【正文】 75. B。根據文章最后一段的描述：電腦死機， 旅客們感到恐懼、憂郁、不安，從而可推知此題答案為 C。 修改：在錯的詞下劃 一 橫線， 并在該詞下面寫上修改后的詞。 get your life on order now. 56. What does the underlined word “prioritize” in Paragraph 2 mean? A. choose something by thinking carefully. B. recognize the difference between things. C. put many things in order of importance D. get rid of something that is unwanted should avoid stressing out because ________________. A. it may cause us to fail to work efficiently B. it may limit the speed to get things done C. we don’t have enough energy to keep working D. we are supposed to have a break while working 58. Which statement would the author agree to? A. Try multitasks, and we can get more done. B. It is impolite to refuse to help others at work C. Having breaks regularly may delay our tasks. D. It is wise to be aware of what we can achieve. 59. By writing the text, the author would like to _______________. A. ask readers to share their time management skills. B. offer some advice on how to make full use of time[ C. invite readers to discuss how to improve life quality D. persuade readers to spend less time on daily routine B The most frightening words in the English language are, “ Our puter is down.” You hear it more and more when you are on business. The other day I was at the airport waiting for a ticket to Washington and the girl in the ticket office said, “ I’ m sorry, I can’t sell you a ticket. Our puter is down.” “ If your puter is down, just write me out a ticket.” “ I can’ t write you out a ticket. The puter is the only one allowed to do so.” I looked down on the puter and every passenger was just standing there drinking coffee and staring at the black screen. Then I asked her, “ What do all you people do?” “ We give the puter the information about your trip, and then it tells us whether you can fly with us or not.” “ So when it goes down, you go down with it.” “ That’ s good, sir.” “ How long will the puter be down?” I wanted to know. “ I have no idea. Sometimes it’ s down for 10 minutes, sometimes for two hours. There’ s no way we can find out without asking the puter, and since it’ s down it won’ t answer us.” After the girl told me they had no backup(備用 ) puter, I said. “ Let’ s fet the puter. What about your planes? They’ re still flying, aren’ t they?” “ I couldn’ t tell without asking the puter.” “ Maybe I could just go to the gate and ask the pilot if he’ s flying to Washington, ” I suggested. “ I wouldn’ t know what gate to send you to. Even if the pilot was going to Washington, he couldn’ t take you if you didn’ t have a ticket.” “ Is there any other airline flying to Washington within the next few hours?” “ I wouldn’ t know, ” she said, pointing at the dark screen. “ Only ‘ IT’ knows. ‘ It’ can’ t tell me.” By this time there were quite a few people standing in lines. The word soon spread to other travelers that the puter was down. Some people went white, some people started to cry and still others kicked their luggage. 60. The best title for the article is _______. A. When the Computer Is Down B. The Most Frightening Words C. The Computer of the Airport D. Asking the Computer 61. What could the girl in the ticket office do for the passengers without asking the puter? A. She could sell a ticket. B. She could write out a ticket. C. She could answer the passengers’ questions. D. She could do nothing. 62. Why do you think they had not a backup puter? A. Because it was easy down B. Because it was very expensive. C. Because it was not advanced enough. D. Because it was not as big as the main puter. 63. The last paragraph suggests that _______. A. a modern puter won’ t be down. B. puters can take the place of humans C. sometimes a puter may bring suffering to people D. there will be great changes in puters C Each year, nearly 20,000 people die from lung cancer caused by exposure to radon(氡 ). A mon source of exposure to radon that can be avoided is exposure in the home, yet only one in five homeowners has actually tested for radon. January is National Radon Action Month and the . Environmental Protection Agency is urging people to test their homes. “ Healthy homes make for healthy families,” said Bill Wehrum, EPA’s (Environmental Protection Agency) acting assistant administrator for the Office of Air and Radiation. “EPA is encouraging people to test for radon — a simple step to providing peace of mind.” Radon is a radioactive gas that seeps(滲透 ) into your home from underground, and can reach harmful levels if trapped indoors. The only way to know if your home contains high radon levels is to test for it. Nearly 80 percent of American homes have not been tested for radon, even though a simple test costing as little as $25 can help detect a possible radon problem. If radon is found, homeowners should find qualified professionals to reduce radon exposure for a cost similar to many mon home improvement repairs. Because we can’t see or smell radon, it’s a real challenge for us when trying to raise awareness about its public health risk. Radon is the secondleading cause of lung cancer in the United States, but it is pletely preventable. People can protect their family with a simple first step, and then take action to prevent radon exposure by testing their homes. The EPA is launching a campaign to inform people about radon and is working with anizations across the country to educate the public on how to protect them