56. The ???Lighway_________.

A. is th???traffic accidents

B. is crowded with car drivers

C. offers just a few on-line services

D. appeals to a large number of users

57. How does Mr. Cool manage to travel the Information Highway so fast?

A. By someing fewer files.

B. By ??ing the systern.

C. By buying a better computer.

D. By using a broad-band connection.

58. What can be learned from Passage 2?

A. There will be a book show at Grayson Hall.

B. Friedman is now studying the Great Barrier Reef.

C. There will be a talk on global warming this week.

D. Friedman is a leading expert on computer science.

59. Passage 2 is most probably________.

A. a poster about a lecture          B. an ad for a new book

C.?????octor in a university   D.an introduction to????

B

Think about fhe different ways that people use the wind.You can use it to fly a kite or to sail a boat.Wind is one lf our cleanest and richest power sources(来源),as well as one of  the oldest.Evidence shows that windmills(风车)began to be used in ancient Iran back in the seventh century BC.They were first introduced to Europe during the 1100s,wb?u armies return of from the Middle East with knowledge of using wind power.

For ma?? centuries, people used windmills to grind(磨碎)wheat into our or pump ?er from leep underground .When electricity was discovered in the late 1800s,people ?vng in remote areas began to use them to produce electricity.This allowed them to have electrie lights and radio.However,by the1910s when electricity was available to people in almost all areas of the United States,windmills were rarely used.

During the 1970s,people started becoming concemed about the pollution that is created when coal and gas are burned to prouduce electcicity .People also realized that the supply lt coal and gas would not last forever .Then,wind was rediscovered ,though it means higher co?ts.Today ,there is a global movement ??upply more and more of our electricity through the use of wind.

60.????????????know that windmills

A.were inve????? by Eu???????   a??????

B.have a history of more than 2,800 years

C.used to supply power to ??dio in rem???  are??

D.have ramly been used since dlictricity   was idscovcved

61.What  ???? a  new use for wind power in the late 19th century?

A.?????     boat.                 B.??????????? ??cing dlectricity

C.????nding wheat into flour.         D.??mping wate from und????wind

62.One of the reasons wind was rediscovered in the 1970s is that_________.

A.wind power is cleaner

B.it is one of the oldest power sources

C.it was cheaper to create energy from wind

D.fhe supply of coal and gas failed to meet needs

63.What would the author probably discuss in the ??rangraph that follows?

A.The advantages of wind power

B.The d??i???f wind power pla?

C.The worldwide movement to sa???energy

D.The global trend towards producing power from wind

They are the sort of friends who are so close they truset each other with their lices .if one falls the other is othere is there to ctch him.

They are welllman. Whose legs were perrnantly injured nine years are is   dent.and corbett climber.together. clmbor  the farnous 2,000-footnational park.there one of rost diffieult routes(路线)

During the climb,corbell took the lead hit in th emetal spikes (尖状物)that guided the mpes and climbed up.then, after.after wellman pulled hinself up the rupe corbell went down to reroose the spikes and clmbed up again this process was repeated tine and again inch by ipch for 13 days

Wellcom’s job was not easy either he got ginself ip the tope thirough uppor body   .in all wellman figured that 5.000pull-ups  up  the repe on the clich

The twa men first mel they necer talked about alimbing “he knew that war how I got in jured”well said  one day wellman decjbed that be wanted to climb again and they started training

Their climb of half drnd wat aot all smooth at one point pieees of nock and cot dropped dows quicktu wellman locked their rope in place shopping the quick actinn protbably

Partoer can save your hie partner’s life pair reccived congrations from friends “there are teat close tice “

64  hish of  the following was a challengea for corhett in climbing half dome ?

A    climb uo to remose the spoked  B  o climb it twiee

C  to  do 5.000pall ups up  the  rope  D  o lock the ripe in place

65 hant do we know about wellman?

A  climbed half dome bu himself

B   he   was dimbled in a traffic accident

C   he stopped rock-climbing for some time

D  he was saved by  corvbelt duning the climb

66. hy   did  th two nen necer talk about climbing when they frist met ?

A   belt  was pllrly trained

B    man had lost interest in slimbing

C    bett didn’t want to hurt wellman

D    man  handn’tdecided want to alice apain

67.    main idea of the text is that

A   o heads are better than one

B   p is precious in life

C   d should  never

D   man can be destoued but tanmh be beleated

D

Ireland has had a very difficult .The problems siarted in the 16th century when English ruler tried to conquer (征服)  Ireland . For lrundreds of years ,the lrish people fought against the Enjlish ,Finally, in 1921 ,the British government was forced to give indepenlence to the eouth of lreland .the result in hat today there are two “lrelands”.Northern lrcland .in the north ,is part of the

Romendmedor ,the Republie of lreland ,in the routh in an independent country.

In the    main ctop  picture , way affectord In dicesic and alone 750,000 peorle diert of bunget. The ,and a abortage (短缺) of work , forced many people to leave lreland and live in the USA ,the UK ,Austnlia and Canada ,As a result of these problern ,the population fell from 8.2 millurn in 1841to 6.6million in 1851.

For many years ,the majority of Lnsh people earned their as farners . Today mary     shll work on the land has more word more people are moving to the             and dffoces .Life in the          from life in the         move at a quieter and slower pace .

The lrish are famous being warn-bearted and friendly .Oscar wolde ,a farnius lrish write .once said that the lrish were “the greatest talkers since the Creeks” .Since independence ,Ireland has revived (复兴)its own culture of music ,language , literature and singing .Different areas have different styles of old lrish songs which are sung without instrunents .Other kinds of lrish music use many different instruments such as the violin, whistles, etc.

68.What does the author tell us in        .

A How the lrish fought again           .

B How Ireland gained indepentrnce

C How English rulers tried to conquer lreland .

D How tow “lrelands”came into being

69.We learn from the text that in lreland _______

A food shortages in the 1840s led to a decline in population

B people are moving to the citiesfor lack of word in the countrysids

C     harder to make a living as a farmer than as a factory worker

D     kind  of  old                     instrnents

70.       paragraph  is  mainly

A the  lrish  eharacter              B lrish  culture

C lrish  musical instnrunments            D  a farmous  lrish  writer

72.what can be the best title for the text  ?

A life in lreland

B A Very Difficult history

C lreland  past and perstent

D the irdrpendence of  lreland