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From E-mail to online shopping, you may think you’ve heard everything there to know about the electronic frontier （新领域）．But with hundreds of thousands of Web pages being added weekly, there are plenty of surprises out there．Here are some of the most intriguing （有迷惑力的）．

……

Put your kid on a greeting card．Here is how: simply take some pictures with a regular camera, and then ask the photo service to develop them digitally （数字化）．For a small fee, you’ll receive your photos on a desk．Put that into your computer and, with a few clicks of the mouse, you can view your photos on the screen．With a few more keystrokes, you can attach the photos to email and send them to friends and relatives worldwide．

　　Sign on to one or several greeting card’s Websites （http://www．cardcentral．net/ is an index of more than 1200 electronic card sites） and create an electronic birthday or holiday card．Using your digital photos, you can paste your grandchildren onto the cover．

　　If you don’t want to use your own photos, go to cards．amzon．com to browse （浏览） hundreds of images in over 30 categories…all of which you can attach to an electronic greeting card for free．For a nominal fee（很低的费用）you can choose from a library of 75,000 images at http://www．phontodisc．com/．

　　Call Australia for free．To have a telephone conversation over the Internet, the person you want to talk to no longer needs a computer．Now all you need to talk to someone in Sydney is one computer with speakers, a microphone, a sound card and some software （available at http://www．vocaltec．com/ or Mricrosoft．com）．Typically, you’ll pay a monthly fee （usually under $20） to a service provider, but after that, the calls themselves are local．Sound quality is the same as that of a cell phone．

　　Even if you don’t have a computer, you can still use the Web to reduce your long distance phone costs．Some companies offer a service that lets you use an ordinary phone to call another ordinary phone, but charge only a few cents per minute for US calls, because they send them through the Internet．

　　Today 48 percent of American homes have computers…a figure that is expected to climb to 60 percent by 2003．And by the end of the next decade, Americans will likely be spending more time shopping, banking, investing and learning on the Internet than in the real world．If you can’t do or find something on the Net today, you probably can tomorrow．

60．Over the Internet, you ________．

       A．can hear everything there

       B．will meet with plenty of surprises which come out every week．

       C．will hear the things about the electronic frontier

       D．can find some things are very interesting

61．From the passage we can infer that _________．

       A．fewer people will use the Internet in the following ten years

       B．more people will study in the regular school by the end of the next decade

       C．fewer people will go to the regular school in the following ten years

       D．more money will be needed for a long-distance call by the end of the next decade

62．If you want to attach to photo to your e-mail, you have to ________ it．

       A．digitalize　　  B．take　　　　   C．picture　　　　      D．send

63．Which of the following is NOT true?

       A．A telephone conversation over the Internet can be carried out without computers．

       B．Over the Internet, the receiver of the phone conversation doesn’t need a computer．

       C．The phone conversations over the Internet are much cheaper．

       D．The long-distance calls are local themselves．

　　From email to on-line shopping, you may think you've heard everything there to know about the electronic frontier．But with hundreds of thousands of Web pages being added weekly, there are plenty of surprises out there．Here are some of the most intriguing (有迷惑力的)．

　　Put your kid on a greeting card．Here is how: simply take some pictures with a regular camera, and then ask the photo service to develop them digitally．For a small fee, you'll receive your photos on a disk．Put that into your computer and, with a few clicks of the mouse, you can view your photos on the screen．With a few more keystrokes, you can attach (使……附在) the photos to email and send them to friends and relatives worldwide．

　　Sign on to one or several greeting card's Web sites (www．cardcentral．net) is an index of more than 1,200 electronic card sites) and create an electronic birthday or holiday card．Using your digital photos, you can paste your grandchildren onto the cover．

　　If you don't want to use your own photos, go to cards, amzon．com to browse (浏览) hundreds of images in over 30 categories ?all of which you can attach to an electronic greeting card for free．For a nominal fee you can choose from a library of 75,000 images as www．photodisc．com．

　　Call Australia for free．To have a telephone conversation over the Internet, the person you want to talk to no longer needs a computer．Now all you need to talk to someone in Sydney is one computer with speakers, a microphone, a sound card and some software (available at www．yocaltec．com or Microsoft．com)．Typically, you'll pay a monthly fee (usually under $ 20) to a service provider, but after that, the calls themselves are local．Sound quality is the same as that of a cell phone．

