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必修二 Unit 3《Computers》单元测试2
笔试部分：
I. 单项选择
1．He is considered ___________ the telescope.
A. to invent B. to be invented C. to have invented D. inventing
2. Many people hold ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) the view that men are born to have __________ over women in work.
A. advantages ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) B. no advantages C. not advantage D. advantage
3. I don't wa ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )nt to buy anything. You go please and I'll just ___________ around the streets till you finish your shopping.21*cnjy*com
A. search B. wait C. wander D. take
4. It is gener ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ally believed that a person who quickly understands and learns sth. has good _________.
A. opinion B. head C. intelligence D. reception
5. —Everybody thinks he is a man you can believe in.
—______________, he is quite an honest person.
A. Truly B. Entirely C. Properly D. Greatly
6. —Is it necessary to learn how to use computers
—Yes, ___________.
A. I think ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) B. I don't think so C. I believe D. I believe so
7. The computer is too big and it will ___________too much room.
A. take up B. make up C. bring up D. give up
8. John ran so fast __________ nobody could catch up with him.
A. that B. and C. which D. butwww-2-1-cnjy-com
9. So far, the criminals ____________ by the police.
A.had been discovered B. have been discovered
C. are discovered D. will be discovered
10. It seems that the young man and the lady have little __________.
A. in common B. on common C. at common D. with common
11. Don't be too strict with John. _________ , he is still a child.
A. At all B. After all C. In all D. Above all
12. ____________, he is correct ___________.
A.In my opinion, in the way B. In my opinion, in a way
C. On my opinion, in a way D. On my opinion, in the way
13. —Can you solve the problem by yourself
—I think I can _________it.
A. deal with B. do with C. do away D. deal away
14. —Did you scold him for that
—Yes, but I _________ that.
A.had better no do B. would like to not to do
B.would rather not have done D. shouldn't do
15. —Do you think it's a good film
—Oh, yes. It's _________worth ____________.
A.very, watchin ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )g B. well, seeing C. very, to be watched. D. well, being seen
16. —Oh, it's you! I ___________ you.
—I've just had my hair cut, and I'm wearing new glasses.21世纪教育网版权所有
A.didn't recognize ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )B. hadn't recognized C. haven't recognized. D. don't recognize
17. She __________ a Frenchman. She has __________ him for three years.
A.married with, married with B. married, married
C. married to, been married. D. married, been married to21cnjy.com
18. —I ___________ this morning, but he couldn't come.21世纪教育网
—Well, we'd better go and ____________ at his office.
A.called him, call on him B. called on him, call him
C. called at him, call D .called him, call at him
19. All the prep ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )arations for the work _________, and we're ready to start.
A.is completing B. are completing C .have been completed. D. has been completed
20. ---I've decided to give up smoking. Will you, too
A.No, thanks. ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) I don't have that habit B. Well, you should not smoke any more
B.Great! But it's ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )impossible for me to do so. D. Yes, you can do whatever you like.
II.完形填空
About a year ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ago, I went to stay at a Detroit hotel. I didn't want to 21 too much money with me, so I 22 the desk clerk to put a hundred-dollar bill in the safe for 23 .
The next morning, how ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ever, the clerk said that he knew nothing about my money. I didn't have any proof(证据) 24 I had given the man the money. There was clearly 25 left to do but go to the nearest lawyer at once.2-1-c-n-j-y
The lawyer 2 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )6 me to return to the hotel with him and give 27 hundred-dollar bill to the clerk. 28 we did. An hour later, I went back to the desk and asked for my money together with the lawyer. 29 I had the lawyer as an eyewitness (证人) to the 30 hundred-dollar bill, the clerk could not 31 he knew nothing about it.
Another hour la ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ter, I put the second part of the lawyer's plan into action. This time both the lawyer and I went to the 32to ask for the hundred-dollar once again. No matter(不管) 33 I said, the clerk who kept my bill 34 that he had given it to me. I said it was not 35 . The lawyer said to him, “I 36 this gentleman give you a hundred-dollar bill. If you don't hand it in immediately, I will be forced to call the 37 .” Now the clerk felt quite 38 , so he gave me back the first hundred-dollar bill.
“I don't know 39 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) to thank you enough for getting my money back,” I said to the lawyer. And what do you suppose he answered He said, “Oh, don't 40 me. That will be one hundred dollars, please.”
21. A. borrow B. spend C. waste D. carry
22. A. made B. asked C. allowed D. let
23. A. me B. her C.him D. us
24. A. that B. which C. where D. when
25. A. something B. nothing C. anything D. everything
26. A. hoped B. agreed C. insisted D. advised
27. A. the other B. another C. others D. other
28. A. Such B. All C. So D. Much
29. A. For B. Though C. Even if D. Because
30. A. first B. second C. third D. one
31. A. say B. admit C. permit D. recognize
32. A. restaurant B. bank C. hotel D. hospital
33. A. what B. whatever C. which D. how 21世纪教育网
34. A. suggested B. insisted C.remembered D.forgot
35. A. true B. sure C. exact D. nice
36. A. forced B. made C. allowed D. saw
37. A. police B. judge C. official D. officer
38 A. content B. nervous C. angry D. sad
39. A. when B. what C. where D. how
40. A. thank B. praise C. leave D. fool
III 阅读理解
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At three a.m., Jack Mills was sitting at the controls of the mail train. The train was made up of 13 cars. At the end of the train, 71 mailmen sat sorting the mail. Inside the second car, there were only five mailmen and 128 bags full of five-pound notes. This train had run more than 100 years without being robbed. At three minutes past three, Mills and his helper, David Whitby, saw a yellow warning light. They slowed the train, and then stopped. Whitby went to the telephone beside the track. It was out of order. Then he saw a man moving between the second and the third cars. Before Whitby could give a warning, he was knocked down by two men. Mills' cars with all the mailmen had been disconnected by the robbers. At the bridge, the bags of money were unloaded from the train and thrown into waiting trucks. One of the robbers who obviously knew the schedules(时刻表) of all the trains kept looking at his watch. At 3:45 he said, “That will have to be enough.” The robbers drove away with more than 2,500,000 pounds.
