Comparisons were drawn between the development of television in the 20th century and the diffusion of printing in the 15th and 16th centuries. Yet much had happened _____. As was discussed before, it was not _____ the 19th century that the newspaper became the dominant pre-electronic _____, following in the wake of the pamphlet and the book and in the _____ of the periodical. It was during the same time that the communications revolution _____ up, beginning with transport, the railway, and leading _____ through the telegraph, the telephone, radio, and motion pictures _____ the 20th-century world of the motor car and the air plane. Not everyone sees that process in a right way. Nevertheless, it is _____ to do so.
It is generally recognized, _____, that the introduction of the computer in the early 20th century, _____ by the invention of the integrated circuit during the 1960s, radically changed the process, _____ its impact on the media was not immediately _____. As time went by, computers became smaller and more powerful, and they became “personal” too, as well as institutional, with display becoming _____ and storage capacity _____. They were thought of, like people, _____ generations, with the distance between generations much _____.
It was within the computer age that the term “information society” began to be widely used to describe the _____ within which we now live. The communications revolution has _____ both work and leisure and how we think and feel both about place and time, but there have been _____ views about its economic, political, social and cultural implications. “Benefits” have been weighed _____ “harmful” outcomes. And generalizations have proved difficult.
A．between B．before C．since D．later
A．after B．by C．during D．until
A．means B．method C．medium D．measure
A．process B．company C．light D．form
A．gathered B．speeded C．worked D．picked
A．on B．out C．over D．off
A．of B．for C．beyond D．into
A．important B．difficult C．honest D．concrete
A．indeed B．hence C．however D．therefore
A．brought B．followed C．stimulated. D．characterized
A．unless B．since C．lest D．although
A．apparent B．desirable C．negative D．believable
A．sharper B．darker C．heavier D．higher
A．decreasing B．increasing C．declining D．flowing
A．by means of B．in terms of C．with regard to D．in line with
A．deeper B．fewer C．nearer D．smaller
A．environment B．distance C．sky D．state
A．regarded B．impressed C．influenced D．effected
A．competitive B．controversial C．conditional D．clumsy
A．above B．upon C．against D．with
Tess was a precocious(早熟) eight-year-old girl when she heard her Mom and Dad taling about her little brother,Andrew.____ __she knw was that he was very sick and they were completely _____money. They were moving to an apartment complex next month because Daddy didn’t have the money for the doctor’s bills and their house .Only a(n) _____could save him now.
Tess went to her bedroom and pulled a glass jelly(果冻) jar from its hiding place. She poured all the out on the floor and counted carefully. Three times,even.The total had to be absolutely exact. No here for mistakes. After carefully placing the coins back in the jar, she slipped out of the back door, and her way six blocks to a chemist’s.
She waited patiently for the pharmacist (药剂师) to give her some ,but he was too busy at this moment. Tess twisted her feet to make a noise. Nothing. She cleared her with the most awful sound she could muster. No good.
Finally the pharmacist asked in an tone of voice, “What do you want? I’m talking to my brother from Chicago I haven’t seen in ages,” he said without waiting for a reply to his question.
“Well, I want to talk to you about my brother,” Tess answered back in the same annoyed tone. “His name is Andrew and he has something bad inside his head and my daddy says only a miracle can save him now. So how much does a miracle cost?”
“We don’t sell miracles here, little girl. I’m sorry, I can’t help you,” the pharmacist said, his voice a little.
There was a man there whose clothes were admirable. He asked the little girl, “What kind of a miracle does your brother need?”
“I don’t know” Tess replied with tears in her eyes. “I just know he's sick and Mommy says he needs an operation. But my Daddy can’t pay it, so I want to use my money.”
“How much do you have?” asked the man. “One dollar and eleven cents,” Tess answered.
“A dollar and eleven cents ― the price of a miracle for your little brother,” smiled the man, “Take me to you live. Let’s see if I have the kind of miracle you need.”
That well-dressed man was Dr. Carlton Armstrong, a surgeon, specializing in neurosurgery (神经外科). The operation was completely charge and it wasn’t long before Andrew was home again and did well.
Mom and Dad were happy but they wonder how much the operation would have . Tess smiled. She knew exactly how much a miracle cost…one dollar and eleven cents…plus the of a little child.
