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  In what now seems like the prehistoric times of computer history,the earth's postwar era,there was quite a wide-spread concern that computers would take over the world from man one day. Already today,less than forty years later,as computers are relieving us of more and more of the routine tasks in business and in our personal lives,we are faced with a less dramatic but also less foreseen problem.People tend to be over-trusting of computers and are reluctant to challenge their authority.Indeed,they behave as if they were hardly aware that wrong buttons may be pushed,or that a computer may simply malfunction(失误).

  Obviously,there would be no point in investing in a computer if you had to check all its answers,but people should also rely on their own internal computers and check the ma-chine when they have the feeling that something has gone wrong.

  Questioning and routine double-checks must continue to be as much a part of good

business as they were in pre-computer days.Maybe each computer may provide,it should

not be seen as a substitute for fundamental thinking and reasoning skills.

1.What is the main purpose of this passage?

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A.To look back to the early days of this passage.

B.To explain what technical problems may occur with computers.

C.To discourage unnecessary investment in computers.

D.To warn against a mentally lazy attitude towards computers.

2.According to the passages,the initial concern about computer was that they might

[  ]

A.change our personal lives

B.take control the world

C.create unforeseen problem

D.affect our businesses

3.The passage recommends those dealing with computers to________.

[  ]

A.he reasonably doubtful about them

B.check all their answers

C.substitute them for basic thinking

D.use them for business purposes only

4.The passage suggests that the present-day problem with regard to computers is________.

[  ]

A.challenging
B.dramatic
C.psychological
D.fundamental

       It was Christmas, 1961.I was teaching in a small town and my pupils were  36  looking forward to the great day of  37 

       Each day the children produced some new things like strings(串) of popcorn, which we hung from the   38  .Through it all, Maria remained   39  , watching quietly.I wondered what would happen to this quiet child,   40   so happy, now so suddenly lonely.I hoped the  41  

would excite her, but nothing did.We made cards and gifts for each other and for family members.  42   my gift, I made my students each a little bag for   43   their gifts.

       The happy and exciting day of gift-giving finally came.Through it all, she sat quietly watching.I had made a   44   bag for her, hoping to see her smile, but she   45   away.I had not broken the wall she'd built around herself.

       After school, she didn't leave,   46   watched her classmates go out of the door.

       I sat down to   47   my breath, hardly aware of what was happening.She came to me with a small box, saying nothing."For me?" I asked with a   48   smile.She just nodded her head.Inside was a small golden bell.Then I   49   into her dark brown eyes and in a flash I knew―she had   50   it for her mother, who had   51   just three weeks before.

       I looked at the bell and then the giver, whispering, "Oh, Maria, it is so beautiful.  52  would have loved it." Neither of us could   53   the tears.She came into my arms and we wept(哭泣)together.And for that brief moment I became her  54  , for she had given me the greatest  55   of all: herself.

 

36.A.nervously 

B.completely 

C.carefully  

D.eagerly

37.A.thanksgiving 

B.gift-giving  

C.sightseeing  

D.gift-receiving

38.A.ceiling    

B.sky        

C.floor       

D.room

39.A.alike     

B.alone      

C.active      

D.awake

40.A.before     

B.never       

C.once       

D.hardly

41.A.lesson  

B.game      

C.song       

D.holiday

42.A.With      

B.For        

C.As       

D.From

43.A.carrying    

B.fetching    

C.including    

D.buying

44.A.similar      

B.common   

C.formal      

D.special

45.A.turned      

B.took          

C.drove      

D.put

46.A.and         

B.but          

C.so         

D.or

47.A.lose        

B.bring        

C.catch       

D.count

48.A.broad        

B.funny       

C.sad        

D.weak

49.A.led         

B.burst        

C.looked      

D.moved

50.A.made       

B.expected     

C.borrowed   

D.collected

51.A.passed away 

B.went by      

C.set out    

D.broke down

52.A.I          

B.We          

C.He        

D.She

53.A.wipe       

B.stop         

C.sweep     

D.run

54.A.friend        

B.companion   

C.mother     

D.teacher

55.A.satisfaction    

B.gift          

C.confidence  

D.dependence

 

 

 

All of us have read thrilling stories in which the hero had only a limited and specified time to live. Sometimes it was as long as a year; sometimes as short as twenty-four hours, but always we were interested in discovering just how the doomed man chose to spend his last days or his last hours.

