【正文】 aster, Many scientists agree that puters can now do many things, but they cannot do everything. Who knows what the puters of tomorrow will be like? Will puters bring good things or bad things to people? The scientists of today will have to decide how to use the puters of tomorrow.1. The puter is a _______ machine. A. helpful B. strange C. large D. dangerous2. The first large, modern puter was built about _______ years ago. A. a few B. forty C. sixty D. eighty3. The puters of today are _______ than before. A. bigger B. fewer C. smaller D. taller4. Computers can do _______. A. everything B. anything C. nothing D. lots of things5. The scientists of today _______ how to use the puters of tomorrow. A. may decide B. must decide C. can make D. needn’t make（科技類）(2)Warm water freezes more quickly than cold water. Sir Francis Bacon said that almost four hundred years ago. But few people believed him until 1970. In that year a Canadian scientist George Kill proved the English professor was right. Dr Kill filled an open oil pail(桶) with cold water. He filled another with warm water. He put both in the same low temperature. The warm water froze first. The lack of covers on the pails is the secret. Some of the warm water changed into vapor. This meant that less of the warm water was left to be frozen. And so the warm water froze faster than the cold water even though it had a greater temperature drop to make.1. Hundreds of years ago, Sir Francis Bacon found _______. A. the temperature of warm water drops faster than that of cold water B. warm water is heavier than cold waterC. warm water has the same temperature as cold water D. warm water is not as useful as cold water2. What Sir Francis Bacon said was right, but people didn39。推斷題。根據(jù)文章第1段倒數(shù)第2句fixed his little eyes brightly on the screen及第2段第1句I found him still watching TV by himself可推知此題答案為A。2. A。細(xì)節(jié)題。 when I read to him, he did not feel fortable. And so it is in the schools with my students. I find that our students don’t read and they look down upon reading and make light of those of us who teach it. All they want to do is watch TV. After this experience with the baby, however, I have drawn a conclusion: “Let them watch it!” If television is that much more attractive to children than books, why should we fight against it? Let them watch what they want！ 1. Why did the father bring a TV set into his son’s room? A. To enjoy some interesting programs together with his son. B. To help himself pass the long hours ahead of him. C. To help his son fall asleep sooner. D. To keep his son from making noises. 2. The baby seemed to be ______ at the sight of the TV set. A. excited B. surprised C. bored D. pleased 3. This experience with his baby helped the father ______. A. to know his baby better B. to know better how to educate his students C. to change his opinions towards TV D. to know better about the new generation （教育類）(4)【答案與解析】本文記述了通過孩子看電視一事，作者反思了對孩子們的教育問題。通過閱讀全文和平時的常識可知對于你感興趣的材料一定會讀得仔細(xì)，所以 D 的說法是錯誤的，因此此題答案為 D。4. D。判斷題。根據(jù) Examples are directions for making or doing something, arithmetic problems… 可知此題答案為 B。2. B。推斷題。 （教育類） (3)If you wish to bee a better reader, here are four important things to remember about reading rate:● Knowing why you are reading or what you are reading to find out will often help you to know whether to read rapidly or slowly.● Some things should be read slowly throughout. Examples are directions for making or doing something, arithmetic problems, science and history books, which are full of important information. You must read such things slowly to remember each important step and understand each important ideas.● Some things should be read rapidly throughout. Examples are simple stories meant for enjoyment, news letters from friends, pieces of news from local, or hometown, papers, telling what is happening to friends and neighbors.● In some of your reading, you must change your speed from fast to slow and slow to fast, as you go along. You will need to read certain pages rapidly and then slow down and do more careful reading when you e to important ideas which must be remembered.1. The underlined word rate in the first sentence means _______.A. fast B. slow C. speed D. skill2. Which should be read slowly according to the passage?A. Stories for enjoyment B. Arithmetic problems C. Letters from friends D. News from hometown newspapers3. How fast should we read?A. The faster, the better. B. The more slowly, the better. C. Neither too fast nor too slow. D. It depends on what we are reading.4. According to the passage which of the following is NOT true?A. Read slowly when you are reading something important to you.B. Read fast when you are reading something unimportant to you.C. Read the materials that you are interested in slowly.D. Read the materials that you are interested in fast.（教育類）(3)【答案與解析】本文說明讀書時要注意效率，有的東西要仔細(xì)閱讀，而有的只要快速瀏覽一下。這是文章主旨題。3. D。細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù) Such students felt that they are hated by everyone else they meet and they don’t want to go to school any longer(這樣的學(xué)生覺得他們被所有認(rèn)識的人討厭，他們不想再去學(xué)校)可推知答案為 B。1. B。（教育類）(2) Japanese students work very bard but many are unhappy. They feel heavy pressures(壓力) from their parents. Most students are always told by their parents to study harder and better so that they can have a wonderful life in the future. Though this may be a good idea for those very bright students, it can have terrible results for many students who are not gifted(有天賦的) enough. Many of them have tried very hard at school but have failed in the exams and have their parents lose hope. Such students felt that they are hated by everyone else they meet and they don’t want to go to school any longer. They bee dropouts.It is surprising that though most Japanese parents are worried about their children, they do