1 . 语法填空

Computer technology has become a major part of people’s lives. This technology has its own special words. One example is the word mouse. A computer mouse is not a small animal that lives in buildings and open fields. It is a small device     1     you move around on a flat surface in front of a computer. The mouse moves the pointer, or cursor, on the computer screen.

    2     (use) a computer takes some training. People who are experts sometimes     3     (call) hackers. A hacker is usually a person who writes software programs in a special computer language. But the word hacker is also used to describe a person who tries to steal information from computer systems.

    4     well known computer word is Google, spelled g-o-o-g-l-e. It is the name of a popular “search engine” for the Internet. People use the search engine to find information about almost any subject on the Internet. The people who started the company named it Google    5     in mathematics, googol, spelled g-o-o-g-o-l, is an extremely large number. It is the number one followed by one-hundred zeros.

       When you “Google” a subject, you can get a large amount of information about it. Some people like to Google their friends or themselves to see    6     many times their name appears on the Internet.
       If you Google someone, you might find that person’s name on a blog. A blog is the     7     (shorten) name for a Web log. A blog is a personal Web page. It may contain stories, comments, pictures and links to other Web sites. Some people add information     8    their blogs every day. People who have blogs are called bloggers.

2 . Many children first learn the value of money by receiving an allowance (pocket money). The purpose is to let children learn from experience at an age when financial mistakes are not very costly.

    1    . Timing is another consideration. Some children get a weekly allowance. Others get a monthly allowance. In any case, parents should make clear what, if anything, the child is expected to pay for with the money.

At first, young children may spend all of their allowance soon after they receive it. If they do this, they will learn the hard way that spending must be done within a budget.     2    . The object is to show young people that a budget demands choices between spending and saving. Older children may be responsible enough to save money for larger costs, like clothing or electronics. Many people who have written on the subject of allowances say it is not a good idea to pay your child for work around the home. These jobs are a normal part of family life.

Paying children to do extra work around the house, however, can be useful. It can even provide an understanding of how a business works.

Allowances give children a chance to experience the things they can do with money.     3    . They can spend it by buying things they want. Or they can save and maybe even invest it.

Saving helps children understand that costly goals require sacrifice: you have to cut costs and plan for the future.

Requiring children to save part of their allowance can also open the door to future saving and investing.     4    . A savings account is an excellent way to learn about the power of compound interest. Compounding works by paying interest on interest. So, for example, one dollar invested at two percent interest for two years will earn two cents in the first year. The second year, the money will earn two percent of one dollar and two cents, and so on.

That may not seem like a lot. But over time it adds up.

A．Many banks offer services to help children and teenagers learn about personal finance.

B．They can share it in the form of gifts or giving to a good cause.

C．It is a good virtue for children to form a habit to learn how to save money.

D．The amount of money that parents give to their children to spend as they wish differs from family to family.

E．Parents are usually advised not to offer more money until the next allowance.

F．Parents are supposed to tell their children how they should spend their pocket money wisely but the refused to do so.

3 . Trains are________ (rely), cheap and best for long­distance journeys. (所给词的适当形式填空)

5 . Computer programmer David Jones earns $35,000 a year designing new computer games, yet he cannot find a bank ready to let him have a credit card. Instead he has been told to wait another two years until he is 18. The 16-year-old works for a small firm in Liverpool where the problem of most young people of his age is finding a job. David’s firm releases two new games for the fast growing computer market each month.

But David’s biggest headache is what to do with his money. Even though he earns a lot, he cannot drive a car, take out a mortgage, or get credit cards. David got his job with the Liverpool-based company four months ago, a year after leaving school with six O-levels and working for a time in a computer shop. “I got the job because the people who run the firm knew I had already written some programs” he said. David spends some of his money on records and clothes and gives his mother 50 pounds a week. But most of his spare time is spent working.

