Many adults think that the decision to buy a computer is theirs. They are the world"s webmasters.
But now, a US survey (调查) has found children are getting more and more interested in the Internet.
The number of children using the Internet has grown to three times in the past three years.
Three years ago, the number of two to seventeen years old children entering the web world was
eight million. Today, the number has increased to 25 million. By the end of the year 2005, the number
of children on-line is expected to be 42 million.
More and more children are using the net because their parents use it.
The survey showed that the number of parents using the net has changed from 4.5 million and
16.4 million. The survey found many other interesting facts.
Almost two-thirds of US families have home computers. Forty-six percent of all family members
are hooked (沉迷于) on the Internet.
Girls are using the net as much as boys.
In five years, schools will become the main gateways to the Internet for children.
( )1.A.beautiful | B.interesting B.toy B.boys B.win B.hard B.lose B.interesting B.time B.angry B.others | C.carefully C.computer C.women C.use C.important C.play C.interested C.food C.difficult C.another | D.popular D.sports D.girls D.spend D.wonderful D.make D.to interest D.money D.easy D.the others | |||
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Mobile phone has become a problem for middle schools. Some middle schools in Australia have banned (禁止) students from carrying mobile phones during school hours. Mobile phone use among children has become a problem for the school this year. Several children have got mobile phones as Christmas gifts, teachers said mobile phone use is a distraction (娱乐) to students during school hours and it also gives teachers so much trouble in their classrooms. Teachers were also saying that sometimes students might use phone messages to cheat during exams. She said some schools had tried to ban mobile phones. Some parents felt unhappy because they couldn"t get in touch with (与…联系) their children. Many teachers said students should not have mobile phones at school, but if there was a good reason, they could leave their phones at school office. They also said there were many reasons why the students should not have mobile phones at school: they were easy to lose and were a distraction from studies. Many people say that they understand why parents would want their children to have phones, but they think schools should let the students know when they can use their mobile phones. | ||||||
1. Some middle schools in Australia have banned students from carrying mobile phones _____. | ||||||
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A. because they are students B. when they are free C. when they are at school D. because they are children | ||||||
2. We know from the passage that some children get mobile phones from _____. | ||||||
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A. the makers and sellers B. the passers-by and strangers C. their parents and friends D. some mobile phones users | ||||||
3. What does the underlined word cheat mean in the passage? | ||||||
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A. 聊天 B. 核对 C. 查询 D. 作弊 | ||||||
4. Some parents felt unhappy because they couldn"t _____ during school hours. | ||||||
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A. use their mobile phones B. leave their mobile phones at school office C. help the teachers with their work D. get in touch with their children | ||||||
5. The passage tells us that _____. | ||||||
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A. students shouldn"t have mobile phones at school except for some special reasons. B. it is impossible to ban students from using mobile phones at school. C. some parents felt unhappy because they couldn"t use their phones at school. D. parents should teach their children how to use mobile phones during school hours. | ||||||
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Most adults once studied at school, had classes and did homework every day. The same 1 is going on at school now. 2 it seems that doing weekend homework is 3 problem for the modern students. All the students should agree that weekend homework should be abolished (取消). It′s 4 for them studying at school five days a week. They have a lot of interests. With homework to do on Saturday and Sunday, when can they find 5 to help around the house, go and see a football or basketball game or a good film, join in family recreations (娱乐), or just have 6 at home? Because of these other activities, the homework can not be finished until 7 . So their weekend homework is usually done in such a hurry that on Monday the 8 teachers often threaten (威胁)to fail whole class of students because they know nothing about the 9 . If there were no weekend homework for the students to do, they would be happy to school on Monday 10 having a good rest and to learn what the teachers teach. | ||||||
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