When Steven was a young boy, he moved quite often with his family and so he never had many friends. He spent a lot of time on his own and liked to play with electronic(电子的)things. Steven had a neighbour, Steve Wozniak. Steve was a little bit younger than Steven but also liked to play with electronic things. Steven made a microphone(麦克风)and Steve asked him many questions about it until he understood how it worked. Steven liked the fact that such a young boy was also interest ed in electronic things and so he taught him everything he knew.
When they were a little older and knew more about electronic things, they made a “blue box”. People could make free phone calls by breaking into the phone company’s system with this box. They sold this to many people even though it was illegal(非法的), but this is not why they are famous today.
Steven and Steve were the inventors of the first PC—personal computer. They called their first computer the Apple I. They invented it only for fun and to make themselves known among their friends. They did not think it would become so popular. They just liked playing computer games on it. Their computer made it cheaper and easier for people to own and use a computer. Their PCs were so popular that they made a new PC called the Apple II. Soon many schools, families and factories were using their computers.
Without the two clever men, the personal computers might never have appeared.
【小题1】Why didn’t Steven have many friends?

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It was Sunday and Tom was staying home. After breakfast he went out into the garden and played quietly by himself. There were no kids around and he was used to playing alone quietly. He played with Bobby, the dog. He climbed up and down the trees. Sometimes a bird would come down to perch（停歇）on top of the doghouse.

Then Tom would have the greatest fun by throwing a stone or something at it. Though he never made it, he did like doing this kind of things.

Now Tom had been in the garden for half an hour. Suddenly a crack（碎裂声）was heard and the little boy began crying.

“What’s the matter, Tom?” his mother looked through the kitchen window.

Tom ran into the kitchen.

“Mum,” he sobbed（抽泣）, “I broke Bobby’s plate. I didn’t know it was so fragile（易碎的）.”

His mother put her arms round him and said, “Don’t feel too bad, Tom. We have other plates for Bobby. But how did you break that one?”

“I throw this at a bird but missed, and it went straight to the plate.” In Tom’s hand was his father’s gold pocket watch.（金怀表）!

1.When did the story happen?

2. When a bird perched on top of the doghouse, Tom ___. 

3. There were no kids around and he was used to playing alone quietly. Here “kids” means ___

4. How long had Tom been in the garden when his mother heard him cry?

5.“Though he never made it” means “___”        

Ben
When I left school five years ago, I said to myself, “That’s that! No more learning for me．Now I can enjoy myself in the evening．” But about a year ago the boss said, “We’re going to get a computer in the near future．” What does he mean? I simply don’t know．Anyway, I decided to go to evening classes．I’m quite an expert(专家) on computers now and you know, I actually enjoy studying．
Eve
I haven’t much interest in studying．To be honest, I don’t like reading very much, except for magazines and that sort of thing．Just reading, that is, to kill the time．But I do enjoy watching TV．Not that I watch everything．In fact, I choose my programmes very carefully．I’m particularly interested in current affairs(时事)．In some ways I think I learn more in this way than I did at school．
Ted
I’m a very different sort of person－I simply love doing things．That’s why I enjoy sports so much．I mean, actually playing．I hardly ever watch it on TV, but I do read quite a bit about it．I’m even interested in the history of sports．I don’t have much time for anything else, except that I quite like dancing．Some people say I’m not very good at it, though．
Joan
I should say I have great interest in studying．I’d rather do this than anything else．Since I left school．I’ve taken courses in all sorts of things．I go to the city library once a week, but I much prefer evening classes because it’s more fun that way．My latest “craze（狂热）”－if you can call it that －is foreign languages．I’m learning two, not one!
【小题1】According to what they say, which of the following is NOT TRUE?

选出与下列各句中画线部分意思相近或相同的选项。（共4小题，每小题1分，计4分）

词汇（每空1分，共20分）

1.Can you look after (你自己) well?

2.—Is there anything interesting in today's newspaper? No,_________（没有东西）。

3.There aren't enough oranges here. We need________(更多的）oranges.

4.My cousin is__________(诚实的 ）。He never tells lies.

5.She is a ________ girl. She often does her homework very ______ . (care)

6.You can't take these____________(杂志)out of the reading room.

7.Is there anything___________(特别的）in the box?

8.Don't___________(相信）her. She is always telling a lie.

9.Millie is ready_________(help)others. She is very________(help).

10.Mum, I'm still hungry. Can I have one________(many)piece of bread?

11.All the teachers and students here are very_________(friend).I'm happy at school.

12.Mr Wu often tells us__________(fun)stories and makes us________(laugh).

13.We should (信任) our best friends, because they never tell lies.

14.I never feel _______ （bore）with him, and we are all friendly to him .

15.They ____________(have) an English class at this time yesterday.

16.If he __________(arrive) at Beijing Zoo at noon, he will see the feeding of animals.

17.The Chang Jiang River is one of _______ (long) rivers in the world.