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　　“Tom? Are you in bed yet?”called Mrs White. There was no answer. Mrs White put down her book and went to her 14-year-old son’s room. Tom was sitting in front of a bright computer screen on which a colorful dragon(龙)jumped and shouted.

　　“Oh, Tom! You’re still playing on that computer. You must stop now, it’s half past eleven. If you don’t go to bed soon, you’ll be very tired tomorrow.”said Mrs White.

　　“But I’ve nearly beaten the dragon.”said Tom. Mrs White could see the excitement on her son’s face. She sat down beside him.

　　“You are always playing on that computer. You spend more time with this machine than with your family, ”she said with a smile. “What’s so special about it? Show me what it can do!”

　　Tom was very excited. “I think this is a great computer, Mum!”he said happily. “The hardware is good. There’s so much memory(内存)and it has some wonderful software programmes. This game, Dragonsplayer, is my favourite, but I sometimes borrow games from Danny and other friends. I don’t have to worry about any infected(被感染的)disks(磁盘)because I have virus(病毒)detector(监测器)which can go over any disk and check it for viruses. Let me show you!”Tom began tapping keys on the keyboard. The screen changed in answer to his orders.

　　“Oh, Tom,”laughed Mrs White. “I’m sure it’s a wonderful computer, but I’m afraid I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

1．When Mrs White was calling Tom, he was ________.

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A．lying in bed reading a book

B．on the computer with a dragon

C．standing in front of the screen of the computer

D．playing computer games in his bedroom

2．From the passage we know that the stow happened ________.

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A．before Tom went to school in the morning

B．before Tom went to bed at night

C．just as the dragon jumped and shouted

D．after Tom had slept for some hours in the evening

3．Tom was very excited because ________.

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A．he had a radio detector in his computer

B．he was worrying about the infected disks

C．he had nearly beaten the dragon in computer game

D．his mother came upstairs to ask him to go to bed

4．Which of the following is true according to the passage? ________

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A．Tom liked playing computer games.

B．Tom enjoyed playing with real dragons.

C．Tom hated tapping on the keyboard.

D．Tom hated teaching his mother how to play the computer.

5．How did Tom get on with his mother? ________

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A．Mrs White wan very hard on her son.

B．Mrs White loved her son and took good care of him.

C．Tom didn’t want to talk about the computer with his mother.

D．Tom thought his mother was as wonderful an the computer game.

Do you know that women’s brains are smaller than men’s? Normally the women’s brain weighs 10% less than men’s. Since research has shown that the bigger the brain, the cleverer the animal, men must be more intelligent（聪明的） than women. Right? Wrong. Men and women always score similarly on intelligence tests, despite the difference in brain size. Why? After years of study, researchers have concluded that it’s what’s inside that matters, not just the size of the brain. The brain is made up of “grey matter” and “white matter”. While men have more of the white matter, the amount（数量）of “thinking” brain is almost the same in both men and women.
It has been suggested that smaller brain appears to work faster, perhaps because the two sides of the brain are better connected in women. This means that little girls may learn to speak earlier, and that women can understand sorts of different information at the same time. When it comes to talking to the boss on the phone, cooking dinner and keeping an eye on the baby all at the same time, it’s women who come out on top every time.
There are other important differences between two sexes（性别）. As white matter is the key to spatial（空间的）tasks, men know better where things are in relation to other things. “A great footballer always knows where he is in relation to the other players, and he knows where to go,” says one researcher. That may explain one of life’s great mysteries: why men refuse to ask for directions … and women often need to!
The differences begin when fetuses（胎儿）are about nine weeks old, which can be seen in the action of children when they are very young. A boy would try to climb a barrier before him or push it down while a girl would ask for help from others. These brain differences also explain the fact that more men take up jobs that require good spatial skills, while more women speech skills. It may all go back to our ancestors, among whom women needed speech skills to take care of their babies and men needed spatial skills to hunt, according to one research.
【小题1】Which of the following is TRUE according to Paragraph 1?

Some people do not like anything to be out of place, they are never late for work, they can remember people’s birthdays; and they are always  31  to their friends and family members. Mr. Brown is such a person.
Mr. Brown works in a  32 , and he lives in the town alone . He only has a sister. She lives in   33  town with her husband and her son, Mike. Mr. Brown doesn’t have time to see his sister or her family, from one year to the  34 , but he never forgets  35  them different kinds of greeting cards. These days, he is busy  36  a birthday card and presents for the 20th birthday of his nephew, Mike.
Last Sunday, Mr. Brown had quite a surprise. He drove home from the hotel at the usual time, and he drove his car very  37  , not too slowly or too fast. When he got home, he parked his car as usual in the right place, and then he went into the house to make supper. Suddenly, there was a  38  the door. Mr. Brown opened the door and found a policeman standing outside the door.
“What’s wrong?” he asked  39 . ‘Did I drive on the wrong side of the street? Or did I make a mistake at work?’
“Hello, Uncle,” said the policeman with a big  40  on his face, “My name is Mike”.