41. The robbery took place ______.
A. before 3:03 B. in the early morning
C. after three o'clock in the afternoon D. after 3:45 2·1·c·n·j·y
42. The robbers ______ before the train stopped.
A. were all in ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )the train B. forced Mills to stop the train
C. were waiting for ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) the train to stop D. ordered Mills to go on driving
43. Why didn't the other mailmen help the mailmen in the second car when the robbery happened
A.Because they were busy sorting the mail.
B.Because they di ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )dn't want to help the mailmen in the second car.[来源:21世纪教育网]
C.Because the last eleven cars were separated from the front cars.
D.Because they knew nothing about the robbery.
44. One of the robbers kept looking at his watch because ______.
A.he wanted to know the exact time
B.he enjoyed looking at his watch
C.he didn't know when another train would come
D.they had to leave before another train came
45. Which of the following is NOT true
A.The train was out of order.
B.The telephone was put out of order by the robbers.
C.Whitby had an assistant driver.
D.The robbers carried the money away by truck.
B
Online Communication
In an age when tech ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )nology moves faster than most can keep up with, a small group of people still remain in the time of old-fashioned letter. Frankly speaking, I was once certain that traditional letters could never be replaced by other means of communication.
But a story about online communication changed my mind.【来源：21·世纪·教育·网】
An old man, who suffered a lot from Parkinson's disease, was not able to talk clearly and could hardly write his name. Living totally alone, he managed to keep in touch with nearly all the members of his family. How did he achieve this He clicked out words on his computer keyboard.
I, therefore, ma ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )naged to get an E-mail box as soon as the opportunity came. My life changed. E-mail, and all online communication, is something truly different. It has capabilities that few other products can match.
E-mail is convenie ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )nt. It takes less time with its fast speed and 24-hour connection. The slow postal service is no match. If you wouldn't want to have a face-to-face talk with your manager, you might talk with him through E-mail even if you are in the same office.
Naming all th ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e good things about online communication is not easy. But wait. E-mail can be inconvenient. It can waste time and energy. Just think what may happen when you take a short vacation and return to find your e-mail box filled with 200 unread messages. You could easily spend half a day clearing junk ads.
Then, online communication will keep us staying at our computer while it connects us to distant strangers. Once we throw ourselves into the machine, we may forget the human touches we once held so dear. I'm sure there is and always will be a place for the old-fashioned letter, phone call, and face-to-face meeting… even in the world of modern communication.
As I listen to the sou ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )nd of the modem(调制解调器), I was excited at stepping out to the outside world but, at the same time, I sensed a loss of control over something valuable in my personal life.
46. What is the most probable meaning of the underlined word “junk” in paragraph7
A. old and useless B. New and useful
C. Short but valuable D. Long but clear
47. What caused the ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) writer to become interested in E-mail and online communication
A. The sound of the modem. B. His own illness.【来源：21cnj*y.co*m】
C. The changing of his life. D. A sick old man's experience.
48. What does the writer think of online communication 21教育名师原创作品
A. It should replace old-fashioned letters completely.【出处：21教育名师】
B. It is perfect and always does good to you.
C. It is extremely ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )useful and convenient, but it may be inconvenient or even harmful.
D. It does more harm than good.
49. According to the w ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )riter, traditional means of communication will never disappear because ________.
A. they are convenient and popular though they are slow
B. they help to keep the friendly relationship between people
C. most people cannot keep up with the development of technology
D. modern means of communication does too much harm
50. How did the sick old man keep in touch with his family members
A. With the help of ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) his computer. B. By writing letters with his pen.
C. By making ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) telephone calls. D. By visiting them regularly.
C
Computer programmer David Jones makes 35,000 pounds a year designing new computer games, yet he cannot find a bank prepared to let him have a credit card (信用卡). Instead, he has been told to wait another two years, until he is 18.21·世纪*教育网
The 16-year-old ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )boy works for a small firm in Liverpool, where the problem of most young people of his age is finding a job. David's firm puts two new games on the home market each month.www.21-cn-jy.com
But David's bi ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ggest headache is what to do with his money. In spite of his salary, made by inventing new programs within a quite short period of time, the bonus payments and profit-sharing (奖金和分红), he cannot drive a car, get some money from a bank to buy a house, or get credit cards.
He lives wit ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )h his parents in their house in Liverpool, where his father is a bus driver. His firm has to pay ￡150 a month in taxi fares to get him the five miles to work and back every day because David cannot drive.
David got his job with the firm a year after leaving school with six 0-levels and working for a time in a computer shop. “I got the job because the people who run the firm knew I had already written some programs,” he said.
“I suppose 3 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )5,000 pounds sounds a lot but actually that's not good enough. I hope it will come to more than that this year.” He spends some of his money on records and clothes, and gives his mother 20 pounds a week. But most of his spare time is spent working.
“Unfortunately, comput ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ing was not part of our studies at school,” he said. “But I had been studying it in books and magazines for four years in my spare time. I know what I wanted to do and never considered staying on at school. Most people in this business are fairly young, anyway.”
David added, “I wou ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ld like to earn a million and I suppose early retirement (退休) is a possibility. You never know when the market might disappear.”
51. Why is David different from other young people of his age
A. He earns a very high salary.
B. He has not a job.
C. He does not go out much.
D. He lives at home with his parents.
52. David's greatest problem is ____________.
A. making the banks treat him as a grown-up
B. inventing computer games
C. spending his salary
D. learning to drive
53. He was hired by the firm because ____________. 21*cnjy*com
A. he had worked in a computer shop
B. he had written some computer programs
C. he worked very hard
D. he had learned to use computers at school
54. He left school after taking six 0-levels because ____________.
A. he did not enjoy school
B. he wanted to work w ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ith computers and staying at school did not help him
C. he was afraid of getting too old to start computing
D. he wanted to earn a lot of money
55. Why does David think he might retire early
A. One has to be young to write computer programs.
B. He wants to stop working when he is a millionaire.
C. He thinks computer games might not always sell so well.
D. He thinks his firm might go bad.21世纪教育网
IV. 单词拼写
1．A computer can solve many m____________ problems.21教育网
2. P____________, I think the team who won first place cheated..
3. The 21st century is the century of information t____________.
4. I think we can work together to c_________ an even better system.
5. Computers ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )are used to c____________ with each other around the world by the Internet.
