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We use the Internet for many things: business, shopping, writing letters, talking to people, finding information and so on. In recent years, a new kind of English has grown on the Internet. There’s no real word for it yet, so we’ll call it e-talk. People don’t like typing too much. To save time, they turn phrases into a few letters (called acronyms). Acronyms are often used in chat rooms(聊天室). Some of them are:
BTW(by the way);  BRB(be right back);  LOL(laughing out loud);  IMO(in my opinion)
People also use many abbreviations. They are shortened forms of words. Some common abbreviations are:
info(information);   puter(computer);    pic(picture);     sec(second)
We ususally don’t see people when we communicate on the Internet, so people have new ways to show feelings. Most people use their keyboards to draw “feelings”, such as:
:-) (happy);     ;-)(joking);        :-((sad);       :-O(surprised)
These days, many forums(论坛)have picture feelings. For example:
           
(happy)              (sad)               (angry)               (cool)
There are even whole new words, like ”newbie’s” (someone who is new on a chat board or forum). When you write something bad about someone else, it’s called “flaming” the person.
It takes time for people to get used to e-talk. Also, different groups on the Net have their own special ways of communicating. Newbie’s sometimes have to ask other people what they mean. As the Internet grows, e-talk will continue to grow and change

  1. 1.

    Why do people type acronyms?

    1. A.
      To show their feelings
    2. B.
      To make jokes
    3. C.
      To save time
    4. D.
      In this way newbie’s won’t understand them
  2. 2.

    What does “BTW, my computer is not working well, :-( ”mean?

    1. A.
      The person is happy about getting a new computer
    2. B.
      The person has to go away from his/her computer
    3. C.
      The person is angry at somebody
    4. D.
      The person is sad that his computer is having problems
  3. 3.

    If someone is angry, what may he type?

    1. A.
    2. B.
      BRB
    3. C.
      LOL
    4. D.
  4. 4.

    E-talk will probably_______

    1. A.
      keep changing
    2. B.
      stay the same
    3. C.
      be used by people on the telephone
    4. D.
      be easy for newbie’s to understand

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Seeing may be believing,but hearing a sound first may help your sense of sight,according to results of a new study.
Researchers at the University of California of San Diego report that people were more accurate at noticing a flash of light when a sound was produced at the same place immediately before the light flashed.
“We used a loud sound to catch our participants’(受试者)attention” one of the study’s authors, Dr McDonald, said in an article.  During some experiments, the sound occurred at the same location as the flash of light,while at other times it was produced on the opposite side of participants’ field of sight. The 33 participants in the study were more accurate at noticing the flash of light when the sound occurred on the same side,suggesting that sound can help direct visual(视觉的)attention.
According to McDonald, his research team plans to continue studying the relationship between sight and sound. It will be interesting to see, he said,what happens to the ability to pay attention when one of the sense does not work as well as it should,as in a person who is blind of has hearing problems.
McDonald also noted that research into the relationship between sight and sound could affect the way we 1ook at peop1e with attention disorder. Traditionally,these people together are considered to have attention prob1em,but in some people the problem may be caused by hearing or sight deficits(缺陷).
“ It could be possible that they cou1d have a deficit in one sense or another,or in relating sight and sound together,” McDonald said. Research into this area may lead to better treatment for people who have a hard time paying attention. It may be a good idea to take into consideration the relationship between sound and sight when designing warning signals,such as for an airplane pilot

  1. 1.

    By saying “ Seeing may be believing” ,the writer is suggesting that         

    1. A.
      there is a relationship between hearing and seeing
    2. B.
      the saying has some influence on their research
    3. C.
      you should read the research findings in this article
    4. D.
      you should visit the laboratory in person
  2. 2.

    One question the research team wants to study is how          

    1. A.
      to deal with people’s hearing problems
    2. B.
      to improve pilots’ attention during flight
    3. C.
      people with hearing or sight deficits can improve their attention
    4. D.
      hearing or sight deficits affect people’s ability to pay attention
  3. 3.

