Google works miracles

Google is a daily miracle(奇迹)to millions of people. You can type almost anything into the space provided, and soon it wil come up with hundreds, if not thousands, of references (参考). It is said that you can get into billions of websites through Google.

Yahoo becomes giant

Yahoo was the first wonder of the Web, and in many parts, it still is.

It started in January 1994 when two Californian graduate students, Jerry Yang and David Filo, started building a database of links(数据库的连接), mainly for their personal use. Well before the end of the year, it had become known as the Yahoo we know today.

Ebay enables everyone to buy and sell

Ebay, which carries out online auctions(拍卖), is one of the most important Internet companies. It has, for example, opened up a global marketplace in which people from Beigjing, San Francisco, Moscow or Buenos Aires can bid(竞价)against each other for products (new or old )put up auction by someone in London.

Amazon makes buying a new experience

For regular users, amazon has made itself the shortest possible path between wanting and buying. With amazon you can get something more cheaply and perhaps more quickly.

The search engine and one-click ordering system let you find and order something in seconds.But this is not the whole story. Amazon also uses technology very cleverly to keep you on the site, and to make you buy more.

69．What can you do through Google?

A．Buy what you like .                                        B．Watch films and listen to music.

C．Search the websites you like.                           D．Leave a message for your friends.

70．From this passage ,we know that Yahoo was first started___________.

A．by two Chinese university students                  B．in 1994

C．to provide services for foreigners                    D．for business use

71．If you have something old to sell online ,you can click onto_________.

A．amazon                      B．Yahoo                     C．Ebay                      D．Google

72．Which of the following is NOT true about amazon?

A．You can buy something quickly through it.

B．You can buy something cheaply through it .

C．It is a website which sells many kinds of things.

D．You can’t stay in the website for long because it’s busy.

       GooGLE（www.Google.com）is a daily miracle to millions of people. If the Internet had only this very fast search engine, it would have justified its existence many times over. It is the most popular search engine on the web with a 54% market share, ahead of Yahoo! You type almost anything, however unclear, into the space provided and in a second it has come up with hundreds of references. If knowledge is power, then Google commands the gateway.

       YAHOO（www.yahoo.com）was the first wonder of the web, and in many respects, it still is. It started in January 1994 when two California graduate students, Jerry Yang and David Filo, started compiling（编译）a database of links, mainly for their personal use. But well before the end of the year, it had become recognizable as Yahoo we know today. In the past seven years, Yahoo had grown rapidly, partly through a long string of buys. Yahoo now offers almost everything you could want: emails, instant messages, chats, clubs, photo albums and a lot more.

eBay Enables Everyone to Buy and Sell

       eBAY（www.ebay.com）, which deals with online trading and shopping services, is the most impressive large Internet company where people buy and sell goods and services worldwide. It has, for instance, opened up a global marketplace in which people from Beijing, San Francisco, or Moscow can bid（投标）against each other for products put up for sale by someone in London. The company′s online service permits sellers to list items for sale, buyers to bid on items of interest, and eBay users to browse（浏览）through listed items that is available online seven days a week.

       Amazon（www.amazon.com）started out as an online bookstore, constantly putting up new book titles it offered for sale. In the late 1990s, Amazon had more than four million titles after adding CDs, videos, DVDs and games. It continued to add new lines of business including toys, computer software, electronics, like MP3 players, power tools, home improvement products and online sales. For regular users, Amazon has made itself the shortest possible path between wanting and buying.

1．What is Google used mainly for?

       A．Commanding the gateway.                    B．Searching for information.

       C．Storing reference books.                      D．Providing extra space.

2．“Rome is not built in one day”but Yahoo is built in one      .

       A．year                    B．day                     C．month                 D．minute

3．What goods did Amazon sell when it started its business?

       A．Videos and games.                               B．Different books.

       C．Power tools.                                       D．MP3 players.

4．Which of the following is true?

       A．Buying and selling can only be done through Amazon.

