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1、___________________________________________________________________________________________中央广播电视大学2009—2010学年度第二学期“开放专科”期末考试英语阅读(2)试题试卷代号:2156中央广播电视大学2009—2010学年度第二学期“开放专科”期末考试英语阅读(2)试题2010年7月PartIQuestions1m10arebasedonPassage1.Passage1ThisisashortpassageaboutDave,theDiskDoctor.Ca
2、lltheDiskDoctor!1Desperatecomputeruserswho‘lose’thedatafromtheirdiskscangetintouchwithexpertswho,forafee,willrecoverthelostinformation.OneoftheseexpertsisDaveSmith,who,someyearsago,setupacompanycalledDave’sDiskDoctorServiceLtd.Daveandafewofhisfriendsworkfromhomeandgiveallthemoneythe
3、yearntocharity.18_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Thefeesarealwaysthesame,nomatterhowpreciousthedataonthediskis.Somepeople,however,ares
4、ogratefulthattheysendextramoneytoDaveortothecharitieshiscompanysupports.Oneoilcompanyofferedhim~1,000forhishelpandavetsenthimablankcheck.2ItwouldbehardtoputavalueonthethingsrescuedbytheDiskDoctor.Therehavebeendiskscontainingmedicalresearch,televisionscripts,manuscriptsofwholebooks,a
5、comedian’sjokecollection,asolicitor’spapersforacourtcase,andevenMargaretThatcher’sitineraryforavisittoeasternEurope.Forthislastcase,DavewasaskedifhewouldgoinpersontoMrs.Thateher~soffice‘forsecurityreasons’!3DisksareusuallysenttotheDiskDoctorbypost,butsometimespeopleareinsuchahurryth
6、attheycan’twaitforthepost.RadioscriptshavehadtoberushedbytaxitoDave’shousebecausetheywereneededforbroadcasting18___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
7、__________thenextday,forexample.Whenthematerialhasbeenrecovered,thediskisreturnedtothesenderwithadiagnosisandaprescriptionforavoidingtheprobleminfuture.Onegratefulclient,anauthor,puta‘thankyou’toDaveinthefrontofhisbook.’Davesavedmefromacardiacarrest’,hewrote.‘But’,saysDave,‘mostpeop
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