“I Love You”Virus

On May 21,1999,some American scientists were working at the computers to look for information they needed.Suddenly they saw a lot of very bright red spots crossing the computers’screens.At the same time the computers were working much slower.To find out what was happening they stopped their work to check some parts of the computers.To their horror,they found out that most of their stored information was got rid of by computer virus! Obviously all these computers had been infected by computer virus.

It is said that the computer virus was made by two or three Philippine young men fond of playing tricks.They all had excellent education.They created the virus just to show their intelligence.The kind of computer virus is named“I Love You”Virus.This virus can hide in computers for long.When the time comes it will attack the computers by lowering the important functions,damaging their normal programs or even getting rid of a great deal of information which operators of the computers often use or store;even worse,it still can reproduce itself in great quantities within a short time.

We come to know that “I Love You”Virus often attacks computers on Mondays and that it is spreading to many computers in the world.Among the countries that suffered computer viruses last year are Britain,Australia,Switzerland and the US.Those who made the computer viruses have been found out slowly and carefully.But till now,how to get rid of the terrible viruses remains a problem.

61.In 1999,the virus made American scientists’information______.

A.all lost　　　　        B.partly lost                  C.none lost 　　　　   D.mostly lost

62.The most terrible character“I Love You”Virus is______.

A.it can hide in computers for long

B.it can damage computer’s normal programs

C.it can get rid of all the information that the operator stores

D.it can reproduce itself in great quantities in a short time

63.All the following countries have been attacked by“I Love You”Virus EXCEPT______.

A.Britain　　　　        B.Australia                   C.Switzerland 　　　　D.Japan

64.According to the passage,which is NOT true about“I Love You”Virus?

A.Have found who made it　　　　                  B.Have found the solution to it

C.Have been attacked by it　　　　                  D.Have no effective method to it

Sneaker is a kind of shoe worn by many people all over the world. Some say that the word “sneaker” is another word for tennis shoe,   36   no one really knows where the word came from.   37  say it came from the old English verb “sneak”, which  38   moving silently and quickly. The only thing we are   39  is that when you put on a pair of sneakers, you   40   light-hearted, light-footed and ready to play.

Sneakers of some kind are used by   41   who play tennis, basketball, and other sports. New design has been made   42   for people who run slowly. But perhaps sneakers are   43   used by children in the United States. In fact American children of  44   ages would much rather play in sneakers than anything else, except perhaps  45   at all.

　　New York City once held a poetry contest (诗歌比赛) for children. The subject was only “sneaker”. Thousands of children sent in their  46   and praised the sneakers they love. One prize winner called  47   poem “The Sneaker and the World Peace”. “When everyone is wearing sneakers,” she said, “it will be impossible to   48 .”

American school children can be seen every day   49  sneakers of all colours. They put them on in the morning and take them off  50 . Sneakers are  51  washed. In fact the older and dirtier they are, the  52  loveable they are. When their sneakers wear out (穿破), children hate to throw them off. How do you explain the closeness between  53  ? Perhaps another young   54  in the New York Poetry Contest said it best. “A shoe is just a shoe,” he said. “But a sneaker is a   55 .”

1.                A．however        B．but            C．or   D．and

 

2.                A．All            B．Some          C．People   D．The others

 

3.                A．appears        B．remains         C．means    D．wants

 

4.                A．excited about    B．sure of         C．surprised at   D．pleased with

 

5.                A．think           B．feel            C．consider  D．suggest

 

6.                A．men           B．women         C．those D．these

 

7.                A．lovely          B．specially        C．lively D．cheaply

 

8.                A．only           B．greatly         C．hardly    D．finally

 

9.                A．all             B．some           C．little D．old

 

10.               A．some shoes     B．no shoes        C．no children D．some sneakers

 

11.               A．photos         B．compositions    C．poems    D．drawings

 

12.               A．her            B．his            C．its    D．their

 

13.               A．explain         B．guide          C．hate  D．love

 

14.               A．dressing        B．wearing        C．putting on D．having

 

15.               A．the next day     B．at noon         C．at bedtime D．in the evening

 

16.               A．forever        B．always         C．seldom    D．sometimes

 

17.               A．much          B．many          C．most  D．more

 

18.                                A．sneakers and other shoes   B．boys and girls

C．children and sneakers               D．winners and sneakers

 

19.               A．girl            B．man           C．woman    D．winner

 

20.               A．sneaker        B．friend          C．poem D．shoe

 

 

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Jane Austen ,a famous English writer ,was born at Steventon ,Hampshire ,on December 16,1775,and died on July 18,1817.She began writing early in life ,although the prejudices(偏见) of her times forced her to have her books published anonymously(匿名).?

But Jane Austen is perhaps the best known and best loved of Bath's many famous local people and visitors .She paid two long visits here during the last five years of the eighteenth century and from 1801 to 1806,Bath was her home .Her deep knowledge of the city is fully seen in two of her novels，Northanger Abbey and Persuasion ,which are largely set in Bath .The city is still very much as Jane Austen knew it ,keeping in its streets and public buildings the well-ordered world that she described so well in her novels .Now the pleasure of learning Jane Austen's Bath can be enhanced(增强) by visiting the Jane Austen Centre in Gay Street .Here ,in a Georgian town house in the heart of the city ,you can find out more about Bath in Jane Austen's time and the importance of Bath in her life and work.?