    McDonald believes that the study of the relationship between sight and sound will       

    1. A.
      have practical values for medical doctors and pilots
    2. B.
      help change the well-being of medical doctors
    3. C.
      prevent people from having hearing or sight problem
    4. D.
      help to improve people’s eyesight
  4. 4.

    Which is the best title for the passage?

    1. A.
      A cure for people with hearing problems
    2. B.
      The study of people’s attention
    3. C.
      Sound helps to improves people’s attention
    4. D.
      Sound helps to notice the flash of light

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Researchers in London and Bristol have found that men are particularly likely to yield to depression if their partners are also depressed.
The finding highlights the importance of paying attention to the partners of depressed mothers, as young children themselves are vulnerable (容易受伤的) to social problems if both parents are depressed.
Researchers in London and at the University of Bristol launched their study to investigate whether family structure affects the likelihood of depression in men around the time their child is born. They looked at men from traditional families, men with children from a previous relationship, men whose partners had children by a former partner, and men who were not living with their partners.
All 7,108 participants filled out a questionnaire on depression, and answered questions about their age, education level and employment status. Details about the quality of their relationships with their partners, networks of friends and previous life events were also recorded.
About 3.5 percent of the men and 13 percent of their partners suffered depression around the time their child was born. While men in stepfamilies or who were not living with their partners were twice as likely to get depressed as those in traditional families, this could be explained by other factors that are more common in nontraditional families, such as poor education and relationship conflicts.
Even allowing for all these factors, however, the partners of women who were suffering from prenatal (围产期的) depression were significantly more likely to become depressed themselves, the researchers report in an American journal. Ten percent of women who were depressed had depressed partners. For the healthy women, the figure was only 2.6 percent.
Previous research suggests that families with two depressed parents may need special attention. A researcher in Atlanta has found that primary school children with two troubled parents have difficulty relating to their peers. “It’s extremely important to look at the whole family.” she says

  1. 1.

    What can we conclude from the first two paragraphs of this passage?

    1. A.
      Men often beat their children
    2. B.
      Depressed women often have depressed partners
    3. C.
      All young children are vulnerable to social problems
    4. D.
      Women with children often have depressed partners
  2. 2.

    Why did researchers in London and Bristol carry out such an investigation?

    1. A.
      To see what kind of family environment is ideal for children to grow up in
    2. B.
      To study whether family structure affects depression in men when their child is born
    3. C.
      To investigate why so many men get depressed when a child is born
    4. D.
      To see whether it is true that behind every depressed man there is a depressed woman
  3. 3.

    What kind of men is least likely to get depressed when their child was born?

    1. A.
      Men in stepfamilies
    2. B.
      Men who were not living with their partners
    3. C.
      Men in traditional families
    4. D.
      Men in nontraditional families
  4. 4.

    According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true?

    1. A.
      Ten percent of women who were depressed had depressed partners
    2. B.
      2.6 percent of healthy women were depressed
    3. C.
      Special attention should be paid to families in which both the father and the mother were depressed
    4. D.
      Primary school children whose parents were both depressed couldn’t get along well withtheir peers

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Televisiozn —— that most widespread and persuasive of modern technologies, marked by rapid change and growth —— is moving into a new era, an era of extraordinary advancement and diversity, which promises to reshape our lives and our world. It is an electronic revolution, made possible by the marriage of television and computer technologies.
The word ‘television’, coming from its Greek ( tele: distant) and Latin ( vision: sight) roots, can literally be interpreted as sight from a distance. Very simply put, it works in this way: through an advanced system of electronics, television provides the capability of changing an image ( focused on a special photoconductive plate within a camera ) into electronic impulses, which can be sent through a wire or cable. These impulses, when fed into a receiver (television set), can then be electronically reorganized into that same image.
Television is more than just an electronics system, however. It is a means of expression, as well as a tool for communication, and as such becomes a powerful tool for reaching other human beings. The field of television can be divided into two categories determined by its means of transmission(播送,中转). First, there is broadcast television, which reaches the masses through airwave transmission of television signals. Second, there is nonbroadcast television, which provides for the needs of individuals or specific interest groups through controlled transmission techniques.
Traditionally, television has been a medium of the masses. We are most familiar with broadcast television because it has been with us for about thirty-seven years in a form similar to that exists today. During those years, it has been controlled, for the most part, by the broadcast networks, ABC, NBC, and CBS, who have been the major providers of news, information, and entertainment. These giants of broadcasting have actually shaped not only television but our understanding of it as well. We have come to look upon the picture tube as a source of entertainment, placing our role in this dynamic medium as the passive viewer

  1. 1.

