Zhu Haoyu, 18, a history major, wears his iPod everywhere on campus. The freshman has it going out for a walk, visiting the library or lying in bed. However, he found that his habit is like displaying a big “Do not disturb ”sign for himself.

As time slips away, he has begun to regret not having conversed much with his peers around . “As I put the little buds (耳机) into my ears, I’m immersed in a universe of my own, forgetting all troubles in the real world,” said Li.

The MP3 player is one of a number of gadgets (小玩意)—starting with the Sony Walkman, which led to the iPod, iPhone and iPad —that give people the ability to shut themselves off from world around them.

Youngsters delight in handset (手持的) technology. In public, students chat on their cell phones, stopping only to talk briefly to friends. On buses or trains it’s common to see youngsters with PlayStations instead of playing poker or sharing jokes or games. And during airline flights, people watch episodes (连续剧) of US TV dramas on their iPads, rather than talking.

The BBC News magazine recently published an article saying that headphone wearing culture is making us anti-social. “Half of humankind is wired to a parallel universe that leaves them ignoring their surroundings and fellows,” wrote Tom de Castella.

Actually, it’s a decade since Apple unveiled the iPod, which promised “1,000 songs in your pocket”. In 2007 more than half of Western residents were using an iPod or MP3 player.

Entertainment is on offer in all surroundings, not just at home. But in the meantime, it has created barriers between us. Many people subscribe to the view that the headphone culture is creating a “spoilt, selfish generation that lacks civic（公民的）culture”.

However, many users of portable MP3 players argue that the device, as a mind drug, helps them relieve stress by escaping for a while. It is also said to be able to help some students concentrate on work or study. “If you want to get away from the hucksters (小贩) on the way, just start listening to your player,” said Liu, a freshman. “They do not approach people with headphones on.” This might also mean he’s blocking those who want to ask him for the directions.

Experts, however, say that short contacts or mini conversations with strangers are helpful to our mind. Many experts warn that it is dangerous to lose touch with people in our lives.

1.Zhu Haoyu found that his wearing the iPod        .

A．disturbed others

B．made it easy for him to keep in touch with others

C．made it easy for him to visit the library

D．made others unwilling to talk to him

2.The underlined word “immersed” can be replaced by         .

A．lost

B．involved

C．engaged

D．interested

3.What is the main idea of the fourth paragraph?

A．Students are always busy chatting on their cell phones in public.

B．Young people are fond of portable listening or visual devices.

C．Young people like to watch US TV dramas on their iPads.

D．People like to enjoy the networking.

4.Which of the following is not true?

A．Headphone wearing culture makes people ignore their surroundings and fellows.

B．Apple released the iPod ten years ago.

C．There are still many people support the headphone culture.

D．It’s dangerous to have conversations with strangers.

5.What is the writer’s attitude towards the headphone culture ?

A．Agreeable.

B．Critical.

C．Doubtful.

D．Neutral.

 

    It seems that some people go out of their way to get into trouble. That’s more or less what happened the night that Nashville Police Officer Floyd Hyde was on duty.

    “I was on the way to a personal-injury accident in West Nashville. As I got onto Highway 40, blue lights and sirens（警笛）going, I fell in behind a gold Pontiac Firebird that suddenly seemed to take off quickly down the highway. The driver somehow panicked at the sight of me. He was going more than a hundred miles an hour and began passing cars on the shoulder.”

    But Hyde couldn’t go after him. Taking care of injured people is always more important than worrying about speeders, so the officer had to stay on his way to the accident. But he did try to keep the Firebird in sight as he drove, hoping another nearby unit would be able to step in and stop the speeding car. As it turned out, keeping the Firebird in sight was not that difficult. Every turn the Pontiac made was the very turn the officer needed to get to the accident scene.

    Hyde followed the Pontiac all the way to his destination （目的地）. At that point he found another unit had already arrived at the accident scene. His help wasn’t needed. Now he was free to try to stop the driver of the Firebird, who by this time had developed something new to panic about.

    “Just about that time,” Hyde says, “I saw fire coming out from under that car, with blue smoke and oil going everywhere. He’d blown his engine. Now he had to stop.”

    “After I arrested him, I asked him why he was running. He told me he didn’t have a driver’s license（执照）.”

That accident cost the driver of the Firebird plenty － a thousand dollars for the new engine－ not to mention the charges for driving without a license, attempting to run away, and dangerous driving.

63. The meaning of “panicked” in Paragraph 2 is related to _____.

       A. shame B. hate    C. anger  D. fear

64. Why did the driver of the Firebird suddenly speed down the highway?

       A. Because he was racing with another driver on the road.

      B. Because he realized he had to hurry to the accident scene.

      C. Because he thought the police officer wanted to stop him.

      D. Because he wanted to overtake other cars on the shoulder.

65. Which of the following statements is true?

       A. Someone else was taking care of the injured person.

      B. The Pontiac reached its destination at the accident scene.

      C. Hyde knew where he was going by following the right car.

      D. The policeman was running after a speeder on Highway 40.

66. The driver of the Firebird ______.

       A. took a wrong turn on the way

      B. had some trouble with his car

      C. was stopped by the police officer

      D. paid for the expenses of the accident

67. What is probably the best title for the article?

       A. Losing His Way?   B. Going My Way?

      C. Fun All the Way?   D. Help on the Way?

The heaviest snow in a hundred years hit the south of China. It snowed __36___for half a month. Many people were __37___in railway stations, bus stations and airports. People did everything they could to fight the __38___; nobody was killed from cold and _39____. Gradually ,the trapped people all went back home_40___. While fighting the snow, people ___41__their animal friends until a moving story of a swallow(燕子) couple appeared on the Internet.

