8. (2013•泰安中考)—So kind of you to give me a ride to the station.

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A. It doesn’t matter   B. Never mind

C. Don’t mention it   D. My pleasure

【解析】选D。考查情景交际。由上句“能驱车带我到车站, 你真是太好了。”可知答案选D项, 意为“愿意为您效劳”; 而A项、B项“没关系”均是对歉意的回答; C项“不要再提了”不合句意, 故排除。

9. (2013•淄博中考)—A talk on American culture　　　in the school hall yesterday afternoon.

—It’s a pity. I missed it.

A. gave       B. was given

C. has given      D. is given

【解析】选B。考查被动语态。句中“talk”与动词“give”之间构成动宾关系, 因此需要用被动语态表示; 而句中时间状语为“yesterday afternoon”, 所以用被动语态的一般过去时。句意: ——昨天下午学校礼堂里举办了一场有关美国文化的报告。——真遗憾。我错过了。故选B。

10. We all like playing sports, so　　　students　　　basketball every day.

A. the number of; play   B. the number of; plays

C. a number of; play    D. a number of; plays

【解析】选C。考查短语辨析。the number of意为“……的数量”, a number of意为“许多”。根据句意“我们都喜欢运动, 所以许多学生每天打篮球。”可以判断用a number of; 由于主语a number of students为复数, 故谓语动词用原形play。

Ⅲ. 阅读理解(10分)

Today almost everyone knows computers and the Internet. If I ask you “What is the most important in your life? ”, maybe you will say “Computers and the Internet. ”

The first computer was made in 1946. It was very big but it worked slowly. Today computers are getting smaller and smaller. But they work faster and faster. What can computers do? A writer has said, “People can’t live without computers today. ”

The Internet came a little later than computers. It is about twenty-five years later than computers. But now it can be found almost everywhere. We can use it to read books, write letters, do shopping, play games or make friends.

Many students like the Internet very much. They often go into the Internet as soon as they are free. They make friends on the Internet and maybe they have never seen these friends. They don’t know their real names, ages, and even sex. They are so interested in making the “unreal friends” that they can’t put their hearts into study. Many of them can’t catch up with others on many subjects because of that.

We can use computers and the Internet to learn more about the world. But at the same time, we should remember that not all the things can be done by computers and the Internet.

1. The Internet can not be used for　　　.

A. studying　　　　　　　　 B. thinking

C. shopping      D. playing

【解析】选B。推理判断题。由第三段信息可知: 我们可以用互联网学习、购物、游戏; 由最后一段信息可知互联网并不能做所有的事情, 由此可以推知此题选B。