Cyber Cafe computer centers are found in many cities around the world. Now, a fe
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Cyber Cafe computer centers are found in many cities around the world. Now, a few American high schools are opening these centers. For example, high school in the state of Maryland began operating a Cyber Cafe last March. All students at Bethesde-Chevy Chase High School in Bethesda can use the Cyber Cafe. But school officials say I especially helps students who have no computer or cannot use the Internet at home.
The officials say thirteen percent of the students at the school are from poor families. Many student have arrived in the United States from poor families. Many students have arrived in the United States from other countries only recently. Students in the school’s program for learning English speak twenty-three other languages.
The idea for a Cyber Cafe at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School began three years ago. A that time, officials were planning o restore the school building. Parents interested in technology proposed a Cyber Cafe.
They wanted this center even though schools in the area had suffered budget cuts. The community wanted to help. It wanted all students to have the best chances to learn.
Officials in the area supported the idea. So did an organization called the Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School Educational Foundation. The foundation includes parents, teachers, former students, and business, community and other leaders.
Over two years, the foundation collected money for a Cyber Cafe and other new computers. It received more than one hundred seventy thousand dollars. The Café now has sixteen computer, a printer and a device called a scanner . School official Ann Hengerer (HEN-grr-er) says students use the Internet to complete research. They also write homework and required papers on the computers. In addition, they can send and receive electronic mails. That is especially helpful for the many students who have family members in other nations.
The Cyber Cafe also serves a social purpose. Visitors can stop by for a drink of coffee, tee or hot chocolate. On Long Island, in School has six computers in is Cyber Cafe. One student at the school says students can start their homework even before they leave school.
小题1:What is mainly discussed in the passage?
Cyber Cafe computer centers in many cities around the world
High school Cyber Cafe
Cyber Cafe at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School
Cyber Cafe at Walter G. 0’Connell Copiague High School
小题2:Who can use the Cyber Cafe?
Only the students from poor families
All the students at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High school
Only the students from other countries
Only the students who have no computer or cannon use the Internet at home
小题3:Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
Parents interested in technology proposed a Cyber Cafe.
The community wanted all students to have the best chances to learn.
Officials in the area supported the idea.
The foundation didn’t support the idea until two years later.
小题4:This passage may be adapted from a column entitled _________.| A．Education Report | B．In the News | C．Development Report | D．Science Report |
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答案
小题1:B
小题2:B
小题3:D
小题4:A |
解析
小题1:根据全文意思主要写高中网吧和各界人士对网吧的态度，所以B为最佳选项。
小题2:根据文中第一自然段第三知“All students at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School in Bethesda Can use the Cyber Cafe.”可知B为最佳答案。
小题3:由文章第三自然段第一行“the idea for a Cyber-Cafe …began three years ago ...”和倒数第二自然段第一行“Over two years, the foundation collected money for a Cyber Cafe …”可知D项陈述是错误的，故为正确选项。
小题4:全文主要讲的是学校利用网吧进行教育和各界人士对网吧的支持所以可以推知A为最佳选项。 |
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Every afternoon hundreds of thousands of youth fill Internet cafes, switch on a game console (游戏机), or otherwise sit down to enter fantasy worlds. I’m talking about video games. These games can be fun and exciting, but we need to look out when this pastime becomes an addiction.
Games are often quite exciting and dramatic, but they generally aren’t very intellectual. We don’t learn as much from them as we would only reading a book. Spending too much time playing them can take away our study time. We need to remember that we are students first. Nothing should ever get in the way of proper studying.
Video games can also be a bad effect on younger children who may be watching. Many video games are violent and the object in most of them is to kill the other player(s). This does not send the right message to the children who need to be told that violence is not acceptable and need to be taught how to deal with situations maturely. Even if we do need to sit down and play a violent video game, we need to make sure that it is not affect the younger people around us.
Playing a computer game in our spare time is not a bad thing. Games can be a great way to relax after studying, to connect to our friends, or just to help our creativity. However, games should not become the focus of our life. We need to make sure that laying games never interferes with our studies and that we aren’t thinking about them all day. If we ever find ourselves playing them too much, we need to break the addiction. If that happens, we need to step away from the computer or television screen and learn to spend our time more productively.