    What seems to be the best title for the passage?

    1. A.
      A Powerful Tool of Entertainment
    2. B.
      The Means of Transmission of TV
    3. C.
      TV: Its Working Rules and Functions
    4. D.
      A Brief Introduction to the Development of TV
  2. 2.

    The rapid change and growth of TV is due to the contributions of      ____

    1. A.
      computer technologies
    2. B.
      a new means of transmission
    3. C.
      a powerful vehicle of communication
    4. D.
      TV giants like ABC, NBC and CBS
  3. 3.

    The use of the second means of transmission is to meet the requirements of        ____

    1. A.
      the people especially interested in nonbroadcast program
    2. B.
      certain groups of people
    3. C.
      the people with a special interest in cable TV
    4. D.
      the people interested in controlled transmission techniques
  4. 4.

    The underlined “very simply put” in Paragraph 2 means       ____

    1. A.
      when it is simply put down
    2. B.
      when it is put to simple tasks
    3. C.
      if it is put to simple uses
    4. D.
      if it is expressed in a simply way

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“I don’t think I can do this any more.” “Yes, you can. You only have five more radiation treatments to go. ” I held my wife Becky close.
Ever since the breast cancer diagnosis (诊断), she had tried hard to be strong for the kids and for me.   When her diagnosis came, my first thought was there was no way I could lose my wife. The doctors assured us the cancer was discovered early so we were feeling positive.
Becky had received an operation and was recovering from it. After six weeks of radiation therapy(治疗), she was facing her final five treatments. She was weak and tired, in low spirits. Seeing her suffering, I felt so helpless and powerless.
As soon as I was outside, long-held frustration and anger erupted in me like a volcano. I took a hammer and suddenly was swinging as hard as I could, beating heavily on the front porch(门廊). While doing so, I imagined I was beating my wife’s cancer. With all my strength, I destroyed the porch.
During the treatment, my wife had been very brave. She said she had it easy, but I don’t think it was easy for her.
Seeing the porch gone, Becky shook her head at the window. I came into the room, not knowing how she would react to what I had done.
“Becky, are you mad at me?” She looked at me in surprise. “For what?” I pointed at the gate. “For tearing down the porch.” She laughed. “Look how sunny this room is now. I love that it’s bright in here.”
“You comforted me in my darker hour, Vince. You’ve found a way to deal with your own frustration. By destroying the porch, you let the sunshine in.”
As I looked around the brightened room, I realized the light that filled the space was the light of hope that shone so bright after the darkness. We never did re-build the porch

  1. 1.

    When the diagnosis came out, _______

    1. A.
      the author had little hope that his wife would survive
    2. B.
      the author was determined to save his wife’s life
    3. C.
      the author’s wife refused to receive radiation treatments
    4. D.
      the author felt lucky that his wife’s disease was not serious
  2. 2.

    The author went outside to destroy the porch because _______

    1. A.
      he wanted to release his frustration
    2. B.
      he was disappointed with his wife
    3. C.
      he intended to let sunshine in
    4. D.
      his wife didn’t like it at all
  3. 3.

    How did the author’s wife feel about him seeing the porch gone?

    1. A.
      Sympathetic
    2. B.
      Angry
    3. C.
      Understanding
    4. D.
      Happy
  4. 4.

    What lesson can we learn from the passage?

