What is the Internet? The Internet is a huge network of connected computers．It is one of  the greatest inventions of the last century．It started as a way to help researchers do more things faster．But lately it can do much more than that．

    Now many people all over the world use the Internet．In l985，there were about two thousand people on the Internet，but now there are over ninety million people．Each month the Internet welcomes millions of new users．

    The Internet is an excellent communication tool．You are able to talk with many people  around the world at the same time．You can also send and receive messages and e-mails， make your blog（博客）and so on．

    People can use lots of information on the Internet．You can look up businesses with a click of a button，and you can also find out all kinds of information about almost everything, such as medicine，jobs，health，sports，games，music，movies．Communication and information are just two ways that computers provide now．Who knows what this invention will be like in the future?

1．The Internet is one of the greatest inventions of the                           century．

A．21st                    B．20th                    C．19th                             D．18th

2．How many people were there on the Internet in l985．

A．90．                   B．200．                  C．2000．                   D．900．

3．The Chinese meaning of the underlined word “excellent” in the third paragraph is  “                       ’'

A．简单的                B．迅速的                C．乏味的                D．极好的

4．Every month                          users may join the Internet．

    A．hundreds of       B．millions of        C．thousands of       D．billions of

5．From the passage，we know                       ．

    A．computers can be connected to each other

    B．the Internet is a computer

    C．the Internet is the only tool for communicating

    D．a computer is a network

 It's five minutes before the exam and you are very nervous, You just have to  36  it, but how? You didn't even  37  the book the night before and you hear a sound in your head saying "Cheating（作弊）,cheating…" so what are you going to do?

    Most young people  38   that cheating is wrong. However, they have cheated at least once in their school years. So, why do they do it? Are they too   39   to study? Perhaps, it's not as simple as that. Many students cheat because they want to get good  40  .Some students think it's OK to cheat   41   the subject isn't important.

    It has never been easier to cheat than it is today. With all the technology（技术）,students don't need to chat by looking over their shoulders any more. They use cell phones to send   42   to each other during a test. There is also the   43  .With hundreds of websites, students don't have to worry because they can find lots of things that they can copy and use in their reports.

    But we must know that cheating is wrong, and it doesn't really matter whether you get    44  or not. You mustn't cheat because cheating is a   45  . How can you be proud of something you've got through cheating? In the end, you lie to yourself!

36. A. fill            B. cover      C. pass        D. take

37. A. open         B. use         C. find        D. close

38. A. argue        B. blame      C. warn       D. believe

39. A. lonely       B. lazy         C. slow       D. late

40. A. grades      B. skills       C. habits      D. excuses

41. A. how         B. whether    C. if            D. unless

42. A. papers      B. answers    C. reports           D. exercises

43. A. Internet    B. TV          C. radio       D. dictionary

44. A. lost           B. caught    C. hurt          D. used

45. A. crime        B. case        C. behaviour   D. lie

  It's five minutes before the exam and you are very nervous, You just have to  36  it, but how? You didn't even  37  the book the night before and you hear a sound in your head saying "Cheating（作弊）,cheating…" so what are you going to do?

    Most young people  38   that cheating is wrong. However, they have cheated at least once in their school years. So, why do they do it? Are they too   39   to study? Perhaps, it's not as simple as that. Many students cheat because they want to get good  40  .Some students think it's OK to cheat   41   the subject isn't important.

    It has never been easier to cheat than it is today. With all the technology（技术）,students don't need to chat by looking over their shoulders any more. They use cell phones to send   42   to each other during a test. There is also the   43  .With hundreds of websites, students don't have to worry because they can find lots of things that they can copy and use in their reports.

    But we must know that cheating is wrong, and it doesn't really matter whether you get    44  or not. You mustn't cheat because cheating is a   45  . How can you be proud of something you've got through cheating? In the end, you lie to yourself!

36. A. fill            B. cover      C. pass        D. take

37. A. open         B. use         C. find        D. close

38. A. argue        B. blame      C. warn       D. believe

39. A. lonely       B. lazy         C. slow       D. late

40. A. grades      B. skills       C. habits      D. excuses

41. A. how         B. whether    C. if            D. unless

42. A. papers      B. answers    C. reports           D. exercises

43. A. Internet    B. TV          C. radio       D. dictionary

44. A. lost           B. caught    C. hurt          D. used

45. A. crime        B. case        C. behaviour   D. lie

　　A mobile phone（手机）is in fact a small radio. A radio sends a person's voice over a long way to another radio. A voice that is sent by radio is called a signal（信号）. A radio signal travels very quickly.

　　Only a few years ago, mobile phones were very large. They needed large batteries（电池）. They had to be powerful（功率高）to send their signal to faraway places. This was because most cities had only one antenna tower（中继站）for mobile phones.

(1）The writer talks about ________ uses of a mobile phone.

(2）What does the writer think of today's mobile phones?

A．They are small but very powerful.

B．They are very popular and cheap.

C．They are very easy for us to use.

D．They are big enough to send a signal.

(3）What does the writer write the article（文章）for?

A．To give us some common knowledge of the mobile phone..

B．To introduce how the mobile phone works and what use it has.

C．To tell us what short forms of words mean in written messages.

D．To show us in what way the mobile phone is expected to develop.

　　A mobile phone（手机）is in fact a small radio. A radio sends a person's voice over a long way to another radio. A voice that is sent by radio is called a signal（信号）. A radio signal travels very quickly.

　　Only a few years ago, mobile phones were very largE．They needed large batteries（电池）. They had to be powerful（功率高的）to send their signal to faraway places. This was because most cities had only one antenna tower（中继站）for mobile phones.

　　Today's mobile phones are small and easy to usE．Now most cities have a lot of antenna towers, not just onE．This means that each mobile phone doesn't have to send its signal far away, so they don't need to be so powerful. Mobile phones today use small batteries. A large city, where lots of mobile phones are used, can have hundreds of towers.

　　Sending short written messages is a popular way to use your mobile phonE．Many people use short forms of words, so the messages are quick to write and reaD．Can you guess what these messages mean? Try reading them out. What do you hear?

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A．three

B．five

C．seven

D．nine

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A．They are small but very powerful.

B．They are very popular and cheap.

C．They are very easy for us to use.

D．They arc big enough to send a signal.

(3) What does the writer write the article（文章）for?

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A．To give us some common knowledge of the mobile phone.

B．To introduce how the mobile phone works and what use it has.

C．To tell us what short forms of words mean in written messages.