The couple hadn’t eaten anything for several days __42___the snow. They tried to fly into people’s home to warm themselves, but every house was ___43___tightly(紧紧地). They got to a side of a balcony ( 阳台 ) where wind couldn’t reach. They jumped and flapped (拍打) their wings(翅膀) to _44___the attention of the people inside the house, who were __45____their own things. The wife’s body was __46___. She couldn’t move any longer. The husband came near and __47__her with his wings. The husband lost his heat soon because of his opened wings.

The next morning, the housemaster went to the balcony to __48__ his flowers and saw a dead swallow outside. __49__ it, he found they were two embracing（拥抱） together. Thinking of the __50___the snow had brought to people, he was moved to tears . He took them in for giving them some _51___they couldn’t feel any longer. He found a small box, __52__it with some hay （干草）and lay the couple in . He _53__them in the garden of the community(社区).

In my hometown in the countryside, a swallow family live in the roof of my house . They __54__every spring to have babies. Then in autumn, when babies have __55___, they fly to the south, I wonder if they will come back this spring as they did.

1.	A．beautifully B．directly C．gently D．continuously

 

2.	A．forbidden B．rescued C．trapped D．covered

 

3.	A．disaster B．war C．campaign D．disease

 

4.	A．anger B．heat C．hunger D．poverty

 

5.	A．sadly B．safely C．nervously D．curiously

 

6.	A．treasured B．invited C．accepted D．forgot

 

7.	A．because of B．in case of C．in spite of D．instead of

 

8.	A．controlled B．fixed C．, stretched D．closed

 

9.	A．admit B．attract C．turn D．escape

 

10.	A．busy with B．born with C．good for D．famous for

 

11.	A．burnt B．watched C．frozen D．found

 

12.	A．supplied B．wrapped C．folded D．sorted

 

13.	A．buy B．send C．sell D．check

 

14.	A．Feeding B．Leaving C．Touching D．Greeting

 

15.	A．hardship B．childhood C．cooperation D．lesson

 

16.	A．clothes B．warmness C．flowers D．tension

 

17.	A．made B．played C．associated D．filled

 

18.	A．buried B．showed C．fastened D．enjoyed

 

19.	A．put away B．come back C．fly away D．hold back

 

20.	A．dropped out B．died out C．grown up D．stood up

 

It was Monday. Mrs. Smith's dog was hungry, but there was not any meat in the house.

　　Considering that there was no better way. Mrs. Smith took a piece of paper, and wrote the following words on it：“Give my dog half a pound of meat.” Then she gave the paper to her dog and said gently：“Take this to the butcher（* person whose job is selling meat）and he's going to give you your lunch today.”

　　Holding the piece of paper in its mouth, the dog ran to the butcher's. It gave the paper to the butcher. The butcher read it carefully, recognized that it was really the lady's handwriting and soon did it as he was asked to. The dog was very happy, and ate the meat up at once.

　　At noon, the dog came to the shop again. It gave the butcher a piece of paper again. After reading it, he gave it half a pound of meat once more.

　　The next day, the dog came again exactly at noon. And as usual, it brought a piece of paper in the mouth. This time, the butcher did not take a look at paper, and gave the dog its meat, for he had regarded the dog as one of his customers（*people who buy sth. from a shop）.

　　But, the dog came again at four o'clock. And the same thing happened once again. To the butcher's more surprise, it came for the third time at six o'clock, and brought with it a third piece of paper. The butcher felt a bit puzzled. He  said to himself, “This is a small dog. Why does Mrs. Smith give it so much meat to eat today?”

Looking at the piece of paper, he found that there were not any words on it！

1.Mrs. Smith treated her little dog quite 　　　.

A．cruelly

B．fairly

C．kindly

D．friendly

2.It seemed that the dog knew well that the paper Mrs. Smith gave it ______ .

A．might do it much harm	B．could do it much good
C．would help the butcher	D．was worth many pounds

3.The butcher did not give any meat to the dog __________ .

A．before he felt sure that the words were really written by Mrs. Smith

B．when he found that the words on the paper were not clear

C．because he had sold out all the meat in his shop

D．until he was paid enough by Mrs. Smith

4.From its experience, the dog found that ________.

A．only the paper with Mrs. Smith's words in it could bring it meat

B．the butcher would give the meat to it whenever he saw it

C．Mrs. Smith would pay for the meat it got from the butcher

D．a piece of paper could bring it half a pound of meat

5.At the end of the story, you'll find that _______.

A．the dog was clever enough to write on the paper

B．the dog dared not go to the butcher's any more

C．the butcher was told not to give any meat to the dog

D．the butcher found himself cheated by the clever animal