Module 6 The Internet and Telecommuniation

I.单项填空。

1. This book _____ forty maps, _____ three of Great Britain.

A contains, includes B is containing, including

C includes, contains D contains, including

2. The medical care program is excellent, but only a few people have _____ to it.

A access B way C method D means

3. The computer system ____ suddenly while he was searching for information on the Internet.

A broke down B broke out C broke up D broke in

4. Great Britain _____ three parts, namely, England, Scotland and Wales.

A separates from B makes up C belongs to D consists of

5. After ten years, all those young people become ________.

A. growns-ups B. growns-up C. grown-up D. grown-ups

6. The wise little girl can ride a horse and swim, and she can shoot _____.

A also B either C as well D as well as

7. Professor White has written some short stories, but he is _____ known for his plays.

A the best B more C better D the most

8. Ask Tom to come at once, for the train is starting _____.

A in a moment B in the moment C at a moment D for a moment

9. The price of milk is ______ that fast recently.

A raising B raised C going up D rised

10. —How is Dennis getting along with his work?

—Well, he could always ___ a new idea for increasing sales.

A come up with B come about C get away with D get up

11. A new teacher was sent to the village in place of ______ one who had retired.

A.        a B. the C. an D. its

12. Was the world made ____ design or did it come into existence by chance?

A on B for C in D by

13. Students close their eyes, ___ the object they have chosen, and use their body to show what the object feels like.

A concentrate on B concentrating on C concentrate in D concentrating in

14. What has been reported on the TV does not quite agree _____ the fact.

A on B about C with D to

15. “Do you mind if I _____ the mistakes in your composition?”

“No, of course not.”

A pick up B put out C point out D call out

II.完形填空

With the development of the information technology, we are stepping into the new century. People’s topics, especially the young people’ s , are becoming more and more 1, which older men never understand: the Internet and 2 life.

Just a few years ago, people 3 talked about what a computer could do to help their daily life. They considered it as a high - tech 4 for programming, to design machines, to control robots, 5 to make A-bombs ! At that time, PCs were very expensive and it was too dear to 6 one’ s computer to the web. What’ s more, it was too slow. So 7 people knew what the Internet really meant.

But today, things have changed greatly. The Internet times are coming. 8, if you like to have a shot at succeeding in business today, you will have to succeed 9 the web. 10 around and it seems as if about every company out there is in E-business

For ordinary persons, E-mail is taking the place of traditional ways of 11 letters. And young people keep in touch with each other by connecting their 12 to the web. They can express their 13 , either happiness or anger, sorrow or loneliness, to their web mates in chat rooms. Some 14 have found their “true love” on the Internet!

I cannot 15 the Internet’s great devotions to our daily life in the world of tomorrow. The Internet can do 16 many things for us that we almost cannot live without it. Everything is 17 in the future, and no one can 18 what will exactly happen in years to come. But one thing is 19 : more and more people will come to know the Internet and will surely 20 themselves in his or her daily life.

l. A. modern B. advanced C. strange D. interesting

2. A. ordinary B. everyday C. school D. working

3. A. often B. usually C. sometimes D. seldom

4. A. tool B. machine C. computer D. line.

5. A. still B. yet C. even D. except

6. A. put B. link C. fit D. tie

7. A. a few B. some C. few D. no

8. A. For some reason B. For some time C. For sure D. For example

9. A. through B. with C. on D. by

10. A. Turn B. Look C. Travel D. Go

11. A. sending B. receiving C. writing D. reading

12. A. E- mails B. names C. computers D. addresses

13. A. thought B. idea C. opinion D. feelings

14. A. youths B. men C. boys D. girls

15. A. believe B. imagine C. think D. make

16. A. far too B. quite C. almost D. so

17. A. true B. real C. possible D. changing

18. A. tell B. decide C. guess D. question

19. A. sure B. certain C. thoughtful D. considerable

20. A. tire B. love C. help D. enjoy

III.阅读理解。

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The Attack on September 11th

New York: When the first jet struck Tower 1 at World Trade Center at 8: 48 am on Tuesday, the people in Tower 2 at World Trade Center with a view of the instant damage across the divide had the clearest sense of what they, too must do : get out fast.

