Nowadays, we have tons of high-tech gadgets to help us keep connected to our friends and family. Many of us have cellphones to ___16__ calls and write text messages; the Internet to chat with friends and __17__ e-mails. But being in touch with your friends and family also means __18__ in touch with some strangers. We often get spam(网上垃圾邮件) in our inbox, calls from strangers, and messages from __19__ people. So what should we __20__ with all of these?

__21__ you might want to answer the call from an unknown number, or respond to the message from someone you don’t know, try __22__. You are not sure __23__ they are contacting you, and it could be ill-spirited. It is __24__ not to respond to calls or messages from numbers that you are not familiar __25__. The same rule applies to (应用于) e-mails. There are many people who create viruses that __26__ harm your computer, and these viruses are disguised(假装) as e-mails. __27__ opening these e-mails, you are risking getting a virus __28__ could destroy your computer.

In other words, all the new technology is great for keeping in touch, but also comes with some bad things. __29__ yourself out of trouble, it is best to __30__ from messages and calls that you don’t know.

 

1.A. make                     B. do                     C. receive                         D. ring

2.A. write                       B. send         C. answer                                 D. read

3.A. to be                           B. being      C. be                                      D. are

4.A. known                   B. well-known   C. unknown                      D. better-known

5.A. manage                B. compare        C. deal                                   D. do

6.A. But                   B. Since          C. Because                           D. Although

7.A. not                         B. not doing       C. not to do                           D. not to

8.A. that                                B. what               C. why                                   D. how

9.A. most dangerous      B. safest                 C. necessary                  D. valuable

10.A. by                        B. with         C. at                                  D. into

11.A. should                 B. could                C. would                          D. need

12.A. In                    B. By               C. With                            D. At

13.A. that                          B. what                C. if                                   D. whether

14.A. To keep           B. Keep          C. Keeping                      D. Kept

15.A. refuse                  B. get close      C. stay away             D. stop

 

The computer, which was used to simplify difficult sums, began    1.    a calculating machine in France in 1642. Then it developed into an analytical machine. After       2.  (program) by an operator      3.   used cards with holes, it could produce an answer quicker than any person. Later, Alan Turning wrote a book about how a computer could be made    4.  work as a “universal machine”. From then on, the computer grew rapidly both in size and in brainpower. By the 1940s, it had grown as large as a room and this reality worried the designers.     5.  , with its memory    6.     (improve), the computer was made smaller. First, the memory was stored in tubes, then on transistors and later on very small chips. As a result, the shape of the computer  7.     (total) changed from a large machine to a PC and then a laptop. Connected by  8.    network, the computer was able to share its knowledge    9.     others through the World Wide Web. Since the 1970s many new applications of the computer    10.        (find) in communication, finance, trade and many other areas. The computer has become a devoted friend and helper of the human race.

 

 

      There were smiling children all the way. Charily they knew at what time the train passed their homes and they made it their business to stand along the railway, wave to complete strangers and cheer them up as they rushed towards Penang. Often whole families stood outside their homes and waved and smiled as if those on the trains were their favorite relatives. This is the simple village people of Maiaysia. I was moved.

     I had always traveled to Malaysia by plane or car, so this was the first time I was on a train. I did not particularly relish the long train journey and had brought along a dozen magazines to read and reread. I looked about the train. There was not one familiar face. I sighed and sat down to read my Economics.

     It was not long before the train was across the Causeway and in Malaysia. Johore Baru was just another city like Singapore, so I was tired of looking at the crowds of people as they hurried past. As we went beyond the city, I watched the straight rows of rubber trees and miles and miles of green. Then the first village came into sight, Immediately I came alive; I decided to wave back.

     From then on my journey became interesting. I threw my magazines into the waste basket and decided to join in Malaysian life. Then everything came alive. The mountains seemed to speak to me. Even the trees were smiling. I stared at everything as if I was looking at it for the first time.

