1990 was a significant year in world enents. In Febbruary, Nelson Mandela was set free after 27 years in prison. In October, East and West Germany became one country again. Then at the end of 1990, the World Wide Web was born. For this final event we have one man to thank, Tim Berners-Lee, the father of the Web.
Berners-Lee was born on June 8, 1955 in London, England. His parents, both computer designers, encouraged him to think and work creativelhy as he grew up. He was an excellent student and naturally took an interest in computers and science.
After graduating from Oxford University, Tim went to work at a science research centre in Sfwitzerland. There be developed some of the different systems that would later become the Web. The first was HTML, the computer language used to make web pages. The second was an address system that let  computers anhywhere find each other and send and receive information. In 1990, while still at the science centre in Switzerland, he put them together to make the first Internet browser. It could run on any computer and allowed people to create  share their information with the rest of the world.
Tim knew that the more people used the Web, the more useful it would be. He wasn’t interested in money but knowledge, so he gave out his invention for free to anyone who was interested. Many were interested and the growth of the Internet began.
Today Tim works as a professor at the MIT in America, researching new and interesting ways to use the Web. He has received many awards from governments and organizations for his efforts. He is still not very interested in money. That is why he is so admired by his students and workmates. It may also be one of the reasons that few people outside the world of technology know his name.
【小题1】 The underlined word “significant” (in Paragraph 1) most probably means “       ” .
A.strange
B.terrible
C.important
D.difficult
【小题2】Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
A.The address system was used to make make web pages.
B.The World Wide Web was created in Swizerland.
C.The fist web browser was very expensive to buy
D.Many people could use the Internet before 1990
【小题3】 What can we learn about Berners-Lee from the passage?
A.He was encouraged to be creative.
B.He didn’t do well at school.
C.He is a very poor businessman.
D.He is well-known all over the world.
【小题4】 Where does Berners-Lee live today?
A.England.
B.Switzerland.
C.America.
D.Canada.
【小题5】What is the passage mainly about?
A.The events that took place in 1990.
B.The history of the Internet.
C.The invention of the Internet browser.
D.The man who created the World Wide Web.

Hands play an importanty part in our daily life.But do you know which of your two hadns you use more?Very few people use both hands epually well.Most of us are right-handed.Only about five people out of a hundred are left-handed.New-born babies can take hold of things with either of their hands,but in about two years they usually use their right hands.Scientists don’t know why this happens.
Monkeys are our close relatives in the animal world.Scientists have found that monkeys like to use one of their hands more than the other,but it can be either hand.There are as many right-handed monkeys as left-handed ones.Next time you visit a zoo,watch the monkeys carefully,you will see that some of them will use their right hands and others will use their left hands.But most of the people use their right hands better and this makes life difficult for those left-hadned people.We live in a right-handed world.
【小题1】How many people among 100 people use their left hands better?
A.5%.                   B.50%.                C.95%.
【小题2】What’s the meaning of the underlined word “equally” in Chinese?
A.公正地              B.均等地               C.平凡地
【小题3】New-born babies can use __________.
A.both of their hands    B.neither of their hands    C.their right hands
【小题4】Which of the following is true?
A.There are more monkeys using their right hands than left hands.
B.There are more monkeys using their left hands than right hands.
C.There are as many right-handed monkeys as left-handed ones.
【小题5】“We live in a right-handed world.”means __________.
A.Most people use their right hands better.
B.Few people use their right hands better.
C.Half of the people use their right hands better.

If you have a problem with speaking, you can do several things. Listen to English as much as possible. You can learn a poem(诗) or a song by heart. You can also learn more dialogues(对话). And practice speaking with your friends as much as you can.
Many people find it difficult to listen to English. The answer is to listen as much as you can. However, don’t do too much at one time. It is better to practice listening for five minutes every day. Don’t sit down and listen for an hour at a time. That’s too much! Do choose listening passages that are interesting and not too difficult. Choose(选择) tapes(磁带) on which the people speak clearly and not too fast. Take it easy, at first. Success with simple tapes at the beginning is the answer. Later on you can practice with tapes that are more difficult.
Finally, how can you learn to write well? How do you use little words like in, on, of and for? There are two answers to this. First, do some study with new words. Keep a list of verbs like look for, look after and so on. Second, read as much English as possible. There are many things that can’t be learnt. You must see them in books many times. Then you’ll be able to use them correctly(正确地) yourself. So, in order to write well, you must first learn to read much.
【小题1】This passage is about English ______ .

