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I am sure that everybody in his／her life has used computers．Nowadays you can feel their presence everywhere—at home，at school，at work and they certainly make life easier．On the other hand，there are people who can work without them．
Anyway, I believe their presence is a good thing．Life with them seems less difficult and more comfortable．You can use them to choose your meal，to withdraw your money，and also to save your time，because these operations ale all controlled by computers．Therefore，you can hardly imagine the modern world without them；the whole planet seems to be one big computer society．
Nevertheless，problems call often appear in this area，too．To have a computer means you have to be quite rich and have the necessary skills to use it．However, think about questions like，“Are computers available for everyone, for rich and poor people，for people from villages and people from cities? Aren’t they too expensive? Is everyone able to learn how to use them and does everyone have the chance to access and work with them? How could everything in the future be dependent on them?”Therefore，I think our society will be divided into two pans．One part will work with them and enjoy the benefits that computers can bring and the other part will be pushed out of society and will actually be left far behind the other group．
Another question that bothers me is，computers are important and they’re good things in our life, but they aren’t everything. They are good as a help at school, quite often as entertainment, especially for young people, as an necessary tool to help in research etc. , but I think we shouldn’t be so dependent on them, because computers are only machines and machines can’t feel anything, can’t be human and sympathetic, and every action performed by computer can be interfered(干涉) with could cause these machines to crash or work badly.
In conclusion, I would like to say I am not against computers. I use computers too, but people should be wary all the time.
72．Which of the following best shows the structure of the passage?
①="Paragraph " ②="Paragraph2 " ③="Paragraph" 3 ④Paragraph4 ⑤=Paragraph5
73．By saying“wary”(in the last paragraph)，the author is trying to say,“People should ”
A．be strongly for the use of computers because of its convenience
B．be careful with computers that will also cause problems
C．master more necessary computer skills
D．not do something that causes computers to work badly
74．In the third paragraph，the author presents his idea by ．
A．asking questions for people to think about
B．giving examples to support his argument
C．raising questions and answering them
D．expressing his opinion directly
75．The author’s main purpose in writing the passage is to ．
A．encourage us to use computers in our society
B．advise us to say no to computers from now on
C．remind us to care about the problems that computers bring
D．inform us that computers has become a necessary part of our life
答案
小题1:B
小题2:B
小题3:A
小题4:C
解析
核心考点
试题【 I am sure that everybody in his／her life has used computers．Nowadays you can fe】；主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
举一反三
Teenagers also cause discipline(纪律)problems．As a teacher, I had a 16-year-old student who had fallen in love with a waiter at a fast-food restaurant．In fact，she had left home to stay with him．So we decided to put her in the school hostel．She refused．When she heard her mother begging her to stay in the hostel she turned round and said：“Why don"t you stay in the hostel if you like it so much?”
My palms were itching to slap her for being so rude but the poor mother continued to cajole her，hoping that gentle persuasion would work wonders．It did not．The last I heard，she had run away from home again．
The list goes on and on．Could it be that today"s parents are softer and believe that they must not rod(棍棒惩罚)their children for fear of the bad result? Or do they actually believe that the children will get rid of the bad habits and behave well naturally as they grow older? I beg to disagree．I believe it is the parents" duty to discipline the children even at a young age．
My children who are now adults will prove the fact that I used the rod when I thought it necessary．Later when they went abroad，they related to their British university friends on how they were disciplined．Their friends abroad were filled with horror and told my daughter that I could be charged with child abuse(虐待)．However，my daughter showed great respect for me when she told them that she would not be where she was today if not for my strict discipline．
小题1:The underlined word“cajole”probably means ．
| A．persuade | B．scold | C．forgive | D．punish |
| A．beat the children every day | B．treat the children in a softer way |
| C．leave the children as they are | D．punish the children when necessary |
| A．the naughty boy’s mother hit him |
| B．the teacher’s daughter is living with the teacher |
| C．the author’s daughter was thankful for the author’s strict discipline |
| D．the author was charged with child abuse by her daughter’s friends abroad |
| A．Spoil Kids | B．Value Discipline | C．Respect Parent | D．Protect Kids |
Computers might not be clever enough to trick adults into thinking they are intelligent yet, but a new study, led by Javier" Movellan at the University of Califomia San Diego, shows that a giggling (咯咯笑的) robot is clever enough to get toddlers (初学走路者) to treat it as a peer (同龄人).
