As Iraq observed the fourth anniversary of the fall of Saddam Hussein, the president marked the anniversary by going to Arizona to address--about immigration. In his address, he didn't so much as mention Iraq. That pretty much ceded(退让) the field to Ali Allawi, the former minister of Iraq, who gave a speech in Washington as he released his new book, The Occupation of lraq: Winnning the War, Losing the peace.

Nor does he have much faith in Bush's "surge" plan to pacify Baghdad with Maliki's government, "I think if things continue, I don't think we could expect things to improve in the near term."

     So what's the solution? "The time has come for Americans to take the lead, actually, in doing a U-turn, and by a U-turn I mean a fundamental turnaround in thinking about what's import ant and what's not important in the Middle East. And you have to move from this military (军事) fixation to this new architecture."

     Stay the course? "The seeds of stability and insecurity will remain," he predicted.

     Withdraw U. S. forces? "That will lead to, in my mind, greater insecurity and instability, or it will lead to a free-for-MI."

     Whenever talk turned to a solution, however, Allawi became less confident. His solution an" international congress" authorized to "negotiate a security architecture for the Middle East"--is a nonstarter at the White House. And his preconditions for that architecture—for Sunnis(逊尼派) to accept their minority status and for Iran, Syria, Shiites and Kurds to" pull back in terms of their demands"--seem little more likely to occur anytime soon.

1. Allawi's proposal can be described as

    A. keeping to the course

    B. withdrawing the occupation troops

    C. returning the leadership to the United Nations

    D. establishing the new security architecture

2. It can be inferred from the passage that

    A. Allawi's solution will be adopted by the White House

    B. international congress has been authorized to negotiate

    C. Sunnis accepted their minority status in the negotiation

    D. some groups put forward their demands in the conflict

3. Which word best describes Allawi's feeling on the present situation of Iraq?

    A. confident          B. complicated       C. optimistic           D. pessimistic

4. Which of the following statements is true?

    A. Bush mentioned nothing about Iraq at the anniversary.

    B. Bush declared his new plan for Iraq in his address.

    C. Allawi made a speech in place of Bush.

    D. Allawi thought little of Bush's plan for Iraq.

5. Allawi felt less confident about his solution because

    A. the situation in Iraq is getting worse

    B. some groups in Iraq are against it

    C. the American government doesn't support it

    D. Maliki's government doesn’t support it

The internet will open up new vistas (前景), create the global village —you can make new friends all around the world .That, at least, is what it promised us. The difficulty is that it did not take the human mind into account. The reality is that we cannot keep relationships with more than a limited number of people. No matter how hard the internet tries to put you in communication, its best efforts will be defeated human mind.
The problem is twofold（双重的）.First, there is a limit on the number of people we can hold in mind and have a meaningful relationship with. That number is about 150 and is set by the size of our brain. Second, the quality of your relationships depends on the amount of time you invest（投入）in them. We invest a lot in a small number of people and then distribution what’s left among as many others as we can. The problem is that if we invest little time in a person, our engagement with that person will decline（减弱）until eventually it dies into “someone I once knew”.
This is not, of course, to say that the internet doesn’t serve a socially valuable function. Of course it does. But the question is not that it allows you to increase the size of your social circle to include the rest of the world, but that you can keep your relationships with your existing friends going even though you have to move to the other side of the world.
In one sense, that’s a good thing. But it also has a disadvantage. If you continue to invest in your old friends even though you can no longer see then, then certainly you aren’t using your time to make new friends where you now live. And I suspect that probably isn’t the best use of your time. Meaningful relationships are about being able to communicate with each other, face to face. The internet will slow down the rate with which relationships end, but it won’t stop that happening eventually.
【小题1】What is stressed in the first paragraph?

A．the internet fails to play so valuable a role in communication as it promised

B．the Internet determines the quality of social relationships

C．the internet greatly increases the size of social circles

D．the internet communication is no less effective than the face-to-face talk

The internet will open up new vistas (前景), create the global village —you can make new friends all around the world .That, at least, is what it promised us. The difficulty is that it did not take the human mind into account. The reality is that we cannot keep relationships with more than a limited number of people. No matter how hard the internet tries to put you in communication, its best efforts will be defeated human mind.

