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Text messaging, or simply “texting”, which allows people to send and receive messages on  mobile phones, becomes very popular today.
The advantages of texting are obvious. Texting helps to save money. If you have a few words to greet your families and friends on their birthdays or on some important festivals, sending messages can be cheaper than phone calling. Texting helps to save time. Even if you want to send a message to 100 people, you can do it one second. Texting helps you to “talk” to someone when he is too busy to answer the phone. Texting can also help you to “talk” to someone secretly if you don’t want others to hear what you are talking on the phone. These advantages are so amazing that many people are crazy about it. They hold mobile phones in hands all day long, send dozens of messages each day, and even text while driving or walking.
However, texting has its disadvantages. Junk messages may come into your mobile phone box now and then. When your phone box gets too full, you can’t receive any more messages. You may therefore miss some important information.
What’s more, if you don’t do texting properly, for example texting while driving or walking, it can be dangerous. It can cause injuries and even death. It was reported that about 6,000 people were killed and half a million were injured for this reason each year. In Fort Lee, a small town in New Jersey, USA, three people died because they walked into traffic while texting in 2011. Two researchers at Stony Brook University, New York found that texters are 60% more probably to have an accident than others. When people are texting, they don’t notice other people or things around them. To reduce traffic accidents, all drivers of the UN are now not allowed to text while driving. About 32 countries have passed laws restricting the use of mobile phones while driving.
Texting is a wonderful way of communication. However, only when we use it properly, can we fully enjoy the fun it brings.
小题1: How many advantages of texting are mentioned in the passage?
A.Two.B.Three.C.Four.D.Five.
小题2: What did the researchers at Stony Brook University find?
A.Texting is a good way of communication.
B.6,000 people were killed and injured.
C.Texters are easier to have an accident.
D.Many people text to greet families and friends.
小题3: The underlined word restricting probably means _________.
A.not tellingB.not allowingC.enjoyingD.making
小题4: This passage is written to tell us that __________.
A.we should do less texting
B.texting has many advantages
C.texting is better than phone calling
D.we should do texting properly

答案

小题1:C
小题2:C
小题3:B
小题4:D
解析

试题分析:这篇短文中作者主要讲述了手机短信的优势,同时又重点分析了手机短信在不恰当使用的情况下带给我们的巨大麻烦,最终通过一系列的事实来证明只有正确使用手机短信才能给我们带来真正的实惠。
小题1:细节理解题。根据短文第二段的内容Texting helps to save money.,Texting helps to save time.,Texting helps you to “talk” to someone when he is too busy to answer the phone.,Texting can also help you to “talk” to someone secretly if you don’t want others to hear what you are talking on the phone.可知,文章总共列举了四个短信的优势;故选C。
小题2:细节理解题。根据短文第三段内容Two researchers at Stony Brook University, New York found that texters are 60% more probably to have an accident than others.可知,在道路上发送短信的人比不发送短信的人发生事故的几率要高很多;故选C。
小题3:细节理解题。根据短文中第四段最后两句To reduce traffic accidents, all drivers of the UN are now not allowed to text while driving. About 32 countries have passed laws restricting the use of mobile phones while driving.可知,不允许司机在开车时发送短信是为了安全考虑,所以许多国家颁布与此相似的法律来保障司机及行人的安全;所以可推测出restricting的意思应该是不允许,而不可能是不告诉、喜欢或者制造等意思;故选B。
小题4:细节理解题。根据短文中最后一段的内容Texting is a wonderful way of communication. However, only when we use it properly, can we fully enjoy the fun it brings. 可知,本文的中心话题就是一定要恰当地使用手机短信,否则它会给我们带来不必要的或较大的麻烦;故选D。
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If you go to Egypt, you’ll see a lot of pyramids. The biggest of all is the Great Pyramid. It is about 137 meters high and made of 2,300,000 big stones. Each stone weighs about two and a half tons(吨).The biggest ones even weigh fifteen tons. It took more than 100,000 men twenty years to build it. Nobody can tell just how the men cut, carried and lifted(举)the huge stones without our modern machines(机器).
The Egyptian kings told the people to build the pyramids for themselves. They thought they had tombs (坟墓)strong enough to keep their bodies well until they came back to life. But they never thought that about 5,000 years later their bodies would be on show in museums.
小题1:The Great Pyramid is in ________.
A.China B.Japan C.Egypt D.France
小题2: A pyramid is ______.
A.a house B.a huge stone C.a king’s tomb D.the name of a museum
小题3:The Great Pyramid is about _______ and made of _______ huge stones.
A.137 metres high; 100,000 B.137 high metres; 2,300,000
C.137 metres; 2,300,000 D.137 meters high; 2,300,000
小题4:Pyramids are built for _______.
A.the kings B.the queens(皇后)C.the kings" teachers D.People
小题5:The kings thought they had the pyramids built to keep their bodies until _________.
A.they came home B.they became alive
C.they die D.they were on show in museums

