We are all busy talking about using the Internet, but how many of us know the history of the Internet?

Many people are ___36___ when they find that the Internet was set up in the 1960s. At that time, computers ___37___ large and expensive. Computer networks didn’t work well. If one computer in the network ___38___ down, the whole network stopped. ___39___ a new network system（系统）had to be set up. It should be ___40___ to be used by many different computers. If part of the network was not working, ___41___ could be sent through another part. In this way computer network system would keep on ___42___ all the time.

At first the Internet was only used by the government, but in the early 1970s, universities, hospitals and banks were allowed to use it too. However, computers were still very expensive and the Internet was difficult to use. By the start of the 1990s, computers became cheaper and ___43___ to use. Scientists had also developed software that made “surfing”（浏览）the Internet more convenient.

Today it is easy to get on-line and it is said that millions of people use the Internet every day. ___44___ e-mail is more and more popular among students. The Internet has now become one of ___45___ parts of people’s life.

American Idol is a singing competition on TV in America. There is one competition every year. People usually watch the show on Tuesday and Wednesday nights. American Idol is also televised on Fox and CTV in Canada. Its first season was on June 11^th, 2002. Until now, it has altogether 7 seasons. This program is to find the best singer in the country by a series of competition. Audience determines（决定）the result of every competition on the stages through public voting（投票）by telephone. There are also three judges（裁判）beside the stages. They watch the performances of the contestants. Then they give some suggestions to the contestants. All the contestants must be American citizens. They must have full-time jobs. In the first three seasons, they had to be 16 to 24 years old. Since the fourth season, the upper age limit has been 28 years old. So it attracts different ages of audience. Some TV stations like Hunan TV also have this kind of program. And we can see Super Girl’s Voice and Super Boys’ Voice on TV.

41. What does the underlined word “contestants” mean?_____________　　　　　

　 A. 参赛者　　 B. 评委　　　　　　　 C. 观众　　　　　　　 D. 主持人

42. How many times has American Idol been on TV?_____________.

　 A. Once　　 B. Seven times.　 C. Three times. 　 D. Four times.

43. What’s the age limit of American Idol now?_____________.

　 A. 13-18　　 B. 16-30　　　 　 C. 15-36　　　 　 D. 16-28

44. Which of the following TV stations is not mentioned in the passage?_____________.

　 A. FOX　　 B. CTV 　　　　 C. CCTV　　 　 D. Hunan TV

45. Which of the following is TRUE?_____________.　

　 A. American Idol is showed only in America.　

　 B. American Idol was first shown on July 11^th, 2002.　

　 C. American Idol judges beside the stages.

D. American Idol is a program similar to Super Girl’s Voice.

  Long ago，in a small village of Wakefield lived two farmers，Harry and Peter．Harry was very hard．working while Peter was  36 ．Every day Harry got up early and came home late，but Peter walked around for fun．
One summer there was no   37 and the crops(庄稼)were dying．Harry thought，“I must do something to save these crops，or they shall die．”With this  38 in mind，he went out to find a river so that he could dig a canal(沟渠)to his field．He walked on and on, feeling tired and thirsty．After a  39 search，he found a river full of blue water．He was
very happy．He started digging a canal to his field.  40 it was noon his wife sent their daughter to bring Harry home  41 lunch．But Harry did not go．He did not want to
leave his work unfinished．He completed his work  42 at night．He Was very satisfied．
He went home。had a good meal and  43 into a sound sleep．
Peter did the same．But he was not at all determined(有决心的)．He also  44 digging a
canal to his field but he didn’t have his work completed．His field did not get  45 water
and all his crops died．
Harry’s field would be watered when needed．He had a good harvest because of his hard work．

  Long ago，in a small village of Wakefield lived two farmers，Harry and Peter．Harry was very hard．working while Peter was  36  ．Every day Harry got up early and came home late，but Peter walked around for fun．

  One summer there was no   37  and the crops(庄稼)were dying．Harry thought，“I must do something to save these crops，or they shall die．”With this  38  in mind，he went out to find a river so that he could dig a canal(沟渠)to his field．He walked on and on, feeling tired and thirsty．After a  39  search，he found a river full of blue water．He was

very happy．He started digging a canal to his field.  40  it was noon his wife sent their daughter to bring Harry home  41  lunch．But Harry did not go．He did not want to

leave his work unfinished．He completed his work  42  at night．He Was very satisfied．

He went home。had a good meal and  43  into a sound sleep．

    Peter did the same．But he was not at all determined(有决心的)．He also  44  digging a

 canal to his field but he didn’t have his work completed．His field did not get  45  water

 and all his crops died．

  Harry’s field would be watered when needed．He had a good harvest because of his hard work．

1.A．cruel     B．1azy        C．careless      D．silly

2.A．rain      B．wind        C．cloud        D．river

3.A．feeling    B．dream      C．problem      D．thought

4.A．quick     B．long        C．slow        D．special

5.A．Whether  B．Although    C．When        D．Unless

6.A．for       B．to          C．with         D．at

7.A．early     B．far          C．1ate         D．deep

8.A．fell      B．1ooked      C．turned       D．walked

9.A．stopped  B．1oved        C：forgot       D．started

10.A．clean    B．enough       C．1ittle        D．fresh