Facebook means never having to say goodbye． The social media website has earned a reputation for reconnecting old friends． Last week,  a guy whom I hadn't seen since my bachelor party five years ago sent me a friend request． I accepted and waited for "Easy E" to send me a greeting of some kind． He had sought me out,  after all．
I learned from his profile that he was in a relationship and had a son． However,  I'm pretty sure we won't ever write wall-to-wall, let alone e-mail each other． But he'll remain a friend of' online until one of us makes a point of' removing the other from his official list．
My pool of friends consists of family members, college buddies, co-workers from past and present,  and friends of' friends． There are 35 in all． If I spent some time uploading old e-mail addresses, I'm confident that I could increase my friend count actually．
A person could make a mission out of' reconnecting with childhood friends, former classmates,  distant cousins, and those one would like to get to know better． And some people can  even handle hundreds of no-screen relationships, keeping up with the daily happenings of'  their small army of' companions． After all, there are worse fates than having too many friends．
Thanks to e-mail, the inability to schedule face-to-face meetings no longer means a friendship must come to a close． But even with e-mail,  people will lose touch if' one or both parties stop writing back． That's normal． People move from school to school,  job to job, city to city．You never have to feel guilty for breaking away．
Every day,the masterminds of' Web 2．0 find new ways of' making human communication easier． However, convenience can be a crutch （拐杖）． Some things shouldn't be simplified．When it comes to friendship,  there can be no shortcuts．
【小题1】According to Paragraph l,  the website is famous because          ．

Facebook means never having to say goodbye． The social media website has earned a reputation for reconnecting old friends． Last week,  a guy whom I hadn't seen since my bachelor party five years ago sent me a friend request． I accepted and waited for "Easy E" to send me a greeting of some kind． He had sought me out,  after all．
I learned from his profile that he was in a relationship and had a son． However,  I'm pretty sure we won't ever write wall-to-wall, let alone e-mail each other． But he'll remain a friend of' online until one of us makes a point of' removing the other from his official list．
My pool of friends consists of family members, college buddies, co-workers from past and present,  and friends of' friends． There are 35 in all． If I spent some time uploading old e-mail addresses, I'm confident that I could increase my friend count actually．
A person could make a mission out of' reconnecting with childhood friends, former classmates,  distant cousins, and those one would like to get to know better． And some people can  even handle hundreds of no-screen relationships, keeping up with the daily happenings of'  their small army of' companions． After all, there are worse fates than having too many friends．
Thanks to e-mail, the inability to schedule face-to-face meetings no longer means a friendship must come to a close． But even with e-mail,  people will lose touch if' one or both parties stop writing back． That's normal． People move from school to school,  job to job, city to city．You never have to feel guilty for breaking away．
Every day,the masterminds of' Web 2．0 find new ways of' making human communication easier． However, convenience can be a crutch （拐杖）． Some things shouldn't be simplified．When it comes to friendship,  there can be no shortcuts．

1. 1.

   According to Paragraph l,  the website is famous because          ．

   1. A.
      it has an interesting name of'“ Facebook”
   2. B.
      it helps people get in touch with old friends
   3. C.
      it can send people a greeting of' some kind
   4. D.
      it reminds people of 'events in the past
2. 2.

   From the second paragraph we can learn that the writer         ．

   1. A.
      would write to the friend quite often
   2. B.
      asked the friend to e-mail him
   3. C.
      did get some information about the friend
   4. D.
      would keep in touch with the friend forever
3. 3.

   Which of 'the following statements is NOT true?

   1. A.
      There are 35 people in the author's list of' friends right now．
   2. B.
      The author communicates with all the 35 friends by e-mails．
   3. C.
      The list of'35 friends doesn't include the old e-mail addresses．
   4. D.
      It is not difficult for the author to increase his friend count．
4. 4.

   What does the write mean by saying “However, convenience can be a crutch（拐杖）”?

