After too long on the Net, even a phone call can be a shock. My boyfriend’s Liverpudlian accent suddenly becomes too difficult to understand after his clear words on screen; a secretary’s tone seems more rejecting than I’d imagined it would be. Time itself becomes fluid—hours becomes minutes, and alternately seconds stretch into days. Week ends, once a highlight of my week, are now just two ordinary days.
For the last three years, since I stopped working as a producer for Charlie Rose, I have done much of my work as a telecommuter. I submit(提交) articles and edit them by E-mail and communicate with colleagues on Internet mailing lists. My boyfriend lives in England, so much of our relationship is computer-mediated. If I desired, I could stay inside for weeks without wanting anything. I can order food, and manage my money, love and work. In fact, at times I have spent as long as three weeks alone at home, going out only to get mail and buy newspapers and groceries. I watched most of the blizzard of 96 on TV.
But after a while, life itself begins to feel unreal. I start to feel as though I’ve merged(融合) with my machines, taking data in, spitting them back out, just another node(波節(jié)) on the Net. Others on line report the same symptoms(癥狀). We start to strongly dislike the outside forms of socializing. It’s like attending an A. A. meeting in a bar with everyone holding a half-sipped drink. We have become the Net opponents’ worst nightmare.
What first seemed like a luxury, crawling from bed to computer, not worrying about hair, and clothes and face, has becomes avoidance(逃避), a lack of discipline. And once you start replacing real human contact with cyber interaction, coming back out of the cave can be quite difficult.
At times, I turn on the television and just leave it to chatter in the background, something that I’d never done previously. The voices of the programs relax me, but then I’m jarred by the commercials. I find myself sucked in by soap operas, or needing to keep up with the latest news and the weather. “Dateline”, “Frontline”, “Nightline”, CNN, New York 1, every possible angle of every story over and over, and over, even when they are of no possible use to me. Work moves from foreground to background.
小題1: Compared to the clear words of her boyfriend on screen, his accent becomes _______.
A．unrealB．unbearable
C．misleadingD．not understandable
小題2: What does the last paragraph mean?
A．Having worked on the computer for too long, she became a bit strange.
B．She is so interested in TV programs that she often forgets her work.
C．She watches TV a lot in order to keep up with the latest news and the weather.
D．She turns on TV now and then in order to get some comfort from TV program.
小題3: What is the author’s attitude to the computer?
A．At first she likes it but later becomes tired of it.
B．She likes it because it is very convenient.
C．She dislikes it because TV is more attractive.
D．She dislikes it because it cuts off her relation with the outside world.
小題4:The underlined phrase “coming back out of cave” probably means _______.
A．going back to the dreaming world
B．coming back home from the outside world
C．bringing back direct human
D．getting away from living a strange life

小題1:D
小題2:D
小題3:A
小題4:C

本文是作者對自己長時間對著電腦的生活的描述。
小題1:細節(jié)題。根據(jù)My boyfriend’s Liverpudlian accent suddenly becomes too difficult to understand after his clear words on screen可知答案為D。
小題2:推斷題。根據(jù)The voices of the programs relax me, but then I’m jarred by the commercials 可知她有時打開電視，聽到節(jié)目的聲音只是使自己得到放松，故答案D。
小題3:推斷題。文中第1，2段描述作者對電腦開始還是喜歡的，再根據(jù)But after a while, life itself begins to feel unreal. I start to feel as thought I’ve merged with my machines, taking data in可知答案為A。
小題4:句意理解題。根據(jù)And once you start replacing real human contact with cyber interaction, coming back out of the cave can be quite difficult可知答案為C。
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The man who invented Coca-Cola was not a native Atlanta, but on the day of his funeral every drugstore in town shut up the shop in honor of him. He was John Styth Pemberton, born in 1833 in Knoxville, Georgia, eighty miles away. Pemberton was a chemist, sometimes known as Doctor, who, during the Civil War, became an officer and led a cavalry troop. He settled in Atlanta in 1869, and soon began making such patent medicines as Triplex Liver Pills and Globe of Flower Cough Syrup.
In 1885, he registered a trademark for something called French Wine Coca-Ideal Nerve and Tonic Stimulant. A few months later, he formed the Pemberton Chemical Company, and hired an accountant named Frank M. Robinson, who had not only a good head for figures, but, attached to it, so unique a nose that he could judge the ingredients of a batch of syrup merely by sniffing it.
