Your computer has been playing music for years, one CD at a time. Now hundreds of songs can be stored in your PC if they" re in the MP3 format (格式).
What is it?
MP3 compressed(压缩) music into small computer files. You may download MP3 music several ways: Music can be downloaded from websites that have turned wide music libraries into MP3. Once MP3 music is on your PC’s hard drive, you can play it through your computer"s speakers, "burn" it onto blank CDs or swap(交换) MP3 files with friends using e -mail.
| How much?
Software needed to play and convert MP3 music is often free. Compact portable MP3 players start at around $ 40 and can hold hundreds of songs. A blank CD on which you can record music costs about a dollar.
| Advantages
MP3 turns your home PC into a jukebox(自动唱机) . Small MP3 players are the size of a deck of cards(一副牌), making it easy to take hundreds of songs with you.
Disadvantages
You may find that some websites only allow you to listen but you can"t download music. Others let you download music but can"t be copied to MP3 players. And a growing number of new CDs make it impossible to copy songs to a computer.
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小题1:How can you get MP3 music?| A．By turning your home PC into a jukebox. | | B．By taking your own music or songs with you. | | C．By copying songs to a PC through the speakers. | | D．By downloading from websites, which have turned music libraries into MP3. |
小题2:What is the closest meaning of the underlined word "burn"?| A．Copy. | B．Play. | C．Store. | D．Change. |
小题3:Which is NOT true according to the passage?| A．MP3 music is often free. | | B．MP3 music can be "burned" onto blank CDs or be swapped with friends by e -mail. | | C．MP3 music can be taken along while traveling. | | D．A growing number of new CDs make it possible to copy songs to a computer. |
小题4:How much will you pay for a compact portable MP3 player?| A．Free. | B．At least 10 dollars. | | C．About forty dollars. | D．About a dollar. |
小题5:How many disadvantages of MP3 can we see from the passage? |
小题1:C
小题2:A
小题3:C
小题4:A
小题5:D |
小题1:细节理解题，由文中you can play it through your computer"s可知
小题2:细节理解题，将文件刻录到光盘，实质就是复制
小题3:句意判断题，只由C在文中没有涉及到
小题4:细节理解题，由文中Software needed to play and convert MP3 music is often free. Compact
小题5:句意理解题，由文中最后一自然段 |
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Monday morning is an important time at our school. All of the students go to the playground. We listen to music, and we 1 the national flag go up.
Usually, one student gives a talk on Monday mornings. One Monday last year, a boy gave the talk. He was 2 and excited! When I saw him, I wanted to have a try, too.
Can I really do it?
Last week, our teacher said our class should give the talk. My teacher 3 me, "I know you want to have a try. Next Monday, you can give the talk. Go and write something down. 4 for it, I"m sure you"ll do well."
"Thank you," I answered, It was such a great 5 for me! When I got home, I was excited. I wrote two pages for the talk. I read them again and again. When I read, I asked my parents 6 . I wanted to make my teacher happy.
Monday morning came. I began to feel 7 . When did I last give a talk to 8 many people? Never! This was my first time. Could I really 9 it ? Maybe I couldn"t finish the talk.
When I got to school, we all went out to playground. I 10 in front of everyone. I opened my mouth, but I couldn"t say anything.
"Take it easy," I said to 11 . "Don"t be nervous. You can do it."
Just then, I looked down at everyone. I saw about 1,000 eyes. They were all looking at me ! I couldn"t 12 stand up.
I looked at their eyes more carefully. Their eyes were saying, "You can do it! Don"t be afraid, just talk!"
I 13 a big breath. Then I began to talk. It wasn"t hard. It was easy.
