When will you come back, Dad? I m you so much.
1990 was a significant year in world enents. In Febbruary, Nelson Mandela was set free after 27 years in prison. In October, East and West Germany became one country again. Then at the end of 1990, the World Wide Web was born. For this final event we have one man to thank, Tim Berners-Lee, the father of the Web.
Berners-Lee was born on June 8, 1955 in London, England. His parents, both computer designers, encouraged him to think and work creativelhy as he grew up. He was an excellent student and naturally took an interest in computers and science.
After graduating from Oxford University, Tim went to work at a science research centre in Sfwitzerland. There be developed some of the different systems that would later become the Web. The first was HTML, the computer language used to make web pages. The second was an address system that let computers anhywhere find each other and send and receive information. In 1990, while still at the science centre in Switzerland, he put them together to make the first Internet browser. It could run on any computer and allowed people to create share their information with the rest of the world.
Tim knew that the more people used the Web, the more useful it would be. He wasn’t interested in money but knowledge, so he gave out his invention for free to anyone who was interested. Many were interested and the growth of the Internet began.
Today Tim works as a professor at the MIT in America, researching new and interesting ways to use the Web. He has received many awards from governments and organizations for his efforts. He is still not very interested in money. That is why he is so admired by his students and workmates. It may also be one of the reasons that few people outside the world of technology know his name.
1. The underlined word “significant” (in Paragraph 1) most probably means “ ” .
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A．strange |
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B．terrible |
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C．important |
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D．difficult |
2.Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
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A．The address system was used to make make web pages. |
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B．The World Wide Web was created in Swizerland. |
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C．The fist web browser was very expensive to buy |
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D．Many people could use the Internet before 1990 |
3. What can we learn about Berners-Lee from the passage?
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A．He was encouraged to be creative. |
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B．He didn’t do well at school. |
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C．He is a very poor businessman. |
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D．He is well-known all over the world. |
4. Where does Berners-Lee live today?
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A．England. |
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B．Switzerland. |
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C．America. |
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D．Canada. |
5.What is the passage mainly about?
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A．The events that took place in 1990. |
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B．The history of the Internet. |
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C．The invention of the Internet browser. |
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D．The man who created the World Wide Web. |
Want to stay away from colds? Put on a happy face.
Compared to unhappy people, those who are cheerful and relaxed are less likely to suffer from colds, according to a new study. It’s possible that being happy helps the body fight illnesses, say the researchers from New York University.
“It seems that positive feelings may reduce the danger of illness,” said the study’s chief researcher Sheldon Cohen.
In an earlier study, Cohen found that people who were cheerful and lively caught coughs and colds less often. People who showed feelings were also less likely to tell their doctors that they felt ill.
In this study, Cohen’s interviewed 193 adults every day for two weeks. During the interviews, the people told researchers about were given colds by doctors and had to stay alone in a room for six days.
The results showed that everyone in the study was equally likely to get ill. Buy for people who said they felt happy during the research period, their illness are less serious and lasted for a shorter time.
Cohen believes that when people experience positive feelings, their body may produce a chemical that helps fight illness and disease. So if you are worried abut your health, look on the bright side more often.
1. Which of the following was NOT a part of the study?
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A．People talked about their feelings every day. |
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B．People were kept alone for six days. |
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C．People were given colds by doctors. |
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D．People were made to feel unhappy. |
2. What did the study find?
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A．People who felt happy never got ill. |
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B．People’s feelings didn’t influence their health. |
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C．People with good feelings became ill more easily. |
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D．People with positive feelings had less serious illnesses.. |
3. According to Cohen, which of the following may help fight illness?
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A．Eating. |
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B．Crying. |
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C．Laughing. |
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D．Sleeping. |
4.This passage is a/an .
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A．advertisement |
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B．newspaper report |
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C．story |
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D．scientist’s diary |
5.What is the best title for this passage?
