I found the imagination of becoming a grandmother somewhat discouraging. I was younger than I thought a grandmother should be when I got the news that I was going to become one myself. I admit, it was not a role that I was emotionally ready to accept. I had been a young mother, and had certainly hoped my daughter would not face that same challenge. I remarried when she was a teenager, and then had two more children. On getting the news that she was expecting, I remember thinking “What do I know about being a grandmother? —I haven’t even finished raising my own kids yet!” I dont like to be unprepared, so I read a few books about grandparenting. That gave me a little help, but I was still uncertain. I thought about other grandmothers I knew, and got a few ideas I liked and a few more that I didn't. But I couldn't quite figure out what kind of grandmother I wanted to be. Then I thought about my own grandmother, Granny, as she’s known by most people, and I knew I had the answer.

I didn’t realize it until that moment, but my own grandmother was the example for the kind of grandmother I wanted to be. I am fortunate that I got to spend a lot of time with my grandparents when I was a little kid. Here's what I learned from my Granny:

Grandmothers always have a cookie jar. For my entire life, Granny always had a cookie jar full of cookies. When I was a little tiny girl, just at eye level with the counter, Granny would get the cookie jar down for me. When I was a little older I learned how to pull the chair over so I could reach. As I got taller, if I really stretched, I could reach the cookie jar with my finger tips and move it close enough to get it down off the counter to find out what kind of treat was inside. Always the first thing I did when I went to Granny 's house was check the cookie jar and there were always cookies in it. Many years later, I’ll drive my own children to Granny’s house and the first thing Pd do is get us all a cookie.

So grandmothers must have a cookie jar and on my granddaughte’ s first Christmas, my daughter bought me my own cookie jar. She said when they came to see me, her daughter would find the treat the way she did and I did.

The writer thought it was a little discouraging to be a grandmother because________.

A.  she was not old enough to be one

B.  she was not emotionally ready to be one

C.  she thought her daughter was too young to be a mother

D.  grandmother should be older than she was

The underlined phrase “that same challenge ” in the first paragraph refers to” ________”

A. taking care of a grandchild  B. taking care of a baby

C. being a young grandmother    D. being a young mother

It can be inferred from the last paragraph that________.

A.  the writer has many happy memories of her grandmother’s cookie jar

B.  the writer always wanted to know what was inside her grandmother’s cookie jar

C.  the writer often drove her grandchildren to see her grandmother’s cookie jar

D.  women   of the writer ‘s age all have a cookie jar for their grandchildren

What kind of grandmother did the writer want to be?

A.  One who has a jar filled with many kinds of cookies for children and herself.

B.  One who grows up with her grandmother's cookie jar with all kinds of cookies.

C.  One who is like her own grandmother with a cookie jar to treat her grandchildren.

D.  One who always makes different kinds of cookies to treat her grandchildren.

Which of the following can be the best title of this text?

A.  Grandmother’s Cookie Jar                 B.Grandmother’s Treat for Children

C.  Grandmothers and Grandchildren          D. Happy Memories of Cookies

Thirteen vehicles lined up last March to race across the Mojave Desert , seeking a million in prize money . To win , they had to finish the 142-mile race in less than 10 hours . Teams and watchers knew there might be no winner at all , because these vehicles were missinge a key part drivers .

DARPA , the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency , organized the race as part of a push to develop robotic vehicles for future battlefields . But the Grand Challenge , as it was called , just proved how difficult it is to get a car to speed across an unfamiliar desert without human guidance . One had its brake lock up in the starting area . Another began by throwing itself onto a wall . Another got tied up by bushes near the road after 1.9 miles .

One turned upside down . One took off in entirely the wrong direction and had to be disabled by remote (远距离的) control . One went a little more than a mile and rushed into a fence ; another managed to go for six miles but stuck on a rock . The “winner,” if there was any , reached 7.8 miles before it ran into a long , narrow hole , and the front wheels caught on fire .

“You get a lot of respect for natural abilities of the living things,” says Reinhold Behringer , who helped design two of the car-size vehicles for a company called Sci-Autonics . “Even ants (蚂蚁) can do all these tasks effortlessly . It’s very hard for us to put these abilities into our machines .”

The robotic vehicles , though with necessary modern equipment such as advanced computers and GPS guidance , had trouble figuring out fast enough the blocks ahead that a two-year-old human recognizes immediately , Sure , that very young child, who has just only learned to walk , may not think to wipe apple juice off her face , but she already knows that when there’s a cookie in the kitchen she has to climb up the table , and that when she gets to the cookie it will taste good . She is more advanced , even months old , than any machine humans have designed .

67.Watchers doubted if any of the vehicles could finish the race because        .

       A.they did not have any human guidance

       B.the road was not familiar to the drivers

       C.the distance was too long for the vehicles

       D.the prize money was unattractive to the drivers

68.DARPA organized the race in order to          .