Katherine Ilachinski, who had been knocked off her chair by the blast of heat exploding from the neighboring tower, was one of those. Despite her 70 years of age. Ms Ilachinski, an architect working on the 91st floor of Tower 2 at World Trade Center, the south tower, went for the stairs. Twelve floors above her, Judy Wein, a manager, screamed and set off too.

But others up and down the 110 floors, many without clear views of the damage across the way and thus unclear about what was happening, were not so sure. And the 18 minutes before the next plane would hit were ticking off.

Among the uncertainty about what was the best thing to do, formal announcements inside the south tower instructed people to stay put, assuring them that the building was sound and the threat was limited to the other tower.

Snow left, others stayed, some began to climb down and, when met with morn announcements and other warning to stop or return, went back up. The decisions made in those instants proved to be of great importance, because many who chose to stay, were doomed (注定) when the second jet crashed into the south tower killing many and stranding (使……某物留在) many more in the floors above where the jet hit.

One of those caught in indecision was the manager at Fuji Bank USA.

Richard Jacobs of Fuji Bank left the 79th floor with the other office workers, but on the 48th floor they heard the announcement that the situation was under control. Several got in the lifts and went back up. two minutes or so before the plane crashed into their floor.

1. From the passage , we know that the south tower was hit by the plane __________

A. at 8: 30 B. 18 minutes earlier than the north tower

C. at around 9: 06 D. at 8: 48

2. The underlined words “stay put” mean _________

A. stay in the building B. leave at once

C. put everything back and then leave D. keep silent

3. Which floor was hit by the second jet?

A. The 91st floor. B. The 71st floor.

C. The 60th floor. D. The 79th floor.

4. Few people would have died if __________

A. morn announcements had been made

B. people hadn’t used the lifts

C. the incident had happened on a weekend

D. people chose to stay

5. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?

A. Ms Ilachinski was walking up and down in her office when the attack happened.

B. Judy Wein worked on the 103rd floor of Tower 2 at World Trade Center.

C. Richard Jacobs returned to their office after hearing the announcement that the situation was under control.

D. The article implies that all the people on the floors should have got out.

B

People like different kinds of vacations. Some go camping. They swim, fish, cook over a fire and sleep outside. Others like to stay at a hotel in an exciting city. They go shopping all day and go dancing all night. Or maybe they go sightseeing to places such as Disneyland, the Tai Mahal or the Louvre.

Some people are bored with sightseeing trips. They don’t want to be “tourists”. They want to have an adventure— a surprising and exciting trip. They want to learn something and maybe help people too. How can they do this ? Some travel companies and environmental groups are planning special adventures. Sometimes these trips are difficult and full of the world. Some volunteers spend two weeks and study the environment. Others work with animals. Others learn about people of the past.

Would you like an adventure in the Far North ? A team of volunteers is leaving from Murmansk, Russia. The leader of this trip is a professor from Alaska. He’s worried about chemicals from factories. He and the volunteers will study this pollution in the environment. If you like exercise and cold weather, this is a good trip for you. Volunteers need ski sixteen kilometers every day. -

Do you enjoy ocean animals ? You can spend two to four weeks in Hawaii. There, you can teach language to dolphins. Dolphins can follow orders such as “Bring me the large ball”. They also understand opposites. How much more can they understand ? It will be exciting to learn about these intelligent animals. Another study trip goes to Washington State and follows orcas. We call orcas “Killer Whale” , but they’ re really dolphins—the largest kind of dolphin.. These beautiful animals travel together in family groups. They move through the ocean with their mothers, grandmothers and great-grandmothers. Ocean pollution is chasing their lives. Earthwatch is studying how this happens.

Are you interested in history ? Then Greece is the place for your adventure. Thirty-five hundred years ago a volcano exploded there, on Santorini. This explosion was more terrible than Krakatoa or Mount Saint Helens. But today we know a lot about the way of life of the people from that time. There are houses, kitchens, and paintings as interesting as those in Pompei. Today teams of volunteers are learning more about people from the past.

Do you want a very different vacation 7 Do you want to travel far, work hard and learn a lot? Then an Earthwatch vacation is for you.

6. The Tai Mabal may be _________.

A. a shopping center B.. a hotel

C. a dancing ball D. a place of interest

7 the passage, on an adventure trip, people ______________.

