A lot of real businesses are focusing on the Internet as a way of building sales, but some

Learning is easier for adult students because_________________

A.they do not learn in classrooms

B.they have a real desire to learn

C.they learn a lot from their own mistakes

D.they aremore worried about their learning than the younger students

ts is probably NOT TRUE？

A.The climbing irons and plumber’s friends indicate the inadequacy of the character in dealing with the task ahead.

B.“The sidewalks were full of dogshit in brilliant colors.” This unveils the ugliness of the real world.

C.Some people were“cutting down trees…with power saw.”This hints at city expansion and industrial development.

D.The glass mountain represents the typical architecture of modern society: the skyscraper.

PASSAGE 1 (教材课文原文)

With a teeny waist, exaggerated breasts, icy-blue eyes, 21-year-old Valeria says she is the real natural deal. A real-life Barbie, that is.

That’s what she claims anyway, but many people doubt to her claims. Whether she underwent plastic surgery or uses Photoshop remains unclear. On her blog, the model notes that she is the most famous woman on the Russian Internet because of her doll-like appeal. Hundreds of photos on her Facebook page show a wide-eyed, nearly fake-looking Valeria posing in a variety of outfits.

The model did not return requests for comment. If Photoshop is not a factor in getting Valeria’s look, she likely underwent a barrage of plastic surgery. The president of American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS)said, plastic surgery should never be used to transform. oneself into a favorite celebrity or, in this case, a play toy. He also warns patients to keep in mind that plastic surgery is real surgery with real risks, just as with any operation, so the decision should not be taken lightly.

1. Valeria thinks that she is a real-life Barbie.{T; F}

2. Valeria used to accept plastic surgery.{T; F}

3. Valeria writes that she is the most famous woman on the Russian Internet because she posts a lot of pictures on her blog..{T; F}

4. The author thinks Valeria neither Photoshops her, nor accepts a series of plastic surgery.{T; F}

5. The president of ASPS thinks that plastic surgery is of risks.{T; F}

When reality __(1)__ hard to take, there’s an __(2)__ to a parallel universe a virtual world without end __(3)__ real people create online personas called avatars. Anything is possible.

Catherine Smith showed CBS News correspondent Jerry Bowen that her avatar has red hair and big nice cool glasses.

This is my deck__(4)__ the beach, and I’ve got neighbors that have a giant pirate ship, Smith explained.

Smith can’t __(5)__ a beach house in real life. But in Second Life, the online game __(6)__by her employer, Linden Lab, she and nearly 100,000 other subscribers who pay

You can go skydiving and not be afraid of dying; you could become a wild animal, __(7)__ that you could never do in real life, she said.__(8)__ as this may be to believe, there is real money changing hands among the players in these games, Bowen reports. An estimated 6 million a month.

What we have here is a virtual loft of sorts that we created for the artist Regina Spektor, says Ethan Kaplan of Warner Bros. Records, which has set up shop to __(10)__ the pop singer’s music.

Our goal with Second Life is to make it better than real life in a lot of ways, says Phillip Rosedale, Linden Lab’s CEO and founder.

(1)A、get

B、gets

C、is

D、was

(2)A、route

B、way

C、escape

D、retreat

(3)A、that

B、which

C、when

D、where

(4)A、being overlooked

B、overlooking

C、overlooked

D、overlook

(5)A、help

B、getting

C、afford

D、for

(6)A、created

B、invented

C、creating

D、inventing

(7)A、some

B、nothing

C、anything

D、something

(8)A、True

B、Hard

C、Truth

D、Had

(9)A、is

B、was

C、are

D、were

(10)A、publical

B、pub

C、publicize

D、public

e shows that they watch. Television can increase our knowledge of the outside world; there are high-quality programs that help us understand many fields of study: science, medicine, the arts, and so on. Moreover, TV benefits very old people who can't often leave the house, as well as patients in hospitals. It also offers non-native speakers the advantage of daily informal language practice; they can increase their vocabulary and practice listening On the other hand, there are several serious disadvantages to TV. Of course, it provides us with a pleasant way to relax and spend our free time, but in some countries, people watch the TV for an average of six hours or more a day. Many children stare at a TV screen for more hours each day than they do anything else, including studying and sleeping It's clear that the TV has a powerful influence on their lives and that its influence is often negatk'e. Recent studies show that alter only thirty seconds of TV, a person' s brain 'relaxes" the same way that it does just before the person falls asleep. Another effect of TV on the human brain is that it seems to cause poor concentration. Children who view a lot of TV can often concentrate on a subject for only fifteen to twenty minutes; they can pay attention only for the amount of time between commercials

Another disadvantage is that TV often causes people to become dissatisfied with their own lives. Real life does not seem as exciting to these people as the lives of actors on the screen. To many people, TV becomes more real than reality, and their own lives seem boring. Also, many people get upset or depressed when they can't solve problems in real life as quickly as TV actors seem to. On the screen, actors solve serious problems in a half-hour program or a thirty-second commercial

