Your mobile phone rings, and instead of the usual electronic signals, it’s playing your fa

Your mobile phone rings, and instead of the usual electronic signals, it’s playing your favorite music. A friend sends your favorite song to cheer you up. One day, a record company might forward new records and music videos to your phone.

The mobile business is getting into the music business. For the moment, the interest is in pleasant ring tones, but some companies are hoping to take full advantage of the next generation of mobile phones ― all – purpose gadgets(小玩意儿)that blend phone, personal stereo, video player and Internet browser into one.

Finally, record companies might send new records and videos to fans who register(注册)their cell phone numbers.

The fans could pass music or songs along to friends― a kind of musical trading card. Unlike Internet tracks, mobile downloads would be easy for record companies to control, said former record industry official Ralph Simon, who is now chairman of Yourmobile, based in Santa Monic, California.

“If you pass a song along to other phones through a network, each phone can be charged,” said Simon. “It’s like going through a toll gate(收费站). There’s more possibility for copyright control than there is on the Internet.”

Massachusetts – Based Converse is offering a service in Portugal and the Netherlands that lets people record tunes on their voice mail or send music as presents to friends. Finally, people might be able to sing karaoke and pass them along. The company is sure that people will want to use music to reach out and touch someone.

“A mobile phone is not a listening machine, and you’ll be disappointed if you think you can change it to a radio,” said Ohad Ouziel, a creative manager for Converse in Israel. “But if someone sends you a phone while you’re on vacation, you appreciate the feedling.”

The underlined word “blend” in the second paragraph most probably means________.

A.send

B.become

C.mix

D.compare

“Massachusetts – based Converse”in the sixth paragraph probably refers to_________.A.a person

B.a city in Israel

C.a state of the USA

D.a company

Record companies __________ the idea of passing songs and music along mobile phones.A.are worried about

B.are interested in

C.try hard to stop

D.take no notice of

According to Ralph Simon it would be easier to _________ through mobile phone network than through the Internet.A.protect copyright of music works

B.send personal messages

C.pass along songs and music

D.send voice mail

请帮忙给出每个问题的正确答案和分析，谢谢！

63 A in stead of B exceptC but D out of

SECTION A COMPOSITION (35 MIN)

More and more people stay at home and watch TV instead of going to the cinema. What do you think about this phenomenon?

Write on ANSWER SHEET TWO a composition of 200 words on the following topic:

Is Film Giving Way to TV?

You are to write in three parts:

In the first part, state what you think is the best way.

In the second part, support your view with one or two reasons.

In the third part, bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or a summary.

Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the instructions may result in a loss of marks.

听力原文：M: I cannot imagine Nancy cleaning her refrigerator instead of going out to a concert.

W: Hard times. She lost her part-time job a while ago.

Q: What does the woman mean?

(17)

A．Nancy doesn't like going to concerts.

B．Nancy is busy cleaning the refrigerator.

C．Nancy is experiencing hard times.

D．Nancy is making a lot of money.

Scraps of food could soon be helping power your home, thanks to an ultra-cheap bacteria-driven battery. Its developers hope that instead of feeding the dog or making garden compost(混合肥料) ,organic household waste could top up your home's electricity.

Although such "microbial fuel cells" (MFCs)have been developed in the past, they have always proved extremely inefficient and expensive. Now Chris Melhuish and technologists at the University of the West of England(UWE)in Bristol have come up with a simplified MFC that costs as little as ￡10 to make.

Right now, their fuel cell runs only on sugar cubes, since these produce almost no waste when broken down, but they aim to move on to carrot power. "It has to be able to use raw materials, rather than giving it a refined fuel," says Melhuish.

Inside the Walkman-sized battery, a colony of E. coil bacteria produce enzymes that break down carbohydrates, releasing hydrogen atoms. The cell also contains chemicals that drive a series of redox, or reduction and oxidation reactions, stripping electrons from the hydrogen atoms and delivering them steadily to the fuel cell's anode(正极). This creates a voltage that can be used to power a circuit.

To prove the MFC works, the researchers are using it to power a small light-sensitive robot. And when a number of the cells are connected in series, they could power domestic appliances, running a 40-watt bulb for eight hours on about 50 grams of sugar.

Earlier MFCs were inefficient because they relied on energy-hungry filters and pumps. By experimenting with different anode materials, the UWE team have figured out how to make their system work: they dump the bacteria and redox chemicals directly into the cell.

In its current form, the UWE team says its organic battery can produce eight times as much power as any previous MFC. But Melhuish wants to improve this, both by scaling it up and finding a better mix of redox chemicals.

Which of the following would be the most appropriate title for the passage?

A．Microbial fuel cells.