A. may not spend much time on sightseeing

B. won’ t meet some difficulties or hardships

C. can’t enjoy themselves -

D. can’t learn something

8. If you want to learn something about people of the past, you can ___________

A. join the team to Hawaii B. join the team to the Far North

C. join the team to Washington D. join the team to Greece

9. The word “intelligent” in paragraph 4 means __________________.

A. exciting B. beautiful C. large D. clever

10. Which of the following is false ?

A. Some people find sightseeing trips boring.

B. Earth watch is planning various special adventures

C. The number orcas is decreasing.

D. Volcano Explosions in all broke out 3, 500 years ago in Greece.

IV.短文改错。

This summer, I, as a “three good” student, was luckily enough 1.

to be invited to the summer camp, that was set up near 2. _________

a village at a foot of the Taihang Mountains. 3. __________

We went climb or swimming. Sometimes we spent time 4. __________

helping the peasants with their farm work. Beside, we went 5. _________

to the city to visit some factories, a modern hospital and 6. _________

even the TV station. Much to our excite, one day, 7.

we fly in the sky from an airport nearby. How 8. _______

pride and happy I felt then, for it was the first time 9. __________

in my life to travel on the blue sky over our motherland. 10. __________

V.书面表达。

假设你是李华，申请到一家外资企业工作。对方要求你用英语写一篇短文，介绍自己的基本情况。

 短文应包括下表所列全部内容。

注意：1. 情况介绍必须采用短文形式；

 　　　2. 词数100左右。

答案解析

I.1.选D。本题考查contain和include 的辨析。Forty maps是这本书全部的内容，应用contain; three of Great Britain是其中部分内容，应用include。Contain 和include 没有进行时态，故B错误；include应用现在分词形式作状语，故A错误，正确的只有D。

2. 选A。本题考查名词辨析。根据句意“这个医疗卫生项目很棒，但只有很少的人能享受到”，四个选项中have access to 的意思是“可进入，可接近”，符合句意故选A。

3. 选A。本题考查词组辨析。Break down 意思是“出故障”；break out 意思是“爆发”；break up 意思是“破裂”；break in 的意思是“插话”。根据句意“电脑系统突然出故障了”，故选A。

4. 选D。本题考查词组辨析。Separate from 意思是“从……分离”；make up 意思是“组成……”；belong to 意思是“属于”；consist of 意思是“由……组成”。根据句意“英国是由三部分组成的”，故选D。

5. 选D。本题考查合成名词的复数。正确选项为D。

6. 选C。本题考查“也”的用法。Also 一般位于句中；either在否定句中表示“也”；as well as 意思是“和……，与……”；as well 与too用法相近，通常用于句末，故选C。

7. 选C。本题考查be well known的比较级。根据句意“怀特教授写短篇故事，但他的剧更出名”，be well known 的比较级应为be better known，故C正确。

8. 选A。本题考查词组辨析。In a moment 意思是“一会儿后”，B、C不存在；for a moment 意思是“一会儿”，为段时间。根据句意“火车一会儿就开”，in a moment 合适，故选A。

9. 选C。本题考查词汇辨析。“牛奶价格上涨很快”要用不及物动词rise 或go up，D选项错误，故选C。

10. 选A。本题考查词组辨析。根据句意“他总是能想出好主意”，故词组come up with 正确，选A。

11. 选B。本题考查冠词用法。在本题中one代替前面的名词teacher，并有who引导的定语从句限定，故需用定冠词the。答案为B。

12. 选D。本题考查固定搭配。By design意思是“有意地，故意地”，句意为“这个世界是被人有意创造的还是偶然形成的？”。答案为D。

13. 选A。本题考查固定搭配。Concentrate on 固定搭配，意思是“集中注意力于……”；此外，本句的谓语动词是由and连接的三个连续的动作， 故concentrate 也应用一般现在时。答案为A。

14. 选C。本题考查agree 与介词的搭配。根据句意“在电视上报道的情况与事实不很相符”，只有agree with 有“与……一致”的含义，故选C。

15. 选C。本题考查词组辨析。Pick up意思是“捡起”；put out意思是“扑灭”；point out意思是“指出”；call out 意思是“大声呼唤”。根据句意“如果我指出你文章中的错误你会介意吗？”，point out 最合适，故选C。