6. He is quite clever a boy though he looks s________.【版权所有：21教育】
7. In the past 20 years, my hometown has t_________ changed.
8. If any problem a_______, please tell me.
9. Has Edward ____________ (计算) the result
10. The environment pollution is a _____________ (普遍) problem.
V 短文改错
I am always interested in the traveling. My 1. __________
reasons are quite simple and clearly. If anybody 2. __________
is not satisfied with my opinion, I shall greatly 3. __________
surprised at his ways of think. 4. __________
First of all, traveling increased our 5. __________
knowledge. Only by traveling can we see thing 6. __________
outside our hometown.
In the second place, traveling is good with 7. __________
our health. While we are traveling, we can 8. __________
breathe in fr ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )esh air or exercise our bodies as well. 9. __________
In a word, I sincerely hope that anybody must 10. _________
grasp the opportunity of traveling.
VI. 单句翻译
1．随着时间的推移， 和许多青年人一样，他也开始喜欢上流行音乐。
（go by, in common with）
_____________________________________________________________
2.毕竟，在老师的帮助下，他最终成功了。 （after all, with one's help）
____________________________________________________________
3. 尽管这双胞胎兄弟长得很象， 但他们的兴趣极少有相同之处。
___________________________________________________________21·cn·jy·com
（have… in common）
4. 在某种程度上遵循指示并非一件易事。 （in a way, follow）21世纪教育网
______________________________________________________
5. 不管怎么样，我们还是回到我的历史去吧。
______________________________________________________
参考答案：
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II 21-25 DBAAB 26-30 DBCDB 31-35 ACABA 36-40 DABDA
III 41-45 BCCDA 46-50 ADCBA 51-55 ACBBC
IV 1 mechanical 2 Pers ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )onally 3 technology 4 create 5 communicate 6 simple-minded 7 totally 8 arises 9 calculated 10 universal
V 1. 去掉the 2. clearl ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )y改为clear 3. shall后加be 4. think改为thinking 5. increased改为increases 6. thing改为things 7. with改为for 8. √ 9. or改为and 10. anybody改为everybody
VI 1 As the time wen ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )t by, in common with many young people he began to love pop music.
2 After all, with the teacher's help he succeeded at last.
3 Though the twins lo ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ok the same / alike, their interests have little in common.
4 In a way following the instructions is not easy.
5 Anyway, let's go back to my history.
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必修二 Unit 3《Computers》单元测试3
笔试部分：
I. 单项选择
1．Our game of bas ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ketball ________.We had been playing for about half an hour when it started to rain heavily.【出处：21教育名师】
A．has interrupted B．had interrupted C．was interrupted D．had been interrupted
2．He proved himself a true gentleman and the beauty of his
________ was seen at its best when he worked with others.
A．advantage B．appearance C．qualification D．character
3．After more than t ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )en minutes' break，the speaker________ the story from where he left off.
A．kept on B．went on C．made up D．took up
4．__________ he didn't help me with my work. Instead，just __________.
A In a way; in my way B．On a way; on the way
C．In the way; on the way D．By the way; on my way
5．The board are di ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )scussing the possible ________ they can take of the present economic situation.
A．notice B．advantage C．use D．best
6．We can't ________ on having good weather for the outing.
A．evaluate B．calculate C．predict D．conclude
7．—The tree is so tall.
—Yes. It ________ nearly 20 metres.
A．measures B．is measured C．measure D．to be measured
8．—What a beautiful day!
—Yes，it's ________ that I'd like to take a walk.
A．such nice we ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ather B．so a nice weather C．such a nice weather D．so nice weather
9．Milu deer，a species ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) with large horns，which used to be ________ in China long ago，is a rare animal nowadays.
A．ordinary B．common C．popular D．usual
10．It was generally b ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )elieved that the show was not as successful as expected，but ________，I think it was a great success.
A．personally B．directly C．publicly D．secretly
11．—I have been worr ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ied about the possible danger of driving on a railway line.
—Do not be afraid；God will ________ us.
A．turn over B．watch over C．go over D．look over
12．—Irene won the first place in the physics competition.
—So what？I don't like science，________.
A．anyway B．therefore C．though D．otherwise
13．Once new di ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )fficulties ________ in our new job，we should learn to use our brains to solve them. 21*cnjy*com
A．rise B．cause C．raise D．arise
14．The probl ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )em facing us is so serious that we have to ______ it first.
A．take interest B．deal with C．make with D．work on
15．The woman ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) moved about outside the operation room，because her son ________ on.
A．was being operated ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) B．is operated C．had been operated D．was operated
II 完形填空
There lived in the St ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ate of Qi a man who had a very bad memory. While walking, he would forget to stop; while sleeping, he would forget to get up. His wife was very much 36 this and said to him one day, “I've 37 that Master Ai is a very 38 man. He can even 39 the dying back to life. Why don't you go and 40 him for advice ”
“Good idea!” ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) the man agreed. So he 41 on horseback, bow and arrow in hand. Before he had 42 a distance of about 30 li he felt a call of nature (想解手). He got off his horse and, after sticking the arrow into the ground and tying the 43 to a tree, crouched down (蹲下) to hide himself. This done, he 44 and looked to the left and then caught sight of the 45 .
“Wow!” he cried. ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )“What a narrow escape! I wonder 46 that arrow came from. It 47 hit me.” Then, looking to the 48 , he saw the horse.
“Well, well!” he said with joy. “ 49 I've been badly frightened, I'm now 50 with a horse.” Whipping his horse, he took the 51 direction. Not long afterwards, he arrived 52 . Pacing up and down in front of 53 own house, he said to himself, “Whose house is this Can this be the house of Master Ai ” 54 this moment, his wife saw him. Guessing that his memory must have gone wrong again, she said dirty words to him. Very much upset, the man 55 , “I've never seen you before in my life. Why did you say something like that to me ”
16. A. excited about B. angry with
C. worried about D. surprised at
17. A. heard B. known
C. understood D. told
18. A. kind B. stupid C. strange D. learned
19. A. bring B. take C. get D. lead
20. A. see B. tell C. ask D. look
21. A. set out B. set up C. set aside D. set on
22. A. gone B. covered C. done D. passed
23. A. horse B. bow C. arrow D. hand
24. A. pulled up B. sat down C. stood up D. set up
25. A. arrow B. bow C. horse D. tree
26. A. which B. when C. why D. where
27. A. almost B. closely C. just D. only
28. A. front B. left C. sky D. right
29. A. Even B. Though C. Once D. As
30. A. rewarded B. punished C. fined D. given
31. A. direct B. right C. front D. wrong
32. A. home B. house C. village D. city
33. A. her B. his C. their D. Master Ai's
34. A. During B. On C. At D. In
35. A. complained B. smiled C. felt D. laughed
III 阅读理解
A
A four year old boy has become pen pals with Britain's Queen Elizabeth.Tom Stancombe started exchanging letters with the queen after he set free a balloon，carrying his name and address，at a school party and it landed in the grounds of Windsor Castle.
