【正文】 y of the Inter? Many people are surprised when they find that the Inter was set up in the 1960s. At that time, puters were large and expensive. Computer works didn’t work well. If one puter in the work broke down, then the whole work stopped. So a new work system had to be set up. It should be good enough to be used by many different puters. If part of the work was not working, information could be sent through another part. In this way puter work system would keep on working all the time. At first the Inter was only used by the government, but, in the early 1970s, universities, hospital and banks were allowed to use it too. However, puters were still very expensive and the Inter was difficult to use. By the start of the 1990s, puters became cheaper and easier to use. Scientists had also developed software the made “surfing” the Inter more convenient. Today it is easy to get online and it is said that millions of people use the Inter every day. Sending is more and more popular among students. The Inter has now bee one of the most important parts of people’s life. ( )1. The Inter has a history of less than thirty years. ( )2. In the 1960s puter works went wrong easily. ( )3. In the early 1970s, the Inter was easy to use. ( )4. Scientists set up a new work system to make puters cheaper. ( )5. Sending is now more popular among students than before. (B) One day Trudy saw an advertisement in a magazine. It offered a packet of 100 mixed stamps for $10. Trudy wanted to start a stamp collection so she ordered the packet. One hundred mixed stamps seemed a good way to begin a collection. She sent a postal order to the stamp pany with her order, and waited excitedly for the stamps arrived. Trudy checked the mail every day for four weeks but the stamps didn’t arrive. So Trudy decided to write to the pany. “Dear Sir/Madam,” she wrote, “a month ago I sent you a postal order for $10 as payment for 100 mixed stamps. They haven’t arrived. Please send them by return of mail.” Another month passed. The stamps still didn’t arrive and she didn’t receive any replay to her letter. She asked her father for advice. Her father said, “You must write a stronger letter. Make the stamp pany worry that you will report them to the authorities.” “Dear Sir/Madam,” she wrote in her second letter. “I am writing to plain about your poor service. Two months ago I sent you a postal order for $10 as payment for 100 mixed stamps. I didn’t receive the stamps. A month ago I wrote to inform you of this. I still haven’t received the stamps, and you haven’t replied to my letter. If I do not receive the stamps within seven days. I shall report this matter to the authorities.” Two days later Trudy received the stamps in the mail. ( )6. Trudy ordered the stamps because _______. A. it seemed a good way to start a stamp collection. B. she wanted to give them to her father C. she need them to mail some letters D. she thought they were cheap ( )7. Trudy paid for the stamps with ________. A. cash B. a check C. the credit card D. a postal order ( )8. Trudy checked the mail every day for ______. A. 4 months B. a week C. a month D. for 3 weeks ( )9. In her second letter Trudy plained about how _______. A. expensive the stamps were B. boring the stamps were C. poor the pany’s service was D. slow the postal service was ( )10. Trudy received the stamps ______ after she sent the second letter. A. a week B. a month C. two months D. two days 五．翻譯句子。 16. For a moment he was pletely __________ (knock) over by the news of his friend’s death. 17. Let Simon go to the post office __________ (post) this letter. 18. He doesn’t need __________ (go) home now. 19. Before I got home yesterday, my shirt _____________ (iron) by my wife. 20. The robot makes Eddie __________ (get) angry. 二 . 選擇題。 6. My radio doesn’t work. I will put a new ____________(電池 ) into it. 7. His robot can stand on four small ___________(輪子 ) 8. Put your things awa