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IS IT TIME TO GET MP3? Your computer has been playing music for years, one CD at a time. Now hundreds of songs can be stored in your PC (personal computer) if they’re in the MP3 format. What is it? MP3 compresses music into small computer friendly files. You access MP3 music several ways : Music can be downloaded from websites that have converted vast music libraries into MP3. Or you can prerecord CDs into your PC and convert songs in minutes 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 exchange MP3 files with friends using E-mail. How much? Software needed to play and convert MP3 music is often free. It comes preinstalled on most new computers or can be downloaded from many websites, including MP3. com. Some MP3 sites are free. Just type “MP3 sites” into any search engine. The popular MP3 players start at around $50and can hold hundreds of songs. A blank CD on which you can record music costs about a dollar. Advantages MP3 turns your home PC into a tape recorder. Tiny MP3 players are the size of a card, making it easy to take hundreds of songs with you. Disadvantages You may find that music at many sites is limited. And some only allow you to listen rather than download offerings. Others let you download music that then 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?
2.Which is NOT true to the passage?
3.The underlined word “burn” probably means_____.
4.How much will you pay for a MP3 player?
In the early part of the twentieth century, racism was widespread in the United States. Many African Americans were not given equal opportunities in education or employment. Marian Anderson (1897-1993) was an African American woman who gained fame as a concert singer in this climate of racism. She was born in Philadelphia and sang in church choirs during her childhood. When she applied for admission to a local music school in 1917, she was turned down because she was black. Unable to attend music school, she began her career as a singer for church gatherings. In 1929, she went to Europe to study voice and spent several years performing there. Her voice was widely praised throughout Europe. Then she returned to the US in 1935 and became a top concert singer after performing at Town Hall in New York City. Racism again affected Anderson in 1939. When it was arranged for her to sing at Constitution Hall in Washington, DC, the Daughters of the American Revolution opposed it because of her color. She sang instead at the Lincoln Memorial for over 75 000 people. In 1955, Anderson became the first black soloist to sing win the Metropolitan Opera of New York City. The famous conductor Toscanini praised her voice as “heard only once in a hundred years”. She was a US delegate to the United Nations in 1958 and won the UN peace prize in 1977. Anderson eventually triumphed over racism. 1.According to this passage, what did Marian Anderson do between 1917 and 1929?
2.Toscanini thought that Marian Anderson .
3.Anderson’s beautiful voice was first recognized . A. at the Lincoln Memorial B. in Washington, DC. C. in Europe D. at the United Nations 4.This passage shows that Anderson finally defeated racism in the US by
Chinese people are now spending more time surfing the net than watching TV, according to results of a survey by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) published Thursday. The survey, of citizens of five Chinese cities, found that 79 percent of interviewees use the internet for information, and 55.1 percent to read news on the internet. About 63 percent of the interviewees use e-mail. The average times spent surfing the net and watching TV were 2.73 hours and 1.29hours, respectively. Only 10.4 percent reported use the internet primarily to send and receive email; 65.9 percent read online news; 62.2 quite often play games on-line. More and more people have taken an interest in the entertainment opportunities online. Up to 56.5 percent of interviewees quite often download music, and 53.5 percent get entertainment messages from the internet. Yet the survey found that television is still the dominant mass medium. Seventy-nine percent of interviewees choose to watch TV to get information, and another 75 percent take newspapers as important as TV. Five major web sites in the Chinese language, namely Sina, Sohu, Netease, Baidu and Yahoo are still ranked top ones by web users, and those that voted for Sina as the best among them were 30.9 percent. Authorized statistics showed that web users in China have already exceeded 100 million, second to that of the United States. 1.Which of the following is not true?
2.The survey shows that .
3.Which will you choose if you want to chat with your friends on the internet?
4.The underlined word “exceeded” means .
The British people are famous for being quite reserved(保守的). We are known around the world for having the biggest "personal 1 "? the distance between us and the person we are 2 to. I have 3 been more aware of this than over the last month, since I arrived in China. Getting used to Chinese colleagues 4 close by me and even placing their hands on my arm is proving quite 5 . My natural British reaction is to 6 back and move away, even though I realize it is a friendly gesture by the Chinese person. I have 7 many people holding hands or putting their arms around each other as they walk along the streets of Beijing. This would rarely be seen in the UK , even between very close friends. And 8 at someone in Britain is considered very 9 . But here, I find myself being stared at often. It 10 me long to realize this was not rude in China, but a 11 of curiosity. I visited Datong last week, where the local people are 12 used to Westerners. An elderly woman couldn't believe her 13 when she saw me. And 14 feel offended(使不舒服) by her staring at me, I was 15 to see her smile back when I said "Nihao." When I visited one of Datong's middle schools to talk about English Weekly, the students asked me to 16 their copies of the newspaper. And one girl at the Yungang Grottoes asked to have her picture taken with me. I 17 like a celebrity(名人)! I have 18 over the last month how true it is that the British are very 19 . We can learn a lot about 20 from China's culture and habits. And I am learning more every day.
Please go and _____________________ a good meal. We shall have the honor of Mr. White’s saying for supper.
As you can see, the number of cars on our roads _____________ rising these days.
I don’t like the place. The house is __________ to live in；besides, the surrounding is not satisfying.
The doctor is trying to save the patient by every _________________ means.
Can you imagine the astronauts’___________ in space？
It is difficult to imagine his _____________ the decision without any consideration.
---- There is a story here in the paper about a 110-year-old man. ----- My goodness! I cannot imagine __________ that old.
John as well as his classmate ___________ one exam after another.
We all felt _________ of the ____________ child.
______________ of reading, he put down the book and stopped ________.
The ____________ engineer had planned to design the blueprint the way no one else had ever done.
The __________ aim of the air raid was the complete destruction of all means of communications by bombing.
