It was past 10:00 p. m. I was busy with my schoolwork though I was 36 . Just then, my little brother Michael ran out of his room,  37 a pen in his right hand and a piece of paper in the other. 

  “Betty, can you help me with my 38 for school? It’s about the seven 39 of the world.” he said.

   My eyes were so fixed on the computer screen that my brother had to pull my blouse just to get my 40 .

   “Look, not right now! I’m very busy.” I said. “You are always busy! You are always like that!” he replied.

   I felt a bit guilty(内疚的) 41 I thought about his words, but my work seemed more 42 to me than my brother’s .I sighed a few times and 43 with my own studies.

  The next day, I arrived home late. Michael came into my room.

  “I know you are 44 but there’s something I want to show you ,” he began. Without saying a word, I  45 the paper from him .I really didn’t 46 what he was saying ._47_ I wanted was to get rid of him and finally get to rest.

  Suddenly, my eyes widened in 48 . There, he wrote: The Seven Wonders of the World: 1.Love  2.Friendship  3. Peace  4. Joy  5. Wisdom  6.Fun  7.Family

I 49 believe what my brother had written on the paper. I was completely 50 .How could such an innocent(天真的)little child 51  such things in life?

The most _52 things in life are the ones that we 53 take for granted(认为……理所当然). These things don’t take the form of big houses or beautiful 54 . The most wonderful things in the world are immaterial(非物质的) 55 they can never be developed by human art, skill or effort.

36. A. tired                   B. experienced        C. talented            D. satisfied

37. A. buying          B. holding             C. playing                      D. biting

38. A. problem         B. mistake             C. trouble             D. homework

39. A. events              B. cities                  C. wonders                    D. mysteries

40. A. attention           B. care                   C. love                       D. sight

41. A. before                 B. as                      C. since                          D. till

42. A. exciting         B. useful                C. important                D. interesting

43. A. started                       B. hated                  C. forgot                     D. continued

44. A. busy                   B. bored           C. free                         D. angry

45. A. handed               B. took                         C. passed             D. accepted

46. A. record                B. worry                C. mind                         D. share

47. A. What                  B. That                         C. Which             D. Who

48. A. surprise         B. sadness              C. happiness                   D. disappointment

49. A. shouldn’t            B. needn’t              C. couldn’t                    D. mustn’t

50. A. wounded            B. lost                   C. pleased                      D. puzzled

51. A. understand          B. remember          C. study              D. finish

52. A. funny                 B. valuable             C. necessary                   D. possible

53. A. ever            B. often                 C. seldom                       D. never

54. A. voices                 B. poems               C. cars                           D. music

55. A. it                     B. when                 C. but                D. and

When I asked my daughter which item she would keep; the phone, the car, the cooker, the computer, the TV, or her boyfriend, she said “the phone”. Personally, I could do without the phone entirely, which makes me unusual. Because the telephone is changing our lives more than any other piece of technology.

Point 1 The telephone creates the need to communicate, in the same way that more roads create more traffic. My daughter comes home from school at 4:00 p.m. and then spends an hour on the phone talking to the very people she has been at school with all day. If the phone did not exist, would she have anything to talk about?

Point 2 The mobile phone means that we are never alone. “The mobile saved my life,” says Crystal Johnstone. She had an accident in her Volvo on the A45 between Otley and Skipton. Trapped inside, she managed to make the call that brought the ambulance to her rescue.

Point 3 The mobile removes our secret. It allows marketing manager of Haba Deutsch, Carl Nicolaisen, to ring his sales staff all round the world at any time of day to ask where they are, where they are going, and how their last meeting went.

Point 4 The telephone separates us. Antonella Bramante in Rome says, “We worked in separate offices but I could see him through the window. It was easy to get his number. We were so near-but we didn’t meet for the first two weeks!”

Point 5 The telephone allows us to reach out beyond our own lives. Today we can talk to several complete strangers simultaneously(同时地) on chat lines (at least my daughter does. I wouldn’t know what to talk about). We can talk across the world. We can even talk to astronauts (if you know any) while they’re space walking. And, with the phone line hooked up to the computer, we can access(存取) the Internet, the biggest library on Earth.

57．How do you understand “Point 1: The telephone creates the need to communicate,…”?

       A．People don’t communicate without telephone.

       B．People communicate because of the creating of the telephone.

       C．People communicate more since telephone has been created.

       D．People communicate more because of more traffic.