   1. A.
      The masterminds of Web 2．0 also sell crutch online．
   2. B.
      Taking a crutch is a new way of' making friends online．
   3. C.
      Convenience is dangerous for human communication．
   4. D.
      Convenience is not really good for human communication．
5. 5.

   What does the author think of' the convenience of' communicating online'?

   1. A.
      The technology could not keep true friendship forever．
   2. B.
      The social website of Facebook means nothing at all．
   3. C.
      There will be no ways of making real friends online．
   4. D.
      People will not lose friends with the help of' the Facebook．

Bernstein had been appointed Assistant Conductor for the New York philharmonic only a few months before that night. Just 25 years old, he was relatively inexperienced. At the last minute, Bernstein was told he was to take Walter’s place, so he didn’t have any time to rehearse（排演）. The music he was going to conduct was very difficult. Plus, the concert was going to be broadcast nationally on the radio. Despite all these pressures, Bernstein rose to the occasion and received a standing ovation（长久的鼓掌）at the end of the concert. The event made national headlines, and Bernstein became famous overnight.
Some people feel they do their best under the most stressful circumstances. What was it about Leonard Bernstein that made him do so well in such a difficult situation?
Perhaps Leonard Bernstein did so well because music was his devotion. The son of a man who supplied hairdressing products, Bernstein became interested in music at the age of 10. By the time he was a teenager, he was performing in public. He became a soloist of the Boston Public School Orchestra, and for 13 weeks in 1934, he played classics on the radio.
【小题1】The underlined word “break” in the first paragraph means “__________”.

Today just as technology changed the face of industry, farms have undergone an “agricultural ”．On the farm of today, machines provide almost all the power．

One of the most important benefits will be the farm computer．A few forward-looking farmers are already using computers to help them run their farms more efficiently．The computers help them keep more accurate records so they can make better decisions on what crops to plant, how much livestock to buy, when to sell their products, and how much profit they can expect．Many computer companies have been developing special computer programs just for farmers．Programs are being written for hog producers, grain farmers, potato farmers, and dairy farmers．In the future, farmers will be able to purchase computer programs made to their needs．Because of the growing importance of computers on the farm, students at agricultural colleges are required to take computer classes in addition to their normal agricultural courses．There can be no doubt that farmers will rely on computers even more in the future．While the old-time farm depended on horse power, and modern farms depend on machine power, farms of the future will depend on computer power．

Another technological advance which is still in the experimental stage is the robot, a real “mechanized hired hand” that will be able to move and, in some ways, think like a human being．Agricultural engineers believe that computer-aided robots will make startling changes in farming before the end of the century．Unlike farmers of the present, farmers of the future will find that many day-to-day tasks will be done for them．Scientists are now developing robots that will be able to shear sheep, drive tractors, and harvest fruit．Even complex jobs will be done by robots．For example, in order to milk their cows, farmers must first drive them into the barn, then connect them to the milking machines, watch the machines, and disconnect them when they are finished．In the future, this will all be done by robots．In addition, when the milking is completed, the robots will automatically check to make sure that the milk is pure．The complete mobilization of the farm is far in the future, but engineers expect that some robots will be used before long．

1．Which sentence carries the main idea of the whole passage?
     A．The first sentence of the first paragraph．

     B．The first sentence of the second paragraph．

     C．The first sentence of the third paragraph．

     D．The last sentence of the second paragraph．

2．According to the passage, computers can not help farmers decide _______．

       A．how much money they can earn from their products

       B．whether to plant a certain kind of crop

       C．what livestock to raise

       D．when to sell their products

3．Which of the following statements is true?

       A．Farmers in the future will depend totally on computers．

       B．Both computers and robots have been in use on today’s farms．

       C．Farmers mainly use machines on their farms at present．

       D．Students at agricultural colleges must take computer classes because they can do nothing  without the help of computers on today’s farms．

4．What is the best title for the whole passage?

       A．Computer, Farmers’ Best Friend 

       B．Farmers in The Future

       C．The Agricultural Revolution   

       D．Computers and Robots