We were ______ surprised at the news that we couldn’t say anything.

阅读下列文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳答案。

There were two interesting news items in the paper a few years ago. One was about a man who received a bill from the telephone company for $ 999 990—for three months. The other was about a man who received $ 2000 a month-for doing nothing.

    The connection between the two news items is simple: computers—the best inventions of the twentieth century. The telephone bill came from a computer which made a terrifying mistake; that man's bill was only $ 23.36. The other item was not so amusing. A man walked into the unguarded computer room of a large packaged food company and expertly programmed the computer (给计算机编程序) to pay him $ 2 000 a month for raw meat which he “supplied” to the company. Of course he never sent the meat, but he certainly received the money. The computer wrote out a bill, and even “signed” it. It was only a random (随便的) check that uncovered the trick. It could be happening in thousands of other companies all over the world.

    Computers are not the magic workers that some people say they are. They make mistakes; they are sometimes slower than human beings and they are easily fooled. The US used to conscript (征兵) people with the help of a computer. The army sent out a card, which had to be filled in and sent back. It was easy to avoid being called up simply by spreading candle-wax on the card. The computer couldn't read the card, and did nothing with it.

    It's our everyday life that computers cause many problems. Let's get back to using people instead of computers, before a mistake that we can't put right.

1．In the first paragraph we know ________.

    A. the paper is telling a lie

    B. the first sentence is the topic sentence

    C. the two news items made people surprised

    D. if a man did nothing at all for the telephone company, he would still get $ 2 000 a month

2．The man was given $ 999 999 because  ________.

    A. the computer made a big mistake

    B. he worked very hard

    C. he programmed the computer to pay him so much money for raw meat

    D. his work was very difficult to do and the pay was certainly high

3．The main idea of the second paragraph is that  ________.

    A. the computers are magic workers

    B. the computers can do anything as man

    C. the computers can write out a bill and even sign it

    D. the computers sometimes also make big mistakes

4．Computers ________.

    A. were used to conscript people

    B. are usually faster than human beings

    C. are not so miracle (神奇的) as people expect

    D. were not easily controlled and always fooled human beings

5．The writer's main idea is __________________.

    A. we'd better use people instead of computers in our everyday life

    B. we should not use computers because they always make mistakes

    C. computers are widely used in our everyday life

D. if we want to work well, don’t use the computers

阅读理解

阅读下列文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳答案。

There were two interesting news items in the paper a few years ago. One was about a man who received a bill from the telephone company for $ 999 990—for three months. The other was about a man who received $ 2000 a month-for doing nothing.

    The connection between the two news items is simple: computers—the best inventions of the twentieth century. The telephone bill came from a computer which made a terrifying mistake; that man's bill was only $ 23.36. The other item was not so amusing. A man walked into the unguarded computer room of a large packaged food company and expertly programmed the computer (给计算机编程序) to pay him $ 2 000 a month for raw meat which he “supplied” to the company. Of course he never sent the meat, but he certainly received the money. The computer wrote out a bill, and even “signed” it. It was only a random (随便的) check that uncovered the trick. It could be happening in thousands of other companies all over the world.

    Computers are not the magic workers that some people say they are. They make mistakes; they are sometimes slower than human beings and they are easily fooled. The US used to conscript (征兵) people with the help of a computer. The army sent out a card, which had to be filled in and sent back. It was easy to avoid being called up simply by spreading candle-wax on the card. The computer couldn't read the card, and did nothing with it.

    It's our everyday life that computers cause many problems. Let's get back to using people instead of computers, before a mistake that we can't put right.

1．In the first paragraph we know ________.

    A. the paper is telling a lie

    B. the first sentence is the topic sentence

    C. the two news items made people surprised

    D. if a man did nothing at all for the telephone company, he would still get $ 2 000 a month

2．The man was given $ 999 999 because  ________.

    A. the computer made a big mistake

    B. he worked very hard

    C. he programmed the computer to pay him so much money for raw meat

    D. his work was very difficult to do and the pay was certainly high

3．The main idea of the second paragraph is that  ________.

    A. the computers are magic workers

    B. the computers can do anything as man

    C. the computers can write out a bill and even sign it

    D. the computers sometimes also make big mistakes

4．Computers ________.

    A. were used to conscript people

    B. are usually faster than human beings

    C. are not so miracle (神奇的) as people expect

    D. were not easily controlled and always fooled human beings

5．The writer's main idea is __________________.

