阅读下面的短文,从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

  Jim lived with his parents until he was 21 years old,and then he got a job in another town.He found a little comfortable  1  which had two bedrooms,a small kitchen and a bathroom,and he lived there on his  2  At first he  3  the flat himself,but he didn't want to  4  on doing this,so he decided to find someone else to do it for him.Soon one of his friends  5  Mrs Roper him.Mrs Roper was an old lady.She  6  with pleasure to come to his flat every morning for an hour.She  7  to wash dishes,iron his shirts and  8  the place tidy and clean.One day, 9  Mrs Roper had been working for two weeks,Jim looked at the  10  in his bedroom and thought,“The mirror is covered with  11  .Mrs Roper's forgotten to clean it.l can write on it with my  12  .” So he wrote a message  13  the dust, “I'm coughing whenever I  14  because everything in this room is very  15  .” That evening he came home from work and went into his  16  and looked at the mirror.“That  17  woman still hasn't cleaned it,”he said to himself,“All I need is a  18 .”

  But then he found a new  19  in front of the mirror.He  20  it up and read the words on it,“Cough medicine.”

1.

[  ]

A.computer
B.office
C.flat
D.ship

2.

[  ]

A.pay
B.living
C.shoulder
D.own

3.

[  ]

A.cleaned
B.worded
C.prepared
D.washed

4.

[  ]

A.keep
B.go
C.work
D.put

5.

[  ]

A.led
B.showed
C.introduced
D.took

6.

[  ]

A.agreed
B.asked
C.jumped
D.advised

7.

[  ]

A.helped
B.lined
C.prepared
D.decided

8.

[  ]

A.get
B.set
C.have
D.keep

9.

[  ]

A.before
B.after
C.when
D.until

10.

[  ]

A.bed
B.himself
C.mirror
D.shelf

11.

[  ]

A.flowers
B.dust
C.steam
D.medicine

12.

[  ]

A.finger
B.hand
C.pen
D.chalk

13.

[  ]

A.in
B.on
C.with
D.by

14.

[  ]

A.came
B.waved
C.spoke
D.breathed

15.

[  ]

A.dusty
B.clean
C.tidy
D.nice

16.

[  ]

A.sitting-room
B.bedroom
C.bathroom
D.reading-room

17.

[  ]

A.clever
B.pretty
C.careful
D.lazy

18.

[  ]

A.cloth
B.hand
C.care
D.basin

19.

[  ]

A.mirror
B.bottle
C.table
D.plate

20.

[  ]

A.looked
B.took
C.picked
D.lifted

When I opened my e-mail the other day, a pretty woman named Rachel appeared on my computer screen. She greeted me by name and started talking with great enthusiasm. Every now and then she stopped to smile at me or blow a kiss. She was reading to me an e-mail from my brother, and a lot of it was about his getting the phone company to give him a high-speed Internet connection. It was pretty cool.

Rache

l was there thanks to a new technology called Facemail. Facemail lets you send e-mail that gets ready to the receiver by an attractive male or female form or by a clown(小丑). The software, which is free, can be downloaded at www. Facemail.com.

Facemail faces are lifelike, and they simulate(模拟) emotions based on emotions that you put in your text. For example, type in-X, and Rachel blows a kiss.

LifeFX, the company that develops the Facemail, is sure there are broad business uses. The reason e-business is not popular, the company says, is that buying over the Internet lacks the human touch. But what if you went to the Nike website and Michael Jordan greeted you by name, waited on you and personally closed the sale? And it is talking with Whirl(惠而浦公司) about using the technology in a computer screen on a fridge. Then if Morn can't be home when the kids get back from school, she can leave a note with voice and image telling them what there is to eat.

Facemail could get hot fast. Personally, I'm a fan. But Facemail should be used with care. The clown looks lively and funny at first. But if you select the clown, put a few rude words in an e-mail and add some angry emotions, you've got a Psycho-mail(疯人型电子邮件).

The pretty woman that appears on the writer's computer screen was ______.

   A. a woman working on the Internet      B. his brother's girlfriend

  C not a real person                    D. the picture of his pen-friend

The main advantage of Facemail is that ______.

   A. you can hire a beautiful woman to read the e-mail to you

   B. you can see the person who sends you the e-mail

   C. yon can send an e-mail free of charge

   D. e-mail can be attractive in a more lovely way

The writer mentioned Nike website and Michael Jordan to show that _______.

   A. Famous people like Michael Jordan also like to use Facemail

   B. Facemail can make shopping on the Internet more interesting

   C. Nike website will increase its sales by Jordan

   D. Michael Jordan will serve you himself on Nike website

What is the writer's attitude towards Facemail?

   A. He thinks it needs further improvement.  

B. He thinks it cool and funny.

   C. He thinks it a danger to the Internet.     

D. He thinks people should be careful with Facemail.

As a senior high school student, my future is always on my mind. To be exact,thoughts of the future have kept me up countless nights and made me worry enough to do poorly on more than one test. Because of this, words of wisdom are a source of comfort.Steve Jobs gave a speech to Stanford's graduating class in 2005 and his words resound repeatedly in my mind whenever I think about my future.
It started when l became a junior, when college came into view.  It's the first big step to making your life your own. So when Jobs discussed his life as a student, some fears were eased. He, too, felt the need to attend college to make something of himself. He faced what many are extremely afraid of: uncertainty. His lack of understanding caused him to stop attending college and focus on what he felt was important. His story had a happy ending, of course, since he certainly turned out well.
This doesn't mean that students shouldn't attend college, but rather that they shouldn't worry so much.  You'll get where you need to go, even if your path is a bit morewinding(蜿蜒的)than you'd like.
Jobs talked about the hardships in his work.  His love of his work helped him carry on and he got where he was meant to be, which restates the point: don't panic.One particular part of his speech stayed with me.  Steve Jobs quoted(引用)thc saying"Stay hungry, stay foolisll" and it has become my motto. Staying foolish is realizing thatyou are still a fool, no matter how much you've learned or experienced.  There is always more to explore. Staying hungry is wanting to find those things about which you are still uneducated.
Steve Jobs' level of success is possible to achieve, and I aim to prove that. With the will power to go into the world living every day like it's my last and allowing the future to take care of itself, I will do great things.  In the last moments of my life, I'll be proud of what I have done and hope to have all the wisdom a person could wish for.
【小题1】The author felt worried when_____.

A.he had to take tests at school
B.he had lots of sleepless nights
C.he thought about his future
D.he searched for words of wisdom
【小题2】It is suggested in Paragraphs l and 2 that_____
A.the author is a college student
B.the author cares much about his future
C.Steve Jobs failed because of his decision
D.Steve Jobs' words had no effect on the author
【小题3】What did the author gain from Jobs' speech?
A.Courage to drop out of school.B.Confidence in defeating Jobs.
C.Interest in computer industry.D.Bravery to face uncertainties.
【小题4】What did NOT Steve Jobs encourage students to do in his speech?
A.Be content with what they know.
B.Have the desire to learn more.
C.Stay calm in the face of hardships
D.Be modest so as to learn more.
【小题5】The passage is mainly about_____.
A.an experience of a speech
B.a memorable meeting with Jobs
C.the most impressive quotation in life
D.the wisdom drawn from a speech

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