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During my high school years， the most important thing was what I was wearing to the Friday night dance and who I was taking. Although college was talked about， it was the least of my worries.

When I was graduating eighth grade and starting high school， my older brother was graduating twelfth grade and going on to college. For my graduation， he gave me a card in which he wrote， “Enjoy your four years... They go by fast.” I remember not believing him then， but looking back... He was right. Those four years shaped who I was as a person， pushed me to my limit and encouraged me to become an adult.

However， I was so completely absorbed in my junior and senior years of high school， that when someone spoke of college I brushed it off. I wasnt ready to leave my comfort zone of having all of my closest friends together and knowing what every single day was going to be like. Studying was something I did only AFTER I nailed my half-time dance performance. I knew my parents wanted me to go to college， so I told them I would go to community college and I didnt worry about my SAT（美国大学入学考试）scores.

When my senior years passed and everyone graduated and went off to their own colleges， I started to wish I had done the same. My friends were living away， meeting new people， discovering new places， while I was living at home and driving to and from class every day. It seemed exactly like high school. I hated it！ I thought college was supposed to be different！ Why didnt I take more time to research colleges and do the same？ I ended up loving college and wishing I had four years to enjoy the campus（大学校园）atmosphere instead of two.

My advice to anyone thinking about attending college is to think about it very seriously and look into all of your choices well ahead of time. Now I have graduated and I am working full time and I would do anything to go back to my high school days for a second chance！

1. The authors brother gave him a card to tell him to ___ .

A. go on dancing

B. leave his comfort zone

C. value the following years

D. aim at a college as others

2. Why didnt the author worry about his SAT scores？

A. He was prepared for the exam.

B. He would go to a community college.

C. He believed his brother would help him.

D. He would be admitted for his gift for dance.

3. We can infer from Paragraph 4 that when in high school， the author ___ .

A. lived with the parents

B. buried himself in study all the time

C. lived in the school except on holidays

D. enjoyed talking about future college life

4. How does the author feel when talking about the high school years？

A. Excited. B. Afraid.

C. Ashamed. D. Regretful.

B

Tim Berners-Lee is the man who wrote the software program that led to the foundation of the World Wide Web. Britain played an important part in developing the first generation of computers. The parents of Tim Berners-Lee both worked on one of the earliest commercial computers and talked about their work at home. As a child he would build models of computers from packing material. After graduating from Oxford University he went on to the real thing. In the 1980s， scientists were already communicating using a primitive version of e-mail. While working at a laboratory in Switzerland， Tim Berners-Lee wrote a program， which let him store these messages. This gave him another idea： write a program that will let academics（学术界人士）from across the world share information on a single place. In 1990， he wrote the HTTP and HTML programs which form the basis of the World Wide Web.

The next year his programs were placed on the Internet. Everyone was welcome to use them and improve them if they could. Programmers used the codes to work with different operating systems. New things like web browsers（浏览器）and search engines were developed. Between 1991 and 1994 the number of web pages rose from 10 to 100，000.

In 1994， Tim Berners-Lee formed the newly formed World Wide Web consortium（协会）， or W3C. More than 200 leading companies and laboratories are represented by W3C. Together they make sure that everyone can share equally on the web. “The Web can help people to understand the way that others live and love. It helps us understand the humanity of people.” he says.

5. We can infer from Paragraph 1 that Tim Berners-Lee is ___ .

A. British B. American

C. Swiss D. French

6. When did scientists begin to communicate by means of e-mail？

A. In 1980. B. In the 1960s.

C. Before 1990. D. After the 1980s.

7. When did Tim Berners-Lee write the HTTP and HTML programs？

A. When he was a child.

B. When he formed W3C.

C. When he studied in Oxford University.

D. When he worked at a lab in Switzerland.

8. Which of the following is TRUE according to this passage？

A. Tims programs were placed on the Internet in 1991.

B. The number of web pages rose rapidly before the 1990s.

C. The World Wide Web has no effect on the social development.

D. Tim Berners-Lee made a great contribution to computer operating systems.

9. What is the passage mainly about？

A. Why computers develop so rapidly.

B. When the Internet came into being.

C. How the World Wide Web started.

D. Who Tim Berners-Lee is.

从下列方框里10个单词中选择8个适当单词的正确形式填入下列各句中，使其句意完整。每个单词只使用一次。

announce attack linguistic rapid satellite

structure steady switch variety variation

1. The darkness was ____ growing， and the people were becoming more and more worried.

2. The disease is spreading ____ after the sudden earth-quake shook the city.

3. It is only by ____ the other side unprepared that we can stand in advantage.

4. ____ of births， marriages and deaths appear in some newspapers.

