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of the punishment for breaking laws 22. How many laws are there discussed in the speech? A. Three. B. Four. C. Five D. Six[來(lái)源 :Z。 xx。 m ] 23. From the speech we learn that A. In this country, if you are under l8 years of age, you may not buy alcohol, but your friend can buy it for you. B. You may not buy cigarettes or tobacco unless you are above l6 years of age. C. Because the traffic moves on the right side of the road, you must use pedestrian crossings when crossing the road. D. You can’t make noise except at night. 24. The underlined word “contact’’ in the seventh paragraph means . A. keep in touch with B. get in touch with C. join D. report B Have you ever been to the world’s smallest bookstore? The World’s Smallest Bookstore, whose official name is just these three words, sits quietly about 100 miles northeast of Toronto. The bookstore is about 10 feet by 10 feet, so it is easy to imagine how tiny it really is. The bookstore is open 24 hours a day. Inside the bookstore are various books, especially literary books and classic authors’ works. So if you are looking for something less popular, you may get a bit disappointed there. Another special feature of this bookstore is that each book only costs three dollars. All the expenses are paid on the honor system, which means buyers should make a note of what they’ve bought and leave their money by themselves. So the tools of the trade in this bookstore are quite simple: pens, papers, light bulbs and a labelmaker. In order to catch passersby’s attention, the billboards(廣告牌 ) of the bookstore are several times bigger than the store itself. With these large eyecatchers, many people are willing to stop by and have a visit. 25. What’s the passage mainly about? A. The world’s smallest bookstore. B. A strange way of selling books. C. The popular books nowadays. D. The popular bookstores in the world. 26. When can you buy a book in the store? A. In the morning. B. In the afternoon. C. At night. D. At any time of the day 27. Which of the following books might you most probably get in the store? A. Books on popular science. B. Literary books. C. The year book of a university. D. Books on economic control. 28. How could you buy a book from the store? A. The salesman will help you find the book. B. The salesman will get the money for th e book. C. Choose the book(s) and leave the money there. D. Pay on the and then get the book(s) in the store. 29. How does the store attract readers’ attention? A. By putting up a huge billboard. B. By making ads on TV. C. By broadcasting loud music. D. By handing our ads in the street. C I have always known my kids use digital munications equipment a lot. But my cellphone bill last month really grabbed my attention. My son had e up to nearly 2,000 ining text messages, and had sent nearly as many. Of course, he was out of school for the summer and municating more with friends from a distance. Nevertheless, he found time to keep a summer job and plete a college course in between all that typing with thumb. I was even more surprised to learn that my son is normal. Teenagers with cellphones each send and receive 2,272 text messages a month on average, Nielsen Mobile said. Some experts regret that all that keyboard jabber(鍵盤(pán)閑聊 ) is making our kids stupid, unable to read nonverbal cues such as facial expressions, ge stures, posture and other silent signals of mood and attitude. Unlike phones, text messaging doesn39。t even allow transmission of tone of voice or pauses, says Mark Bauerlein, author called The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future. Beyond that, though, I39。m not sure I see as much harm as critics of this trend. I39。 ve posted before on how I initially tried to control my kids39。 texting. But over time, I have seen my son suffer no apparent ill effects, and he gains a big benefit, continuing contact with others. I don39。t think texting make kids stupid. It may make them annoying, when they try to text and talk to you at the same time. And it may make them distracted, when buzzing text message interrupt efforts to noodle out a math problem or finish reading for school.