(07·湖北E篇)

lmagine you’re at a party full of strangers. You’re nervous. Who are these people? How do you start a conversation? Fortunately, you’ve got a thing that sends out energy at tiny chips in everyone’s name tag (标签). The chips send back name, job, hobbies, and the time available for meeting-whatever. Making new friends becomes simple.

       This hasn’t quite happened in real life. But the world is already experiencing a revolution using RFID technology.

       An RFID tag with a tiny ehip can be fixed in a produet, under your pet’s skin, even under your own skin. Passive RFID tags have no energy source-batteries because they do not need it. The energy comes from the reader, a scanning device(装置),that sends out energy (for example,radio waves)that starts up the tag immediately.

       Such a tag carries information speeific to that object,and the data can be updated.Already, RFID technology is used for recognizing each car or truck on the road and it might appear in your passport. Doctors can put a tiny chip under the skin that will help locate and obtain a patient’s medical records. At a nightclub in Paris or in New York the same chip gets you into the VIP (very important person)section and pays for the bill with the wave of an arm.

       Take a step back:10 or 12 years ago,you would have heard about the coming age of computing. One example always seemed to surfact: Your refrigerator would know when you needed to buy more milk. The comcept was that computer chips could be put everywhere and send information in a smart network that would make ordinary life simpler.

       RFID tags are a small part of this phenomenon. “The world is going to be a loosely coupled set of individual small devices, connected wirelessly,”predicts Dr.J.Reich. Human right supporters are nervous about the possibilities of such technology. It goes too far tracking school kids through RFID tags, they say. We imagine a world in which a beer company could find out not only when you bought a beer but also when you drank it. And how many beers. Accompanied by how many biscuits.

       When Marconi invented radio, he thought it would be used for ship-to-shore communication. Not for pop music. Who knows how RFID and related technologres will be used in the future. Here’s a wild guess:Not for buying milk.

76.The artiele is intended to         .

       A.warn people of the possible risks in adopting RFID technology

       B.explain the benefits brought about by RFID technology

       C.convince people of the uses of RFID technology

       D.predict the applications of RFID technology

77.We know from the passage that with the help of RFID tags,people           .

       A.will have no trouble getting data about others

       B.will have more energy for conversation

       C.will have more time to make friends

       D.won’t feel shy at parties any longer

78.Passive RFID tags chiefly consist of          .

       A.scanning devices                                        B.radio waves

       C.batteries                                                       D.chips

79.Why are some people worried about RFID technology?

       A.Because children will be tracked by strangers.

       B.Because market competition will become more fierce.

       C.Because their private lives will be greatly affected.

       D.Because customers will be forced to buy more products.

80.The last paragraph implies that RFID technology           .

       A.will not be used for such matters as buying milk

       B.will be windely used, including for buying milk

       C.will be limited to communication uses

       D.will probably be used for pop music

 (07·湖北A篇)

Karen,grown up in a very traditional family in the western United States,maintained high moral(道德的) standars throughout her youth..In 1984,at the age of 23,she married Bill.They were blessed with two children,a boy and a girl.

By 1991 their love had deepened,and they were happy.Later that year,Bill developed a white spot on his tongue.He visited a doctor.

One day shortly after that,Bill called Karen to sit beside him.He said with tears in his eyes that he loved her and wanted to live forever with her.The doctor suspected that he had been infected with HIV,the virus that leads to AIDS.

The family was tested.Bill and Karen’s results were positive.Bill had become infected before he met Katen;then he passed the virns on to Karen.The children’s results were negative.Within three years,Bill was dead.“I don’t know how to express what it is like to watch the once handsome man you love and intend to live with forever dying slowly.I cried many nights.He died three months short of ten years of our marriage,”says Karen.Though a doctor told Karen that she would soon follow her husband into death,she is still alive.The infection has progressed to the early stages of AIDS.

Karen is but one of about 30 million people now living with HIV/AIDS,a figure larger than the combined populations of Australia.Ireland and Paraguay.According to one UN report,Africa has 21 million of these victims.By the turn of the century that number could reach 40 million and the disease will bring on the greatest disaster in human history.Of the wold’s sexually active adults aged 15 to 49,1 in 100 has already been infected with HIV.Of these,only 1 in 10 realizes that he or she is infected.In some parts of Africa,25 percent of the adults are infected.

Since the beginning of the spread of AIDS in 1981,about 11.7 million people have died of it.It is roughly calculated that in 1997 alone,about 2,3 million people died of it.Nevertheless,there are fresh reasons for optimism in the battle against AIDS.During the past few years,there has been a drop in new AIDS cases in wealthy nations.In addition,promising drugs hold out hope of better health and longer life.

61.By telling the story of Karen,the author intends to                 .

A.were people against high risk behaviors

B.stress the importance of medical tests

C.express sympathy for AIDS victims

D.show the consequences of AIDS

62.The underlined part in Paragraph 1 most probably means “        ”.

A.were lucky in having                                  B.were asked to adopt

C.regretted having                                         D.gave birth to

63.Bill was suspected of being infected with HIV after   .

A.he got married to Karen

B.the family members were tested

C.Karen persuaded him to see the doctor

D.he found something wrong with his tongue

64.It can be concluded from the passage that     .