II.1. A科学技术在进步，人们谈论的话题也很时尚。B指科学技术的发达。

2. B从下文来看，这种时尚与我们的日常生活息息相关，而不仅仅是工作或学习。

3. D前后对比，几年前人们还很少谈论这些话题，下文提到这一情况。

4. A，当时人们认为这还只是高科技手段（与生活无关）。

5. C只是前面提到的用途，甚至用来制造一流的炸弹。

6. B link A to B，本句表示把电脑与网络连接。

7. C由于前面提到的人们认识上的局限，知道网络的真谛的人很少。

8. D用生意举例加以说明。

9. C上网，依靠网络，在网上进行交易，即下文提到的电子商务。

10. B不是在做事时转身看，而是四周打量，往周围看。

11. A发邮件还是要在电脑上写，本句指发电子邮件与寄信的不同。

12. C是家里的电脑与网络连接。

13. D express one's feelings，表示“表达思想’，。

14. A年轻人在网上出现的“网络爱情”。

15. B今天的我难以想象网络在明天的作用。

16. D与下文的that构成so... that结构的只能是D，表示“如此·一以致于”。

17. C将来没什么是不可能的。

18. A情态动词can与tell连接表示“知道”，通常用于疑问句和否定句，I cannot tell where he is. /who can tell what he is？

19. B未来会发生什么我们不知道，但有一点是明确的。

20. D本句的主语是people，人们会很乐意倘徉于网上。

III.1. C推理判断题。由第一自然段的“8: 48 a. m. Tuesday"和第三自然段的“And the 18 minutes before the next plane would hit were ticking off.”可推知C项正确。其他几项均没有将二者结合起来，不符合题意。

2. A词意猜测题。当飞机撞击大楼时，很多人的第一反应就是快跑，如果这样情况可能就比较乱，会造成不必要的伤亡。警方根据形势的发展认为危险已过去了，所以请求大家不要乱跑，呆在原处，这些从其后的说明及例子中均可以看出。

3. D推理判断题。从原文倒数第一段的相关信息中可以推断出，相关信息为“left the 79th floor with the other:..和"two minutes or so before the plane crashed into their floor.”可推断出D项正确。

4. C推理判断题。“如果……，死亡的人就会更少了。"A, B, D项本文中均已提及，A项警方广播了多次；B项本文并没有明确说明不要坐电梯;D项人们留下来也出现了问题。唯一的可能就是如果该事件发生在周末，由于上班人少了，死亡的人当然就少了。

5．B 推理判断题。A项从第二段中的“had been knocked off her chair by the blast of heat. . .”可知其错了；;C项从本文的最后一句可知Richard Jacobs当时并没有回到楼上；D项本文并没有明确指出“所有人本来应该都出来的”。B项由第二段后面的“on the 91st floor'’和“twelve floors above her”可推知其正确。

6. D The Tai Mahal 出现在go sight seeing之时（第一段最后）。

7. A 人们are bored with sightseeing trips，所以他们have...（第二段）。

8. D 文章的倒数第二段提到这点。

9. D intelligent：有智慧的。

10. D 只有on Santarin的火山爆发于3, 500 years ago.

IV.1. luckily→lucky。形容词作表语。

2. that→which。 that不可以引导非限制性定语从句

3．第二个a→the。 at the foot of“在……脚下”

4. climb→climbing。 go climbing去爬山

5. Beside→Besides。 besides“此外”，beside“在……旁边”

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7. excite→excitement。 to one's excitement“令某人感到激动的是”

8. fly→flew。时态错误，叙述夏令营的事

9. pride→proud。 pride是名词而proud是形容词

10. on→in。 in the sky 在空中

V. One possible version:

    My name is Li Hua. I was born in Dalian, Liaoning province in February 1977. I started school in 1984 when I was seven. I studied in Guangming Primary School from 1984 to 1990. After that I went to No.62 Middle School of Dalian and graduated this summer. The main subjects I studied at school included Chinese, maths, English, physics, chemistry and computer. I like English and computer best and I am very good at them. Last year I won first prize in the school computer competition. In my spare time I enjoy listening to popular music and collecting stamps. My favourite sports are swimming in summer and skating in winter.