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How to protect children Web fans from unsuitable material on-line while encouraging them to use the Internet has long been discussed in the U.S.
For some parents, the Internet can seem like a jungle, filled with danger for their children. But jungles contain wonders as well as dangers and with good guides, some education, and a few precautions(预防措施), the wilds of the Internet can be safely navigated(航行). “Kids have to be on-line. If we tell our kids they can’t have access(机会) to the Internet, we’re cutting them off from their future,” said an expert.
Most kids have started to use search engines. Many of them are great for finding tons of interesting Internet sites, and they can also locate places where you might not want your kids to go. There are search engines designed just for kids. A certain software contains only sites that have been selected as safe. The most popular way to limit access would be to use what is known as a “content screener(过滤器)”. But this can’t be wholly reliable(可靠), and the best thing parents can do is to talk to their kids and let them know what is OK or not OK to see or do on the Internet. Another way is that mum or dad is nearby when the child is surfing(浏览) the Internet.
A few other tips
●Don’t put the PC in a child’s room but keep it in an area where mum or dad can keep an eye on things. That also makes the Internet more of a family activity.
●Ask your child what he or she has been doing and about any friends they make on-line.
●Tell your child not to give on-line strangers personal information, especially like address and phone number.
●And tell your children never to talk to anyone they meet on-line over the phone, send them anything, accept anything from them or agree to meet with them unless you go along.
小题1:The passage is mainly about the subject of _______.| A．American children going on-line | B．Internet in America | | C．appreciating Internet | D．opposing children’s on-line |
小题2:The best way to protect children from improper material is _______.| A．to install(安装) a content screener on the computer | | B．to buy some search engines for the children | | C．to be nearby when they are surfing the Internet | | D．to talk to the children and persuade them to tell right from wrong |
小题3:Which of the following is right according to the passage?| A．Surfing the Internet is the best method of educating children. | | B．Children’s not having access to Internet may have effect on their progress. | | C．Using a content screener is most reliable for keeping children having access to Internet. | | D．Searching engines can help children to select materials fit for them. |
小题4:According to the passage, we can infer that _______.| A．soft wares fit for children want programming | | B．a child who is on-line is in danger | | C．Internet is a jungle full of danger | | D．Internet contains a lot of harmful sites |
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答案
小题1:A
小题2:D
小题3:B
小题4:D |
解析
本文讲述因特网对孩子既有利也有害，并告诉父母应该如何保护他们的孩子远离那些不适合孩子的网络资料。
小题1:主旨题。文章第1段就是主题句。
小题2:判断题。从第3段倒数第2句话…and the best thing parents can do is to talk to their kids and let them know what is OK or not OK to see or do on the Internet可以做出正确判断。
小题3:判断题。从文章内容来看，A、 C 、D三项明显与题意不符，而B项内容文中的一位专家则说过。
小题4:主旨题。从第2段和第3段内容可以概括出本文主旨。 |
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Among various programmes, TV talk shows have covered every inch of space on daytime television. And anyone who watches them regularly knows that each one is different in style(风格). But no two shows are more opposite in content, while at the same time standing out above the rest, than the Jerry Springer and the Oprah Winfrey shows.
Jerry Springer could easily be considered the king of “rubbish talk”. The contents on his show are as surprising as can be. For example, the show takes the ever-common talk show titles of love, sex, cheating, and hate, to a different level. Clearly, the Jerry Springer show is about the dark side of society, yet people are willing to eat up the troubles of other people’s lives.
Like Jerry Springer, Oprah Winfrey takes TV talk show to its top. But Oprah goes in the opposite direction. The show is mainly about the improvement of society and different quality(质量) of life. Contents are from teaching your children lessons, managing your work week, to getting to know your neighbors.
Compared to Oprah, the Jerry Springer show looks like poisonous waste being poured into society. Jerry ends every show with a “final word”. He makes a small speech about the entire idea of the show. Hopefully, this is the part where most people will learn something very valuable.
Clean as it is, the Oprah show is not for everyone. The show’s main viewers are middleclass Americans. Most of these people have the time, money, and ability to deal with life’s tough problems. Jerry Springer, on the other hand, has more of a connection with the young adults of society. These are 18-to-21-year-olds whose main troubles in life include love, relationship, sex, money and drug. They are the ones who see some value and lessons to be learned through the show’s exploitation.
