题目内容
Messages ______ be changed from sound into electricity before they ______ be sent by radio.
A. must; will B. have to; can C. can; must D. need; may
B
本句意思是“信息得从声音转化成电子信号才能被送出去”。must和have to都可以翻译成“必须”,往往可以互用,但must表示的是说话人的主观看法,而have to则强调客观需要,如:The film is not interesting. I really must go now.
I had to work when I was your age.
本题很明显是强调客观需要。
You speak, write a letter, make a telephone. Your words carry a message. People communicate with words. Do you think you can communicate without words? A smile on your face shows you are happy or friendly. Tears in your eyes tell others that you are sad.
When you put up your hands in class, the teacher
knows you want to say something or ask questions. You shake your head, and people know you are saying "No". You nod and people know you are saying "Yes". Other things can also carry messages. For example, a sign at the bus helps you to know which bus to take. A sign on the door helps you where to go in or out. Have you ever thought that there are a lot of signs around you and that you receive messages from them all t
he time? People can communicate in many other ways. An artist can use his drawing to tell beautiful mountains, about the blue sea and many other things. Books are written to tell about all the wonderful things in the world and also about people and their ideas. Books, magazines, TV, radio and films all help us communicate with others. They can help us to know what is going on in the world and what other people are thinking about.
【小题1】People communicate ________.
| A.with words only | B.in many different ways |
| C.in letters and drawings | D.with smiles, tears and hands |
| A.questions | B.examples | C.tears and smiles | D.messages |
| A.books and magazines | B.TV and films | C.newspapers | D.radio |
| A.understand the world and other people better around us. |
| B.teach each other to speak, write, read and draw. |
| C.know what other people are thinking about |
| D.learn about mountains,blue sea and other things. |
| A.Signs Carry Messages | B.The important Communication |
| C.Words, Signs and Drawing | D.Ways of Communication. |
Federal regulators Wednesday approved a plan to create a nationwide emergency alert(警报)system using text messages delivered to cell phones.
Text messages have exploded in popularity in recent years,particularly among young people.The wireless industry’s trade association, CTIA,estimates(估计)more than 48 billion text messages are sent each month.
The plan comes from the Warning Alert and Response Network Act,a 2006 federal law that requires improvement to the nation's emergency alert system.The act tasked the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) with coming up with new ways to alert the public about emergencies.
“The ability to deliver accurate and timely warnings.and alerts through cell phones and other mobile services is an important next step in our efforts to help ensure that the American public.has the information they need to take action to protect themselves and their families before, and during,disasters and other emergencies. ”FCC Chairman Kevin Martin said following approval of the plan.
Participation in the alert system by carriers—telecommunications companies is voluntary, but it has received solid support from the wireless industry.
The program would be optional for cell phone users. They also may not be charged for receiving alerts.
There would be three different types of messages,according to the rules.
The first would be a national alert from the president,likely involving a terrorist attack or natural disaster.The second would involve “approaching threats,”which could include natural disasters like hurricanes or storms or even university shootings. The third would be reserved for child abduction(绑架)emergencies,or so-called Amber Alerts.
The service could be in place by 2010.
【小题1】 What is the purpose of the approved plan?
| A.To warn people of emergencies via messages. |
| B.To popularize the use of cell phones. |
| C.To estimate the monthly number of messages. |
| D.To promote the wireless industry. |
| A.CTIA | B.the Warning Alert and Response Network |
| C.FCC | D.federal regulators |
| A.the US federal government | B.mobile phone users |
| C.the carriers themselves | D.the law of the United States |
| A.They must accept the alert service. |
| B.They may enjoy the alert service for free. |
| C.They must send the alerts to others |
| D.They may choose the types of messages |
A,Cell Phone Alerts Protecting Students
B. Cell Phone Alerts by Wireless Industry
C. Cell Phone Alefts of National Disasters
D. Cell Phone Alerts Coming Soon
In the kitchen of my mother's houses there has always been a wooden stand with a small notepad and a hole for a pencil.
I'm looking for paper on which to note down the name of a book I am recommending to my mother. Over forty years since my earliest memories of the kitchen pad and pencil, five houses later, the current paper and pencil look the same as they always did. Surely it can't be the same pencil. The pad is more modern, but the wooden stand is definitely the original one.
"I'm just amazed you still have the same stand for holding the pad and pencil after all these years." I say to her, walking back into the living-room with a sheet of paper and the pencil. "You still use a pencil. Can't you afford a pen?"
My mother replies a little sharply. "It works perfectly well; I've always kept the stand in the kitchen. I never knew when I might want to note down an idea, and I was always in the kitchen in these days. "
Immediately I can picture her, hair wild, blue housecoat covered in flour, a wooden spoon in one hand, the pencil in the other, her mouth moving silently. My mother smiles and says, "One day I was cooking and watching baby Pauline, and I had a brilliant thought, but the stand was empty. One of the children must have taken the paper. So I just picked up the breadboard and wrote it all down on the back. It turned out to be a real breakthrough for solving the mathematical problem I was working on."
This story, which happened before I was born, reminds me how extraordinary my mother was, and is also a gifted mathematician. I feel embarrassed that I complain about not having enough child-free time to work. Later, when my mother is in the bathroom, I go into her kitchen and turn over the breadboards. Sure enough, on the back of the smallest one, are some penciled marks I recognize as mathematics. Those symbols have traveled unaffected through fifty years, rooted in the soil of a cheap wooden breadboard, invisible exhibits at every meal.
1.Why has the author's mother always kept the notepad and pencil in the kitchen?
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A.To leave messages. |
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B.To list her everyday tasks. |
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C.To note down math problems. |
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D.To write down a flash of inspiration. |
2.What is the author's original opinion about the wooden stand?
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A.It has great value for the family. |
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B.It needs to be replaced. |
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C.It brings her back to her lonely childhood. |
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D.It should be passed on to the next generation. |
3.The author feels embarrassed for____________.
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A.blaming her mother wrongly |
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B.giving her mother a lot of trouble |
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C.not making good use of time as her mother did |
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D.not making any breakthrough in her field |
4.What can be inferred from the last paragraph?
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A.The mother is successful in her career. |
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B.The family members like traveling. |
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C.The author had little time to play when young. |
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D.The marks on the breadboard have disappeared. |