　　Even if you don't have a computer, you can still use the Web to reduce your long distance phone costs．Some companies offer a service that lets you use an ordinary phone to call another ordinary phone, but charge only a few cents per minute for U．S．calls, because they send them through the Internet．

　　Today 48 percent of American homes have computers ?a figure that is expected to climb to 60 percent by 2003．And by the end of the next decade, Americans will likely be spending more time shopping, banking, investing and learning on the Internet than in the real world．If you can't do or find something on the Net today, you probably can tomorrow．

1．Over the Internet, you________．

[　　]

A．can hear everything there

B．will meet with plenty of surprises which come out every week

C．will hear the things about the electronic frontier

D．can find something very interesting

2．From the passage we can infer that ________．

[　　]

A．fewer people will use the Internet in the following ten years

B．more people will study in the regular school by the end of the next decade

C．fewer people will go to the regular school in the following ten years

D．more money will be needed for a long distance call by the end of the next decade

3．Which of the following is NOT true?

[　　]

A．A telephone conversation over the Internet can be carried out without computers．

B．Over the Internet, the receiver of the phone conversation doesn't need a computer．

C．The phone conversations over the Internet are much cheaper．

D．The long-distance calls are local themselves．

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阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

　　From e - mail to on - line shopping, you may think you've heard everything there to know about the electronic frontier (新领域). But with hundreds of thousands of Web pages being added weekly, there are plenty of surprises out there. Here are some of the most intriguing(有迷惑力的).

　　……

　　Put your kid on a greeting card. Here is how: simply take some pictures with a regular camera, and then ask the photo service to develop them digitally (数字化). For a small fee, you'll receive your photos on a disk, Put that into your computerand, with a few clicks of the mouse, you can view your photos on the screen. With a few more keystrokes, you can attach (使……附在) the photos to e-mail and send them to friends and relatives worldwide.

　　Sign on to one or several greeting card's Web sites (www. cardcentral. net is an index of more than 1200 electronic card sites) and create an electronic birthday or holiday card. Using your digital photos, you can paste your grandchildren onto the cover.

　　If you don't want to use your own photos, go to cards. amzon.com to browse (浏览) hundreds of images in over 30 categoriesall of which you can attach to an electronic greeting card for free. For a nominal fee you can choose from a library of 75,000 images as www.photodisc.com.

　　Call Australia for free. To have a telephone conversation over the Internet, the person you want to talk to no longer needs a computer. Now all you need to talk to someone in Sydney is one computer with speakers, a microphone, a sound card and some software (available at www. vocaltec.com or microsoft.com). Typically, you'll pay a monthly fee (usually under $ 20 ) to a service provider, but after that, the calls themselves are local. Sound quality is the same as that of a cell phone.

　　Even if you don't have a computer, you can still use the Web to reduce your long distance phone costs. Some companies offer a service that lets you use an ordinary phone to call another ordinary phone, but charge only a few cents per minute for U. S. calls, because they send them through the Internet.

　　Today 48 percent of American homes have computersa figure that is expected to climb to 60 percent by 2003．And by the end of the next decade, Americans will likely be spending more time shopping, banking, investing and learning on the Internet than in the real world. If you can't do or find something on the Net today, you probably can tomorrow.

1．Over the Internet, you ________.

[　　]

A．can hear everything there

B．will meet with plenty of surprises which come out every week

C．will hear the things about the electronic frontier

D．can find some things are very interesting

2．From the passage we can infer that ________.

[　　]

A．fewer people will use the Internet in the following ten years

B．more people will study in the regular school by the end of the next decade

C．fewer people will go to the regular school in the following ten years

D．more money will be needed for a long distance call by the end of the next decade

3．If you want to attach a photo to your e - mail, you have to ________ it.

[　　]

4．Which of the following is NOT true?

[　　]

A．A telephone conversation over the Internet can be carried out without computers.

B．Over the Internet, the receiver of the phone conversation doesn't need a computer.

C．The phone conversations over the Internet are much cheaper.

D．The long - distance calls are local themselves.

5．What is the best title for this passage?