小题1: Compared with other TV talk shows, both the Jerry Springer and the Oprah Winfrey are ____.| A．more interesting | B．unusually popular | C．more detailed | D．more formal |
小题2:Though the social problems Jerry Springer talks about appear unpleasant, people who watch the shows____.| A．remain interested in them | B．are ready to face up to them | | C．remain cold to them | D．are willing to get away from them |
小题3:Which of the following is likely to be a topic of the Oprah Winfrey show?| A．A new type of robot. | B．Nation hatred. | | C．Family income planning. | D．Street accident. |
小题4:We can learn from the passage that the two talk shows_____.| A．have become the only ones of its kind | | B．exploit the weaknesses in human nature | | C．appear at different times of the day | | D．attract different people |
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Many people who work in London prefer to live outside it, and to go in to their offices or schools every day by train, car or bus, even though this means they have to get up early in the morning and reach home late in the evening.
One advantage of living outside London is that houses are cheaper. Even a small flat in London without a garden costs quite a lot to rent. With the same money, one can get a little house in the country with a garden of one’s own.
Then, in the country one can rest from the noise and hurry of the town. Even though one has to get up earlier and spend more time in trains or buses, one can sleep better at night and during weekends and on summer evenings, one can enjoy the fresh, clean air of the country. If one likes gardens, one can spend one’s free time digging, planting, watering and doing the hundred and one other jobs which are needed in a garden. Then, when the flowers and vegetables come up, one has the reward of one who has shared the secret of Nature.
Some people, however, take no interest in country things: for them, happiness lies in the town, with its cinemas and theatres, beautiful shops and busy streets, dance-halls and restaurants. Such people would feel that their life was not worth living if they had to live it outside London. An occasional walk in one of the parks and a fortnight’s (two weeks) visit to the sea every summer is all the country they want: the rest they are quite prepared to leave to those who are glad to get away from London every night.
小题1:Which of the following statements is NOT true? | A．People who like country things prefer to live outside the city. | | B．People who work in London prefer to live in the country. | | C．Because of certain disadvantages of living outside London, some people who work in London prefer to live inside London. | | D．Because of certain advantages of living outside London, many people who work in London prefer to live outside London. |
小题2:One can use the same money for ________ to buy a little house with a garden in the country. | A．getting a small flat with a garden | B．having a small flat with a garden | | C．renting a small flat without a garden | D．buying a small flat without a garden |
小题3:When the flowers and vegetables in the garden come up, those _______ have the reward of one who has shared the secret of Nature. | A．who live in the country | | B．who have spent time working in the garden | | C．who have a garden of their own | | D．who have been digging, planting and watering |
小题4:People who think happiness lies in the town would feel that _______ if they had to live it outside London. | A．their life was meaningless | B．their life was invaluable | | C．they didn’t deserve a happy life | D．they were not worthy of their happy life |
小题5: The underlined word rest in the last paragraph refers to ________. | A．the rest time | B．the rest people | | C．the rest of the country | D．the rest of the parks and of the sea |
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A punctual person is in the habit of doing a thing at the proper time and is never late in keeping an appointment.
The unpunctual man, on one hand, never does what he has to do at the proper time. He is always in a hurry and in the end loses both time and his good name. A lost thing may be found again, but lost time can never be regained. Time is more valuable than material things. In fact, time is life itself. The unpunctual man is for ever wasting and mismanaging his most valuable asset (财产) as well as other’s. The unpunctual person is always complaining that he finds no time to answer letters, or return calls or keep appointments promptly. But the man who really has a great deal to do is very careful of his time and seldom complains of want of it. He knows that he can not get through his huge amount of work unless he faithfully keeps every piece of work when it has to be attended to.
Failure to be punctual in keeping one’s appointments is the sign of disrespect towards others. If a person is invited to dinner and arrives later than the appointed time, he keeps all the other guests waiting for him. Usually this will be regarded as a great disrespect to the host and all other guests present.
Unpunctuality, moreover, is very harmful when it comes to do one’s duty, whether public or private. Imagine how it would be if those who are put in charge of important tasks failed to be at their proper place at the appointed time. A man who is known to be habitually unpunctual is never trusted by his friends or fellow men.
小题1:What does the author think is the main difference between a punctual person and an unpunctual person? | A．A punctual person does everything ahead of time while an unpunctual person does everything behind schedule. | | B．A punctual person does everything at the right time while an unpunctual person seldom does anything at the correct time. | | C．A punctual person has a lot of appointments while an unpunctual person has few appointments. | | D．A punctual person has much time to do everything while an unpunctual person has little time to do anything. |
小题2: According to the passage, the main reason that a person is always unpunctual is that _______. | A．he has more work to do than other people | | B．he is always in a hurry when he works | | C．he doesn’t care much about time | | D．he always mismanages and wastes his time |
小题3:According to the third paragraph, when you are invited to dinner, you should arrive there _______. | A．after other guests have arrived | | B．before all other guests | | C．at the appointed time | | D．after the host has got things ready |
小题4:Which of the following statements best describes the harm of unpunctuality?| A．If you are an unpunctual person, you cannot be in charge of any important task. | | B．If your friends know that you are unpunctual, they may not see you again. | | C．Unpunctuality may bring about heavy losses for both public and private affairs. | | D．Unpunctuality may make you miss a lot of appointments and lose friends. |
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Play is the basic business of childhood, and in recent years research has shown the great importance of play in the development of a human being. From earliest infancy (婴儿), every child needs opportunity and the right materials for play, and the main tools of play are toys. The main function of toys is to suggest, encourage and play. To succeed in this, they must be good toys, which children will play with often, and will come back to again, and again. Therefore it is important to choose suitable toys for different stages of a child’s development.
