Constance Hale says "email has been an incredible boon to communication"．What Does she mean by this?________

你(LiYuan)的生日就要到了，写封信邀请朋友参加你的生日聚会。信的内容包括：

(1)告知对方聚会的具体时间、地点。

(2)到达聚会地点的行车路线及便利的交通工具。

Why did Bob Parks radio wake him up 1/2 hour earlier than usual?________

• A.The electricity had gone off during the night．
• B.Bob had set the alarm wrong．
• C.Bob did not want to be late．
• D.The Internet had informed the radio of a traffic jam．

In which case mentioned in the passage would an automatic language translator be helpful?________

• A.A medical emergency．
• B.Police action．
• C.Traveling．
• D.All of the above．

Passage Five

 The year 2000 will bring big changes in communication．Cell phones will be small enough to carry in your pocket．Videophones will let you see the person you are talking to on the phone．Tiny hand size computers will know your favorite subjects．The Internet and email will be everywhere．Technologists believe 2000 will be the year of video messaging．You will be able to see whom youre talking to．

• Also in the near future small wireless boxes will pick up information from satellites．In 5 years, computers wont need to be connected through wires．
• All of this will be good for rural areas and countries that dont have cable or telephone now．
• In 20 years you may only need to think about something and the computer will do it．
• Constance Hale is the author of Sin and Syntax, "I believe that email has been an incredible boon to communication．People are writing today where they would have been telephoning yesterday．So people are engaging with words more than they have for the last
• If people use email and the Internet more, it could make people better readers and writers．Some people think the most important part of communication is to make people understand each other better．Will technology make that easier?    T
• Bob Parks is an Associate Editor of Wired Magazine, "Bobs morning begins at about 6:45 am．and Bob is kind of mad, because Bob usually gets up at around 7:15 and likes to cut it close with his morning commute, but I look at my radio and it says that theres
• Its fun to try to guess the future．Usually the predictions are wrong．The one thing we know for sure is that we cant imagine how technology will change．
• How will wireless computers and Internet services help rural areas?________
• A.One of the biggest barriers to Internet use is getting wires into rural areas．
• B.The wireless computers will be cheaper．

Constance Hale says "email has been an incredible boon to communication"．What Does she mean by this?________

• A.People want to see the person they are talking to on the phone．
• B.email is easier than talking on the phone．
• C.People are using writing and reading more with email．
• D.email is not private enough．

Why did the girls father ask her to make the list?

• A.He wanted to keep the list at home．
• B.He didnt know what the girls enemy had said．
• C.He wanted the girl to talk back．
• D.He wanted her to check if she really had these weak points．

What can we infer from reading the passage?

• A.The girl benefited from her fathers advice．
• B.The girl was very often angry with her father．
• C.The girls father loved other peoples advice．
• D.The girl was easily hurt by her father

Which is the best title of this passage?

• A.The Earliest People in North America．
• B.The Earliest Immigrants to North America．
• C.The People of the United States．
• D.Europeans were the Earliest People Coming to the North America．

What did the girl do when she could no longer bear her enemy?

• A.She turned to her father．
• B.She cried to her hearts content．
• C.She tried to put up with her again．
• D.She tried to be her friend．

根据以下资料，回答下列各题。

When I was about 12 1 had an enemy, a girl who liked to point out my shortcomings．Week by week her list grew: I was skinny, I wasnt a good student, I was boyish, I talked too loud, and so on．I put up with her as long as I could．At last, with great anger, I ran to my father in tears．

He listened to my outburst quietly．Then he asked, "Are the things she says true or not?"

True? I wanted to know how to strike back．What did truth have to do with it?

"Mary, didnt you ever wonder what you are really like? Well, you now have that girls opinion．Go and make a list of everything she said and mark the points that are true．Pay no attention to the other things she said．"

I did as he directed and discovered to my surprise that about half the things were true．Some of them I couldnt change (like being skinny), but a good number I could and suddenly wanted to change．

For the first time in my life I got a fairly clear picture of myself．

I brought the list back to Daddy．He refused to take it．

"Thats just for you," he said．"You know better than anybody else the truth about yourself, once you hear it．But youve got to learn to listen, not to close your ears in anger or hurt．When something said about you is true youll know it．Youll find that it will echo inside you．"

Daddys advice has returned to me at many important moments．

What did the girls enemy like to do?

• A.Talking with her．
• B.Pointing out her weak points．
• C.Reporting to the teacher．
• D.Quarrelling with her．