Never in the past twenty years so greatly as ...

Never in the past twenty years 　　 so greatly as today.

A．did the city change　　　　 B．the city changed

C．has the city changed　 　　 D．the city has changed

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What we have to admit is that never in the past thirty years __________ so greatly as today.

A. has China changed     B. China has changed

C. did China change      D. China had changed

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Cast your mind back to the past twenty years and hardly did anyone have their own email account. The Internet had just taken off in 1991 and people were only using office and PC­based email exchanges.

In the mid 1990s external email providers appeared. The most famous of these was Hotmail, the first free email provider and web­based email service. Sabeer Bhatia and Jack Smith launched Hotmail on July 4, 1996. And Microsoft took note of and bought Hotmail for $400 million on December 30, 1997, a nice birthday present for Bhatia who turned 29 that day. It was relaunched as MSN Hotmail and in 2007 was relaunched again as Windows Live Hotmail.

Fast forward the present day and most of us have at least a personal web­based email account. It seems impossible to live without them. One of the biggest advantages of email is the fact that communication has become so much easier, especially with those across different time zones. Email takes seconds to send a message whereas letters, as we used to communicate by, could take weeks. Of course there was the fax, that beeping invention from the 1980s, but it wasn’t as secure as email and you never knew if the person on the other end had picked up your fax or if it had got lost somewhere in the office.

In conclusion, one of the best inventions from the 1990s has to be email. But sometimes people are too closely connected to their email and have a compulsion to check it several times a day. At work, people have become lazy and instead of going to speak to the person sitting next to them, they send an email，causing an in box to pile up with more time spent reading email and responding rather than working. Clearly, an invention that saved time because of its quick and speedy connection can now also cause us to waste a lot of time.

1.The earliest web-based email came into being probably _______.

A. in 1991                            B. in 1996                   C. in 1997                   D. in 2007

2.The author mentions “fax” in the third paragraph in order to tell us that _______.

A. it is exactly as good as email

B. it is much better than email

C. it is less convenient than email

D. it is easier and faster than email

3.The underlined word “compulsion” in Paragraph 4 probably means “_______”.

A. strong desire                  B. common sense               C. special curiosity          D. general idea

4.Which is the main idea of the last paragraph?

A. We should check email boxes frequently.

B. Lazy people like sending an email.

C. Email brings us great convenience.

D. Good inventions also cause problems.

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Tourism wasn’t as important as it is today. In the past, only people with a good deal of money could travel on holidays to other countries. More people travel today than in the past because there is a growing middle class in many parts of the world; that is to say, people now have more money for travel. Special plane fares(费用) for tourists make travel less expensive and more attractive than ever before. One person doesn’t travel for the same reason as another. But most people enjoy seeing countries that are different from their own. They also like to meet new people and to taste new food.

Tourism causes many changes in a country and in people’s lives. People build new hotels and restaurants and train native men and women as guides to show visitors interesting places. There’re new nightclubs and other amusements. International tourism is clearly a big business.

1.In the old days _________ could travel to other countries.

A.            boys and girls, men or women, young or old

B.            either kings or queens

C.            both the poor and the rich

D.            nobody but those who had money

2.More people travel today than in the past because______________.

A.            people have become interested in traveling

B.            traveling today is easier than in the past

C.            people now have spare money for travel

D.            great changes have taken place in the world

3. What makes travel more attractive than before?

A.            Travel by air to other countries is much cheaper today.

B.            More guides are being trained to show beautiful spots.

C.            Modern telegraph lines make travel less expensive.

D.            New hotels and restaurants have been built.

4.Which of the following statements is true according to the article?

A.            Tourism won’t bring any changes in people’s minds.

B.            People have some trouble in making journey.

C.            With the development of tourism, great changes have taken place in many parts in the world.

D.            Tourism causes only some changes in clothing.

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Tourism wasn’t as important as it is today. In the past, only people with a good deal of money could travel on holidays to your countries. More people travel today than in the past because there is growing middle class in many parts of the world; that is to say, people now have more money for travel. Special plane fares for tourists make travel less expensive and more attractive than ever before .One person　 doesn’t travel for the same reason as another. But most people enjoy seeing countries that are different from their own. They also like to meet new people and to taste new food.

Tourism causes many changes in a country and in people’s lives. People build new hotels and restaurants and train native men and women as guides to show visitors interesting places.　 There’re　 new　 nightclubs　 and　 other　 amusements. International tourism is clearly a big business.

1.In the old days _______ could travel to other countries.

A.boys and girls, men or women, young or old

B.either kings or queens

C.both the poor and the rich

D.nobody but those who had money

2.More people travel today than in the past because________.

A.people have become interested in traveling.

B.traveling today is easier than in the past.

C.people now have spare money for travel.

D.great changes have taken place in the world.

3.What makes travel more attractive than before?

A.Travel by air to other countries is much cheaper today.

B.More guides are being trained to show beautiful spots.

C.Modern telegraph(电报) lines make travel less expensive.

D.New hotels and restaurants have been built.

4.Which of the following statements is true according to the article?

A.Tourism won’t bring any changes in people’s mind.

B.People have some trouble in making journey.

C.With the development of tourism, great changes have taken place in many parts in the world.

D.Tourism causes only some changes in clothing.

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Great changes ________ in the village in the past two years.

A. have taken place            B. had taken place

C. were taken place            D. have been taken place

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Work and study today are very different from what they were like 20 years ago. In the past, people often worked in the same job from graduation till retirement. Today, however, everyone needs to learn new things constantly on the job and it is common practice for people to go back to school from time to time in order to keep up with the fast changing world. Changing jobs has also become common practice for many people as they aim to enrich their work experience, develop new skills and meet new challenges. In today’s world of constant innovation (创新，革新), you can’t afford to think that you have finished with your studies. If you don’t want to be all behind in today’s competitive job market, you have to commit yourself to lifelong learning.

Effective lifelong learning is not only a matter of collecting formal qualifications. It’s also about forming habits that help you study, and developing attitudes that make you receptive (善于接受的，能容纳的) to learning.

Habits that help you study include time management, note taking, analysis and writing. These habits are useful but you won’t learn effectively unless you have the right attitude. Being open-minded is important because learning something new often means challenging the ideas you have already hold. Expecting to learn something that is both new and valuable will in fact help you to do so. For successful lifelong learning, you must take these study habits and attitudes with you when you leave school to start on your adult lives.

School is the ideal place to gain lifelong learning skills because you have support and resources, and you are young and naturally more open to learning. If you invest time in developing your study skills now, you’ll be enjoying the rewards for the rest of your life. In school you also have the time to develop learning skills. Many adults are sadly too busy to develop learning skills once they start work.

Today you cannot assume that completing a course will give you qualifications that will see you through your career. Change is unpredictable and you must be ready for it. In fact, there is no profession that doesn’t require continuous learning. But this is not something to be scared of. All you need to do is to develop learning skills and learn how to learn so that you are ready to keep yourself up-to-date with changes that come your way. Be open-minded, have the right attitude, and be ready for the next challenge.

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In the past 5 years a great deal of money _____ improving the environment of the school.

A. is spent      B. has been spent   C. was spent     D. had been spent

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Mary has been looking forward in the past 10 years to______the Great Wall.

A．payingavisitto      B．callon            C．beingonavisit       D．callat

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In the past five years, great changes _______ place in Changsha.

　A. had taken　 　   B. took         　　C. have taken 　　      D. will take

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