In recent years research on infant development has shown that the standard a child is likely to reach, within the range of his inherited (遗传的) abilities, is largely determined in the first three years of his life. So a baby’s ability to benefit from the right play materials should not be underestimated. A baby who is encouraged, talked to and shown things and played with, has the best chance of growing up successfully.
In the next stage, from three to five years old, curiosity knows no bounds. Every type of suitable toys should be made available to the child, for trying out, experimenting and learning, for discovering his own particular ability: Bricks and jigsaws (七巧板) and construction toys; painting, scribbling (涂鸦) and making things; sand and water play;toys for imaginative and pretending play — the first social games for learning to play and get on with others.
But at the third stage of play development — from five to seven or eight years old — the child is at school. But for a few more years play is still the best way of learning, at home or at school. It is easier to see which type of toys the child most enjoys.
Until the age of seven or eight, play and work mean much the same to a child. But once reading has been mastered, then books become the main source of learning. Toys are still interesting and valuable, which lead up to new hobbies, but their significance has changed — to a child of nine or ten years old, toys and games mean, as to adults, relaxation and fun.
小题1:according to the first passage we know that as a child grows up________.| A．he should be allowed to choose his own toys | | B．he should be given the same toys | | C．he should be given different toys | | D．he should be given fewer and fewer toys |
小题2:according to the passage, the abilities a child has inherited from his parents________.| A．determine his character | | B．will not change after the age of three | | C．partly determine the standard he is likely to reach | | D．to a large extent determine the choice of toys |
小题3:We learn from the passage that a child has boundless curiosity________.| A．when he is two | B．when he is around four | | C．when he is six | D．when he is eight |
小题4: The passage is mainly about________.| A．the importance of pre-school education | B．the importance of schooling | | C．the role of play in a child’s development | D．the choice of toys for youngster |
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Back in my country, when I was a child, I used to go to “market day” with my mother. One day each week, farmers used to ___1___ their fruit and vegetables into the city. They ___2___ one street to all cars, and the farmers set up tables for their ___3___. This outdoor market was a great place to ___4___. Everything was fresher than produce in grocery stores because the farmers brought it in ___5___ after the harvest. My mother and I always got there early in the morning to get the ___6___ produce.
The outdoor market was a wonderful adventure for a small child, ___7___ was like a festival — full of colors and ___8___. There are red tomatoes, yellow lemons, green lettuce, peppers, grapes, onions. The farmers did their own ___9___. They all shouted loudly for ___10___ to buy their produce. “Come and buy my beautiful oranges! They’re juicy and delicious and full of vitamins to ___11___ your children healthy and strong!”
Everyone used to ___12___ with the farmers over the ___13___ of their produce. It was like a wonderful drama in a theatre; the buyers and sellers were the “___14___” in this drama. My mother was an ___15___ at this. First, she picked the freshest, most attractive tomatoes, for example. Then she asked the price. The seller told her.
“What?” she said. She looked very surprised. “ So ___16___?”
The seller looked terribly ___17___. “My dear lady!” he replied. “I’m a poor, ___18___ farmer. These are the cheapest tomatoes on the market!”
They always argued for several minutes before agreeing ___19___ a price. My mother took her tomatoes and left. Both buyer and seller were ___20___. The drama was over.
1. A. carry B. take C. bring D. fetch
2. A. opened B. closed C. started D. stopped
3. A. produce B. goods C. food D. product
4. A. buy B. sell C. bargain D. shop
5. A. hurriedly B. immediately C. directly D. straightly
6. A. best B. finest C. freshest D. cheapest
7. A. who B. that C. which D. what
8. A. voices B. noises C. sounds D. accent
9. A. shopping B. business C. shouting D. advertising
10. A. customers B. producers C. themselves D. sellers
11. A. keep B. let C. except D. make
12. A. argue B. talk C. discuss D. speak
13. A. order B. price C. quality D. form
14. A. viewers B. listeners C. actors D. directors
15. A. actress B. inventor C. advancer D. expert
16. A. wonderful B. exciting C. cheap D. expensive
17. A. injured B. hurt C. damaged D. wounded
18. A. excellent B. fair C. honest D. easy
19. A. with B. to C. in D. on
20. A. disappointed B. encouraged C. satisfied D. tired |
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