Ⅳ. 短文改错

　Get a good education is more important today than 41 ____ .

　ever before. In Canada mostly children attend public 42 ____ .

　schools. Public schools are mainly found by governments 43 ____ .

　through tax income. Students in Canada taught in 44 ____ .

　English and in French. The rests of Canadian children 45 ____ .

　attend private schools, that are supported mainly by fees 46 ____ .

　paying by parents.By law, the children must attend 47 ____ .

　the school from age 5 to 16. There are several different 48 ____ .

　levels in the Canadian education system.The first was 49 ____ .

　called Elementary Schools,which include kindergartens 50 ____ .

　through Grade 7 or 8.

　单元交际功能

　表示预测判断

　How will people communicate in the future?

　将来人们如何沟通？

　It would be wonderful if we could stay two more days.

　要是我们能多呆两天就太好了。

　It's impossible to predict which team will win the final.

　无法预测出哪一支队伍会赢得决赛。

　It would be bad for me if my car broke down on the halfway.

　如果我的车在半路抛锚将糟糕透了。

　No one can predict what life will be really like in 100 years.

　没有人能够预测出100年后生活将是什么样子。

　I guess that Jane has already been there.

　我猜想珍尼已经去那里了。

　He must have done pretty well in the exam.

　他这次考试一定很出色。

　It seems that no one can work out the problem.

　好像没有人能够解决这个问题。

　It looks as if the water has been badly polluted.

　看起来好像河水已经被严重污染了。

　He will possibly be the first to reach the deadline.

　他很有可能第一个到达终点线。

　B

　From e?mail to on?line shopping, you may think you?ve heard everything there to know about the electronic frontier(领域). But with hundreds of thousands of Web pages being added weekly, there are plenty of surprises out there. Here are some of the most intriguing(有迷惑力的).

　...

　Put your kid on a greeting card. Here is how: simply take some pictures with a regular camera, and then ask the photo service to develop them digitally(数字化). For a small fee, you?ll receive your photos on a disk. Put that into your computer and, with a few clicks of the mouse, you can view your photos on the screen. With a few more keystrokes, you can attach(粘贴) the photos to e?mail and send them to friends and relatives worldwide.

　Sign on to one or several greeting card?s web sites ( is an index of more than 1200 electronic card sites) and create an electronic birthday or holiday card. Using your digital photos, you can paste your grandchildren onto the cover.

　If you don?t want to use your own photos, to browse (浏览) hundreds of images in over 30 categories-all of which you can attach to an electronic greeting card for free. For a nominal fee you can choose from a library of 75,000 images as .

　Call Australia for free. To have a telephone conversation over the Internet, the person you want to talk to no longer needs a computer. Now all you need to talk to someone in Sydney is one computer with speakers, a microphone, a sound card and some software (available at ). Typically, you?ll pay a monthly fee (usually under $20) to a service provider, but after that, the calls themselves are local. Sound quality is the same as that of a cell phone.

　Even if you don?t have a computer, you can still use the Web to reduce your long distance phone costs. Some companies offer a service that lets you use an ordinary phone to call another ordinary phone, but charge only a few cents per minute for U.S.calls, because they send them through the Internet.

　Today 48 percent of American homes have computers - a figure that is expected to climb to 60 percent by 2003. And by the end of the next decade, Americans will likely be spending more time shopping, banking, investing and learning on the Internet than in the real world. If you can?t do or find something on the net today, you probably can tomorrow.