In 1886 --- a year in which, as contemporary Coca-Cola officials like to point out, the English writer Conan Doyle made Sherlock Holmes known publicly and France found the truth about the Statue of Liberty --- Pemberton invented a syrup that he called Coca-Cola. It was a change of his French Wine Coca. He had taken out the wine and added a bit of caffeine, and, when the end product tasted awful, had thrown in some cola nut oil and a few other oils, mixing the mixture in a three-legged iron pot in his back yard and swishing it around with an oar.
He distributed it to soda fountains in used beer bottles, and Robinson, with his elegant account’s script, instantly designed a label, on which "Coca-Cola" was written in the style which is still employed. Pemberton looked upon his mixture less as a drink than as a headache cure.
One morning in 1886, a man suffering from a headache dragged himself into an Atlanta drugstore and asked for a bottle of Coca-Cola. According to usual practice, druggists should pour a teaspoonful of syrup into a glass of water, but at that time, the man on duty was too lazy to walk to the fresh-water tap. Instead, he mixed the syrup with some soda water, which was closer at hand. After drinking it, the suffering customer cheered up almost at once, and word quickly spread that the best Coca-Cola was a fizzy (冒泡泡的)one.
小題1:According to the passage, which of the following about Pemberton is wrong?
A．He was highly respected by Atlantans because of his great contribution.
B．Medicines like Triplex Liver Pills and Globe of Flower Cough Syrup are his patent products.
C．During the Civil War, he was an officer of a cavalry troop, a chemist and a doctor.
D．Coca-Cola which is very popular now was invented by him.
小題2:Why do contemporary Coca-Cola officials especially like to mention the year 1886?
A．Because Conan Doyle contributed to Pemberton’s Coca-Cola invention.
B．Because France sent the Statue of Liberty to America and Pemberton loved it.
C．Because they are still proud of Pemberton’s invention.
D．Because Pemberton made more money for the company this year than in any other year.
小題3:What does the passage tell us about Frank M. Robinson?
A．He helped his boss and began making patent medicines together with his boss in 1869.
B．He had a special nose with an acute sense of smell and especially was good at drawing.
C．When he found the end product tasted awful, he threw in some cola nut oil and other oils.
D．He designed a label “Coca-Cola” for the Coca-Cola Company with his elegant handwriting.
小題4:How did Pemberton change French Wine Coca formula to make it taste delicious?
A．He mixed it with several oils instead of water.
B．He put some beer into the mixture.
C．He added more coffee into the mixture than before.
D．He added some cola nut oil and a few other oils.
小題5:According to the passage, what was Coca-Cola intended for at first?
A．It was intended for the children as a soft drink.
B．It was intended for a substitute for French Wine Coca
C．It was intended for a cure for the common headache
D．It was intended for the need of the war

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Jeb let go of his jacket, grasped Tom and held him across his body, making a cross. Now the cougar’s enemy looked even bigger, and it rose up, ready to move away, but unfortunately Tom got scared and struggled free of Jeb.
“Tom，no!”shouted his father.
But Tom broke and ran and that’s the last thing you do with a cougar. The second Tom broke free, Jeb threw himself on the cougar, just as it jumped from the rock. They hit each other in mid-air and both fell. The cougar was on Jeb in a flash, forgetting about Tom, which was what Jeb wanted.
Cougars are not as big as most people think and a determined man stands a chance, even with just his fists. As the cougar’s claws(爪子) got into his left shoulder. Jeb swung his fist at its eyes and hit hard. The animal howled(吼叫) and put its head back. Jeb followed up with his other fist. Then out of the corner of his eye. Jeb saw Tom. The boy was running back to help his father.
“Knife, Tom,” shouted Jeb.
The boy ran to his father’s bag, while Jeb started shouting as well as hitting, to keep the cougar’s attention away from Tom. Tom got the knife and ran over to Jeb. The cougar was moving its head in and out, trying to find a way through the wall Jeb was making out of his arms. Tom swung with the knife, into the cougar’s back. It howled horribly and ran off into the mountains.
The whole fight had taken about thirty seconds.
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A．To get ready to fight.B．To frighten it away.
C．To protect the boy.D．To cool down.
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A．They are afraid of noises.