“Unfortunately, computing was not part of our studies at school”, he said. “But I had been studying it in books and magazines for four years in my spare time. I knew what I wanted to do and never considered staying on at school. Most people in this business are fairly young, anyway” David added, “I would like to earn a million and I suppose early retirement is a possibility. You never know when the market might disappear.”

1. In what way is David different from people of his age?

A．He often goes out with friends.	B．He graduated with six O-levels.
C．He lives with his mother.	D．He has a handsome income.

2. What is one of the problems that David is facing now?

A．He will soon lose his job.	B．He is too young to get a credit card.
C．He has no time to learn driving.	D．He has very little spare time.

3. Why was David able to get the job in the company?

A．He was good at playing computer games.

B．He had done well in all her exams.

C．He had learnt to use computers at school.

D．He had written some computer programs.

4. Why did David decide to leave school and start working?

A．He lost interest in school studies.	B．He received lots of job offers.
C．He wanted to earn his own living.	D．He was eager to help his mother.

6 . 没有证据表明喝酒对身体有好处。（evidence）（汉译英）

7 . Nobel Prize winner Tu Youyou helped by ancient Chinese remedy

Tu Youyou, in China, is being called the ”three noes“ winner: no medical degree, no doctorate (博士头衔), and she’s never worked overseas. However, it was she that was the first female Chinese scientist who had won the Nobel Prize. When it comes to her work, she is totally devoted.

In 1967, malaria (疟疾) spread by mosquitoes was killing Chinese soldiers fighting Americans in the jungles of northern Vietnam. A secret research unit was formed to find a cure for the illness and Tu was instructed to become the new head of Mission 523. She went to the southern Chinese island of Hainan to study how malaria threatened human health. For six months, she stayed there, leaving her four-year-old daughter at a local nursery. Her husband had been sent away to work at the countryside at the height of China’s Cultural Revolution, a time of extreme political disorder.

Despite much failure, finally, she with her team members found a brief reference to one substance, sweet wormwood (in Chinese Qinhao), which had been used to treat malaria in China around 400 AD.

The team tested the drug but they didn’t succeed until Tu Youyou returned to the original ancient text. After another careful reading, she heated the extract without allowing it to reach boiling point.

Without any hesitation, Tu Youyou volunteered to be the first human recipient of the new drug.“As the head of the research group, I had the responsibility,” she explained to the Chinese media. Tu Youyou is typically described in China as a “modest”woman. Her work was published anonymously (匿名地) in 1977, and for decades she received little recognition for her research.

In any case, Tu Youyou is consistently praised for her drive and passion. One former colleague says Ms Tu is “unsociable and quite straightforward”, adding that “if she disagrees with something, she will say it”.

Another colleague who has worked with Tu Youyou for more than 40 years, describes her as a “tough and stubborn woman”.

She is actually stubborn enough to spend decades piecing together ancient texts and apply them to modern scientific practices. The result has saved millions of lives.

1. The “three noes” in the first paragraph refers to the fact that __________.

A．Tu Youyou has no noble family background

B．Tu Youyou has no good interpersonal relationship

C．Tu Youyou has no top recognition in science

D．Tu Youyou has no overseas working experience

2. What probably made Tu Youyou excited in 1967?

A．She was instructed to be the head of Mission 523.

B．She got the chance to study how malaria threatened human health.

C．She had to leave her four-year-old daughter at a local nursery.

D．She could go to work with her husband at the countryside.

3. The other Chinese medical scientists tested the drug without success because __________.

A．they had not read the ancient books carefully

B．they had not followed Tu’s suggestions

C．they had lacked sufficient economic support

D．they had heated the extract to the boiling point

4. Which one is NOT one of the personalities of Tu Youyou according to her colleagues?

A．To be warmhearted enough to help her colleagues at work

B．To work hard whenever she come across any difficulty

C．To be devoted to her career and full of passion

D．To be stubborn enough to spend decades researching

9 . 我觉得有必要把教室里的破窗户换成新的。(replace) (汉译英)