The laptop on the teacher’s desk is not yours. It b_____ to Harry.

While shopping, we always b______ with the shopkeeper in order to reduce the price.

The children waited until the policeman s_________ to them to cross the street.

I don’t know how to choose a mobile phone. Science and t________ is changing so fast!

I really a________________ it that you helped me so much when I was in need.

When people found the missing boy in the forest, they all smiled in r__________.

On hearing the funny story, the whole class burst into l___________________.

To be h______________, to start a business of my own is not as easy as I expected.

When I opened the letter, I found some photos a__________________ it.

The p_____ we saw last night was really wonderful. It was worth my time and effort.

“Get your hands off me, I have been stolen,” the laptop, a portable computer, shouted. That is a new solution to laptop computer theft: a program that lets owners give their property a voice when it has been taken.
The program allows users to display alerts on the missing computer’s screen and even to set a spoken message. Tracking software for stolen laptops has been on the market for some time, but this is thought to be the first that allows owners to give the thief a piece of their mind.
Owners must report their laptop missing by visiting a website, which sends a message to the model: a red and yellow “lost or stolen” sign appears on its screen when it is started. Under the latest version（版本）of the software, users can also send a spoken message.
The message can be set to reappear every 30 seconds, no matter how many times the thief closes it.” One customer sent a message saying,’ You are being tracked. I am right at your door’,” said Carrie Hafeman, chief executive of the company which produces the program, Retriever.
In the latest version, people can add a spoken message. For example, the laptop’s speakers will say: “Help, this laptop is reported lost or stolen. If you are not my owner, report me now.”
The Retriever software package, which costs $29.95 but has a free trial period, has the functions of many security software programs .Owners can remotely switch to an alternative password if they fear that the thief has also got hold of the access details.
If a thief accesses the internet with the stolen laptop, Retriever will collect information on the internet service provider in use, so that the police can be alerted to its location.
Thousands of laptops are stolen every year form homes and offices, but with the use of laptops increasing, the number stolen while their owners are out and about has been rising sharply.
Other security software allows users to erase data remotely or lock down the computer.
【小题1】The expression “to give the thief a piece of their mind “can be understood as “_______”

A．to give the thief an alert mind

B．to express the owners’ anger to the thief

C．to remind the thief of this conscience

D．to make the thief give up his mind

【小题2】Different from other security software, Retriever can_______.

A．record the stealing process	B．help recognize the lost laptop
C．lock down the computer remotely	D．send a spoken message

【小题3】 One function of the program is that it allows the owner to _______ at a distance.

A．change some access details for switching on the laptop

B．turn on the laptop by using the original password

C．operate the laptop by means of and alternative password

D．erase the information kept in the stolen laptop

【小题4】Which of the following can best summarize the main idea of the passage?

A．With no Retriever, thousands of laptops are stolen every year.

B．A new soft ware provides a means to reduce laptop theft.

C．Retriever has helped to find thieves and lost computers.

D．A new program offers a communication platform with the thief.

We like to consider ourselves the superior race, and we are. It’s true that we are getting to know more and more, and we actually live in “the information age”. Our human vanity(虚荣心) makes us believe that we really have to know everything! Surprisingly, we do not have this ability. The question “what is happening in the Bermuda Triangle” is the very proof.

Where is the Bermuda Triangle located? The mysterious triangle is believed to be situated between Florida, Bermuda and Puerto Rico, where too many unusual events have happened.

On December the 5^th 1945, five U.S. military planes took off from Florida on a clear day only to disappear over Bermuda. Furthermore, some other disappearances took place; in 1947, an American C54 plane simply disappeared at 100 miles from Bermuda; at 80 miles, a Star Tiger plane disappeared in 1948.

Even Columbus had trouble in Bermuda. Some of his journals were about the strange happenings there: “the waters are changing their colors” and “compasses are going wild”.

Maybe it’s why it is called the Devil’s triangle or the Atlantic cemetery.

Many hypotheses were stated in order to explain the strange events. In spite of these attempts, the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle remains unsolved.