The queen spotted th ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e balloon and asked her personal assistant，Angela Kelly，to write a letter on her behalf.
She wrote，“The quee ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )n was delighted to find that your balloon had traveled all the way to the gardens at Windsor Castle.”
Tom，who proudly put t ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )he letter on his wall，wrote back to say that his great，great grandfather，the artist Petrus Johannes Arundzen，had been commissioned (正式委托) to copy Dutch masters' on display at Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace.
Angela at once ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )replied that she would contact the Royal Collection to find out what had happened to the art works.She kept her word and two weeks later wrote to Tom to tell him what had happened to the etchings，explaining they now form part of the print collection in the Print Library.
Angela then aske ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )d a favor of Tom，writing，“Would you be able to ask your Mummy and Daddy for me if they know anything more about your great，great grandfather.Royal Collection would love to know more about him.”www-2-1-cnjy-com
Along with his parents ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )，Tom wrote back to fill in all the gaps about Petrus Johannes Arundzen.
Although Tom's pa ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )rents don't think there will be any more letters exchanged between the pair，they were touched that she had taken time to contact them.
Tom's father said，“I d ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )on't expect we'll get another one，but I think it's incredible they bothered replying at all.”
1．Windsor Castle is________.
A．a playing ground B．the queen's home C．a post office D．a rose garden
2．The underlined word “etchings” in Paragraph 5 means ________.
A．photos B．cartoons C．postcards D．paintings
3．Tom's parents ________.
A．feel very much shocked about the letters and refuse to answer them
B．try to deal with t ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )he friendship naturally but refuse to do anything about it
C．don't take the matter very seriously
D．don't think this friendship will last long but somehow feel good
4．Which would be the best title for the text
A．A Boy's Good Luck B．Tom's Special Balloon
C．A Story at Windsor C ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )astle D．Four year old Boy Becomes the Queen's Pen Pal
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The Internet brings us many advantages.
With the Internet ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ), people can send and receive e-mails. On the Internet, people can skim over news. Using the Telnet, the user anywhere on the Internet can log into any other machine on which he has an account. It is possible to use the FTP program to copy files from one machine on the Internet to another.21cnjy.com
But the Internet also brings us troubles.
Internet ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )use seems to cause a fall in psychological (心理的) health, according to research at Carnegie Mellon University. Even people who spent just a few hours a week on the Internet experienced more depression and loneliness than those who logged on less often, the two-year study showed. And it wasn't that people who were already feeling bad spent more time on the Internet, but that using the Net actually seemed to cause the bad feelings.【来源：21·世纪·教育·网】
Researchers are pu ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )zzling over the results, which were completely opposite to what they had expected. They expected that the Net would prove socially healthier than television, since the Net allows users to choose their information and to communicate with others.
The fact that ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )Internet use reduces time used for family and friends may be the reason for the drop in health, researchers said. Faceless, bodiless “virtual” (虚拟的) communication may be less psychologically satisfying than actual conversations, and the relationships formed through it may not be so deep. Another possibility is that exposure to the wider world through the Net makes users less satisfied with their lives.
“But it's important ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) to remember this is not about the technology; it's about how it is used,” said one of the researchers. “It really points to the need for considering social factors (因素) when you design new inventions.”
5. The writer mainly wants to tell us that _________.
A. the Internet can bring people many advantages
B. the Internet use may cause psychological problems
C. the Internet users are not satisfied with their lives
D. we shouldn't use the Internet
6. Why are the researchers puzzling over the results
A. Because the results ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) were completely different from what they had thought.
B. Because the Net proved socially healthier than television.
C. Because the Internet users were all healthier.
D. Because the Intern ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )et users experienced less depression and loneliness.
7. What may be the reasons why the Internet use causes a fall in psychological health
A. Internet use reduces time used for family and friends.
B. Virtual commu ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )nication is less psychologically satisfying than actual conversations.
C. Exposure to t ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )he wider world through the Net makes users less satisfied with their lives.
D. All the above.21世纪教育网
8. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE
A. Users anywhere on the Internet can log into any other machine.
B. The two-year s ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )tudy showed that using the Net seemed to cause the bad feelings.
C. People who are al ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ready feeling bad spend much more time on the Internet.
D. Relationships formed through the Internet are usually deep.
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A. What matter ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )s is not the technology but how it is used.21世纪教育网21·世纪*教育网
B. This passage is not about the technology but about how it is used.
C. We should remember to learn about the technology.21世纪教育网
D. We should remember to learn how to use computers.
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He knew his colors a ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )nd shapes, he learned more than 100 English words, and with his own brand of one-liners he established (确立) himself in TV shows, scientific reports, and news articles as perhaps the world's most famous talking bird.
But last week, A ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )lex, an African parrot, died, obviously of natural causes, said Dr Irene Pepperberg, an expert at Brandeis University and Harvard who studied and worked with the parrot for most of its life and published reports of his progress in scientific journals. The parrot was 31.
Scientists hav ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e long debated whether any other species can develop the ability to learn human language. Alex's language ability was, in some ways, more surprising than the efforts of those animals that have been taught, like Koko, the gorilla (猩猩) trained by Penny Patterson at the Gorilla Foundation in Woodside, or Washoe, another gorilla studied by R. Allen and Beatrice Gardner at the University of Nevada in the 1960s and 1970s.
When Dr Pepperber ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )g, who was then a doctoral student in chemistry at Harvard, found Alex was good at remembering words in a pet store in 1977 and bought it, scientists had little expectation that birds could learn to communicate with humans. Most of the research had been done on pigeons, and was not promising.21·cn·jy·com
But by using nove ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )l methods of teaching, Dr Pepperberg taught Alex to learn about 150 words, which he could put into categories. He could count small numbers and tell colors and shapes. “The work changed the way we think of bird brains,” said Diana Reiss, a psychologist at Hunter College who works with dolphins and elephants. “We used to look down upon those birds, but now we look at those brains — at least Alex's — with some awe.”