I don"t know 14 I finished my talk. But I did it. I felt so good that day. I showed myself 15 everyone what I can do.
| 小题1: | | A．watch | B．see | C．notice | D．look at |
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| 小题2: | | A．surprising | B．proud | C．amazed | D．careful |
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| 小题3: | | A．told | B．asked for | C．said to | D．showed |
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| 小题4: | | A．Look out | B．Come on | C．Take care | D．Get ready |
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| 小题5: | | A．chance | B．news | C．time | D．message |
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| 小题6: | | A．to listen to | B．to listen | C．listen to | D．listen |
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| 小题7: | | A．excited | B．happy | C．nervous | D．surprised |
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| 小题8: | | A．after | B．such | C．before | D．so |
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| 小题10: | | A．stand | B．stood | C．was standing | D．have stood |
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| 小题11: | | A．me | B．my class | C．myself | D．my parents |
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| 小题12: | | A．be able to | B．hardly | C．ever | D．even |
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| 小题14: | | A．when | B．how | C．why | D．whether |
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Some people believe that dreams can tell them what will happen in the future. 1 knows why this is so, but there are many stories about people. The people make their dreams 2 . One of these people was a man 3 John Chapman, who lived in Swaffham in England many years ago.
John Chapman dreamt that he 4 on London Bridge and a man told him how to become rich. John Chapman was a poor man and he needed 5 , so the next day he decided to leave for London. 6 was 100 miles from Swaffham to London. He walked for two days and at last he 7 London Bridge. There were many people on the bridge, but they weren’t 8 in John Chapman. No one 9 him. After three days, John Chapman decided to go home, 10 before he could do this, a shopkeeper came up to him.
“I am watching you these days,” he said. “Are you 11 someone?”
“Yes,” said John. “I had a dream about a man here. He would help me to get much money.”
“Oh,” said the shopkeeper. “You shouldn’t believe in dreams. 12 I believe in dreams, I’d be in Swaffham right now. I had a dream a few days ago about a man called John Chapman from Swaffham. He had 13 in his garden, near an old apple tree.”
John Chapman was 14 by what the shopkeeper said. At once he went home and dug near an old apple tree. He soon found many pieces of gold. He was so happy that he 15 some of the gold to his poor neighbours. What a kind man he was! For the rest of his life, he was a rich man.
| 小题1: | | A．Nobody | B．Anybody | C．Somebody | D．Everybody |
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| 小题2: | | A．come out | B．come up | C．come true | D．come to |
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| 小题3: | | A．call | B．to call | C．calling | D．called |
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| 小题4: | | A．is standing | B．stood | C．will stand | D．stands |
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| 小题5: | | A．dream | B．future | C．money | D．apple |
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| 小题7: | | A．reached | B．arrived | C．got | D．went |
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| 小题8: | | A．interest | B．interests | C．interesting | D．interested |
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| 小题9: | | A．listened to | B．talked to | C．said to | D．needed to |
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| 小题11: | | A．waiting for | B．asking for | C．caring for | D．looking after |
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| 小题13: | | A．money | B．apple | C．tree | D．gold |
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| 小题14: | | A．angry | B．surprised | C．happy | D．sad |
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| 小题15: | | A．borrowed | B．gave | C．brought | D．got |
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Each morning a rich man found a poor man sitting on a park bench (长凳). The poor man always sat there, looking at the big hotel in which the rich man lived. One day the rich man got out of his car and said to the poor man, “Excuse me, but I just want to know why you sit here and look at my hotel every morning.” “Sir”, said the poor man, “I am a failure (失败者). I have no money, no family, no home. I sleep on this bench, and every night I dream that one day I"ll sleep in that hotel.” The rich man said, “Tonight your dream will come true. I"ll pay for the best room in that hotel for you for a whole month.
A few days later, the rich man went by the poor man"s room to ask him how he was enjoying himself. To his surprise, he found that the man had moved out of the hotel, back to his park bench. When the rich man asked why, the poor man said, “you see, when I am down here sleeping on my bench, I dream I"m up there, in that big hotel. It"s a wonderful dream. But when I was up there, I dreamed I was back to this cold bench. It was a terrible dream, and I couldn"t get any sleep at all.”
