When I opened my e-mail the other day, a pret...

When I opened my e-mail the other day, a pretty woman named Rachel appeared on my computer screen. She greeted me by name and started talking enthusiastically. Every now and then she stopped to smile at me or blow a kiss. She was reading to me an e-mail from my brother, and a lot of it was about his getting the phone company to give him a high="speed" Internet connection. It was pretty cool.

Rachel was there thanks to a new technology called Facemail. Facemail lets you send an e-mail that gets read to the receiver by an attractive male or female form or by a clown. The software, which is free, can be downloaded at www. Facemail.com.

Facemail faces are lifelike, and they copy emotions based on the ones that you put in your text. For example, type in X, and Rachel blows a kiss.

Life FX, the company that develops the Facemail is sure there are broad business uses. The reason e-business is not popular, the company says, is that buying over the Internet lacks the human touch. But what if you went to the Nike website and Michael Jordan greeted you by name, waited on you and personally closed the sale? And the company is talking with Whirlpool about using the technology in a computer screen on a fridge. Then if Mom can’t be home when the kids get back from school, she can leave a note with voice and image telling them what there is to eat.

Facemail could get hot fast. Personally, I’m a fan. But Facemail should be used with words in an e-mail and add angry emotions when you’ve got a psycho-mail.

Title: A New Technology on Facemail

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My Uncle Dave posed an interesting question to my wife and me when he came to visit us the other day. He asked: “What do you think the world will be like in 50 or 100 years, in terms of technology and society and so on?”

He says he asks many of the people he meets this question to see what their thoughts are. His point is that no one really knows. I mean, in 1945, could people have even imagined surfing the net or sending e-mails as we do? No way. And the pace of technological innovation(创新) is incredible (难以置信的). We’re on a more different curve than we used to be.

One thing I’m looking forward to is real software agents. There is so much information out there, but I want something that can help me find what I really want. For instance, in about ten years, I think, there will be no longer recorded music, and there will be some big databases from which you can download music onto your hard drive or whatever. At that point, there will be so much music to choose from and you’ll be able to sample things before you buy them. But the question will be how I find what I’m looking for and how I do find the music that might interest me. Or more generally, how do I find information that I want without spending all the time myself surfing the net? How do I find people who are like-minded (具有相似目的), with whom I might really want to communicate? I want to find those people but it’s hard to do. In the future I think that one will be able to build a community of like-minded people who live all over the globe. It’s going to be very interesting, I think.

1.No one really knows what the future will be like because _____.

2.The function of the first paragraph is to _____.

3.The writer is looking forward to some real software agents so as to _____.

4.The best title of this passage should be _____.

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"Hey, Dad," one of my kids asked the other day, "what was your favourite fast food when you were growing up?"

"We didn't have fast food when I was growing up," I informed him．"All the food was slow．" "Where did you eat?" "It was a place called 'at home'．" I explained．"Grandma cooked every day and when Grandpa got home from work, we sat down together at the dining table, and if I didn't like what she put on my plate I was allowed to sit there until I liked it．"

Some parents never owned their own houses, set foot on a golf course, travelled out of the country or had a credit card．

My parents have never driven me to soccer practice．This was mostly because we never had heard of soccer．I had a bicycle that weighed probably 50 pounds, and only had one speed．We didn't have a television in our house until I was 11．I was 13 when I tasted my first pizza; it was called "pizza pie"．When I bit into it, I burned the roof of my mouth and the cheese slid off, swung down, plastered（粘贴）itself against my chin and burned that, too．It's still the best pizza I ever had．

I delivered newspapers, six days a week ．The paper cost 7 cents, of which I got to keep 2 cents．I had to get up at 4:00 a．m．every morning．On Saturday, I had to collect the 42 cents from my customers．My favourite customers were the ones who gave me 50 cents and told me to keep the change．

If you grew up in a generation before there was fast food, you may want to share some of these memories with your children or grandchildren．

Growing up isn't what it used to be, is it?

1.By saying "All the food was slow", the writer implies that ____．

A．when he was growing up, he never ate fast food

B．he didn't like fast food when he was growing up

C．his grandma made food slowly

D．he had to wait for a long time for the fast food

2.When the writer didn't like the food his grandma cooked when he was growing up, _______．

A．his grandma would make something he liked

B．his grandma would buy him fast food

C．he would sit there waiting for his favourite pizza pie

D．he had to eat it or go without

3.The writer's purpose of writing this passage is to _____.

A．tell his children there was no fast food in the past

B．tell us that life has been changing

C．tell us how hard it is to deliver newspapers

D．made us understand the meaning of life

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I lost my sight when 1 was 4 years old in an accident. Now I'm 32.

It occurred to me the other day that I might not have come to love 1so much, as I do now, if I hadn't been 2. I don't mean that l would prefer to go with no sight. I simply mean that the 3of it made me 4more what I had left.

