Only when I made it to the train station _______ that I had left my ticket at home.

    A. have I realized      B. did I realize        C. had I realized     D. would I realize 

Personal computers and the Internet give people new choices about how to spend their time.

Some may use this freedom to share less time with certain friends or family members, but new technology will also let them stay in closer touch with those they care most about. I know this from personal experience.

E-mail makes it easy to work at home, which is where I now spend most weekends and evenings. My working hours aren’t necessarily much shorter than they once were，but I spend fewer of them at the office. This lets me share more time with my young daughter than I might have if she’d been born before electronic mail became such a practical tool.

The Internet also makes it easy to share thoughts with a group of friends. Say you do something fun -see a great movie perhaps and there are four or five friends who might want to hear about it. If you call each one, you may be tired of telling the story.

With E-mail, you just write one note about your experience, at your convenience, and address it to all the friends you think might be interested. They can read your message when they have time, and read only as much as they want to. They can reply at their convenience, and you can read what they have to say at your convenience.

E-mail is also an inexpensive way to stay in close touch with people who live far away. More than a few parents use E-mail to keep in touch, even daily touch, with their children off at college.

We just have to keep in mind that computers and the Internet offer another way of staying in touch. They don’t take the place of any of the old ways.

1. The purpose of this passage is to ________.

A. explain how to use the Internet

B. describe the writer’s joy of keeping up with the latest technology

C. tell the merits(价值) and usefulness of the Internet

D. introduce the reader to basic knowledge about personal computers and the Internet

2. The use of E-mail has made it possible for the writer to ________.

A. spend less time working                  B. have more time with his child

C. work at home on weekends             D. work at a speed comfortable to him

3.The best title for this passage is ________.

A. Computer: New Technological Advances

B. Internet: New Tool to Maintain Good Friendship

C. Computers Have Made Life Easier

D. Internet: a Convenient Tool for Communication

There were smiling children all the way. Charily they knew at what time the train passed their homes and they made it their business to stand along the railway, wave to complete strangers and cheer them up as they rushed towards Penang. Often whole families stood outside their homes and waved and smiled as if those on the trains were their favorite relatives. This is the simple village people of Malaysia. I was moved.

     I had always traveled to Malaysia by plane or car, so this was the first time I was on a train. I did not particularly relish the long train journey and had brought along a dozen magazines to read and reread. I looked about the train. There was not one familiar face. I sighed and sat down to read my Economics.

     It was not long before the train was across the Causeway and in Malaysia. Johore Baru was just another city like Singapore, so I was tired of looking at the crowds of people as they hurried past. As we went beyond the city, I watched the straight rows of rubber trees and miles and miles of green. Then the first village came into sight, Immediately I came alive; I decided to wave hack.

     From then on my journey became interesting. I threw my magazines into the waste basket and decided to join in Malaysian life. Then everything came alive. The mountains seemed to speak to me. Even the trees were smiling. I stared at everything as if I was looking at it for the first time.

     The day passed fast and I even forgot to have my lunch until I felt hungry. I looked at my watch and was surprised that it was 3:00 pm. Soon the train pulled up at Butterworth. I looked at the people all around me. They all looked beautiful. When my uncle arrived with a smile, I threw my arms around him to give him a warm hug (拥抱). I had never done this before. He seemed surprised and then his weather-beaten face warmed up with a huge smile. We walked arm in arm to his car.

     I looked forward to the return journey.

1.The author expected the train trip to be

   A. adventurous           B. pleasant

   C. exciting               D. dull

2.What did the author remember most fondly of her train trip?

A. The friendly country people.

B. The mountains along the way.

C. The crowds of people in the streets.

D. The simple lunch served on the train.

3.Which of the following words can best take the place of the word “relish” in the second paragraph?

   A. choose                   B. enjoy

   C. prepare for                D. carry on

4.Where was the writer going?

   A. Johore Baru.        B. The Causeway.

   C. Butterworth.        D. Singapore.

5.What can we learn from the story?