10. Alex is very famous because ______.
A. it died of a strange disease
B. it lived longer than any other parrot
C. it hosted many famous TV shows
D. it has a special talent in learning human language
11. What was the dir ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ect reason why Dr Pepperberg bought Alex 21世纪教育网
A. He found it was good at remembering words.
B. He liked its colors and shapes.
C. He wanted to do research on birds.
D. Diana Reiss asked him to do that.
12. What does the underlined word “novel” mean in the last paragraph www.21-cn-jy.com
A. Special. B. New. C. Great. D. Unique.
13. According to the last paragraph, we can learn that ___.
A. people used to think dolphins were the cleverest
B. Alex's abili ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ty of learning human language has changed some researchers' ideas about birds
C. elephants are better at learning human language
D. birds' great a ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )bility in learning human language has already been noticed before
14. What would be the best title for this passage
A. Who are cleverer, birds or gorillas
B. A famous talking bird died.
C. Have you ever talked with a bird
D. The keeper of a famous bird.
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A home computer not ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) only helps children master the old ways of learning, but also opens up possibilities that simply aren't available in traditional education. Some software, for example, allows kids to make decisions and see the results in different situations. The World Wide Web encourages young minds to move easily from link to link, topic to topic. The best software draws children into learning by making them curious — what if I click on this picture, drag this over here, visit that website
Knowing how to use a computer also encourages a child's confidence. Kids figure out quickly that computers are powerful, and mastering the machine makes them feel grown-up. In turn, feeling confident on a computer often translates to academic (学术的) confidence. Researchers have found that attitudes toward writing, for example, improve when students write on a computer.
Perhaps most impor ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )tantly, computers can enrich family life. Forget the idea that computer kids are separated. Children like to use the computer with adults and other kids, asking questions and comparing results. “The Internet is a unique opportunity to bring resources home,” notes Susan Haugland, PhD, Cape Girardeau, Mo., author of Ｃｏｍｐｕｔｅｒｓ ａｎｄ Ｙｏｕｎｇ Ｃｈｉｌｄｒｅｎ： Ａ Ｗｏｒｌｄ ｏｆ Ｄｉｓｃｏｖｅｒｙ.
Although the ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )benefits of computers are real, they have disadvantages, too. Kids can lose their way, wasting hours on mindless software or violent games. Just as parents have always helped children make good choices about everything from friends to food, books to TV, now we must make sure they get the best out of computers.
15. The passage is mainly talking about ________________.
A. the disadvantages of children's using computers
B. the advantages of children's using computers
C. the development of computers
D. the fact using computers makes children lose their way
16. Which of the following is NOT an advantage of a home computer
A. It provides new ways of learning.
B. It encourages children's confidence.
C. It can enrich family life.[来源:21世纪教育网]
D. Kids can play violent games on it.
17. What effects do computers have on family life
A. They reduce the connection between family members.
B. They destroy the relationship between parents and kids.
C. They provide more opportunities of communication.
D. They make all the family members study together.
18. According t ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )o the last paragraph, we can learn that we should __________________.
A. let children use computers freely
B. forbid children to use computers in their spare time
C. permit children to use any software they like
D. help children make good use of the computers
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My Grandpa has ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) arthritis (关节炎), and it's getting harder and harder for him to do certain things.
When I was a little ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) girl, my grandpa would play this game with me. He would tell me to hold out my hand, and in it he would place a shiny silver quarter. Wow, I thought I had the world sitting in my hand. He would tell me that if I could keep it away from him, I could have it. I knew that I couldn't keep it away from him, but I would always try. Then he would tell me that if I could get it away from him, then he would give it back to me.
I remember feelin ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )g so small compared with him, and I also remember feeling embarrassed because I knew there was no way that I could get that quarter from him. But I tried. I would climb down from my chair, with defeat weighing heavily on my back.
“Bug ” he'd say.
“Ya Grandpa ” I'd reply, trying to sound as sad as possible.
“Here.”
There in hi ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )s outstretched hand would be my quarter. It always ended the same. He would always hand it over. I always knew that I would have to wait until the game was over to get my quarter, because he had so much pride and self-worth that he couldn't lose to a 4-year-old girl. After I grew up, when we played the game again, I never wanted to defeat him. I just wanted to be with him. I loved to hear him tell me what I did wrong, and how to get it right the next time, and I loved the pride in his voice. 21*cnjy*com
19. In which order did the following things happen during the game
a. Grandpa placed a shining silver quarter in my hand.
b. Grandpa told me if I could get it away from him, I could keep it.
c. He gave the quarter over to me and I got it.
d. Grandpa told me if I could keep it away from him, I could keep it.21教育名师原创作品
A. a d b c B. a b c d C. a b d c D. a c d b
20. This passage is mainly about _______.
A. the writer's grandpa's serious arthritis
B. the writer's deep feeling for her Grandpa
C. games between the grandpa and the writer
D. grandpa's success in all games
21. Why didn't the writer want to defeat her grandpa
A. She couldn't defeat her grandpa.
B. She liked to see his pride.
C. She didn't want to shame her grandpa.
D. She was afraid that Grandpa wouldn't play with her.
写作
第一节 短文改错
I am a android. My owner is an eight-year-old boy.
1. ______________
His mother buys me from a store last month and
2 _______________
gave me to him for a birthday present. He likes me
3. _______________
very much, so I can do a lot of things. For example,
4. _______________
I can tell him stories and helps him with his homework.
5. _______________
When he feels alone, I play with him. However,
6. _______________
there was a problem now. He has become lazy.
7. _______________
He likes asking me questions instead thinking by himself.
8. _______________
I'm really worried about that. I do think he should 2-1-c-n-j-y
9. _______________
learn how to solve the ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) problem on his own. Only in this way 10. _______________
will he really master what he has learnt.