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完形填空(共10小题,每小题1分,满分10分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳答案。
Paper was first    about2,000 years ago, it has been made    silk, cotton, bamboo, and wood. People learned to write words on paper to make a book. And because there weren’t many books,     people learned to read. Then printing was invented in China. The first printed books were made by     ink on a wooden block and holding the paper against it. When printing was developed greatly      the beginning of the11th century, books could be produced more quickly and     .
___      , more people learned to read. After that, knowledge and ideas spread quickly,        a way that can be compared      the      of the Internet in the20th century.
小题1:
A. createB. createdC. creatingD. creates
小题2:
A. inB. ofC. fromD. by
小题3:
A. littleB. a littleC. fewD. a few
小题4:
A. putB. puttingC. putsD. puting
小题5:
A. atB. inC. byD. on
小题6:
A. cheapB. cheaplyC. cheaperD. cheapest
小题7:
A. BecauseB. so thatC. As a resultD. because of
小题8:
A. onB. inC.byD. at
小题9:
A. atB. withC. byD. about
小题10:
A. introductionB. introduceC. introducedD. introducing

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阅读短文,从下列各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
Life will be     because many changes will take place in 30 years, but what will the changes be?
The population is growing fast. There will be    people in the world and most of them will live longer than before. Computers will be     smaller and more useful, and there will be at least one in every home. Computer science will be one of the most important   in school. People will work fewer hours than they are doing now, so they will have more free time for sports, watching TV and traveling. Traveling will be much cheaper and   . Many more people will go to other countries    holidays.
There will be changes in our food, too. More land will be used for    new towns and houses. Then there will be less    for cows and sheep, so meat will be more expensive. Maybe people won’t eat it every day; they will eat more vegetables and fruit instead. Maybe people will be healthier.
Work in the future will be different, too. Dangerous and hard work will     by robots. Because of this, many people will not have   to do. This will be a problem.
小题1:
A.sameB.differenceC.differentD.difficulty
小题2:
A.little and littleB.less and lessC.many and manyD.more and more
小题3:
A.muchB.manyC.moreD.most
小题4:
A.subjectB.subjectsC.wayD.games
小题5:
A.easilyB.more easilyC.easyD.easier
小题6:
A.forB.withC.atD.in
小题7:
A.buildB.buildingC.to buildD.builds
小题8:
A.roomsB.roomC.spacesD.sea
小题9:
A.doneB.doC.be doneD.did
小题10:
A.many workB.enough worksC.much worksD.enough work

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Do you have an umbrella? Someone invented the umbrella about 4,000 years ago. People used umbrellas in Egypt, Assyria, Greece, and China in ancient times. We use our umbrella for protection from the rain. However, people first used umbrellas for protection from the sun. People in China were the first ones to use their umbrellas for rain. They put wax(蜡纸) on paper umbrellas.
European women used umbrellas before European men used them. Jonas Hanway was the first man to carry one in England. He made umbrellas popular for men and women. Some people called the umbrella a Hanway because of him.
We make umbrellas from many different things. The first ones were wood and cloth. Now many are plastic(塑料). Today umbrellas are easy to carry. They fold up into a small package(包). The umbrella is a great invention. Don’t forget yours the next time when it rains.
根据文章内容判断正误,正确的写“A”,错误的写“B”。
小题1:The umbrella was invented about 2,000 years ago.
小题2:The first umbrellas were used for protection from sun.
小题3:People in Europe were the first ones to use their umbrellas for rain.
小题4:Some people called the umbrella a Hanway because he made umbrellas popular for people.
小题5:The first umbrellas were made from plastic.
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The Great Fire of London started in the very early hours of 2 September 1666. In four days it destroyed more than three-quarters of the old city, where most of the houses were wooden and close together. One hundred thousand people became homeless, but only a few lost their lives.
The fire started on Sunday morning in the house of the King"s baker(面包师)in Pudding Lane, The baker, with his wife and family, was able to get out through a window in the roof. A strong wind blew the fire from the bakery(房)into a small hotel next door. Then it spread quickly into Thames Street. That was the beginning.
By eight o"clock three hundred houses were on fire. On Monday nearly a kilometer of the city was burning along the River Thames. Tuesday was the worst day. The fire destroyed many well-known buildings, old St Paul"s and the Guildhall among them.
Samuel Pepys, the famous writer, wrote about the fire. People threw their things into the river. Many poor people stayed in their houses until the last moment. Birds fell out of the air because of the heat.
The fire stopped only when the King finally ordered people to destroy hundreds of buildings in the path of the fire. With nothing left to burn, the fire became weak and finally died out.
After the fire, Christopher Wren, the architect(建筑师), wanted a city with wider streets and fine new houses of stone. In fact, the streets are still narrow; but he did build more than fifiy churches, among them new St Paul"s.
The fire caused great pain and loss, but after it London was a better place: a city for the future and not just of the past.
小题1:The fire began in_______.
A.a hotel.B.the palace.C.Pudding Lane.D.Thames Street.
小题2:The underlined word "family" in the second paragraph means_______.
A.home.B.children.
C.wife and husband.D.wife and children.
小题3:It seems that the writer of the text was most sorry for the fact that ________.
A.some people lost their lives.
B.the birds in the sky were killed by the fire.
C.many famous buildings were destroyed.
D.the King"s bakery was burned down.
小题4:Why did writer cite(引用)Samuel Pepys?
A.Because Pepys was among those putting out the fire.
B.Because Pepys also wrote about the fire.
C.To show that poor people suffered most.
D.To give the reader a clearer picture of the fire.
小题5:How was the fire put out according to the test?
A.The king and his soldiers came to help.
B.All the wooden houses in the city were destroyed.
C.People managed to get enough water from the river.
D.Houses standing in the direction of the fire were pulled down.

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