小题1:The writer mainly tells the readers __________.
to play computer games every afternoon
not to play computer games too much
not to affect other people while playing games
to spend more time studying
小题2:The writer thinks about computer games all of the following except _________.| A．exciting | B．dramatic | C．intellectual | D．violent |
小题3:Computer games may have bad effect on younger children because __________.
these children often stay in Internet cafes all day long
children often forget to do their lessons
computer games are often violent
children don’t have enough money to play computer games
小题4:The writer advises computer game players ________.
not to affect younger people around
not to play violent games
never to enter Internet cafes
to teach younger children how to play computer games |
Children who drink alcohol with their parents are less likely to binge drink (狂饮)in later life, a recent report claimed yesterday.
The survey of 10,000 teens aged 15 and 16 found 75 per cent have drunk alcohol - but those who do it in moderation(适度地)at home are less likely to go on binges.
On the other hand, the findings contradict a recent call from charity Alcohol Concern for parents. Prof Mark Bellis, of Liverpool John Moores University, told Radio 4"s Today programme that this would only make matters worse.
He said: "The key points are around people understanding alcohol, learning about alcohol, being set a good example by parents. Something that criminalises(宣布有罪) the parent is likely to stop these things happening."
Teenagers who bought their own alcohol outside the home were also more likely to develop problems such as drinking in public places, the report found. It advised parents to keep pocket money below £10 a week.
Prof Bellis, whose team carried out the survey in schools in the North West, added: "By the age of 14 the majority are drinking.
"The question is, are they learning in a proper environment or learning behind the bushes in a park or in a bar?
"The chances are if they are in the latter position, they are learning to binge drink easily."
小题1:The author writes the passage mainly to tell us that________.| A．Home Drink Kids don’t Binge | | B．A Recent Report on problem boozers is announced | | C．Parents are a good example for children | | D．The prevention of binging drink is possible |
小题2:Which of the followings is WRONG according to the passage?| A．The report says children who drink alcohol with their parents have little chance to become boozers in later life easily. | | B．Prof Mark Bellis thinks the findings doesn’t help prevent binge drink | | C．Children learn to binge drink in an advantageous environment as well as in a bad situation. | | D．Prof Mark Bellis thinks that parents should be a good model for children |
小题3:Which of the following is the closest to the underlined word “contradict” in meaning ？| A．are the same as | B．are similar to | | C．think well of | D．disagree with |
小题4:Prof Bellis thinks the key to dealing with the problem is________.| A．examples and understanding | | B．education and punishment | | C．lowering pocket money | | D．law and advice centres |
小题5:We can infer from the passage that________.| A．Parents should answer for those who binge drink | | B．Drinking is a common and acceptable thing in Brtain | | C．Well-behaved parents usaully don’t have children who binge drink | | D．Teenagers who drink outside the home were more likely to develop drinking problems . |
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WASHINGTON—Laura Straub is a very worried woman. Her job is to find families for French teenagers who expect to live with American families in the summer.
It is not easy, even hopeless.
“We have many children left to place—40 out of 75,” said Straub, who works for a Paris-based foreigner-exchange program started 50 years ago. Family life was more than accommodating (提供膳宿). For one thing, more mothers stayed at home. But now, increasing numbers of women work outside the home. Exchange-student programs have struggled in recent years to sign up host (主人) families for the 30 000 teenagers who every year come from abroad to spend a school year in the United States, as well as the thousands more who take part in summer programs.
School systems in many parts of the U.S., unhappy about accepting non-taxpaying students, have also strictly limited the number of exchange students they accepted. At the same time, the idea of hosting foreign students is becoming less exotic.
In search for host families, who usually receive no pay, exchange programs are increasingly broadening their requests to include everyone from young couples to retirees.
“We are open to many different types of families,” said Vickie Weiner, eastern area director for ASSE, a 25-year-old program that sends about 30 000 teenagers on school-year exchange programs worldwide.
For elderly people, exchange students “keep us young—they really do”, said Jen Foster, who is hosting 16-year-old Nina Post from Denmark.
