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Not far from the club, there was a garden, _____ owner was seated in it playing cards with his children every afternoon.

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While it may be unlikely for a computer to write a best seller, a technology expert has created a computer program that writes its own fiction stories with minimal user input. The program, called MEXICA, is the first to generate original stories based on computerized representations of emotions and tensions between characters.
An Internet survey was carried out to see the popularity of the computer-generated stories, other computerized stories and stories written solely by a human. The result was that readers ranked MEXICA stories highest for flow and coherence, structure, content, suspense and overall quality. Rafael Pérezy Pérez, the creator of MEXICA, explained that a story might begin with something as basic as, “The enemy wounded the knight. The princess cured the knight. The knight killed the enemy. The knight rewarded the princess. The end.”
The program reads characters as variables (变量) and assigns a numerical value, between a continuum (连续体) from -3 to +3, to emotional connections that are defined as either amorous or non-amorous. The numerical value is equivalent to the degree of emotion, with -3 being intense hate and +3 being intense love. The program also understands story tension, such as linking the word “wounded” with tension. This too is assigned a numerical value.
Once these clusters of emotional links and tensions are established, the program begins what is called an “engagement reflection cycle”. Basically this involves searching a database of story actions and other happenings, which are called “atoms”, and determines the best match for the characters and contexts for that moment.
The process repeats itself again and again until the system can no longer make any matches. At this point, the computer analyzes the story for coherence and “interestingness”. The program views a story as interesting when tension levels increase and fall throughout the piece. If the program finds that the story is boring or incoherent in places, it will replace or insert atoms until a version is thought to be satisfactory.
（1）What can we know about MEXICA from the passage?
A.It is a computer program that can write fiction stories on its own.
B.It is a computer program created by Rafael Pérezy Pérez.
C.It is blamed for low quality among many other descriptors.
D.The stories it has written is not very popular among readers.
（2）What is basically needed for MEXICA to start to write a story?
A.The beginning and the end of the story should be provided.
B.The background of the story needs to be keyed in.
C.The human operator should come up with a simple storyline.
D.Emotions and tensions between characters should be determined.
（3）How does the computer system describe the characters in its story?
A.Characters in the story are given different numerical values.
B.Characters are developed according to the tension preset.
C.Characters are designed by using the language MEXICA can understand.
D.Each character is valued for its value in the construction of the story.
（4）What are “atoms” understood by the computer system?
A.The tensions preset for the story.
B.The characters designed for the story.
C.Episodes of action of the story.
D.Events becoming of the characters.

They are all blond and fair and I’m like their ___________ image, brown hair and dark eyes.

-Alan seems a lot taller than when I last saw him．
-He ________．He's grown a foot since you saw him in Shanghai．（　　）

—What are you anxious about?
—_______.

The story was completely untrue and was successfully        in court．（　　）

As a （n）        student， his duty includes        responsibility for his personal behavior．（　　）

Geography once played a big role in how we chose our friends， but that is changing fast． In the past， it could be difficult to keep up a relationship with someone from the next town， not to mention someone from a different state or country． These days the Internet has made it easier than ever to meet friends online， whether those friends live right down the street or halfway around the world．
In fact， this ability to bring together different people from different walks of life is one of the great advantages of the Internet． If you have always wanted to meet friends online from around the world， all you need to do is log on and search． The process of meeting new friends online can be a fun new adventure， and many people have found a great number of friends from all over the world using the power of the Internet．
In many ways the ability to meet friends online is an extension （延伸） of the pen pals we used to have as kids． Back then we would wait patiently by the mailbox for those pen pal letters to arrive． And on the other side of the world， our special friends would anticipate the same kind of thing to happen． The Internet age has taken that pen pal age to a wholly new level， making it easier than ever to meet friends． With just a click of a mouse you can meet friends online from faraway lands， sharing stories and experiences or just spending some time chatting together．
A number of websites have made it even easier to meet friends， and those with an interest in this can definitely check those websites out． These specialized websites allow people from around the world to quickly and easily meet friends online with just a click of a mouse．



According to the passage， with the help of the Internet， people now ______ ．

A. keep up a relationship with others more easily
B. can do more adventures than they used to
C. totally needn't meet friends by writing letters
D. can make more close friends than ever

What does the underlined word "anticipate" in the passage probably mean？ ______

A. Expect．
B. Check．
C. Accept．
D. Worry．

The third paragraph mainly tells us ______ ．

A. it is difficult to find a pen pal
B. pen pals have now been out of date
C. to be a pen pal， you should be patient
D. meeting friends online is faster than usual

We can learn from the passage that ______ ．

A. writing letters to pen pals is no longer popular
B. meeting friends online is convenient and fast
C. websites make people know each other better
D. there are many countries which we have never heard of

We should produce fewer things from raw materials，       the supply is growing smaller and smaller．（　　）

In no country          Britain， as has been mentioned previously in this brochure，           experience four seasons during the course of a single day．（　　）