---Are you being_____, sir?

---No, I just want to buy a cellphone.

A. looked after                           B. attended to         C. led in                              D. admitted in

    The most frightening words in the English language are, “Our computer is down” . You hear it more and more when you are on business. The other day I was at the airport waiting for a ticket to Washington and the girl in the ticket office said, “I’m sorry, I can’t sell you a ticket. Our computer is down.”

“If your computer is down, just write me out a ticket.”

“I can’t write you out a ticket. The computer is the only one allowed to do so.”

I noticed every passenger was just standing there drinking coffee and staring at the black screen. Then I looked down on the computer and asked her, “What do all you people do?”

“We give the computer the information about your trip, and then it tells us whether you can fly with us or not.”

“So when it goes down, you go down with it.”

“That’s good, sir.”

“How long will the computer be down?” I wanted to know.

“I have no idea. Sometimes it’s down for 10 minutes, sometimes for two hours. There’s no way we can find out without asking the computer, and since it’s down it won’t answer us.”

After the girl told me they had no backup(備用) computer, I said. “Let’s forget the computer. What about your planes? They’re still flying, aren’t they?”

“I couldn’t tell without asking the computer.”

“Maybe I could just go to the gate and ask the pilot if he’s flying to Washington, ” I suggested.

“I wouldn’t know what gate to send you to. Even if the pilot was going to Washington, he couldn’t take you if you didn’t have a ticket.”

“Is there any other airline flying to Washington within the next few hours?”

“I wouldn’t know, ” she said, pointing at the dark screen. “Only ‘IT’ knows. ‘It can’t tell me.”

By this time there were quite a few people standing in lines. The word soon spread to other travelers that the computer was down. Some people went white, some people started to cry and still others kicked their luggage.

56. Where do you often hear these frightening words “Our computer is down”?

A. At the airport.           B. At the gate.              C. On business.      D. In the ticket office.

57. What could the girl in the ticket office do without asking the computer?

A. She could do nothing.

B. She could sell a ticket.

C. She could write out a ticket.

D. She could answer the passengers’ questions.

58. What does the underlined word “down” in Paragraph 1 mean?

A. White.                            B. Broken.              C. Black.                 D. Dark.

59. We can learn from the last paragraph that _______.

A. a modern computer won’t be down

B. computers can take the place of human

C. there will be great changes in computers

D. sometimes a computer may bring suffering to people

60. The best title for the article is _______.

A. Asking the Computer                              B. When the Computer Is Down

C. The Computer of the Airport                          D. The Most Frightening Words

Beijing put 200 more buses on the city’s streets on Saturday, September 22, 2007, for the convenience(方便) of citizens who left their cars at home to support "Car Free Day". In some downtown areas of Beijing, private cars were forbidden from 7 a.m. to 7p.m. on the day.

Beijing was one of the 108 Chinese cities, which also included Shanghai, Jinan, Fuzhou, Kunming, Changsha and Taiyuan that responded positively to the "Car Free Day".

"Since the 'Car Free Day' is meant to reduce pollution and traffic jams, all drivers should support it." said Li Ming, a taxi driver in Beijing.

In Fuzhou, capital city of Fujian Province, banners printed with the slogan "Green Travel" appeared in most busy streets.

"Green travel is both the responsibility of the public and the government. As the public transport system can’t satisfy people’s needs, many people turn to private cars. The government should try to improve the public transport system so people will use private cars less." said Xu Doudou, head of the Humanity Institute of Fuzhou University.

Every September 22 is a "Car Free Day" in many countries around the world. Chengdu, capital city of southwest China's Sichuan Province, pioneered (做先鋒) China's first "Car Free Day" on October 14, 2000. It resulted in a 37.5 percent drop in traffic accidents and noise reduction.

September 22, 2007 marks China’s first large-scale participation in "Car Free Day". The number of cars dropped noticeably in most of the participating cities on the day.

73. Which of the following is NOT the purpose of setting up "Car Free Day"?

A. To protect the environment.               B. To improve traffic flow.

C, To reduce noise pollution.                D. To stop car production.

74. According to Xu Doudou, to encourage people not to use private cars, we should____.

A. make fewer cars                   B. make more buses  

C. improve the public transport system       D. tell people cars do harm to the environment

75. Which city first celebrated "Car Free Day" in China?

A. Beijing.      B. Chengdu.        C. Shanghai.         D. Fuzhou.

–I think you should get 1000 dollars in a month.

   –Well, I feel glad that I get _____1000 dollars.

A. twice as much         B. three times more than

C. more than twice        D. three times as more as

The moment she came back from work, she ________to clean the kitchen thoroughly.

A. set about        B. set out      C. set off         D. set up

.No matter how fast we worked,____.

      A. we couldn’t catch up with them        B. and we couldn’t catch up with them

      C. so we couldn’t catch up with them      D. but we couldn’t catch up with them

You can arrive in Guangzhou on time for the fashion show ____ you don’t mind

taking the night train.

A.provided            B.unless            C.though           D.until

____the bus until it has stopped.

      A.Not get off         B.Don’t get off     C.Didn’t get off      D.Get not off

It is the teacher____taught me when I was a child____I am going to visit.

        A.that;which         B.who;which         C.who;that       D.whom;that

. He is rather difficult to makefriends with, but his friendship, ____, ismore true than

anyother.

          A.once gained      B.when to gain   C.after is gained     D.while gaining