[　　]

A．From E - mail to on - Line Shopping

B．Surprising Things You Can Do on - Line

C．Kids on Greeting Cards

D．Free Calls over the Internet

From E-mail to online shopping, you may think you’ve heard everything there to know about the electronic frontier （新领域）．But with hundreds of thousands of Web pages being added weekly, there are plenty of surprises out there．Here are some of the most intriguing （有迷惑力的）．

……

Put your kid on a greeting card．Here is how: simply take some pictures with a regular camera, and then ask the photo service to develop them digitally （数字化）．For a small fee, you’ll receive your photos on a desk．Put that into your computer and, with a few clicks of the mouse, you can view your photos on the screen．With a few more keystrokes, you can attach the photos to email and send them to friends and relatives worldwide．

　　Sign on to one or several greeting card’s Websites （http://www．cardcentral．net/ is an index of more than 1200 electronic card sites） and create an electronic birthday or holiday card．Using your digital photos, you can paste your grandchildren onto the cover．

If you don’t want to use your own photos, go to cards．amzon．com to browse （浏览） hundreds of images in over 30 categories…all of which you can attach to an electronic greeting card for free．For a nominal fee（很低的费用）you can choose from a library of 75,000 images at http://www．phontodisc．com/．

Call Australia for free．To have a telephone conversation over the Internet, the person you want to talk to no longer needs a computer．Now all you need to talk to someone in Sydney is one computer with speakers, a microphone, a sound card and some software （available at http://www．vocaltec．com/ or Mricrosoft．com）．Typically, you’ll pay a monthly fee （usually under $20） to a service provider, but after that, the calls themselves are local．Sound quality is the same as that of a cell phone．

　　Even if you don’t have a computer, you can still use the Web to reduce your long distance phone costs．Some companies offer a service that lets you use an ordinary phone to call another ordinary phone, but charge only a few cents per minute for US calls, because they send them through the Internet．

　　Today 48 percent of American homes have computers…a figure that is expected to climb to 60 percent by 2003．And by the end of the next decade, Americans will likely be spending more time shopping, banking, investing and learning on the Internet than in the real world．If you can’t do or find something on the Net today, you probably can tomorrow．

1．Over the Internet, you ________．

　 A．can hear everything there

　 B．will meet with plenty of surprises which come out every week．

　 C．will hear the things about the electronic frontier

　 D．can find some things are very interesting

2．From the passage we can infer that _________．

　 A．fewer people will use the Internet in the following ten years

　 B．more people will study in the regular school by the end of the next decade

C．fewer people will go to the regular school in the following ten years

　 D．more money will be needed for a long-distance call by the end of the next decade

3．If you want to attach to photo to your e-mail, you have to ________ it．

　 A．digitalize　　　　　　　　　 B．take　　　　 C．picture　　　　 D．send

4．Which of the following is NOT true?

　 A．A telephone conversation over the Internet can be carried out without computers．

　 B．Over the Internet, the receiver of the phone conversation doesn’t need a computer．

　 C．The phone conversations over the Internet are much cheaper．

　 D．The long-distance calls are local themselves．

Key West, Florida is a wonderful place to spend a vacation. It is a truly charming and fun city for the whole family. And of course you will get the good weather of Florida, with which you have plenty of time to enjoy the outdoor activities.
Key West is the most southern city in the continental USA. That is why their sunsets are so amazing. The sun is brighter there at sunset than anywhere else. It’s so beautiful that everyone gathers every evening at Mallory Dock to watch it. And there you will see jugglers (玩杂耍的人) and musicians entertaining in the streets.
The houses surrounded by trees and flowers are lovely in Key West, and many are restored and absolutely charming. There are too many hotels, inns, guest houses and restaurants to talk about. They all look great and their prices change according to seasons, and you can find something to suit every pocketbook and every taste.
At the seaport you will see various boats. It’s very interesting. The city is rich in history and was home to Ernest Hemingway. Harry Truman chose it for his winter White House. There are so many public transportation—taxis, tour trains, trolleys, bikes—and you can even walk if you choose. There are beautiful coral reefs. The deep reefs are farther off shore and are best visited with an experienced guide. However, there are shallow reefs close in where snorkelers (潜水者) can explore to their heart’s content. At Key West Marine Park you can do some good snorkeling.  In Key West you can go diving, fishing and do all sorts of water sports.
The problem with Key West is that no one ever wants to leave. Be sure to take your camera with you because you will want to snap (拍摄) everything you see. And whatever you do, be sure to take in the sunset because it is nothing like anything you have ever seen.
【小题1】What will certainly happen when visitors come to Key West?