Life，I believe，5a continuous series of adjustments to reality. The more 6a person is able to make these adjustments，the more 7his life becomes. The adjustment is never easy. I had to 8in myself，or else 1 would have collapsed（崩溃）. When I say belief in myself，I am not talking about simply the kind of 9that helps me down an unfamiliar staircase alone. But I 10something bigger than that：an assurance that I am，despite imperfections，a real， 11person.

It took me years to discover and12this assurance. Once a man gave me an indoor baseball. I thought he was making fun of me and I was 13. “I can't use this，”I said “Take it with you，”he urged me，“and roll it around.” The word stuck in my head. By 14the ball I could hear where it went. This gave me an idea how to 15a goal I had thought impossible：playing baseball. At Philadelphia School for the Blind I invented a successful 16of baseball. We call it Ground Ball.

All my life I have set ahead of me a series of  17and then tried to reach them, one at a time. But I had to be aware of my 18. It was no good to try for something that I knew at the start was out of 19because that only invited the bitterness of  20. I would fail sometimes anyway but on the average I made progress.

1.A. darkness       B. life           C. freedom         D. nature

2.A. cured          B. deaf           C. blind           D. brave

3.A. remaining      B. use            C. recovery        D. loss

4.A. appreciate     B. challenge      C. suffer          D. use

5.A. asks           B. causes         C. lacks           D. directs

6.A. abruptly       B. simply         C. cautiously      D. readily

7.A. rich           B. meaningful     C. complex         D. helpful

8.A. believe        B. give           C. take            D. turn

9.A. independence   B. confidence     C. diligence       D. weakness

10.A. mean          B. have           C. produce         D. hide

11.A. disabled      B. reasonable     C. fearless        D. positive

12.A. strengthen    B. prove          C. remove          D. present

13.A. scolded       B. cheated        C. benefited       D. hurt

14.A. taking        B. rolling        C. hitting         D. passing

15.A. shoot         B. describe       C. imagine         D. achieve

16.A. occupation    B. variation      C. competition     D. qualification

17.A. goals         B. games          C. balls           D. examples

18.A. intelligence  B. virtues        C. advantages      D. limitations

19.A. breath        B. reach          C. power           D. sight

20.A. failure                         B. sickness        C. ignorance          D. success

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Jenny was a pretty five-year-old girl. One day when she and her mother were checking out at the grocery store, Jenny saw a plastic pearl (珍珠) necklace priced at $2.50. Her mother bought the necklace for her on condition that she had to do some homework to pay it off. Jenny agreed. She worked very hard every day, and soon Jenny paid off the necklace. Jenny loved it so much that she wore it everywhere except when she was in the shower. Her mother had told her it would turn her neck green!

Jenny had a very loving daddy. When Jenny went to bed, he would read Jenny her favorite story.

One night when he finished the story, he said, “Jenny, could you give me your necklace?”

“Oh! Daddy, not my necklace!” Jenny said. “But you can have Rosy, my favorite doll. Remember her? You gave her to me last year for my birthday. Okay? ”

“Oh no, darling, that’s okay.” Her father brushed her cheek with a kiss. “Good night, little one.

A week later, her father once again asked Jenny for the necklace after her favorite story. “Oh, Daddy, not my necklace! But you can have Ribbons, my toy horse. Do you remember her? She’s my favorite.”

“No, that’s okay,” her father said and brushed her cheek again with a kiss. “God bless you, little one. Sweet dreams. ”

Several days later, when Jenny’s father came in to read her a story, Jenny was sitting on her bed and her lip was trembling. “Here, Daddy,” she said, holding out her hand. She opened it and her beloved pearl necklace was inside. She let it slip into her father’s hand.

With one hand her father held the plastic pearl necklace and with the other he pulled out of his pocket a blue box. Inside the box was a real, beautiful pearl necklace. He had had it all along. He was waiting for Jenny to give up the cheap necklace so he could give her a real one.

1.What did Jenny have to do to get the plastic pearl necklace?

A. She had to help her mother do some housework.

B. She had to listen to her father tell a story every night.

C. She had to ask her father to pay for the necklace.

D. She had to give away her favorite toys to the poor children.

2.From the text we know that ______.

A. Jenny’s mother paid a lot for the plastic pearl necklace

B. Jenny wore the necklace everywhere even in the shower

C. Jenny didn’t like Rosy and Ribbons any longer

D. Jenny got a real pearl necklace from her father

3.Jenny’s father asked for her plastic pearl necklace repeatedly in order to ______.

A. get it for himself         B. donate it    　 C. train her character             D. put it away

4.What can be the best title for the text?