    1. A.
      Tragedy cannot separate loving couple
    2. B.
      A day without sunshine is like night
    3. C.
      True love is based on understanding
    4. D.
      Nothing is impossible for a willing heart

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If the world were a village of 1,000 people, it would include:
★ 584 Asians
★ 124 Africans
★ 95 Eastern and Western Europeans
★ 84 Latin America
★ 55 former Soviets (including Lithuanians, Latvians, Estonians, and other national groups)
★ 52 North Americans
★ 6 Australians and New Zealand
The people of the village would speak:
★ 165 Mandarin
★ 86 English
★ 83 Hindu/Urdu
★ 64 Spanish
★ 58 Russian
★ 37 Arabic
The above list covers the mother tongues of only half the village.
One-third of the people in the village are children, and only 60 are over the age of 65. Just under half of the married women in the village have access to modern equipments.
This year 28 babies will be born. Ten people will die, 3 of them for lack of food, 1 from cancer. Two of the deaths will be of babies born within the year. With the 28 births and 10 deaths, the population of the village next year will be 1018.
In this village of 1,000 persons,200 people receive 75 percent of the income: another 200 receive only 2 percent of the income.
About one third have access to clean, safe drinking water.
Of the 670 adults in the village, half can not read nor write.
The village has a total yearly budget(预算), public and private, of over 数学公式 3,000 per person if it is distributed evenly. Of the total $ 3 million:
★ 181,000 goes to weapons and warfare
★ 159,000 to education
★ 132,000 to health care
These weapons are under the control of just 100 of the people. The other 900 are watching them with deep anxiety, wondering whether they can learn to get along together

  1. 1.

    Which of the following is true about Mandarin according to the text?

    1. A.
      Nearly one third of Asian people speak Mandarin in the village
    2. B.
      About 25 percent of the people speak Mandarin in the village
    3. C.
      About 16.5 percent of the people speak Mandarin in the village
    4. D.
      Nearly all the Mandarin-speaking people are from Asia in the village
  2. 2.

    Which of the following problems is NOT mentioned in the text?

    1. A.
      Poverty
    2. B.
      Education
    3. C.
      Environment
    4. D.
      Marriage
  3. 3.

    The underlined part “have access to”(in Para. 4) means____

    1. A.
      use
    2. B.
      buy
    3. C.
      produce
    4. D.
      try
  4. 4.

    The last sentence in the text implies that most of the people long for ___

    1. A.
      a peaceful world
    2. B.
      good education
    3. C.
      better health care
    4. D.
      a life without anxiety

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Since the beginning of time, man has been interested in the moon. The Romans designed a special day to show admiration and respect to the moon. They called it “Moonday”, or “Monday”, as we know it today. Later, the great mind of Leonardo da Vinci studied the moon and designed a machine to carry a human to the moon. Leonardo said that one day a great machine bird would take a person to the moon and bring great honor to the home where it was born. Four and a half centuries later, Leonardo’s idea was realized. Apollo II took three Americans, Collins, Aldrin, and Armstrong to the moon. The mission (任务) did fill the whole world with great surprise, as Leonardo had said it would. Numerous essays, articles, and books were written about man’s first moon mission. But perhaps the most interesting story was one written before the event over 100 years before. In 1865, French author Jules Verne wrote a story about the first journey to the moon. His story was very similar to the 1969 Apollo II mission. Verne’s spacecraft also contained three men—two Americans and a Frenchman. The spacecraft was described as being almost the same size as Apollo II. The launch (发射) site in Verne’s story was also in Florida. The spacecraft in Verne’s story was named the “Columbiad”. The Apollo II command ship was called “Columbia”. His account of sending the spacecraft into the space could easily have been written about how Apollo II was sent into the space

  1. 1.

    Leonardo da Vinci said that a great machine bird would ________

    1. A.
      bring great honor to the moon
    2. B.
      fly toward the sun
    3. C.
      explore the heavens
    4. D.
      take people to the moon
  2. 2.

    Jules Verne wrote his story of a man’s visit to the moon about ________

    1. A.
      100 years before the Apollo II mission
    2. B.
      10 years before the Apollo II mission
    3. C.
      four and one a half centuries ago
    4. D.
      100 years ago
  3. 3.

    Verne’s story is very similar to _____

    1. A.
      the first U.S. space mission
    2. B.
      the Apollo II mission
    3. C.
      Leonardo da Vinci’s story
    4. D.
      numerous other books on the same subject
  4. 4.

