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We are already familiar with computers-computers work for us at home, in offices and in factories. But it is also true that many children today are using computers at schools before they can write. What does this mean for the future? Are these children lucky or not?

 

Many people who do not know about computers think of them as machines that children play with. They worry that children do not learn from experience but just from pressing a button and that this is not good for them. They think that children are growing not knowing about the real world.

 

But people who understand more about computers say that computers can be very good for children. A computer can help them to learn about the real world more quickly, to learn what they want to learn and think for themselves. And for the future, don't we need people who can think clearly, who know how to get information quickly and use it well? What do you think?

 

1. "To be familiar with" means to ______.

 

A. know nothing B. know about C. dislike D. like

 

2. Does everyone think computers are good for children?

 

A. Yes, they do. B. No, not everyone thinks so.

 

C. They don't know. D. They are not sure.

 

3. What can computers help children to do?

 

A. To think clearly, to do homework and to write.

 

B. To play games, to do math and to copy.

 

C. To think clearly, to get information and to use it well.

 

D. To count, to clean the house and to get information.

 

★4. Does the writer think computer is a good thing?

 

A. It isn't mentioned. B. No, he doesn't think so.

 

C. He doesn't know. D. Yes, he does.

 

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Light travels at a speed which is about a million times faster than the speed of sound. You can get some idea of this difference by watching the start of a race. If you stand some distance away from the starter, you can see smoke from his gun before the sound reaches your ears.

 

This great speed of light produces some strange facts. Sunlight takes about 8 minutes to reach us. If you look at the light of the moon tonight, remember that the light rays left the moon 1.3 seconds before they reached you. The nearest star is so far away that the light that you can see from it tonight started to travel towards you four years ago at a speed of nearly 2 million km. per minute. In some cases, the light from one of tonight's stars had started on its journey to you before you were born.

 

Thus, if we want to be honest, we can't say, "The stars are shining tonight." We have to say instead, "The stars look pretty. They were shining four years ago, but their light has only just reached the earth."

 

1. Light speed is ______ sound speed

 

A. as fast as B. a million times slower than

 

C. about millions of times faster than D. about a million times faster than

 

2. If you stand 200 meters away from a man who is firing a gun to start a race, you will find out that ______.

 

A. you can hear the sound before you see the smoke

 

B. the sound does not travel as fast as light

 

C. the sound will reach you before the man fires

 

D. sound travels about a million times faster than light

 

★3. Sunlight obviously (明顯地) ______ than the light of the moon

 

A. has to travel greater distance B. moves less quickly

 

C. travels much more quickly D. is less powerful (有力的) 

 

4. The scientific way of saying "The stars are shining tonight" should be ______.

 

A. the stars have been shining all the time

 

B. the stars seen tonight will shine four years later

 

C. the stars were shining long ago but seen tonight

 

D. the starlight seen today could be seen four years ago

 

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A friend of mine named Paul received an expensive car from his brother as a Christmas present. On Christmas Eve when Paul came out of his office, a street urchin(頑童) was walking around the shining car. "Is this your car, sir?" he asked. 

 

Paul answered, "Yes, my brother gave it to me for Christmas." The boy was surprised. "You mean your brother gave it to you and it did cost you nothing? Sir, I wish…" He hesitated(猶豫). Paul thought of course he knew what the boy wanted, but what the boy said surprised him greatly. "I wish," the boy went on, "that I could be a brother like that." Paul looked at the boy in surprise, and then he said again, "Would you like to take a ride in my car?" "Oh yes, I'd love to," the boy answered.

 

After a short ride, the boy turned and with his eyes shining, said, "Sir, would you mind driving in front of my house?"

 

Paul smiled a little. He thought he knew what the boy wanted. He wanted to show his neighbors that he could ride home in a big car. But Paul was wrong again. "Will you stop where those two steps are?" the boy asked. 

 

He ran up to the steps. Then in a short while Paul heard him coming back, but he was not coming fast. He was carrying his little crippled(殘疾的) brother. He sat down on the step and pointed to the car. 

 

"There he is, Buddy, just like I told you upstairs. His brother gave it to him for Christmas and it didn't cost him a cent. And some day I'm going to give you one just like it…then you can see for yourself all the nice things in the Christmas

 

windows that I've been trying to tell you about."

 

Paul got out and lifted the boy to the front seat of his car. The shining-eyed elder brother climbed in beside him and the three began an unforgettable holiday ride. 

 

1. The street urchin was very surprised when _______. 

 

A. he met Paul B. Paul told him about the car 

 

C. Paul received an expensive car D. he was walking around the car

 

2. From the story we can see the urchin _______. 

 

A. wished to give his brother a car B. wanted Paul's brother to give him a car

 

C. wished he could have a brother like Paul's D. wished Paul could be a brother like that 

 

3. The urchin asked Paul to stop his car in front of his house ______. 

 

A. to show he had a rich friend B. to show his neighbors the big car

 

C. to let his brother ride in the car D. to tell his brother about his wish

 

4. We can find from the story that _______. 

 

A. the urchin wished Paul to give his car to Buddy B. the urchin wished to have a rich brother 

 

C. the urchin had a deep love for his brother D. the urchin's wish came true in the end

 

★5. The best name of the story is _______. 

 

A. A Christmas Present     B. Paul, a Kind-hearted Person

 

C. A Brother Like That     D. An Unforgettable Holiday Ride

 

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 "I sometimes get up at three or four in the morning and I surf the net."

 

"I often check my e-mail forty times a day."

 

"I often spend more than three hours during one time on the net."

 

"I spend more time in chat rooms(聊天室) than with my 'real-life' friends."

 

Do you know any people like these? They are part of a new addiction(癮) called Internet addiction. Internet addicts spend at least thirty to forty hours online every week. The use of the Internet can be an addiction like drug(毒品) use. People lose control(控制) of the time they spend on the Internet

 

For example, one college student was missing for several days. His friends were worried, and they called the police. The police found the student in the computer lab: he was surfing the net for several days straight. 

 

Studies show that about 6 to 10% of Internet users become addicted. And people worry about the teens because the Internet is changing the playing field for some of them. They spend more time in cyberspace than in the real world of friends and family. 

 

Is "surfing the net" a hobby or an addiction for you? You may have a problem if you have these symptoms(癥狀):

 

●You do not go to important family activities or you do not do school work because you like to spend hours on the Internet.

 

●You can't wait for your next online time. 

 

●You plan to spend a short time online, but then you spend several hours. 

 

●You go out with your friends less and less.

 

1. What does the beginning of the passage tell us?

 

A. How to become an Internet addict. B. What an Internet addict usually does.

 

C. Where to find an Internet addict. D. Why to write this passage. 

 

2 How does the writer describe the addicts' use of Internet?

 

A. It is something like keeping drugs. B. It is a way of producing drugs. 

 

C. It is like taking drugs. D. It is terrible to imagine. 

 

★3. Why do people worry about the teens?

 

A. The teens are wasting too much money. 

 

B. They used to work on the Internet. 

 

C. The playing field of the teens will disappear. 

 

D. More and more of the teens will become addicted to the Internet.

 

4. The example in the passage shows that _______.

 

A. Internet problems are more serious among college students

 

B. Internet addicts usually stay in the computer lab without sleep

 

C. Some of the Internet users have already been seriously addicted

 

D. The police often help to find those Internet addicts.

 

5. What is the writer trying to tell us at the end of the passage?

 

A. Don't be addicted to the Internet.

 

B. Go to family activities more often.

 

C. Do things as you have planned

 

D. Stay with your parents as often as possible. 

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