Are you tired of looking for love in all the usual places? Nowadays, millions of lonely singles are now going online instead．The World Wide Web is quickly becoming the world’s most popular matchmaker．With so many singles online, dozens of dating sites like Yahoo Personals and Match．com are helping singles find that special someone．Around the world, from America to China, love is now very much online．

       Singles are flocking to the Internet mainly because their busy lifestyles leave them little time to look for a significant other．Using dating sites is quick and convenient．They can “meet” a lot more people online than they could by hanging out at a club．Besides , many singles say the regular dating scene has just led them from one bad experience to another and are ready to try something else．They also appreciate the first distance of online dating, which allows them to hide themselves until they are ready to meet someone face to face．Dating sites also make it easy to avoid someone you are not interested in．In the real world, however, ignoring someone you don’t like can be awkward．

       Despite all the advantages, online dating also presents its own set of problems．People aren’t always who they claim to be in their online profiles．For instance, someone who tells you he is “handsome, successful and single” might turn out to be homely, unemployed and married．Safety is another concern．You are just as likely to find a criminal online as you are Mr or Miss Right．

       Even so, supporters of online dating see things in a positive way．In their opinion, singles can safely play the online dating game with a little common sense．Online dating experts recommend following a few safety tips:

       Guard your personal information．Never give out your personal information online．This includes your last name, phone number, home address and place of work．

       Watch for red flags．Do any of the people you are chatting with make disrespectful comments? Do they try to control you? Do they give false information about themselves? If so, forget them!

       Meet in a safe place．When meeting someone in person, choose a public location with other people around．

       Following these tips and you might be able to find the person of your dreams．

According to the passage, many lonely singles don’t appreciate the regular dating scene because it is ___．

       A．unpopular　　　    B．troublesome    C．convenient　    D．forgettable

This passage is mainly about 　　．

       A．getting tired of falling in love in a usual way

       B．people with false information on the Internet

       C．new technology to find love through the Interent

       D．web sites such as Yahoo Personals and Match．com

Which of the following is NOT a suitable place for meeting someone you get to know through the Internet for the first time according to the text?

       A．At his/her house．　　　　　      B．At a museum．

       C．At McDonald’s．　　    D．At a bookstore．

From this passage ,we can infer that 　　．

       A．there are mostly homely and unemployed people online

       B．the police had better find criminals online

       C．we can find love only through the dating sites

       D．following safety tips ensure a safe online dating experience

Getting your children to study can be a little like getting them to eat their vegetables.

71   Make a study time and have it at the same time every day. This will help your kids to learn to schedule their day and will give them a sense of control over how they spend their time.

Allow them to study in blocks of time, such as for half an hour with a five-minute break in the middle.    72   Ideal （理想的）study times are after dinner or right after school before dinner.

Never allow your children to study in front of the television, as that will encourage passive activity.   73

You’ll also need to help your kids find the right place to study. After you’ve set up a good study time for little learners, set up a good place where they can get those creative juices flowing.

74   Make sure there is a table or a desk and a comfortable chair.

75   This includes helping them out with their homework sometimes and being there for them with the answers to any questions. The input you give your children during study periods will help form a bond and help make studying enjoyable.

A. Pick a place where your children can study properly.

B. Hold them to the schedule they create for themselves.

C. Finally, spend time with your kids when they’re studying.

D. Keep the atmosphere light and offer lots of encouragement, too.

E. Instead, use TV as a treat or a reward when the homework is completed.

F. Try to stop this bad habit by offering some sort of reward.

G. One of the best ways to form good study habits for your kids is to design a schedule that they keep to.

  Getting paid to talk about the World Cup is a great job. I’m not a football commentator(评论员),though-just an English teacher in Japan.

   I came to Japan two years ago, and didn't think I would stay, but Japan has that effect on you. People often end up living here longer than they planned. I think it’s  best to teach in a biggest city where there are other foreigners to mix with, rather than a small town where English teachers often complain of feeling like a goldfish in a bowl. Many people choose to live in Tokyo, of course, which is good for the nightlife factor. But I’d say that for general quality of living, cities of neither too large nor too small, like Sapporo where I live, are better choices.

    I teach English  privately, which means I’m my own boss. If you want to devote yourself to private teaching, it’s well worth doing a TEFL course  first, because your lessons will be much better for it. The problem with private teaching is finding students; it took me a year to build up a full schedule(日程表)of private lessons, so I started out teaching in schools part-time.

     Most of my foreign friends here work full-time for big English conversation schools. The salary is fine to live on. But whether you can save money depends on how much going out and traveling you do here.

     The schools are reluctant to take time off –even teachers with tickets for the England-Argentina game had trouble getting the day off.

56.From the passage we know in Japan the write likes to live in_______.

A.Tokyo                             B.a small town                     C.a city of middle site                  D.a big city

57.According to the writer, one had better________first to do private teaching better.

A.take a TEFL course                                              B.decide his or her own lessons

C.find students                                                       D.build up a full schedule

58.The underlined sentence in the second paragraph implies that_______.

