It was midnight in Paris and we were rolling toward Avenue Bosguet. As we came to the Pont Alexandra Ⅲ, the taxi slowed down, for the traffic light was red against us, and then, without stopping, we sailed through the red in a sudden burst of speed. The same performance was repeated at the Alma Bridge. As I paid the driver, I asked him why he had driven through two red lights.
“You ought to be ashamed of yourself, breaking the law and endangering your life that way.” I protested.
He looked at me, astonished, “Ashamed of myself? I am a law abiding(守法的) citizen and have no desire to get killed either.” He cut me off before I could protest.
“No, just listen to me before you complain. What did I do? Went through a red light. Well, did you ever stop to consider what a red light is? What it means?”
“Certainly,”I replied. “It’s a stop signal and means the traffic is rolling in the opposite direction.”
“Half-right,”said the driver, “But incomplete. It’s only an automatic(自动的) stop signal. And it does not mean that there is cross traffic. Did you see any cross traffic during our trip? Of course not. I slowed down at the light, looked carefully to the right and to the left. Not another car on the street at this hour. Well, then! What would you have me do? Should I stop like a stupid animal because an automatic, brainless machine turns red every forty seconds? No, sir,”he shouted, “I am a man, not a machine. I have eyes and a brain and judgment, given me by God. Ashamed of myself, you say? I would only be ashamed of myself if I let those blinking lamps do my thinking for me. Good night,sir.”
【小题1】At the Alma Bridge,__________.

A．the writer stopped the taxi and aid the driver

B．the taxi went through a red light again

C．there was a performance the writer had already watched

D．the writer began to criticize the driver

【小题2】To the taxi driver, a red light__________.

A．was not a stop signal

B．should not work at midnight

C．sometimes made mistakes in judgment

D．didn’t always mean that there was cross traffic

【小题3】The main reason the driver dared to drive through the red light was that________________.

A．he found there was no cross traffic there at that time

B．he thought it a shame to be controlled by a machine

C．he knew no other driver would see him at this hour

D．he didn’t trust any brainless machine

【小题4】According to the passage, the driver thought of what he had done was____________.

A．law abiding	B．law breaking
C．something to be proud of	D．something to be ashamed of

In today’s world, English is the most wildly used language. It is our duty to learn English in the new situation of the reform and opening (改革开放) to the outside world. How can we master the English language ? I’d like to give you some good advice.
First, get interested in it. I enjoy listening to foreign friends talking when I was a child. At the same time I watched the English programme Follow Me on TV. From then on, I kept on learning English. The more I learned, the more progress I made.
Second, practice makes perfect. Many people study English very hard, but they are very shy to speak it in public, for they are afraid of making mistakes. Remember you have to make a mistake before you can correct it. A native English speaker makes mistakes sometimes, too.
Third, the beginners should be encouraged to pay attention to idioms. The English language has many idioms. For example, you should say “ He is as strong as a cow.”
【小题1】The writer wants to tell us ____________. 

A．the importance of learning English

B．the new situation of the reform and opening to the outside world

C．some good ideas on how to master English

D．the wide use of the English language

【小题2】If we want to learn English, we must first __________.

A．show interest in it	B．enjoy listening to it
C．watch English programmes on TV	D．practice speaking it

【小题3】When we are learning English, ____________.

A．remember the mistakes and correct them	B．try not to make any mistakes
C．avoid mistakes before making them	D．don’t be afraid of making mistakes

【小题4】The underlined sentence in Paragraph 3 means “_______________.”

A．Remember to make a mistake before you can correct it

B．You are sure to make a mistake before you can correct it

C．Remember you have to make a mistake and then correct it

D．You’ll make a mistake after you can correct it

A woman from Japan ，who had visited major businesses and investment companies in New York City ，was telling a friend about her trip to the US．"I studied English before I left home．But I still was not sure that people were speaking English."

Her problem is easy to understand．Americans in business are like people who are in business anywhere．They have a language of their own．Some of the words and expressions deal with the special areas of their work．Other expressions are borrowed from different kinds of work such as the theater and movie industry.

One such saying is get your act together.

When things go wrong in a business, an employer may get angry．He may shout, "Stop making mistakes．Get your act together."

Or, if the employer is calmer, he may say, "Let us get our act together."

Either way, the meaning is the same．Getting your act together is getting organized．In business, it usually means to develop a calm and orderly plan of action.

It is difficult to tell exactly where the saying began．Perhaps one of the actors was nervous and made a lot of mistakes．The director may have said, "Calm down, now．Get your act together."

Word expert James Rogers says the expression was common by the late 1970s．He says the Manchester Guardian newspaper used it in 1978．The newspaper said a reform policy required that the British government get its act together.

Now, this expression is heard often when officials of a company meet．One company even called its yearly report, "Getting Our Act Together."

1．Paragraph1 is written mainly to _______

　 A．tell us the Japanese woman’s English is poor

　 B．lead to the subject in the whole passage

　 C．tell us it is important to grasp spoken English

　 D．tell us traveling in the US is very difficult

2．The reason why the woman was not sure that people were speaking English was that ______

　 A．they speak too fast to follow

　 B．they didn’t want the woman to learn their experience

　 C．they have some special words and expressions of their own in their field .

