题目内容
____________ trying, and you'll make even greater progress.
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A. Keep in B. Keep with
C. Keep on D. Keep of
I am sure that everybody in his/her life has used computers. Nowadays you can feel their presence everywhere at home,at school,at work and they certainly make life easier.On the other hand,there are people who can’t work with them.
Anyway,I believe their presence is a good thing. Life with them seems easier, less difficult and more comfortable You can use them to choose your meal,to withdraw your money, and also save your time,because these operations are all controlled by computers. Therefore you can hardly imagine the modern world without them;the whole planet seems to be one big computer society.
Nevertheless,problems can often appear in this area, too.To have a computer means you have to be quite well-off and have the necessary skills to use it.However,think about questions like “Are computers so available for everyone, or rich and poor people,for people from villages and people from cities. Aren’t they too expensive?Is everyone able to learn how to use them and not everyone has the chance to access and work with them,how could everything in the future be dependent on them?”Therefore,I think our society will be split into two parts.One part will work with them and enjoy the benefits that computers can bring and the other part will be pushed out and will actually be far behind the other group.
Another question that bothers me is,on the one hand,computers are important and good things in our life,but they aren’t everything.They are good as a help at school,quite often as entertainment,especially for young people,as an necessary tool to help in research etc,but I think we shouldn’t be so dependent on them,because computers are only machines and machines can’t feel anything be human and sympathetic,and every action performed by computer can be interfered with another person,which could cause these machines to crash or work badly.
In conclusion,I would like to say I am not against computers.I use computers,too,but people should be wary all the time.
【小题1】By saying “wary”(In the last paragraph),the writer is trying to say “People should_______.
| A.be strongly for the use of computers because of its convenience |
| B.be careful with computers that will also cause problems |
| C.master more necessary computer skills |
| D.not do something that causes computers to work badly |
【小题3】 In the third paragraph,the author presents his idea by________
| A.asking questions for people to think about |
| B.giving examples to support his argument |
| C.raising questions and answering them |
| D.expressing his opinion directly |
| A.to encourage us to use computers in our society |
| B.to advise us to say no to computers from now on |
| C.to remind us to care about the problems that computers bring. |
| D.to inform us that the computer has become a necessary part of our life |
The sea horse is a magical animal, which has puzzled (使困惑) people for thousands of years. In ancient Rome sea horses were believed to be the babies of Neptune’s horses. And Neptune was the god of the ocean. Now we know they are not horses at all — they are a kind of fish. They still seem as magical as ever, especially to divers who have watched them horsing around(瞎闯) in the sea. But today, sea horse populations face an uncertain future. Fishermen are catching too many of them, and their undersea habitats (栖息地) are being destroyed.
At least 20 million sea horses are taken from the ocean each year. More than 95% are used for traditional medicines in Asian countries. The sea horses are usually dried and then made into powder which is used to treat such problems as asthma(哮喘), throat infections, skin diseases and cuts. How well the medicines work is unclear.
Sea horses are also bought and sold in large numbers as pets. Sea horse expert Amanda Vincent warns against buying pet sea horses. “A lot of people treat them as if they’re goldfish,” she says. But sea horses require very special care and live food. Most captive (被猎取的) sea horses pick up diseases and die.
Sea horse experts are trying to teach fishermen to become sea horse farmers. Instead of pulling nets of sea horses from the ocean, fishermen could learn to raise them in specially designed saltwater “farms”. That way, fishermen would have sea horses to sell, but ocean populations would not be hurt.
Vincent and her team have only discovered the 35 different species of sea horses, and they still have plenty of sea horse secrets left to unlock. That is why, Vincent told TFK, protecting future sea horse populations is especially important: “I promise your readers that by the time they grow up to be marine biologists, we’ll still have a lot to learn.”
【小题1】In the past, Romans thought the sea horse to be ______.
| A.a kind of horse | B.a kind of fish |
| C.the god of the ocean | D.one of Neptune’s pets |
| A.People in Asian countries hunt sea horses for food. |
| B.Most sea horses caught are used as medicine. |
| C.The effects of the powder of sea horses are uncertain. |
| D.35 different kinds of sea horses have been discovered. |
| A.follow | B.collect | C.get | D.create |
| A.do more research on sea horses |
| B.teach fishermen how to farm sea horses |
| C.stop hunting sea horses |
| D.ban the sea horse trade |