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Gadgets for Work and Play

　　It's 7:45 in the morning, and 26-year-old Steve Clarkson is going to work. He puts on his jacket, and picks up his mobile phone and laptop. As he leaves the house, he turns on his MP3 player and puts on his headphone. He is ready to go.

　　Today, for millions of people, gadgets like Clarkson's are a normal part of life. “I'm a reporter for a magazine, and I'm usually not in the office. My mobile phone and laptop help me to do my work both on the road and at home,” says Clarkson. Today many people can check e-mails, send messages, or surf the Web, using their mobile phones.

　　Tina Fang is studying photography in New York City. “Some of these gadgets are expensive, but they can save your money in the long run. I have a digital camera. I can use it to take eighty pictures and shoot video (record an image onto video) at the same time. I listen to music on my MP3 player, and I can download and read books on it, too. I use the camera and MP3 for both learning and fun.”

　　It's now 9:45. Steve Clarkson gets an e-mail from his 17-year-old sister. She has a gadget that lets her send e-mails, play games, and take notes. She is in class right now. “I e-mailed her back. I told her to stop playing, and pay attention,” laughs Clarkson. “These gadgets are fun, but sometimes they can distract(分散注意力) people, too.”

1．What is Steve Clarkson?

[　　]

A．A student.

B．A reporter.

C．A businessman.

D．A computer programmer.

2．Which of the following things is not a gadget?

[　　]

3．When his sister had lessons, Steve told her ________.

[　　]

A．to pay no attention

B．to e-mail him back right away

C．to stop playing games

D．to listen to music on the MP3 player

An old friend was going to spend a few days with me．He called from the airport to tell me he had arrived．I was not able to  1  the office，but I had prepared for his arrival．After telling him my new  2   address，I told him that I had   3  the key under the doormat(門前的擦鞋鞋墊)．I knew it would be quite late  4  I could get back．He could make  5  at home and eat any food that was in the refrigerator．

    Two hours later he  6  me from the house．At the moment，he said he was listening to some of my  7   after having a nice meal．He had found the  8  and cooked some fish and had also helped himself  9  some juice．He hoped I would   10  him soon．I asked him if he had any difficulty in finding the house．He answered the  1  problem was that he couldn't find the key under the doormat，but  2  ，the living—room window by the apple tree was  3  and he had climbed in through the window．I listened to all this in great  4  ．There are no apple trees outside my windows，but there  5  only one by my neighbor’s house!

1．A．leave               B．close           C．keep               D．lock

2．A．office             B．house           C．work              D．e-mail

3．A．forgot           B．left               C．missed            D．shut

4．A．a(chǎn)s                  B．while           C．before             D．if

5．A．him                B．myself          C．me                 D．himself

6．A．visited           B．a(chǎn)sked           C．wanted           D．phoned

7．A．books             B．records         C．sound             D．calls

8．A．pan                B．sugar           C．fork               D．food

9．A．by                  B．for               C．a(chǎn)t                   D．to

10．A．see               B．a(chǎn)gree           C．join                 D．protect

11．A．terrible          B．only              C．most               D．one

12．A．1uckily         B．luck              C．badly              D．bad

13．A．a(chǎn)wake          B．open             C．a(chǎn)lone              D．tidy

14．A．interest         B．pleasure          C．safety             D．surprise

15．A．is                 B．a(chǎn)re               C．was               D．were

Ms X leaves home at 6：00 in the morning．She spends an hour and a half in the traffic and arrives at her workplace at 8：00．At lunchtime，she stands in a queue and in the end finds there are no sandwiches left! On the way home she is in the traffic again and arrives home tired at 7:00．There is just time to cook something simple，watch all hour of TV and then have an early night．

Ms Y gets up at 7：00 and goes for a run or does some exercise．After breakfast，she sits down to work at 8：30 in the office at the top of her house．Halfway through the morning，site has a short break，makes a cup of tea and drinks it in the garden．She takes a half hour lunch break，and has a salad in the kitchen，while she listens to the radio．She finishes work at 4：30 and goes for a walk in the park．Then she cooks something for the family before they arrive home．

The first example is the old style of working--all travel and tiredness．The second kind of working day is already with us．Many workers now work at home either two days a week or full-time．This is possible because of modern machines like fax and PCs（personal computers）．Most offices these days are paperless places．Company workers send e-mail documents to each other instead of heavy reports．They can design an advertisement and e-mail it to their co-worker（同事）at home or workplace．

At present it is expensive for some companies to provide offices for all workers．The offices are used less than a quarter of the time，59________．In fact it is cheaper to buy PCs and office machines for their home workers．

1．How is life different for Ms X and Ms Y?

A．Ms Y has less time for exercise than Ms X．

B．MS X works harder than Ms Y

C．Ms X spends more time traveling than Ms Y．

D．Ms Y does not enjoy her lunch break as much as Ms X．

2．What does the passage say about teleworking（遠(yuǎn)程工作）?

A．It has not been popular so far．

B．It needs some special equipment．

C．People must work at home．

D．It is mainly for designing advertisements．

3．The passage tells as that ________．

A．offices should be made better use of

B．the company saves money if people work at home

C．people no longer like working in offices

D．PCs and office machines are getting cheaper

4．Which sentence suits（適合）the blank in the last paragraph best?

A．but the companies have to light them and heat them．

B．so the companies have to let their workers stay longer．

C．a(chǎn)nd many people work there

D．a(chǎn)nd have little equipment

5．What does the writer want to tell us through this passage?

A．The world is unfair．                               B．Knowledge is important．

C．E-mails will be more and more popular．      D．The working style is developing．