AAAGH! The Generation 90s is coming!

Wearing earphones, using complex Net language and constantly text messaging friends, the Gen-90s following the Gen-80s begin to make their world debut (初次登台).

Each generation or age group has its own symbols and lifestyle. Read on and judge for yourselves if you fit the Gen-90s group.                

Earphones

These little devices seem to grow on the heads of the Gen-90s. They might lead to MP3, MP4 or MP101 players, giving these young people a plugged-in, cool and perhaps self-addicted look, of course, life is not always music to the ears.      

Martian language

They have created their own code-like online language. It’s a mixture of English, Japanese and Chinese that perhaps only Martians can understand. This is an imaginative generation, though they need to be careful to keep it out of their term papers.                 

Self-Portrait

Saying “cheese” to their own digital cameras is usual for this generation. A little bit of narcissism (自恋) never hurts anyone. It helps them reflect a little on their own lives．But be aware of the risks of posting private photos online.

Text-messaging

They can type their mobile phones as fast as they can speak. This is a generation that respects efficiency. However, oral communication is important and will never go out of style.

According to the passage, if you belong to the Gen-90s , you will _______ .

       A. just appreciate yourself and ignore others’ strengths.

       B. have your own symbols and lifestyle.

       C. have the same symbols and lifestyle of the Gen-80s．

       D. like music and dance very much.

According to the text, the writer will choose ______ as a good example to the Gen-90.

       A. Li Hua likes music and always wearing iPod

       B. Zhang Chao is not only an imaginative boy but do everything efficiently.

       C. Lily is a shy girl and she doesn’t like making friends.

       D. Fangfang likes being taken photos and often posting them on line.

According to this passage, which is FALSE?

       A. Not all teens are cautious about posting photos． 

       B. They type their mobile phones so fast that it can catch the speed of speaking.

C. The Gen-90s have a preference for some music players, and even regard them as a   necessary part of life.

       D. They don’t use the cool and complex online language in formal writing.

The main idea of the passage is about________.

       A. the Gen-90s’ happy life

       B. the difference between the Gen-80s and the Gen-90s

       C. the Gen-90s’ unique lifestyle and some practical warnings

       D. the similarities between the Gen-80s and the Gen-90s

1. Mr. Liu, our English teacher, explained the s__________ of the themes expressed in the poem with passion.

2.As the price of houses are getting higher and higher, most young people choose to rent a f______ flat.

3.Please accept my c________ on your graduation..

4. B_______ with a large family, poor Jack had to work hard day and night

5.After questioning the man for seven hours, the police o______ the information they wanted.  

6.Many experts _________(提倡)rewarding your child for good behavior.

7.The private school was closed down as a c_________ of its bad management.

8.__________(口译者)are people who change spoken words from one language to another, specially as their job.

9.I’m not quite sure how to get there--- I’d better ________(查阅) a map.

10.He is three years _______ (年长的)to me.

O. Henry was a pen name used by an American writer of short stories. His real name was William Sydney Porter. He was born in North Carolina in 1862. As a young boy he lived an exciting life. He did not go to school for very long, but he managed to teach himself everything he needed to know. When he was about 20 years old, O. Henry went to Texas, where he tried different jobs. He first worked on a newspaper, and then had a job in a bank, when some money went missing from the bank. O. Henry was believed to have stolen it. Because of that, he was sent to prison. During the three years in prison, he learned to write short stories. After he got out of prison, he went to New York and continued writing. He wrote mostly about New York and the life of the poor there. People liked his stories, because simple as the tales were, they would finish with a sudden change at the end, to the reader’s surprise.
【小题1】 In which order did O. Henry do the following things?
a. Lived in New York.   b. Worked in a bank.       c. Travelled to Texas.
d. Was put in prison.    e. Had a newspaper Job.     f. Learned to write stories.

单词拼写（共20小题, 每小题1分，满分20分）
76. You can’t turn your dream into r__________ if you just sit there and watch TV all day.
77. A good command (运用能力；掌握) of English e__________ you to communicate with foreign businessmen freely.
78. He missed the bus as a r__________ of getting up too late this morning.
79. It is time for us to take m__________ to stop air pollution in our city now.
80. Cycling is highly b__________ to health and the environment.
81. He seems to have __________ (忽视，忽略) one important fact.
82. I believe the house was __________ (故意地) set fire to, not accidentally.
83. She is so __________ (固执的) that she never listens to other people’s advice.
84. Her tears __________ (流动) freely down her cheeks the moment she heard the sad news.
85. They entered the country __________ (非法地).
86. On this __________, however, it had slowed down considerably.
87. “At the time the murder was __________, I was traveling on the 8 o’clock train to London,” said the man.
88. Six men have been __________ in a mine for seventeen hours.
89. They have been told that rescue operations are __________ smoothly.
90. A pilot noticed a __________ which seemed to be making for a Royal Air Force Station nearby.
91. We had to __________ for hours to get in and there must have been several hundred people present just before the show began.
92. He was obviously very nervous and for some minutes stood __________ before the microphone.
93. Oil rigs have to be repaired frequently and divers, who often have to work in darkness a hundred feet under water, have been frightened out of their __________ by giant fish bumping into them as they work.
94. He said that someone might be spying on the station and the pilot was ordered to keep __________ of the strange object.
95. “So do I,” answered the policeman in the same __________.