74．According to the article, the Fireside Chats raised the hopes of Americans because President Roosevelt　　　　 　.

　　　 A．spoke to them in a friendly and confident tone

　　　 B．explained to them how to invest their money

　　　 C．was open about his own fears for the country

　　　 D．used humor to draw their attention away from their problems

73．The main purpose of the article is to　　　　 　.

　　　 A．give examples of the power of radio broadcasting

　　　 B．make people examine their attitudes(态度) toward money

　　　 C．suggest that Roosevelt was America’s greatest president

　　　 D．show how Roosevelt reassured Americans during hard times

72. The best title of this passage could be 　　　　　　.

　　puters Will Replace Shops and Books

puters Will Do Everything for Man

puters Are the Future

D.How Computers Change Our Habits

E

During times of trouble, Franklin Delano Roosevelt spoke from a small room without a fireplace in the White House basement to millions of Americans. In his calm and conversational manner, he reassured(使……恢复信心)the nation in the depths of the Great Depression(大萧条)and through a World War.

Saul Bellow described his own experience of listening to President Roosevelt, hold the nation together, using only a radio and the power of his personality.

“I can recall walking eastward on the Chicago Midway… drivers had pulled over, parking bumper to bumper, and turned on their radios to hear Roosevelt. They had rolled down the windows and opened the car doors. Everywhere the same voice, its odd Eastern accent, which in anyone else would have angered Midwesterners. You could follow without missing a single word as you walked by. You felt joined to these unknown drivers, men and women…”

The nation needed the assurance of those Fireside Chats, the first of which was delivered on March 12, 1933. Between a quarter and a third of the work force was unemployed(失业). Every bank in America had been closed for at least eight days. It’s hard for us to imagine. It was the hardest time of the Great Depression.

The “Fireside” was symbolic(象征性的); most of the chats came from a small room in the White House basement. Frances Perkins, Roosevelt’s Secretary of Labor, described the change that would come over him just before the broadcasts: “His face would smile and light up as though he were actually sitting on the front porch(门廊) or in the parlor with them. People felt this, and came to respect and love him.”

In that first radio visit, Roosevelt began by explaining how the banking system worked: “When you put money in a bank, the bank does not place the money into a safe-deposit vault(金库房). It invests(投资) your money in many different forms of credit(信用)-bonds, mortgages.” He went on to announce(宣称) that the banks would reopen the next day.

71.The last paragraph tells us 　　　　　　.

A.internet shopping is a great pleasure

B.people will like to read texts on computers

C.whether the computers will change these two habits

D.how people will use computers in the future

70.The underlined sentence in the last paragraph means 　　　　　.

A.paper books regard people as friends

B.paper books are very kind to people

C.people like to read paper books

D.people don’t really like to read paper books

69.Which reason for using computerized books is NOT said in the passage?

　puterized books won’t be very expensive.

B.Texts can be read on small computers.

C.We won’t turn so many pages.

D.We won’t use so much paper.

68.In the first paragraph it is thought people will use computers to 　　　　　.

　 A.play games, see fimls and have meals

B.play games, go shopping and make telephone calls

C.see films, buy food and see the doctor

D.make　 telephone calls, play games and do housework

67.The article tells us 　　　　　　　.

　 A.we should know how to earn (赚得、挣得) money

B.how a young man supported a poor family and entered college

C.poverty and suffering could sometimes be useful

D.college students could adopt children

D

　　　 Computers are very important to modern (现代的) life. Many people think that in the future computers will be used in lots of everyday life. It is thought that we won’t have to go shopping because we will be able to get most things which are sold in shops on the internet. There will be no more books because we will be able to get all texts from computers. The internet will be used to play games, see films and buy food. Most telephone calls will be made by computers.

　Some people are glad about these new ways of shopping and communicating (交流). Others do not think that computers will replace(取代) our old ways.

Let’s look at books, for example. Some people think that one day we will not read books made of paper. Instead, we will buy and read books using computers. We will read texts on small pocket computers. The computers will keep many different books in them at the same time. We won’t need to turn lots of pages and paper will be saved, Computerized (计算机化的) books will be used more and more.

　Is internet shopping such a pleasure as going to the shop? Many people say it is not. It is a pleasure to go into shops and look at things you want to buy. Also probably people won’t like to read large texts on our computers. Because paper books seem to be more friendly. Maybe computers won’t change these two habits(习惯).

66.Hong refused other people’s help because 　　　　　　.

　 A.He had much money

B.Hong wanted to deal with his own problems by himself

C.Hong wanted to be known by others

D.Hong lived a poor and helpless life

65.What did Hong do when he was a Senior High School student?

　 A.He worked to get money, looked after his sister and bought his father some medicine.

B.He looked down on others, looked after his adopted sister.

C.He talked to others about his life, sold tapes and phone cards.

D.He watched TV, played games and sold books.