Computers are useful machines. They can help people a lot in their daily life. For example, they can help people to save much time to do more work, and they can help people to work out many problems they can't do easily. Our country asks everyone to learn to use computers before the twenty-first century, except the old people.
Today more and more families own computers. Parents buy computers for their children. They hope computers can help them improve their studies in school. However, many of their children use computers to play games, to watch videos or to sing. The teachers and parents complain that computers can not help children to study but make them fall behind. So computers are locked in boxes by parents.
In some other countries, even some scientists also hate computers. They say computers let millions of people lose their jobs or bring them a lot of trouble. Will computers really bring trouble to people or can they bring people happiness?
It will be decided by today's students themselves!
1.Why do we say the computer is a useful machine? Because ______.
A.our country asks us to learn it
B.it can help us a lot
C.we can use it to play games
D.it can help us to find jobs
2.What do many teachers and parents complain about? They complain that ______ .
A.their students and children use computers to study.
B.computers let them lose their jobs
C.computers make their students and children fall behind
D.computers bring people a lot of trouble
3.How do you understand the last sentence of this passage? I think it means ______.
A.computers are used by people
B.people can live well without computers
C.one must decide how to use computer
D.computers are strange machines
APPLICATION FOR EMPLOYMENT(求职申请)
Name:Harry Smith
Address:2341 Maple Avenue Oakland,California,USA
phone Number:564-2113
Work Experience
Company Position
(职位) Work You
Did Dates You
worked Yearly
Pay Reason for
Leaving
Greenfield
High School English
teacher Taught
English 2003-2006 $31,000 Got a job in
California
Ames
Bookstore Bookseller Sold
books 2001-2003 $12,000 Got a job
teaching in
Massachusetts
1.What did Harry Smith do in2001?
A.An English teacher. B.A bookseller.
C.A worker. D.A gatekeeper.
2.In 2002,the yearly pay Harry Smith got from his work was_________.
A.$31,000 B.$12,000
C.$24,000 D.$5,642,113
3.Harry Smith left Ames Bookstore to work in________ in Massachusetts.
A.a high school B.a bookstore
C.a factory D.a company
The clock in the old building in front of Max showed six o'clock. As the clock began 1 , he noticed a tall man with a bag walking to him. 2 turned around, looked at the clock, and then moved his steps 3 . Max walked faster as well. Miss Fritz invited him for dinner. He didn't want to be 4 .
"I’m glad you can come," Miss Fritz said. "I've 5 a lovely cake for us. " She pointed Max to a chair. "Good thing I prepared just now. A surprise visitor just left. " "Who 6 you?" Max asked.
"A teacher 7 a school for the deaf. He was totally deaf (耳聋的)himself. What a poor man! But he could 8 the shape of my mouth perfectly. He wrote down 9 he wanted to tell me." "Why was he here?"
"Well, the 10 needs more money. I was glad to help out. I got 11 money from the bank so I was able to give him five hundred 12 ." "Did he just leave? Was he a 13 man with a bag?"
"Yes."
"We'd better 14 the police. I don't think that man is honest. I know for sure 15 was not totally deaf," How did Max find it out?
1. A.to go B.to work C.to run D.to ring
2. A.Max B.A teacher C.The man D.Miss Fritz
3. A.farther B.closer C.slower D.faster
4. A.late B.early C.polite D.tired
5. A.passed B.given C.made D.sold
6. A.helped B.decided C.visited D.traveled
7. A.by B.behind C.around D.from
8. A.fit B.take C.read D.find
9. A.what B.who C.whom D.which
10. A.factory B.school C.police D.bank
11. A.little B.some C.no D.less
12. A.chairs B.bags C.clocks D.dollars
13. A.fat B.thin C.tall D.short
14. A.beat B.call C.catch D.save
15. A.I B.it C.he D.she
—I have very good grade in English this time.
—_________!
A.Congratulations B.Best wishes C.Good luck D.Come on
The number of cars on the road is becoming _______ now in our hometown.
A.fewer and fewer B.more and more
C.smaller and smaller D.bigger and bigger
Chinese ______by the largest number of people in the world now.
A.is spoken B.is speaking C.speaks D.spoke