AAAGH! The Generation 90s is coming!
Wearing earphones, using complex Net language and constantly text messaging friends, the Gen-90s following the Gen-80s begin to make their world debut（初次登台）.
Each generation or age group has its own symbols and lifestyle．Read on and judge for yourselves if you fit the Gen-90s profile．
Earphones
These little devices seem to grow on the heads of the Gen-90s．They might lead to MP3, MP4 or MP101 players, giving these young people a plugged-in，cool and perhaps self-addicted look, of course, life is not always music to the ears．
Martian language
They have created their own code-like online language．It’s a mixture of English, Japanese and Chinese that perhaps only Martians can understand．This is an imaginative generation, though they need to be careful to keep it out of their term papers．
Self-Portrait
Saying “cheese” to their own digital cameras is routine for this generation．A little bit of narcissism （自恋） never hurts anyone．It helps them reflect a little on their own lives．But be aware of the risks of posting private photos online.
Text-messaging
They can type their mobile phones as fast as they can speak．This is a generation that respects efficiency．However, oral communication is important and will never go out of style.
1.Who are the intended readers of the passage?
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A．Teens |
B．Educators |
C．Socialists |
D．Parents |
2.According to the passage , if you belong to the Gen-90s , you will ____________ .
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A．just appreciate yourself and ignore others’ strengths. |
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B．make your presentation and have your own symbols and lifestyle. |
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C．have the same symbols and lifestyle of the Gen-80s． |
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D．like music and dance very much. |
3.According to the text, the writer will choose ______ as a good example to the Gen-90.
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A．Li Hua likes music and always wearing ipod |
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B．Zhang Chao is not only an imaginative boy but do everything efficiently. |
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C．Lily is a shy girl and she doesn’t like making friends. |
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D．Fangfang likes being taken photos and often posting them on line. |
4.According to this passage, which is FALSE?
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A．Not all teens are cautious about posting photos． |
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B．They type their mobile phones so fast that it can catch the speed of speaking. |
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C．The Gen-90s have a preference for some music players, and even regard them as a necessary part of life． |
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D．They don’t use the cool and complex online language in formal writing. |
5.The main idea of the passage is about________.
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A．the Gen-90s’ happy life |
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B．the difference between the Gen-80s and the Gen-90s |
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C．the Gen-90s’unique lifestyle and some practical warnings |
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D．the similarities between the Gen-80s and the Gen-90s |
One winter morning I bought a copy of the New York World and turned its pages until I got the “Help Wanted Unskilled” section．A small advertisement held my 36 .It read, “Easy job．Good wages．No experience 37 .” It sounded like the job I was 38 ．Easy job．Good wages．Those four words 39 now and then in my brain as I was traveling to the address indicated in the 40 ．Easy job．Good wages．Easy job．Good wages．Easy ...
When I got to the place I saw a series of large 41 half filled with water, out of which I noticed 42 the necks of many bottles of various sizes and shapes． 43 these basins there were a number of workers sitting on small wooden benches．All had their 44 in the water of the basin, the left hand holding a 45 and the thumb nail of the right hand scratching（刮;擦） the labels on 46 .
I sat down on a 47 beside one of the basins and started to work on one bottle．As the minutes went by I noticed that the 48 of the water started to 49 from my hand to my body．But 50 still, the delicate thumb of my right hand was 51 by the minute into a full blown tomato colored finger．A numb（麻木的）pain began to be felt 52 from my right thumb．Then I began to feel as if the pain was coming from a finger bigger than all my body.
After three hours of this I told the manager I’d 53 .He figured I had 54 69 cents at 23 cents an hour．With the money, I left the working place．“Easy job．Good wages.” came to my brain again．Looking at my hands, I 55 myself, “Can easy job get good wages？”
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that they may eventually reduce the amount of labor needed on construction sites by 90 percent．
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A．Such construction robots are clever |
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B．So clever the construction robots are |
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C．Such clever construction robots are |
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D．So clever are the construction robots |
for the fact that she got hit by a car and broke her leg on her way to school, she might have passed the exam.
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A．Hadn’t it been |
B．Had it not been |
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C．Was it not |
D．Were it not |
Hesitating what to do, .
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A．so let’s not go outing |
B．we had to stay home |
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C．the tour was cancelled |
D．but we should still take the tour |
He spent at least as much time reading as you online yesterday.
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A．had to chat |
B．did chatting |
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C．do chatting |
D．had chatted |
