阅读理解
Personal computers and Internet give people new choices about how to spend their time.
Some may use this freedom to share less time with certain friends or family members, but the new technology will also let them stay in closer touch with those they care most about. I know this from personal experience.
E?mail makes it easy to work at home, which is where I now spend most weekends and evenings. My working hours arent necessarily much shorter than they once were but I spend fewer of them at the office. This lets me share more time with my young daughter than I might have if shed been born before electronic mail became such a practical tool.
The Internet also makes it easy to share thoughts with a group of friends. Say you do something fun—see a great movie perhaps and there are four or five friends who might want to hear about it. If you call each one, you may tire of telling the story.
With e?mail, you just write one note about your experience, at your convenience, and address it to all the friends you think might be interested. They can read your message when they have time, and read only as they want to. They can reply at their convenience, and you can read what they have to say at your convenience.
E?mail is also an inexpensive way to stay in close touch with people who live far away. More than a few parents use e?mail to keep in touch, even daily touch, with their children at college.
We just have to keep in mind that computers and the Internet offer another way of staying in touch. They dont take the place of any of the ways.
1. Whats the purpose of this passage?
A. To explain how to use the Internet.
B. To tell the value and usefulness of the Internet.
C. To introduce basic knowledge about the Internet.
D. To describe the writers joy of keeping up with the Internet.
2. The use of e?mail has made it possible for the writer to ________ .
A. work at home on weekends
B. spend more time at the office
C. spend much less time working
D. have more free time with his child
3. According to the writer, whats the obivious advantage of email over the telephone?
A. It helps reach a group of people at one time conveniently.
B. It helps keep ones communication as personal as possible.
C. It helps pass on much more information than the telephone.
D. It helps get in touch with ones friends faster than the telephone.
4. Whats the best title of this passage?
A. Computers: Have Made Life Easier
B. Computer: New Technological Advances
C. Internet: New Tool to Maintain Good Friendship
D. Internet: A Convenient Tool for Communication
语法填空
Once upon a time, there lived a lazy man John Denny in a remote village. He would do 1 but daydream the whole day. One sunny afternoon, Denny was really hungry. 2 (step) out of his hut, he said, “What a beautiful day! How I wish I could go back to sleep! But now I have to go out and find some food.” 3 bathing, he took out a bowl and went out 4 (beg) .
By begging the whole day he managed to get a pot full of milk. “It is this pot of milk 5 is going to make me rich, ” he thought, “I will use it to make butter. From the butter I will be able to make ghee (酥油) .”
“I will then go to the market and sell the ghee,” his dream
6 (continue) , “and then I will buy a pair of goats. They will have kids after 6 months. Soon I would have a herd of goats.” 7 (lose) in deep thought, he struck out with his foot, breaking the pot, and dirtied 8 (he) with the milk. He saw the 9 (break) pot and cried. He lost whatever he had because of his 10 (lazy).
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书面表达
假设你是李明,最近参加了一期澳大利亚冬令营活动,活动共两周时间。你住在约翰逊夫妇家中,他们为你提供了吃、住、行及旅游方面的帮助。请你根据提示写一封电子邮件感谢他们。
内容包括以下要点:
1. 安全到家;
2. 回忆过去并表示感谢;
3. 希望和祝福。
注意:
1. 词数100左右,可以适当增减细节,以使行文连贯;
2. 开头结尾已给出(不记入总词数)。
Dear Mr and Mrs Johnson,
Im writing to you from my home in China.
Yours,
Li Ming