A.there are many foreigners in Japan                  B.Japan is good for nightlife

C.they can teach English privately in Japan 

D.Japan has something more attractive than expected

59.The underlined word“reluctant”in the passage may probably mean_____.

A.kind                        B.unwilling                  C.free                                        D.careless

Are morning people born or made? In my case it was definitely made．In my early 20s, I rarely went to bed before midnight, and I would almost always get up late the next morning．

But after a while I couldn’t ignore the high relationship between success and rising early．On those rare occasions where I did get up early, I noticed that my productivity was almost always higher．So I set out to become a habitual early riser．But whenever my alarm went off, my first thought was always to stop that noise and go back to sleep．Eventually some sleep research showed me that I was using the wrong strategy．

The most common wrong strategy is this: You assume that if you’re going to get up earlier, you’d better go to bed earlier．It sounds very reasonable, but will usually fail.

There are two main schools(流派) of thought on sleep patterns．One is that you should go to bed and get up at the same time every day．The second school says you should go to bed when you’re tired and get up when you naturally wake up．However, I have found both of them are wrong if you care about productivity．If you sleep at set hours, you’ll sometimes go to bed when you aren’t sleepy enough．You’re wasting time lying in bed awake and not being asleep.

If your sleep is based on what your body tells you, you’ll probably be sleeping more than you need．Also, your mornings may be less predictable if you’re getting up at different times．

The solution for me has been to combine both methods．I go to bed when I’m sleepy and get up with an alarm clock at a fixed time．So I always get up at the same time (in my case 5 am), but I go to bed at different times every night — sometimes at 9:30pm, and other times at midnight．Most of the time I go to bed between 10-11 pm．

 However, going to bed only when I’m sleepy, and getting up at a fixed time every morning is my way．If you want to become an early riser, you can try your own.

According to the passage, the underlined phrase refers to ____.

      A．people who stay up until the next morning.

      B．people who get up early in the morning.

      C．people who feel sleepy in the morning.

      D．people whose productivity is the highest in the morning.

Why did the author want to become a habitual early riser?

      A．Because he / she wanted to form the habit of going to bed early and getting up early.

      B．Because he / she had found that his / her productivity was higher when he / she got up early.

      C．Because he / she wanted to see which of the two main schools of thought on sleep patterns was right.

      D．Because he / she was told the high relationship between success and rising early.

The author experienced all the following EXCEPT ____.

      A．going to bed after midnight．        

       B．getting up early occasionally.

      C．pressing off the alarm to go on sleeping.

      D．asking scholars for advice on sleeping habits.

The passage is mainly about ____。

      A．how to become an early riser．       

       B．how to have good sleep.

       C．wrong strategies for getting up early.

       D．main schools of thought on sleep patterns.

Getting a new PC is one thing, Keeping it running smoothly is quite another. While a personal computer should continue to perform well for years, users know that system unsteadiness does exist Yet you can reduce it to the smallest amount by following the tips below .

First, put in as little software as possible. You’11 have fewer software –related problems and a system that is easier to manage.

Second, you should ensure that you have as much memory (RAM) in your PC as you need If you run  Windows 98,your computer should have as least 128 megabytes (MB)of RAM and more You can also get by with 128 MB of RAM if you use Windows NT or Windows2000,but these operating systems will run much more smoothly if you have 256 MB of RAM or more.

Third, make sure you buy good hardware. Noname products may be cheaper and sometimes just as good as named-brand products, but name-brand products usually became well-known because of famous companies because Windows will more often support the hardware that you buy ,If you are starting out with to have been tested thoroughly with your operating system, and you will generally experience fewer problems.

Fourth, do prepare for disaster .No matter how well your system runs when you get it ,the day will come when it will need to be replaced .Hopefully, you will replace it because technology has become outdated, but you may need to replace it also because the hard drive crashes or you begin experiencing problems that no one can figure out .That’s why it ‘s important to you’re your important to copy your important information regularly. Whether you use a tape backup device or a CD-RW drive, it’s important to make a regular backup plan and stick to it .

If you want to use Windows2000,but your computer only has 64MB.What will you have to do?

A. Change its RAM for at least 256MB,   B. Put in good software in your computer.

C. Enlarge its memory to at least 128 MB  D. Buy another new computer to match it .

How many pieces of advice on buying good hard-ware does the writer give us ?

A. Three        B. Two        C. One          D. four

It can be inferred from the passage that……

A. your computer will save the important information when its hard drive crashes

B. Your computer might lose all the information it stores when it crashes .

C. You must not put in much software.

D. You’d better use 128 MB of Ram if you run Windows NT.

the best title of this passage would be “……”

A. the Tips You must Follow

B. How to Start out with a Computer

C. How to Use your PC Better

D. How to Keep Your PC Stable

what does the underlined word “it ”(paragraph 1)refer to ?

A. System unsteadiness         B. personal computer

C. To perform well             D. Getting a new PC