Your computer has been playing music for years, one CD at a time. Now hundreds of songs can be stored in your PC if they' re in the MP3 format (格式).
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What is it? MP3 compressed(压缩) music into small computer files. You may download MP3 music several ways: Music can be downloaded from websites that have turned wide music libraries into MP3. Once MP3 music is on your PC’s hard drive, you can play it through your computer's speakers, "burn" it onto blank CDs or swap(交换) MP3 files with friends using e -mail. |
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How much? Software needed to play and turn MP3 music is often free. Compact portable MP3 players start at around $ 40 and can hold hundreds of songs. A blank CD on which you can record music costs about a dollar. |
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Advantages MP3 turns your home PC into a jukebox(自动唱机) . Small MP3 players are the size of a deck of cards(一副牌), making it easy to take hundreds of songs with you. |
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Disadvantages You may find that some websites only allow you to listen but you can't download music. Others let you download music but can't be copied to MP3 players. And a growing number of new CDs make it impossible to copy songs to a computer. |
1.How can you get MP3 music?
A．By turning your home PC into a jukebox
B．By taking your own music or songs with you.
C．By copying songs to a PC through the speakers.
D．By downloading from websites, which have turned music libraries into MP3.
2.What is the closest meaning of the underlined word "burn"?
A．Copy. B．Play. C．Store. D．Change.
3.Which is NOT true according to the passage?
A．Software needed to play and convert MP3 music is often free.
B．MP3 music can be with friends by e-mail.
C．MP3 music can be downloaded for free at any site.
D．A greater number of new CDs make it possible to copy songs to a computer
4.How much will you pay for a compact portable MP3 player?
A．Free. B．At least 10 dollars. C．About forty dollars. D．About a dollar.
5.How many disadvantages of MP3 can we see from the passage?
A．2 B．3 C．4 D．5
I watched quietly as my little brother was caught in the act. He sat in the corner of the living room, a 1 in one hand and my father's new book in the other.
2 my father walked into the room, my brother cowered (畏缩) slowly. He sensed that he had done something 3 . From a distance I could see that he had 4 my father's new book and scribbled (乱画) in it. Now, looking at my father in 5 , he and I both waited for his punishment.
My father 6 up his prized book, looked at it carefully, and then sat down, without saying a word. Books were 7 to him. He was a clergyman（牧师） and for him, books were 8 .What he did next was unbelievable. Instead of 9 my brother, he sat down, took the pen from 10 , and then wrote in the book himself, alongside the scribbles John had made:
John s work, 1959, age 2. How many times have I looked into your beautiful face and into your warm, alert (警觉的) eyes looking up at me? And how many times have I 11 God for the one who has now scribbled in my new book?
"Wow," I thought, "This is punishment?" The years and the books came and went. Our family experienced what all families go through and perhaps a little bit more: happiness and 12 , laughter and tears. We always knew our parents 13 us and that one of the proofs (证明) of their love was the book. From time to time we would 14 it, look at the scribbles, read my father's expression of love, and feel 15 .
1. A．book B．pen C．paper D．ruler
2. A．Because B．Since C．As D．Though
3. A．interesting B．wrong C．useless D．important
4. A．dropped B．read C．borrowed D．opened
5. A．surprise B．excitement C．sadness D．fear
6. A．picked B．put C．gave D．checked
7. A．enjoyable B．valuable C．useless D．attractive
8. A．courage B．money C．health D．knowledge
9. A．beating B．hurting C．punishing D．forgiving
10. A．the corner B．the floor C．the table D．my brother's hand
11. A．thanked B．asked C．provided D．reminded
12. A．sadness B．excitement C．pride D．envy
13. A．needed B．loved C．preferred D．encouraged
14. A．open B．use C．read D．explain
15. A．jealous B．relaxed C．confident D．proud
——Could you tell me ____? ——It’s twenty minutes by underground.
A．how can I get to your school
B．how much it costs to get to your school
C．how far it is from your home to your school
D．how long does it take me to get to your school
——Oh, I had a terrible toothache.
——You’d better see a dentist and have your bad teeth out.
A．to go; pulled B．go to ; pulling
C．to go; pulling D．go to; pulled
——Simon has got 95 points in the math test! ——Wow!______________ he has made!
A．How great the progress B．What a great progress
C．How great progress D．What great progress
——What’s your father like? ——______.
A．He’s working in Yangzhou. B．He is always kind to others.
C．He is really happy. D．He’s an engineer.
