【正文】 The introduction of the mouse， with the Apple Lisa puter in 1983， really started the puter public on the road to relying on the mouse for routine puter How does the mouse work? We have to start at the bottom， so think upside down for now. It all starts with the mouse ball. As the mouse ball in the bottom of the mouse rolls over the mouse pad， it presses against and turns two shafts. The shafts are connected to wheels with several small holes in them. The wheels have a pair of small electronic lightemitting devices called lightemitting diodes (LED) mounted on either side4. One LED sends a light beam to the LED on the other side. As the wheels spin and a hole rotates by， the light beam gets through to the LED on the other side. But a moment later the light beam is blocked until the next hole is in place. The LED detects a changing pattern of light， converts the pattern into an electronic signal， and sends the signal to the puter through wires in a cable that goes out of the mouse body. This cable is the tail that helps give the mouse its name. The puter interprets the signal to tell it where to position the cursor on the puter screen. So far we have only discussed the basic puter mouse that most of you probably have or have problem with this design is that the mouse gets dirty as the ball rolls over the surface and picks up dirt. Eventually you have to clean your mouse. The newer optical mice avoid this problem by having no moving parts. 詞匯 : scroll / skr?ul/ v. (在顯示屏上 )上下移動文本 pad /p230。這一說法與短文最后一段第三句所表達的意思相符。 5. B 題句所說的英國最強烈的地震于 1580 年發(fā)生在倫敦，這與短文表述的事實不符。題句表達的意思與第一段最后一句表達的內容相符。所以，題句是錯誤的，答案為 B。s not a matter of money. 這個不是錢的問題。美國地震學家 Charles Francis Richter (19001985)于 1935 年制定了地震震級表。 as if 是 好像 …… 一樣；仿佛 ，例如 :He treated me as if I were his son. 他待我如同待他的兒子一樣。gnitju:d/ n. 值，強度量 topple /‘t?pl/ v. 傾倒，震倒 rouse /ravz/ v. 喚醒 tremor /‘trem? (r) / hop /h?p/ v. 齊足跳起 funfair n. 公共露天游樂場 scale /skeil/ n. 震級 forthing /?f?:θ‘k?mi?)/ adj. 即將來臨的 evacuate /i39。 3 閱讀判斷 第七篇 Moderate Earthquake Strikes England A moderate earthquake struck parts of southeast England on 28 April 2022， toppling chimneys from houses and rousing residents from their beds. Several thousand people were left without power1 in Kent County. One woman suffered minor head and neck injuries. lt felt as if the whole house was being slid across like a funfair ride,3 said the woman. The British Geological Survey said the quake4 struck at 8:19 . and was centered under the English Channel5， about miles south of Dover6 and near the entrance to the Channel Tunnel7. Witnesses said cracks appeared in walls and chimneys collapsed across the county. Residents said the tremor had lasted for about 10 to 15 seconds. I was lying in bed and it felt as if someone had just got up from bed next to me. said Hendrick van Eck， 27，of Canterbury8 about 60 miles southeast of London.I then heard the sound of cracking， and it was getting heavier and felt as if someone was at the end of my bed hopping up and down. There are thousands of moderate quakes on this scale around the world each year， but they are rare in Britain. The April 28 quake was the strongest in Britain since 2022 when a quake struck the central England city of Birmingham10. The country39。s strongest earthquake took place in the North Sea in 1931， measuring on the Richter scale11. British Geological Survey scientist Roger Musson said the quake took place on 28 April in an area that had seen several of the biggest erthquakes ever to strike Britain， including one in 1580 that caused damage in London and was felt in Musson predicted that it was only a matter of time13 before another earthquake struck this part of England. However， people should not be scared too much by this prediction，Musson said， as the modern earthquake warning system of Britain should be able to detect a forthing quake and announce it several hours before it takes place. This would allow time for people to evacuate and reduce damage to the minimum. 詞匯 : moderate /39。v230。 4. quake:里氏 級地震 5. English Channel:英吉利海峽 6. Dover:多佛爾 [英格蘭東南部港口城市 ] 4 7. Channel Tunnel:海峽隧道。 12. British Geological Survey scientist Roger Musson said the quake took place on 28 April in an area that had seen several of the biggest earthquakes ever to strike Britain， including one in1580 that caused damage in London and was felt in Roger Musson 說， 4 月 28 日發(fā)生地震的地區(qū)曾經遭受過幾起英國最大的地震，其中的一次發(fā)生在 1580 年，那次地震蹂躪了倫 敦，并波及法國。 練習 : 1. During the April 28 earthquake， the whole England was left without power. A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned 2. The Channel Tunnel was closed for 10 hours after the earthquake occurred. A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned 3. It was reported that one lady had got her head and neck injured， but not seriously. A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned 4. France and several other European countries sent their medical teams to work side by side with the British doctors. A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned 5. The country39。 2. C 本題所說的意思是 :地震發(fā)生后，海峽隧道關閉了 10 小時。所以選項 A 是答案。短文第七段第一句明白無誤地說，英國最強烈的地震于 1931 年發(fā)生在北海。所以答案是 A。d/ n. 墊板 mouse pad 鼠標墊板 graphics /39。blit/ n. 書寫板 graphics tablet 圖形書寫板 workhorse /39。k?:S?r/ n. 光標 optical /39。 He stopped smoking. 他停止抽煙。 4. mounted on either side = mounted on both sides 5. So far we have only discussed the basic puter mouse that most of you probably have or have used. 到目前為止，我們只限于討論大多數人應該擁有或用過的基本型的計算機鼠標。題句的信息是錯誤的，故答案為 B。 4. A 短文的第三段說到，鼠標的部件有滾動部件如滾球，還有光電裝置如二極管等。這一說法與短文包含的信息不符。這一說法短文中找不到，故答案為C。s eyes， e