题目内容
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Messages can be sent across the land by means of the electric telegraph; but you cannot put up a line of telegraph posts across the sea. Messages can be sent across the
ocean by radio or by cable(电缆). The cable lies on the sea bottom and it has to have very good insulation. If any part of it is weak, the water will get through and stop all signals .
The first cable under the sea was between England and France. It was laid(放置) in 1851. In 1851 engineers tried to lay a cable across the Atlantic Ocean, but they met a
lot of difficulties. Halfway across the Atlantic the cable broke, and the ship that was laying it had to return.
Kelvin advised that another cable ought to be laid. It was made ready, and put on board a big ship. Kelvin and his friends traveled with it and after many days of hard work, they reached America without breaking the cable. Kelvin himself sent the first
message by cable from America to Britain. Unfortunately only 732 messages were sent through this cable before it broke.
The next cable was laid in 1866, and this time there were no problems. The ship
that laid it was the Great Eastern, one of the strongest ships that have ever been built.
It was driven by powerful engines and also by sails .
1. The undersea cable must be made strong enough to prevent _____.
A.. fishes from eating it B. enemy stealing it
C.water getting through it D. others cutting it
2. The first cable across the Atlantic _______.
A. was the first undersea cable
B. was only laid half- way
C. broke after only 732 messages were sent
D. never broke
3. The undersea cable Kelvin and his Mends laid was between_____.
A. England and France B. America and England
C. American and France D. England and Britain
4. The cable that Kelvin and his friends laid went through __
A. the Pacific Ocean B. the Indian Ocean
C. the Atlantic Ocean D. the Arctic Ocean
5. This passage mainly tells us _______.
A. how Kelvin laid the cable
B. how the scientists discovered the cable
C. the history of the cable in the world
D. how to lay the cable in the sea
【小题1】C
【小题2】B
【小题3】B
【小题4】C
【小题5】C
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Personal computers and the Internet give people new choices about how to spend their time.
Some may use this freedom to share less time with certain friends or family members, but new technology will also let them stay in closer touch with those they care most about. I know this from personal experience.
E-mail makes it easy to work at home, which is where I now spend most weekends and evenings. My working hours aren’t necessarily much shorter than they once were but I spend fewer of them at the office. This lets me share more time with my young daughter than I might have if she’d been born before electronic mail became such a practical tool.
The Internet also makes it easy to share thoughts with a group of friends. Say you do something fun - see a great movie perhaps - and there are four or five friends who might want to hear about it. If you call each one, you may be tired of telling the story.
With E-mail, you just write one note about your experience, at your convenience, and address it to all the friends you think might be interested. They can read your message when they have time, and read only as much as they want to. They can reply at their convenience, and you can read what they have to say at your convenience.
E-mail is also an inexpensive way stay in close touch with people who live far away. More than a few parents use E-mail to keep in touch, even daily touch, with their children off at college.
We just have to keep in mind that computers and the Internet offer another way of staying in touch. They don’t take the place of any of the old ways.
1. The purpose of this passage is to ________.
A.explain how to use the Internet |
B.describe the writer’s joy of keeping up with the latest technology |
C.tell the merits(价值) and usefulness of the Internet |
D.introduce the reader to basic knowledge about personal computers and the Internet |
2.The use of E-mail has made it possible for the writer to ________.
A.have more free time with his child |
B.spend less time working |
C.work at home on weekends |
D.work at a speed comfortable to him |
3.According to the writer, E-mail has an obvious advantage over the telephone because the
former helps one ________.
A.reach a group of people at one time conveniently |
B.keep one’s communication as personal as possible |
C.pass on much more information than the later |
D.get in touch with one’s friends faster than the later |
4.The best title for this passage is ________.
A.Computer: New Technological Advances |
B.Internet: New Tool to Maintain Good Friendship |
C.Computers Have Made Life Easier |
D.Internet: a Convenient Tool for Communication |
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(2010·湖南省醴陵二中高三上学期第一次月考)
假设今天你上网,点击进入“今日话题”网站。看到一则有关禁止学生在校园内使用手机的报道,网友们对此各抒己见。作为一名高中生,你对此颇感兴趣,就在该栏目下发帖,客观反映周围同学们对此的不同看法,并简单谈谈你的看法。以下为同学们的看法:
赞同 | 不赞同 | 你的观点 |
便于联系 | 便于联系非必需,因有IC卡电话 | |
有安全感 | 玩游戏,发短信(e-message) | |
功能(function)多样 | 耗时费钱 |
注意:1 开头已给出,不计入总词数;
2 词数: 120左右。
Just now, I entered the website——“Topic for Today”. I feel interested in the report on banning the use of cell-phones on campus in middle school. In fact, more students now come to school with cell-phones. My schoolmates have different opinions.
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(2010·湖南省醴陵二中高三上学期第一次月考)
假设今天你上网,点击进入“今日话题”网站。看到一则有关禁止学生在校园内使用手机的报道,网友们对此各抒己见。作为一名高中生,你对此颇感兴趣,就在该栏目下发帖,客观反映周围同学们对此的不同看法,并简单谈谈你的看法。以下为同学们的看法:
赞同 | 不赞同 | 你的观点 |
便于联系 | 便于联系非必需,因有IC卡电话 | |
有安全感 | 玩游戏,发短信(e-message) | |
功能(function)多样 | 耗时费钱 | |
2 词数: 120左右。
Just now, I entered the website——“Topic for Today”. I feel interested in the report on banning the use of cell-phones on campus in middle school. In fact, more students now come to school with cell-phones. My schoolmates have different opinions.