B．Cost-efficient microbial fuel cells.

C．The efficiency of microbial fuel ceils.

D．Organic battery runs robot.

In individual classrooms, harmony and cooperation in learning are stressed instead of competition.()

People usually call the writer Jim instead of James because

A. it's the name of his grandfather

B. it's easier for people to call him

C. it's the name that his parents chose for him

D. it's more difficult than James

听力原文：W: Hi, Paul, are you ready for your Speech Club presentation this evening?

M: Yeah, I' m going to discuss robots.

W: Robots? You mean those machines that walk and talk like in the movies?

M: No, industrial robots like those used in the automobile and electronic industries.

W: I saw an article about that kind of robot the other day. There were pictures of robots welding cars, but they certainly didn’t look the way I thought robots should look.

M: The robots we usually imagine are made up in science fiction. In industry, robots are designed to do a specific set of operations, such as welding car frames. They are rarely built to resemble humans.

W: Actually, all they need is a kind of brain to give signals, and a mechanism, such as an arm, to carry out instructions, right?

M: Right. Tiny computers become the brain of these robots. The computer sends signals, in the form. of electronical impulses, and move an arm and a claw. The claw is the hand that does particular kinds of work.

W: OK. But we' ye had machines on assembly lines doing work for people for years. That’s what started the industrial revolution, remember?

M: But each of those machines can only perform. a single operation and it takes months to modify them. The new industrial robots can each do a number of tasks. And it’s easy to reprogram them to perform. totally different operations. That’s one reason why they're becoming so popular.

W: They increase productivity too, don't they? I read that even though they're still quite expensive, they often cost less per year than a worker doing the same job. I imagine robots will be used more and more.

M: Exactly. So now that you know all about the next industrial revolution, you don’t have to come to Speech Club tonight.

What kind of robots does the man refer to?

A．Agricultural robots.

B．Industrial robots.

C．Computers.

D．Electrical robots.

听力原文：W: Hi, Paul, are you ready for your Speech Club presentation this evening?

M: Yeah, I' m going to discuss robots.

W: Robots? You mean those machines that walk and talk like in the movies?

M: No, industrial robots like those used in the automobile and electronic industries.

W: I saw an article about that kind of robot the other day. There were pictures of robots welding cars, but they certainly didn’t look the way I thought robots should look.

M: The robots we usually imagine are made up in science fiction. In industry, robots are designed to do a specific set of operations, such as welding car frames. They are rarely built to resemble humans.

W: Actually, all they need is a kind of brain to give signals, and a mechanism, such as an arm, to carry out instructions, right?

M: Right. Tiny computers become the brain of these robots. The computer sends signals, in the form. of electronical impulses, and move an arm and a claw. The claw is the hand that does particular kinds of work.

W: OK. But we' ye had machines on assembly lines doing work for people for years. That’s what started the industrial revolution, remember?

M: But each of those machines can only perform. a single operation and it takes months to modify them. The new industrial robots can each do a number of tasks. And it’s easy to reprogram them to perform. totally different operations. That’s one reason why they're becoming so popular.

W: They increase productivity too, don't they? I read that even though they' re still quite expensive, they often cost less per year than a worker doing the same job. I imagine robots will be used more and more.

M: Exactly. So now that you know all about the next industrial revolution, you don’t have to come to Speech Club tonight.

What kind of robots does the man refer to?

A．Agricultural robots.

B．Industrial robots.

C．Computers.

D．Electrical robots.

听力原文：W: Hi, Paul, are you ready for your Speech Club presentation this evening?

M: Yeah, I'm going to discuss robots.

W: Robots? You mean those machines that walk and talk like in the movies?

M: No, industrial robots like those used in the automobile and electronic industries.

W: I saw an article about that kind of robots the other day. There were pictures of robots welding cars, but they certainly didn't look the way I thought robots should look.

M: The robots we usually imagine are made up in science fiction. In industry, robots are designed to do a specific set of operations, such as welding car frames. They are rarely built to resemble humans.

W: Actually, all they need is a kind of brain to give signals, and a mechanism, such as an arm, to carry out instructions, right?

M: Right. Tiny computers become the brain of these robots. The computer sends signals, in the form. of electronic impulses, to move an arm and a claw. The claw is the hand that does particular kinds of work.

W: OK. But we've had machines on assembly lines doing work for people for years. That's what started the industrial revolution, remember?

M: But each of those machines can only perform. a single operation and it takes months to modify them. The new industrial robots can each do a number of tasks. And it's easy to reprogram them to perform. totally different operations. That's one reason why they're becoming so popular.

What kind of robots does the man refer to?

A．Agricultural robots.

B．Industrial robots.

C．Computers.

D．Electrical robots.