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Why is (1) fun？What de lights may itS practitioner expect as his reward？ First is the sheer joy of making things. As the child delights in his mud pie, so the adult enjoys building things, especially things of his own design. Second is the pleasure of making things that are useful to other people. Third is the fascination of fashioning complex puzzle-like objects of interlocking moving parts and watching them work in subtle cycles, playing out the consequences of principles built in from the beginning. Fourth is the joy of always learning, which springs from the (2) nature of the task. In one way or another the problem is ever new, and its solver learns something: sometimes (3), sometimes theoretical, and sometimes both. Finally, there is the delight of working in such a tractable medium. The (4), like the poet, works only slightly removed from pure thought-stuff. Few media of creation are so flexible, so easy to polish and rework, so readily capable of realizing grand conceptual structures.

Yet the program (5), unlike the poet's words, is real in the sense that it moves and works, producing visible outputs separate from the construct itself. It prints results, draws pictures, produces sounds, moves arms. Programming then is fun because it gratifies creative longings built deep within us and delights sensibilities we have in common with all men.

(1)

A．programming

B．composing

C．working

D．writing

A.Courses in British history.

B.Language courses.

C.Courses in sports.

D.Teacher training courses.

A.What

B.Why

C.When

D.Which

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A．programming

B．composing

C．WOrking

D．writing

ost of us, our jobs are the main things that motivate and direct us, and around which we organize our lives. Perhaps this stress on work began with our Puritan forefathers, who believed that the best way to serve God was through honest hard work, or perhaps our fundamental belief in work stems from a time when this country was young and we needed people who believed in hard work to carry out the arduous business of pioneering. Whatever the reason, it is undeniable that work is important to us. Think about the situation that arises when you meet someone and try to learn more about him or her. An early question is very frequently something such as, "What do you do？" or "Where do you work？"; this kind of question usually follows "What's your name？" and is now so common with us that we do not stop to wonder why we ask it.

But, you know, it is very possible that in the future the question will disappear, and we might very well ask instead, "What do you play？"

Computers and other technological, equipment are making jobs more automated and less personally demanding. Scientists tell us that one day in the foreseeable future, very few people will have to work. Our society will be operated by computers and we will have much more free time, so that our games will become more important than our jobs.

At the beginning of this century, almost everybody believed in work. But by the end of this century, we might be thinking quite differently. Today, people are divided into social classes in accordance with the types of work they do; tomorrow, it is more than likely that we will be divided according to the types of games we play.

This change in the use of our time may give rise to a new race of therapists (治疗学家) called "fun specialists," who will fill the same functions as our current career specialists. They will show us how to get the most fun and enjoyment out of our leisure time. Someday people will no longer be known primarily by the work they do.

What is the main idea of the passage？

A．Work plays an important part in our general lifestyle.

B．People are divided into social classes according to how much they earn each month.

C．It is very possible that game will replace work as the most important part in our life.

D．Game players know how to get the most fun and enjoyment out of our leisure time.

A.Suppose

B.What

C.why

D.Because

Complete the dialogues. What’s up ~ Nothing. Why 1 See you soon. ~ Yeah. Take ____. 2 Hi. How’s it ____ ~ Fine, thanks. And you 3 Could you ____ me a hand ~ Sure. No ____. 4 We have to go. Hurry ____. ~ OK. Just ____ on aminute. 5 What’ve you been up ____ ~ Nothing much.

A.what

B.when

C.who

D.why