The Center has been set up with the help and guidance of members of the Jane Austen Society .After your visit to the Center ,you can look round the attractive shop ,which offers a huge collection of Jane Austen related books ,cards and many specially designed gifts .Jane Austen quizzes are offered to keep the children busy.?

You can also have walking tours of Jane Austen's Bath ,which is a great way to find out more about Jane Austen and discover the wonderful Georgian city of Bath .The tour lasts about one and a half hours .The experienced guides will take you to the places where Jane lived ,walked and shopped.?

1.Jane Austen paid two long visits to Bath _______.?

A.in her early twenties　　 B.in her early teens?

C.in her late twenties D.in her late teens?

2.What can we learn about Bath from the passage??

A.Bath has greatly changed since Jane Austen's death.?

B.The city has changed as much as Jane Austen knew it.?

C.Bath remains almost the same as in Jane Austen's time.?

D.No changes have taken place in Bath since Jane Austen's time.?

3.The author(作者) writes this passage in order to _______.?

A.attract readers to visit the city of Bath?

B.ask readers to buy Austen's books?

C.tell readers about Jane Austen's experience?

D.give a brief introduction to the Jane Austen Society?

4.It takes you about one and a half hours _______.?

A.to get to the Jane Austen Center in Gay Street?

B.to buy Jane Austen related books ,cards and gifts?

C.to find a guide to take you to the Center?

D.to look around the city of Bath on foot

The way people hold to the belief that a fun-filled, pain free life equals happiness actually reduces their chances of ever attaining real happiness. If fun and pleasure are equal to happiness then pain must be equal to unhappiness. But in fact, the opposite is true: more often than not things that lead to happiness involve some pain.
　　As a result, many people avoid the very attempts that are the source of true happiness. They fear the pain inevitably brought by such things as marriage, raising children, professional achievement, religious commitment（承担的义务）, self - improvement.
　　Ask a bachelor（单身汉） why he resists marriage even though he finds dating to be less and less satisfying. If he is honest he will tell you that he is afraid of making a commitment. For commitment is in fact quite painful. The single life is filled with fun, adventure, excitement. Marriage has such moments, but they are not its most distinguishing features.
　　Couples with infant children are lucky to get a whole night’s sleep or a three - day vacation. I don’t know any parent who would choose the word fun to describe raising children. But couples who decide not to have children never know the joys of watching a child grow up or of playing with a grandchild.
　　Understanding and accepting that true happiness has nothing to do with fun is one of the most liberating realizations. It liberates time: now we can devote more hours to activities that can genuinely increase our happiness. It liberates money: buying that new car or those fancy clothes that will do nothing to increase our happiness now seems pointless. And it liberates us from envy: we now understand that all those who are always having so much fun actually may not be happy at all.
【小题1】According to the author, a bachelor resists marriage chiefly because ____________ .

A．he is reluctant to take on family responsibilities

B．he believes that life will be more cheerful if he remains single

C．he finds more fun in dating than in marriage

D．he fears it will put an end to all his fun adventure and excitement

【小题2】Raising children, in the author’s opinion is ____________ .

A．a moral duty

B．a thankless job

C．a rewarding task

D．a source of inevitable pain

【小题3】From the last paragraph, we learn that envy sometimes stems from ____________ .

A．hatred

B．misunderstanding

C．prejudice

D．ignorance

【小题4】To understand what true happiness is one must ____________ .

A．have as much fun as possible during one’s lifetime

B．make every effort to liberate oneself from pain

C．put up with pain under all circumstances

D．be able to distinguish happiness from fun

【小题5】What is the author trying to tell us?

A．Happiness often goes hand in hand with pain．

B．One must know how to attain happiness.

C．It is important to make commitments.

D．It is pain that leads to happiness.

Many of us don’t like what we see around us but the last thing we do is to change it. I think that is the beginning of failure and that is why what we hate remains around us. If you don’t want to see things around you, don’t just hope it’ll change.
We have such an amazing power of creativity inside us to change the way things work around us. Only lazy people go about and say that is the way things have been working. I’ve come to discover that things around us depend on our actions and inactions. What I mean is that the circumstances that we like depend only on the things we do and the things we don’t do.
Do you want your country to change? Start by changing the small things around you. Before you think too far about any small thing to change, your habit should be the first thing to change. Change what you think about and talk about. Can you remember how difficult it was for you to break a habit that you desired to break some years back? If so, then you must accept that things aren’t just going to change by a magic thought. If it isn’t so easy to change yourself when you want to, it isn’t going to be so easy to change the people around you.
I think the best way I’ve changed people around me is that I changed myself. When you change, they’ll change. Just change yourself and see how many people will tell you later that you are the one who changes them. That’s one simple way young people can change their nations.
【小题1】 According to the text, why do we fail to change what we don’t like? _______

A．Because we lack the power of creativity.

B．Because we never plan to change them.

C．Because they cannot be changed.

D．Because we don’t have the ability.

【小题2】The author can change people around him because he has realized that 　　　　.

A．things around us decide what we do

B．the further you think, the better

C．his actions can affect things around him

D．he has to change the nation first

【小题3】The third paragraph aims at 　　　　.

A．telling readers one of the author’s interesting experiences

B．giving an example to show how to change things around us

C．showing readers how to change a nation

D．asking us to remember to change our nation

【小题4】What can we learn from the text? ________

A．Circumstance creates a person.

B．It is never too late to change your habits.

C．A long journey begins with the first step.

D．Changing ourselves means changing others.