Before a child is fourteen years old, he or she views eleven thousand murders on the TV. He or she begins to believe that there is nothing strange about fights, killings, and other kinds of violence. Many studies show that people become more violent after certain programs. They may even do the things that they saw in a violent show

The most negative effect of the TV might be people's addiction to it. People often feel a strange and powerful need to watch TV even when they don't enjoy it. Addiction to a TV screen is similar to drug or alcohol addiction, people almost never believe they are addicted

Read Passage and decide whether the following statements are True or False. Write T for True and F for False against the number of each of the statements on your Answer Sheet

21. TV programs are definitely helpful to anyone

22. There are positive as well as negative effects of TV on our lives

23. TV can help improve one's foreign language

24. Watching a lot of TV won't affect our concentration at all

25. Some children spend more time watching TV than studying and sleeping

26. The lives of people in TV shows seem to be very exciting

27. TV programs can help people solve problems as quickly as the actors

28. TV violence makes some people, especially children, take violence in real Life for

granted

29. One of the symptoms of addiction to television is a strong desire to watch it even if

the program is not interesting

30. The passage mainly discusses the advantages of TV

阅读理解：阅读下面的短文，根据文章内容从A、B、C三个选项中选出一个最佳选项。

Cars are an important part of life in the United States. Without a car most people feel that they are poor. And even if a person is poor he doesn't feel really poor when he had a car.

Henry Ford was the man who first started making cars in large numbers. He probably didn't know how much the car was going to affect American culture. The car made the United Stated a nation on wheels. And it helped make the United States what it is today.

There are three main reasons why the car becomes so popular in the United States. First of all, the country is a huge one and Americans like to move around in it. The car provides the most comfortable and cheapest form. of transportation. With a car people can go anyplace without spending a lot of money.

The second reason cars are popular is the fact that the United States never really developed an efficient and inexpensive form. of public transportation. Long-distance trains have never been as common in the country as they are in other parts of the world. Nowadays there is a good system of air-service provided by planes. But it is too expensive to be used frequently.

The third reason is the most important one, though. The American spirit of independence is what really made cars popular. Americans don't like to wait for a bus, or a train or even a plane. They don' t like to have to follow an exact schedule. A car gives them the freedom to schedule their own time. And this is the freedom that Americans want most to have.

The gas shortage has caused a big problem for Americans. But the answer will not be a bigger system of public transportation. The real solution will have to be a new kind of car, one that does not use so much gas.

1. We can learn from this passage that Americans

A.spend a lot of money traveling by car

B.travel a lot in their cars

C.seldom travel by plane

2. Which of the following statements is TRUE？

A.In the United States even the poor own cars.

B.In the United States all the poor have no cars.

C.An American will feel poor unless he has a car.

3. In the writer's opinion, cars are popular in the United States mainly because

A.Americans like to plan their own time

B.The United States does not have enough public transportation

C.Americans will not feel poor when they travel in their cars

4. “A nation on wheels” in the second paragraph means that

A.everyone in the United States owns a car

B.the United States produces most of the cars in the world

C.cars play an important part in American'life

5. The real solution to the gas shortage problem is

A. to make less cars

B. to develop a public transportation system

C. to make gas-saving cars

rle by e-mail and sheaccepted through her computer keyboard in suburban Maryland. He immigrated tothe United States from the Netherlands on a fiancé() visa and, after a private ceremonybefore a justice of the peace, they started to get to know one another. Despitethe fact that they had been in steady communication for months — exploring eachothers likes and dislikes and becoming intimate enough to marry —when theyfinally met face to face at a Baltimore airport, they had a lot more exploringand adjusting to do. Its not that Henk and Sher were being deceptive(骗) — the opposite, in fact.There are those cases where people mask their true identity online to playpsychological games, but these two were trying to represent themselves faithfully.The question that their relationship raises is: How authentically(，) can people representthemselves through e-mail？

Expert opinion varies. Some arguethat as with any written communication — love letters, for example —e-mail is verythoughtful; a lot of time is put into accurately encoding feelings on the oneend and carefully reading on the other. But love letters usually are exchangedafter a relationship has had some time to ripen(). In terms of initiating andcarrying on a relationship online, says psychiatrist Esther Gwinnell, “E-mailis totally devoid of social cues(). It lacks facial movement, body language, evendress or handwriting. You can learn more from two minutes at a party than frommonths of e-mail communication.” This isnt necessarily a bad thing, but itrequires a lot of care to avoid disappointment later.