       B．If you feed in something unclear, Google will refuse to do the searching.

       C．Yahoo owns more market shares than any other companies on the web.

       D．eBay Company′s online service is always there for its users.

Here are Daphne and David; _____ is my brother.  

A. the later     B. later    C. the latter    D. latter

完形填空 (共 20 小题; 每小题 1.5 分, 满分 30 分)

阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Jerry is a restaurant manager who is always in a good mood and always has something positive to say.

One day I went up to Jerry and asked him, “I don’t get   36  ! You can’t be a __37__ person all of the time. How do you do it?” Jerry replied, “Each morning I wake up and say to myself you have two __38__ today. You can choose to be in a good mood   39   you can choose to be in a bad mood. I choose to be in a good mood. It’s your choice __40__ you live life.”

Several years later, I heard that Jerry did something you are never __41__ to do in the restaurant business…. He __42__ the back door open one morning and was held up at __43__ point by three armed robbers. He was shot by them while trying to fight back. __44__, Jerry was found relatively quickly and __45   to the local trauma(外伤) center. After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care, Jerry was released   46 

the hospital with fragments of the bullets   47   in his body.

I saw Jerry about six months after the __48   . Jerry told me something happening in the ER( 急诊室). He said, “… the paramedics were great. They kept telling me I was going to be fine. But when they wheeled me into the ER and I saw the   49   on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really   50   . In their eyes, I   51   ‘he’s a dead man.’ I knew I needed to take   52   .” “What did you do?’ I asked. “Well, there was a nurse shouting questions at me,” said Jerry. “She asked   53   I was allergic to anything. ‘ Yes’ I replied. The doctors and nurses stopped working as they waited for my reply. I took a deep breath and yelled, ‘BULLETS!’ Over their   54   , I told them, ‘I am choosing to live. Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead’.” Jerry lived thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude. I learned from him that every day we have the choice to live fully.

Attitude,   55   , is everything.

A. that   B. those    C. one  D. it

A. brave   B. good C. positive D. bad

A. causes B. choices  C. things   D. goals

A. and    B. or   C. but  D. then

A. how    B. what C. that D. when

A. supposed   B. expected C. encouraged   D. suggested

A. came    B. left C. broke    D. knocked

A. sword  B. stick    C. arrow    D. gun

A. Hopefully   B. Delightedly  C. Luckily  D. Disappointedly

A. pushed B. rushed   C. stepped  D. followed

A. to  B. towards  C. from D. down

A. even   B. ever C. once D. still

A. trouble    B. accident C. difficulty   D. trick

A. expressions    B. smiles   C. cries    D. tears

A. attracted  B. touched  C. scared   D. warned

A. mix    B. hope C. ask  D. read

A. care   B. action   C. turns    D. apart

A. what   B. that C. if   D. why

. A. laughter  B. disappointment   C. excitement   D. joy

A. after all  B. at all   C. in all   D. for all

Suppose you want to go abroad and learn about the foreign exchange in culture in different countries. Here is some information you may need.

1. According to the information, taking part in a foreign exchange program can cost _________.

A. from $6,000 to $8,000                             B. from $3,500 to $8,000

C. anything from $3,500                 D. no more than $7,000

2.Which organization held more foreign exchanges?

A. EF Foundation                        B. AFS

C. Rotary International                   D. SCCE

3.The students who refer to both the good and bad times as an exchange student include _________.

A. Susan Lane and Sara Small             B. Linda Marks and David Links

C. Tom Jennings and Linda Marks         D. Susan Lane and Tom Jennings

4.As a result of his experience in the foreign exchange program Tom Jennings learnt to become _________.

A. independent and adaptable                    B. determined and independent

C. selfish and defensive                D. defensive and determined

5.If a student wanted to take part in a foreign exchange program, but had not enough money, then the best place would be _________.

A. Iceland and America                B. Thailand and France

C. Germany and Iceland                 D. Germany and Thailand