A.promising drugs will soon stop AIDS

B.the spread of AIDS could be controlled

C.it is hopeless to win the battle against AIDS

D.the death rate of AIDS patients has been reduced

  

New Annotated Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
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Collect Doyle’s fifty-six classic short stories, arranged in the order in which they appeared in late-nineteenth-and-early-twentieth-century book editions, in a set complemented by four novels, editor biographies of Doyle, Holmes, and Watson as well as literary and cultural details about Victorian society.
Breaking Ground by Daniel Libeskind
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In the Shadow of No Towers by Art Spiegelman
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Camping in the garden, riding bikes through the woods, climbing trees, picking wildflowers, running through piles of autumn leaves… these are the things childhood memories are made of. But for a whole generation of today’s children the pleasures of a free-range childhood are missing, and their indoor habits contribute to obesity, attention disorder and childhood depression. This book shows how our children have become increasingly distanced from nature, why this matters and how we can make a difference. Richard Louv is chairman of the Children and Nature Network and co-chair of the National Forum on Children and Nature. He is the author of seven other books and has written for newspapers and magazines including the New York Times and the Washington Post.
【小题1】Who is the writer of the latest book published among the four books?

A．Arthur Conan Doyle	B．Daniel Libeskind
C．Art Spiegelman	D．Anita Shreve

【小题2】If one wants to know something about Victorian society, he or she may read____.

A．Light on Snow	B．In the Shadow of No Towers
C．Breaking Ground	D．New Annotated Sherlock Holmes

【小题3】Which of the following refers to tragedies?

A．Light on Snow　＆　Breaking Ground

B．Light on Snow ＆　In the Shadow of No Towers

C．In the Shadow of No Towers ＆　Breaking Ground

D．New Annotated Sherlock Holmes　＆　In the Shadow of No Towers

【小题4】Which book is based on a real big event?

A．Breaking Ground	B．In the Shadow of No Towers
C．Light on Snow	D．Last Child in The Woods

【小题5】Who has also written for newspapers and magazines according to the text?

A．Arthur Conan Doyle.	B．Daniel Libeskind
C．Art Spiegelman	D．Richard Louv

 (07·四川)

It's fourteen years since I left the Philippines to live with my family in the USA. A month ago, while on summer vacation back in my motherland, I learned a lesson from mosquito (蚊子) bites. Right before    36   Kennedy Airport in New York, my grandma   37   me of the behavior of the native mosquitoes around the   38   like me. She said, "There's an old saying—the   39   you stay away from the motherland, the sweeter your blood   40   to the mosquitoes. " Not   41   it, I replied, "Grandmaaaa, that's just an old wives' tale!" 

Well, less than a week   42   my arrival in Manila, I was already carpeted with a   43   of mosquito bites. I took many measures to keep myself from being   44   , but they all proved useless.

Late one   45   in my cousin's home, I couldn't bear the   46   of the bites. Hoping to find some comfort, I   47   my cousin, who was sleeping peacefully in the bed next to mine. Unhappy for being   48    she said, "There is nothing you can do. Go back to sleep. "  With a few turns, she slept again. Enviously (妒嫉地)   49   her sleep, I hoped a big mosquito would   50   on her face.  However, the mosquitoes would just lightly dance around her forehead and fly away quickly, never biting her. Amazed (惊奇的), I ran to others'   51   , only to find they were all sleeping   52   as the same thing occurred again and again.

From those bites, I came to   53   my grandma's silly tale. From then on, I've always tried to keep a(n)   54   mind about those strange old wives' tales   55   they do have some truth to them.

   

36. A. leaving          B. passing               C. visiting                   D. finding

37. A. persuaded        B. reminded          C.  warned                D.  informed

38. A. students         B. foreigners           C. passengers                 D. visitors

39. A. earlier             B. longer            C. sooner                   D. later

40. A. grows           B. goes               C. flows                   D. remains

41. A. expecting          B. understanding      C. recognizing               D. believing

42. A. after            B. before              C. when                    D. as

43. A. shade            B. pile                C. cloud                           D. blanket

44. A. touched               B. bitten                C. defeated                  D. discovered

45. A. morning         B. afternoon            C. evening                  D. night

46. A. noise            B. hit                 C. pain                      D. effect

47. A. woke up       B. shouted at         C. looked for                 D. dropped on

48. A. blamed          B. interrupted          C. moved                    D. frightened

49. A. having           B. watching           C. making                   D. helping

50. A. land              B. fly                 C. fall                             D. wait

51. A. houses         B. flats               C. rooms                  D. homes

52. A. joyfully        B. anxiously            C. soundlessly               D. worriedly

53. A. tell            B. know               C. remember                  D. accept

54. A. open          B. active               C. clear                     D. honest

55. A. and           B. so                 C. because                  D. until

Dear friends,

Our high school is so wonderful. With the College Entrance Examination approaching, it won't be long 25.________ we graduate. Now, I have 26.m________ to share with all of you. Firstly, I still must try my best to make 27.________ for the lost time and work hard, for I believe hard work is the key to 28.________ (成功). Secondly, I'd like to show my appreciation to those 29.s________ by me all the way, teachers, parents and friends 30.________ (包括). Without your help and advice, my life would be 31.d________. Thirdly, I will treasure the friendship 32.b________ all of my classmates. Because of you, life in school is so interesting and 33.________ (难忘). I sincerely wish you all healthy and happy all your 34.________！