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1、 1 阅读训练 37 A Do you like to eat out Do you like to eat quickly Do you like inexpensive food Some people go to fast food restaurants for these reasons In the past people usually went to diners 小餐馆 for these reasons In fact many people in the States still go to diners today for the same reasons A man
2、named Walter Scott had the first diner in 1872 It wasn t a real diner It was only a food cart People on the street walked up to the cart to buy food These carts served late night workers who wanted a cup of coffee and a late night meal The meal was a sandwich or boiled eggs In 1887 Samuel Jones buil
3、t the first diner big enough to allow the customers to come inside However they did not sit down Later people built diners with counters and stools and people sat down while they ate Before long many diners stayed open around the clock In other words people were able to eat in diner at any time Dine
4、rs changed in other ways too The original menu of sandwiches and coffee became bigger It included soup favorite dishes and a breakfast menu In addition diners soon became permanent buildings They were no longer carts on wheels Diners today look similar to the diners of the early 1900s They are usual
5、ly buildings with large windows Inside the diners have shining counters with stools booths and tables and chairs People can eat all three meals in a modern diner Today many people eat in fast food restaurants such as McDonald s and Burger King However the diner remains an American tradition and thou
6、sands of people still enjoy eating there It was popular a century ago and it is still popular today 1 A man named Walter Scott had the first diner in 1872 Why is the word diner in quotation marks 引号 A B ecause it is spelled differently from dinner B Because the first diner was not what it is now C B
7、ecause diner was a new word D Because it is a special kind of restaurant 2 What meals did the first diners serve A only breakfast B Only lunch C Only night meals D All of the above 3 According to paragraph 3 diners changed in A Two ways B three ways C four ways D five ways 4 Which of the following i
8、s NOT true according to the passage A Diners existed before a fast food restaurant B The menu included more food than sandwiches and coffee C Burger King is a fast food restaurant D Sandwiches became bigger 5 The main idea of the passage is that A The diner is a traditional popular place to eat in t
9、he United States B Samuel Johns built the first diner big enough to allow the customers to come inside C American diners serve many types of food 24 hours a day to their customers 2 D Diners are different from fast food restaurants in many ways B Laptop 便携式 computers are popular all of the world Peo
10、ple use them on trains airplanes in airports and hotels These laptops connect people to their workplace In the United States today laptops also connect students to their classrooms Westlake College in Virginia will start a laptop computer program that allow students to do schoolwork at anywhere they
11、 want Within five years each of the 1500 students at the college will receive a laptop The laptops are part of a 10 million computer program at Westlake a 110 year old college The students with laptops will also have access to the Internet In addition they will be able to use e mail to speak with th
12、eir teachers their classmates and their families However the more important of the laptop program is that students will be able to use computers without doing to computer lab They can work with it at home in a fast food restaurant or under the trees anywhere at all Because of the many changes in com
13、puter technology laptops use in higher education such as colleges and universities is workable As laptops become more powerful they become more similar to desktop computers In addition the portable computers can connect students to not only the Internet but also libraries and other resources State h
14、igher education officials are studying how laptops can help students State officials also are testing laptop programs at other universities too At Westlake College more than 60 percent of the staff use the computers The laptops will allow teachers to use computers in their lessons As one Westlake te
15、acher said Here we are in the middle of Virginia and we are given students a window on the world They can see everything and do everything 1 The main purpose of the laptop program is to give each student a laptop to A use for their schoolwork B access the Internet C work at home D connect them to li
16、braries 2 Why is the word speak in the second paragraph in quotation marks A They don t really talk B They use the computer language c laptops have speakers D None of the above reasons is correct 3 Which of the following is true about Westlake College A all teachers use computers B 1500 students have laptops C it is an old college in America D Students there can do everything 4 A window on the world in the last paragraph means that students can A attend the lectures on information technology B t