　 D．they are from theater and movie industry

3．The saying “ get your act together” in Paragraph 4 means _______

　 A．Don’t do that again 　　　 B．You are dismissed

　 C．Calm down 　　　　　　　　　 D．Get organized

4．We can infer that the saying “get your act together.” ________

　 A．began from movie industry.

　 B．was created by Word expert James Rogers in the 1970s

　 C．is used commonly in businesses and investment companies at present

　 D．was first used by the Manchester Guardian newspaper

Gmail tmned five years old this week．It's somewhat amazing to think we've only had it since 2004; Gmail changed the webmail game forever by offering features we now take for granted: a streamlined interface （界面]） , powerful search, pioneering use ofAjax and a then-huge 1 GB of mailbox space．“You'll never need to delete another message " was how Google described it at the time．
Back then, I was still making do with Hotmail．But its clumsy interface and tiny amount of storage space made the decision to move on an easy one．Getting an account made all the difference in the world to my email experience．Suddenly I was freed from having to delete emails every few days to make space in my mailbox．And the app（application） was smooth and responsive, like a desktop client （客户端程序）—and pretty fast in comparison to Hotmail．" Conversation view" and using labels instead of folders took a little getting used to, but in all Gmail felt far more professional and made me much more productive．
Gmail is a favorite app of ours ever on WebWorkerDaily, and with good reason．It's still the best webmail client for web workers as it lets us access our email whenever and wherever we need to, on any device, with minimum effort．And Google hasn't spent the five years sitting on its Gmail success, either, but has introduced improvements to the service that include Gmail Tasks, chat, video chat and voice chat, combined with Google Calendar and Docs, Google Apps for Domains, and, of course, even more storage．We've recently covered the many features found in Gmail Labs: a way to "undo" seat messages, using canned responses for smart autoresponders, offline support using Gears and how to customize the way you．view your mailbox using multiple inboxes．
【小题1】The underlined sentence in the first paragraph implies that_____．

A．we shouldn't take Gmail for granted

B．you can try to write any kind of message

C．Gmail can correct your mistakes of itself

D．you needn't worry about the mailbox space

【小题2】Which of the following is not Gmail's striking feature?

A．Offline support．	B．Using labels．
C．Undo sent messages．	D．Mailbox space．

【小题3】Gmail is _____．

A．first introduced by WebWorkerDaily

B．a tool merely used to send messages

C．a great success just the same as Hotmail

D．a webmail client with multiple functions

【小题4】What can we infer from the passage?

A．It is easier and more convenient to use folders．[来源:学_科_网]

B．Quantities of people have chosen to use Gmail．

C．Gmail had a video chat function when invented．

D．Gmail and Hotmail were invented at the same time．

【小题5】What is the best title of this passage?

A．Gmail— favourite app of ours

B．Functions of a special email service

C．Comparison between Gmail and Hotmail

D．Advantages and disadvantages of Gmails

 

    Gmail tmned five years old this week．It's somewhat amazing to think we've only had it since 2004; Gmail changed the webmail game forever by offering features we now take for granted: a streamlined interface （界面]） , powerful search, pioneering use ofAjax and a then-huge 1 GB of mailbox space． “You'll never need to delete another message " was how Google described it at the time．

    Back then, I was still making do with Hotmail．But its clumsy interface and tiny amount of storage space made the decision to move on an easy one．Getting an account made all the difference in the world to my email experience．Suddenly I was freed from having to delete emails every few days to make space in my mailbox．And the app（application） was smooth and responsive, like a desktop client （客户端程序）—and pretty fast in comparison to Hotmail．" Conversation view" and using labels instead of folders took a little getting used to, but in all Gmail felt far more professional and made me much more productive．

    Gmail is a favorite app of ours ever on WebWorkerDaily, and with good reason．It's still the best webmail client for web workers as it lets us access our email whenever and wherever we need to, on any device, with minimum effort．And Google hasn't spent the five years sitting on its Gmail success, either, but has introduced improvements to the service that include Gmail Tasks, chat, video chat and voice chat, combined with Google Calendar and Docs, Google Apps for Domains, and, of course, even more storage．We've recently covered the many features found in Gmail Labs: a way to "undo" seat messages, using canned responses for smart autoresponders, offline support using Gears and how to customize the way you．view your mailbox using multiple inboxes．

 

 

1.The underlined sentence in the first paragraph implies that_____．

    A．we shouldn't take Gmail for granted

    B．you can try to write any kind of message

    C．Gmail can correct your mistakes of itself

    D．you needn't worry about the mailbox space

2.Which of the following is not Gmail's striking feature?

    A．Offline support．               B．Using labels．

    C．Undo sent messages．             D．Mailbox space．

3.Gmail is _____．

    A．first introduced by WebWorkerDaily

    B．a tool merely used to send messages

    C．a great success just the same as Hotmail

    D．a webmail client with multiple functions

4.What can we infer from the passage?

    A．It is easier and more convenient to use folders．(

    B．Quantities of people have chosen to use Gmail．

    C．Gmail had a video chat function when invented．

    D．Gmail and Hotmail were invented at the same time．

5.What is the best title of this passage?

    A．Gmail— favourite app of ours

    B．Functions of a special email service

    C．Comparison between Gmail and Hotmail

    D．Advantages and disadvantages of Gmails