1990 was a significant year in world enents. In Febbruary, Nelson Mandela was set free after 27 years in prison. In October, East and West Germany became one country again. Then at the end of 1990, the World Wide Web was born. For this final event we have one man to thank, Tim Berners-Lee, the father of the Web.
Berners-Lee was born on June 8, 1955 in London, England. His parents, both computer designers, encouraged him to think and work creativelhy as he grew up. He was an excellent student and naturally took an interest in computers and science.
After graduating from Oxford University, Tim went to work at a science research centre in Sfwitzerland. There be developed some of the different systems that would later become the Web. The first was HTML, the computer language used to make web pages. The second was an address system that let computers anhywhere find each other and send and receive information. In 1990, while still at the science centre in Switzerland, he put them together to make the first Internet browser. It could run on any computer and allowed people to create share their information with the rest of the world.
Tim knew that the more people used the Web, the more useful it would be. He wasn’t interested in money but knowledge, so he gave out his invention for free to anyone who was interested. Many were interested and the growth of the Internet began.
Today Tim works as a professor at the MIT in America, researching new and interesting ways to use the Web. He has received many awards from governments and organizations for his efforts. He is still not very interested in money. That is why he is so admired by his students and workmates. It may also be one of the reasons that few people outside the world of technology know his name. The underlined word “significant” (in Paragraph 1) most probably means “ ” .
| A．strange |
| B．terrible |
| C．important |
| D．difficult |
Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
| A．The address system was used to make make web pages. |
| B．The World Wide Web was created in Swizerland. |
| C．The fist web browser was very expensive to buy |
| D．Many people could use the Internet before 1990 |
What can we learn about Berners-Lee from the passage?
| A．He was encouraged to be creative. |
| B．He didn’t do well at school. |
| C．He is a very poor businessman. |
| D．He is well-known all over the world. |
Where does Berners-Lee live today?
| A．England. |
| B．Switzerland. |
| C．America. |
| D．Canada. |
What is the passage mainly about?
| A．The events that took place in 1990. |
| B．The history of the Internet. |
| C．The invention of the Internet browser. |
| D．The man who created the World Wide Web. |
Dear Mom,
I'm sorry that I can't go back home for Mother's Day next week. On that day, I'll have to go to an important meeting for my boss, who helps me a lot with my work and life here. But I'll find time to see you at home soon.
Mom, thank you for everything you've done for Tim and me. After Dad died ten years ago, you had to work in a supermarket in the daytime and in a restaurant at night. But you always gave us two your love and care. You don't have to work now, but I still remember your coming home and feeling tired many evenings.
Tim is going to finish his studies next month. He said he would move back from school and look for a job near home. I'm glad you won't live by yourself any more. Let's plan to take a trip in the near future. It's been years since the three of us took a trip together.
Happy Mother's Day. I love you!
Best wishes
John What can we learn about John's mother?
| A．She lives by herself now. |
| B．She still works day and night. |
| C．She will make a plan to save money. |
| D．She used to be too busy to care for her children. |
What do we know from the letter?
| A．John has two brothers. | B．John is unhappy with his boss. |
| C．John has to work on Mother's Day. | D．Tim will leave home for his job soon. |
Which is said in the letter?
| A．John's father died at work. | B．Tim will look for a teaching job. |
| C．John bought a gift for his mother. | D．John hopes to take a trip with his family. |
Why are so many people so afraid to fail? Quite simply because no one tells us how to fail so that failure (失败) becomes an experience that means growth. We forget that failure is part of the human condition and that every person has the right to fail.
Most parents work hard at preventing failure or protecting their children from the knowledge that they have failed. One way is to lower standards(标准). When a child finishes making a table, the mother describes it as “perfect” even though it doesn’t stand still. Another way is to blame (责怪) others. If John fails in science, his teacher is unfair or stupid.
There’s a problem with the two ways. It makes a child unprepared for life in the real world. The young need to learn that no one can be best at everything, no one can win all the time, and that it’s possible to enjoy a game even when you don’t win. A child who’s not invited to a birthday party, who doesn’t make the honour list on the baseball team, feels terrible, of course. But parents should not offer a quick consolations (安慰), prize or say, “It doesn’t matter.” Because it does. The young should be allowed to experience failure and be helped to come out of it.
Failure never gives people pleasure. It hurts both grown-ups and children. But it can be really good to your life when you learn to use it. You must learn to ask “Why did I fail?” Don’t blame anyone else. Ask yourself what you did wrong and how you can improve. If someone else can help, don’t be shy about asking them.How do most parents prevent their children from failure?
| A．They give them some presents. |
| B．They don’t tell them that they have failed. |
| C．They don’t blame others. |
| D．They help them to come out of failure. |
Which of the following can a person learn when he fails?
| A．It’s impossible to enjoy a game if he misses it. |
| B．He is the worst of all. |
| C．It’s natural not to win a game and no one can win all the time. |
| D．His teammates are not good enough. |
The writer of this article thinks that if a child fails, parents should __________________.
| A．give him a small prize |
| B．advise him to repeat failure |
| C．blame others |
| D．encourage him to learn from failure |
4. Which would be the best title (标题) for the passage?
| A．Learning from Failure |
| B．Ways of Preventing Failure |
| C．Reasons of Failure |
| D．Getting Pleasure from Failure |
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2. ASSISTANT WANTED FOR BUSH RESTAURANT
Some evening and weekend work. All meals free. Ring 3320178.
