(2010江苏省无锡市）Intheearly1990s,theword“Internet”wasstrangetomostpeople.Buttoday,Internethasbecomeausefultoolforpeopleallovertheworld.MaybeInternethasbeenthegreatestinventioninthefieldofcommunicationinthehistoryofmankind（人类）CommunicatingwithothersontheInternetismuchfaster.Wecanchatwithapersonwhoissittingintheotherpartoftheworld.Wecane-mailourfriendsandtheycanreadthee-mailswithinaminute.GivingallkindsofinformationisprobablythebiggestadvantageoftheInternet.Wecanusesearchenginestofindtheinformationweneed.Justtypeinakeywordorkeywordsandthesearchenginewillgiveusalistofsuitablewebsitestolookat.WecanenjoyalotontheInternetbydownloadinggames,visitingchatroomsorsurfing（浏览）websites.Therearesomegamesforfree.Wecanmeetnewandinterestingpeopleinthechatnow.Wecanalsolistentomusicandseefilms.Now,thereisalotofserviceontheInternetsuchasonlinebanking,jobfindingandticketbuying.Wecanalsodoshoppingandfindnearlyallkindsofgoods.Sometimeswecanfindsomethingthatisquitegoodbutverycheap.26.HowmanymainadvantagesoftheInternetaretalkedaboutinthepassage?A.Three.B.Four.C.Five.D.Six.27.Whatfactdoesn’tthepassageprovide?A.WecanfindalmostanythingwewanttoknowontheInternet.B.SomegamesontheInternetarefree.C.WecanbuymostthingsweneedontheInternet.D.GoodsontheInternetaremoreexpensivethanthoseinrealshops.28.Whichtitlebestgivesthemainideaofthepassage?A.OnlineShoppingB.ExchangingInformationontheInternetC.TheAdvantagesoftheInternetD.SurfingtheWebsitesontheInternet（2010江苏省南京市）PeopleoftensaythattheEnglishman’shomeishiscastle.Theymeanthatthehomeisveryimportantandpersonaltohim.MostpeopleinBritainliveinhousesratherthanflats,andmanypeopleowntheirhomes.Thismeansthattheycanmakethemindividual（个体的）;theycanpaintthem,andchangetheminanywaytheylike.Mosthousehaveagarden,evenifitisaverysmallone,andthegardenisusuallyloved.Thehouseandthegardenaretheprivate（私人的）spaceoftheindividual.Peopleusuallyliketomarktheirspace.Areyousittingnowinyourhomeoronatrain?haveyoumarkedthespacearoundyourselfasyour?Ifyouareonthetrainyoumayputyourcoatorsmallbagontheseatbesideyou.Ifyoushareaflatyoumayhaveonecornerorchairwhichisyourown.OnceIwastravellingonatraintoLondon.Iwasinasectionforfourpeopleandtherewasatablebetweenus.Themanonthespaceonmysideofthetableatall.Iwasangry.Maybehethoughtthatheownedthewholetable.Ihadreadabookaboutnon-verbalcommunication,soItookvariouspapersoutofmybagandputthemonhisbriefcase!WhenIdidthishestiffenedandhiseyesnearlypopped(瞪出)outofhishead.Ihadinvaded(侵犯)hisspace!AfewminuteslaterItookmypapersoffhiscaseinordertoreadthem.Heimmediatelymovedhiscasetohissideofthetable.Ofcourse,itispossiblethathejustwantedtobehelpfultome!Ifyouarevisitinganothercountryyoumayfeelthatyoudon’thaveanyprivatespace.Hotelroomslookmuchthesameineverycountryintheworld.Alldaylong,yousharepublicspaceswithotherpeople.Youseethelocalpeopleintheirprivatespacesandyoufeellonelyand“outside”.Localpeoplecancreatetheirprivatespacesbytalkingaboutthingsyoudon’tknowabout.Andyouevenfeelthattheylikeyoutobeoutsidethemsothattheywillenjoybeinginsideevenmore!Thisisoneofthedifficultiesofbeingatraveler!Butifyouunderstanditthenithelpsyou.Haven’tyouenjoyedbeingpartofagroupand“owning”abitofspace?41.ThewriterwasangryashewastravellingonatraintoLondonbecause______.A.hehadnoplacetositB.someonehadinvadedhis“space”C.toomanypeoplesharedasectionwithhimD.someo...
