4.The book Japanese to Be Read Aloud　　.

A.sells very well in Japan

B.is supported by the government

C.is questioned by the old generation

D.causes misunderstanding among the readers

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SYDNEY：As they sat sharing sweets beside a swimming pool in 1999，Shane Gould and Jessicah Schipper were simply getting along well,chatting about sport,life and“anything else that came up.”

　Yet in Sydney next month,they will meet again by the pool,and for a short time the friends will race against each other in the 50-meter butterfly(蝶泳)in the Australian championships at Homebush Bay.

Gould,now a 47-year-old mother of four,has announced she will be making a return to elite competition(顶级赛事)to swim the one event,having set a qualifying(合格的)time of 30.32 seconds in winning gold at last year’s United States Masters championships.Her comeback comes 32 years after she won three golds at the Munich Olympics.

　Schipper,now a 17-year-old from Brisbane with a bright future of going to Athens for her first Olympics,yesterday recalled(回忆)her time with Gould five years ago.

　“I was at a national youth camp on the Gold Coast and Shane had come along to talk to　us and watch us train,”Schipper explained.“It seemed as if we had long been good friends.I don’t know why.We just started talking and it went from there.”

“She had a lot to share with all of us at that camp.She told us stories about what it was like at big meets like the Olympics and what it’s like to be on an Australian team.It was really interesting.”

　Next time,things will be more serious.“ I will still be swimming in the 50m butterfly at the nationals,so there is a chance that I could actually be competing against Shane Gould,”said Schipper,who burst onto the scene at last year’s national championships with second places in the 100m and 200m butterfly.

3.Which of the following plays an important part in the spread of foreign words?

A.The media and government papers.

B.Best-selling Japanese textbooks.

C.The interest of young Japanese.

D.Foreign products and experts.

2.In the opinion of Takashi Saito,Japanese people　　.

A.are good at learning foreign languages

B.are willing to learn about new things

C.trust the media　 D.respect experts

1.What advantages do foreign words have over traditional Japanese terms?

A.The ideas expressed in foreign words sound new.

B.Foreign words are best suited for announcements.

C.Foreign words make new subjects easier to understand.

D.The use of foreign words makes the media more popular.

4.What would be the best title for the text?

puters and Printers

B.E-mail and the Business World

C.Internet Revolution and Environment

D.Modern Technology and New Markets

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There is one foreign product the Japanese are buying faster than others,and its popularity has caused an uneasy feeling among many Japanese.

　That product is foreign words.

　Gairaigo-words that come from outside-have been part of the Japanese language for centuries.Mostly borrowed from English and Chinese,these terms are often changed into forms no longer understood by native speakers.

But in the last few years the trickle(涓涓细流)of foreign words has become a flood,and people fear the increasing use of foreign words is making it hard for the Janpanese to understand each other and could lead to many people forgetting the good qualities of traditional(传统的)Japanese.

　“The popularity of foreign words is part of the Japanese interest in anything new,”says university lecturer and writer Takashi Saito.“By using a foreign word you can make a subject seem new,which makes it easier for the media(媒体)to pick up.”

“Experts(专家)often study abroad and use English terms when they speak with people in their own fields.Those terms are then included in government white papers,”said Muturo Kai,president of the National Language Research Institute.“Foreign words find their way easily into announcements made to the general public,when they should really be explained in Japanese.”

　Against the flow of new words,many Japanese are turning back to the study of their own language.Saito’s Japanese to Be Read Aloud is one of many language books that are now flying off booksellers’ shelves.

　“We were expecting to sell the books to young people,”said the writer,“but it turns out they are more popular with the older generation,who seem uneasy about the future of Japanese.”

3.Hewlett-Packard Co.has decided to develop new technologies because　　.

A.people are concerned about the environment

B.printers in many offices are working overtime

C.small companies need more hard copies

D.they see a growing market for printers

2.Environmentalists believe one possible way of dealing with the paper situation is　　.

A.to encourage printing more quality documents

B.to develop new printers using recycled paper

C.to find new materials for making paper

D.to plant more fast-growing trees

1.The growing demand for paper in recent years is largely due to　　.

A.the rapid development of small businesses

B.the opening up of new markets

C.the printing of high quality copies

D.the increased use of the Internet

2.The passage is mainly about______.

A.different uses of mobile phones

B.a successful mobile-phone maker

C.effects of mobile phones on children

D.school rules for the use of mobile phones

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At one time,computers were expected largely to remove the need for paper copies of documents(文件)because they could be stored electronically.But for all the texts that are written,stored and sent electronically,a lot of them are still ending up on paper. It is difficult to measure the quantity of paper used as a result of use of Internet-connected computers,although just about anyone who works in an office can tell you that when e-mail is introduced,the printers start working overtime.“I feel in my bones this revolution is causing more trees to be cut down,”says Ted Smith of the Earth Village Organisation.

Perhaps the best sign of how computer and Internet use pushes up demand for paper comes from the high-tech industry itself,which sees printing as one of its most promising new markets.Several Internet companies have been set up to help small businesses print quality documents from a computer.Earlier this week Hewlett-Packard Co.announced a plan to develop new technologies that will enable people to print even more so they can get a hard copy of a business document,a medical record or just a one-line e-mail,even if they are nowhere near a computer.As the company sees it,the more use of the Internet the greater demand for printers.

　Does all this mean environmental concerns(环境问题)have been forgotten?Some activists suggest people have been led to believe that a lot of dangers to the environment have gone away.“I guess people believe that the problem is taken care of,because of recycling(回收利用),”said Kelly Quirke,director of the Rainforest Action Network in San Francisco.Yet Quirke is hopeful that high-tech may also prove helpful.He says printers that print on both sides are growing in popularity.The action group has also found acceptable paper made from materials other than wood,such as agricultural waste.

1.The author uses the newspaper cartoon to show that______.

A.he is good at telling jokes

B.he cares much for children

C.mobile phones are toys for new-born babies

D.mobile phones are widely used in Finland