_________________ and out of breath, we reached the top of the mountain and stopped __________ the beautiful scenery.
I greeted the teacher with ‘ hello”, and the teacher gave me a sweet smile _________________.
Do you know the trouble he had ______________ the work?
In the great war, he was lucky to escape ___________.
I ___________________ to stay out in the cold ___________ spend the night there.
___________ words and expressions have coming into the English language from American English.
A variety of books _____________ the children of different ages.
假设你是李华，最近收到澳大利亚朋友Smith的来信，现在你给他回信介绍学校基本情况以及你的高中生活。 说明：1．学校建于1990年，有教学班48个，教师280人，学生3200人。 2．教学楼能容纳60多个班；图书馆藏书20余万册；科技馆有许多物理和化学实验室，四个语音教室。 3．我在高一（四）班就读。所学主要课程有：语文、数学、英语、物理、化学、电脑。 4．擅长英语和电脑；业余爱好：听流行音乐，游泳和滑冰。 5．可适当增加细节，使内容连贯。信的开头已为你写好。词数：100左右。 Dear Mr. Smith , I was so pleased to hear from you and am writing to tell you something about my school and school life .
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Yours sincerely, Li Hua
单句改错,下面每个句子均有一处错误，请在题中指出并在后面的横线上改正。 1.English is the working language of the most international organizations. 2.Hiking is funny and exciting, but you shouldn’t forget safety. 3.They send each other pictures and tell each other about their every day life . 4.He told her whether she could repeat the address or not. 5.Suddenly, the two plates jump and an earthquake is happen. 6.The bus was empty except one old lady. 7.Though this is her first film, everybody thinks high of her acting skills. 8.Look up at the large head and down at the large feet, we felt so small. 9.This was a film which Spielberg used real actors instead of toys. 10.Friendship helps us understand who we are, why we need each other and we can do for each other.
It’s not polite to arrive at a dinner party more than 15 to 20 minutes late. The host or hostess usually waits for all the guests to arrive before serving the meal. If someone is late, the food may be spooked , and so might the host of hostess’s spirit. If you will have to be late, call and tell them to start without you. It’s even worse to be early !the host or hostess will probably not be ready. If you are early, drive or walk around the block a few minutes, or just sit in your car until the right time. Though it’s often important to arrive at a party on time, yet on the other hand, for open houses, he host or hostess invites guests to arrive and leave between certain times, so you can arrive at any time within the times he or she gives you. It’s nice to bring an empty stomach, but it’s even nicer to bring a small present. The present should not cost a lot, or you might embarrass the host or hostess. Flowers, wine, or a box of candy will do fine. Never bring more as a present. In an introduction, the order of a name is (1)the given name, (2)the family name. In other words, the given name comes first. It’s important not only to learn and remember names, but to repeat them often in conversation. After the introduction, we usually call friends by their given names. Older people may want you to call them by their titles and family names, such as “Mr.Jones”, “Mr.Smith”,”Ms.Johson”,or “Dr.Brown”. A maiden name is a woman’s family name at birth. In the United States and Canada, after a woman marries, she takes the family name of her husband in place of her maiden name. It is now becoming common, however, for women to keep their maiden names after they get married. 1.If someone is late for a dinner party, _______
2.If you find you will have to be late for a finer party, you should _____
3.It can be guessed from the text that an open house is______
4.It’s nice to bring a _______ present.
5.Some older people usually want to be called by _____
How much rain has fallen on the earth in the past? Man has not always kept weather records. Because scientists need a way to learn about past rainfall, they study the tree rings. A tree’s trunk (树干) keeps growing year by year. Under its bark (树皮), a tree adds a layer of new wood each year it lives. If you look at a tree stump, you can see the layers. They are called annual ring (年轮). On some trees, all of the rings are of the same width. But the ponderosa(美国黄松) that grows in the American southwest have rings in different withes. The soil in he southwest is dry. The pines depend on rainfall for water. In a year of good rainfall, they form wide rings. In a dry year, they form narrow ones. Scientists do not have to cut down a pine to study its rings. With a special tool, they remove a narrow piece of wood from the trunk without harming the tree. Then they look at the width of each ring to see how much rain fell in the year it formed. Some pines are hundreds of years old and have hundreds of rings. These rings are from an annual record o0f past rainfall in the southwest. 1.We could infer from the passage that ______.
2.A tree grows a new layer of wood _____.
3.On the whole, the passage is about _____.
4.The scientists _____ to know how much rain fell in a certain area in the past.
5.Which of he following is true according to the passage?
Robison was born in a very poor family. At seven, he had to pick coal in a deserted mine, then he 16 what he had picked and earned a few coins to help his parents. He had 17 schooling. 18 so poor, how could they pay for the education? When he was fifteen, he worked 19 a servant in a school, looking at other children studying in the classroom, he felt 20 for himself. How he wished to have the same chance. He 21 to study by himself. In the day time after the sweeping and cleaning was over, he 22 stand by the window outside the classroom trying to 23 what the teacher said. At night, he tried his best to remember 24 he had learned during the day. He worked 25 hard at the lessons that he sometimes had just three or four hours’ 26. The more he learned, the 27 he wanted to learn. A maths teacher 28 him and came to like this diligent(刻苦) boy and 29 him to sit at the back of the class. In 30 exam, he was the one in the whole school who reached the 31 grade. Robison went on for six years 32 his study of maths and wrote several articles which drew the attention of some university professors. They appreciated (欣赏) his talent and his diligence. 33 him the better chance they employed him as a librarian and 34 him free guidance. Robison was filled with joy. Fro he felt that before him there was a broad road leading to 35.
It is 10 o’clock now. He _____ be back at any time.
Long years of hard work made _____ possible for him to enter a key university in Beijing.
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