第2节 书面表达
请用英语简单地介绍一下网络好的一面和不好的一面。要点如下：
1. 可以帮助我们更好地了解外面的世界，开阔我们的视野；
2. 课后可以和老师在线交流，及时解决课堂上不明白的问题；
3. 网络上有很多不良信息，比如暴力、色情等，给学生造成不好的影响；
4. 很多学生沉迷于网络，影响了学习；
5. 长时间上网影响视力和健康。
注意：
1. 短文必须包括所有的内容要点，但不得逐句翻译；
2. 词数：120左右。
参考词汇：开阔视野broaden one's horizons 暴力violence 色情porn 沉迷 get addicted to
参考答案：
I 单项选择
1. C game与interrupt 构成被动关系，排除A、B项，由后句可知事情发生在过去，用一般过去时。【来源：21cnj*y.co*m】
2. D 考查名词词义辨析 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )。句意为：他证明了自己是一个真正的绅士，他的人格魅力在与他人合作时表现得最佳。advantage 优点，长处；appearance 外表，外貌；qualification 资格；character 品质，性格。【版权所有：21教育】
3. D 4. A in a way“在某种程度上”；in one's way“挡道；挡路”均为固定搭配。
5. B 本题实则考查take advant ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )age of短语的用法。该结构中advantage提至前面充当discuss的宾语，advantage后为定语从句。
6. B 题意：我们不要指望旅游时 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )会有好天气。calculate on/upon为固定搭配，意为“指望……”。7. A measure此处意为“量起来……”，为不及物动词，后接量的结果，不用于被动语态或进行时态。8. A weather为不可数名词，不能与不定冠词连用，排除B、C两项；so用于修饰形容词或副词，such用于修饰名词，故A项正确。
9. B common强调平凡或时常发 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )生而不特别。ordinary是依照一般标准来判断，侧重“平淡无奇”；popular“流行的”；usual强调符合个人习惯或规章制度。
10. A personally“亲自地；就本人而论”，符合题意。
11. B 本题考查动词短语辨析。watch over“照看，看守”，符合题意。
12. A anyway用做副词时可用于句首、句中或句尾，意为“无论如何；总之”。
13. D 题意：一旦在我们新工作中出现新的问题，我们应当开动脑筋想办法解决。arise“出现”为不及物动词，相当于come up。
14. B deal with此处相当于do with，意为“处理”。
15. A 由主句时态可排除B项；由原因状语从句可推知operate的动作正在进行，故用过去进行时的被动语态。
II 完型填空
16-20 CADAC 21-25 ABACA 26-30 DADBA
31-35 DABCA
III .阅读理解
1. B 推理判断题。根据前三段的内容可知，Windsor Castle是女王的住所。
2. D 词义猜测题。由第四段可知，Tom在 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )与女王的信中谈到他的先祖艺术家Petrus Johannes Arundzen曾经受委托复制在温莎城堡和白金汉宫展出的荷兰大师的作品，因此第五段中Angela在回信中向Tom介绍了他先祖作品的情况，故etchings指上文中谈到的“the art works”。
3. D 推理判断题。根据文章的最后两 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )段可知，Tom的父母对女王和汤姆之间的交往并不看好，但是女王给Tom回信的做法让他们感到非常意外和感动。
4. D 标题概括题。全文讲述 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )了四岁的Tom与英国伊丽莎白女王成为笔友的经过、通信的内容以及Tom的父母对此事的评论。D项的陈述与文章的大意一致。
5-9 BADBA 10-14 DABBB 15-21 BDCDABB
写作：
短文改错
1. a→an 2. bu ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ys→bought 3. for→as 4. so→because 5. helps→help 6. alone→lonely 7. was→is 8 instead后加of 9. √ 10. problem→problems
书面表达
The Internet can help ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) us know the world better. We can broaden our horizons through the Internet. Chatting on line with the teachers after class can help us solve the problems that we have not really understood in class. However, on the other hand, there is too much information that might do harm to us on the Internet, like violence, porn and so on. Many students get addicted to the Internet. They spend too much time on it so that they are unable to concentrate on their studies. What's more, spending too much time on the Internet can make us short-sighted and do harm to our health too.21教育网
We need the Inte ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )rnet, but we should make good use of it and get rid of the information that we don't need.21世纪教育网版权所有
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必修二 Unit 3《Computers》单元测试1
笔试部分：
I. 单项选择
1. Put the following ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) events_______ according to the time when they happened and then put
them ______ of their importance in history.
A. in order; in order B. in the order; in an order
C. in an order; in order D. in order; in order
2. Though the experim ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ent didn’t ______ as it had been planned, the result was still ______.
A. work out; satisfied B. carry out; satisfying
C. turn out; pleased D. work out; satisfactory
3. _______what they h ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ave achieved in the past five years, we still have to long way to go.
A. Comparing ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )with B. Compared with C. Comparing to D. Compare to
4. Though different ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) body movements mean different things in different cultures, ______smile is ______ accepted as a sign of happiness or being friendly.
A. the ; universa ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )lly B. the; usually C. a; globally D. a; universal
5. The procedures ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )(程序) of operating a computer have been __________ several times, the results of which have made it much easier ___________.
A. cut down; to operate B. simplified; to be operated
C. reduced; to be operated D. simplified; to operate
6. Artificial intelligence can never be equal ____________ .
A. with that of us real humans B. to us real humans
C. to that of us real humans D. with us real humans
7. A computer can thin ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )k logically and work millions and millions of times faster than a human but it _________ never replace humans because it has to ____________ to work.
A. may; be programmed B. can; program
C. should; program D. can; be programmed
8. The applic ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ation of the Internet is considered as a revolution in computer science, _______, computers could be connected with ___________ to share information.
A. as a ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )result; one after another B. as the result, one another
C. as a result; one ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) another D. as the result; one to the other
9. ___________time ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )goes by, computers are made smaller and smaller and nobody knows for sure how small ___________ be made but there must be a limit.
A. With; they ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) can B. As; they can C. When; they can D. While; can they
10. With more applic ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ations to be invented __________ computers, they are sure, for the most part, to improve our life quality.
A. for B. to C. with D. of
11. Apart from bei ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ng applied in such fields ___________ communication, finance and trade, computers also play an very important part in making mobile phones, medical operations ________ in space exploration.
A. like; as long as ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) B. as; as well as C. like; as good as D. as; as far as
12. Whatever you say about what I did the other day, I meant no harm to you ____________.
A. in a way B. by the way C. anyway D. on the way
13. _______ the help of this new type of calculator, people will be able to ___________ much faster with more accurate figures as a result.