B．They hesitate before they hit.
C．They are bigger than we think.
D．They like to attack running people.
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A．By keeping shouting and hitting.
B．By making a wall out of his arms.
C．By throwing himself on the cougar.
D．By swinging his fists at the cougar’s eyes.
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A．The cougar jumped from the rock.
B．Tom struggled free of his father.
C．Jeb asked Tom to get the knife.
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He could have been president of Israel or played violin at Carnegie Hall, but he was too busy thinking. His thinking on God, love and the meaning of life graces our greeting cards and day-timers.
Fifty years after his death, his shock（亂蓬蓬的一堆）of white hair and hanging moustache still symbolize genius. Einstein remains the foremost scientist of the modern time. Looking back 2,400 years, only Newton ,Galileo and Aristotle were his equals.
Around the world , universities and academies（研究院）are celebrating the 100th anniversary of Einstein’s “miracle year” when he published five scientific papers in 1905 that basically changed our grasp of space, time ,light and matter. Only he could top himself about a decade later with his theory of relativity.
Born in the age of horse-drawn carriages, his ideas launched a technological revolution that has made more changes in a century than in the previous two thousand years. Computers, satellites, telecommunications, lasers, televisions and nuclear power all owe their invention to ways in which Einstein exposed a stranger and more complicated reality underneath the world.
He escaped Hitler’s Germany and devoted the rest of his life to human rights and peace with an authority unmatched by any scientist today, or even most politicians and religious leaders. He spoke out against fascism（法西斯主義）and racial prejudice. His FBI(美國聯(lián)邦調(diào)查局)file ran 1,400 pages.
His letters expose a disorderly personal life ─ married twice and indifferent toward his children while absorbed in physics. Yet he charmed lovers and admirers with poetry and sailboat outings. Friends and neighbors fiercely protected his privacy.
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A．had the gift for politics and music
B．had run for president before he worked at his research
C．was an excellent violinist
D．was more a political leader of a musician than a thinker
小題2:When you think of Einstein, what typical appearance was formed in your mind?
A．Funny and humorous, with an air of a musician.
B．Wearing very wide trousers and a moustache, with an image of an actor.
C．Rough untidy mass of white hair and hanging moustache , with an image of thinking .
D．Black long hair and moustache, with his eyes deep set.
小題3:Why was 1905 called Einstein’s “miracle year”?
A．Because he topped himself with the theory of relativity.
B．Because he made important discoveries of space, time , light and matter.
C．Because he published five papers on his theory of relativity.
D．Because he wrote five important articles to help people understand space, time , light and matter better.
小題4:Which of the following is not true about Einstein according to the passage?
A．When he was absorbed in his research ,he didn’t care for his family.
B．He tried to amuse his family and friends in his spare time.
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When he arrived at the banquet hall, he found that about one hundred people had been invited. He began to move a-round the hall. He spoke to other guests whether he knew them or not. He soon realized that he had never met any of the other people present, although they seemed to know each other.
At dinner he was seated beside a very dignified woman. The woman tried to be friendly even though she had never met Mr. Smith before. She spoke politely whenever he spoke to her. Between the first and the second course of the meal, she, turned to Mr. Smith and said, “Do you see that gray-haired man at the end of the table? The one with glasses.”
“Ah, yes. Who is he?”
“He’s the Secretary of the Interior!” she replied.
Mr. Smith said, “So that’s the secretary of the Interior! I’ m afraid that I find very little to admire about him, although he is the Secretary.”
The woman stiffened and did not reply. Mr. Smith contin­ued in spite of her coldness. “I really can’t see how he re­ceived his appointment unless he is perhaps a relative of the President.”
“It hardly matters whether you like the Secretary or not,” she said. “He was chosen because the President thought he was the man for the job. If he does the job well, you should have no complaint.”
“That’s just it,” persisted Mr. Smith. “No one does the things he does, unless he is a complete fool!”
“Sir!” said the woman in all her dignity. “Do you know who I am?” “No,” replied Mr. Smith.
“I am the Secretary’s wife,” she said coldly. Mr. Smith was shocked, but he went on in spite of his embarrassment. “Madam, do you know who I am?”
“No, I don’t,” the woman replied.
“Thank goodness!” exclaimed Mr. Smith, as he quickly left the table.
