Have you ever heard of blogs (博客)? If you haven’t, you should have. It’s here, it’s growing and it’s having an influence on our life. Surf the Internet and you’ll find blogs everywhere. A blog, shortened from “weblog”, is a public Internet journal written by one person or a group of people. It is a website in which a person or a group can place news, personal thoughts, text, photos, video or audio files, or links upon which visitors can comment. A blog lets you post on the Internet without having to know web design or be technical. You are given an environment to make dated entries on the topic of your choice which are “published”, so other people can read them.
Authoring a blog, maintaining a blog or adding an article to an existing blog is called “blogging”. Blogging has revolutionized Internet publishing in the last several years because it gives everyone with Internet access the opportunity to become an online writer. Objects, such as “text and photos” in a blog can be called “blog posts”, “posts”, or “entries”. The person who posts these entries is called a “blogger”.
Now, somewhere around the world, a blog is created almost every 6 seconds. Because it’s great potential, Bill Gates views it as important as e-mail, BBS, and MSN. He’s trying to make blogs the important tools for future business communications.
1.A blog is .
A．a comment B．an Internet journal C．a design D．a link
2.A person can do the following things in a blog EXCEPT _______.
A．talk to others B．give comments C．read articles D．enjoy photos
3.Who is a blogger?
A．A person who posts letters.
B．A person who writes articles.
C．A person who posts text or photos in a blog.
D．A person who is an online publisher.
4.According to the passage, the reason why blogs are so popular is that they ____.
A．give everyone the chance to be an online writer
B．can be created by people without much knowledge of computer technology
C．enable a blogger to place news, personal thoughts, text and photos and give comments
D．all of the above
Sam’s uncle had an old bird which sat in its cage all day. One day his uncle said, “It is too expensive to 1 that bird. We will get rid of it.” But Sam wanted to 2 the bird.
Sam’s grandfather told him that the bird was once a famous 3 bird. Now 4 people knew it. His grandfather took the bird out, and then quickly took his arms away. The bird opened its huge 5 and flew into the sky. After a few minutes, it 6 with a small rabbit, cut it open and started to 7 it.
The next morning, Sam asked his uncle out. Sam did 8 his grandfather had done, but the bird 9 to the ground and stood still. Sam’s uncle 10 . Later his grandfather told him that the bird only hunted in late afternoon when light was less 11 . Sam asked his uncle to come out before 12 . This time the bird caught a mouse. His uncle was quiet with 13 , but laughed again, “We can’t eat mice, so this bird is 14 .” And he sold the bird without telling Sam.
Before Sam found the bird was 15 , two angry men arrived in a car. They 16 his uncle and said, the bird couldn’t hunt and they wanted their money back. Sam’s uncle looked 17 and said, “I have spent it. But… don’t worry!” He 18 at Sam, “Sam will show you 19 to make the bird hunt! It’s a great bird, isn’t it, Sam?” Sam opened the door of the car and took out the 20 . It flew away and disappeared forever.
1. A．feed B．buy C．wash D．sell
2. A．know B．find C．keep D．buy
3. A．singing B．sleeping C．eating D．hunting
4. A．some B．no C．many D．few
5. A．mouth B．wings C．tail D．eyes
6. A．dealt B．returned C．met D．parted
7. A．watch B．search C．eat D．help
8. A．as B．for C．since D．after
9. A．fell B．rose C．walked D．ran
10. A．shouted B．cried C．laughed D．nodded
11. A．attractive B．pleasant C．poor D．strong
12. A．bed B．supper C．lunch D．breakfast
13. A．patience B．surprise C．joy D．sadness
14. A．harmful B．strange C．cheap D．useless
15. A．leaving B．gone C．dying D．cooked
16. A．shouted at B．smiled at C．looked after D．took after
17. A．impressed B．worried C．satisfied D．bored
18. A．waved B．pointed C．aimed D．jumped
19. A．what B．why C．where D．how
20. A．money B．coat C．bird D．everything
The system has been designed to give students quick and easy________to the digital resources of the library.
A．access B．passage C．way D．approach
________, as long as I’m with nature, I don’t care.
A．However tough the journey is B．Whatever tough the journey is
C．However the journey is tough D．Whatever the journey is tough
you don't like him is none of my business.
A．What B．That C．Whoever D．Whether
A few years ago the belief became general________orange juice and milk should never be drunk at the same meal.
A．which B．that C．and that D．what
