Perhaps you have heard a lot about the Internet, but what is it, do you know? The Internet is a network. It uses the telephone to join millions of computers together around the world.

Maybe that doesn’t sound very interesting. But when you’re connected (连接) to the Internet, there are a lot of things you can do. You can send e-mails to your friends, and they can get them in a few seconds. You can communicate with your friends through social software such as QQ, WeChat, and Facebook. You can also do with all kinds of information on the World Wide Web (WWW) .

There are many different types of computers now. They all can be linked to the Internet. Most of them are small machines sitting on people’s desks at home, but there are still many others in schools, offices or large companies. These computers are owned by people or companies, but no one really owns the Internet itself.

There are lots of places for you to surf the Internet. For example, your school may have the Internet. You can explore the Internet to search for useful information or knowledge in your classroom. However, in order to prevent yourself from playing with computer games, you should use it in limited time. Libraries often have computers joined to the Internet. You are welcome to use it at any time.

Thanks to the Internet, the world is becoming smaller and smaller. It is possible for you to work at home with a computer in front, receiving and sending the information you need. You can buy or sell whatever you want through the Internet. But do you know 98% of the information on the Internet is in English? So what will English be like tomorrow?

【小题1】What is the passage mainly about?

A．The Internet.	B．Information.
C．Computers.	D．English.

【小题2】According to the passage, you can do all the following things through the Internet except for_______.

A．sending and receiving e-mails	B．chatting with your friends
C．buying and producing things	D．dealing with information

【小题3】Who is the owner of the Internet?

A．The headmaster.	B．The government officer.
C．The user.	D．No one.

【小题4】What does the writer try to tell us in the last two sentences of the last paragraph?

A．The Internet is more and more popular.

B．English is important in using the Internet.

C．The information on the Internet is all in English.

D．Every computer must be joined to the Internet in English.

   In the early times, the music industry was terrified of taping (用磁带录音), thinking that customers would just copy music, or record from the radio. But that never really happened, at least not enough to cause any real hardship to anyone in the music business.

The same argument arose over technologies like MiniDiscs and recordable CDs. But the thing that terrified the music industry more than anything else was the arrival of services like Napster, which allowed people to share music over the Internet without costing them anything. The music industry was shocked; it saw people exchanging (交换) digital copies that didn’t degrade (削弱) the quality with each transfer, something that stopped tapes being a huge threat.

But it wasn’t the Internet that killed the music industry. In fact, everything is still looking optimistic for many musicians. Taylor Swift has had a good year, and her latest album is likely to make her very wealthy indeed. There is always going to be public demand for music.

However, the technology will simply destroy the record company. The reason is simple. Record companies are a man in the middle that simply doesn’t need to exist anymore. The same way we buy our flights direct, and do our shopping online and have things delivered from Amazon instead of going to a local shop. We have always been willing to enjoy cost reductions at the expense of the middleman, and the record companies are that kind of middleman.

What does the record industry offer? Well, surprisingly little these days. It used to be the case that record companies would go and find new talents. Of course this still happens, but more likely is that an artist will be discovered by the public through YouTube, or even from friends on Facebook or Twitter. Record companies also used to have an important role in producing the music. But countless artists are making their own way through software or any of the other amazing music apps, without any help from the record companies.

【小题1】What is Napster in the second paragraph most probably?

A．A MiniDisc.	B．A CD player.
C．A piece of software.	D．A tape recorder.

【小题2】Why didn’t tape copying become a huge threat to the music industry?

A．It was hard to transfer.	B．It was strictly controlled.
C．It didn’t save much money.	D．It couldn’t maintain the quality of music.

【小题3】The example of Taylor Swift is used to prove that_______.

A．the Internet won’t destroy the music industry

B．the musicians will benefit a lot from the Internet

C．the sales of albums are badly affected by the Internet

D．the demand for music will change due to the Internet

【小题4】According to the passage, what will happen to the record companies?

A．They will sell latest albums online.

B．They will be useless in the Internet society.

C．They will cut the expense on producing the music.

D．They will go and find new music talents through the Internet.

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Nowadays，there is a growing 【小题1】 (popular) of Internet surfing on college campus. 【小题2】 increasing number of students，【小题3】 (major) in science，engineering or liberal arts，spend many hours surfing the Internet with keen interest every day.

