What do you do when you come across a problem while doing your homework? Andy would take out his smart phone, open a special app and searched the problem. Answers soon appeared on the screen.

Nowadays, many students do homework with the help of the Internet like Andy. They search for information online, use apps or discuss through social networks like QQ and WeChat.

“It’s convenient.” Andy said. “You also learn by seeing how others work them out.”

“It also improves students’ abilities.” said John, another student. He said it’s true for new types of homework.

John’s Chinese teacher often asks students to give speeches on great authors. When it comes to John’s turn, he usually searches online, picks out certain stories and makes PowerPoint presentations.

“I’ve become skilled at finding information online and using Microsoft Office,” Wang said.

However, many students think this trend (趋势) also brings up problems. Some students just copy the answers online without thinking. They become lazy.

A head teacher in Andy and John’s school said that knowing how to use the Internet is important. The key is to have good self-control.

“No matter how difficult the problem is, think about it independently (独立地) first,” the teacher said. “Be sure to understand the reasons behind the answers, or you won’t make progress. If you don’t have confidence about your self-control, ask your parents for help.”

Getting Help on Screen

The phenomenon

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*Many students do homework with the 1. help.

*They use apps or social networks.

Two 2.

*When 3. a problem with homework, Andy would turn to his phone.

*John usually searches for information and 4. certain stories and makes PowerPoint presentations when he is 5. to give a speech.

Opinions from students

*Some think it convenient and can 6. students’ abilities.

*Many think it makes students lazy when they just copy.

Opinions from 7.

8.good self-control is the key.

*No progress will be made 9.students understand the reasons behind the answers.

*If students aren’t 10.about their self-control, they should turn to parents for help.

I lived in a poor family with my wonderful mother. She often told me that no matter how poor a person was, he could still afford a dream.

My dream was athletics. When I was sixteen, I started playing baseball. I could throw a ninety-mile-per-hour fastball and_______anything that moved on the field.I was also________: my high school coach was John, who believed in me and taught me how to believe in myself. He taught me the difference ________having a dream and remaining true to that dream. One unusual________with Coach John changed my life forever.

A friend helped me to find a summer job. This meant a chance for money in my pocket for a new bike, new clothes and the________of saving for a house for my mother. Then I realized I would have to_______up summer baseball and that meant I would have to tell John I wouldn't be playing.

When I told John, he was_______as I expected him to be. "You have your whole life to work," he said. "You don't have too many playing days in your life. You can't afford to waste them." I stood before him with my head________, trying to think of the________that would explain to him why my dream of buying my mom a house and having money in my pocket was worth facing his disappointment in me.

"How much are you going to make at this job, son?" he asked. "3.5 dollars an hour," I replied.

"Well," he asked, "Is $ 3.5 an hour the price of a dream?"

That simple question made me understand the difference between wanting something right now and having a goal. I decided myself to play sports that summer and within the year I was taken on by the Pittsburgh Pirates to play baseball, and was_______ a $ 20 000 agreement. Two years later, I bought my mother the house of my dream!

1.A. kick B. hit C. pass D. play

2.A. right B. shy C. lucky D. comfortable

3.A. between B. to C. about D. in

4.A. accident B. interview C. problem D. experience

5.A. idea B. start C. view D. purpose

6.A. put B. take C. pick D. give

7.A. sad B. happy C. frightened D. helpful

8.A. up B. off C. on D. down

9.A. answers B. excuses C. words D. ways

10.A. got B. paid C. offered D. presented

Almost everyone stood up when the bride appeared in her white dress except the wedding conductor, because she was fixed to her chair. The marriage was held at a restaurant in Hibiya Park in central Tokyo. A four-foot-tall robot called I-Fairy directed the wedding.

“Please lift the bride’s veil(面纱),” I-Fairy said in a tiny voice with flashing eyes and long hair. As the happy persons kissed in front of about 50 guests, she shook her arms in the air. It was the first time that a marriage had been led by a robot.

Japan has one of the most modern robot industries in the world. The government actively supports to make more kinds of robots in the future. Many robot models in factories are very new. Recently Japanese companies are making robots work for people in daily life.

Honda makes a walking robot like children, and other companies have developed robots that can help old people and play baseball. In order to “touch the hearts of the people”, Kokoro makes huge dinosaur robots and other models that can smile.

“This is a lot of fun. I think that Japanese have a strong thought that robots are our friends. People in the robot industry mostly understand this, but people mainly want robots to serve them,” said Satoko Inoue, who works in Kokoro. Now the I-Fairies are in use in Singapore, the US and Japan.

1.Who was the wedding conductor?

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2.Why does Kokoro make model robots that can smile?

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3.What do Japanese think about robots?

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4.What countries use robots called I-Fairy now?

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5.What do you think of robots? (请自拟一句话回答)

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