Larry King: I'm having this conversation with you on a computer, and I'm wondering if e-mail is going to replace the post office in the future.
Bill Gates: E-mail won't replace the post office, but it will replace a lot of paper the post office carry around today.
King: Tell me how a computer will be used in the average home thirty years from now.
Gates: You'll have lots of thin flat screens covering the walls of your house and you'll carry a hand-held device（装置）around with you. The screens will feed whatever visual information you want--live video from a place in the world you like, an art reproduction（复制品）.
King: What happens when the power goes out?
Gates: We're very dependent today on electricity and we still will be in years. If there's a power failure, you won't get much work done, although battery technology will improve enough that short power failures won't necessarily shut down all of your computers.
King: Are we going to get television and news and entertainment from the Internet rather than from cable TV in the house?
Gates: News and entertainment will be delivered from the Internet to cable television and telephone connection in our homes. We'll access（存取）this information using a variety of devices, some of which will be like today's televisions.
King: Will a person be able to work in the future without having any computer skills?
Gates: There will still be jobs for people without computer skills, but a smaller percentage than exist today. The amount of the workforce that lacks computer skills will decrease as people not having those skills get retrained or retire. Most young people have computer skills or at least an enthusiasm（热心）to get them.
King: Describe an office in the future. Tele-phone? Fax machine? Conference room? Will there be an office building?
Gates: The key element of the office of the future is that it will have lots of flat screens, just like your house will. And these screens are going to be everywhere once they get thin enough, cheap enough, and high enough in quality. You'll carry around a lightweight screen the way you carry a wallet or cell phone or newspaper today.
(1) The main topic talked about is ________.
[ ]
A．changes in the office in the future
B．changes to be caused by computers in the future
C．life in the future
D．the importance of electricity in the future
(2) What's the main change in the post office in the future?
[ ]
A．The post office will disappear because of the use of E-mail.
B．All letters will disappear.
C．The post office will deliver much less paper.
D．The post office will use E-mail to send letters.
(3) The most important thing Gates thinks is“________”.
[ ]
(4) The same change at home and in the office in the future is that ________.
[ ]
A．many flat screens will be used
B．many computers will be used
C．people in them must master computer skills
D．News and entertainment will be delivered by cable TV
科目：高中英语 来源：英语教研室 题型：050
Larry King: I'm having this conversation with you on a computer, and I'm wondering if e-mail is going to replace the post office in the future.
Bill Gates: E-mail won't replace the post office, but it will replace a lot of paper the post office carry around today.
King: Tell me how a computer will be used in the average home thirty years from now.
Gates: You'll have lots of thin flat screens covering the walls of your house and you'll carry a hand-held device（装置）around with you. The screens will feed whatever visual information you want--live video from a place in the world you like, an art reproduction（复制品）.
King: What happens when the power goes out?
Gates: We're very dependent today on electricity and we still will be in years. If there's a power failure, you won't get much work done, although battery technology will improve enough that short power failures won't necessarily shut down all of your computers.
King: Are we going to get television and news and entertainment from the Internet rather than from cable TV in the house?
Gates: News and entertainment will be delivered from the Internet to cable television and telephone connection in our homes. We'll access（存取）this information using a variety of devices, some of which will be like today's televisions.
King: Will a person be able to work in the future without having any computer skills?
Gates: There will still be jobs for people without computer skills, but a smaller percentage than exist today. The amount of the workforce that lacks computer skills will decrease as people not having those skills get retrained or retire. Most young people have computer skills or at least an enthusiasm（热心）to get them.
King: Describe an office in the future. Tele-phone? Fax machine? Conference room? Will there be an office building?
Gates: The key element of the office of the future is that it will have lots of flat screens, just like your house will. And these screens are going to be everywhere once they get thin enough, cheap enough, and high enough in quality. You'll carry around a lightweight screen the way you carry a wallet or cell phone or newspaper today.
(1) The main topic talked about is ________.
[ ]
A．changes in the office in the future
B．changes to be caused by computers in the future
C．life in the future
D．the importance of electricity in the future
(2) What's the main change in the post office in the future?
[ ]
A．The post office will disappear because of the use of E-mail.
B．All letters will disappear.
C．The post office will deliver much less paper.
D．The post office will use E-mail to send letters.
(3) The most important thing Gates thinks is“________”.
[ ]
(4) The same change at home and in the office in the future is that ________.
[ ]
A．many flat screens will be used
B．many computers will be used
C．people in them must master computer skills
D．News and entertainment will be delivered by cable TV
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The French Revolution broke out in 1789. At the time France was in a crisis. The government was badly run and people's lives were miserable. King Louis XIV tried to control the national parliament and raise more taxes. But his effort failed. He ordered his troops to Versailles. The people thought that Louis intended to put down the Revolution by force. On July 14, 1789, they stormed and took the Bastille, where political prisoners were kept. Ever since that day, July 14 has been the French National Day. Louis tried to flee the country in 1792, to get support from Austria and Prussia. However, he was caught and put in prison. In September 1792, the monarchy(君主制) was abolished_. In the same year, Louis was executed. A few months later his wife, Marie also had her head cut off. The Revolution of France had frightened the other kings of Europe. Armies from Austria and Prussia began to march against France. The French raised republican armies to defend the nation. The Revolution went through a period of terror. Thousands of people lost their lives. In the end, power passed to Napoleon Bonaparte.
【小题1】What's this passage about?
| A．France. | B．King Louis. |
| C．The French Revolution. | D．Europe. |
| A．The French Revolution broke out. |
| B．The national economy was developing rapidly. |
| C．The government wasn't well run. |
| D．King Louis XIV was in power. |
| A．Put off. |
| B．Established. |
| C．United. |
| D．Ended. |
| A．July 14 has become the French National Day. |
| B．It brought some impact on the other European kings. |
| C．Louis's wife, Marie was killed. |
| D．The king tried to control the national parliament. |
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此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行做出判断：如无错误在该行右边横线上画一个勾（√)：如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：
该行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉，在该行右边的横线上写出该词．并斜线划掉；
该行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧）．在该行右边横线上写出该加的词
该行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线．在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词．
Martin Luther King fights for political rights 1.
for black people in the USA. King went university 2.
when he was fifteen. Win a scholarship gave him 3.
the chance to go to a college in one of the northern state, 4.
which black people had equal rights and were free to 5.
live, study and working as they wished. All his life he 6.
believed that it was right and necessarily to demand 7.
changes in the society if people did not have their civil 8.
rights. He believed that she could achieve that goal 9.
by peaceful actions, not violence. 10.
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