A. A Lovely Girl                            B. Father and Daughter

C. A Pearl Necklace                        D. An Unforgettable Childhood

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Jenny was a pretty five-year-old girl. One day when she and her mother were checking out at the grocery store, Jenny saw a plastic pearl (珍珠) necklace priced at $2.50. Her mother bought the necklace for her on condition that she had to do some homework to pay it off. Jenny agreed. She worked very hard every day, and soon Jenny paid off the necklace. Jenny loved it so much that she wore it everywhere except when she was in the shower. Her mother had told her it would turn her neck green!

Jenny had a very loving daddy. When Jenny went to bed, he would read Jenny her favorite story.

One night when he finished the story, he said, “Jenny, could you give me your necklace?”

“Oh! Daddy, not my necklace!” Jenny said. “But you can have Rosy, my favorite doll. Remember her? You gave her to me last year for my birthday. Okay? ”

“Oh no, darling, that’s okay.” Her father brushed her cheek with a kiss. “Good night, little one.

A week later, her father once again asked Jenny for the necklace after her favorite story. “Oh, Daddy, not my necklace! But you can have Ribbons, my toy horse. Do you remember her? She’s my favorite.”

“No, that’s okay,” her father said and brushed her cheek again with a kiss. “God bless you, little one. Sweet dreams. ”

Several days later, when Jenny’s father came in to read her a story, Jenny was sitting on her bed and her lip was trembling. “Here, Daddy,” she said, holding out her hand. She opened it and her beloved pearl necklace was inside. She let it slip into her father’s hand.

With one hand her father held the plastic pearl necklace and with the other he pulled out of his pocket a blue box. Inside the box was a real, beautiful pearl necklace. He had had it all along. He was waiting for Jenny to give up the cheap necklace so he could give her a real one.

1.What did Jenny have to do to get the plastic pearl necklace?

A. She had to help her mother do some housework.

B. She had to listen to her father tell a story every night.

C. She had to ask her father to pay for the necklace.

D. She had to give away her favorite toys to the poor children.

2.From the text we know that ______.

A. Jenny’s mother paid a lot for the plastic pearl necklace

B. Jenny wore the necklace everywhere even in the shower

C. Jenny didn’t like Rosy and Ribbons any longer

D. Jenny got a real pearl necklace from her father

3. Jenny’s father asked for her plastic pearl necklace repeatedly in order to ______.

A. get it for himself         B. donate it

C. train her character         D. put it away

4.What can be the best title for the text?

A. A Lovely Girl        B. Father and Daughter

C. A Pearl Necklace        D. An Unforgettable Childhood

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完形填空（共20小题；每小题1．5分，满分30分）

The idea for Father's Day started in 1909. A woman named Dodd 　 about starting a Father's Day holiday 　 listening to a Mother's Day speech at church. Miss Dodd wanted a 　 day to honor her 　 , William Smart, who had fought in the American Civil War. His wife died when 　 birth to their sixth child. Mr. Smart raised the baby and his other 　 children on a farm in Washington State. When Dodd became an adult, she 　 how kind and loving her father had been while raising his six children alone. She believed her father had worked very hard to make sure his children 　 healthy and strong. As Dodd's father was born in 　 , she chose to hold the 　 Father's Day celebration in Spokane, Washington on June nineteenth, 1910. In 1924, President Coolidge gave his 　 to the idea of a national Father's Day. Then, in 1966, President Johnson signed a presidential statement（总统令） 　 the third Sunday in June as Father's Day.

In early times, wearing 　 was a traditional way to celebrate Father's Day. People wore red roses to 　 fathers who were still living. White flowers were worn to remember fathers who had 　 . Today, Americans celebrate Father's Day in many different ways. 　 families take their fathers out to a restaurant for a meal. Others give their fathers 　 with special messages of thanks. Children living far call their fathers on the telephone to 　 them a happy Father's Day. 　 the holiday is celebrated, the idea is for children to let their father know that he is valued and loved. 　 one historian in America has said, "Lucky is the man who hears many small voices call him father."

1.A. talked    B. cared    C. thought    D. brought

2.A. while    B. before    C. if    D. but

3.A. normal    B. strange    C. common    D. special

4.A. mother    B. father    C. sister    D. brother

5.A. having    B. doing    C. giving    D. taking

6.A. six    B. five    C. four    D. three

7.A. forgot    B. remembered    C. organized    D. recognized

8.A. grew up    B. put up    C. stayed up    D. looked up

9.A. spring    B. summer    C. autumn    D. winter

10.A. last    B. first    C. shortest    D. longest

11.A. support    B. doubt    C. chance    D. time

12. A. telling    B. speaking    C. demanding    D. declaring

13. A. flowers    B. glasses    C. hats    D. watches

14.A. praise    B. send    C. blame    D. honor

15.A.disappeared    B. passed    C. died    D. killed

16.A. Few    B. None    C. Some    D. All

17.A. ties    B. gifts    C. wallets    D. shirts

18.A. want    B. expect    C. hope    D. wish

19.A. However    B. Whenever    C. Whatever    D. Whichever

20.A. Which    B. As    C. That    D. What

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I was at a store the other day. The young woman ahead of me in _________ couldn’t pay for her items, and I _________ to pay for them. Though she _________,when she left, the cashier (收银员) thanked me for my offer. She said, “We all need to _________ each other like that. We don’t do enough of that!” I _________ agreed and walked out of the store feeling so _________.

