My topic today is the Internet．It was prompted(引出)by the first letter, which I am unable to answer fully for the reasons given!
Dear David,
I am a middle school student．Now I am preparing for a writing competition．Could you please check the mistakes in my article about using the Internet and give me some advice? Thank you．
No name
David writes：I am very sorry to say that I think it would be very unfair for me to help you win a competition－unfair to the other competitors!
But I will say that your article is very interesting and I wish you good luck．Your article makes some good points that deserve talking about in this column!
Dear David,
I’m now learning English by myself．Can you introduce some useful websites where I can make friends with foreigners? Please help me．
Moonlight
David writes：Well, dear Moonlight, I bet you made a good choice by using the Net in your self-studies．Two very good websites I would suggest to you are：
www．britishcouncil．org．cn and www．britishcouncil．org/learnenglish．
By the way, for those readers interested in the teaching of English, there is an Internet discussion group called ELTCSChi-L(English Language Teaching Contacts Scheme China List)．
And also, a healthy warning to all my readers：If over-used, the Internet can be a WOMBAT－A Waste of Money, Brains and Time!
(1)
David is probably a ________．
[ ]
A．
language expert
B．
computer expert
C．
college student
D．
club chairman
(2)
What is the reason why the first letter is unable to be fully answered?
[ ]
A．
David is unable to think out good advice．
B．
David thinks it is expected to play fair in the competition．
C．
David is going to talk on another topic－Internet．
D．
David finds no mistakes in that article．
(3)
“www．britishcouncil．org．cn”
is a(an)________．
[ ]
A．
website where one can make foreign friends
B．
website where one can join a discussion group
C．
newspaper column for answering readers’ questions
D．
English newspaper for students and language teachers
(4)
Which of the following is NOT David’s opinion of the Internet?
[ ]
A．
English teachers can exchange opinions on the Net．
A Tennessee couple helplessly watched their home bum to the ground, along with all of their possessions, because they did not pay a＄75 annual fee to the local fire department．
Vicky Bell told the NBC affiliate WPSD－TV that she called 911 when her mobile home in Obion County caught fire．Firefighters arrived on the．scene but as the fire spread, they simply stood by and did nothing．“In all emergency, the first thing you think of,‘Call 9－1＝l', ”homeowner Bell said．However, Bell and her husband were forced to walk into the burning home in an attempt to retrieve(抢回)their own belongings．"You could look out my mom's Wailer(拖车)and湖the trucks sitting at a distance, ”Bell said．“We just wished we could have gotten more out．”
South Fulton Mayor David Crocker defended the fire department, saying that if firefighters responded to non＝subscribers, no one would have an intention to pay the fee．Residents in the city of South Fulton receive the service automatically, but it is not extended to those living in the greater county-wide area．
“There's no way to go to every fife and keep．up the manpower, me equipment, and just the funding for the fire department, ”Crocker said．
The South Fulton policy produced precisely the same nightmare last year, when homeowner Gene Cranick－who had similarly failed to pay the＄75 annual fee for rural Obion County residents－saw his house swallowed by flames as South Fulton firefighter watched close by．That incident sparked a debate among conservative experts over the limits of fee－for-service approaches to government．
For his part, Mayor Crocker stressed that the city's firefighters will help people in danger, even those who haven't paid the fee．“After the last situation．1 would hope that everybody would be well aware of the rural fire fees, this time。”Crocker said．
(1)
The firefighters did nothing to the fire because _________．
[ ]
A．
they had no money to buy the equipment
B．
they were short of manpower
C．
the house owner hadn't paid them
D．
there was nothing precious in the house
(2)
We can infer from the second paragraph that _________．
[ ]
A．
only little of their belongings were retrieved from the fire
B．
the firefighters forced Bell and her husband to get things from the burning house
C．
Bell and her husband asked the NBC affiliate WPSD．TV to cover the event
D．
Bell and her husband didn't call 911 the moment the house caught fire
(3)
The underlined word“sparked''in the fifth paragraph most probably means _________．
[ ]
A．
put out
B．
set off
C．
took off
D．
kept out
(4)
The writer writes the passage to _________．
[ ]
A．
urge all the residents to pay the annual fee
B．
make everyone aware of the rural fire fees
C．
warn people of fires
D．
report the incident objectively
(5)
What will probably be discussed in the paragraph that follows?
[ ]
A．
The punishment the firefighters are faced with．
B．
The measures to be taken to overcome the funding problem．
C．
The reason why the government has changed its policy．
D．
The result of the debate among the conservative experts．
My topic today is the Internet．It was prompted(引出)by the first letter, which I am unable to answer fully for the reasons given!
Dear David,
I am a middle school student．Now I am preparing for a writing competition．Could you please check the mistakes in my article about using the Internet and give me some advice? Thank you．
No name
David writes：I am very sorry to say that I think it would be very unfair for me to help you win a competition－unfair to the other competitors!
But I will say that your article is very interesting and I wish you good luck．Your article makes some good points that deserve talking about in this column!
