任务型阅读 (共30分,每题2分)
  Passage E
Sending E-cards on the Internet
  The Internet has changed our habits, including our habit of sending greeting cards. There are many e-card websites that make it so easy to find the right greeting cards. They have greatly changed the way we send greetings to each other.
  Our lives have become so busy that we have limited personal time . These e-card websites have allowed everyone to easily share their feelings and emotions(感情) with the people they love. They contain (包括)plenty of greeting cards that can be used immediately. The users can choose any card they like, from festival greetings to birthday wishes. In fact, e-cards are perfect for any event. That's why more and more people like to send e-cards. If the users are interested in making their own greeting cards on the Internet, they can create a card within only a few minutes.
  Another benefit(好处) of e-card websites is that they have made it possible for us to send top quality cards to our beloved(心爱的) ones and surprise them with cheerful greetings. They allow us to send our greetings on a specific(特定的) date. So we can plan for the occasion(场合) when we want to send the card. For example, we can send our e-card on a certain day and then visit the person with some flowers the next day. This will surely create a good impression(印象) on the person we love.
  We have never forgotten the importance of saying sorry to our beloved ones. But sometimes we fail to do so because, we are not brave enough to face those we hurt. Some e-cards on these websites allow us to express our feelings in a more thoughtful way.
  Although some people still would rather buy traditional cards in the shops for the persons they love, especially when they want the cards to last a long time, more and more people are choosing to send greetings on the Internet.
  

Nick is a 14-year-old school boy. His life is full of exams and studies on weekdays. He has little free time. He thinks playing computer games is the best way to make him relax. When he has free time, he sits in front of the computer. Just like that way, he neither eats nor drinks for several hours.
Last weekend, he played games on the computer again. He was too excited and didn’t want to move. He didn’t have anything for six hours. When he had to go to the bathroom, he found he could not move. He was taken to the hospital. The doctor told him he should do some more different kinds of activities. In other words, he needs more exercise and outdoor activities to make him have a healthy body.
After coming back from the hospital, Nick follows the doctor’s advice. He often plays
soccer with his friends. Sometimes he still plays computer games on weekends, but he never does it for long. Now, he lives a happy and healthy life.
【小题1】How old is Nick?

A.13.B.14.C.15.D.16.
【小题2】Nick likes _____________ in his free time.
A.riding a bikeB.playing the guitar
C.playing computer gamesD.having a school trip
【小题3】Who took Nick to the hospital?
A.His dad.B.His mom.C.His neighbor.D.We are not sure.
【小题4】Why was Nick taken to the hospital?
A.Because he was too excited.
B.Because he had a cold in the morning.
C.Because he was too nervous of his studies.
D.Because he couldn’t move after playing computer games so long.
【小题5】Nick should ______________ to follow the doctor's advice.
A.go to a movieB.listen to music
C.take more exerciseD.play computer games

One morning, a blind boy sat beside a building with a hat by his feet. He held a sign which said, “I am blind. Please help me.”

There were only a few coins in the hat. A man was walking by. He took out a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat. He then took the sign, turned it around, and wrote some words on it. He put the sign back so that everyone who walked by could see the new words.

Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people were giving money to the blind boy. That afternoon the man who had changed the sign came to see how things were. The boy recognizedhis footsteps and asked, “Are you the one who changed my sign in the morning? What did you write?”

The man said, “I only wrote the truth. I said what you said, but in a different way.”

What he had written was, “Today is a beautiful day, but I can’t see it.”

Do you think the first sign and the second sign were saying the same thing?

Of course both signs told people the boy was blind. But the first sign simply told people to help by putting some money in the hat. The second sign told people that they were able to enjoy the beautiful day, but the boy could not enjoy it because he was blind.

The first sign simply said the boy was blind, while the second sign told people they were so lucky that they were not blind.

There are at least two lessons we can learn from this simple story.

The first is: Treasure (珍惜) what you have. Someone else has less. Try your best to help those who need your help.

The second is: Be creative. Think differently. There is always a better way.

1.From the article we know that________.

A.the boy always has a hat on his head

B.the man is one of his neighbors

C.the boy is blind and needs help

D.the boy works for the man

2.On the sign what the man wrote was, “                .”

A.Treasure what we have already had

B.Today is a beautiful day, but I can’t see it

C.We are so lucky that we are not blind

D.Try your best to help those who need your help.

3.According to the article, which of the following is TRUE?

A.The hat began to fill up after the man wrote some words on the sign.

B.The man took away all the few coins from the hat.

C.The boy wanted to get enough money to go to school.

D.Nobody wanted to give any coins to the blind boy.

4.The word “recognized” here in Chinese means _______.

A.承认

B.接受

C.表扬

D.认出

5._______ is the best title (题目) for this story.

A.Be careful not to be blind.

B.Be creative. There is always a better way!

C.Be kind to the blind!

D.Don’t always get, but offer!

 

请认真阅读下面短文,并根据短文内容回答问题。

Mark Zuckerberg was born on May 14, 1984. As a little kid, he loved creating little fun computer programs, especially communication tools and games.

When he was a student at Harvard University, Mark founded (创建)Facebook on February 4, 2004. Through Facebook, Harvard students could communicate with each other. Facebook quickly became a great success at Harvard and more than two-thirds of the school’s students used it in the first two weeks. It soon spread further to any university students, then high school students, and, finally, to anyone aged 13 and over in the US. 

Facebook developed fast and became popular. People can communicate with others, add friends, and send them messages. Now, it has more than 175 million users all over the world.

Many big companies have offered a very high price to buy Facebook, but Mark refused them all. His reason was simple. “We are not planning to sell it. We don’t want to make money from it. We just hope Facebook will make it easier for people to know each other.”

Sometimes the simplest ideas go the furthest. We hope Mark can go much further, maybe even further than Bill Gates!

1.What was Mark interested in when he was a little kid?

2.Where was Facebook first used in the United States?

3.How many people use Facebook in the world now?

4.Why did Mark not want to sell Facebook to other companies?

5.What do you think of Mark Zuckerberg? (请考生自拟一句话作答)

 

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