A.spelling, listening, grammar and reading
B.listening, speaking, reading and writing
C.taking exams, pronunciation, reading and writing
D.pronunciation, reading, listening and writing
【小题2】If you ______ , you can speak well.
A.learn more dialogues B.learn a poem or a song by heart
C.practice speaking with your friends as much as you canD.all above
【小题3】Which of the following is right according to the passage?
A.It’s better to listen to English for a long time every day.
B.At the beginning, you’d better choose the tapes on which the people speak quickly.
C.At first you should begin with simple tapes for listening.
D.Few people think it hard to listen to English.
【小题4】Which of the following ways can help you to improve(提高) your written English? 
A. Buy books of writing practice.        B. Read as much as possible.
C. Do some study with new words.      D. Both B and C.
【小题5】Which of the following is not right according to the passage?
A.Many people find it difficult to listen to English.
B.Sit down and listen for an hour at a time.
C.Learn a poem or a song by heart can improve your speaking.
D.To improve speaking, you can practice speaking with your friends as much as you can.

Mike found a job in a bookstore after he finished middle school. He wouldn’t do anything but wanted to get rich.
It was a cold morning. It snowed and there was thin ice on the streets. Few people went to buy books and the young man had nothing to do. He hated to read, so he watched the traffic. Suddenly he saw a bag fall off a truck and it landed by the other side of the street.
“It is full of expensive things.” Mike said to himself. “I have to get it right now, or others will take it away.”
He went out of the bookstore and ran across the street. A driver saw him and began to whistle (鸣笛), but he didn’t hear it and went on running. The man drove to the side, hit a big tree and hurt himself in the accident. Two weeks later, Mike was taken to the court (法庭). A judge asked if he heard the whistle when he was running across the street. He said that something was wrong with his ears and he could hear nothing.
“But you heard me this time,” said the judge.
“Oh, I’m sorry. Now I can hear with one ear.”
“Cover (盖住) the ear with your hand and listen to me with your deaf (聋的) one. Well, can you hear me?”
“No, I can’t , sir.”
“You told a lie. There is nothing wrong with either of your ears,” the judge said.
【小题1】Mike found a job as a _____________ when he left school.

A.driverB.judgeC.policemanD.bookseller
【小题2】One day he saw __________ in the street.
A.an accidentB.a thiefC.a lost bagD.a lot of money
【小题3】The traffic accident happened because _____________.
A.Mike was running to the street
B.the driver was deaf and couldn’t hear anything
C.the car hit the bag in the middle of the street
D.the driver wanted to pick up the bag
【小题4】Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A.Mike didn’t do well in his work.
B.The judge believed Mike’s words.
C.Mike told a lie.
D.The car hit a tree beside the street.

D

Everyone would like to be remembered. A few people even try to do something that no one else in history has ever tried to do. These people sometimes have their names recorded(记录)in the Guinness Book of Records.

Often it takes a group of people to do something unusual. One such team paddled(用桨划)a bathtub(浴缸)145 kilometers for 24 hours. This group had 13 members. They paddled their bathtub on a river near Ashford, Great Britain on May 28 and 29. 1983. A month later, a racing team of hospital bed pushers in Avon, Great Britain, pushed a hospital bed 16 kilometers in just 50 minutes! However, the distance(距离)record for hospital bed pushing is still held by the men of Bruntsfield Bedding Center. This team from Edinburgh pushed a hospital bed 5,203 kilometers in 1979. It took the team 35 days to cover the distance.

Another group of record makers held the highest dinner party in the world. Nine people from Sydney,Australia, climbed Mountain Huascaran on June 28, 1989. The climbers carried a dinner table. chairs, and a meal up the mountain. When they reached the top, they all put on warm suits for dinner.

People all over the world are trying hard to do something unusual to make a record. It should be understood, however, that now not all the records will be kept in the Guinness Book of Records.

1. According to the passage, what record was made near Ashford in May, 1983?

A.A record for paddling a bathtub.

B.A record for climbing a mountain.

C.A record for pushing a hospital bed

D.A record for swimming across a river.

2.The word cover in the passage means _______.

A.start             B.go through         C.keep             D.know

3.What was unusual about the highest dinner party held by the nine people in the passage?

A.The people who held the dinner party all came from Sydney.

B.Only nine people held the highest dinner party.

C.They had a meal on the mountain.

D.They carried a dinner table and chairs up the mountain to hold the dinner party.

4.Which of the following shows the right order(顺序)of what happened in the passage?

a. A group of 13 members paddled a bathtub on a river near Ashford.

b. A team from Edinburgh made a distance record for hospital bed pushing.

c. A group of nine people from Sydney had a dinner party on the top of Mountain Huascaran.

d. A racing team pushed a hospital bed 16 kilometers in just 50 minutes in Avon.

A.a-b-c-d           B.d-b-c-a            C.a-d-b-c           D.b-a-d-c

5. Which of the following is mentioned(提及)in the passage?

A.Hospital bed pushing was a popular sport in Edinburgh.

B.People living in Ashford usually used a bathtub to carry things.

C.Two different records for hospital bed pushing were given.

D.Hospital bed pushing was held twice a year in Avon, Great Britain.

 

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