Studies show that people are more _________to suffer from back problems if they always sit before computer screens for long hours．

A．likely          B．possible               C．probable          D．sure

—May I take this book out of the reading room?

—No, you _________．You read it in here．

A．mightn't            B．won't          C．needn't          D．mustn't

It is reported that many a new house _________ at present in the disaster area．

A．a(chǎn)re being built                                         B．were being built  

C．was being built                                       D．is being built

—What a fine day! Shall we go picnicking?

—       ． But we need to be home before six o'clock for the football match．

A．Have a nice time．                                   B．Pardon me

C．That's great                                           D．You are right

I used to live selfishly, I should admit．But one moment changed me．

    I was on my lunch break and had   1  the office to get something to eat．On the way, I  2  a busker（街頭藝人），with a hat in front of him．I had some  3  in my pocket, but I would not give them to him, thinking to myself he would   4   use the money to feed his addiction to drugs or alcohol． He  5  like that type-young and ragged．  6  what was I going to spend the money on ? Only to feed my addiction to Coca-Cola or chocolate! I then   7  I had no right to place myself above   8   just because he was busking．

I  9  and dropped all the coins into his  10  , and he smiled at me, I watched for a while．As  11   as it sounds, I expected something more to come from that moment -- a feeling of 12   or satisfaction, for example．But nothing happened   13  , I walked off．“It proved to be a waste of   14   ,”I thought．

On my way home at the end of the   15  , I saw the busker again and he was  16 ．I watched him pick up the hat and walk   17   a cafe counter．There he poured the   18  contents into a tin collecting   19   an earthquake fund-raising（募捐）event．He was busking for charity（慈善）！

Now I donate any   20   I have to charity tins and enjoy the feeling of giving．

1．A．left                      B．cleaned               C．prepared             D．searched

2．A．led                       B．chose                 C．saw                  D．fooled

3．A．chocolates             B．coins                  C．tins                   D．drugs

4．A．a(chǎn)lmost                B．only                  C．rather                      D．still

5．A．a(chǎn)cted                 B．looked               C．sounded              D．smelt

6．A．Though                B．For                   C．Therefore          D．But

7．A．declared              B．realized              C．expected            D．guessed

8．A．it                        B．a(chǎn)ll                    C．him                 D．them

9．A．waited                    B．followed           C．stopped            D．a(chǎn)rrived

10．A．rag                     B．hat                   C．pocket              D．counter

11．A． selfish             B．a(chǎn)wkward           C． innocent            D．special

12．A．happiness            B．sadness             C．love                    D．hate

13．A．Disappointedly       B．Unfortunately        C．Coincidentally        D．Comfortably

14．A．words                 B．effort                C．space                   D．money

15．A．moment                B．day                   C．break                D．event

16．A．walking around      B．passing by            C．packing up            D．running off

17．A．a(chǎn)round              B．in                       C．behind                D．to

18．A．chief                B．basic                 C．a(chǎn)ctual                D．total

19．A．by                     B．for                    C．on                    D．with

20．A．work               B．time                    C．energy                D．change

1．What can we learn from the answer to the first question?

A．Some equipment is able to read human minds．

B．Some progress has been made in mind reading．

C．Test subjects have been used to make decisions．

D．Computer programs can copy brain processes．

2．People laugh when tickled by others because the feeling is ___________．

A．unexpected                                   B．expected

C．comfortable                                  D．uncomfortable

3．Who has got a little child according to the text?

A．Ms. Leon                                    B．Mr. Lewis

C．Mr. Moeller                                   D．Dr. Jeffers

4．According to the text, Jeffers is probably _______．

A．a(chǎn) computer programmer               B．a(chǎn) test subject

C．a(chǎn) human brain expert                  D．a(chǎn) medical doctor

Brave Frenchman Found Half-way Around the World

   （NEW YORK） A French tourist highly praised for rescuing a two-year-old girl in Manhattan

said he didn't think twice before diving into the freezing East River．

Tuesday's Daily News said 29-year who left the spot quickly after the rescue last Saturday．

He lifted the little girl out of the water after she fell off the bank at the South Street Seaport museum．He handed the girl to her father , David Anderson, who had dive in after him．

“I didn't think at all,” Duret told the Daily News． “ It happened very fast． I reacted very fast．”

Duret, an engineer on vacation, was walking with his girlfriend along the pier（碼頭）when he saw something falling into the water．He thought it was a doll, but realized it was a child when he approached the river．In an instant, he took off his coat and jumped into the water．

When he reached the girl, she appeared lifeless, he said．Fortunately, when she was out of the water, she opened her eyes．

Anderson said his daughter slipped off the bank when he was adjusting his camera．An ambulance came later for her, said Duret, who was handed dry clothes from cookers．Duret caught a train with his girlfriend shortly after．

The rescue happened on the day before he left for France．Duret said he didn't realize his tale of heroism he was leaving the next morning．

“I don't really think I'm a hero,” said Duret．“Anyone would do the same thing．”

1．Why was Duret in New York?                                                                  

A．To meet his girlfriend                        B．To work as an engineer

C．To spend his holiday                        D．To visit the Andersons．

2．What did Duret do shortly after the ambulance came?

A．He was interviewed by a newspaper

B．He asked his girlfriend for his dry clothes

C．He went to the hospital in the ambulance

D．He disappeared from the spot quickly

3．Who divide after Duret into the river to save the little girl?

A．David Anderson                                        B．a(chǎn) passer-by   

C．his girlfriend                                           D．a(chǎn) taxi driver．

4．When was duet most probably found to be the very hero?

