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4 5 (0.85)APOINT and click, point and click. This is the hour after I finish my homework. As I write that last chemistry answer, my mind wanders to what awaits me in the world of the Web. Soon I will be talking to friends through instant messages, reading new mail in my inbox and checking out teen sites for the autumn fashion. Many teens spend hours on-line. Its a fun new way of communication and exploration.As I point and click away, I feel like a detective.If I have a question on relationships or other issues, I look to the millions of teens on the Web for advice. Many sites offer articles written by teens, and reading message boards is also very helpful when looking for advice. For homework, the on-line encyclopedias never cease to provide just the information I am looking for.Another important part of my life on-line is communication. Although e-mail and instant messages will never replace traditional mail and the telephone, I do rely heavily on the Web for instant communication.I love that I can go on-line and talk to my friend in Ireland just as easily as I can talk to my friends in the next town. An e-mail to my grandmother tells her how much I care in a matter of seconds, and private chat rooms even provide a great forum for late-night study groups.Communication is an essential part of everybodys life, and the Web is a tool to make communication easier.With a click of my mouse, the answers to my questions are just seconds away. The Web helps me find great summer job information, the hottest new movie and even the most popular places to hang out in my area.Who would ever have thought that the world would be at our fingertips?The services the Internet provides are endless. It can meet the needs of a student in Alaska just the same as it meets the needs of a businessman in Japan. I love the Internet, and I guess I am just a girl in a point and click world.1. What does the author talk about in this passage?A) Relaxation after homework.B) The world of the Web.C) Making friends on the Internet.D) The hottest new movie online. 2. It is not stated clearly but implied that the author is _.A) a detectiveB) a businessmanC) a studentD) webmaster 3. Which of the following is not mentioned in the passage?A) Sending and receiving instant messages. B) Reading mails and talking with friends. C) Making use of on-line encyclopedias. D) Playing on-line games with friends. 4. Which of the following is true according to the author? A) Internet is only the teens favorite.B) Instant messages will prevail over e-mail.C) Traditional mail and telephone will not be abandoned. D)There is still limit to the Web services.5. what is the authors attitude to the development of the Internet?A) Positive B)Negative C)Neutral D)Ambiguous (模糊的) 5. BCDCA 4 8 (0.81) CACABGovernment officials say there are about two-million-three-hundred-thousand American Indians. They belong to more than 550 different tribes and groups of Alaskan Natives. They still speak more than 200 languages. About 500,000 Indians live on reservations. A reservation is the land given to the tribe by the federal government. Most tribes were moved to reservations in the 1800s when the government took their traditional lands.American Indians are citizens of the United States. They have the same right to vote and to be elected to public office as other citizens. Indians must obey federal, state and local laws when they are not on the reservation. On the reservation, only federal law and tribal laws are in effect. Most tribal officials are elected by members of the tribe.American Indians historically have had higher rates of unemployment, more health problems and less education than most other groups of Americans. In recent years, however, conditions have improved. More young people are completing school. Many American Indian artists are creating jewelry, pottery, weavings and wood carvings that are highly prized by collectors.Each of the tribes has its own culture and history. Yet all the tribes share major concerns. They are trying to keep their traditional cultures alive while improving the living conditions of tribal members. Joe Swina is a professor at the University of New Mexico and a member of the Cochiti Pueblo. He explains that American Indians have to work hard to balance their lives. They need to exist in the modern, western world yet protect the traditions and values of their ancient, but still living culture.1. How many American Indians live on reservations? A) 2,300,000B) 2,000,000C) 500,000D) 400,000 2. 2. According to the passage, a reservation is _.A) the land given to the tribe by federal government. B) the land given to the tribe by local government.C) the traditional land of American Indians.D) all the farms.3. What can be inferred from the passage?A) American Indians have no right to be elected to public office.B) American Indians must obey federal, state and local laws on their reservations. C) State laws are not in effect on the reservations.D) All the tribal officials are elected by members of the tribes.4. Which of the following is NOT the problem facing American Indian before? A) Producing too many potteries.B) Higher rates of unemployment. C) More health problems.D) Less health education.5. What are the major concerns shared by all the American Indian tribes according to the passage? A) Making more jewelry.B) Keeping their traditional culture alive. C) Trying to live in the modern society. D) Establishing as independent country.4 20AIt is commonly believed in the United States that school is where people go to get an education. Nevertheless, it has been said that today children interrupt their education to go to school. The distinction between schooling and education implied by this remark is important.Education is much more open-ended and all-inclusive than schooling. Education knows no bounds. It can take place anywhere, whether in the shower or in the job, whether in a kitchen or on a tractor.It includes both the formal learning that takes place in schools and the whole universe of informal learning. Whereas schooling has a certain predictability, education quite often produces surprises. A chance conversation with a stranger may lead a person to discover how little is known of other religions. People are engaged in education from infancy on. Education, then, is a very broad, inclusive term. It is a lifelong process, a process that starts long before the start of school, and one that should be an integral part of ones entire life.Schooling, on the other hand, is a specific, formalized process, whose general pattern varies little from one setting to the next. Throughout a country, children arrive at school at approximately the same time, take assigned seats, are taught by an adult, use similar textbooks, do homework, take exams, and so on. The slices of reality that are to be learned, whether they are the alphabet or an understanding of the working of government, have usually been limited by the boundaries of the subject being taught. There are definite conditions surrounding the formalized process of schooling.1. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?A) Education can take place anywhere.B) Education has a certain predictability.C) Education consists of formal learning and informal learning. D) Education is a lifelong process.2. Which of the following words can replace the word “all-inclusive” (Line 1, Para. 2)?A) Beneficial.B) Frequent:C) Comprehensive:D) Useful.3. According to the passage, schooling usually takes place _.A) in a shower B) in a kitchenC) in a jobD) in a classroom 4. What can be inferred from the passage?A) Nearly everyone is getting education. B) Nearly .everyone is getting schooling. C) Schooling is more important than education.A) There is little difference between schooling and education. 5. What is the best title for the passage?A) Education in the United States. B) The Importance of Education. , C) The Importance of Schooling. D) Education and Schooling.20. BCDAD 4-47 ( 0.80) CDBABThe story of Diego Maradona, the Argentinean football player, is the story of the rise and fall of a poor man who became a world star, but paid the price of fame. At 33 years of age, he is now at the end of a career which saw him, in the 1980s, as the bright star of World Cup Football. In the 1990s, this career has come into a story of poor performance on the field, drug-taking, speaking ill of football officials, being forbidden and finally facing court action in which he has had to defend charges of shooting at several reporters. .Maradona was born in the poor area of Furito in Buenos Aires. Early in his life, he was able to realize a dream of most poor boys, the dream that the way out of poverty -trap is through success in sport. Sport in the world around is an activity open to all people, no matter what their background is.Diego Maradona is one of eight children. His father is an Indian and mother an Italian. The games of football played in the dirty street outside his small white, one-storied home in Furito were to provide him with a passport out of the small town. Today, poorly dressed boys still run and kick balls around the street from which their hero traveled to become one of the worlds great football artists.1. In the second paragraph of this passage, what does “poverty-trap” mean? A) The low position in society:B) Extremely poor condition in ones life. C) Poor living conditions, which are hard to escape from.D) Become wealthy in the f