08学年高一英语科技文阅读竞赛试题

2008-2009学年高一英语科技文阅读竞赛试题

姓名_________ 学号_____ 班级_________

A

A proud U.S father named his son after a computer software term(术语).

John Blake Cusack, from Mocjogam, told the local newspaper the U.S. traditional way of adding “Junior” or “II’’ after a boy’s name was too common.

So, when his son was born last week, he decided on the name John Blake Cusack 2.0, as if he were a software upgrade（升级版）。

Mr. Cusack admitted that it took months to persuade his wife, Jamie, to accept the idea.

All the men, she said, felt the name was “cool” However, her women friends did not think so. “I think the women will end up liking it.” She said.

Mr. Cusack told the local newspaper he got the idea from a film called The legend of 1900, in which an abandoned baby is given the name 1900 to remember the year of its birth.

“I thought that if they can do it, why can’t we?”

After little John Version 2.0 was born, Mr. Cusack even sent a celebration e-mail to the family and friends designed to look as though he and his wife had created new software.

“I wrote things like ‘there a lot of new features(特点)from Version 1.0 with additional features from Jemie.’”he said. And he is already planning for his son’s future. “If he has a child, he could name it 3.0” he said.

1. From the passage we know that “John Blake Cusack

2.0” _________.

A.shows the traditional way of American baby naming

B.is also the name of a computer software.

C.has the same meaning as “John Bake Cusack Junior”

D.tells something about the hope the father places on his baby.

2. According to Jamie, who disliked the name?

A. All her friends

B. Her women friends.

C. Her men friends

D. Nobody

3.What do the names of “1900” and “John Version 2.0” have in common?

A. They’re both uncommon

B. They’re both connected with computer.

C. They both tell about the births

D. They’re to be equally popular.

4. What does “Version 1.0” refer to in the last paragraph?

A. A computer software

B. Mr. Cusack

C. Mr. Cusack and his wife

D. Mr. Cusack’s grandson

B

Today almost everyone knows computers and Internet. If I ask you “what is the most important in your life?” Maybe you will say “Computers and Internet.”

The first computer was made in 1946. it was very big but it worked slowly. Today

computers are getting smaller and smaller. But they work faster and faster. What can computers do? A writer has said, “People can’t live without computers today.”

The Internet came a little later than computers. It is about twenty-five years later than computers. But now it can be found almost everywhere. We can use it to read books, write letters, do shopping, play games or make friends.

Many students like the Internet very much. They often go into the Internet as soon as they are free. They make fiends on the Internet and maybe they have never seen these friends. They don’t know their real names, ages, and even sex. They are so interested in making the “unreal friends”that they can’t put their hearts into study. Many of them can’t catch up with others on many subjects because of that.

We can use computers and the Internet to learn more about the world. but at the same time, we should remember that not all the things can be done by computers and the Internet.

5. The Internet can not be used for _________.

A. studying

B. shopping

C. thinking

D. playing

6. When the computer was invented, it was _______.

A. large and worked slowly

B. small and worked slowly

C. large but worked slowly

C. small but worked quickly

7. The Internet was born in about _________.

A. 1960

B. 1970

C. 1980

D. 1985

8. Which of the following is true?

A. Few students like going into the Internet.

B. Students use the Internet to make “unreal friends”

C. These “unreal friends” often meet each other.

D. Students know the friends on the Internet very well.

9. What does the writer think of the Internet?

A. It is wonderful

B. It can make students study harder

C. It is not good for students

D. It is helpful, but we can’t do everything on it.

C

The earth is made up of several layers（地层）．The top layer of the earth is called the earth’s crust．The crust is divided into sections which are called plates．When two plates push against each other，or when two plates rub against each other，an earthquake happens．An earthquake causes the ground above the plate to shake．The shaking is caused by the movement of the plates．

Earthquakes are likely to happen at the boundaries（边界）of the earth’s plates．Each of these plates is about 70 kilometres thick．

10．The underlined word “crust” means “＿＿＿＿＿＿” ．

A．地面B．地皮C．地质D．地壳