I came to study in the United States a year ago .Yet I did not know the real American society until I was injured in a car accident because after the accident I had to see a doctor and go to court.

    After the accident .my roommate called a doctor for me. I was very grateful and determined to repay him one day. But the next day, he asked me to pay him $200 for what he had done. I was astonished. He had good reason to charge me, he said. And if I wanted to collect money from the person who was responsible for my injury, I’d have to have a good lawyer. And only a good doctor can help me get a good lawyer .Now that he had helped me find a good doctor, it was only fair that I should pay him.

    But every day I went to see the doctor, I had to wait about 50 minutes. He would see two or three patients at the same time, and often stop treating one so as to see another. Yet he charged me $115 each time .The final examination report consisted of ten lines, and it cost me $215.

    My lawyer was all smiles the first time we met. But after that he avoided seeing me at all. He knew very well the other party was responsible for the accident, yet he hardly did anything. He simply waited to collect his money. He was so irresponsible that I decided to dismiss him. And he made me pay him $770.

    Now I had to act as my own lawyer. Due to my inexperience, I told the insurance company the date I was leaving America. Knowing that, they played for time…and I left without getting a cent.

    My experiences taught me two things about America: firstly, in a country like America money is everything. It is more important than friendship, honor or professional morality (道德). Secondly, foreigners are still being unfairly treated. So when we talk about America, we should see both its good and bad sides.

The author’s roommate offered to help him because________.

  A. he felt sorry for the author

  B. he thought it was a chance to make some money

  C. he knew the doctor was a very good one

  D. he wanted the author to have a good lawyer

A good doctor is essential for the author to __________.

  A. be properly treated

  B. talk with the person responsible for the accident

  C. recover before he leaves America

  D. eventually get the responsible party to pay for his injury

The word“charge”in the third paragraph means_________ .

  A. be responsible    B. accuse             C. ask as a price   D. claim

Both the doctor and the lawyer in this passage are very__________.

  A. friendly              B. selfish              C. professional      D. busy

What conclusion can you draw from the story?

  A. Going to court is something very common in America.

  B. One must be very careful while driving a car.

  C. There are more bad sides in America than good sides.

  D. Money is more important than other things in the US.

I came to study in the United States a year ago. Yet I did not know the American society until I was injured in a car accident because after the accident I had to see a doctor and go to court（法庭）.

    After the accident, my roommate called a doctor for me. I was very grateful and determined to repay him one day. But the next day, he asked me to pay him $200 for what he had done. I was astonished. He had good reason to charge me, he said. And if I wanted to collect money from the person who was responsible for my injury, I'd have to have a good lawyer. Now that he had helped me to find a good doctor, it was only fair that I should pay him.

    But every time I went to see the doctor, I had to wait about 50 minutes. He would see two or three patients at the same time, and often stop treating one so as to see another. Yet he charged me $115 each time. The final examination report consisted of ten lines, and it cost me $215.

    My lawyer was all smiles the first time we met. But after that he avoided seeing me at all. He knew very well the other party was responsible for the accident, yet he hardly did anything. He simply waited to collect his money. He was so irresponsible that I decided to dismiss（解雇）him. And he made me pay him $770.

    Now I had to act as my own lawyer. Due to my inexperience, I told the insurance the date I was leaving America. Knowing that, they played for time, and I left without getting a cent.

    My experiences taught me two things about America: firstly, in a country like America money is everything. It is more important than friendship honour or professional morality（职业道德）. Secondly, foreigners are still being unfairly treated. So when we talk about America, we should see both its good and bad sides.

The author's roommate offered to help him because_____.

A. he felt sorry for the author

B. he thought it was a chance to make some money

C. he knew the doctor was a very good one

D. he wanted the author to have a good lawyer

A good doctor is essential for the author to __________.

    A. be properly treated

    B. talk with the person responsible for the accident

    C. recover before he leaves America

    D. eventually get the responsible party to pay for his injury

The word "charge" in the passage means __________.

A. be responsible      B. accuse      C. ask as a price      D. claim

Both the doctor and the lawyer in this passage are very___.

A. friendly             B. greedy      C. professional      D. busy

What conclusion can you draw from this story?

A. Going to court is something every common in America

B. One must be very careful while driving a car

C. There are more bad sides in America than good sides

D. Money is more important than other things in the US

To what degree can a computer achieve intelligence？The answer to this question may lie in a newly-developed US computer program called Smarter Child and the Internet.

If you ran into Smarter Child online, you would be surprised at this kid’s huge memory. It can recite many facts. For example, Smarter Child knows every baseball player in every team this season.

He knows every word in the dictionary and the weather in every major city areas across the US. However, if you ask Smarter Child other questions, you get strange answers. A question about Smarter Child’s age returns. “One year, 11 days, 16 hours, 7 minutes, and 47 seconds!” Asking where he lives gets, “In a clean room in a high-tech building in California.”

Smarter Child uses the vast information on the World Wide Web as his memory bank. To answer questions about spelling, for instance, Smarter Child goes to American Heritage Dictionary online. For the weather, he visits www.intellicast.com.

Some scientists believe that by joining the many systems of the Internet, an artificial being with the combined knowledge of, say, Albert Einstein, Richard Nixon and Britney Spears could be born. However, if Smarter Child wants to think and learn on his own like the boy-computer David in the movie A. I. Artificial Intelligence, he must overcome two problems.

