Beldon and Canfield are two seashore towns,not far apart. Both towns have many hotels, and in summer the hotels are full of holiday-makers and other tourists.

  Last August there was a fire at the Seabreeze Hotel in Beldon. Next day,this news ap?peared on Page 2 of the town's newspaper,The Beldon Post:

  Fire at Seabreeze

  Late last night firemen hurried to the Seabreeze Hotel and quickly put out a small fire in a bedroom. The hotel manager said that a cigarette started the fire. We say again to all our visitors, " Please don't smoke cigarettes in bed. " This was Beldon's first hotel fire for five years.

  The Canfield Times gave the news in these words on page one: Another Beldon Hotel Catches Fire .

  Last night Beldon firemen arrived just too late to save clothing,bedclothes and some furni?ture at the Seabreeze Hotel. An angry holiday-maker said, "An electric lamp probably started the fire. The bedroom lamps are very old at some of these hotels. When I put my bedside light on,I heard a funny noise from the lamp. " We are glad to tell our readers that this sort of ad?venture does not happen in Canfield.

  What are the facts then? It is never easy to find out the exact truth about an accident. There was a fire at the Seabreeze Hotesl last August:that is one fact. Do we know anything else? Yes,we know that firemen went to the hotel.

  Now what do you think of the rest of the "news"?

(   ) 5. Which of the following best gives the main idea of this article?

A.     Beldon and Canfield are both good places for tourists in summer.

B.     Fire broke out one night in Seabreeze Hotel last summer.

C.     It was not easy to find out the exact truth from newspapers.

D.     Two newspapers gave reports on the same matter.

(   ) 6.The Canfield Times used the headline to make its readers think      

A.     hotels in Beldon often catch fire

B.     hotels in Beldon don't often catch fire

C.     this was the second fire at the Seabreeze Hotel

D.     Beldon was a good place except that hotels there were not quite safe

(   ) 7. The Canfield newspaper gave a report just opposite to The Beldon Post by saying that

A.     the bedroom lamps were very old at some of the Seabreeze's hotels

B.     the bedroom lights made funny noise when the fire took place

C.     the firemen failed to save clothing, bedclothes and other things

D.     such accidents never happened in Canfield for the past five years
(   ) 8. The "angry holiday-maker"______________ •

A.     caused the fire when he turned on a lamp

B.     did not actually tell what had caused the fire

C.     was talking about the lamps in Seabreeze Hotel

D.     lived in the room which had caught fire

 The 1990s saw great changes in the way people communicate. People could send mail with?out going to the 1 ,and go shopping without leaving home.like "email" and "download" became part of people's vocabulary. The cause of this great change was the 3

  The idea for the Internet began in the early 1960s in 4 . The Department of Defense wanted to 5 their computers together in order to 6 private information. In 1969, the ARPA net ( an early form of the Internet) first connected the 7 at four American univer?sities. One computer successfully 8 information to another. In 1972,scientists shared ARPA net 9 the world. They created a 10 to send person-to-person messages using ARPA net. This was the 11 of email.

  Over the next few years,there was a lot of progress made in the world of computing, 12 most people were not using the Internet. Then,in the 1980s,personal computers be?came more 13 . In the early 1990s,14 important things happened:the birth of the World Wide Web in 1991 ,and the creation of the 15 Web browser(浏览器)in 1993. The Web made it 16 to find information on the Internet, and to move from place to place 17 links. The web and browser made it possible to see information as a website with pic?tures,sound, and words.

  Today, 18 of people connect to the Internet to send email, visit websites, or store in?formation on servers. 19 are now an important part of our lives and are changing 20 we learn,work,shop,and communicate.

(   ) 1. A. post office    B. supermarket C. department store    D. office

(   ) 2. A. Expressions    B. Phrases C. Letters    D. Words

(   ) 3. A. computer    B. Internet   C. server    D. browser

(   ) 4. A. America    B. England   C. China    D. Canada

(   ) 5. A. put    B. get      C. connect    D. leave

(   ) 6. A. have    B. take       C. reach    D. share

(   ) 7. A. computers    B. colleges   C. telephones    D. lines

(   ) 8. A. worked    B. found     C. posted    D. sent

(   ) 9. A. to    B. in         C . with    D. for

(   ) 10. A. place    B. way      C. path    D. direction

(   ) 11. A. beginning    B. finding C. creating    D. using

(   ) 12. A. but    B. and      C. or    D. because

(   ) 13. A. practical    B. familiar C. expensive    D. common

(   ) 14. A. two    B. three      C. four    D. five

(   ) 15. A. new    B. first       C. advanced    D. modem

(   ) 16. A. easier    B. harder     C. slower    D. cheaper

(   ) 17. A. circling    B. seeking    C. sending    D. using

(   ) 18. A. tens    B. hundreds     C. thousands    D. millions

(   ) 19. A. Emails    B. Messages    C. Computers    D. Websites

(   ) 20. A. how    B. what      C,when       D. why

  We were the only family with children in the restaurant 。Suddenly,my baby Erik became 1  I looked around and saw an old woman with old clothes and 2 old shoes.His hair was 3 .He was waving my Eirk.  

  "He might 4 my Erik,”I thought. Everyone in the restaurant looked at us and then at the man. Then we decided to 5 My husband went to pay the check and told me to meet him 6   . The old man sat 7 the door and me.

As I walked 8to the man,I turned my back. Suddenly, Erik leaned over my arms,reaching with both arms in a baby's "pick-me-up" 9,10 I could stop him,Erik had escaped from my arms to the man's. 11 a very old smelly man and a very young baby de?veloped a kind of 12 .

  Erik,in the act of total 13 and love,laid his tiny head 14 the man's shoulder. The man closed his eyes,and I saw tears under his 15 His aged hands were full of pain and hard labor, 16 he held my baby so gently. A moment later, the old man 17 his eyes,passed me my baby and said, " God bless you,madam. You've given me the most 18 gift.”

  I19,with my face burning hot. A child saw a 20 ,but a mother saw only a suit of clothes.

(   ) 1. A. shocked    B. excited C. upset    D. ruined

(   ) 2. A. colorful    B. pretty C. dirty    D. formal

(   ) 3. A. unexpected    B. unwashed   C. untouched    D. unknown

(   ) 4. A. hurt    B. like      C. protect    D. praise

(   ) 5. A. greet    B. wait C. hide    D. leave

(   ) 6. A. outside    B. indoors C. halfway    D. upstairs

(   ) 7. A. among    B. between C. beside    D. nearby

(   ) 8. A. farther    B. more C. closer    D. less

(   ) 9. A. emotion    B. situation C. condition    D. position

(   ) 10. A. After    B. Since       C. When    D. Before

(   ) 11. A. Before long    B. In a while C. At the moment    D. At times

(   ) 12. A. communication    B. hardship

       C. friendship    D. responsibility

(   ) 13. A. sense    B. trust     C. appreciation    D. nature

(   ) 14. A. upon    B. below    C. above    D. around

(   ) 15. A. eyes    B. lashes     C. brows    D. ears

(   ) 16. A. so    B. but       C. or    D. and

(   ) 17. A. opened    B. closed     C. turned    D. cleared

(   ) 18. A. meaningless    B,curious    C. precious    D. common

(   ) 19. A. cried    B. smiled      C. screamed    D. sneered

(   ) 20. A. flesh    B. human      C. beggar    D. soul

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