A. With; c ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )alculate B. Under; work out C. By; make out D. For ; count
14. A lot of techni ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )cal problems have to be solved __________ this new type of digital camera ___________its appearance in market. www.21-cn-jy.com
A. when; makes ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) B. until; will make C. before; makes D. after; will make 21世纪教育网
puters ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )have been made ______ clever that they can __________ problems like humans _______. 2·1·c·n·j·y
A. such; deal ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )with; in a way B. so; do with; in a way
C. such; do with; in the way D. so; deal with; in a way 2-1-c-n-j-y
I do hope that one ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )day the Chinese language will become a __________ language, that is, everyone in the world will communicate in it.
A. common B. universal C. popular D. special
17. Misunderstandin ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )g is likely to __________ if people fail to communicate with each other.
A. raise B. rise C. arise D. add up
18. —Has she agreed to the date for the meeting
—Well, that’s _________ she disagrees
A. what B. where C. when D. which
19. There were _________ many people in the zoo _________ it was hard to get through the crowd to see the animals.
A. such; that B. so; that C. too; that D. quite; that
20. If you want to ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) know more information about the Analytical Machine, __________ the following Website:
A. see B. visit C. look for D. search
21. ________your naughty niece closely and don’t let her ________ my regular sleep in the afternoon.
A. Watch out; ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ruin B. Watch over; spoil C. Watch on; destroy D. Watch out; spoil
22. When your comput ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )er begins to run slow, it is a ______ that it has been attacked by computer virus.
A. signal B. symbol C. reality D. character
23. Coughing and sneezing _____ the coming of a bad cold.
A. sign B. signal C. express D. present
24. ______ how much the trip will cost and see if you can afford it.
A. See B. Calculate C. Count D. Work at
25. _______, I am ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) determined not to play computer games and ______myself in doing something meaningful.
A. From now on; employ B. From now on; bury
C. Since now on; devote D. From today on; explore
II.. 完形填空：
As for daily life, I think that we will be able to 26 most of our shopping by 27 and this will be taken to our homes, so 28 there won’t be any 29 to go out to the 30 .I’m sure that most of our homes will have a video 31 so we will be able to 32 the person we are talking to. We will also be 33 holovision which will give you three dimensional( 三维的 ) life –size picture 34 your screen---this will replace television. 35 important technology, there will be no more road accidents. Cars will be guided by computers so people will not have to do any more driving.
I think most of ou ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )r food will be in the form of pills and liquids which will have all the vitamins and protein(蛋白质 ) 36 we need for a balanced diet. Only when we go out for social 37 will we eat the same food as today, but we will 38 be eating meat.
About once a year o ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ur bodies will go into a health center for a service in much the same way as a car 39 be repaired. So, for example, our veins( 静脉 ) will be cleaned out, our blood made pure, our muscles built up and so on. Any part that is 40 could be replaced by a new plastic part. We will all be much 41 by then anyway, because there will be more 42 for us to use for exercise. Also a safe medicine will have been discovered which will allow people to lose or put on 43 as they need. One exciting development will be the possibility of being deep frozen 44
A period of ti ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )me and then 45 some years later. I would be interested in that myself.
26. A.order B go C. make D. get
27. A.radio B. telephone C. computer D. car
28. A of cou ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )rse B. In fact C. after all D. in all
29. A.time B. money C. nice D. need
30. A. shops B. hospitals C. schools D. need
31. A. tape B. TV set C. television D. recorder
32. A. notice B. listen to C. see D. hear21世纪教育网
33. A. playin ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )g B. watching C. making D. finding
34. A. in B. with C. by D. on
35. A. Because ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )of B. Because C. Thank for D. Instead of
36.A. when B. how C. that D. what
37. A. meeting B. eating C. activity D. problem
38. A. no longer ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) B. no more C. not any longer D. not any more
39. A. has to B. ought to C. might D. can
40. A. run out ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) B. turned out C. broken out D. worn out
41. A. prettier ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) B. healthier C. busier D. cleverer
42. A. money B. places C. room D. free room
43. A. height B. weight C. clothes D. performances
44. A. for B. in C. during D. by
45. A. getting ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) B. waking up C. using up D. walking about
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As a computer exhi ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )bition Bill gates reportedly compared the computer industry with the auto industry and stated: “If GM had kept up with technology like computer industry has, we would all be driving twenty-five dollar cars that got 1000 miles to the gallon.”21·cn·jy·com
In response to Bi ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ll’s comments, General Motors announced a news release stating: if GM had developed technology like Microsoft, we would be driving cars with the following characteristics:
For no reason your car would crash twice a day.
Every time t ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )hey repaired the lines on the road you would have to buy a new car.
Sometimes your ca ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )r would die on the free way for no reason and you would just accept this, restart and drive on.21·世纪*教育网
Only one per ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )son at a time could use the car, unless you bought “Car95” or Car NT”. But then you would have to buy more seats. 21*cnjy*com
If you try to get ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) your car to a mechanic, you’d make a long distance call, be put on hold for three or four hours, when you finally got the mechanic, you’d be told how to fix it yourself, and mechanic would hang up before you even tried his or her suggestions.
People would get ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) excited about the “ new” features in Microsoft cars, forgetting completely they had been available in other cars for many years.
The airbag system would say: “Are you sure ” before going off.
Every time GM int ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )roduced a new model car, buyers would have to learn how to drive all over again because none of the controls would operate in the same manner as the old car.
Microsoft car ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )s would have a special radio/cassette player which would only be able to listen to Microsoft FM, and play Microsoft Cassettes.
If you couldn’t ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) afford to buy a new car, then you could just borrow your friends and then copy it.
You’d press the “start” button to shut off the engine.
46. The purpose of writing this article is ______.
A. to state the advantages of Microsoft in making cars
B to inform that Microsoft will make cars in the future.
C.To compare cars made by GM with those made by Microsoft
D. To make fun of the disadvantages of Microsoft’s products
47. It can be inferred from the passage that the airbag system of the new car _____.
A. would be safer than the old one
B. would become useless in case of an accident
C. would not surprise the driver by going off suddenly【来源：21·世纪·教育·网】
D. would remind the driver of the danger ahead of time【来源：21cnj*y.co*m】
48 What does the write ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )r really mean by saying “You’d press the “start” button to shut off the engine”
A. The design of Microsoft is very funny and strange.
B. It is better to control the engine like a computer.
C. The engine control system requires to be improved.
D. It is impossibl ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e to shut off the engine by pressing the “start” button.
