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1、In some other countries, even scientists hate computers. They say computers cause millions of people to lose their jobs or cause them a lot of trouble. Computer game addiction （瘾） is a serious problem in social life. Something has to be done to solve the problem.1.What was Tom doing on that late nig

2、ht?_2.How did Mrs. White feel when she saw her son was playing late?3.What do parents think computers can do to their children?4.Does the writer agree to spend much money on computer games?5.Why do some scientists hate computers?Passage 2Kate Holmes was visiting a friend, old Mrs. Sydney. Mrs. Sydne

3、y had known Kate all her life. She liked to tell Kate about mysteries （神秘故事） and see whether Kate could solve them.“You are very good at solving mysteries,” she said to Kate, “but some day Ill fool you! Maybe Ill be able to fool you today. Did I ever tell you the story of the Unknown Brother?”Kate s

4、aid no and listened. She liked Mrs. Sydneys stories.“Well,” Mrs. Sydney said, “Jed Wright was my friend when I was a child. He ran away from home when he was very young and lived for years by doing all kinds of jobs. Finally, in 1927, he went to Michigan, where he found a copper mine （铜矿）. He bought

5、 the land and ran the mine and became a very rich man. ”“Jed never married. His parents had died years before, and his only relative was a brother.“One day Jed knew he was dying. He sent for a good friend, Dan Cole, who had worked for him for years. ”“Jed gave Dan two envelopes, This one is for you,

6、 he said, and please give the other one to my brother Alf. He is while he was speaking, Jed died. ”“There were his dying wishes in Dans envelope. It gave him Jeds mine and house. The envelope for Alf had some money and business papers in it. Dan and Alf were each to get about half of Jeds fortune （财

7、富）. They would both be rich. ”“Dan had never seen Alf. He had only two clues （线索）. One was an old photo that showed Alf and Jed. But it was taken on their tenth birthday, fifty years ago. The other clue was a post card from Alf. I had no address. It has been mailed in Boston the month before Jed die

8、d. ”“Dan went to Boston. He put an advertisement in the newspaper. It said there was good news for Alf Wright. It told where Dan was staying. ”“The next day, more than a hundred men came to Dans hotel. They all said they were Alf Wright. But though he had never seen Alf, Dan was able to pick him out

9、 right away.”When Mrs. Sydney finished her story, she smiled.“All right, Kate,” she said. “How did he know Alf?Kate smiled too. “Thats easy,” she said. “You told me how. The clue was the photo.”“Yes, it was,” said Mrs. Sydney. “But it was taken when Alf and Jed were boys. How could that help?“You sa

10、id it was taken when both boys were ten years old, so they were”Kate gave Mrs. Sydney the answer and she had to admit that Kate Holmes had won again.根据短文内容回答下列问题，每个小题不得超过5个单词。1.What made Jed Wright a rich man?The _ made him very rich.2.What was in the envelope for Dan?_3.Did Dan do what Jed asked hi

11、m to do?4.What helped Dan to find Alf?_ and the advertisement.5.What was Kates answer to the mystery?Kate said, “so they were _”.6.Were they brothers or friends?Kate and Mrs. Sydney were friends; Jed and Alf were brothers; Jed and _.Passage 3The way that people allover the world watch films has chan

12、ged these years. People dont just go to the films any more. They take the films home! The VCR （录相机）, has made this possible, and it has helped change peoples lives.VCRs make it possible for us to watch films at home instead of the cinema. People can just go to a video store near their houses, rent （

13、租） one or more films for a day or a weekend, and watch them in their own homes. They cost just a few dollars each day. May different films are on videotape, from exciting films to interesting plays.Watching a film at home can be very easy, and a lot cheaper. VCR owners can make snacks （零食） and sit b

14、ack and enjoy a film with family and friends. They can stop the film to make more snacks, answer the phone, or take care of the baby. There are no lines to stand in, no tickets to buy, and no uncomfortable （不舒服的） cinema seats.1.What has changed peoples way of watching films?_2.How do people usually

15、get videotapes to watch films at home?3.Is it expensive to rent videotape for one day? 4.What does the writer prefer, watching video films at home or seeing films at the cinema?Passage 4Im Joan Croft. I have to say that I came into nursing by chance. I didnt really like my first job, which was offic

16、e work. It was all rightbut thats just about all you can say about it. I stayed in the same place with the same people around me all day and every day. Then I became a singer, which I enjoyed very much, but after a while the singing group broke up （解散） and I had to start looking for something else.S

17、ome girls have wanted to be nurses ever since they were children, but it never entered my head until I saw an advertisement in a paper. I wrote in and thought, “Oh, well, Ill give it a try.” One thing I liked about it was going away from home.The training itself is very interesting and most of it is

18、 just on the wards （病房）, so that you very quickly begin nursing real patients.I lived in the nurses home when I arrived and I had my own room, which was very nice.I like nursing more than I ever thought I would. Ill always carry on nursing. Ive got a boyfriend who is a doctor, so I hope to get marri

19、ed sometime, but wherever I live theres sure to be a hospital in the place and theres always a job for a nurse.1.What was Johns first job?_2.Why didnt Joan like her first job?_3.Why didnt Joan go on with her second job?_4.How did Joan find out the information about the nursing job?5.What was Joans p

20、lan for the future?_Passage 5On October 12, 1989, some Chinese scientists were working at the computers to look for the invention they needed. Suddenly they saw something bright crossing the computers screens, and there was so much! At the same moment the computers were working much slower. To find

21、out what was happening they stopped their work to check some parts of the computers. Much to their surprise, they found out that most of their stored information was cleared up by computer viruses （病毒）! What was worse, all these computers had been infected （感染） by computer viruses.It is said that th

22、e computer viruses were made by a group of young men who all had good education. They made the viruses just to show their intelligence （才能）. These kinds of computer viruses are called Jerusalem Viruses. These viruses can stay in computers for a long time. When the time comes they ill attack the comp

23、uters by slowing down the function （功能）, damaging （破坏） their normal programs or even clearing up all the information.We now come to know that Jerusalem Viruses often attack computers on Friday so they are also called “Friday Viruses” and that they are spreading （传播） to a lot of computers. Among the

24、countries that suffered （遭受） computer viruses are Britain, Australia, Switzerland, the United States of America, and some other countries. But till now, how to clean up the terrible viruses is still a problem.1.What did the Chinese scientists find out when they checked the computers?_.2.Why did the

25、group of young men make the computer viruses?3.The computer viruses will damage the normal programs, wont they?4.Why are these computer viruses called “Friday Viruses”?5.Whats the best title of this passage?_.答案解析【解题思路点拨】短文作者由Tom深夜玩电脑游戏这则故事写起，并由此引发感想：父母亲给孩子购买电脑，本希望能帮助孩子学好功课。结果却适得其反，许多孩子玩游戏、看录像，以致于荒废了学业。有些国家的科学家认为电脑让很多人失业，并使他们陷入了困境。电脑实在是可恨可憎的罪魁祸首。短文最后说，玩游戏上瘾成了社会生活中的一个严重问题，到了非解决不可的地步了。1. He was playing computer games. 根据“Oh, Tom. Youre stil