M: All right. You just go to the post office and apply for a website, and then you can use it. You pay the fee every month just as you do with your telephone.
W: Thank you very much. I think I will do it.
Text 8
W: Which subject do you like best at school?
M: Computer studies.
W: Why ?
M: I can log onto the web and get a lot of information.
W: Do your classmates like the subject?
M: Yes. More boys than girls like the subject.
W: Why don't many girls like computers?
M: Hmm,girls and machines never mix. Girls are romantic and most of them like arts.
Text 9
M: Gee. I wish I had enough money to hire a housekeeper.
W: Oh,don't be so lazy. Is it really that hard to keep your room clean?
M: It's not just my room. I need someone to wash my clothes and fix my lunch, too.
W: Is that all?
M: Well,it would be nice if they could serve me breakfast in bed and also do my homework.
W: And I suppose you'd want someone who never complains about having to do so much work.
M: Sure, why not?
W: I don't think you can find a human being like that. What you need is a robot.
Text 10
Third, fourth and fifth graders are going all over the world without ever leaving their computer at school. Arundel Elementary School in San Carlos, California could be the most wired school in America. They are wired to the Internet through their computers.
On the Internet,30 Arundel students from kindergarten to the fifth grade log on to computers every day. Teacher Judy Garber says it's hard to get the kids away from the computers. They don't even want to take a break.
Laura Bacon likes to visit other students. She's going to Peggy's page. Peggy is a school student in London,England. She put her own homepage on the Internet. It includes pictures of Peggy, her school, her mom, dad and friends. You can send her mails,too.
Scientist John Gage helped to wire Arundel School. He says, "There is a plan to connect 12 thousand California schools on the Internet." On November 4th, parents and computer experts did a test run for this day and Arundel was wired to the Internet.
答案:1-5 ABAAC 6-10 ACCAA
11-15 BCBAA 16-20 CACBC
第二部分 阅读理解(共两节,满分40分)
第一节(共15小题;每小题2分,满分30分)
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。
A
It's true that teens don't get enough sleep,but changing the school starting time would have a chaotic effect and throw everyone off balance.