Adults reading violent comic books were as likely to be corrupted by them as young people were.
The horror comic books of the late 1940s were inferior to the superhero comic books that gained popularity during World War II.
Comic books were leading the nation’s youth into crime, violence, and drug abuse.
Creating a regulatory board to censor the comic book industry would drive the worst offenders out of the business.
Comic books would never be able to convey stories of any serious literary merit.
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This is not the world we know. This world is controlled by computers. Men and women can be seen, but they are following the orders given to them by machines. The machines were designed by mad scientists, but at some point even the mad scientists were taken over by their super-inventions.
Does this sound familiar? You have probably read something like it in magazines or books, or seen it in a film. Why is it so popular? One of the reasons is that it reflects the fears of many people; fear of the unknown fear of what is not understood or, at least, fear of something that is not completely understood.
The fact is that every day it seems that computers take control of another area of our lives. Some
factory jobs are now done by robots and the robots are controlled by computers. Our bank accounts are managed by computers. At the airport, our tickets are sold by a computer. Certainly, many of these operations are made more
efficient by computers, but our admiration is sometimes mixed with unsafe feelings. And this lack of safety is caused by the fact that we do not know how computers do these things, and we really don't know what they might do next. But we can find out how computers work, and once we understand them, we can use computers instead of worrying about being used by them. Today, there is a new generation of computer wizards who know exactly how computers get things done. These young men and women, usually university students, are happy to sit for hours, sometimes for days, designing programs, not eating, not sleeping, but discovering what can be done by these wonderful slaves which they have learned to control. These computer wizards have learned to use the computer and search for new tasks for their machines.
(1)、According to the passage, our present world is under the control of ______ .
A:mad scientists
B:men and women
C:the unknown fear
D:some super-inventions
(2)、The reason why many people are afraid of computers is that ______ .
A:they don't know anything about computers
B:they haven't really understood computers
C:there are so many computer games
D:computers are often down
(3)、The author mentions computer wizards in order to point out that ______ .
A:computers can be controlled by man
B:there should be more people devoted to computers
C:only young people are interested in computers
D:more time and energy is required to control computers
(4)、This passage is probably written to suggest that ______ .
A:some day computers can deal with all human problems
B:computers can be used in place of traveling to our jobs
C:people should not fear computers
D:computer technology will not meet people's needs in various situations
(5)、The author's attitude towards widely used computers is __.
A:positive
B:anxious
C:worried
D:serious
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We can infer from the passage that in England ( )
A. many plays are not for young people
B. many young people don’t like theatre
C. people know little about the plan
D. children used to receive good arts education
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The Internet can make our lives interesting and enjoyable. Some people say that reading books (11) 0ut of date. This is not true. Reading books is a good (12) for all kinds of rea-sons.First ,reading books is fun. You can always keep yourself (13) if you like reading. This is especially useful when the weather is bad.It is a relaxing hobby,too You can really enjoy (14) in books.Next,you can read a book almost (15 ) ;in a car,in a waiting-room,on a plane,in bed even in the bath. Reading is a converuent hobby (16 ) it is easy to stop and thenstart again.(17) good reason is that reading is useful. Many school subjects depend on good reading.The more books you read,the faster you will become in reading,and (18) knowledge you will get.Your schoolwork will become much (19 ) too.
Reading is (20) .out of date. Don-t forget to read every day!
( )11.
A. are
B.is
C.isn’t
D.aren’t
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A、most parents believe reading to be beneficial to children B、efforts to get kids interested in reading have been fruitful
C、most children will turn to reading with TV sets switched off
D、extracurricular activities promote children's intelligence
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According to tile passage, language learners can reduce the number of their mistakes by ______.
A. asking native speakers for explanations
B. reading good books in the foreign language
C. comparing their speech with that of native speakers
D. paying no attention to them while speaking
53.答案为C 此考题为细节题。根据文章第1段第4句The language learner may observe how native speakers express themselves,and how native expressions differ from the way the learner might say them,可断定C正确。
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Passage One
Long time ago, the ancient people could not travel to any far away places for they had no vehicle to carry them across the wide oceans, deep valleys, long rivers or high mountains.
Nowadays people take advantage of steamships, trains, airplanes and modern bridges. Airplanes can carry us to the far countries in a short time; steamships can travel across the wide oceans. It is convenient to the modern people.
Travelling is a good idea to us because we can get more knowledge, such as the customs, the geography of other countries. And people could travel among the different countries in the world. For it is easy to travel from the land by trains, or from the sea by ships.
We learnt that the Italian who made the world large was Mr. Columbus. He was a brave man. Up to the middle of the 15th century, the people were afraid of traveling because they believed it was a dangerous thing.
There is a saying in China, which is "Travelling for thousands is better than reading for ten years." It is to say that we can learn more in different places than we can learn from books.
36. The people in ancient times couldn't travel too far away places because______.
A. they found it no use doing so
B. they liked staying at home
C. there was no modern transportation
D. they were forbidden to go to other countries
此题为细节题。见在第一段内the ancient people could not travel to any faraway places for they had no instruments说明古人出游不能离家太远作长途旅行的原因;没有现代的交通工具。
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