________
Dear David,
I’m now learning English by myself．Can you introduce some useful websites where I can make friends with foreigners? Please help me．
Moonlight
David writes：Well, dear moonlight, I bet you made a good choice by using the Net in your self-studies．Two very good websites I would suggest to you are：
www.britishcouncil.org.cn and www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish．
By the way, for those readers interested in the teaching of English, there is an Internet discussion group called ELTCSChi-L(English Language Teaching Contacts Scheme China List)．
And also, a healthy warning to all my readers：If over-used, the Internet can be a WOMBAT－A Waste of Money, Brains and Time!
(1)
David is probably a ________．
[ ]
A．
language expert
B．
computer expert
C．
college student
D．
club chairman
(2)
What is the reason why the first letter is unable to be fully answered?
[ ]
A．
David is unable to think out good advice．
B．
David thinks it is expected to play fair in the competition．
C．
David is going to talk on another topic－Internet．
D．
David finds no mistakes in that article．
(3)
“www.britishcouncil.org.cn” is a(an)________．
[ ]
A．
website where one can make foreign friends
B．
website where one can join a discussion group
C．
newspaper column for answering readers’ questions
D．
English newspaper for students and language teachers
(4)
Which of the following is NOT David’s opinion of the Internet?
My topic today is the Internet．It was prompted(引出)by the first letter, which I am unable to answer fully for the reasons given!
Dear David,
I am a middle school student．Now I am preparing for a writing competition．Could you please check the mistakes in my article about using the Internet and give me some advice? Thank you．
No name
David writes：I am very sorry to say that I think it would be very unfair for me to help you win a competition－unfair to the other competitors!
But I will say that your article is very interesting and I wish you good luck．Your article makes some good points that deserve talking about in this column!
_________________
Dear David,
I’m now learning English by myself．Can you introduce some useful websites where I can make friends with foreigners? Please help me．
Moonlight
David writes：Well, dear Moonlight, I bet you made a good choice by using the Net in your self-studies．Two very good websites I would suggest to you are：
www．britishcouncil．org．cn and www．britishcouncil．org/learnenglish．
By the way, for those readers interested in the teaching of English, there is an Internet discussion group called ELTCSChi-L(English Language Teaching Contacts Scheme China List)．
And also, a healthy warning to all my readers：If over-used, the Internet can be a WOMBAT－A Waste of Money, Brains and Time!
(1)
David is probably a ________．
[ ]
A．
language expert
B．
computer expert
C．
college student
D．
club chairman
(2)
What is the reason why the first letter is unable to be fully answered?
[ ]
A．
David is unable to think out good advice．
B．
David thinks it is expected to play fair in the competition．
C．
David is going to talk on another topic－Internet．
D．
David finds no mistakes in that article．
(3)
“www．britishcouncil．org．cn” is a(an)________．
[ ]
A．
website where one can make foreign friends
B．
website where one can join a discussion group
C．
newspaper column for answering readers’ questions
D．
English newspaper for students and language teachers
(4)
Which of the following is NOT David’s opinion of the Internet?
[ ]
A．
English teachers can exchange opinions on the Net．
My topic today is the Internet．It was prompted(引出)by the first letter, which I am unable to answer fully for the reasons given!
Dear David,
I am a middle school student．Now I am preparing for a writing competition．Could you please check the mistakes in my article about using the Internet and give me some advice?Thank you．
No name
David writes：I am very sorry to say that I think it would be very unfair for me to help you win a competition－unfair to the other competitors!
But I will say that your article is very interesting and I wish you good luck．Your article makes some good points that deserve talking about in this column!
________
Dear David,
I’m now learning English by myself．Can you introduce some useful websites where I can make friends with foreigners?Please help me．
Moonlight
David writes：Well, dear moonlight, I bet you made a good choice by using the Net in your self-studies．Two very good websites I would suggest to you are：
www．britishcouncil．org．cn and www．britishcouncil．org/learnenglish．
By the way, for those readers interested in the teaching of English, there is an Internet discussion group called ELTCSChi-L(English Language Teaching Contact Scheme China List)．
And also, a healthy warning to all my readers：If over-used, the Internet can be a WOMBAT－A Waste of Money, Brains and Time!
(1)
David is probably a ________．
[ ]
A．
language expert
B．
computer expert
C．
college student
D．
club chairman
(2)
What is the reason why the first letter is unable to be fully answered?
[ ]
A．
David is unable to think out good advice．
B．
David thinks it is expected to play fair in the competition．
C．
David is going to talk on another topic－Internet．
D．
David finds no mistakes in that article．
(3)
“www．britishcouncil．org．cn” is a(an)________．
[ ]
A．
website where one can make foreign friends
B．
website where one can join a discussion group
C．
newspaper column for answering readers’questions
D．
English newspaper for students and language teachers
(4)
Which of the following is NOT David’s opinion of the Internet?
[ ]
A．
English teachers can exchange opinions on the Net．