小題1:Why is Mr. Smith well known in Washington?
A．He’s the Secretary of the Interior.
B．He has more friends than other people.
C．He always makes foolish mistakes on social occasions.
D．He likes to go to all kinds of parties.
小題2:At dinner he was seated beside a very dignified woman. The underlined part means ________.
A．beautiful B．serious C．nobleD．kind-hearted
小題3:When Mr. Smith learned that the woman didn’t know who he was, he felt ________.
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Indeed, Tanni’s athletic career took off. In 1984, when she was 15, she pulled off a surprise victory in the 100metres at the Junior National Wheelchair Games.
In 1988, Tanni went to her first Paralympic Games in Seoul. She won bronze in the 400 metres. Even greater success followed at the 1992 Barcelona. Paralympics. Tanni won gold in the 100, 200, 400 and 800 metres relay, setting two world records in the process. In the same year she achieved she first of her six London Wheelchair Marathon victories.
Tanni’s enduring success had been part motivation(動機), part preparation, “The training I do that enables me to be a good sprinter(短跑運動員) enables me to be good at a marathon too. I train 50 weeks of the year and that keeps me prepared for whatever distance I want to race…. I am still competing at a very high lever, but as I get older things get harder and I want to retire before I fall apart.”
Indeed Tanni retired finally after the Visa Paralympic World Cup in 2007. Her wish is to coach young athletes for Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
In spite of ups and downs, she never take her fate lying down. In her splendid life, she has won an amazing eleven gold medals, four silvers and one bronze in series of Paralympics- a top lever athletic career covering two decades. She has won the London Wheelchair Marathon six times, more than any other competitor, and she has set over thirty world records.
What advice does she have for young athletes? “Work hard at your studies, and then train, train and train again.”
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A．BasketballB．Swimming.C．Tennis.D．Horse-riding.
小題2: When did Tanni win her first Olympic gold medal?
A．In 1984.B．In 1988.C．In 1992.D．In 2007.
小題3: The underlined word “that” in the 5th paragraph refers to _______.
A．fifty weeks’ trainingB．being a good sprinter
C．training almost every dayD．part motivation and part preparation
小題4:What’s the right order of the events related to Tanni?
a. She works as a coach.      b. She took up athletics.
c. She won four gold medals in Barcelona.   d. She competed in her first Paralympic Games.
e. She achieved a victory in her first London Wheelchair Marathon.
A．b, d, c, e aB．a(chǎn), d, b, c ,eC．A,d,c,e,bD．b.d.a.e.c
小題5: What can we learn from Tanni’s success?
A．Union is strength.B．Never too late to learn.
C．Well begun is half done.D．No pains, no gains.

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The manager thought that was uncertain. He said, “It is better than our fish oils. I admit that.” “So I am told, sir,” agreed Johnson.
“Have you any plans to produce it yourself, Mr Johnson?”
Johnson smiled again. “Would I be showing it to you if I had?”
“We might add some chemicals to one of our own fish oils,” said the manager.
“It would be expensive to do that, even if you could.” Johnson said gently. “Besides,” he added, “I am told that this oil will be much cheaper than your best fish oils. Cheaper than any vegetable oil, in fact.”
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“Of course,” said Johnson. “There are two ways of dealing with a situation of this sort. The usual one is to prevent it altogether or at least to delay it as long as possible. That is, of course, the best way,” The manager nodded. He knew plenty about all that.
“But I am so sorry for you, because, you see, that is not possible this time.” The manager had his doubts, but all he said was an inquiring(asking), “Oh?”
“The other way,” continued Johnson, “is to produce yourself before the trouble starts.”
小題1:The manager thought of adding chemicals to the fish oil to make it ________.
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C．more expensiveD．a(chǎn)s good as the new oil
小題2:Johnson’s new oil would be ________.
A．more expensive than fish oil, but better
B．less expensive, and better
C．less expensive, but not good
D．more expensive, and not so good
小題3:Johnson expressed his regret that the manager ________.
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B．would never know how to make it
C．had spent a lot of money on it
D．didn’t know enough about it
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Imagine being the only person in the Forbidden City. You could stay there all day without swarms of people crowding around. You'd be able to look at the ancient treasures without worrying about other visitors pushing you for a better view. Well, in two years time you'll be able to have such an experience, just like the former emperors used to. The only difference is that your Forbidden City fun will be online.
