初中英语阅读理解与完形填空

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1、(一)AItis3a.m.Everythingontheuniversitycampusseemsghostlikeinthequiet,mistydarkness－everythingexceptthecomputercenter.Here,twentystudentssitinchairs,tappingawayonthekeys.Witheyesgluedtothevideoscreen,theytaponforhours.Fortherestoftheworld,itmightbethemiddleofthenight,buthe

2、retimedoesnotexist.Theseyoungcomputer"hackers"arepursuingakindofcompulsion（强烈欲望）,adrivewhichovershadowsnearlyeveryotherpartoftheirlives.Theyarecompulsivecomputerprogrammers.Someofthesestudentshavebeenthereforthirtyhoursormorewithoutabreakformealsorsleep.Somehavefallenasle

3、eponsofasinthecomputercenter,tryingtocatchafewwinks（眨眼）buthatetogettoofarawayfromtheirbelovedmachines.Mostofthesestudentsdon’thavetobeatthecomputercenterinthemiddleofthenight.Theyaren’tworkingonassignments.Theyaretherebecausetheywanttobe－theyareirresistiblydrawnthere.Andt

4、heyarenotalone.Therearehackersatcomputercentersallacrossthecountry.Intheirextremeform,theyfocusonnothingelse.Theyfailinschoolandlosecontactwithfriends;theymighthavedifficultyfindingjobs,choosinginsteadtowanderfromonecomputercentertoanother."Irememberonehacker.Wehadtocarry

5、himoffhischairtofeedhimandputhimtosleep.Wereallyfearedforhishealth,"saysacomputerscienceprofessoratMIT.Computerscienceteachersarenowmoreawareofthemeaningofthishackerphenomenon.Theyknowthatthecaseofthehackersisnotjustthestoryofoneperson’srelationshipwithamachine.Itisthesto

6、ryofasociety’srelationshiptotheso-calledthinkingmachines,whicharebecomingalmostwidespread.56.WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrueofthoseyoungcomputer"hackers"?A.Mostofthemaretopstudentsmajoringincomputerprogramming.B.Forthem,computerprogrammingisalmosttheonlypurposefortheirlife.C

7、.Theycanstaywiththecomputeratthecenterfornearlythreedaysonend.D.Their"love"forthecomputerissodeepthattheywanttobeneartheirmachinesevenwhentheysleep.57.Itcanbereasonablyinferredfromthepassagethat____.A.the"hacker"phenomenonexistsonlyatuniversitycomputercentersB.universityc

8、omputercentersareopentoalmosteveryoneC.universitycomputercentersareexpectingoutstandingprogramme