The researchers stationed a 2-foot-tall robot Called QRIO in a classroom of a dozen toddlers aged between 18 months and two years. QRIO stayed in the middle of the room using its sensors (传感器) to avoid bumping (碰撞) into the kids. It was programmed to giggle when the kids touched its head, to occasionally sit down, and to lie down when its batteries died.
"We expected that after a few hours, the magic was going to disappear," Movellan says. "That"s what was found with earlier robots." But, in fact, the kids remained interested in the robot over several weeks, eventually communicating with QRIO in much the same way they did with other toddlers.
The researchers measured the relationship between the children and the robot in several ways. Firstly, as with other toddlers, they touched QRIO mostly on the arms and hands, rather than on the face or legs. For this age group, "the amount of touching is a good predictor of how you are doing as a social being," Movellan says.
The children helped the robot up when it fell, and when QRIO"s batteries ran out and it lay down, a toddler would come up and cover it with a blanket and say "night, night". However, when QRIO was programmed to spend all its time dancing, the kids quickly lost interest. When the robot went back to its old self, the kids treated it like a peer again.
"The study shows that current technology is very close to being able to produce robots able to develop a special relationship with toddlers," says Movellan. But, he adds, it is not clear yet whether robots can interest older children or adults in the same way.
1. What does the underlined word "stationed" in Paragraph 2 probably mean?
A. Hid. B. Observed. C. Placed. D. Named.
2. At the beginning of the experiment, researchers .
A. feared that the robot would harm the toddlers
B. programmed the robot to move freely about the classroom
C. expected the robot to communicate with the toddlers
D. thought the toddlers" interest in the robot wouldn"t last long
3. Kids aged between 18 months and two years behave
as social beings by.
A. giggling B: touching C. toddling D. dancing
4. What would be the best title for the passage?
A. Giggling robot becomes one of the kids
B. Giggling robot used as a classroom assistant
C. Giggling robot makes kids more active in class
D. Giggling robot attracts more attention from kids
第二节完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)
A fisherman was lying on a beautiful beach and enjoying the warm sunshine with one end of his fishing pole (鱼竿) placed in the sand.
Then a 21 came walking down the beach to have a 22 from his work. He saw the fisherman and decided to 23 why this fisherman was not working 24 .
“If you want to catch lots of fish, you should be 25 rather than lying on the beach!”
The fisherman asked, looking 26 at the businessman and smiling, “And what will my reward be?”
“Well, you can get big 27 to catch more fish!” the man answered.
“And then what will my reward be?” asked the fisherman, 28 smiling.
The businessman replied, “Then you will 29 money and you can buy more nets and also a big boat 30 you can get a lot more fish!”
“And then what will my reward be?” the fisherman asked the 31 question with a smiling face again.
The businessman was beginning to get 32 .
“You can buy a bigger boat, and hire (雇) some people to fish for you! Then you will be a rich man,” he said in a higher 33 .
Once again the fisherman smiled at him and asked, “And then what will my reward be?”
The businessman was 34 of his question and shouted at the fisherman, “Don’t you understand? You can become so 35 that you will never have to work for your living again! You can 36 on this beach and enjoy the 37 .”
The fisherman didn’t 38 the question this time. 39 , he asked “What do you think I’m doing right now?”
Not knowing 40 to say, the businessman left.
