What do you think of the most important inventions in the world? The TV? The printing? The telephone? Or the computer? A report shows that they are not the only important inventions．

Here are ___1___ other important inventions．One of the simplest inventions is the toilet（厕所）．Before toilets，waste ran into rivers from ___2___ houses．Illnesses were common in big cities，and it was often difficult to find clean drinking water．

Animal food is another important invention．___3___ the invention，most animals were killed every autumn because there was not enough food for them in winter．After hay（干草）became a kind of common animal food，animals ___4___ live through the long winter．

The third great invention is glasses（眼镜）．Glasses make people read，write and do “close work” easily after the age of 45．___5___ glasses，the world would be difficult for the people above 45．

1．A．two                       B．three                    C．four

2．A．people                   B．the people's          C．people's

3．A．Before                   B．After                   C．During

4．A．can't                     B．could                   C．couldn't

5．A．For                       B．With                    C．Without

Do you want to know something about chil­dren in Africa? What to they do for fun every day? Find out here:
Education
School is expensive for many African children. Lots of families can't afford school uniforms or ex­ercise books even though they don't have to pay for school.
For those lucky enough to go to school , they have a lot to learn. Some take two language clas­ses: English or French, and their first language. There is also math, science, history, social studies and geography. Chores take up much of children's time after school. They have to get water and fire­wood for the family every day. Also there's clean­ing , washing and helping Mum with the meal.
Daily fun
It's not all work and no play. Sports are very popular. Children can make goals with twigs ( 嫩树枝)and their own footballs with plastic and bits of string ( 绳子 ). They play in the country and the streets of old towns. There're many football teams for teenagers in Africa.
Internet
It's really expensive to get on the Internet. To surf the net for 20 hours costs over 600 yuan. This is more than the average (平均的) monthly pay per person.
Egypt and South Africa are the top two users of the Internet in Africa. All of the capital cities there can get on the Internet.
Some schools offer computer lessons but few students can enjoy computer fun at home.
【小题1】 The underlined word "Chores" probably means

A．网上冲浪

B．家务杂活

C．体育活动

D．家庭作业

【小题2】 Sports are very popular in Africa because chil­dren _________.

A．do not need money to play

B．can play all kinds of ball games

C．don't like to go to school

D．don't like to do their homework

【小题3】The passage is mainly about_________.

A．education in Africa

B．children's school life in Africa

C．the Internet in Africa

D．children's daily life in Africa

【小题4】From the passage, we can infer (推断) that in Africa_________.

A．basketball is popular among children

B．children in Africa have to pay for school

C．some children in Africa have to take two for­eign language classes

D．people in Egypt and South Africa may get higher pay than people in the other countries

Do you want to know something about chil­dren in Africa? What to they do for fun every day? Find out here:
Education
School is expensive for many African children. Lots of families can’t afford school uniforms or ex­ercise books even though they don’t have to pay for school.
For those lucky enough to go to school , they have a lot to learn. Some take two language clas­ses: English or French, and their first language. There is also math, science, history, social studies and geography. Chores take up much of children’s time after school. They have to get water and fire­wood for the family every day. Also there’s clean­ing , washing and helping Mum with the meal.
Daily fun
It’s not all work and no play. Sports are very popular. Children can make goals with twigs ( 嫩树枝)and their own footballs with plastic and bits of string ( 绳子 ). They play in the country and the streets of old towns. There’re many football teams for teenagers in Africa.
Internet
It’s really expensive to get on the Internet. To surf the net for 20 hours costs over 600 yuan. This is more than the average (平均的) monthly pay per person.
Egypt and South Africa are the top two users of the Internet in Africa. All of the capital cities there can get on the Internet.
Some schools offer computer lessons but few students can enjoy computer fun at home.
【小题1】 The underlined word "Chores" probably means

A．网上冲浪

B．家务杂活

C．体育活动

D．家庭作业

【小题2】 Sports are very popular in Africa because chil­dren _________.

A．do not need money to play

B．can play all kinds of ball games

C．don’t like to go to school

D．don’t like to do their homework

【小题3】The passage is mainly about_________.

