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Living with Computer

We learn from the passage that the writer
A．is fed up with the Net opponents.
B．prefers people to the computer.
C．is addicted to the computer.
D．does not like human contact.
A. But after a while, life itself begins to feel unreal. I start to feel as though I’ve merged with my machines, taking data in, spitting them back out, just another node (节点) on the Net. Others on line report the same symptoms. We start to strongly dislike the outside forms of socializing. It’s like attending an A. meeting in a bar with everyone holding a half-sipped drink. We have become the Net opponents’ worst nightmare.

[填空题]From the passage we learn how a digital camera works wilt] some principles and processes.

[单项选择]Passage TwoWhat do we learn from the words of Bill Clinton
A. Ann Richards created a world for all the young people.
B. Ann Richards was the greatest feminist in the US.
C. Ann Richards helped young girls find their places.
D. Ann Richards was a kind-hearted person.

[单项选择]What can we learn from the passage
A. It is hard to tell how to protect the privacy of Internet users.
B. Financial institutions cannot cope with criminal behavior.
C. Internet has thousand passwords.
D. Nobody knows your buying habits.

[单项选择]Passage One
Children learn almost nothing from television，and the more they watch the less they remember．They regard television purely as entertainment，resent programs that demand on them and are surprised that anybody should take the medium seriously．Far from being over—excited by programs，they are mildly bored with the whole thing． These are the main conclusions from a new study of children and television．The author Cardiac Cullingford confirms that the modem child is a dedicated viewer．The studv suggests that there is liRle point in the later hours．More than a third of the children regularly watch their favorite programs after 9 p．m．All 11-year—olds have watched programs after midnight．
Apart from the obvious waste of time involved，it seems that all this viewing has liRle effect．Children don’t pay close attention，says Cullingford，and they can recall few detaiL7．They can remember exactly which programs they have seen but they can rarely explain the elem
A. it is useless for television companies to delay adult viewing to the later hours
B. it is a waste of time for children to watch adult programs on TV
C. children should not watch television programs late into the night
D. children are supposed to learn a lot from television programs

[单项选择]We learn from the passage that （　）.
A. Allen stolen a lot of money
B. Alien escaped to Virginia
C. Allen stolen the dog because he liked it very much
D. Allen rescued the dog from being maltreated by its owner

[填空题]We learn from the passage that conditions for the early whites traveling to America by ships were much better than ______.

[单项选择]What do we learn from the passage about MySpace
A. It’s a reliable way to make friends online.
B. It is convenient to get in touch with their parents.
C. It is regarded as a way of judging high school popularity.
D. It is regarded as a way of judging subject scores.

[填空题]We can learn from the passage that the health spending in any other OECD is ______ than that in America.

[填空题]We learn from the passage that the difference in pay between the lowest paid and the aver- age worker in America is ______ than that in other industrialized countries.