21．A. teacher B. doctor C. farmer D. businessman
22．A. look B. rest C. walk D. meeting
23．A. look up B. hunt for C. find out D. watch out
24．A. little B. much C. hard D. early
25．A. learning B. working C. sleeping D. resting
26．A. down B. up C. away D. out
27．A. fields B. space C. nets D. houses
28．A. still B. even C. not D. only
29．A. accept B. receive C. make D. create
30．A. as if B. even though C. so that D. although
31．A. same B. difficult C. special D. different
32．A. frightened B. interested C. hungry D. angry
33．A. voice B. sound C. grade D. place
34．A. fond B. tired C. proud D. worried
35．A. famous B. rich C. happy D. lucky
36．A. sit B. stand C. lie D. run
37．A. sunshine B. moonlight C. cool wind D. sunrise
38．A. reply B. repeat C. consider D. report
39．A. However B. Instead C. So D. Besides
40．A. when B. where C. what D. which
72 And one of the biggest problems is “crazy” fans who live their idols (偶像) too much. Andy Lau, the Hong Kang superstar, experienced that last year. A fan was so crazy about Andy that she persuaded her parents to spend all their money and travel to Hong Kang to meet him. Andy is a nice man so he met the girl and talked with her for a few minutes.
That should have been the end of the story, but it wasn’t! 73 In despair (绝望), the father jumped into the sea and said it was because Andy Lau had made him poor and had made his daughter a “crazy” fan. It’s a very sad story and it shows what can happen when ordinary people become crazy pop fans.
We like famous persons, and we enjoy listening to them. 74 And some people think that, since they love the pop star, the pop star should love then back.. That’s crazy! 75 They have their own families and friends. Their job is to entertain us, not to love us. So, don’t be a “crazy” fan, be a good fan, and just appreciate the joy, the happiness and the excitement that your favorite pop star bring you.
| A．Well, clearly, there are lots of problems. |
| B．Sometimes we think we know them as well as we know our closest friends. |
| C．It seems like the coolest job in the world. |
| D．The family had spent all their money to meet Andy and they had no money to return home. |
F. Pop stars have their own personal lives.
G. In fact, there is no difficulty in becoming a pop star.
In 2000, Yocum and Bell found this building in the city’s West End. Built in 1947, the structure had been abandoned years earlier and the roof of the main building had fallen down. But the price was right, so Yocum bought it. He spent eight months of his off-hours on demolition(拆除), pulling rubbish out through the roof, because it was too dangerous to go inside the building, The demolition was hard work, but it gave him time to think about what he wanted to do, and “to treasure what was there – the walls, the rust, the light,” Yocum said.” Every season, more paint falls off the walls and more rust develops. It’s like an art installation(装置) in there-a slow-motion show.”
Since the back building had been constructed without windows, an all-glass front was added to the building to give it a view of the courtyard, and skylights were installed in the roof. The back of the building is a working area and a living room for Yocum and his wife. A sort of buffer(缓冲) zone between the front and the back contains a bathroom, a kitchen and a mechanical room, and the walls that separate these zones have openings that allow views through to the front of the studio and the courtyard beyond.
Yocum and Bell, who have just completed an art gallery for the city, feel that the experience from decoration of their building, focusing on the inside rather than the outside, has influenced their work. It has also given these architects a chance to show how they can make more out of less.
小题1: According to the passage, it is for most young architects in big cities to work in a building of their own.
| A．easy | B．unnecessary | C．unrealistic | D．common |
| A．it was a bargain to him | B．it was still in good condition |
| C．it was located in the city center | D．it looked attractive from the outside |
| A．pulled rubbish out through the roof | B．removed the skylights from the bathroom |
| C．presented a slow–motion show in an art gallery | |
| D．built a kitchen at the back part of the old building |
| A．benefited a lot from pulling down the roof | B．turned more old buildings into art galleries |
| C．got inspiration from decorating their old building | |
| D．paid more attention to the outside of the gallery |
| A．people can learn a lot from their failures |
| B．it is worthwhile to spend money on an old building |
| C．people should not judge things by their appearance |
| D．creative people can make the best of what they have |
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