Bob was a clever college student, but his family was poor, so he had to work after class and during his holidays to get enough money for his studies.

One summer he got a job in a butcher's shop during the day time, and another in a hospital at night. In the shop, he learned to cut and sell meat. He did so well that the butcher went into a room behind the shop to do all the accounts. In the hospital, of course, Bob was told to do only the easiest jobs. He helped to lift people and carry them from one part of the hospital to another. Both in the butcher's shop and in the hospital, Bob had to wear white clothes.

One evening in the hospital, Bob had to help to carry a woman from her bed to the operating - room. The woman already felt frightened when she thought about the operation. When she saw Bob coming to get her, she felt even more frightened.

"No! No!" she cried. "Not a butcher! I won't let a butcher operate on me!" with these words ,she fainted away.

Bob had to work after class and during his holidays because_________.

   A. his father told him to make more friends

   B. he wanted to become a rich man

   C. he couldn't go on with his studies without enough money

   D. he had nothing to do at home.

One summer Bob_________.

   A. wanted to become not only a butcher but also a doctor.

   B. got two different jobs at two places

   C. was free only at night

   D. worked only during the daytime

In the hospital, Bob's job was_________.

   A. to take care of the wounded soldiers

   B. to give the doctor's advice

   C. to find out what was wrong with the sick people

   D. to carry the sick people from one place to another

Humanity uses a little less than half the water available worldwide. Yet occurrences of shortages and droughts (干旱) are causing famine and distress in some areas, and industrial and agricultural by-products are polluting water supplies. Since the world's population is expected to double in the next 50 years, many experts think we are on the edge of a widespread water crisis.

  But that doesn't have to be the outcome. Water shortages do not have to trouble the world---if we start valuing water more than we did in the past. Just as we began to appreciate petroleum more after the 1970s oil crises, today we must start looking at water from a fresh economic perspective. We can no longer afford to consider water a virtually free resource of which we can use as much as we like in any way we want.

  Instead, for all uses except the domestic demand of the poor, governments should price water to reflect its actual value. This means charging a fee for the water itself as well as for the supply costs.

  Governments should also protect this resource by providing water in more economically and environmentally sound (健康的) ways. For example, often the cheapest way to provide irrigation water in the dry tropics is through small-scale projects, such as gathering rainfall in depressions (凹地) and pumping it to nearby cropland.

  No matter what steps governments take to provide water more efficiently, they must change their institutional and legal approaches to water use. Rather than spread control among hundreds or even thousands of local, regional, and national agencies that watch various aspects of water use, countries should set up central authorities to coordinate (调整) water policy.

What is the real cause of the potentials water crisis.

  A. Only half of the world's water can be used.

  B. The world population is increasing faster and faster.

  C. Half of the world's water resources have been seriously polluted.

  D. Humanity has not placed enough value on water resources.

As is indicated in the passage, the water problem _________ .

A. is already serious in certain parts of the world.

B. has been exaggerated by some experts in the field

  C. poses a challenge to the technology of building reservoirs(水库)

  D. is underestimated by government organizations at different levels

According to the author, the water price should _______ .

  A. be reduced to the minimum        B. stimulate domestic demand

  C. go with its real value             D. take into account the occurrences of droughts

In order to raise the efficiency of the water supply, measures should be taken to ______ .

  A. guarantee full protection of the environment

  B. centralize the management of water resources

  C. increase the sense of responsibility of agencies at all levels

D. encourage local and regional water resources

There was simply too much news and too much information freely available on the net.But was it accurate? Whose opinion should we trust? A survey found that 60% of UK adults think it is worth paying for a "good newspaper", and most of those said they believed more of what they read in the paid-for newspapers.

       Here was something newspapers understood—here was what they could offer: news plus comment and opinion.

       And the Internet now offered opportunities.A newspaper was just that: news printed on paper.But the Internet now offered newspapers different places to print, and in different media.

       This may explain why the readership of newspapers online in the UK is very different from people who read printed newspapers.

       The most popular newspaper in the UK is The Sun and is also the most popular newspaper in the world.The "mid—market" audience mainly reads The Daily Mail.Of the "quality" newspapers, the most popular is the Daily Telegraph.

       Online, it's a different story.The most popular site is The Mail, which has 2.3 million "browsers" every day.And the next most popular site is The Guardian.

'Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

       A.Printed newspapers are disappearing.

       B.The most popular newspapers has the most popular newspaper website as well.

       C.People from other countries also enjoy reading British newspapers.

       D.The free news on the Internet makes people unwilling to buy newspapers.

What conclusion can we draw from the passage?

       A.People no longer believe what the Internet tells them.

       B.Printed newspapers are out of date.

       C.Different readers may have their various reading taste.

       D.Printed newspapers can not deal with the challenge from the Internet.

What is the main idea of the passage?

       A.The UK has the most popular printed newspapers in the world.

       B.The condition of British newspapers in the information age.

       C.Printed newspapers face a sever challenge.

       D.The latest developments in online news sites.

From the survey we can see that the British are generally_____ to the news on the Net.

       A.traditional          B.conservative          C.cautious         D.carefree

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