Such stories set up thinking, wondering what we should do under similar circumstances. What happiness should we find in reviewing the past, what regrets?

Sometimes, I have thought it would be an excellent rule to live each day as if we should die tomorrow. Such an attitude would emphasize sharply the values of life. We should live each day with a gentleness, a vigor, and a keenness of appreciation which are often lost when time stretches before us in the constant repetition of more days and months and years to come.

Most of us take life for granted. We know that one day we must die, but usually we picture that day as far in the future, when we are in pleasant health, death is all but unimaginable. We seldom think of it. The days stretch out in an endless prospect. So we go about our little task, hardly aware of our listless attitude towards life.

The same attitude, I am afraid, falls on the use of our abilities and senses. Only the deaf appreciate hearing, only the blind realize the various blessings that lie in sight. Particularly does this observation apply to those who have lost sight and hearing in adult life. But those who have never suffered loss of sight of hearing seldom make the fullest use of these blessed abilities. Their eyes and ears take in all sights and sound hazily, without concentration, and with little appreciation. Seldom do people realize how good it is being in good health until they have fallen ill. It is the same old story of not being grateful without missing.

1.When reading the thrilling stories, we usually ______.

    A. have curiosity about the hero’s limited life  B. show great interest in our own lives

    C. find many regrets in reviewing the past    D. have mercy on the doomed man

2.From the passage, we can learn that ______.

    A. the author thinks it would be excellent to live if he should die the next day

    B. the disabled are anxious to regain their abilities and senses

    C. each of us should treasure what we have possessed today

    D. many of us are able to make full use of our time

3.The underlined word “hazily” in the last paragraph probably means ______.

    A. happily      B. unclearly            C. freely          D. enthusiastically

4.The best title for this passage may probably be ______.

    A. Not Being Grateful without Missing       B. Giving a Hand to the Disabled

    C. Making Use of Abilities and Senses       D. Learning from Thrilling Stories

                                C

The Philippines expects that some 110,000 South Korean students will travel to the country in 2007, mainly to attend English language lessons, the Philippines Daily Inquirer has reported.

Head of Philippine Department of Tourism Team Korea, Maricon Basco Ebron, made the assessment at the recently concluded Korea Student Fair 2007, which attracted 30,000 South Korean students, all seriously planning to study abroad. In that event alone, around 8,000 students were booked by 14 Philippine-based schools.

According to Ebron, the estimated figure was based on actual figures recorded by the Philippine Bureau of Immigration in the past. The number of students would account for about 15 to 17 percent of the total visitors expected from South Korean in 2007. “Yet, that percentage is quite conservative since it does not include students with alien resident visas or those young people being brought in by South Korean retirees and businessmen,” Ebron said.

While the Philippines is not a native English-speaking country, the cheaper cost of English-based education is a major plus for South Koreans. “Sending a child to the US for one year is equivalent to sending a child to the Philippines for two years---plus the mom,” Ebron said, referring to the fact South Korean parents could easily come to the Philippines to check on their children.

    Oh Hyun-Sook, who works with the Philippine tourism office in Seoul, estimated the cost of South Korean university education at $4,000 per semester, or roughly four times the tuition for the same period in a major university in Metro Manila.

Meanwhile, many South Koreans enroll in short-term English as Second Language courses or study for the TOFL in the Philippines as preparation for further education in another country. Younger students come in for language camps, typically two-month courses during their summer or winter break.

According to Oh Hyun-Sook, children as young as five years old are sent abroad, both “to study the English language and to experience a different culture”. “It’s a fact that when you have English language skills, you’re more competitive, whether you work in Seoul or abroad,” Oh Hyun-Sook added.

5.In 2007, about ________ South Korean visitors will travel to The Philippines.

A. 650,000            B. 110,000       C.30,000         D. 38,000

6.The passage mainly tells us that_____________.

A. the Philippines is the first choice for many South Koreans to study English abroad

B. it costs South Koreans less money to study in the Philippines

C. South Korean students are welcome to study English in the Philippines

D. studying English in the Philippines helps South Korean students a lot

7.This passage is probably taken from  _________.

 A. an educational document                    B. a newspaper     

C. a government report                                                  D. a travel magazine

 

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