If I had one million yuan, I would buy you a house! Do I have one million yuan? No, I don’t. So I only can spend ten fen on this short message, sending you my best wishes! Today SMS—Short Message Service is popular, and China Mobile says that every second (秒钟),there are 410 messages being sent．

Look around you! People are watching their mobiles (手机), smiling or laughing．Thumbs（拇指）are moving quickly on mobiles, bringing happiness to their friends. Through SMS, we know the weather report, share jokes and news, express love and friendship．

      SMS is becoming more and more popular．It’s reported that 67% of young people like to send short messages to greet (问候）each other. Internet SMS will be more helpful to people. I’m thankful for the progress because SMS saves me much money. Just on the top of the thumb, so much joy can be found．

1.SMS can help people do the following except       ．

A. knowing the weather report

B. sharing jokes and news

C. expressing love and friendship

D. spending more time traveling

2.The writer thinks that        ．

A. SMS helps people a lot                               B. young people dislike SMS

C. he makes SMS more popular                          D. he will buy a palace for his friend

3.         of young people like to send short messages to greet each other．

A.40%                    B.50%                   C.60%                     D.67%

4. The passage is mainly about       ．

A. how to search the Internet                           B. how to send short messages

C. the joy（快乐）of SMS                                 D. ways of saving money

5.Which of the following is WRONG according to the passage?

A. The writer has one million yuan

B.A short message costs ten fen．

C. More than 400 people send messages every second．

D. Internet SMS will be more helpful to people．

 

 

From：Li-Hong @ net. cn	To：jenny@compail.ca
Subject：School term	Date：01/09 6:00 p.m.
Dear Jenny,     Today is my first day of new high school．Many students in our school come from big cities．They bring the high-tech things to school，for example，mobile phones，MP3 players，CD players and electronic dictionaries．They show off these things to others．What about your classmates in the US? Do they have these things? Li Hong
From：jenny@compail.ca	To：Li-Hong @ net. cn
Subject：Repeat!	Date：01/09 8:00 p.m.
Dear Li Hong． We also bring these high-tech things when we are back to school．However，we often work during the holidays，and make money to buy these things．I think we need these things．We need mobile phones to contact with our friends．We also need CD players to listen to music．Electronic dictionaries can be useful for our study too． Jenny

 

1.The word “high-tech” means ____________ in Chinese．

 A．高质量的    B．高品质的    C．高科技的    D．高价格的

2.Where do you probably read these two letters?

   A. In a magazine.  B. In a book. C. In a guide-book. D. On a website.

3. Li Hong thinks many students like to bring the high-tech things to school because ____________．

A．they like to listen to music

B．mobile phones are useful for their studies

C．they want to show off these things

D．they want to contact with their classmates

4.Jenny thinks students bring CD players to school because they want to _________．

 A．make money  B．contact with friends  C．listen to music D．study well

5.From the passage we know that ____________．

 A．Li Hong has many high-tech things like her classmates

 B．American students often use their own money to buy the high-tech things

  C．Chinese students work during the holidays to buy the high-tech things

D．all the high-tech things are useful for the students

 

假如你是李明，在网上看到一则美国某大学孔子学院招聘汉语老师的广告，请你根据信息内容，用英语给Mr.Smith写一封email，向他推荐一位符合条件的老师。

Age: 25～40                                   Language: fluent English & standard Chinese Experience: familiar with Confucius ideas Email: Efl.un.@.hotmail

注意：1. 词数：80～100词，信的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
2. 可适当增加细节，说明他/她的优势，文中不要提及真实的校名和人名。
3. 参考词汇：fluent adj.流利的  familiar adj.熟知的 standard n./adj.标准(的)
Confucius n.孔子  suitable adj.合适的  healthy adj.  introduce v.  get along well with  …
Dear Smith,
How are you? I’m very glad to introduce                                           
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                               
I’m looking forward to your reply.
Yours sincerely
Li Ming