     The day passed fast and I even forgot to have my lunch until I felt hungry. I looked at my watch and was surprised that it was 3:00 pm. Soon the train pulled up at Butterworth. I looked at the people all around me. They all looked beautiful. When my uncle arrived with a smile, I threw my arms around him to give him a warm hug (拥抱). I had never done this before. He seemed surprised and then his weather-beaten face warmed up with a huge smile. We walked arm in arm to his car.

     I looked forward to the return journey.

1. The author expected the train trip to be

   A. adventurous  B. pleasant   C. exciting   D. dull

2. What did the author remember most fondly of her train trip?

    A. The friendly country people.         B. The mountains along the way.

    C. The crowds of people in the streets.    D. The simple lunch served on the train.

3. Which of the following words can best take the place of the word "relish" in the second

     paragraph?    A. choose   B. enjoy    C. prepare for   D. carry on

4, Where was the writer going?

    A. Johore Baru,   B. The Causeway.   C. Butterworth,   D. Singapore.

5. What can we learn from the story?

    A, Comfort in traveling by train.    B. Pleasure of living in the country.

    C. Reading gives people delight.    D. Smiles brighten people up.

 

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.

 

Do you still remember your dreams from childhood? They’re like flowers that never fade, “23-year-old Liu Wei told a happy audience during a broadcast of the nationwide talent competition China’s Got Talent. Liu, an ___16____ pianist from Beijing, was named one of the show’s finalists.

Liu once had arms. At the age of 10 he accidentally grabbed a high-voltage wire and lost his arms. “My family and I were so ___17____ then,” Liu recalled. He credits a disable boy he met at the hospital who gives him the __18_____ to cheer him up.

He was forced to __19_____ playing soccer (his favorite sport) but bounced back and ___20____himself to learn swimming. After two years, Liu had won two gold medals and one silver at the National Swimming Championship for the disabled in 2002.

By the age of 19, Liu had taught himself __21_____ to play the piano with his feet, fulfilling a childhood ___22____ of composing and producing music, he said ___23____ a big smile. “__24_____ enough time, I could be just as same as anyone.”

“I can read music and have __25_____ the ‘toeing’ by myself,” he told. According to Liu, the big toe is the most __26_____ digit when “toeing,” but that he can only reach five keys at the same time. “It means I have to train my toes to move more ___27____,” he said.

One of the show’s hosts, Cao Kefan, told press.  “He was __28_____ so hard his feet were constantly cramping,” Cao said.

“ We’ve all __29_____ our dreams when we were young, but no one has fought as hard as you,” commented Gao Xiaosong. Gao is one of the show’s judges and one of most ___30____ music producers in China.

“You tell us that to __31_____ our dream, we need to spare no pains,” said Yi Nengjing, a show judge and Taiwanese pop star.

“I’ve received a lot of letters of support, all ___32____ me to focus on my music,” Liu said. When asked what he would do when the show was ___33____, he revealed several music companies had asked to __34_____ him. But whatever happened, he added he is sure he would keep __35_____ his dream.

“Music is like water and air to me,” he said. “I can’t live with out it.”

1.A．aimless          B．legless        C．armless        D．forceless

2.A．desperate        B．happy          C．angry          D．nervous

3.A．power            B．strength       C．energy         D．enthusiasm

4.A．give away        B．give in        C．give up         D．give off

5.A．let              B．devoted        C．abandoned      D．challenged

6.A．what             B．how            C．whether        D．which

7.A．idea             B．purpose        C．dream          D．thought

8.A．at               B．to             C．in             D．with

9.A．given            B．if             C．when           D．only if

10.A．carried out     B．figured out    C．worked out     D．gave out

11.A．flexible        B．available      C．sensible       D．advisble

12.A．heavily         B．rapidly        C．slowly         D．slightly

13.A．looking         B．working        C．exercising     D．practicing

14.A．looked for      B．fought for     C．make for       D．took for

15.A．influential     B．beneficial    C．potential      D．official

16.A．make            B．gain           C．get            D．realize

17.A．letting         B．discouraging                     C．inspiring  D．encouraging

18.A．by              B．out            C．over           D．off

19.A．offer           B．sign           C．answer         D．find

20.A．pursuing        B．looking        C．thinking       D.promising