The problem is twofold（双重的）.First, there is a limit on the number of people we can hold in mind and have a meaningful relationship with. That number is about 150 and is set by the size of our brain. Second, the quality of your relationships depends on the amount of time you invest（投入）in them. We invest a lot in a small number of people and then distribution what’s left among as many others as we can. The problem is that if we invest little time in a person, our engagement with that person will decline（减弱）until eventually it dies into “someone I once knew”.

This is not, of course, to say that the internet doesn’t serve a socially valuable function. Of course it does. But the question is not that it allows you to increase the size of your social circle to include the rest of the world, but that you can keep your relationships with your existing friends going even though you have to move to the other side of the world.

In one sense, that’s a good thing. But it also has a disadvantage. If you continue to invest in your old friends even though you can no longer see then, then certainly you aren’t using your time to make new friends where you now live. And I suspect that probably isn’ t the best use of your time. Meaningful relationships are about being able to communicate with each other, face to face. The internet will slow down the rate with which relationships end, but it won’t stop that happening eventually.

1.What is stressed in the first paragraph?

A. The present situation of the internet.

B. The difficulty in communication on the internet.

C. The socially valuable function of the internet.

D. The role of the human mind in the internet communication.

2.The underlined word “engagement” in the second paragraph probably means “       ”.

A. appointment    B. connection    C. interview     D. agreement

3. According to the passage, the author holds the view that      .

A. the internet fails to play so valuable a role in communication as it promised

B. the Internet determines the quality of social relationships

C. the internet greatly increases the size of social circles

D. the internet communication is no less effective than the face-to-face talk

4. What is the author’s attitude towards the use of the internet to strengthen relationships?

A. He is uncertain about it.    B. He is hopeful of it

C. He approves of it          D. He doubts it

（2011·福建卷）E

The  internet will open up new vistas (前景),creat the global village- -you can make new friends all around the world. That,at least, is what it promised us. The difficulty is that

It did not take the human mind into account. The reality is that we cannot keep relationship than a limited number of people. No matter how hard the internet tries to put

You in communication, its best efforts will be defeated by your mind.

The problem is twofold（双重的）. First, there is a limit on the number of people we can hole in mind and have a meaningful relationship with. That number is about 150 and is set by the size of our brain. Second, the quality of your relationships depends on the amount of time you invest （投入） in then. We invest a lot in a small number of people and then distribute what’s left among as many others as we can. The problem is that if we invest little time in a person, our engagement with that person will decline （减弱）until eventually it dies into “someone I once knew”.

This is not, of course, to say that the internet doesn’t serve a socially valuable function. Of course it does. But the question is not that it allows you to increase the size of your social circle to include the rest of the world, but that you can keep your relationships with your existing friends going even though you have to more to the other side of the world.

In one sense, that’s a good thing. But it also has a disadvantage. If you continue to invest in your old friends even though you can no longer see then, then certainly you aren’t using your time to make new friends where you now live. And I suspect that probably isn’t the best use of your time. Meaningful relationships are about being able to communicate with each other, face to face. The internet will slow down the rate with which relationships end, but it won’t stop that happening eventually.

72. What is stressed in the first paragraph?

A. The present situation of the internet.

B. The difficulty in communication on the internet.

C. The socially valuable function of the internet.

D. The role of the human mind in the internet communication.

73. The underlined word “engagement” in the second paragraph probably means “____”.

A. appointment   B. connection   C. interview    D. agreement

74. According to the passenger, the author holds the view that____.

A. the internet fails to play so valuable a role in communication as it promised

B. the internet determines the quality of social relationships

C. the internet greatly increases the size of social circles

D. the internet communication is no less effective than the

face-to-face talk

75. What is the author’s attitude towards the use of the internet to strengthen relationships?

A. He is uncertain about it.     B. He is hopeful of it.

C. He approves of it.            D. He doubts it.