3. JOIN OUR FOOTBALL TEAM Boys and girls wanted to play in local football team.
Aged 9-13. Meet in Green Park on Friday at 3 p.m.
4. ROOM to RENT (出租)
Small room to rent in city center flat above restaurant. Newly painted with modern furniture(家具). Near main railway station. Buses pass front door. Phone 3322108.
Mr. Black wants to live near his workplace. Mrs. Black wants a house with four bedrooms. Their children don’t care what the house is like as long as the garden is big enough. Rose, their daughter has always wanted to work in a restaurant. She thinks it is an exciting place. it’s hard work, but she isn’t lazy. You have to work on Sundays and Saturdays, but you get other days off. It’s not very well paid. But who cares about money?
Jack is a middle school student. He is thirteen years old. He finishes school at half past three, so he has plenty of time to finish his homework.
Bob, Mr. Black’s brother, is looking for a room to rent. He doesn’t care what color the walls are or how old the furniture is. He is getting ready for his drawing. So the house must be quiet.Why didn’t the Blacks buy the house in Advertisement 1?
| A．It was on the north side of town. |
| B．There weren’t enough bedrooms. |
| C．There was no dining- room. |
| D．The garden was too big. |
Why does Rose want to get the job in the restaurant?
| A．It’s an easy job. |
| B．She can get a lot of money. |
| C．She thinks it will be interesting. |
| D．She can get long holidays. |
Why can’t Jack play for the new football team?
| A．School finished too late. | B．It’s in different village. |
| C．He’s not old enough | D．He has to do his homework. |
Mr. Brown lived in a house less than two miles from his office, so he was able to drive home every day for lunch. Every time he drove home at noon, he found many cars were parked outside his house and there was no room for his own car. He had to drive somewhere else to park his car. Then he had to walk back home. This made him very angry.
He had put up a board, which said, “ No parking” in the garden facing the road, but nobody noticed it. People seemed to obey(遵守) only a police notice with letters on a blue board:
POLICE NOTICE
NO PARKING
Mrs. Brown suggested that he could steal a police notice. He was afraid to do so. She then suggested that he could make one just like a police notice. He said he was not the police and couldn’t use the word “police”. Several days later, Mr. Brown made a blue board with white letters:
POLITE NOTICE
NO PARKING
“ Oh!” Mrs. Brown said, “You told me you weren’t going to use the word “police”, but why do you use it now?” “Really?” he asked, “Look again.” She started to laugh. “You are really clever.”How many notice boards did Mr. Brown make altogether?
| A．Only one | B．Two | C．Three | D．None |
Mr. Brown made a notice board which ________________ in the end.
| A．was just the same as a police notice |
| B．was different in colour from a police notice |
| C．looked just like a police notice |
| D．said “ POLICE NOTICE, NO PARKING” |
We can infer(推断) that ____________ after he put up the blue board.
| A．more people will park their cars outside his house |
| B．more policemen will come to park their cars at noon |
| C．fewer people will visit him at noon later on |
| D．fewer people will park their cars outside his house |
A woman repeated a bit of gossip (流言) about a neighbour. Within a few days the whole neighbourhood knew the story. The neighbour was deeply hurt. Later the woman responsible (负责) for spreading the gossip learned that it was completely untrue. She was very sorry and went to a wise old man to find out what she could do to repair the harm.
“Go to the marketplace,” he said. “and buy a chicken, and have it killed, then on your way home, pluck (拔) its feathers and drop them one by one along the road. ” Although surprised by this advice, the woman did what she was told.
The next day the wise man said, “ Now, go and collect all those feathers you dropped yesterday and bring them back to me. ”
The woman followed the same road, but she was so discouraged when she found the wind had blown all the feathers away. After searching for hours, she returned with only three in her hand.
“ You see, ” said the old man, “it’s easy to drop them, but it’s impossible to get them back . So it is with gossip. It doesn’t take much to spread a gossip, but once you do, you can never completely undo the wrong.”The woman was very _________ the harm she had done to her neighbour.
| A．happy about | B．angry about | C．sorry for | D．excited about |
Which of the following statements is TURE?
| A．The gossip didn’t hurt anyone at all. |
| B．The wise man was not kind enough. |
| C．The woman found all the feathers at last. |
| D．The woman was given a lesson. |
What the wise man said has nearly the same meaning as the Chinese phrase “_________”
| A．覆水难收 | B．无中生有 | C．欲速不达 | D．得道多助 |