Some people get to say that maybe aliens are involved in it. Other imaginative scientists relate the happenings in Bermuda to Einstein’s theory, saying that the missing ships and planes are translated to another dimension of space and time and taken into another world.

Maybe we will just have to wait to go to Heaven and ask the One who made it. The answer will surely be a satisfying one!

1.The writer may probably think that______.

A．humans have to and can know everything strange

B．the missing ships are taken into another world

C．humans can know more in “the information age”

D．God created the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle

2. Columbus’ journals told us that in Bermuda _______.

A．an American C54 plane disappeared

B．there were some strange happenings

C．the compasses were lost

D．a cemetery was found

3.The underlined word “hypotheses” in the 6^th paragraph probably means______.

A．guesses

B．reports

C．places

D．stories

4.The purpose of the writer is to______.

A．tell some stories about the Bermuda Triangle

B．warn people not to travel to the Bermuda Triangle

C．laugh at man’s vanity to know everything

D．prove man does not have the ability to know all

 

单词拼写（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

根据下列句子及所给汉字注释或首字母提示，在句子后边的横线上，写出空缺处各单词的正确形式。（每空只写一词）

As parents, you should       （教育）your children to be polite to others.           

She ______（遭受）from loneliness when studying abroad.  

               

Many top leaders are         （担心，关心）about the shortage of water.

              

It takes at least a week to        （恢复，痊愈）from the HINI flu.                    

My grandpa is ______（喜欢）of fishing and sometimes he fishes all day in the river.                                                                              

The flood did a lot of       （损害）to the crops.       

            

He       （承认）making that terrible mistake.           

             

I am       （决心）to do better than Mike and I am sure I will.                

He asked his wife’s       （观点，意见）on every important decision.             

Few birds managed to       （幸存，活过）the cold winter.

             

They s       every room for the missing paper.           

             

J       from what he said, he must be an honest man.     

             

After g       from university, he worked as a newspaper reporter.              

There is no d       that he stole the papers.                                

Kate didn’t want to attend the party, but she was p       to come at last.

        

Yesterday the police were joined by more than 20 volunteers in the continuing search for the two missing teenagers, Vicky Gray and Tom Hunter, and their guide, Gavin Jones. The police said that they had disappeared during an adventure tour of Cape York Peninsula.
This was the second day of the search and the police were now very worried about the safety of the three missing people.
The police said that the search had covered a wide area, but the rainforest was thick and their work was made harder by the recent rain. Later on Chief Inspector Roger Fleet said, “The travelers had a radio with them. If they had been in trouble, they would have called us.”
The three travelers left Cooktown very early on Saturday morning in a Toyota car. They took a small dirt road that runs down to the Daintree River, a dangerous river full of crocodiles (鳄鱼). Chief Inspector Roger Fleet said the tourists wouldn’t have got into trouble if they had stayed on the main road.
A photo of Vicky and Tom was found by a policeman under the “Be Careful about crocodiles” sign near the river. Why was the photo left behind? This is just one of the unanswered questions. Other questions are: Why was the photo left behind? Why was the Toyota parked and locked at the edge of the rainforest? The police said that the travelers had left a map of the area behind. Why? Why had someone drawn a cross on the point (地点) where the car is? Is this a sign? What does it mean? If anyone can give information or has seen these three young people, contact the local police in Cooktown.
【小题1】This article is probably taken from ___________

A．a newspaper

B．a magazine

C．a storybook

D．a guidebook

【小题2】Which of the following things wasn’t found by the police?

A．A touring map.	B．A photo of the travelers.
C．The travelers’ radio.	D．The travelers’ car

【小题3】All the following are unanswered questions except_____________.

A．why they left a photo behind	B．why they came to this area
C．why their Toyota was parked in the place	D．why a cross was drawn on the map

【小题4】The article asks people to _____________.

A．join the police in searching for the missing people

B．tell the police about the travelers’ ages and their appearance

C．learn the lesson and stop taking adventure tours

D．provide information about the missing people