    The underlined word “spacecraft” probably means ________

    1. A.
      a kind of rocket
    2. B.
      a kind of plane
    3. C.
      a kind of train
    4. D.
      a kind of bus

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If a business wants to sell its products internationally, it had better do some market research first. This is a lesson that some large American corporations have learned the hard way.
What’s in the name?
Sometimes the problem is the name. When General Motors introduced its Chevy Nova into Latin America, it overlooked the fact that Nova in Spanish means “It doesn’t go”. Sure enough, the Chevy Nova never went anywhere in Latin America.
Translation problems
Sometimes it is the slogan that doesn’t work. No company knows this better than Pepsi-Cola, with its “Come alive with Pepsi!” campaign. The campaign was so successful in the United States , Pepsi translated its slogan literally for its international campaign. As it turned out , the translations weren’t quite right. Pepsi was begging Germans to “Come out of the grave(坟墓)” and telling the Chinese that “Pepsi brings your ancestors(老祖宗) back from the grave.”
A picture’s worth a thousand words
Other times, the problem involves packaging . A picture of a smiling baby has helped sell countless jars of Gerber baby food. When Gerber started selling baby food in Africa, they used the same packaging as in the US, with the smiling baby on the label. Later they learned that in African countries, the picture on the jar shows what the jar has in it, for many people there can’t read.
Twist of fate
Even the culture and religious factors and pure coincidence can be involved. Thorn McAn shoes have a Thorn McAn “signature” inside. To people in Bangladesh, which is a Muslim country, this signature looked like Arabic script for the word Allah. In that country, feet are considered unclean, and Muslims felt the company was offending God’s name by having people walk on it

  1. 1.

    From the text we learned that _________

    1. A.
      Chevy Nova was brought in Latin America
    2. B.
      General Motors did the best market research of all companies
    3. C.
      Pepsi still sold well in China owing to the translation problems
    4. D.
      the “Come alive with Pepsi” campaign worked well in the US
  2. 2.

    What was “Gerber’s problem”?

    1. A.
      A translation problem
    2. B.
      Cultural factor
    3. C.
      Religious factor
    4. D.
      The picture on the jar
  3. 3.

    For what reason were Thorn McAn shoes turned down in Bangladesh?

    1. A.
      They are not designed attractively
    2. B.
      Their advertisements are not persuasive
    3. C.
      A signature looking like the word Allah was in the shoes
    4. D.
      Problem for Thorn McAn was the company’s name
  4. 4.

    What does the text mainly tell us?

    1. A.
      Lessons from some large corporations
    2. B.
      How to make use of advertisements
    3. C.
      The importance of market research
    4. D.
      The importance of packaging

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One day, Mary asked her mother, “Mum, what do people mean by saying they have a skeleton(骨架)in the closet(衣橱)?” Her mother paused thoughtfully and said, “Well, it’s something that you would rather not have anyone else know about. For example, if in the past, someone in Dad’s family had been arrested for stealing a horse, it would be a skeleton in his family’s closet. He really wouldn’t want any neighbor to know about it.”
“Why pick my family?” Mary’s father said with anger. “Your family history isn’t so good, you know. Wasn’t your great-great-grandfather a prisoner who was transported to Australia for his crimes?”  “Yes, but people these days say that you are not a real Australian unless your ancestors arrived as prisoners.” “Gosh, sorry I asked. I think I understand now.” Mary cut in before things grew worse.
After dinner, the house was quiet. Mary’s parents were quite angry with each other. Her mother was ironing clothes and every now and then she glared at her husband, who hid behind his newspaper pretending to read. When she finished, she gathered the freshly pressed clothes in her arms and walked to Mary’s closet. Just as she opened the door and reached in to hang a skirt, a bony arm stuck out from the dark depths and a bundle of white bones fell to the floor. Mary’s mother sank into a faint(晕倒), waking only when Mary put a cold, wet cloth on her forehead. She looked up to see the worried faces of her husband and daughter.
“What happened? Where am I?” she asked. “You just destroyed the school’s skeleton, Mum,” explained Mary. “I brought it home to help me with my health project. I meant to tell you, but it seemed that as soon as I mentioned skeletons and closets, it caused a problem between you and Dad.” Mary looked in amazement as her parents began to laugh madly. “They’re crazy,” she thought

  1. 1.

