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A)请先阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从各小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入相应空白处的最佳选项。

One day, I heard an American boy say to a Chinese girl student,“You speak very good English.” But the girl said, “ No, no. My English is very poor.” The foreigner was quite______at the answer. Thinking he had not made______ understood or the girl had not heard him clearly, he said, “Yes, indeed ,you______ very well.”

______ the girl still kept saying,“No, no.” This time the American boy could not understand and didn’t know______to say.

What’s wrong with the girl’s answer? She didn’t______ a compliment(恭维) in the same way the American people do. She should say “Thank you” instead of “ No”. She ______did understand what the American boy said, but she thought she should be modest (谦虚的). In the______, people feel proud and confident when they are praised. So if someone says the______you cooked are very delicious, you should say, “ Thank you.”

In our country we think being modest is a virtue( 美德) and being______is a bad thing. But in my opinion, being confident does not______ being proud, so sometimes you should be confident as well as modest.

______you are modest and say“No, I’m afraid I can’t do it” while working in a western country, others may think that you really can’t do it . If you often say ”No”, you will certainly be looked down by______. When asking for a job, if one says something like“Yes, I can certainly do it” instead of “ Let me have a try”, he or she will______ .So in the west, you______ be brave to show your self-confidence.

1.A. excited B. surprised C. relaxed D. frightened

2.A. itself B. herself C. himself D. themselves

3.A. speak B. talk C. listened D. look

4.A. Since B. Although C. Or D. But

5.A. when B. which C. what D. how

6.A. receive B. accept C. refuse D. disagree

7.A. hardly B. really C. nearly D. badly

8.A. east B. south C. west D. north

9.A. dishes B. cups C. glasses D. bowls

10.A. worried B. happy C. lucky D. proud

11.A. think B say C. ask D. mean

12.A. Unless B. Until C. Whether D. If

13.A. others B. the other C. the others D. another

14.A. fail B. want C. succeed D. believe

15.A. would B. should C. could D. Might

Imagine one day,the water taps(水龙头) in your house stop running.You have to buy water from shops.And still there isn’t enough for everyone.Your mother has to save the family’s shower water to do other things.Would you be able to stand that kind of life?

Probably not.But that’s what kids in Yemen are experiencing.Experts said Yemen is going to be the first country in the world to run out of water.According to a report,the capital,Sana,will run out of drinking water as early as 2025.

Because of the shortage,the government often cuts the water supply(供应).Hannan,an 18﹣year﹣old from Lahej,told Times:“In a good week we’ll have a water supply all week.But then the following week there will be water only for a day or two.”

Hannan said only rich people have enough water to use.They can buy water from the shops or from the water trucks.Private companies own the trucks.They travel around the city every day to sell water﹣at very high prices.“A lot of people can’t afford it,”she said.

The average (平均) person in Yemen uses 100to 200cubic(立方)meters of water per year.That is far below the international water poverty(贫困) line of 1,000cubic meters.

The government is thinking of making use of seawater.But it will cost a lot and it may not happen soon enough to help the people of Yemen.

1. is the name of the capital city of Yemen.

A.Sana B.Lahej C.Hannan D.Times

2.A report shows that Sana will have as early as 2025.

A.enough drinking water to use

B.no drinking water to use

C.no private companies

D.more water pollution

3.What does the underlined word “shortage” in the third paragraph mean in Chinese?

A.充足 B.短缺 C.干旱 D.需求

4.We can infer(推断) from the passage that

A.the poor don’t have to worry about the water supply

B.the 18﹣year﹣old boy is from a poor family

C.private companies make a lot of money

D.Lahej is a beautiful place

5.Which of the following do you think is the best title for this passage?

A.How to Save Water

B.How to Make Use of Seawater

C.How People Use Water Fully

D.Yemen is Facing Serious Water Shortage.

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

Many people are surprised when they find that the Internet was set up in the 1960s. At that time, computers were large and expensive. Computer networks (网络) didn’t work well. If one computer in the network broke down, then the whole network stopped. So a new network system (系统) had to be set up. It should be good enough to be used by many different computers. If part of the network was not working, information could be sent through another part. In this way the computer network system would keep on working 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 expensive and the Internet was difficult to use. By the start of the 1990s, computers become cheaper and easier to use. Scientists had also developed software (软件) that made “surfing (浏览)” the Internet more convenient (方便). Today it is easy to get on-line and it is said that millions of people use the Internet every day. Sending e-mail is more and more popular among students.

The Internet has now become one of the most important parts of people’s life.

1.The Internet has a history of ______ years.

A. about 40 B. less than 30

C. more than 45 D. nearly 35

2.Scientists set up a new network system to ______.

A. make the computer cheaper

B. make the system work well

C. make the computer go well

D. develop new software

3.The Internet was widely used in the ______

A.1960s B.1970s C.1980s D.1990s

4.The underlined words “get on-line” in Chinese mean ______.

A.上机 B.上网 C.接线 D.买电脑

5.Which of the following is NOT true?

A. In the 1960s computer network system went wrong easily.

B. Computers are much cheaper than before.

C. Today the Internet is used everywhere.

D. People had enough software to get on-line thirty years ago.

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