Some people experiment with theiridentity online, both deliberately and unconsciously. Its not uncommon, forinstance, for someone with an introverted personality() to be bolder online,or for people to be more playful than they normally would be face to face. MITsociologist Sherry Turkle, author of Life on the Screen, sees suchexploration as positive, an opportunity for personal growth. Indeed, she arguesthat the old notion of a real self and a virtual self is becoming outmoded() in our increasinglywired()world.

31. Why should Henkand Sher start to get to know one another only after they got engaged？

A. Because they wanted to explore each other' s likes and dislikes.

B. Because they would keep steady communication with each other.

C. Because they tried to become intimate enough to be husband and wife.

D. Because they needed to understand and adjust to each other in real life.

32.How did Henk and Sher develop their romance？

A. They courted online with their true identity.

B. They played psychological games on line.

C. They often went out on dates in person.

D. They exchanged love letters frequently by post.

33.Which of the following is true about Gwinnells words？

A. People can transfer personal feelings by e-mail as well as by post.

B. E-mail can convey emotional differences, like letter writing.

C. E-mail lacks social cues in initiating and carrying on a relationshiponline.

D. Peoplecan only enhance their personal 'relationship slowly in e-mail exchange withoutface-to-face feedback.

34. How does SherryTurkle think about peoples on-line experiment with their identity？ .

A. It helps some people with introverted personalities to be bolder.

B. It makes people become more playful than in their normal life.

C. It enables people to forget the old notion of a real self and a virtualself.

D. It provides people with a kind of opportunity for their personaldevelopment.

35.What can you infer from the whole passage？

A. People are likelyto be deceived on the line since most people will mask their true identity.

B. Wecall believe the reliability of on-line relationship as most people would representthemselves faithfully.

C. It isdifficult to develop human relationship through e-mail communication for lackof facial expressions and body language.

D. Peoplestill have different opinions on the function of e-mail communication indeveloping human relationship.

第一篇 Putting Plants to Work

Using the power of the sun is nothing new. People have had solar-powered calculators and buildings with solar panels(太阳能电池板) for decades. But plants are the real experts. They’ve been using sunlight as an energy source for billions of years.

Cells in the green leaves of plants work like tiny factories to convert sunlight, carbon dioxide(二氧化碳), and water into sugars and starches(淀粉), stored energy that the plants can use. This conversion process is called

photosynthesis(光合作用). Unfortunately, unless you’re a plant, it’s difficult and expensive to convert sunlight into storable energy. That’s why scientists are taking a closer look at exactly how plants do it.

Some scientists are trying to get plants or biological cells that act like plants, to work as very small photosynthesis power stations. For example, Maria Ghirardi of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden. Colo., is working with green algae(水藻). She’s trying to trick them into producing hydrogen instead of sugars when they perform. photosynthesis. Once the researchers can get the algae working efficiently the hydrogen that they produce could be used to power fuel cells in cars or to generate electricity.

The algae are grown in narrow-necked glass bottles to produce hydrogen in the lab. During photosynthesis, plants normally make sugars or starches. “But under certain conditions, a lot of algae are able to use the sunlight energy not to store starch, but to make hydrogen.” Ghirardi says. For example, algae will produce hydrogen in an airfree environment. It’s the oxygen in the air that prevents algae from making hydrogen most of the time.

Working in an airfree environment, however, is difficult. It’s not a practical way to produce cheap energy. But Ghirardi and her colleagues have discovered that by removing a chemical called sulfate(硫酸盐) from the environment that the algae grow in, they will make hydrogen instead of sugars, even when air is present.

Unfortunately, removing the sulfate also makes the algae's cells work very slowly, and not much hydrogen is produced. Still, the researchers see this as a first step in their goal to produce hydrogen efficiently from algae. With more work, they may be able to speed the cells’ activity and produce larger quantities of hydrogen.

The researchers hope that algae will one day be an easy-to-use fuel source. The organisms are cheap to get and to feed, Ghirardi says, and they can grow almost anywhere: “You can grow them in a reactor, in a pond. You can grow them in the ocean. There’s a lot of flexibility in how you can use these organisms.”

31 How do plants relate to solar energy？

A They have been using it for billions of years.

B They are the real experts in producing it.

C They have been a source of it.

D They have been used to produce it.

king dogs It is still true that a dog isthe most useful and faithful anumal in the world .But the reason why people keep a dog have changed.

In the old day, people used to train dogs to protet themselve against atakas by other beasts And later. they came to realize that the doeg was not only useful for protection but willing to obey his master .For example, when people used dogs for hunting, the dogs would not eat what was caught without permisson Bot now people in tbe city need not protect themselves against atacks of an animal.

Why do they keep dogs. then？ Some people keep dogs to protet themselves from robbery, but the most important reason for companionship For a child, a dog his best frend when he has no friends to play with. For young couples, a dog is their child when they have no children For old couples. a dog is also thei child when their real children have grown up So the many reason why people keep dogs has changed from protection to friendship，

1.It is true that a dog is the most important animal in the world.

A T

B F