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It’s easyto laugh now．Ten years ago, companies like Netscape had to explain what “browser” means; the two founders of Google were just ordinary Stanford students. Over the past ten years, the Internet has totally changed everyday life for millions people around the world. Looking back over the last 10 years,the obvious question is: Where will the Internet take us in the future?

One of the best places to start trying to answer the question is with a man widely known as one of the “fathers of the Internet”, Between 1968 and 1982, Vinton Cerf played an important role in developing the network technology for wider use. In a recent article, Cerf wrote that the believed the Internet would continue to enhance people’s life through suond, video, etc．Interestingly, he also noted with confidence that 90percent of all applications on the Internet had yet to be invented. In the more distant future, Cerf predicted that an interplanetary(星际间) Internet would connect the shuttle, ground stations and other spacecraft.

Meantime, back on the earth,a survey from the nonprofit Pew Internet and American Life Project from early last year looked at how the internet would affect our lives in 10 years’time. The study looked at a wide range of topics, and it found some concerns along with the celebration. On the top of list of worries is a cyber(网络) attack. Many Internet experts agree that computer criminals are simply waiting for the right opportunity to strike. According to the Pew study, about 66% Internet users believe at least one devastating(毁灭性的) attack will occur in the next 10 years. Howard Schmidt, Who has worked on security issues at Microsoft company, said, “We will have self-repairing and self-configuring computer systems that can effectively protect one’s computer, so one perform the fuction they want,” said Sehmidt.

1.What would be the best title for the passage?

A．The Internet: What Causes Cyber attack?    B．The Internet: What Lies Ahead?

C．The Internet: A New Revolution.            D．The Internet: A Britht Future.

2.Cerf feels confident of________．

A．online entertainment equipment application

B．the connecting between the Internet and space

C．the much wider application fro the Internet

D．the rapid development of network technology

3.The underlined word “enhance” Probably means________．

A．improve    B．provide    C．distrub    D．ruin

4.The survey suggests that________．

A．many experts are worried about the wide use of the Internet

B．most people welcome the changes brought by the Internet

C．concerns are a necessary part of celebration in everyday life

D．there are both celebration and worries about the Internet

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Using AI， many companies are now conducting experiments that__________ possible just a few years ago．

A. would have been B. might have been

C. shouldn't have been D. couldn't have been

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The price of vegetables is now much ______ than ten years ago.

A.more higher B.more expensive C.dearer D.higher

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75. Taiji boxing is good _____ health, so the old man began to practise it ten years ago and now he is good _____ it.

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Now my hometown is not at all _______ a traveler who visited it ten years ago can expect.

A. that         B. what            C. which           D. where

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Now my hometown is not at all _______ a traveler who visited it ten years ago can expect.

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Now my hometown is not at all _______ a traveler who visited it ten years ago can expect.

A. that    B. where    C. which    D. what

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Now my hometown is not at all _______ a traveler who visited it ten years ago can expect．

A．that B．where C．which D．what

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Like many people, you’re fascinated by the speaking profession. So was I. Ten years ago, I was teaching English as a second language to adult immigrants. I was looking around for a profession that would increase my income.

When my friend Danniel Star took a leave of absence from his teaching job, he started speaking to groups. He was getting paid more as a speaker than as a teacher and he insisted on his choice; Danniel’s first year as a speaker was a little lean(难以挣钱的)financially. When his leave of absence was over, his old employer called him in for a new opening for a position. Danniel called to call off the interview.

I thought he was crazy! I said, “Danniel, you know speaking is not a secure profession. It’s good to have something to fall back on!” And he said something that changed my life. He said, “Cathleen, when you have something to fall back on. You fall back!” It rang so true! I saw immediately and with a shock that the teaching job that I thought provided a financial cushion(缓冲)in fact was holding me back from pursuing(追求)my dreams.

A few months later, I vacated, packed up my belongings, kissed my grown kids and friends goodbye and moved to a different part of the country to try my luck as a writer or a speaker. It was a little nervous about making a decision in such an exciting way but I wanted to do it for a long time and finally it was sink or swim(决不沉浮)time!

Well, I didn’t have enough experience of business and had so much to learn about the speaking profession. I did everything the hard way and it’s one way to learn quickly. Finally, I could do what I loved to do. I’ve succeeded. I was happier because my health immediately improved along with my view on life.

1.During his first year Danniel worked as a speaker he _________.

A. earned more than worked as a teacher

B. worked very hard and was successful

C. came across a lot of difficulties

D. didn’t earn too much money

2.What does the underlined word “vacated” mean?

A. Insisted　　 B. Continued

C. Resigned　　 D. Persevered

3.Which of the following can be the best title?

A. How to Avoid Making a Mistake

B. How to Stand Up Quickly

C. No Pains, No Gains

D. No Security, No Falling Back

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The Wake-up Call

“What’s that?” my ten-year-old daughter, Genie, asked. She’d caught me laughing at a piece of mail I’d just opened. “Wake-up service; $2.50 per call.” At the bottom was a phone number and a drawing of a rotary phone, like the one my great-aunt Sara had owned 40 years ago.

“Is that mail funny?” Genie asked.

“Not really,” I admitted. “It’s just outdated.”

“What’s a wake-up call？” She frowned. I explained how, before smart-phones, people sometimes paid someone to wake them with a call.

“Who sent this flyer?” she pressed.

“Probably someone older,” I said, “and could use some money.”

Her eyes lit up. “Can we order a wake-up?” she asked.

“We don’t need it.” I picked it up and headed for the recycling bin.

“Wait!” she shrieked.

“I feel sorry for the wake-up man, if he needs some money,” she said, tearing up. “Can’t we order?”

I looked at the flyer with its drawing of a rotary phone. I remembered, again, my great-aunt Sara and her rotary phone. As a kid, I’d visited her over Labor Day, when Jerry Lewis would host his charity event for the disabled kids. Aunt Sara would squeeze my hand, then reach for the rotary phone, dialing the number on the screen. Holding the receiver between us, we’d announce to the operator, “We’d like to help those kids.”

Now here was my own child, showing the same big heart I’d once been encouraged to have, and how could I ignore her? I Googled the flyer’s return address. The address belonged to a man called Raymond. He was in his mid-60s. We called him and, holding the receiver between us, the way Aunt Sara and I used to, told him we needed his services. “Great!” Raymond said in a shaky but friendly voice, clearly amazed at receiving an order from a child. When I asked how to pay the $2.50, he answered, “Mail a check.”

Genie was happy all week. Friday night, I put the phone by her pillow so she could answer Raymond’s call. She bounded to my bedroom to tell me all about how he’d wished her a good morning and told her to have a great day, which she did.

Technology has made some things outdated. But there are still other things the world will always require. In the rush and hustle of my daily life, I’d temporarily forgotten that. I guess I just needed a wake-up call.

1.The author laughed at the mail because ________.

A. it was printed roughly

B. the drawing in it was poor

C. the wake-up call cost too much

D. the service it offered was outdated

2.What did the author want to do with the flyer at first?

A. Throw it away.

B. Let Genie read it.

C. Find out who sent it.

D. Keep it away from Genie.

3.What made the author finally decide to order a wake-up call?

A. Her own childhood experience.

B. The less fortunate wake-up man.

C. Genie’s curiosity about the service.

D. The information she found on Google.

4.What might “other things” in the last paragraph refer to?

A. Bravery and curiosity.

B. Confidence and patience.

C. Honesty and humor.

D. Generosity and kindness.

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