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A．Smiles can fight colds |
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B．Cause of colds found |
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C．The danger of colds |
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D．How people get sick |
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I heard the bees long before I saw them.
It was a very hot afternoon, and we decided to cool off in the river near my home. As we climbed down a small rocky hill toward the water, my boyfriend John suddenly started to shout then jumped into the water below. Peter and Mary quickly followed but I was too far away to jump. I was trapped.
I heard a low hum(嗡嗡声)，which was growing louder. From a distance, the group of bees looked almost like a cloud of smoke. As it got closer, I realized it was actually thousands of bees flying towards me.
All I could do was cover my face with hands. Crazily, I thought that if I sat very still, the bees would think I was just another rock.
After a few minutes, I knew my plan hadn’t worked. The bees were attacking me. I could hear my friends shouting at me to get down to the pool fast.
But it wasn’t so easy. I was in great pain and the only way I could get away was to use my hands to climb down the rocks. However, I was afraid to do that at first because my face would be unprotected. The noise the bees made was so loud and frightening, but I had no choice.
I rushed down the rocks and jumped into the pool, but I don’t remember doing it. I was just so happy to be free from the pain. I was safe, and the water felt wonderful.
But we still weren’t out of danger. Every time we tried to climb out of the pool, the bees flew back over our heads. We spent the next three hours in the water, putting our heads under the water from time to time to avoid the bees until they finally lost interest.
1. How many people went swimming that day?
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B．Three |
C．Four |
D．Five |
2.The underlined word “it” (in Paragraph 3) refers to .
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A．a rock |
B．the group of bees |
C．a hill |
D．the river |
3. At first why didn’t the writer want to climb down the rocks?
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A．She was afraid she would fall. |
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B．She was too far away from pool. |
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C．She thought the bees would follow her. |
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D．She didn’t want her face to be unprotected. |
4. How did the writer escape the bees?
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A．She covered her face with her hands. |
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B．She hid behind the rocks. |
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C．She jumped into a water pool. |
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D．She pretended to be a rock. |
5.In what order are the following mentioned in the story?
a. The writer rushed down the rocks.
b. John jumped into the water.
c. The low hum grew louder.
d. The bees flew back over their heads.
e. The bees were attacking the writer.
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A．b c e a d |
B．b a e c d |
C．c d e a b |
D．c b d e a |
The Japanese Macaca monkey has been studied in the wild for over 50 years. In 1952, on one small Japanese island, scientists dropped some 36 dirt for the monkeys. The monkeys liked their taste, but they found the dirt 37 .
One clever 18-month-old monkey 38 the problem by washing the sweet potatoes in a nearby river, She taught this to her mother. Her 39 also learned this new way and they taught their mothers too.
All the younger monkeys 40 learned to wash the dirty sweet potatoes to make them 40 to eat. But many found it very hard to learn this and still ate the 42 sweet optatoes.
Then something very 43 . In the autumn of 1958, scientists found that the monkeys on other nearby 44 began washing their sweet potatoes too. Scientists still don’t fully understand how this knowledge was 45 from one island to another.
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My friend, David Smith, kept birds. One day he phoned and 26 me he would be away for a week. He asked me to feed the bird 27 him and said he would leave his key in my mailbox.
Unfortunately, I did not remember to feed the birds 28 the night before David was going to return. I rushed out of my house and it was already dark when I arrived at 29 house. I soon found the key he gave me could unlock neither the front door 30 the back door! I kept 31 of what David would say when came back.
Then I noticed 32 one bedroom window was open. I found a big tone and pushed it under the window 33 the stone was very heavy. I of niose. But in the end, I managed to climb up.
I had one leg inside the bedroom when I suddenly realized that someone 34 a torch(电筒)up at me. I looked down and saw 35 policeman and an old lady, one of David’s neighbours. “What are you doing up there?” Said the policeman. Feeling like a fool, I replied, “I was just going to feed Mr. Smith’s birds.”
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