       A.raise money for producing more robotic vehicles

       B.push the development of vehicle industry

       C.train more people to drive in the desert

       D.improve the vehicles for future wars

69.From the passage we know “robotic vehicles” are a kind of machines that          .

       A.can do effortlessly whatever tasks living thing can

       B.can take part in a race across 142 miles with a time limit

       C.can show off their ability to turn themselves upside down

       D.can move from place to place without being driven by human beings

70.In the race , the greatest distance one robotic vehicle covered was          .

       A.about eight miles                                 B.six miles

       C.almost two miles                                 D.about one mile

71.In the last paragraph , the writer implies that there is a long way to go          .

       A.for a robotic vehicle to finish a 142-mile race without any difficulties

       B.for a little child who has just learned to walk to reach the cookie on the table

       C.for a robotic vehicle to deal with a simple problem that a little child can solve

       D.for a little child to understand the importance of wiping apple juice off its face

 

I found the imagination of becoming a grandmother somewhat discouraging. I wasyounger than I thought a grandmother should be when I got the news that I was goingto become one myself. I admit, it was not a role that I was emotionally ready toaccept. I had been a young mother, and had certainly hoped my daughter would notface that same challenge. I remarried when she was a teenager, and then had two morechildren. On getting the news that she was expecting, I remember thinking “What do Iknow about being a grandmother? —I haven’t even finished raising my own kids yet!”I dont like to be unprepared, so I read a few books about grandparenting. That gaveme a little help, but I was still uncertain. I thought about other grandmothers I knew,and got a few ideas I liked and a few more that I didn't. But I couldn't quite figure outwhat kind of grandmother I wanted to be. Then I thought about my own grandmother,Granny, as she’s known by most people, and I knew I had the answer.
I didn’t realize it until that moment, but my own grandmother was the examplefor the kind of grandmother I wanted to be. I am fortunate that I got to spend a lot oftime with my grandparents when I was a little kid. Here's what I learned from myGranny:
Grandmothers always have a cookie jar. For my entire life, Granny always had acookie jar full of cookies. When I was a little tiny girl, just at eye level with thecounter, Granny would get the cookie jar down for me. When I was a little older Ilearned how to pull the chair over so I could reach. As I got taller, if I really stretched,I could reach the cookie jar with my finger tips and move it close enough to get it downoff the counter to find out what kind of treat was inside. Always the first thing I didwhen I went to Granny 's house was check the cookie jarand there were alwayscookies in it. Many years later, I’ll drive my own children to Granny’s house and thefirst thing Pd do is get us all a cookie.
So grandmothers must have a cookie jar and on my granddaughte’ s firstChristmas, my daughter bought me my own cookie jar. She said when they came to seeme, her daughter would find the treat the way she did and I did.
【小题1】The writer thought it was a little discouraging to be a grandmother because________.

A.she was not old enough to be one
B.she was not emotionally ready to be one
C.she thought her daughter was too young to be a mother
D.grandmother should be older than she was
【小题2】Theunderlined phrase “that same challenge ” in the first paragraph refers to”________”
A.taking care of a grandchildB.taking care of a baby
C.being a young grandmotherD.being a young mother
【小题3】It can be inferred from the last paragraph that________.
A.the writer has many happy memories of her grandmother’s cookie jar
B.the writer always wanted to know what was inside her grandmother’s cookie jar
C.the writer often drove her grandchildren to see her grandmother’s cookie jar
D.women of the writer ‘s age all have a cookie jar for their grandchildren
【小题4】What kind of grandmother did the writer want to be?
A.One who has a jar filled with many kinds of cookies for children and herself.
B.One who grows up with her grandmother's cookie jar with all kinds of cookies.
C.One who is like her own grandmother with a cookie jar to treat hergrandchildren.
D.One who always makes different kinds of cookies to treat her grandchildren.
【小题5】Which of the following can be the best title of this text?
A.Grandmother’s Cookie JarB.Grandmother’s Treat for Children
C.Grandmothers and GrandchildrenD.Happy Memories of Cookies

When you’re surfing the Internet on your laptop from your dorm or home, do you know your personal details are being gathered secretly? And would you be surprised to know the information may be sold cheaply to advertisers and marketers?
According to an investigation by The Wall Street Journal, all it takes is a tiny file in a computer-a single code consisting of a long series of numbers and letters- to record the computer user’s age, gender, location, favorite movies and hobbies.
The newspaper reports that Lotame Solutions Inc., a New York company, uses sophisticated(高科技) software called a "beacon" to capture what people are typing on a website.
Lotame packages that data into profiles(个人资料)about individuals, only without their names, and sells the profiles to companies seeking customers.Batches of such data may be sold for a few dollars.
The Wall Street Journal survey discovered that spying on Internet users is one of the fastest-growing businesses on the World Wide Web.
The "cookie"- a tiny text file put on your PC by websites or marketing firms which might be used to remember your preferences for one site, or to track you across many sites is already old news.There are new and more complex tools such as "beacons" which scan in real time what people are doing on a webpage.These beacons instantly assess the Internet user’s location, income, shopping interests and even medical conditions.
Millions of Internet users around the world also face unprecedented(空前的)threats.Private, sensitive, personal and business information is being gathered and sold without their knowledge.
Companies insist the information they gather is anonymous and the data is used harmlessly. But the technology has grown so powerful that even some of the biggest websites in the US don’t know that they were installing intrusive files on visitors’ computers.These include MSN.com and Yahoo.com.
Next time you visit a webpage and find an ad banner advertising something you’ve been planning to buy, don’t be amazed that your computer can read your mind.
【小题1】The purpose of the passage is to          .