小题1:The poor man lived in ________ before he met the rich man.| A．the hotel | B．his home | C．the park | D．the car |
小题2:Every morning, the poor man sat on the bench and __________.| A．waited for the rich man | | B．looked at the rich man"s hotel | | C．looked at the rich man"s car | | D．enjoyed the clean air |
小题3: Every night the poor man dreamed of _____________.| A．sleeping in that hotel | | B．becoming rich | | C．owning that hotel | | D．being the rich man"s friend |
小题4:The poor man moved out of the hotel because __________.| A．he didn"t want to live in such a fine room | | B．he didn"t like the rich man | | C．he couldn"t pay for the room | | D．he couldn"t get any sleep at all there |
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Young people and older people don’t always agree. They sometimes have different ideas about living, working and playing. But in one special programme in New York State, adults and teenagers live together in a friendly way.
Each summer 200 teenagers and 50 adults live together for eight weeks as members of a special work group. Everyone works several hours each day. They do so not just to keep busy but to find meaning and enjoyment in work. Some teenagers work in the woods or on the farms near the village. Some learn to make things like tables and chairs and build houses. The adults teach them these skills.
There are several free hours each day. Weekends are free, too. During the free hours some of the teenagers learn photo taking or painting. Others sit around and talk or sing. Each teenager chooses his own way to spend his free time.
When people live together, rules are necessary. In this programme the teenagers and the adults make the rules together. If someone breaks a rule, the problem goes before the whole group. They talk about it and ask, “Why did it happen? What should we do about it?”
One of the teenagers has this to say about his experience, “You stop thinking only about yourself; you learn to think about the group.”
小题1:In one special programme in New York State, young and older people _______ .| A．don’t work well together. | | B．are friendly to one another. | | C．teach one another new ways of building houses. | | D．spend eight weeks together, working as farmers.. |
小题2:All the members work some time every day mainly to _______ .| A．lead a busy life. | | B．learn new skills of farming; | | C．get used to the life on the farms | | D．find value and pleasure in work |
小题3:Living together, _________ .| A．the teenagers don’t have to obey the rules | | B．the teenagers have to obey the rules the adults make | | C．the members have no free time on weekends | | D．the members are not allowed to break the rules they make together |
小题4:The last programme shows that the teenager thinks his experience in the programme is ____ .| A．unpleasant | B．tiring | C．helpful | D．boring |
小题5:The best title for the passage is __________ .| A．The rules of living together | | B．Life in New York State | | C．Teenagers in the special group | | D．Free hours in the special work group |
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We can see walls everywhere in the world. But the Great Wall of China is the biggest of all. The Chinese call it. “The Ten-thousand-Li. Great Wall.” It’s in fact (事实) more than 6,000 kilometers long. It’s 4-5 meters wide. In most places, five houses or ten men can walk side by side. When you visit the Great Wall, you can’t help wondering (疑惑) how the Chinese people were able to build (建造) such a great wall thousands of years ago. Without any modern machine (机器), it was really very difficult to build it. They had to do all the work by hand. It took millions of men hundreds of years to build it.
The Great Wall has a history of over two thousand years. The kings began to build the first parts of it around two thousand seven hundred years ago. Then, Qin Shihuang had all the walls joined up (连起来). He thought that could keep the enemy (敌人) out of the country.
Today the Great Wall has become a place of interest. Not only Chinese people but also people from all over the world come to visit it.
小题1:The Great Wall is the biggest of all walls in _______.| A．China | B．Europe（欧洲） | C．the world | D．Asia (亚洲) |
小题2:How long is the Great Wall ?| A．It’s less than six hundred kilometers. | | B．It’s more than six million kilometers. | | C．It’s six thousand kilometers. | | D．It’s over six thousand kilometers. |
小题3:It took ________ men _________ years old to build the Great Wall.| A．millions, millions | B．hundreds of, hundreds of | | C．millions of, hundreds | D．hundreds of, millions of |
小题4:The Great Wall was built ________.| A．by people all over the world | | B．without any modern machines | | C．with some other countries’ help | | D．by all Chinese Kings. |
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