Thanks to new technology, a virtual tour of the Forbidden City will be available online by 2008. The project － jointly driven by the Palace Museum and computer company IBM － aims to help teenagers around the world become more interested in Chinese culture. The project will offer an interactive, three-dimensional view of the palace. The virtual tour will provide images from all over the 780,000-square-metre palace.
"The Palace Museum is a big book; there are always places you haven't read about," said Hu Chui from the museum. There are many rooms closed for protection. But the virtual platform breaks the boundaries of time and space, meaning visitors can see whatever they want. "The interaction and games content in the virtual tour will attract more young people to understand and love our cultural heritage," added Hu.
In the virtual tour, historical figures will actually talk to visitors and answer their questions. The stories behind the buildings and treasures will also be told. "The online environment, presented in both Chinese and English, enables visitors to experience the culture and stories of the museum," said James Yeh, an IBM official.
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C．You are the only person in it.D．You can see some ancient treasures in it.
小題2:Which of the following is not the advantage of the virtual tour of the Forbidden City?
A．Visitors can see whatever they want.
B．Visitor can ask and talk to historical figures.
C．Visitors can get to know the cultural heritage by playing games.
D．Visitors can walk around the Forbidden City with your family.
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A．a(chǎn) virtual tour of the Forbidden City
B．a(chǎn) new “Forbidden City” to be built by the Palace Museum and IBM computer company
C．a(chǎn)n Internet cafe to be built in the Palace Museum
D．a(chǎn) big book to be published to introduce Chinese culture
小題4:What attracts teenagers most to the virtual tour is _____.
A．the visible pictures in the place
B．the interaction and game playing
C．the online environment presented in English
D．the platform without the boundaries of time and space

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Hung recently has made an agreement with US-based entertainment firms Koch Records and Fuse Music Network. They will publish a full-length record, titled “The True Idol” on April 6.
The idol is a civil engineering student at the University of California at Berkeley. He did a version of Ricky Martin’s “She Bangs” on the television show “American Idol 3”, on January 27. The Fox TV singing contest searches for pop stars among ordinary people. In the case of Hung, however, his act was so bad that the judges cut him off in mid-act.
Hung’s response? “I already gave my best, so I have no regrets at all.” That’s good, because any common person would have found plenty to regret: The off-key singing. The blue Hawaiian shirt worn with pants pulled up too high. The terrible dancing. The hips jerking (搖擺) to a beat that did not belong to the song, maybe not even to this planet. It was, by all accounts, bad.But, it was this very bad act that sold well.Marc Juris, president of Fuse, explained it this way: “Every one of us is happily guilty of singing our favorite song at the top of our lungs with complete freedom, completely off-key and completely unworried. That’s what William did and immediately won the hearts of America.”
Whatever it is, for the moment it’s big. Three websites devoted to Hung have gone up on the Internet in the past few weeks. Versions of his performance have been remixed with hip hop and techno-music and have made it to the top 10 request list at a Chicago radio station.So, what does Hung think of this?
“There were all these people saying things about me. A lot were saying I was very courageous and that I was great on the show, but some didn’t have much respect for me and some were kind of mean.”
Now he says he’s not so sure whether to distance himself from the glamour (魅力) or to accept it. Returning to normal hasn’t been easy.
13.What is the main idea of this passage?
A.Sometimes an idol behaves quite foolishly.  
B.Hung’s performance attracted the public eye.
C.How an unsuccessful person became famous.
D.Success sometimes does not require hard work.
14.What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 7 refer to?
A.William Hung.     B.Hung’s bad act.   C.Hung’s website.    D.The public’s opinion.
15.Which of the following shows the correct order of what happened to Hung?
a.The entertainment firms made an agreement with Hung.
b.The judges cut Hung off in mid-act in the singing contest.
c.Hung became popular among Americans.
d.Hung gave a terrible performance though he tried his best.
e.Three websites put Hung’s funny performance on the Internet.
A.d, b, e, c, a       B.a, c, d, b, e        C.a, d, b, c, e          D.d, b, a, e, c
16.Why was Hung able to win the hearts of America?
A.His success was based on his own hard work.
B.He attracted people’s attention in the contest.
C.He was good-looking though he didn’t sing well.
D.His character was completely different from other idols’.

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