    According to Mary’s mother, “a skeleton in a closet” means _______

    1. A.
      a family honor
    2. B.
      a family wealth
    3. C.
      a family story
    4. D.
      a family secret
  2. 2.

    What can we learn about some Australians’ ancestors from Paragraph 2?

    1. A.
      They were brought to Australia as prisoners
    2. B.
      They were the earliest people living in Australia
    3. C.
      They were involved in some crimes in Australia
    4. D.
      They were not regarded as criminals in their days
  3. 3.

    Mary’s mother fell down into a faint because she was_________

    1. A.
      knocked
    2. B.
      terrified
    3. C.
      injured
    4. D.
      surprised
  4. 4.

    Why did Mary bring a skeleton home?

    1. A.
      She was curious about it
    2. B.
      She planned to keep it for fun
    3. C.
      She needed it for her school task
    4. D.
      She intended to scare her parents
  5. 5.

    Mary’s parents laughed madly at the end of the story probably because________

    1. A.
      They were mentally ill
    2. B.
      They were over happy
    3. C.
      They understood what had really happened
    4. D.
      They both thought they had won the quarrel

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When I lived in Spain, some Spanish friends of mine decided to visit England by car. Before they left, they asked me for advice about how to find accommodation (住所). I suggested that they should stay at “bed and breakfast” houses, because this kind of accommodation gives a foreign visitor a good chance to speak English with the family. My friends listened to my advice, but they came back with some funny stories.
“We didn’t stay at bed and breakfast houses,” they said, “because we found that most families were away on holiday.”
I thought this was strange. Finally I understood what had happened. My friends spoke little English, and they thought “VACANCIES” meant “holidays”, because the Spanish word for ‘holidays” is “vacaciones”. So they did not go to house where the sign(标牌) outside said ‘VACANCLES’, which in English means there are free rooms. Then my friends went to house where the sign said ‘NO VACANCLES’, because they thought this meant the people who owned the house were not away on holiday. But they found that these houses were all full. As a result, they stayed at hotels!
We laughed about this and about mistakes my friends made in reading other signs. In Spanish, the word ‘DIVERSION’ means fun. In English, it means that workmen are repairing the road, and that you must take a different road. When my friends saw the word ‘DIVERSION’ on a road sign, they thought they were going to have fun. Instead, the road ended in a large hole(洞).
English people have problems too when they learn foreign languages. Once in Paris when someone offered me some more coffee, I said ‘Thank you’ in French. I meant that I would like some more.  However, to my surprise,  the coffee pot was taken away! Later I found out that ‘Thank you’ in French means ‘No, thank you.’

  1. 1.

    My Spanish friends wanted advice about ______

    1. A.
      learning English
    2. B.
      finding places to stay inEngland
    3. C.
      driving their car on English roads
    4. D.
      going toEnglandby car
  2. 2.

    I suggested that they stay at bed and breakfast houses because ______

    1. A.
      they would be able to practise their English
    2. B.
      it would be much cheaper than staying in hotels
    3. C.
      it would be convenient for them to have dinner
    4. D.
      there would be no problem about finding accommodation there
  3. 3.

    “NO VACANCIES” in English means ______

    1. A.
      no free rooms
    2. B.
      free rooms
    3. C.
      not away on holiday
    4. D.
      Holidays
  4. 4.

    If you see a road sign that says ‘Diversion’, you will ______

    1. A.
      fall into a hole
    2. B.
      have a lot of fun and enjoy yourself
    3. C.
      find that the road is blocked by crowds of people
    4. D.
      have to take a different road
  5. 5.

    When someone offered me more coffee and I said ‘Thank you’ in French, I ______

    1. A.
      didn’t really want any more coffee
    2. B.
      wanted them to take the coffee pot away
    3. C.
      really wanted some more coffee
    4. D.
      wanted to express my politeness

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