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34. Why did Tony Hill come to the class of sixth graders?
A. To explain a reading project. B. To introduce a newly-built library. C. To ask the students to help donate books. D. To give the sixth graders advice on reading.
35. What is Paragraph 4 mainly about?
A. How the book swap will work. B. When books will be brought in. C. What kinds of books are needed. D. Why the book swap is necessary.
36. What does the underlined sentence in the last paragraph indicate?
A. More books are needed in the future.
B. Volunteers play an important role in the project.
C. Everyone is sure to be able to find the books he wants. D. Students have already started helping with the book swap.
37. Which of the following words best describes Tony Hill?
A. Realistic.
B. Persuasive. C. Independent.
C
Wearing headphones is very common among young people. Their affection for headphones reflects a desire to avoid boredom, inconveniences, and undesirable social interactions（互动）. The saying “headphones in, world out” has gained popularity among young people recently. Unfortunately for the headphone lovers, “world out” is not a great policy for a thoughtful society. The widespread use of headphones in public is harmful to users because it limits intellectual growth and makes potentially meaningful interactions with strangers impossible.
Frequent headphone users are missing out on valuable experiences, thus, limiting intellectual growth. Young people wear headphones, thinking they will face fewer social challenges, arguments, or even casual rudeness. Though that sounds like a good idea, we do not grow by avoiding “discomfort”. In fact, to develop healthily, a teenager has to be faced with challenges or even embarrassments. Just as a saying goes, “Storms make trees take deeper roots.” Wearing headphones when faced with social awkwardness teaches us to be passive, and prevents us from becoming mature intellectually.
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D. Ambitious.
Headphones can also cause us to miss out on positive interactions with strangers. Writer Jacob Bernstein describes a sweet interaction between a young woman and an older woman on a train that would not have occurred if the young woman had remembered her headphones as usual that day. A similar case is discussed in “Throw Away Your Headphones, Boredom Is Good” by Rosecrans Baldwin. After giving up headphones, he adapts to the social environment during his daily routine. He laughs at ridiculous overheard discussions and even enjoys his morning jog without a soundtrack. Becoming familiar with people outside your chosen group can open your eyes to other walks of life and their unique experiences.
Young people think they are good communicators. However, communication is not measured in Facebook friends. Real communication is the basis of humanity. We need real interactions in our daily life.
This summer, don’t forget to take off your headphones and plug yourself into life. 38. What does the author think of “discomfort” to young people in Paragraph 2?
A. Beneficial.
B. Normal.
C. Annoying.
D. Unnecessary.
39. The sweet interaction between a young woman and an older woman on a train occurred _________.
A. by accident
B. on purpose
C. in time
D. in secret
40. The author mentioned the stories of Jacob Bernstein and Rosecrans Baldwin to _________.
A. analyze their behaviors B. learn from the two stories C. give evidence for his argument D. make the article more attractive
41. What does the author imply about young people?
A. They become more and more independent. B. They lack the ability of real communication.
C. Headphones contribute a lot to their social interactions. D. Facebook provides them with more chances to make friends.
D
In the 1960s, Douglas Engelbart, with help from his friend Bill English, invented the first computer mouse. Engelbart’s invention was a simple wooden box with one button and two wheels that rolled directly on a hard surface, such as a desk. The term “mouse” came from the fact that this device (tool) had long, thin wires attached to its small body that made it look a bit like a common mouse. The name stuck and has been used ever since.
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For years after Engelbart’s invention, computers still relied on commands to be typed in via keyboards. It was not until computers began to use graphical user interfaces(GUIs) (图形用户界面) that mouses became popular as pointing and input devices. GUIs rely on interactions with images, rather than text commands. For example, to open a particular program, you no longer have to type a command. All you have to do is click on an icon, which is a tiny picture used to present a particular program or computer function. When pointing and clicking via GUIs became popular, computer mouses became commonplace.
Today’s computers rely on highly-sophisticated GUIs that require fine motor control of a cursor (光标) on a display. There is also touch screen technology, which is used on many mobile devices, such as smart phones and tablets. Computer mouses use advanced rolling balls or lasers（激光）to translate the movement of the hand controlling the mouse into movement of the cursor on the computer display.
Many computer mouses have multiple buttons, as well as special features like wheels, to allow users to perform multiple functions at once. For example, clicking the left button of a mouse might position the cursor at a certain point within a document or web page, while clicking the right button of a mouse might bring up an in-context menu of possible actions to perform. Special features, such as wheels, can allow a user to scroll quickly up and down a web page.
Another thing you might notice about later-model computer mouses: many of them have lost their tails! Like so many other electrical devices that have gone wireless, so have many versions of the computer mouse. Wireless mouses send data via infra-red radiation or radio waves.
42. What do we know about Engelbart’s invention?
A. It had no wires. B. It had two buttons. C. It was hard to operate.
D. It was not widely used at the beginning.
43. According to the article, how did GUIs help the use of mouse?
A. GUIs still need keyboards to type commands.
B. Users can do whatever things with mouses via GUIs.
C. Using a mouse, people no longer need to input information into a computer. D. GUIs, based on icons and menus, are more convenient for a mouse to operate. 44. A laser mouse uses lasers to _________.
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A. open a program B. touch the computer screen C. track the mouse’s movement D. locate the cursor at a certain point
45. Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?
A. The Science behind the Computer Mouse B. The Development of the Computer Mouse C. The Inventor of the First Computer Mouse D. The First Computer Mouse Used in the World
第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，共10分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 Man invented a number of means to cover distance — cars, planes, radio, TV, computers, spaceships, etc. 46 Reading is real fun, isn’t it? It is a fantastic journey into the past or the future, a true love story or a serious novel to challenge your thoughts, a detective or something funny if you like humour.
You could see a lot of people, old and young, reading in many different places — in a park or on a bus, in a plane or on a beach. It might be a magazine or a newspaper, a volume of poems or a lengthy novel. 47 They tell you a lot about life, people, and the fast changing world. They develop imagination, love for word and expression and awaken a wish in you to create something. It is hard to imagine life without books.
48 We sometimes look through the book to see what it is about. We may just want to get the general idea from a newspaper article, a report, or a book in a bookshop. This type of reading is called skimming reading.
Quick reading is also practiced when we want to get a particular piece of information, such as a date or a telephone number. This is called scanning. We scan timetables, telephone directories, dictionaries and web pages.
But if we want to get the detailed information, we read slowly and carefully. This is called intensive reading, or study reading. 49 We consult dictionaries if necessary. We take notes to remember something important, such as a mathematical quotation (引证).
Reading fiction, a novel or a favourite poem, is also intensive reading. It needs training and special skills to understand the entire content, the beauty of the expression. 50 It makes you laugh your head off or cry your heart out. A. You get involved in the story.
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