小题1:The underlined word “exotic” means _________.| A．difficult | B．wonderful | C．exciting | D．accommodating |
小题2:According to the text, why was it easier for Laura Straub to find American families for foreign students?| A．More mothers wasn’t working outside and was able to afford to look after children . | | B．American school systems were better than now. | | C．Foreign students paid hosting families a lot of money. | | D．The government was happy because it could gain tax. |
小题3:Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?| A．All the families can host foreign students. | | B．Only young couples can host foreign students. | | C．Only those who were retired can host foreign students. | | D．Exchange programs are open to many different types of families including everyone from young couples to retirees. |
小题4:Which of the following is the best title of this passage?| A．U.S. Struggle to Find host Families | | B．Idea of Hosting Students is Different | | C．Foreign-exchange Program Is Going on | | D．Exchange Students Keep Old People Young |
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A device that stops drivers form falling asleep at the wheel is about to undergo testing at Department of Transport laboratories and could go on sale within 12 months.
The system, called Driver Alert, aims to reduce deadly road accidents by 20% - 40% that are caused by tiredness. Airline pilots can also use it to reduce the 30% of all pilot-error accidents that are related to fatigue.
Driver Alert is based on a computerized wristband. The device, worn by drivers or pilots, gives out a sound about every four minutes during a car journey. After each sound the driver must respond by squeezing the steering wheel (方向盘). A sensor in the wristband detects this pressing action and measures the time between the sound the driver’s response.
Tiredness is directly related to a driver’s response time. Usually, a watchful driver would take about 400 milliseconds to respond, but once that falls to more than 500 milliseconds, it suggests that the driver is getting sleepy.
In such cases the device gives out more regular and louder sounds, showing that the driver should open a window or stop for a rest. If the driver’s response continues to slow down, the sounds become more frequent until a nonstop alarm warns that the driver must stop as soon as possible.
The device has been delivered to the department’s laboratories for testing. If these tests, scheduled for six months’ time, are successful, the makers will bring the product to market within about a year.
小题1:According to the text, Driver Alert ______.| A．aims to reduce tiredness-related accidents | | B．has gone through testing at laboratories | | C．aims to prevent drivers form sleeping | | D．has been on sale for 12 months |
小题2:How should a driver respond to the sounds from Driver Alert?| A．By sounding a warning. | B．By touching the wristband. | | C．By checking the driving time. | D．By pressing the steering wheel. |
小题3:We can learn form the text that the driver needs to stop for a break when his response time is ______.| A．about 400 milliseconds | B．below 500 milliseconds | | C．over 500 milliseconds | D．about 4 minutes |
小题4: When the driver gets sleepy while driving, Driver Alert ______.| A．moves more regularly | B．stops working properly | | C．opens the window for the driver | D．sounds more frequently and loudly |
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A study of English learning problems was carried out among a total of 106 foreign students. It shows that most students considered understanding spoken English to be their biggest problem on arrival. This was followed by speaking. Writing increased as a problem as students discovered difficulties in writing papers that they were now expected to hand in. Reading remained as a significant(显著的) problem.
The information gained helped us in determining where special attention should be paid in our course. Although many students have chosen to join the course with a reasonable motivation(动机), we considered it important to note what seemed to encourage interest. Nearly all the students have experienced some kind of grammar-based English teaching in their own country. To use the same method would be self-defeating because it might reduce motivation, especially if it has failed in the past. Therefore a different method may help because it is different.
Variety of activity was also seen as a way of maintaining(保持) or increasing motivation. Several years ago we had one timetable that operated throughout, but we soon found that both the students and the teachers lost interest by about halfway through the ten weeks. This led us to a major re-think, so finally we brought it into line with the expressed language needs of the students.
小题1:What is the text mainly about?| A．Foreign students have more problems. | | B．There are many ways to improve English. | | C．Teaching should meet students’ needs. | | D．English learning problems should be studied again. |
小题2:Writing became a bigger problem when foreign students________.| A．had to write their papers | | B．became better at speaking | | C．became less interested in reading | | D．had fewer problems with listening |
小题3:We may infer from the last two paragraphs that ________.| A．different teaching methods should be used | | B．grammar-based teaching seems to be encouraging | | C．English courses are necessary for foreign students | | D．teaching content should be changed halfway. |
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