Aren't mobile phone，e﹣mail and voice mail supposed to help us communicate more easily？Sadly，that's not always the case．Take the other day for example，when I was walking through the park with my friend，suddenly his mobile phone rang and he answered it﹣﹣leaving me alone and cutting our conversation dead! In fact，the park was filled with people talking on their mobile phones．They were passing other people without even looking at them，or stopping to walk their dogs．Clearly，people preferred the voice on the mobile phone to human contact（联系）．
Why is it that the more connected we get，the more disconnected I feel？Development in communication technology seems to keep people from human contact．With e﹣mail over the Internet，we can communicate without seeing or talking to one another．With voice mail，you can have conversations without even meeting that person．Even some food stores are using self﹣scanners（自助扫瞄仪）so that you can check yourself out．As the contact between human beings becomes automated（自动化的），my feeling of being disconnected gets stronger．Don't get me wrong．I'm not against machines．I also own a mobile phone，a voice mail system，and an e﹣mail account．Giving them up isn't a good idea，as they are useful to have around．It's just that when they keep us away from human contact，I begin to feel sad．More and more，I find myself answering e﹣mail instead of talking to people．The technology that was made to help keep us in contact with each other is，in fact making me feel more lonely．
What is to be done？Well，I've made myself a plan to use less technology：no e﹣mailing people who live near me，and no letting the voice mail pick up when I'm at home．
42．The example in Paragraph I shows that people now ．
A．communicate more easily
B．dislike talking face to face at all
C．prefer talking on their mobile phones
D．are only good at using mobile phones
43．The underlined word disconnected in Paragraph 2 probably means ．
A．lonely
B．satisfied
C．stupid
D．interested
44．It can be inferred（推断）from the passage that ．
A．the writer is going to give up mobile phones
B．machines are now not useful to have around
C．machines actually keep people closer to each other
D．the writer decides not to phone others a lot when with friends
45．Which is the best title of the passage？
A．Technology and Human Life
B．The Importance of Technology
C．Technology and Human Contact
D．The Development of Technology．
Do you know Wu Bin? He is from Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. He is a bus driver. He works for a passenger transportation company in Hangzhou. On May 29, he drives a bus from Wuxi to Hangzhou. But when he is driving, there is something flying into the bus. It breaks the window of the bus and hurts Wu Bin. It hurts him very badly. He can’t drive any more. But he wants to make everybody on the bus safe. So he says nothing and stops the bus slowly near the side of the road. Then he tells the passengers not to be worried and get off the bus in line. At last, he makes all of the passengers safe, but he loses his life. Everyone thinks he is a hero. We won’t forget him. He is the most beautiful driver in our hearts.
根据短文内容，判断正(T)误(F)
Hi! My name is Hunt.Here is a picture of my class.Joan is short and is wearing a yellow dress.She ia good at（擅长） maths. David is tall and has black hair. He is good at playing basketball. He is on the school team. Mike is big. He has small eyes. He is funny. He can play football. Lily has long hair, she can speak Japanese.
Helen is a black girl. She has short hair. She likes swimming. She is on the swimming team.I like music. Can you find me? I’m the boy with glasses. Becky is new here. She comes from Hong Kong. She has black hair and black eyes. She speaks English well. And she is very good at computer.
| A．blue | B．black | C．red | D．yellow |
| A．Joan | B．Lily | C．Helen | D．Becky |
| A．David is short. |
| B．Mike has long hair. |
| C．Helen is a white girl. |
| D．Becky is good at computer. |
| A．basketball | B．football |
| C．music | D．computer |
| A．music | B．football |
| C．basketball | D．swimming |
任务型阅读，阅读短文，完成文后各句空格。（共5小题，每小题1分，共5分）
Travel Information
| Place of interest |
Beihu Park |
Dongjiang Lake |
Mount Mang |
| Location（位置） |
Beihu District |
Zixing City |
Yizhang County（县） |
| Phone number |
2886699 |
3329666 |
3726868 |
| Price of Ticket |
Free |
￥150 |
￥120 |
| Description |
An amusement park with a big lake |
A lake with plenty of fresh fish |
A famous forest park |
You can visit a famous forest park in ________________.（填位置）
If you don’t know how to go to Beihu Park, you can call ______________ to get information.
Dongjiang Lake is famous for _______________.
If you and your parents visit Mount Mang, you need to pay______________.
You needn’t spend any money if you visit _______________.
Hemingway was one of the famous writers. He was born in America in 1899. His father was a doctor and loved sports very much, and his mother taught music. Among the six children in the family, Hemingway was the second oldest.
Hemingway had written many books in his life. The Old Man and the Sea is one of the most famous and also my favorite. It came out in 1952. The main character in the book is a fisherman. He is an old man and fishes alone. People think he is a man with bad luck, because he doesn’t get a fish in eighty-four days. Every evening, he comes home with his empty boat. But the old man believes himself. Then on the eighty-fifth day the man gets a big fish. Although he meets a lot of trouble, the old man never gives up.
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。Hemingway’s father was a fan of _____.
| A．books | B．sports | C．music | D．art |
The Old Man and the Sea was published(出版) in _____.
| A．1852 | B．1899 |
| C．1952 | D．1989 |
The old man doesn’t get a fish until the _____ day.
| A．fifteenth | B．eightieth |
| C．eighty-fourth | D．eighty-fifth |
What does the old man do when he can’t get a fish?
| A．He has to look for food somewhere else. |
| B．He doesn’t give up fishing. |
| C．He doesn’t fish any more. |
| D．He has nothing to do. |
What can we learn from the old man?
| A．When we are in trouble, we should not give up. |
| B．When we want to fish, we can get a big fish. |
| C．We can do everything well because we are young. |
| D．We can live a better life if we like fishing. |
The computer is fast and hardly makes a mistake , while（然而） people are slow and make mistakes sometimes . That’s what people often say when they talk about computers. For many years , scientists have been improving computers . Now a computer can do a lot of everyday jobs wonderfully . It is widely used in factories , hospitals, post offices and airports . A computer can report , decide and control in almost every field . With the help of a person, a computer can draw pictures , write music , talk with people , play chess, translate languages and so on . Many computer scientists are now thinking of making computers “ think ” like a man . Perhaps computers will one day really think and feel . Some people are afraid that one day computers will be too clever to listen to them. But scientists tell us that such things will not happen . People are still cleverer than computer.The computer can work ______ than people .
A. more wonderfully
B. more slowly
C. more oftenComputers can do _______ for people .
A. few jobs B. all jobs C. many jobsWhat will perhaps happen in the future ?
A.Computers can think like men and women .
B.People will no longer use computers .
C.Computers will only be used to talk with people .The author（作者） of the passage mainly tells us something ________ .
A. about the danger of the computer
B. about scientists
C. about the computerWhich of the following is right according to the passage ?
A.People are slow and full of mistakes when using computers .
B.Computers can translate languages without people’s help .
C.Computers will never be cleverer than people .