5. If you press that ____ ， all the lights in this building will come on.

6. Many countries have sent up man-made ____ to circle the earth.

7. ____ is the scientific study of language according to the definition in the dictionary.

8. The weather in this city lacks ____ ， and the temperature is always the same.

下列各句每句有1个错误。

1. He was given the suitcase his father and grandfather taken along to school. ___

2. Whom does the notebook on that table belong to？ ___

3. Where have you been after I last time saw you three years ago in Beijing？ ___

4. As a boy， he used to working in a small shop in the town to make some money on his own. ___

1. 玛丽是一个善良的女孩，她和她的同学们相处融洽。

2. 汤姆午餐时去售票处，但票已经全部卖完了。

3. 今晚我不打算和你争论，因为我实在太累了。

4. 天气暖和一点雪就会开始融化。

A few years ago I was at an international conference with nearly 700 participants. One afternoon I 1 a very crowded talk by a famous author. The hall filled quickly and soon there were no 2 left， so dozens of people were standing around the edges.

I saw a very elderly man， stooped（驼背的）slightly with age， leaning against the wall. I 3 got up， told those sitting beside me to 4 the place for him and made my way to him. When I offered my seat to him， he looked 5 and started to refuse， but I would have none of that. He asked me my name and 6 me deeply， and then made his 7 back into my row and sat comfortably. Many people who 8 our exchange turned to say what a kind thing I had done. I kept saying， “Its nothing 9 . Im from Canada. Its normal for us to help other people！”

A few minutes later， the man sitting next to the elderly man 10 to leave the hall for another talk and the elderly man signaled to me to 11 and sit beside him. At first I 12 ， thinking someone else might need it more， but people sitting around him started to repeat my 13 ， asking me to come and sit！ So I returned and sat beside the 14 for the talk.

When the talk was over， the man thanked me again and

15 asked if I knew who he was. I had no idea. He then looked quite 16 and told me a household name that I recognized immediately！

I was astonished to have been sitting next to him， 17 he was excited to think I had given up my seat to him without 18

who he was！ Again I had to tell him where I come from， and its the 19 thing to do！ I have felt more blessed to be a Canadian since that day， for seeing how easy it is to 20 someone and how rare it seemed to so many people.

1. A. missed B. gave C. expected D. attended

2. A. seats B. rooms C. topics D. tickets

3. A. slowly B. nervously C. immediately D. unwillingly

4. A. find B. spare C. take D. hold

5. A. excited B. satisfied C. disappointed D. surprised

6. A. moved B. thanked C. impressed D. hurt

7. A. living B. fortune C. direction D. way

8. A. witnessed B. knew C. found D. understood

9. A. easy B. popular C. special D. funny

10. A. agreed B. refused C. chose D. forgot

11. A. wait B. return C. try D. rest

12. A. changed B. left C. believed D. resisted

13. A. action B. name C. dream D. address

14. A. waiter B. speaker C. author D. gentleman

15. A. quietly B. quickly C. proudly D. angrily

16. A. interested B. delighted C. puzzled D. worried

17. A. and B. because C. so D. but

18. A. saying B. knowing C. mentioning D. checking

19. A. strange B. secret C. normal D. hard

20. A. help B. accept C. praise D. trust

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

We high school students do have some growing pains， but we can get rid of them 1 （correct） and wisely. First， some of us are upset 2 our body styles and looks. Its unnecessary and not 3 （importance） at all. We neednt care about it. It is ones inner beauty 4 matters. Second， we sometimes seem to be misunderstood by our teachers， parents and classmates.

5 （face） with this， we can find a proper time to have a heart-to-heart talk with them， trying 6 （remove） the misunderstanding. Some of us have fewer friends. I think being open-minded and friendly will do you good. Third， we may fall behind others， which 7 （make） us stressed. Actually we can encourage

8 （we） to work efficiently， full of 9 （determine）. At last， some of us dont have much pocket money， so they feel unhappy. Isnt it strange？ So long as we have some， thats enough. And we can learn 10 to spend money.

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6. 7. 8. 9. 10.