A．the day when he was leaving for home．

B．a(chǎn) couple of days after the girl was rescued

C．the first day when he was in New York

D．the same day when he was interviewed．

The 1900 house

The Bowler family was one of more than 400 families who applied to 1900 House, a reality TV shout which took a typical family back a hundred years to see how people lived in the days before the internet, computer games and even electricity．

The bowler family spent three months in a London home without a telephone, computers, TV, or fast food．The bowlers wore clothes from 1900, are only food available in English at that time, and cooked their meals on a single stove．Paul bowler still went to work every day in a then uniform．The children changed their clothes on the way to and from school and their classmates didn't know about then unusual home life．Joyce stayed at home, cooking and cleaning like a typical housewife of the time, though everything took three times as long．

So does Joyce think that people's lives were better in the old days?

“I think people in the old days had just ad many troubles and worries,” Joyce said．And I don't think their life was better or worse, there were lots of things back then that I'm happy I don't have to deal with nowadays, but on the other hand life was simpler．” “We had a lot more time with our family, and it was hard being nice to each other all the time,” eleven-year-old Hilary said．

So what did the Bowler family miss most about modern life while living in the 1900 house?

Paul, 39: ” telephone and a hot shower”

Joyce, 44: ” a quick cup of tea from a kettle you could just turn on”

Hilary, 11: ” rock CD”

Joseph, 9: ” hamburger and computer games”

1．While the Bowler family was living in 1900 house, _________．

A．the mother spent more time on housework

B．the two children wore the then clothes for school

C．they prepared their meals together on a stove

D．they ate simple foods they had never seen

2．According to Paragraph 4, what's Joyce's opinion about life in 1900?

A．There were fewer problems for the family

B．Life was simpler but worse than it is now

C．There were things she liked and disliked

D．The family had more time to stay together

3．What would Hilary expect most from modern life in the three months?

A．To play computer games                    B．To make phone calls

C．To listen to music                          D．To chat on the Internet

Stop Spam!

When I first got an e-mail account ten years ago, I received communications only from family, friends, and colleagues．Now it seems that every time I check my e-mail, I have an endless series of advertisements and other correspondence that do not interest me at all．If we want e-mail to continue to be useful, we need specific laws that make spamming（發(fā)送垃圾郵件）a crime．

If lawmakers do not do something soon to prohibit spam, the problem will certainly get much worse．Computer programs allow spammers to send hundreds of millions of e-mails almost

instantly．As more and more advertisers turn to spam to sell their products, individual（個(gè)人的）e-mail boxes are often flooded with spam e-mails．Would people continue to use e-mail if they had to deal with an annoying amount of spam each time?

This problem is troubling for individuals and companies as well．Many spam e-mails contain computer viruses that can shut down the entire network of a company．Companies rely on e-mail for their employees to communicate with each other．Spam frequently causes fathers in their local communications networks, and their employees are thus unable to communicate effectively．Such a situation results in a loss of productivity and requires companies to repeatedly repair their networks．These computer problems raise production costs of companies, which are, in the end, passed on to the consumer．

For these reasons, I believe that lawmakers need to legislate（立法）against spam．Spammers should be fined, and perhaps sent to prison if they continue to disturb people．E-mail is a tool which helps people all over the world to communicate conveniently, but spam is destroying this convenience.

1．What does the underlined word “correspondence” in the Paragraph 1 probably mean?  

A．messages                   B．ideas               C．connections                 D．programs

2．According to the text, what is the major cause of the flooding spam?

A．Companies rely on e-mail for communications．

B．More people in the world communicate by e-mail．

C．Many computer viruses contain spam e-mail．

D．More advertisers begin to promote sales through spam．

3．According to Paragraph 3, who is the final victim of spam?

A．The business                                 B．The advertiser

C．The employee                                 D．The consumer

4．What is the purpose of the text?

A．To inform               B．To educate              C．To persuade            D．To instruct

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從下框的A~F選項(xiàng)中選出能概括每一段主題的最佳選項(xiàng)。選項(xiàng)中有一項(xiàng)為多余項(xiàng)。

Gift Giving

1．_________

There are many occasions（場(chǎng)合）for giving gifts in modern industrialized societies: birthdays, naming ceremonies, weddings, anniversaries, New Year, It is common to give gifts on many of these celebrations in western cultures．In addition, special events, such as one's first day of school or graduation from university, often require gift giving．

2．_________

What is happening when we give gifts? Most important, we are exchanging gifts．If someone gives me a gift for my birthday, I know that I am usually expected to give one on his or her next birthday．A gift builds up or confirms a social obligation（義務(wù)）．

3．_________

Gifts tighten personal relationships and provide a means of communication between loved ones．People say that a gift lets the recipient（接受者）know we are thinking of them, and that we want to make the person “feel special．”We want people to feel wanted, to feel part of our social or family group．We give presents to say “I'm sorry．”Sometimes it is difficult for us to find a present that someone will like．Sometimes we give things that we like or would feel comfortable with． In all these cases, the gifts are sending out messages -- often very expressive ones．

4．_________

People tend to talk about presents in a fairly loving way． A woman whose mother had died years ago described the many gifts around her house．These were gifts that her mother had given her over the years: “I appreciate these, and they mean something to me,” the woman said, “because I remember the occasions they were given on, and that they were from my mother, and the relationship we've had．” The gifts remain and keep the relationship alive in mind．This woman felt the same way about the gifts she gave to others．She hoped that the recipients would look at here gifts in years to come and

5．_________

Emotions（情感）like these suggest that a positive spirit still lies behind gift giving．They prove that the anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss was wrong to say that modern western gift giving is highly wasteful．Studies in Canada and elsewhere have also shown that this is not the case．Each gift is unique even if so many are given．The emotional benefit for those who exchange gifts is the very reason for the tradition to continue．