首字母填空   (10分)

Now we live in the “computer age”. People like scientists, teachers, writers and even students use computers to do much w______. But more than 30 years ago, c________ couldn’t do much. They were very big and expensive. Quite few people were interested in them and knew how to u________ them. Today computers are smaller and cheaper. And so many people like to use them b_______ they can do a lot of work. Some even use them at home. Computers become i______ because they can work faster and make fewer mistakes. Computers can help people d______ a lot of work. Writers use them to write, students use them to s______ and children use them to play computer games. Computers can r_______ what you put into them. They are very useful and h________. They are our good f_______. We love them.

词汇 （每空一分，共16分）
1. He is looking at the blackboard with his eyes open ___________(张大地)
2. There is nothing in the box. It’s _________.(空的)
3. I’m _________ (thin) than you.
4. His brother has two big eyes and looks very h_______.
5. Lily has a ______(圆的)face with shoulder-length hair.
6. In this bookshop, we can buy many newspapers and m_________.
7. He has bad _________ (视力)because of too much computer work at night.
8. My English teacher has a good sense of __________(幽默).
9. He is 1.80 meters in h__________(高度).
10. Is today a __________ (特别的) day?
11.What do you think of these ___________ (广告) on TV?.
12. I am _________ (will) to teach these children.
13. Yang Zhenning is one of ___________ (famous) scientists in China.
14. Which is __________ (hot) season of the year?
15 Laura is a lovely girl with __________ (smile) eyes.
16. Which city is __________ (far) to the sea, Beijing or Tianjin?

Do you have a mobile phone? Do you send text messages to your friends and family?
Text messaging or “texting” is becoming very p__1__. But scientists have p__2__ that texting can give us problems with our h__3__. Be careful! Too much texting can cause RSI (Repetitive Strain Injury) in our thumbs (大拇指) and wrists (腕关节). We spoke to a doctor called Harriet Wilson, who treats many patients with RSI. She says if we spend more than 10-15 minutes texting each time, we could have p__4__ in the future.
Dr. Harjeet Deepa, who treats RSI patients, said that the y__5__ patient she had treated was a 5-year-old girl. She had s__6__ bad RSI in her hands that she couldn’t hold a pencil.
As mobile phones d__7__, they are getting smaller with buttons c__8__ together. Texting with a smaller phone is worse than using a larger phone with b__9__ buttons. Using computers and playing video games can cause the same problem. So more and more people could find t__10_ with RSI.
Many university students and teenagers have RSI. If we don’t do anything about this, too many young people could grow up in terrible pain.

【小题 1】The above information is about _________.

A. famous physicists                    B. great people 

C. great directors                          D. Nobel Prize winners

【小题 2】 Francis Crick won the Nobel Prize before ________ years of his death.

   A. 32                B. 24               C. 42               D. 45

根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词，使短文意思完整。每空限填一词。

      Many people say dolphins are very intelligent (聪颖的). They seem to be able to think, understand, and learn things quickly. But are they c   1.    like humans or more like cats or dogs? Scientists say dolphin intelligence is s   2.    to human intelligence in some ways. How?

      Like humans, every dolphin has a “name”. I   3.     is a special whistle (哨声). Scientists think dolphins, like people. “t   4.   ” to each other about a lot of things, such as their age, their feelings, or finding food. And, like humans, dolphins use a system (系统) of sounds and body language to c   5.   . But understanding their conversations is not easy for humans. No one “speaks dolphin” yet, but some scientists are trying to learn.

      Dolphins are also social animals. They live in groups, and they often come to play games from different groups and have f  6.    , just like people. In fact, playing t  7.    is something only intelligent animals do.

      Dolphins and humans b   8.     make plans to get something they want. In the seas of southern Brazil, dolphins use an interesting way to get food. When fish are n   9.    a boat, dolphins signal (发信号) to the fishermen to put their nets (网) in the water. And the men can catch a lot of fish. What is the advantage for the dolphins? Why do they h   10.    the men? The dolphins can get some of the fish.