2、Let us say there is something you don’t know how to do.

In the past if you were determined to learn you might have called a friend or relative, taken a night class or walked down to the local library for a research term. But now a lot of websites are springing up to provide free practical advice on these subjects and actually anything else you can think of.

In one sense, these “how-to” sites represent a part of the growing world of online learning.

This tradition founded one of its earliest forms in the FAQs—Frequently Asked Questions files (案卷) —that began on Usenet, the Internet’s global discussion group. These FAQs, many of which still circulate (=go round continuously), took a specific subject and explained it to complete novices.

These sites take the style of a written tutorial and a tone of friendly advice.

Possibly the biggest and best known of these sites is Learn 2.com (www.learn 2.com). It offers nearly 1,000 free tutorials and adds new ones frequently for a job interview.

At ehow.com(www.ehow.com), you can learn how to train for your first marathon, how to buy a vacation home, or how to make a movie in eight steps.

1．What does the writer of this passage want to do?

       A．To introduce new websites to citizens.

       B．To say how to learn new courses by Internet.

       C．To help you solve any difficulty you have met with.

       D．To bring new means to learn something new.

2．For what are “how-to” sites set up?

       A．To explain FAQs to the public.      

       B．To help people with their new need.

       C．To tell the differences between discussion forums (场所).

       D．To complete the growing world of online learning.

3．What does the underlined word “novices” mean in the passage?

       A．People without experience.                   B．People with rich experience.

       C．Guests of “how-to” sites.                D．Hosts of “how-to” sites.

4．If you have no tent when you decide to go camping, you may _____.

       A．go to the tourist company             B．visit www.learn 2.com

       C．visit www.ehow.com                D．visit some sites else

5．From the passage we may conclude that           .

       A．it is unpleasant to listen to the advice on “how – to” sites

       B．you can just click your mouse at home to question anything

       C．“how-to” sites are specially designed for the disabled

       D．it is not so difficult for a novice to get information on “how-to” sites

1、    假设你是李华。美国一所友好学校准备与你们学校共同创办一份中学生英文刊物，该校格林先生来信询问有关情况。请你给他写封回信，主要内容如下：

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1．词数100左右。

2．信的开头和结尾已为你写好。

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4．参考词汇：栏目—column

Dear Mr. Green,                                                        June 8

   I am very excited to learn that we are going to start a magazine together.                   

                                                                  Yours faithfully,

Li Hua

28、Directions: Read the following text and choose the most suitable heading from A – F for each paragraph. There is one extra heading which you do not need.

1．

    European television had the idea of taking ordinary people and turning them into “stars” by putting them in unusual situations. “Big Brother” (created in Holland) was one of the first. A group of people were locked in a small house with cameras running 24 hours a day. It was called a “watch and dial” show because viewers vote by telephone to decide who should leave or stay.

2．

    “Big Brother” was probably the first of the new reality shows, bus such a programme has developed. Many have found appeal by having a theme to them, but most are based on the principle of “survival of the fittest” by eliminating participants as the series progresses. So we have the dating shows where winners either pair off or stay true to their partners outside the TV studio. Then there are those that test people’s abilities for specific jobs like running a kitchen, becoming an interior designer or a top model.

3．

    Critics say these programmes are basically bad television, but people watch them. So why are there so many of them? For the viewer it’s an opportunity to “people watch”. It’s natural to like watching other people. They’re interesting. We can imagine what we would do in that situation. We get to know the characters and see them grow and develop week after week. And of course, television is the perfect place to watch people. Like the theatre or cinema we can look at other people and they can’t look back. But with television, we can watch in the privacy of our own homes. We watch, but we don’t have to admit it to anyone.

4．

    The TV companies like reality shows because they are cheap to produce and attract younger viewers, which advertisers like. The last “Big Brother” in Britain attracted enormous advertising revenue. They aren’t dependent on “star” actors with enormous salaries. And your actors won’t go on strike. And why do people participate in them? Well, for fame and money of course. In the past, appearing on television wasn’t for ordinary people. You had to be good at something, like sport, or reading the news, or acting. But not any more.

5．

It seems that most shows do well at the beginning but then the viewing figures begin to fall. And it varies from country to country too. For example, one show had an adopted child try to guess the identity of her real father, and another had a family arguing over an inheritance. Both were cancelled after one episode. Perhaps the novelty has worn off. Certainly, reality TV seems to appeal much more to the younger audience. And now there are so many shows around even the young have become more critical. Reality shows will probably survive – it’s just no longer so easy to make a successful one.

26、Many fast-growing countries are less concerned with protecting       against climate change.

A．one          B．oneself      C．them        D．themselves