about 200 astronauts have had the excitement of looking down at Earth and commanding systems on the International Space Station, actually thousands of everyday middle-school students have experienced by Middle School Students, or EarthKAM, a camera system.

EarthKAM is an educational activity and outreach(扩展)investigation that also results in temote Earth sensing and observation. Using the Internet, the students control a special digital camera fixed aboard the space station, enabling them to photograph the Earth's cosastlitnes, mountain ranges and other geographic items of interest from the unique advantage point of space.　　 While EarthKAM offers a powerful way for students to investigate Earth from the unique perspective of space, it is also inspiring the next generation of flight controllers for space programs---involving university students to control and operate the camera system and related activities from the ground.

In the interview, Brion Au, one of the investigation developers at NASA's Johnson Space Centre, said，“EarthKAM is a payload(有效载荷)by students, for students. They are in chaerge. This system provides a viewpoint that the astronauts have……it's just awe-inspiring!”So far, students have captured more than 40,000 photos of the Earth from the space station as it orbited the Earth once every 90 minutes, traveling at 17,500 miles an hour. The team at EarthKAM posts these photographs online for the public and participating classrooms around the world to view.

Au explains that this education investigation is inspiring students to explore the world by examining Earth, while promotion social studies, art, geography, science, technology, and math, DR, Sally Ride, originally flying on the shuttles. The camera is located in the window Observational Research Facility, also known as the WORF, one of many the station's research facilities.

71.How have thousands of students experienced similar excitement as astronauts?

A.In the space station.　　　　 B.In the spaceship.

C.Using a camera system.　　 D.Teaming up with astronauts.

72.What equipment should the students need for the research?

A.Computer.　 B.Recorder.　 C.Telephone.　 D.Radios.

73. What doesn't belong to the next generation of flight controllers for space programs?

A.University students' controlling the camera system.

B. University students' operating the camera system.

C. University students' related activities from the ground.

D.University students' investigating Earth from space.

74.Who are responsible for EarthKAM?

A.The astronauts.　　　　　　 B.The students.

C.The investigation developers.　 D.The teachers.　　

75.What's the main idea of the last paragraph?

A.DR.Sally Ride explains the details of EarthKAM

B.Why the team at EarthKAM posts these photographs online.

C.EarthKAM provides a viewpoint that the astronauts have.

D.Brion Au explains the details of EarthKAM.