   A. Comfort in traveling by train.

   B. Pleasure of living in the country.

   C. Reading gives people delight.

   D. Smiles brighten people up.

　The greatest recent social changes have been in the lives of women. During the twentieth century there has been a remarkable shortening of the time of a woman’s life spent in caring for children. A woman marrying at the end of the nineteenth century would probably have been in her middle twenties, and would be likely to have seven or eight children, of whom four or five lived till they were five years old. By the time the youngest was fifteen, the mother would have been in her early fifties and would expect to live a further twenty years, during which health made it unusual for her to get paid work. Today women marry younger and have fewer children. Usually a woman‘s youngest child will be fifteen when she is forty-five and can be expected to live another thirty-five years and is likely to take paid work until retirement(退休) at sixty. Even while she has the care of children, her work is lightened by modern living conditions.

　　This important change in women’s life-pattern has only recently begun to have its full effect on women‘s economic position. Even a few years ago most girls left schools at the first chance, and most of them took a full-time job. However, when they married, they usually left work at once and never returned to it. Today the school-leaving age is sixteen, many girls stay at school after that age, and though women usually marry younger, more married women stay at least until shortly before their first child is born. Very many more afterwards return to full or part-time work. Such changes have led to a new relationship in marriage, with the husband accepting a greater share of the duties and satisfactions of family life, and with the both husband and wife sharing more equally in providing the money, and running the home, according to the abilities and interests of each of them.

　1.According to the passage, around the year 1900 most women married ________.

　　A. at about twenty-five B. in their early fifties

　　C as soon as possible after they were fifteen

　　D. at any age from fifteen to forty-five

　2. We are told that in a common family about 1900 _________.

3.When she was over fifty, the late nineteenth-century mother _________.

4.According to the passage, the women of today usually _________.

 My parents operated a small restaurant in Seattle. It was open twenty-four hours a day, six days a week. And my first real job，when I was six years old，was1.the diners’ shoes. My father had done it when he was young，so he taught me2.to do it efficiently，telling me to     3.to Re-shine the shoes if the customer wasn’t4..

Working in the restaurant was a cause of great5.because I was also working for the good of the family. But my father6.that I had to meet certain standards to be part of the team. I7.to be punctual，hard-working，and polite to the8..

I was9.paid for the work I did at the restaurant. One day I made the mistake of advising Dad that he10.give me $10 a week. He said，“OK. How about you paying me for three meals a day you have here? And11.the times you bring in your friends for free soft drinks?” He12.I owed him about $40 a week.

I remember returning to Seattle after being13. in the US Army for about two years. I had just been promoted to Captain at that time. And full of pride，I walked into my parents’ restaurant，but the14.thing Dad said was，“How about your15.up tonight?” I couldn’t16.my ears! I am an officer in the Army! But it didn’t 17.as far as Dad was concerned，I was just 18.member of the team. I reached for the mop. Working for Dad has taught me the devotion to a19.is above all. It has nothing to do with20. that team is involved in a family restaurant or the US Army.

21.A．cleaning         shining                 C．removing            D．keeping

22.A．why               what                    C．when                  D．how

23.A．offer              refuse                   C．love                    D．learn

24.A．interested  annoyed                   C．relaxed                D．satisfied

25.A．fun                      pride               C．trouble                D．effort

26.A．got it right kept it a rule             C．made it clear        D．took it for granted

27.A．had                              tended       C．hated               D．managed

28.A．family        workers  C．customers                      D．friends

29.A．never         always                 C．seldom              D．ever

30.A．must         should                  C．might                D．could

31.A．at                                  before      C．around             D．for

32.A．worked out    found out     C．put out              D．thought out

33.A．alone         away                     C．outside            D．off

34.A．usual         last                        C．next                D．first

35.A．washing       taking    C．cleaning                       D．moving

36.A．ignore         follow   C．believe                         D．understand

37.A．happen        care                        C．go                 D．matter

38.A．no                                   other         C．some            D．another

39.A．team          family    C．leader                         D．restaurant

40.A．why          whether    C．when                         D．how