17、What is the Internet? The Internet is a huge network of connected computers．It is one of  the greatest inventions of the last century．It started as a way to help researchers do more things faster．But lately it can do much more than that．

    Now many people all over the world use the Internet．In l985，there were about two thousand people on the Internet，but now there are over ninety million people．Each month the Internet welcomes millions of new users．

    The Internet is an excellent communication tool．You are able to talk with many people  around the world at the same time．You can also send and receive messages and e-mails， make your blog（博客）and so on．

    People can use lots of information on the Internet．You can look up businesses with a click of a button，and you can also find out all kinds of information about almost everything, such as medicine，jobs，health，sports，games，music，movies．Communication and information are just two ways that computers provide now．Who knows what this invention will be like in the future?

1．The Internet is one of the greatest inventions of the                           century．

A．21st                    B．20th                    C．19th                             D．18th

2．How many people were there on the Internet in l985．

A．90．                   B．200．                  C．2000．                   D．900．

3．The Chinese meaning of the underlined word “excellent” in the third paragraph is  “                       ’'

A．简单的                B．迅速的                C．乏味的                D．极好的

4．Every month                          users may join the Internet．

    A．hundreds of       B．millions of        C．thousands of       D．billions of

5．From the passage，we know                       ．

    A．computers can be connected to each other

    B．the Internet is a computer

    C．the Internet is the only tool for communicating

    D．a computer is a network

16、This is the way things go in France．

   If you were French，your family might have come from another country．A quarter of French people have grandparents who came from other countries．

   If you were French，you should almost certainly live in a town or a city because three quarters of French people live in towns or cities．But perhaps you would enjoy living in the beautiful French villages．There are many different houses in different villages．

   If you were French, you would go food shopping in the supermarket，but also in the weekly open market in your neighborhood．There you would find anything from fresh vegetables to fruits，bread，cheese and meat．They all come straight from the farm．You would eat three meals a day：breakfast when you get up in the morning，lunch at about noon and dinner at about eight o'clock in the evening．

   If you were French，in July or August，like almost all French school children，you would go on vacation with your parents．You would likely go to the seashore．In winter，you might go skiing in the Alps or Pyrenees．You would be sure to see many foreigners on vacation：millions of tourists go to France every year．

1．How many French people have grandparents that came from other countries?

    A．25％．                B．50％．                C．75％．                   D．l00％．

2．Most French people live in                           ．

A．towns                  B．cities                   C．villages                  D．towns or cities

3．Where does the food in the weekly open market come from?

A．Supermarkets．                                        B．Farms．

C．Gardens．                                                        D．Other countries．

4．When do French people have dinner?

A．At about 7：00 pm．                               B．At about l0：00 pm．

C．At about 6：00 pm．                                  D．At about 8：00 pm．

5．What do French kids do in winter?

A．They makes snowmen．                          B．They go to the seashore．

C．They go skiing．                                        D．They go shopping．

14、根据对话内容及情景，在句中横线上填人适当的句子，使对话完整。

Li Ming goes to see Wang Mei and finds her playing on the Internet．

 （L=Li Ming W=Wang Mei）

L：Hello，Wang Mei!  1   

W：I'm looking for something about transportation．

L：  2  

W：Taking a train．It's my favorite type of transportation．  3  

L：I don't like trains．They are too slow．I love taking a plane．Planes are fast．

W：  4   Don’t you know? The railways all over the country will improve the speed of the trains．

L：Really?  5   

W：It'll be 200 kilometers per hour．Very fast．

L： That's great．

13、There is                               water in the bottle．Can you go and get some?

A．few         B．little           C．a few             D．a little

12、Antarctica is the world's                      continent．People living there must wear warm clothes．

A．hottest           B．warmest             C．coolest              D．coldest

11、After school the girl often goes home                        ，but she doesn't feel scared．

A．lonely           B．lively            C．alone              D．alive

10、It                          us two hours to fly from Beijing to Shanghai．

A．spends           B．goes            C．makes                  D．takes

9、Sending an e—mail is cheaper than making a long                            call．

A．address          B．speed          C．computer                 D．distance

8、I hear that the best watches in the world ale made                            ．

A．by car          B．by post          C．by telephone            D．by hand