1. It is much cheaper and far more e　　　　  than a rushed trip by air. ?

2. The station was very l　　　　 . ?

3. The conductor kept coming to o　　　　  them hot water. ?

4. I enjoy watching the beautiful s　　　　  out of the window. ?

5. What a p　　　　 ! You missed the train. ?

6. The s　　　　  was 4：3. ?

7. Do you often p　　　　  speaking English after class? ?

8. Has he got his o　　　　  car?

We asked thirty children between 14 and 1 8．A11 the children had computers at home．The usual time spent on computer in a week was about 1 2 hours, with the highest

user about 3 2 hours．and the lowest user only 5 hours．

A11 the children said they usually used computers to play games．Fourteen children told us thev did some word processing(文字处理)at times．Only two of them said computers helped them with their lessons．and eight children told us they kept addresses and phone numbers on their computers or used them as diaries．Only three children said they were learning to make computer programs and nobody looked up databases(数据厍)．The diagram gives all the results one by one．The results show that computer use is quite high among 14 to 18-year—old children．They also show quite clearly that computers are looked on by most young people as little more than game machines．It means that，though computers are common in the homes of young people，they have not yet become popular in everyday 1ife．

（　 ）1．In the diagram，what does the letter ‘‘d’’ show?

A．It shows three people between 14 and 18．

B．It shows only two of the thirty children．

C．It shows that only two of them use computers to help them with their lessons．

D．It shows that only three of them use computers to help them make computer programs．

（　 ）2.Most of the 3 0 children spent about　　 hours on computers in a week．

A．5　　　 B．1 2　　　 C．20　　　 D．32

(　 ) 3.There iS one mistake in the diagram．What is it?

A．The number of “e" should be lower．

B．The number of ‘‘d’’ should be higher．

C．The．number of “a” is too high．

D．There should be no number about “f’’．

(　 )4.In the last paragraph “little more than” means　 ．

A．almost the same as　 B．far more than C．different from D．much more than

(　 )5.The writer thinks　　　 ．

A．children must learn to play a11 kinds of games

B．more other uses of computers should be learned

C．young people should spend more time on computers

D．computers will become much cheaper

The world is not hungry，but it’s thirsty.   1  while we say we are short of water.Why？Because about 97% of water on the earth is sea water which we can‘t drink or use for watering plants directly.Man can only drink and use the 3% of water that comes from rivers and lakes.   2  ，because some of it has been polluted.

　　Now more water is needed.The problem is how we can avoid a serious water shortage in the future.  3 Scientists are making study in this field.Today，In most large cities water is used only once and then runs to the sea or rivers.but it can be used again.Even if every large city reused its water，the water will still not be enough. 4 .

　　The sea seems to give us the best answer.There is a lot of water in the sea.All that needs to be get the salt out of the sea water.This will be expensive，but it has already been used in many parts of the world.   6 So you see，if we can find out a way，we’ll be in no danger of drying up.

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E. First, we should find out ways to reuse it.

F. And we can’t even use all of that.