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AWhen I learned that my 71-year-old mother was playing Scrabble – a word game – against herself, I knew I had to do something. My husband suggested we give her a computer to play against. I wasn’t sure my mother was ready for it. After all, it had taken 15 years to persuade her to buy an electric cooker. Even so, we packed up our old computer and delivered it to my parents’ home. And so began my mother’s adventure in the world of computers.It also marked the beginning of an u nusual teaching task for me. I’ve taught people of all ages, but I never thought I would be teaching my mother how to do anything she has been teaching me all my life: to cook and sew; to enjoy the good times and put up with the bad. Now it was my turn to give something back.It wasn’t easy at the beginning. There was so much to explain and to introduce. Slowly but surely, my mother caught on, making notes in a little notebook. After a few months of scrabble and other games, I decided it was time to introduce her to word processing(文字处理). This proved to be a bigger challenge to her, so I gave her some homework. I asked her to write me a letter, using different letter types, colors and space.“Are you this demanding with your kindergarten pupils?” she asked.“No, of course not,” I said. “They already know how to use a computer.”My mother isn’t the only one experiencing a fast personal growth period. Thanks to the computer, my father has finally got over his phone allergy (过敏反映). For as long as I can remember, any time I called, my mother would answer. Dad and I have had more phone conversations in the last month than we’ve had in the past 20 years.67. What does the author do?A. She is a cook.B. She is a teacher.C. She is a housewife.D. She is a computer engineer.68. The author decided to give her mother a computer _______.A. to let her have more chances to write lettersB. to support her in doing her homeworkC. to help her through the bad timesD. to make her life more enjoyable69. The author asked her mother to write her a letter _______.A. because he mother had stopped using the telephoneB. because she wanted to keep in touch with her motherC. so that her mother could practice what she had learnedD. so that her mother could be free from housework70. After the computer was brought home, the author’s father _______.A. lost interest in cookingB. took more phone callsC. played more gamesD. began to use itBHiring a self-drive car really adds to the enjoyment of your holiday. There are so many places of interest to visit, and if you enjoy seeing more than just the city center there’s no better way to explore than by car.Hire ChargesWhat’s includeda) Unlimited distance of milesb) Expenses on maintenance (保养) and repairs, which will be repaid on production of invoices (发票)c) Full insurance except personal accident (see below) and contents.What’s not includeda) personal accident insuranceb) Garaging, petrol, parking and traffic fines.Conditions of HireThe shortest rental period at these special low prices is three days. For prices for periods of one or two days you only see our representative at the hotel.Car hire must be booked six weeks or more before arrival in London to guarantee a car. But if you have been unable to make a booking in advance please see yourrepresentative at the hotel who may still be able to help you.The car types on the sheet are examples of the types of cars in each price range, but a particular car cannot be guaranteed.If you decide to hire a car, just fill in the Booking Form and return it to us. A booking of fee ￡12 as part of the car hire cost is required.Should you be forced to cancel (取消) your car hire booking after payment in full (two weeks before date of hire), a cancellation charge of ￡12 will be made.1. From the advertisement we can see a car hired will pay ______.A.insurance against damage to the carB.insurance against injury to the driverC.the cost of maintenance of the carD.the cost of repairs of the car2. Which of the following is true judging from the advertisement?A.If your rental period is beyond three days, you have to see the representative atthe hotel.B. A car is not available if you don’t book it in advanceC.You are required to fill in a form before you hire a carD.The company can provide all kinds of cars you need3. If car hirer change their minds after paying the whole cost of hiring, the ￡12 booking fee is ______.A. partly retunedB. doubly paidC. Not returned at allD. returned within six weeksCMy summer hols wr CWOT. B4, WE USED 2go 2 NY 2C my bro, his GF & thr3 :-@ KIDS FTF. ILNY, its gr8.Can you understand this sentence? If you can’t, don’t feel too bad: neither could the middle school teacher in England who received this as homework. This is Netspeak: the language of computerized communication found on Internet orcellphones. To newcomers, it can look like a completely foreign language. So, what is the “translation” of the sentence above? My summer holidays were a complete waste of time. Before, we used to go to New York to see my brother, his girlfriend, and their three screaming kids face to face. I love New York; it’s great.Schoolteachers and parents say this new form of writing is harming the English language. Increasing spelling and grammatical mistakes can be seen in students’ writing. They fear the language could become corrupted(面目全非的).Everyone should just relax, say linguists. They believe Netspeak is in fact more of a good thing. David Crystal, from the University of Wales, argues that Netspeak and Internet create a new language use and the almost lost art of diary writing has been picked up again. Geoffrey Nunberg, from Stanford University, agrees. “People get better at writing by writing,” he says. “Kids who are now doing text messaging,e-mail, and instant messages will write at least as well as, and possibly better than, their