Mobile phones and the Internet have improved our life in many ways. However, along with improvements, they also brought a number of worrying problems.
Many car accidents are caused by mobile phones. You can use many new mobile phones to get on the Internet .This can be very convenient, but some drivers get on the Internet while driving. Driving needs all our attention. By looking at their mobile phones and not at the road, these insensitive(不专注的) drivers are a danger to us all.
Many of the dangers of the Internet are well known. Children who visit websites without their parents’ permission sometimes talk to older people they don’t know and put themselves in great danger. People with blogs(博客) sometimes post(张贴) embarrassing photographs of people they don’t know on their websites without permission. There are also people who use the Internet to get personal information that we do not want them to have.
Mobile Phones and Internet Safety Tips
l If you need to use a mobile phone when you drive, use a “hand –free” phone.
l In difficult driving situation such as rain or snow, don’t use your phone at all.
l Do not make very important phone calls while driving. They take your attention off the road.
l Tell your children not to talk with anyone they do not know on the Internet.
l In an embarrassing situation, pay attention to people around you. People will be shy about taking your picture if they know you’re paying attention.
l Refuse to give out any personal information on the Internet.
1.Which of these dangers of mobile phones or the Internet is NOT mentioned in the passage?
A. You can have a car accident
B. Someone can post your photograph on the Internet
C. Someone you do not know can call you
2.Children should ______ on the Internet.
A. give out their important personal information
B. talk to older people they don’t know
C. ask for their parents’ permission sometimes to visit some websites
3.A “hand-free” mobile phone is probably a mobile phone that _____.
A. is free to use
B. can be used without your hands
C. can be used with only one hand
4.What advice is given in the passage to stop someone from taking an embarrassing picture of you?
A. Pay attention to the people around you
B. Don’t give out your personal information
C. Use a “hands-free” mobile phone
5.Which is the best title of the passage?
A. Internet Problems
B. Mobile Phone and Internet Dangerous
C. The Development of Mobile Phone and Internet
A few years ago, Dave Stirling had the idea of selling CDs over the Internet. The business he started from his home in Ohio, the USA, now sells 500,000 CDs a year and has made him into a millionaire(百万富翁)at the age of 24.
“I could see that this was the future of shopping,” says Stirling. “Why should you pay $15 for a CD and spend the time and the money getting into the store and parking your car? You can have the same CD for half of the price by clicking(敲击)on your computer. And we can find any CD you want and bring it to your door in 24 hours!”
According to Stirling, this is the only beginning, “I believe that one day we’ll do our shopping over the net: it’s easier, quicker and cheaper. Shops and supermarkets will be the past.”
1.Dave Stirling started his business from _____
A. his home B. His company C. the office
2.How has Stirling become so rich ?
A. By making ice cream.
B. By making advertisements.
C. By selling CDs over the Internet.
3.If you pay $15 for a CD in the store, how much should you pay for it over the net?
A. $15 B. $12 C. $7.5
4.By shopping over the net, you won’t _______________.
A. spend the time and the money
B. click on your computer
C. get into the store by yourself
5.What can we learn from the passage?
A. More than half of the Americans prefer to shop over the net.
B. Shops and supermarkets will be the past in the future.
C. It’s easier, quicker and more expensive to do our shopping over the net.
Women are said to be very complex(复杂的)and not easy to understand. And so it is said that it is __16____ to buy gifts for them that will please them and make them _17 ___. On this holiday season, all husbands begin their search for the one good gift for their wives. Naturally, all husbands love their wives in many ways even in a simplest form of love that is why their gifts are all very precious(珍贵的).
A wife is very __ 18__ every day, and she has many things in mind like things needed for the children, food for the ___19_ even budgeting money for everyday needs. The most important that a wife puts on her mind is the _20___ of her family members. She’s always worrying about the one of the family members who goes out . So it’s important for a man to give his wife a good gift.
You could also give some personalized things with the name on it! Giving her phone also puts on her mind that ___21____between the two of you is very important! This makes your distance (距离)very _22___ even on a distant(遥远的) place. Jewelry(珠宝) could also be a gift for your wife. It is common, _23__ not all husbands can give a set of jewelry to their wife.
Those are the Women’s Day gift ideas for wife. Whatever the gift is, make sure it is filled _24___ love, and is straight from your heart. This leaves a mark on her heart that _25___ could erase(除去).
1.A. difficult B. easy C. necessary
2.A. angry B. happy C. hungry
3.A. free B. strict C. busy
4.A. herself B. family C. you
5.A. safety B. clothes C. work
6.A. love B. distance C. communication
7.A. far B. small C. close
8.A. so B. and C. but
9.A. with B. in C. of
10.A. someone B. nobody C. anybody
_______ the bad weather, the swimming match has been put off.
A. Because of B. Thanks to C. With the help of
So far, many students in the school ______ a lot of prizes in this field .
A. win B. won C. have won
--- Jack , could you tell me ________ ?
----Sure . In the post office on Green Road ,
A. where you bought the stamps
B. where did you buy the stamps
C. when you bought the stamps