So far Internet surfing 【小题4】 (attract) college students like magnets（磁铁）for the reason 【小题5】 it is the world of Internet and the world of globalization. First，【小题6】 the global coverage of Internet，we can reach out to and touch anyone at any place of the world. Via Internet, we can send and receive e-mails at any time much faster, cheaper and more effective than 【小题7】 (tradition) means such as telephone, telex and fax. Next, access to the home pages makes it easy 【小题8】 (get) all kinds of information. Finally, by clicking the mouse, we are able to do such important things as shopping, finding jobs, making friends, and downloading files. What's more, Internet offers many chances.

In the Information Age, 【小题9】 is difficult to imagine modern life without Internet. With information technology industry developing 【小题10】 (rapid), successful dot-com companies appeared everywhere. Internet is revolutionizing our economy, our society and our life.

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In the last thirty years, the Internet 【小题1】 (grow) rapidly. In 1983, there were only 200 computers 【小题2】 (connect) to the Internet; now there are around 50 million and this growth is 【小题3】(clear) going to continue.

Some experts are pessimistic about the future. One worry is crime in cyberspace. Even now, young 【小题4】 (hacker) can get into the computers of banks and governments. In the future, terrorists may “attack” the world’s computers, cause chaos, 【小题5】 make planes and trains crash.

However, many people are 【小题6】 (optimism) about the future of the Internet. Already, users can buy books, find out about holiday offers, book tickets, and get all sorts 【小题7】 information from the Internet.

“In the next few years,” says Angela Rossetto of Cyberia magazine, “【小题8】 is clear that we are going to see a huge 【小题9】 (grow) in shopping on the Internet.” She also believes that, in the future, we will get entertainment from the Net and that television will probably 【小题10】 (appear). The mail service may also disappear with the increasing use of e-mail.

   A new tool of communication called the "drift diary" is doing the rounds among young college graduates.

The "drift diary", like those ancient paper messages put into a bottle left to drift on the high seas to reach hundreds of miles away, connects lonely hearts. It was first started by a Beijing woman, who goes by the screen name Little S, in 2007.It has become the preferred tool of communication among youngsters afraid to reveal their innermost self to peers, but wanting to share their lives with others. The way it works is that the initiator（发起人）of the diary mentions it on popular Internet forums such as Tianya and Douban. Those wanting to react or otherwise add to the diary then send their real names and addresses to the initiator via e-mails or text messages.

The numbers in one group are usually restricted to between 30 and 50. The diary then is passed on to another by the express delivery or personal handover. The diary writers are mostly anonymous（匿名的）but if they wish to reveal their identity they can do so by posting their contact information at the end of their postings.

The diary writers not just add words but also decorate the plain notebooks with cartoons, drawings or even dress it up with a ribbon or a new cover. Interesting experiences, travel journals, the simple joys of everyday living or sweet recollections of childhood, all find a place in these diaries. Most often, though, the writers set down their frustrations and predicaments.

It usually takes one year for a diary to return to the initiator. The last recorder is the luckiest one, with access to all previous entries, while others can request photocopies of them from the diary's initiator.

【小题1】Why is the "drift diary" popular among youngsters?

A．Because they hate using the Internet.

B．Because they like to show themselves to peers.

C．Because they want to share their lives with strangers.

D．Because they find it fashionable to be a diary writer.

【小题2】Which one shows the correct way a drift diary works?
①The diary then is passed on between the recorders.
②The diary returns to the initiator.
③The initiator of the diary makes a mention online.
④Participants request photocopies of the diary from the diary's initiator.
⑤Those who want to participate in the program get in touch with the initiator.

A．③⑤①④②	B．③⑤①②④
C．④⑤①②③	D．①③⑤②④.

【小题3】What does the underlined word "predicaments" in the last but one paragraph probably mean?

A．Successful experiences.	B．Sense of achievement.
C．Difficult situations.	D．Favorable conditions.

【小题4】Which of the following can be used as the best title for the passage?

A．Drift Diary——A New Tool of Communication

B．How a Drift Diary Works

C．Share Your Lives with Strangers

D．The Diary Passed on