The first is that computers find it difficult to read web pages because the files are labeled in different ways. That’s why programmers need to tell Smarter Child where to look for the weather. It would be a much more difficult task to let him find it himself.

Another problem is that while Smarter Child can process information more exactly and faster than any human, he lacks common sense—a basic grounding of knowledge that is obvious to any young child.

From the text we can infer that www.intellicast.com is a website           .

       A．where we people can find Smarter Child

       B．which is specially designed to help Smarter Child

       C．where weather forecasts are made

       D．which is about artificial intelligence

It is probably most difficult for Smarter Child to          .

       A．learn the ability to tell right behaviors from wrong ones.

       B．tell us how to spell a difficult word

       C．provide us with a famous poem by Shakespeare

       D．tell us how the American government is run

The underlined  “it ” in Paragraph 6 refers to ________.

       A．where to look for the weather B．Smarter Child.

       C．a much more difficult task      D．to read web pages

Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

       A．A New Web Child   B．Intelligence Development

C．Smarter Child         D．The Future of Internet 

I came to study in the United States a year ago. Yet I did not know the real American society until I was injured in a car accident because after the accident I had to see a doctor and go to court.

     After the accident, my roommate called a doctor for me. I was very grateful and determined to repay him one day. But the next day, he asked me to pay him $200 for what he had done. I was astonished. He had good reason to charge me, he said. And if I wanted to collect money from the person who was responsible for my injury, I’d have to have a good lawyer. And only a good doctor can help me get a good lawyer .Now that he had helped me find a good doctor, it was only fair that I should pay him .But every time I went to see the doctor, I had to wait about 50 minutes. He would see two or three patients at the same time, and often stop treating one so as to see another. Yet he charged me $115 each time. The final examination report consisted of ten lines, and it cost me $215. My lawyer was all smiles the first time we met. But after that he avoided seeing me at all. He knew very well the other party was responsible for the accident, yet he hardly did anything. He simply waited to collect his money. He was so irresponsible that I decided to dismiss him. And he made me pay him $770.

Now I had to act as my own lawyer. Due to my inexperience, I told the insurance company the date I was leaving America. Knowing that ,they played for time,… and I left without getting a cent.

My experiences taught me two things about America: firstly, in a country like America money is everything. It is more important than friendship, honor or professional morality. Secondly, foreigners are still being unfairly treated. So when we talk about America, we should see both its good and bad sides.

The author’s roommate offered to help him because _____.

   A. he felt sorry for the author

   B. he thought it was a chance to make some money

   C. he knew the doctor was a very good one

   D. he wanted the author to have a good lawyer

A good doctor is essential for the author to_____.

   A. be properly treated

B. talk with the person responsible for the accident

   C. recover before he leaves America

   D. eventually get the responsible party to pay for his injury

The underlined word “ charge ” in this passage means ______.

   A. be responsible                 B. accuse                   C. ask as a price         D. claim

Both the doctor and the lawyer in this passage are very ______.

   A. friendly                      B. greedy                         C. professional          D. busy

What conclusion can you draw from the story?

   A. Going to court is something very common in America.

   B. One must be very careful while driving a car.

   C. there are more bad sides in America than good sides.

   D. Money is more important than other things in the US.

To what degree can a computer achieve intelligence ? The answer to this question may lie in a newly-developed US computer program called Smarter Child and the Internet .

If you ran into Smarter Child online , you would be surprised at this kid’s huge memory .It can recite many facts . For example , Smarter Child knows every baseball player in every team this season .

He knows every word in the dictionary and the weather in every major city areas across the US. However , if you ask Smarter Child other questions , you get stranger answers . A question about Smarter Child’s age returns . “One year , 11 days , 16 hours , 7 minutes , and 47 seconds!” Asking where he lives gets , “In a clean room in a high-tech building in California.”

Smarter Child uses the vast information on the World Wide Web as his memory bank . To answer questions about spelling , for instance , Smarter Child goes to American Heritage Dictionary online . For the weather , he visits www.intellicast.com.

Some scientists believe that by joining the many systems of the Internet , an artificial being with the combined knowledge of , say , Albert Einstein, Richard Nixon and Britney Spears could be born. However  if Smarter Child wants to think and learn on his own like the boy-computer David in the movie A. I. , Artificial Intelligence , he must overcome two problems .

The first is that computers find it difficult to read web pages because the files are labeled in different ways . That’s why programmers need to tell Smarter Child where to look for the weather . It would be a much more difficult task to let him find it himself .

Another problem is that while Smarter Child can process (处理) information more exactly and faster than any human , he lacks common sense—a basic grounding of knowledge that is obvious to any young child .

From the text we can infer that www.intellicast.com is a website          .

       A．which is specially designed to help Smarter Child .

       B．where we people can find Smarter Child

       C．where weather forecasts are made

       D．which is about artificial intelligence

It is probably most difficult for Smarter Child to          .

       A．tell us how to spell a difficult word

       B．tell us show the American government is run

       C．provide us with a famous poem by Shakespeare

       D．learn the ability to tell right behaviors from wrong ones .

Which of the following is TRUE according to the text ?

       A．Smart Child has his own memory bank big enough for all kinds of information .

       B．A.I. Artificial Intelligence is probably the name of a film about a boy-computer .

       C．Smart Child can recognize different files and find information needed on his own .

       D．We have similar product now which ahs the knowledge of Einstein , Nixon and Spears.

Which of the following is the bet title for the passage ?

       A．A New Web Child   B．Smarter Child

       C．The Future of Internet    D．Intelligence Development