A．education in Africa

B．children’s school life in Africa

C．the Internet in Africa

D．children’s daily life in Africa

【小题4】From the passage, we can infer (推断) that in Africa_________.

A．basketball is popular among children

B．children in Africa have to pay for school

C．some children in Africa have to take two for­eign language classes

D．people in Egypt and South Africa may get higher pay than people in the other countries

Do you speak English? Do you speak e-mail English? Maybe you don’t. E-mail English is a new kind of English that many people use to save time. A lot of e-mail English words come from a computer program called QQ, which means I seek(寻找)you. Ian Lancashire, a Canadian teacher, likes QQ, “People can use QQ to talk with each other using computer. But, you have to be able to type quickly or the other person will be bored. So e-mail English can give some help.”
A message in e-mail English mostly uses two kinds of new words. The first kind is made up of the first letters of the words. These are called acronyms. The second kind is homophones，letter combination(合并), symbols that sound like other words.
Acronyms in an e-mail save space and time. It takes a long time to write by the way. BTW is much faster. Other acronyms are F2F which stands for face to face, CSL for can’t stop laughing and DBEYR for don’t believe everything you read! Some of the acronyms look like strange words, such as SWAK. But this one means sealed(封口) with a kiss.
Homophones often use letters and numbers that sound like words or parts of words. For example, 8 sound like—eat in great, to save time, people write gr8. Another example is CU for see you or sometimes CU l8r (see you later)
The number 2 is used for to or too and the number 4 is used instead of for.
Another part of e-mail is emotive symbols(表情符号) which make faces when you look at them sideways. The most common emotive, is the happy face :). A comma (逗号) is often used to help add other parts of the face and show different expressions.
E-mail English is fun. An e-mail message with lots of e-mail English starts to look like secret code(密码). Your best friend will probably understand it, but your parents and teachers may not. In fact, many teachers don’t like e-mail English. It’s not just because they can’t comprehend what it means. It’s because students start to use e-mail English in their everyday writing. E-mail English is great for writing quickly. But most teachers say that e-mail English should only be used in e-mails to one’s friends.
【小题1】What does the writer talk about in the first paragraph?

A．How to read new e-mail words.

B．How new e-mail words are made.

C．Why people use e-mail English.

D．Canadian teachers and their e-mails.

【小题2】The underlined word “comprehend” in the last paragraph means “_______”.

A．accept

B．understand

C．guess

D．prefer

【小题3】What do teachers insist according to the passage?

A．Parents will have to learn some e-mail English.

B．E-mail English will develop our everyday writing.

C．E-mail English can’t be used among schoolmates.

D．E-mail English shouldn’t be used in school writing.

【小题4】What’s the title for this passage?

A．E-mail English on Computer.	B．American E-mail English.
C．The Forms of E-mail English.	D．The Changing of English.

Do you have a mobile phone? Do you often send text messages（短信） to your friends or family? If you keep sending text messages over and over again, there may be something wrong with your fingers.  【小题1】 If you don’t, you may get injured one day.
Text messaging or texting is becoming popular. But scientists have found out that texting can give us problems with fingers. Too much texting can make your fingers uncomfortable. When we press small buttons over and over again, we may have a disease called RSI. RSI is short for Repetitive Strain Injury (重复性力损伤).
Harriet Wilson is a doctor. She has many patients with RSI.  【小题2】  If we spend more than 10 to 15 minutes every day, we could have such problems in the future.
Mobile phones are getting smaller and smaller.    【小题3】   Texting with a smaller phone is worse than using a larger phone with bigger buttons.    【小题4】  .
If you use a computer keyboard and play video games for long, you may have the same problem. More and more people can find themselves with RSI.

A. So it’s a good idea to use a larger phone. B. Everybody using the mobile phones should be careful. C. And the buttons are getting closer together. D. It’s easy to find out that mobile phones have changed our life. E. She says we should check how much time we are spending in typing text messages.

【小题5】What does the writer want to tell us?

A．He wants to ask us not to send text messages with mobile phones.

B．He wants to tell us to use small mobile phones to send text messages.

C．He wants to tell us some good ways to communicate with friends.

D．He wants to tell us the damage（伤害） of sending text messages too much.