    A. we'd better use people instead of computers in our everyday life

    B. we should not use computers because they always make mistakes

    C. computers are widely used in our everyday life

D. if we want to work well, don’t use the computers

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

　　There were two interesting pieces of news items in the paper a few years ago. One was about a man who received a bill from the telephone company for ￡ 999 , 999-for three months ! The other news was about a man who received ￡2,000 a month for doing nothing.

　　The connection between the two news items is simple: computers the best invention of the 20th century. The telephone bill came from a computer which made a terrifying mistake; that man's bill was only ￡23.26.The other item was not as amusing. A man walked into the unguarded computer room of a large packaged food company and expertly programmed the computer to pay him ￡ 2,000 a month for raw meat which he “supplied” to the company. Of course he never sent the meat, but he certainly received the money. The computer wrote out a bill , and even “signed” it. It was only a random (随便的) check that uncovered the trick. It could be happening in thousands of other companies all over the world.

　　Computers are not the magical workers that some people say they are. They make mistakes, they're sometimes slower than human beings and they're easily fooled.

　　The US used to conscript (征兵) people with the help of a computer. The army sent out a card, which had to be filled in and sent back. It was easy to avoid being called up simply by spreading candle-wax (蜡) on the card. The computer couldn't read the card, and did nothing with it.

　　It's in our everyday life that computers cause many problems. Let's get back to using people instead of computers, before a mistake that we can't put right.

1．In the first paragraph we can conclude ________ .

[　　]

A．the paper is telling a lie

B．the first sentence is the topic sentence

C．the two news items made people surprised

D．if a man did nothing at all for the telephone company, he would still get ￡2 , 000 a month

2．The main idea of the second paragraph is ________ .

[　　]

A．the computers are magical workers

B．the computers can do anything as well as man

C．the computers can write out the bill and even sign it

D．the computers sometimes also make mistakes

3．Computers ________ .

[　　]

A．were used to conscript people

B．are usually faster than human beings

C．are not so magical as people expect

D．were not easily controlled and always fooled human beings

4．The writer thinks ________ .

[　　]

A．we'd better use people instead of computers in our everyday life

B．we should not use computers because they always make mistakes

C．computers are widely used in our everyday life

D．if we want to work well, don't use the computers

第二部分： 完形填空 （共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项。

For my daughter’s 19th birthday, we bought her tickets to go and see Linkin Park, as they were playing in our city. We didn’t really have the   41   but we knew how much this band meant to her.

The night before she was like a   42   at Christmas. Every so often she got up and came to   43   with us, because she couldn’t   44  . On the night of the   45   it was good to see her so   46   and excited, as she and her boyfirend set off.

Needless to say when they   47   after midnight, with T-shirts and lots of pictures of the band,   48   her telling about how fantastic they had been, we knew the money had been well   49  . This will be a memory she would   50   forget, and nor would we.

  51   full of excitement from the night before, the following day they   52   to go shopping on the other side of the city. My husband and I   53  , loving the fact that she had not   54   that quality as she grew up.

Later that day they returned, with faces full of happiness and warmth. They presented my husband and me with a   55   each. On each present were the words “Because you are the   56   mum / dad in the world”. When we said our thank-yous and told her she didn’t have to, we asked her   57   she had bought us gifts. Her   58   was simply “Just because I love you”.

This wasn’t something   59   from our daughter; she had always given us a gift when she wanted to express her   60  , and each gift was always a welcome surprise. It could have been anything, it wouldn’t have mattered, and it was the act itself and the feelings behind it.

41. A. money                B. time                         C. interest                            D. news

42. A. worker               B. baby                        C. kid                                 D. parent

43. A. dance                 B. learn                      C.walk                                D. sit

44. A. speak                  B. sleep                        C. stand                               D. leave

45. A. concert               B. holiday                    C. party                               D. travel

46. A. healthy               B. happy                      C. pretty                              D. surprised

47. A. stayed                 B. left                          C. returned                          D. turned

48. A. worrying about    B. caring for               C. looking at                        D. listening to

49. A. lent                    B. earned                      C. saved                              D. spent

50. A. ever                   B. never                       C. often                               D. neither

51. A. Still                   B. Only                        C. Just                                D. Also

52. A. continued            B. tried                        C. decided                           D. struggled

53. A. refused               B. cried                        C. shouted                           D. laughed

54. A. kept                   B. lost                          C. realized                           D. discovered

55. A. gift                        B. prize                        C. ticket                              D. picture

56. A. richest                B. oldest                       C. best                                D. cleverest

57. A. where                 B. how                         C. when                              D. why

58. A. way                    B. answer                            C. suggestion                       D. idea

59. A. important            B. ordinary                   C. new                                D. valuable

60. A. feelings                     B. concerns                   C. understandings                 D. opinions