49. The best title of this passage would be ______.
A. Character ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )istics of the New Cars B. GM Should Learn from Microsoft
C. If Micros ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )oft Built Cars D. New Cars to be Made in the future
B
“Life is speeding up. Everyone is getting unwell.”21cnjy.com
This may sound ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )like something someone would say today. But in fact, an unknown citizen who lived in Rome in 52 wrote it.
We all love new inv ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )entions. They are exciting , amazing and can even change our lives.
But have all these d ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )evelopments really improved the quality of our lives
Picture this: You’re rushing to finish your homework on the computer. Your mobile phone rings, a QQ message from your friend appears on the screen, the noise from the television is getting louder and louder. Suddenly the computer goes empty and you lose all your work. Now you have to stay up all night to get it done. How calm and happy do you feel
Inventions have speeded up(加速)our lives so much that they often leave us feeling stressed(压力) and tired. Why do you think people who live far away from noisy cities, who have no telephones, no cars, not even electricity often seem to be happier Perhaps because they simpler lives.
On e family in the ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )UK went “back in time” to see what life was like without all the inventions we have today. The grandparents, with their daughter, and grandsons Benjamin, 10, and Thomas,7, spent nine weeks in a 1940s house. They had no washing machine, microwave, computer or mobile phones.
The grandmother, Lyn, ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )said, “It was hard physically, but not mentally.” She believed life was less materialistic. “The more things you have , the more difficult life becomes.” She said. The boys said they found less to fight over, such as their computer. Benjamin also noticed that his grandmother had changed from being a trendy, beer-drinking granny, to one who cooked things.
Here are some s ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )imple ways to beat the stress often caused by our inventions!
Don’t be available all the time. Turn off your mobile phone at certain times of the day.
Don’t check your e-mail every day.
Don’t reply to so ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )mebody as son as they leave a text message just because you can. It may be fun at first, but it soon gets boring.【出处：21教育名师】
50. The passage is mainly about_______.
A. problems with technology
B. improvements of our life with technology[来源:21世纪教育网]
C. the important roles technology plays in our everyday life
D. major changes which will be likely to happen to technology
51. The writer quoted( 引用) what a citizen in ancient Rome said at the beginning of the story in order to _______.
A. share a truth about life
B. tell us what life was like long time ago
C. make us wonder what causes such a thing to happen
D. point out ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) that you experience some big problems and they may be the same
52. The family chose t ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )o spend some time in a 1940’s house because ______.[来源:21世纪教育网]
A. they liked to live simple lives
B. they were curiou ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )s about how people lived without modern inventions
C. they were troubled by modern inventions
D. living in a different time would be a lot of fun for them
53. What do you think ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )the underlined word “available” in the first suggestion offered by the writter means
A. Busy on li ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ne B. Free C. Able to be used D. Able to be found by others
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To be sure, only child ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ren experienced some things differently from those with sisters and brothers. Many feel more pressure to succeed. They also tend to look only to their parents as role models in the absence of brothers and sisters.【版权所有：21教育】
In India, 10- ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )year-old Saviraj Sankpal founded a support group for the tiny minority of only children. Among other things, the group does volunteer work to counter(反对) the myth that they are not responsible. “People think we’re treated too kindly and ruined,” says Sankpal, a computer engineering students. “But I’d like to remind them how lonely it can get.”
Most only chi ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ldren, however, say they wish for sisters or brothers only when it comes to caring for aging, unhealthy parents. Britain’s David Emerson, co-author of the book The Only Child, says that such a person bears terrible burden in having to make all the decisions alone. Emerson knows from experience: After his father died, he chose to move his elder mother from their family home, where she was vulnerable(易受攻击的)to house breakers, to a new one with more security. “The move was quite hard on her, and she might feel that I pushed her into it,” he says. “After all, I am left with that responsibility.”
In the future, more and more only children will likely face similar choices. With working mothers increasing, many families are finding they simply don’t have the time, money or energy to have more than one child. As only children become common, perhaps the world will realize that the charge made against them is unjust.
54. it can be infe ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )rred from the passage that the author’s attitude towards only children is _______.
A. objective B. subjective C. ironic D. humorous
55. It can be inferr ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ed from the passage that only children’s parents should______.
A. do volunteer work to help their only children
B. let their only children make all the decisions alone
C. set good examples for their only children
D. found a support group for their only children
56. Emerson decid ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ed to move his elderly mother to a new house because he _______.
A. is the only ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )who cares about her B. doesn’t want to leave her alone
C. wants to ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )share the responsibility with her D. is worried about her safety
57. It is quite usual now for a working mother to__________.
A. spend all her time and money on her only child
B. be responsible for bringing up her only child
C. have and bring up only one child
D. devote all her energy to her job
58. The main idea of the passage is that______.
A. only children have to face many challenges
B. only children are ruined and irresponsible
C. most only c ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )hildren want to share their responsibility with their parents
D. most only children have no brothers and sisterswww-2-1-cnjy-com
IV. 短文改错
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I go to England fo ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )r a holiday. I’d like to staying 62. ______
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often dreamed of t ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )alk face to with you. 66. ______
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sightseeing together.
Best,
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V. 第二节 书面表达
假定你是李华，从小喜爱大熊猫（pa ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )nda）,一直通过有关网站(website)关注三年前在美国圣迭哥动物园出生的大熊猫“苏琳”和她的母亲“白云”。现在苏琳即将三岁。请根据以下要点给动物园工作人员写一封信：
1、 自我介绍；
2、 祝贺苏琳生日；
3、 感谢工作人员；
4、 索取苏琳三岁生日照。
注意：1、词数100左右；
2、可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3、开头语已为你写好。
Dear Sir/Madam,
Greetings from China!
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Yours truly,
Li Hua
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III. 阅读理解:
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IV. 短文改错参考答案：
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V. 书面表达参考答案：
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Dear Sir/ Madam,
Greetings from Chian!
I’m Li Hua, a stu ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )dent in Sichuan. I’ve been a panda lover since I was a child. About three years ago I was delighted to learn that Baiyun gave birth to her daughter Sulin and I’ve been watching her grow on your website. Now she’s going to be there. I’d like to wish her a happy birthday and to express my thanks to you for your hard work, because of which Sulin and her parents are living a happy and healthy life in the US. 21教育名师原创作品
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Yours truly,
Li Hua
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