2016届高考英语二轮复习阅读理解精选训练（36）外研版_高考复习指南

2016届高考英语二轮复习阅读理解精选训练（36）外研版

　　A． sixty

　　B． forty

　　C． fifty

　　D． twenty

　　57． A new network system was set up to _________．

　　A． make computers cheaper

　　B． make itself keep on working all the time

　　C． break down the whole network

　　D． make computers large and expensive

　　58． __________ made “surfing” the Internet more convenient．

　　A． Computers

　　B． Hardware

　　C． Software

　　D． Information

　　59． Which of the following is TRUE?

　　A． In the 1960s, computer network worked well．

　　B． In the early 1970s, the Internet was easy to use．

　　C． Today it’s still not easy to get on-line．

　　D． Sending e-mail is now more popular among students than before．

　　Every country has its traditional festivals． The Chinese New Year is now known as the Spring Festival because it starts from the beginning of spring． Though there are some sayings about its origin, all agree that the word Nian, which in modern Chinese means “year”, was originally the name of a beast that started to eat people the night before the beginning of a new year．

　　One story goes that the beast Nian had a very big mouth that would take in a great many people at one time． People were very afraid． One day, an old man came to their help and said he would stop all this． He said to Nian, “I hear that you are very strong, but can you eat up all the beasts on earth instead of people who are too weak to be your enemies?” “Yes,” Nian agreed with him and went to kill many of the beasts on earth． People were very happy because those beasts also did bad things to people and killed their farm animals from time to time．