A.introduce a tiny file in a computer-a single code
B.show how your individual information was let out when you surf the Internet
C.show how to protect your privacy
D.introduce a sophisticated software called a "beacon"
【小题2】.All of the following statements are Wrong except          .
A.Lotame sells the profiles about individuals to companies seeking customers with their age, gender, location, hobbies and names
B.spying on Internet users is the fastest-growing businesses on the World Wide Web
C.some of the biggest websites in the US know they were installing intrusive files on visitors’ computers
D.a tiny file in a computer-a single code consisting of a long series of numbers and letters can record users’ information
【小题3】It can be inferred that          .
A.because the data is used harmlessly.Internet users around the world will not face threats
B.when a person surf the Internet, his personal details may be let out without his knowledge
C.your computer can really read your mind
D.MSN.com and Yahoo.com.use software to capture what people are typing on a website
【小题4】According to the passage, “beacon”          .
A.is a tiny text file put on your PC by websites
B.is a soft ware that can package that data into profiles about individuals
C.can assess the Internet user’s location, income, shopping interests and even medical conditions
D.is not more complex than the "cookie"
【小题5】What’s the writer’s attitude to this problem?
A.NeutralB.WorriedC.Optimistic D.Indifferent

阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
I found the imagination of becoming a grandmother somewhat discouraging. I was younger than I thought a grandmother should be when I got the news that I was going to become one myself. I admit, it was not a role that I was emotionally ready to accept. I had been a young mother, and had certainly hoped my daughter would not face that same challenge. I remarried when she was a teenager, and then had two more children. On getting the news that she was expecting(怀孕), I remember thinking “What do I know about being a grandmother? —I haven’t even finished raising my own kids yet!” I don’t like to be unprepared, so I read a few books about grandparenting. That gave me a little help, but I was still uncertain. I thought about other grandmothers I knew, and got a few ideas I liked and a few more that I didn’t. But I couldn’t quite figure out what kind of grandmother I wanted to be. Then I thought about my own grandmother, Granny, as she’s known by most people, and I knew I had the answer.
I didn’t realize it until that moment, but my own grandmother was the example for the kind of grandmother I wanted to be. I am fortunate that I got to spend a lot of time with my grandparents when I was a little kid. Here is what I learned from my Granny:
Grandmothers always have a cookie jar. For my whole life, Granny always had a cookie jar full of cookies. When I was a little tiny girl, just at eye level with the counter, Granny would get the cookie jar down for me. When I was a little older I learned how to pull the chair over so I could reach. As I got taller, if I really stretched, I could reach the cookie jar with my finger tips and move it close enough to get it down off the counter to find out what kind of treat was inside. Always the first thing I did when I went to Granny’s house was check the cookie jar, and there were always cookies in it. Many years later, I’ll drive my own children to Granny’s house and the first thing to do is get us all a cookie.
So grandmothers must have a cookie jar, and on my granddaughter’ s first Christmas,my daughter bought me my own cookie jar. She said when they came to see me,her daughter would find the treat the way she did and I did.
【小题1】The writer thought it was a little discouraging to be a grandmother because________.

A.she was not old enough to be one
B.she was not emotionally ready to be one
C.she thought her daughter was too young to be a mother
D.grandmother should be older than she was
【小题2】The underlined phrase “that same challenge ” in the first paragraph refers to “________”
A.taking care of a grandchild
B.taking care of a baby
C.being a young grandmother
D.being a young mother
【小题3】It can be inferred from the last paragraph that________.
A.the writer has many happy memories of her grandmother’s cookie jar
B.the writer always wanted to know what was inside her grandmother’s cookie jar
C.the writer often drove her grandchildren to see her grandmother’s cookie jar
D.women of the writer ‘s age all have a cookie jar for their grandchildren
【小题4】What kind of grandmother did the writer want to be?
A.One who has a jar filled with many kinds of cookies for children and herself.
B.One who grows up with her grandmother^ cookie jar with all kinds of cookies.
C.One who is like her own grandmother with a cookie jar to treat her grandchildren.
D.One who always makes different kinds of cookies to treat her grandchildren.
【小题5】Which of the following can be the best title of this text?
A.Grandmother’s Cookie Jar
B.Grandmother’s Treat for Children
C.Grandmothers and Grandchildren
D.Happy Memories of Cookies

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