　36. Over the Internet, ____ .

　A. you can hear everything there

　B. you will meet with plenty of surprises which come out every week

　C. you will hear the things about the electronic frontier

　D. you can find some things are very interesting

　37. From the passage we can infer that ____ .

　A. fewer people will use the Internet in the following ten years

　B. more people will study in the regular school by the end of the next decade

　C. fewer people will go to the regular school in the following ten years

　D. more money will be needed for a long distance call by the end of the next decade

　38. If you want to attach a photo to your'e?mail, you have to it ____ .

　A. digitalizeB. takeC. pictureD. send

　39. Which of the following is NOT true?

　A. A telephone conversation over the Internet can be carried out without computers.

　B. Over the Internet, the receiver of the phone conversation doesn't need a computer.

　C. The phone conversations over the Internet are much cheaper.

　D. The long?distance calls are local themselves.

　40. What is the best title for this passage?

　A. From E?mail to on?Line Shopping

　B. Surprising Things You Can Do on?Line

　C. Kids on Greeting Cards

　D. Free Calls over the Internet

　A

　Let us suppose it is now about A.D. 2060. Let?s believe it is about seventy years from now. Of course, things have changed and life is very different.

　Voyages to the moon are being made every day. It is as easy to take a holiday on the moon today as it was for the people in 1960 to take a holiday in Europe. At a number of scenic spots on the moon, many hotels have been built, the hotels are airconditioned(有空调设备的), naturally. So that everyone can enjoy the beautiful scenery on the moon, every room has at least one picture window. Everything imaginable is provided for entertainment(娱乐) of young and old.

　What are people eating now? People are still eating food. They haven?t yet started to take on their supply of energy directly as electrical current(电流) or as nuclear power(核能). They may some day. But much food now come in pill form, and the food that goes into the pill continues to come mainly from green plants.

　Since there are several times as many people in the world today as there were a hundred years ago, most of our planet?s surface has to be filled. The deserts are irrigated(灌溉) with water. Crops are no longer destroyed by pests. The harvest is always good.

　Farming, of course, is very highly developed. Very few people have to work on the farm. It is possible to run the farm by just pushing a few buttons now and then.

　People are now largely vegetarians(素食者). You see, as the number of people increased, the number of animals decreased. Therefore, the people have to be vegetarians and we are healthier in both our bodies and our minds too and we know the causes and cure of diseases and pain, and it is possible to get rid of disease. No one has to be ill any more.

　Such would be our life in 2060.

　31. When was the passage written?

　A. In the 1970s.B. In the 1990s.

　C. In the 1980s.D. In the year 2060.

　32. What are the hotels on the moon used for?

　A. Scientific experiments.B. People who have no houses.

　C. Astronauts.D. Holiday people.

　33. When may people start to take on their supply of energy directly as electrical current or as nuclear power?

　A. Now.B. Before 2060.

　C. In 2060.D. After 2060.

　34. Which of the following is wrong?

　A. In the story, the population of the world has increased.

　B. Voyages to the moon are being made every day.

　C. A great number of people work on the farm.

　D. The food comes mainly from green plants.

　35. According to the passage, why are people largely vegetarians?

　A. Because most people like vegetables better.

　B. Because the number of people increased and the number of animals decreased.

　C. Because people think meat is unhealthy.

　D. Because there are no animals at all.

10.- Why do you often listen to the radio?

　- To get some information ____ .

　A.by airB.on the air

　C.in the airD.from the air

9. He was ____ tired. As soon as he lay down, he fell ____ .

　A. not a little; asleepB. not a bit; asleep

　C. not a little; sleepyD. not a bit; sleepy

8. He had meant to tour the deserted temple for ____ fun but he didn?t find ____ fun for doing that.

　A. /; theB. /; /C. the; theD. a; the

7. - Henry doesn't seem like the same person.

　- ____ so much in the war has made him more thoughtful.

　A. For him to seeB. His seeing

　C. Having seenD. To be seeing

6. ____ David says sounds right to Helen. That's why she has made up her mind to leave with him ____ happens.

　A. Whatever; no matter what

　B. No matter what; whatever

　C. No matter what; no matter what

　D. Whatever; however

5. ____ to give up smoking, he threw away his ____ cigarettes.

　A. Determined; remained

　B. Determined; remaining

　C. Determining; remained

　D. Determining; remaining