Do you know how fast winds travel? The speed at which they usually or generally travel is called average speed． In order to find out how fast winds travel, you have to select a station or a fixed place． There are 9 different kinds of winds, from the weakest to the strongest;each is given a designation or an official name in the second table．　　　　　　　　

1．Through 1987 what was the ratio（比例）of the highest to the average wind speed for BM?

A．5 : 1 B． 6 : 1 C． 7 : 1 D． 8 : 1

2．For the three places whose average wind speeds through 1996 were the three highest, about what was the average of those wind speeds in miles per hour?

A．157 B． 151 C． 60　　D． 20

3．For how many of the places shown did the highest wind speed change from 1987 to 1996?

A．One B． Two C． Three D． Six

4．For which of the places shown was the value of the difference between the average wind speed through 1987 and the average wind speed through 1996 the greatest?

A． BM B． CI　　 C． MN　　D． OI

5．The information infers that, between December 31, 1987 and December 31, 1996, which of the following was true?

I．There was a hurricane wind recorded in OI．

II．The average wind speed in MA was 6．8 miles per hour．

III．The wind speed in CI was never as high as 60 miles per hour．

A．I only　　B． II only　　C． I and III only　　D． II and III only

—What’s that noise, John?
—Oh, don’t you know that the school library      ?

I am Sergey Brin! I was born in Moscow. In 1979,when I was 5, my family immigrated to California, USA . I remember that on my 9^th birthday, I got my first computer “Commodore 64”.

Later I graduated with honors in the University of Maryland in Mathematics and IT. The main field of my science research was the technologies used to collect data from unsystematic sources as well as large quantities of texts and science data. I was the author of dozens of articles in leading American academic magazines.

The greatest event in my life happened when in 1998 I was preparing for the defense(论文答辩) of my Doctor’s degree in the Stanford University. There the fate made me meet Larry Page—a young computer genius. Larry belonged to the intellectual society. I and Larry quickly became friends when we were working together.

We were searching day and night on the Internet. We were finding a lot of information but with the feeling we still couldn’t find enough of what we were looking for . Naturally the idea for a search engine that would allow specific information to be found in the endless pool of data was born like it came to us. It wasn’t our plans but we gave up the education at the university. You know the next part ,maybe—we managed to turn an ordinary garage in Peplo Park, California , the USA into our first office, in which Google was born. With excitement we typed the name of the thing which we created with love on September 14^th,1998—www.Google.com. Now after those years we bought this garage. As a symbol it will always remind us that everything is possible.

Which of the following would be the best title for this passage?

   A. The Birth of Google            B. The Founder of Google

   C. The Importance of Cooperation   D. The Great Contribution to the Internet

From the passage we know that Larry Page________.

A. was born from a rich merchant family        

B. was once a student in the Stanford University

C. published some academic articles when young

D. was Brin’s important partner in starting Google

Why did they found Google ?

A. Because they loved working with the Internet so much.

B. Because they wanted to make a lot of money through the Internet

C. Because they hoped to make it easy to find specific information online

D. Because they believed everything is possible.  

Which is the right order of what happened ?

   a. My family moved from Russia to the USA

   b. I met Larry Page

   c. I was given a computer as a present on my 9^th birthday.

   d. google was born in an ordinary garage in California.

   e. I graduated from the university in Mathematics and IT.

   A. a-c-e-b-d       B. c-a-b-e-d      C. a-c-b-d-e     D. c-b-a-e-d

A mobile phone 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.A radio signal travels very quickly.

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

　 Do you know what use a mobile phone has? Yes，you can use it to do a lot of things.

　 Call your friends and family from almost anywhere.

　 Call the police immediately if there is an accident in the street.

　 Send or receive messages.

　 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?

　 RUOK?

　 CUL8r!

　 That’s EZ!

　 Will I C U B4 2moro?

　 That’s Gr8!

1.The writer talks about 　　　　 uses of a mobile phone.

　 A.three 　　　　 B.five 　　　　 C.seven 　　　　 D.nine

2.Why did the mobile phones need large powerful batteries some years ago?

　 A.Because most cities had only one antenna tower.

　 B.Because the mobile phones were too large.

　 C.Because the mobile phones could be used for a long time.

　 D.Because the mobile phones had to send their signal to faraway places.

3.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.

4.What does “Will I C U B4 2moro？” probably mean?

　 A.Will I see you before two past four in the morning?

　 B.Will I see you by 4∶02 in the morning?

　 C.Will I see you before tomorrow?

　 D.Will I see you by four tomorrow?

5.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.

—Charlie has been nowhere       for three days. What has happened to him?
—Didn’t you know he had gone to Hong Kong?