58．Which of the following best shows people’s attitude towards mobile phones?

       A．Mobile phones help people deal with the emergency.

       B．Mobile phones bring convenience as well little secret to people.

       C．Mobile phones are so important and should be encouraged.

       D．Mobile phones are part of people’s life.

59．It is possible to talk to several complete strangers simultaneously through ________.

       A．the TV screen                                    

       B．a fax machine

       C．the phone line hooked up to the computer

       D．a microphone

60．The best heading for the passage is ___________.

       A．Phone Power                                      B．Kinds of Phone

       C．How to Use Phones                             D．Advantage of Phones

When I asked my daughter which item she would keep; the phone, the car, the cooker, the computer, the TV, or her boyfriend, she said “the phone”. Personally, I could do without the phone entirely, which makes me unusual. Because the telephone is changing our lives more than any other piece of technology.

Point 1 The telephone creates the need to communicate, in the same way that more roads create more traffic. My daughter comes home from school at 4:00 p.m. and then spends an hour on the phone talking to the very people she has been at school with all day. If the phone did not exist, would she have anything to talk about?

Point 2 The mobile phone means that we are never alone. “The mobile saved my life,” says Crystal Johnstone. She had an accident in her Volvo on the A45 between Otley and Skipton. Trapped inside, she managed to make the call that brought the ambulance to her rescue.

Point 3 The mobile removes our secret. It allows marketing manager of Haba Deutsch, Carl Nicolaisen, to ring his sales staff all round the world at any time of day to ask where they are, where they are going, and how their last meeting went.

Point 4 The telephone separates us. Antonella Bramante in Rome says, “We worked in separate offices but I could see him through the window. It was easy to get his number. We were so near-but we didn’t meet for the first two weeks!”

Point 5 The telephone allows us to reach out beyond our own lives. Today we can talk to several complete strangers simultaneously(同时地) on chat lines (at least my daughter does. I wouldn’t know what to talk about). We can talk across the world. We can even talk to astronauts (if you know any) while they’re space walking. And, with the phone line hooked up to the computer, we can access(存取) the Internet, the biggest library on Earth.

1．How do you understand “Point 1: The telephone creates the need to communicate,…”?

       A．People don’t communicate without telephone.

       B．People communicate because of the creating of the telephone.

       C．People communicate more since telephone has been created.

       D．People communicate more because of more traffic.

2．Which of the following best shows people’s attitude towards mobile phones?

       A．Mobile phones help people deal with the emergency.

       B．Mobile phones bring convenience as well little secret to people.

       C．Mobile phones are so important and should be encouraged.

       D．Mobile phones are part of people’s life.

3．It is possible to talk to several complete strangers simultaneously through ________.

       A．the TV screen                                    

       B．a fax machine

       C．the phone line hooked up to the computer

       D．a microphone

4．The best heading for the passage is ___________.

       A．Phone Power                                      B．Kinds of Phone

       C．How to Use Phones                             D．Advantage of Phones

A: Good morning. Can I help you?

B：Yes, I b___111___ this blouse here last week, but there seems to be something wrong with it. When I washed it, the colour r___112__. You can see how it is now. I can’t p____113____ wear it. I would like you to change this blouse, or else give me my money b___114___.

A: Let me see. Did you wash it in hot water?

B: Of course not .I’m not that f____115___.

A: It looks as if it hasn’t been washed f___116____ the instructions. Did you leave it in water before you washed it?

B: No, I didn’t do that e____117____. I just washed it in cold water.

A:There seems to be something wrong with it, but that’s the f__118__ of the company that made it.

A: That may be t__119___, but you sold me a blouse that I can’t use any more.

B: What do you think I should do then?

A: I i___120___ that you give me my money back.

A: Good morning. Can I help you?

B：Yes, I b___111___ this blouse here last week, but there seems to be something wrong with it. When I washed it, the colour r___112__. You can see how it is now. I can’t p____113____ wear it. I would like you to change this blouse, or else give me my money b___114___.

A: Let me see. Did you wash it in hot water?

B: Of course not .I’m not that f____115___.

A: It looks as if it hasn’t been washed f___116____ the instructions. Did you leave it in water before you washed it?

B: No, I didn’t do that e____117____. I just washed it in cold water.

A:There seems to be something wrong with it, but that’s the f__118__ of the company that made it.

A: That may be t__119___, but you sold me a blouse that I can’t use any more.

B: What do you think I should do then?

A: I i___120___ that you give me my money back.