parents.”Linguist James Milroy says, for centuries, it is believed without exception that young people are harming the language. And you can bet your bottom dollar that whe n today’s teenagers become tomorrow’s parents, they too will think this way. Milroy argues that languages do not and cannot become “corrupted”; they simply change to meet the new needs.However, Netspeakers do agree that it is important to teach young people how to speak and write Standard English. Cynthia McVey says, “I can understand Netspeak worries teachers and it’s important that they get across to their pupils that text messaging is for fun, but that learning to write proper English is a must for their future.”Perhaps, we should give teenagers a little more trust anyway. Erin, age 12, says, “I wouldn’t use text language in my homework. Text is just for fun.”57. What is the main purpose of the first paragraph?A. To give an example of foreign paragraph.B. To show an example of creative method.C. To express worries about using Netspeak.D. To lead in the topic of Netspeak.58. Which of the following is true according to the passage?A. Cynthia McVry points out teenagers can deal with Netspeak properly.B. Geoffrey Nunberg believes Netspeakers can write Standard English.C. David Crystal thinks Netspeak helps develop the habit of writing.D. James Milroy says that language is changing and improving.59. The expression “bet your bottom dollar” in paragrap5 meansA. be fairly sureB. be greatly surprisedC. think it a pityD. find it interesting60. What can be the best title for the passage?A. Netspeak: A Widely-Used Language on InternetB. Is Netspeak Harming the English Language?C. Is Netspeak Helpful in Language Learning?D. Netspeak: Advantages and DisadvantagesDEvery living thing has a physical boundary that separates it from its outside environment. Beginning with the simple cell and ending with man, every organism has a certain limit which marks where it begins and ends.Anyone who has had experience with dogs, particularly in the countryside such as on farms, is familiar with the way in which the dog handles space. In the first place, the dog knows the limits of his master’s yard and will defend it against encroachment (侵入). There are also certain places where he sleeps: a spot next to the fireplace, a spot in the kitchen, or one in the dining room if he is allowed there. In short, a dog has fixed points to which he returns time after time depending upon the occasion. One can also observe that the dog creates the zone he is in, a trespasser (非法进入者) can cause different response of the dog when he crosses the invisible lines which are meaningful to the dog.This is particularly noticeable in females with her babies. A mother who has newbabies in a little-used barn will take the barn as her territory (地盘). When the door opens she may make a slight movement in one corner. Nothing else may happen as the trespasser moves ten or fifteen feet into the barn. Then the dog may raise her head or get up, circle about and lie down as another invisible boundary is crossed. One can tell about where the line is by going backwards and watching when her head goes down. As additional lines are crossed, there will be other signals, a thump (重击) of the tail, and a howl. One can observe comparable behavior in other vertebrates such as fish, birds.1. A dog on a farm knows _____.A. the size of its master’s yard is limitedB. a dining room is where it should sleepC. it should not sleep next to the fireplaceD. where the furthest edge of his yard is2. It can be inferred from the third paragraph that mother dogs ______.A. have a strong sense of owning their territoryB. have a tendency to protect their babies carefullyC. are ready to attack strangers coming towards them.D. prefer to raise their babies in barns3. The underlines word “comparable” ( in Paragraph3) probably means _____.A. similarB. differentC. sameD. familiar4. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?A. Dogs sleep at fixed places in the yard or house.B. Dogs will respond to the territory trespasser.C. The boundary is visible and meaningful to dogs.D. Fish and birds should both belong to vertebratesFor the rest of March, a disease will sweep across the US. It will keep kids home from school. 1 Employees will suddenly lose their ability to concentrate.The disease, known as “March Madness”, refers to the yearly 65-team US men’s college basketball tour na ment. 2 Teams compete against each other in asingle-elimination (单局淘汰) tournament that eventually crowns a national champion.Nearly 20 million Americans will find themselves prisoners of basketball festival madness. The fun comes partly from guessing the winners for every game. Friends compete against friends. Husbands against wives. Colleagues against bosses.Big-name schools are usually favored to advance into the tournament. But each year there are dark horses from little-known universities.This adds to the madness. Watching a team from a school with 3,000 students beat a team from a school with 30,000, for many Americans, is an exciting experience. Two years ago, the little-known George Mason University was one of the final four teams. 3College basketball players are not paid, so the game is more about making a name for their university and themselves. 4 About $ 4 billion will be spent gambling (赌) on the event. According to Media Life magazine, the event will bring in $ 500 million in advertising income this year, topping the post –season income of every US professional league, including that of the NBA.A. The players will go all out for the games.B. But that doesn’t mean money isn’t involved.C. College students will ig no re piles of homework.D. People are willing to spend more money on watching it.E. It begins on March 15 and lasts through the beginning of April.F. Many people had never even heard of the university before the tournament.C E B F。