I seem to have many kindness moments in the _________. I go there a lot to pick up _________ for my dad. The other day I was talking with the woman at the _________ and when she realized who my __________ was, she asked about him and I __________ her in. Then she thanked me for caring for him, which was so __________. Dad’s had so many health problems that I’ve almost forgotten how he was before. It was nice to be __________ of that. She was so understanding and encouraging, which really gave me the __________ I needed.

I’ve also been praying lately to be __________ with myself and my dad. Whenever I __________ to do that, our day seems much better. The other day we watched Forest Gump together. We both love that __________, and it seemed to open him up. He doesn’t __________ much with me but he did that day, and it made me __________. It really means a lot to me. That was his __________ to me that day.

1.A.place B.line C.panic D.debt

2.A.offered B.agreed C.managed D.planned

3.A.hesitated B.paused C.declined D.cried

4.A.consult with B.talk about C.compete with D.care about

5.A.unwillingly B.hardly C.immediately D.totally

6.A.good B.embarrassed C.upset D.moved

7.A.street B.supermarket C.store D.hospital

8.A.shoes B.medicines C.books D.drinks

9.A.counter B.corner C.desk D.door

10.A.colleague B.teacher C.friend D.dad

11.A.filled B.let C.showed D.took

12.A.normal B.funny C.special D.relaxing

13.A.warned B.reminded C.informed D.convinced

14.A.recognition B.suggestion C.strength D.opportunity

15.A.familiar B.satisfied C.strict D.patient

16.A.forget B.fail C.remember D.hate

17.A.environment B.movie C.atmosphere D.situation

18.A.spend B.quarrel C.talk D.argue

19.A.curious B.serious C.nervous D.happy

20.A.sacrifice B.kindness C.help D.encouragement

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One day a teacher asked her students to list the names of the other students in the room on two sheets of paper, 1.(leave) a space between each name.Then she told them to think of the nicest thing2.they could say about each of their classmates and write it down.3.took the rest of the class some time to finish the work,and then each handed in the4.(sheet).

That Saturday,the teacher wrote down the name of each student on a separate sheet of paper,and listed what everyone else5.(say) about that person.6.Monday she gave each student his or her list.Before long,the entire class was smiling.“Really?” she heard their whisper.“I never7.(know) that I meant anything to anyone!” No one ever mentioned those papers in class again.She never knew8.they discussed them after class or with their parents, but it didn’t matter.The exercise had achieved its purpose.

Several years9.(late),all her students started to gather around.One of them,Vicki,reached into her pocket,took out her wallet and showed her10.(wear) list to the group.“I carry this with me at all times.I think we all saved our lists.”That’s when the teacher finally sat down and cried.

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In the city of Fujisawa, Japan, lives a woman named Atsuko Saeki. When she was a teenager, she 36  of going to the United States. Most of what she knew about American 37  was from the textbooks she had read. “I had a 38  in mind: Daddy watching TV in the living room, Mummy  39  cakes and their teenage daughter off to the cinema with her boyfriend.”

Atsuko 40  to attend college in California. When she arrived, however, she found it was not her 41  world. “People were struggling with problems and often seemed 42 ,” she said. “I felt very alone.”

One of her hardest 43  was physical education. “We played volleyball.” she said. “The other students were 44  it, but I wasn’t.”

One afternoon, the instructor asked Atsuko to 45  the ball to her teammates so they could knock it 46  the net. No problem for most people, but it terrified Atsuko. She was afraid of losing face 47  she failed.

A young man on her team 48  what she was going through. He walked up to her and 49 , “Come on. You can do that”

“You will never understand how those words of 50  made me feel…Four words: You can do that. I felt like crying with happiness.”

She made it through the class. Perhaps she thanked the young man; she is not 51 .

Six years have passed. Atsuko is back in Japan, working as a salesclerk. “I have 52 forgotten the words.” she said. “When things are not going so well, I think of them.”

She is sure the young man had no idea how much his kindness 53  to her.  “He probably doesn’t even remember it,” she said. That may be the lesson. Whenever you say something to a person cruel or kind—you have no idea how long the words will 54 . She’s all the way over in Japan, but still she hears those four 55  words: You can do that.

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