A．As B．All C．All what D．That
A．in need B．in short C．out of D．sort of
A．miracle B．doctor C．God D．operation
A．change B．jellies C．candies D．cookies
A．way B．doubt C．chance D．wonder
A．drove B．fought C．made D．struggled
A．pills B．attention C．medicine D．tablets
A．mouth B．eyes C．ears D．throat
A．anxious B．exciting C．annoyed D．tired
A．who B．where C．because D．which
A．finding B．planting C．showing D．growing
A．and B．or else C．but D．or
A．soft B．soften C．softened D．softening
A．really B．real C．firm D．firmly
A．back B．for C．off D．up
A．actual B．exact C．average D．true
A．the place B．the apartment C．the complex D．where
A．free B．free of C．not D．no
A．spent B．paid C．cost D．took
A．thought B．value C．patience D．faith
Norman Cousins was a businessman from the United States who often traveled around the world on business. He enjoyed his and traveling.
Then, after returning to the United States from a trip to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic (USSR), Mr. Cousins got sick. Because he had pushed his body to the of its strength on the trip, a change began to take place him. The material between his bones became .
In less than one week after his return, he could not . Every move that he was painful. He was not able to sleep at night. The doctors told him that they did not know how to cure Mr. Cousins’ problem and he might never over the illness. Mr. Cousins, however, refused to give up . Mr. Cousins thought that thoughts were causing bad chemical changes in his body. He did not want to take medicine to cure himself. , he felt that happy thoughts or might cure his illness.
He began to on himself while still in the hospital by watching funny shows on television. Mr. Cousins quickly found that 10 minutes of real laughter during the gave him two hours of pain-free sleep at night. the doctors could not help him, Mr. Cousins left the hospital and checked into (登记住宿) a hotel room where he could his experiments with laughter. For eight days, Mr. Cousins rested in the hotel room watching funny shows on television, reading funny books, and sleeping __ he felt tired. Within three weeks, he felt well to take a vacation to Puerto Rico where he began running on the beach for . After a few months, Mr. Cousins returned to work. He had laughed himself back to .
A．time B．holiday C．sleep D．work
A．boring B．tiring C．dangerous D．pleasant
A．top B．degree C．problem D．limit
A．from B．around C．inside D．beside
A．weak B．ill C．false D．strong
A．speak B．breathe C．stand D．see
A．made B．did C．put D．ran
A．look B．get C．turn D．think
A．effort B．hope C．treatment D．arrangement
A．foolish B．unusual C．funny D．unhappy
A．Instead B．However C．Therefore D．Otherwise
A．sleep B．travel C．laughter D．television
A．beat B．operate C．try D．experiment
A．day B．week C．month D．year
A．Promising B．Telling C．Imagining D．Guessing
A．invent B．begin C．continue D．prove
A．until B．whenever C．unless D．so that
A．soon B．very C．slowly D．enough
A．exercise B．illness C．rest D．pleasure
A．power B．sense C．health D．happiness
In the middle of a beautiful day, I was feeling lost, as if the world was crashing on me. didn't know which way to go, except to head out to the countryside. I went to the spot where I used to take my kids-when I still had kids. Now they had and were leaving.
I was sitting alone in my car when I saw a man in his seventies, whose problem appeared bigger than mine. He stood near the edge of the road, a kite spindle(风筝线锭) in his hands. Apparently, lost in thought, he stared skyward. I my neck to see how successful he had been in the clouds. Following his string with my eyes, I almost lost 0f the other end. Finally, the kite rested on what seemed to be the highest branch of the tree in the park. Obviously, that was his grandson's kite! The kite was a replica (复制品) of a beautiful bald eagle, and its wings spread 0pen. Grandpa had only one to his problem: cut the string.
"You wanted it to fly as high as it could. Bill. didn't you?" "Yes, Grandpa, wanted to keep it forever. " "There just comes a time when the only thing you can do is to cut the string and let it go. Perhaps by doing that, when it flies very high like real eagles do, it will come back to us. " Grandpa said.
I how the old man cut the string to let fly the kite. As the two walked away, looked to the . There I saw my answer, too. Today I have to cut the final strings that kept my two boys my reach. Though I want to keep them forever, I have taught them to fly like an eagle. Maybe by doing this, when it's time to soar like real eagles do. one day they would come back to me.
