Sometimes life gets a little dull. What used to be fun and different becomes boring. That is the time to look for something new. It is the time for a big idea to get your mind off everyday life. So why not search for extraterrestrial (地球外的) intelligence? Or even better, why not get your computer to do it for you?

Over two million people have joined the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence（SETI）project. Based in California, the SETI project analyzes information taken from a giant radio telescope based in South America. Its task is to look for signals from outer space that might prove that life exists on other planets.

Processing this information is far too big a job for one computer. So the SETI project workers divide the work among volunteers who visit their website. Each computer gets some information to work out from the SETI network through the Internet. This process is often known as “meta-computing”.

It is a wonderful thought. You are sleeping, eating a meal or going out with friends. All this time, your computer is searching the stars for signs that might show something is out there trying to get in touch. Volunteers are proud of being involved in the SETI project. It shows that they understand the potential (潜能) of computing. They know that it is more than just a way of working or playing games.

Meta-computing may also be creating intelligence as well as looking for it. This idea is based on the theory that human intelligence is created by the way in which different parts of the brain communicate with each other. As the saying goes, “The whole is more than the sum of its parts.” People who join the SETI project sometimes wonder whether their computer will become part of a huge network that has learned to think for itself.

1.According to the writer, meta-computing may be creating intelligence    .

2. Which of the following shows the order in which the SETI network works?

3. The underlined word “it” in the last paragraph refers to _____ .

4.The passage mainly tells us about _____.      

此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行做出判断；如无错误，在该行右边横线上画一个勾（√）。如有错误，则按下列情况改正：

此行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（/）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。

此行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。

此行错一个词：在错词下画一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词

I began to learn English in reading and listening.            1._____________

My study were limited by the poor conditions.                  2.____________

As I paid more attention to read, I found that                    3.____________

it didn’t take me long at all remember a large                    4.____________

quantity of words and sentence structures. This                  5.____________

rapid increase in the number of words I know made              6.____________

it is possible for me to read books in English.                   7.____________

My reading ability was great improved.                      8. _____________

Now, I have come to know that things about the               9.____________

culture, society, history and people of America or England.     10._____________

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________ wise nation is one good at learning, especially ________ that is good at learning from difficulties.

China ________ rapid economic development and political stability over the past three decades, but with them ________ some social problems.

 Was it in Disneyland, ________ many cartoon characters can be seen, ________ the film was set?

The reading club in our school welcomes those ________ of detective stories.

 Furniture and flooring usually come to mind when we think of ways to use bamboo. Not many of us, ________, think of bamboo clothing.

________ with routine office tasks, she had no time to attend to her children.

—Have you been to the United States?

—Yes, only once. I ________ there only for seven days.