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1、Weekly Practice 23第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项的标号涂黑。 ATake your time, Mr. Ballou encouraged. Read, borrow, and keep. Find something you like. What do you read?I dont know. And I didnt. I generally read what was in front of me, what I could get
2、from the paperback at the grocery, what I found at the library, magazines, the back of boxes. The idea of consciously seeking out a special title was new to me.Pick for me, then. I said.He looked up and down at me as though measuring me for a suit. After a moment, he nodded, and handed me a dark red
3、 book, fairly thick.The Last of the Just, I read. By Andre Schwarz-Bart. Whats it about?You tell me, he said. Next week.I started after supper, sitting outdoors on an uncomfortable kitchen chair, Within a few pages, the yard, the summer, disappeared. Translated from French, the language was beautifu
4、l, simple, impossible to resist. When the evening light finally failed I moved inside, read all through the night.To this day, thirty years later, I clearly remember the experience. It was my first meeting with world literature, and I was amazed by the strong power a novel contained. I lacked the vo
5、cabulary, however, to translate my feelings into words, so the next week, when Mr. Ballou asked, Well? I only replied, It was good,Keep it, then, he said. Shall I suggest another?I nodded, and was presented with Margaret Meads Coming of Age in Samoa.To make the story short, Mr. Ballou never paid me
6、a cent for helping cut his grass that year or the next, but for fifteen years I taught anthropology（人类学）at Dartmouth College. That summer when I started to read became a turning point in my life which change the course of all that followed.21. Which of the following is true about the author before h
7、e met Mr. Ballou? A. He was merely fond of magazines. B. He hardly read anything. C. He found no time to read D. He was not an enthusiastic reader22. What happened when the author started to read The Last of the Just . A. He became absorbed in his reading B. He didnt know where to go C. He found it
8、impossible to translate it D. He was eager to read another book23. Mr. Ballou offered the author books probably because he . A. found that the author had no money to buy books B. intended to sell some books to the author C. wanted to reward the authors help D. expected the author to translate them24
9、. Why did the author tell this story? A. To inform us of the importance of readingB. To introduce an important experience in readingC. To persuade more people to read in summerD. To show the close relationship between the author and Mr. Ballou BThe ideal companion machine - the computer - would not
10、only look, feel, and sound friendly but would also behave in a pleasant manner. Its informal conversational style makes interaction comfortable, and yet the machine would remain slightly unpredictable and therefore very interesting. In its first encounter it might be somewhat hesitant, but as it cam
11、e to know the user it would progress to a more relaxed and intimate style. The machine would not be a passive participant but would add its own suggestions, information, and opinions; it would sometimes take the initiative in developing or changing the topic and would have a personality of its own.F
12、riendships are not made in a day, and the computer would be more acceptable as a friend if it imitated the gradual changes that occur when one person is getting to know another. At an appropriate time it might also express the kind of affection that stimulates attachment and intimacy. The whole proc
13、ess would be accomplished in a subtle way to avoid giving an impression of over-familiarity that would be likely to produce irritation. After experiencing a wealth of powerful, well-timed friendship indicators, the user would be very likely to accept the computer as far more than a machine and might
14、 well come to regard it as a friend.An artificial relationship of this type would provide many of the benefits that people obtain from interpersonal relationships. The computer would participate in interesting conversation that could continue from previous discussions. It would have a familiarity wi
15、th the users life as revealed in earlier contact, and it would be understanding and good-humored. The computers own personality would be lively and impressive, and it would develop in response to that of the user. With features such as these, the computer might indeed become a very attractive social partner.25. What would the computer do according to Paragraph l? A. Passively receive information. B. Become intimate right away. C. Behave more like humans D. Know everything about the user.26. The second paragraph intends to tell us