A．grown up B．turned up C．picked up D．taken up
A．carrying B．grabbing C．keeping D．holding
A．raised B．spread C．stretched D．expanded
A．reaching B．touching C．getting D．climbing
A．scene B．sight C．interest D．control
A．thickest B．strongest C．tallest D．largest
A．widely B．wide C．tightly D．closely
A．method B．hope C．solution D．result
A．and B．so C．or D．but
A．sensed B．glanced C．watched D．found
A．car B．sky C．kite D．tree
A．within B．in C．beyond D．with
I was assigned to take care of this patient a couple of weeks ago and began to grow closer to her. Communicating with her was because everything she wanted to say to me had to be written on a notepad. As a nursing graduate, I was able to her mind by observing even a slight in a patient's facial expression.
One day, when I was checking the patient, she me on the shoulder to show me a note, "Do you think I could be let go the hospital in a month to see my niece get married? Taking her hand in mine, I told her that I could not her，because I did not want to leave her a sense of hope. , I made her believe that I would be there with her every step of the way on her journey toward . Hearing that, the patient gave me a and a hug.
Day by day, I built her by walking around the floor with her. As I did this, I could see before my own eyes that her health was improving and able to walk more steadily. On her last day in hospital, just before her niece’s , she wrote me one last note, “I couldn’t have done this you; I love you.” After kissing goodbye, I had a strong sense of achievement. I realized that moments like this were I woke up early for in the hospital and spent long hours with her. I truly felt, and her confirmed, that I was an part of this woman’s recovery. My experience with this patient shows me that this career allows me to touch the of people in ways that people in other will never get to experience.
A．difficult B．funny C．simple D．interesting
A．see B．know C．read D．feel
A．worry B．change C．pain D．excitement
A．tapped B．hit C．knocked D．struck
A．of B．to C．in D．from
A．disappoint B．promise C．comfort D．trust
A．false B．strong C．right D．good
A．Therefore B．Besides C．However D．Furthermore
A．death B．success C．destination D．recovery
A．surprise B．stare C．smile D．whistle
A．future B．strength C．hope D．confidence
A．slowly B．completely C．rapidly D．finally
A．presence B．visit C．wedding D．presentation
A．without B．behind C．except D．beside
A．what B．why C．when D．how
A．work B．school C．office D．exercise
A．expression B．note C．feeling D．treatment
A．irrelevant B．insignificant C．instructive D．important
A．fortunes B．shoulders C．lives D．tears
A．hospitals B．areas C．lands D．Fields
In December 2012.my parents asked me what I wanted for Christmas. I told them I would get back t0 them once I thought of . At chat point .I had tie full of asking for something . but for the first time .I how lucky I was to have been born in such a fortunate family. There was nothing I could ask for there was nothing more I needed .I was truly satisfied.
This made me ahout all the children who die not have families homes ,or food ,much less gifts ,for Christmas these thoughts in my mind ,I told my parents in January that getting me an expensive gift for the holidays ,I'd love to use the money to get a bunch of small gifts for all the that hadn't gotten anything for Christmas.
At first ,they were Then they realized I was serious ,and to spend $500 on gifts for young kids of the families living at the homeless shelter .It was such an incredible experience. I going to the homeless shelter to hand out the toys to as we could give, them all to share .One of the children looked at me with his innocent eyes I could see the in them .It was that he had never gotten a Christmas gift before ,so when he asked me where I got the gifts from ,I told him what I knew he wanted he wanted me to say ;that I was helping .
I that Santa was sorry he was so late .but that this gift had been made for him! The boy took the gift slowly ,smiled the cutest smile I had seen and ran to his
The last thing I heard as I moved on to give a gift to the next hopeful child was the boy's : " Mommy .Santa really does ! And he didn't forget about us this year!
A．all things B．nothing C．something D．everything
A．reputation B．intention C．responsibility D．action
A．announced B．concluded C．imagined D．realized
A．hecause B．until C．before D．though
A．concern B．argue C．think D．talk
A．With B．For C．Beyond D．Over
A．together with B．instead of C．regardless of D．more than
A．adults B．girls C．children D．boys
A．worried B．pleased C．shocked D．excited
A．declined B．agreed C．hesitated D．happened
A．remember B．admit C．regret D．consider
A．warning B．persuading C．forcing D．asking
A．encouragement B．assessment C．astonishment D．sorrow
A．amazing B．normal C．unique D．obvious
A．Santa B．Cod C．Father D．Mother
A．guessed B．discovered C．suggested D．explained
A．specially B．exactly C．willingly D．potentially
A．still B．even C．never D．ever'
A．dream B．voice C．honor D．victory
A．lie B．exist C．come D．remain
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