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     Just as adults have a hard time putting down their iPhones, so the device is now the toy of choice for
many 1- 3 years old children. It's a phenomenon that is attracting the attention of some childhood
development specialists.
     Natasha Sykes, a mother of two in Atlanta, remembers the first time her daughter, Kelsey, then
barely 2 years old, held her husband's iPhone. "She pressed the button and it lit up. I just remember her
eyes. It was like 'Whoa!' "The parents were charmed by their daughter's fascination. But then, said Ms.
Sykes, "She got serious about the phone."Kelsey would ask for it. Then she'd cry for it. "It was like she'd
always want the phone," Ms. Sykes said.
     Apple, the iPhone's designer and manufacturer, has built its success on machines so simple and
intuitive(直观的) that even technologically confused adults can figure out how to work them, so it makes
sense that expert children would follow. Tap a picture on the screen and something happens. What could
be more fun?
     Many iPhone on the market are aimed directly at preschoolers, many of them labeled "educational,"
such as Toddler Teasers: Shapes, which asks the child to tap a circle or square or triangle; and Pocket
Zoo, which broadcasts live video of animals at zoos around the world.
     There are "flash cards" aimed at teaching children to read and spell, and a "Wheels on the Bus"
program that sings the popular song in multiple languages. Then there's the new iGo Potty program, with
automated phone calls reminding toddlers that it's time to "go ".
     Along with fears about dropping and damage, however, many parents sharing iPhones with their
young ones feel guilty. They wonder whether it is indeed an educational tool, or a passive amusement like
television. The American Academy of Pediatrics has long advised parents not to let their children watch
any TV until they are past their second birthday.
     Jane M. Healy, an educational psychologist in Vail, Colo. said: "Any parent who thinks a spelling
program is educational for that age is missing the whole idea of how the preschool brain grows. What
children need at that age is whole body movement, the skills of playing lots of objects and not some
difficult technology. You're not learning to read by lining up the letters in the word 'cat.' You're learning to
read by understanding language, by listening."
1. The main purpose of Kelsey referred to in the passage is to ____. 
A. not only adults but children are crazy about iPhones 
B. encourage people to buy this toy for their children 
C. advertise for the toy
D. show Kelsey likes the toy very much
2. The underlined words "it's time to 'go' "in Paragraph 3 mean ______. 
A. it's time to stop playing the toy 
B. it's time to go to sleep
C. it's tie to go to the washroom 
D. it's time to go home
3. The parents asking their young children to play iPhones feel guilty because _____. 
A. they know the toy has a negative effect on them 
B. the children damage the toy 
C. they are not sure of the real effect of the toy 
D. they ask their children to watch live video of animals
4. In Jane's mind, in educating preschoolers parents should _____. 
A. buy this toy for their children. 
B. ask their children to play as many toys as possible 
C. ask their children to learn a spelling program
D. know how the preschool brain grows
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  It' s not ju st that we're going to where the animal s are; we're al so bringing them clo ser to u s.Popular foreign pet s have brought a whole new di sea se to thi s country.A strange illne s s killed I sak sen' s pet s and she now think s that keeping foreign pet s i s a bad idea, “I don't think it' s fair to have them a s pet s when we have such alimited knowledge of them.” say s I sak sen.

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We learn from Paragraph 1 that the pet sold at the shop may ________.

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A.

come from Columbia

B.

prevent u s from being infected

C.

enjoy being with children

D.

suffer from monkey-pox

(2)

Why did I sak sen advi se people not to have foreign pet s?

[  ]

A.

Becau se they attack human being s.

B.

Becau se we need to study native animal s.

C.

Becau se they can't live out of the rain fore st.

D.

Becau se we do not know much about them yet.

(3)

What doe s the phra se “the wake-up call” in Paragraph 3 mo st probably mean?

[  ]

A.

A new di sea se.

B.

A clear warning.

C.

A dangerou s animal.

D.

A morning call.

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  In 1960 my grandmother pa s sed away.She left me 100 share s of AT&T.One hundred share s of stock don't seem like much today but back then tho se share s paid me$240 per year in dividend s(利息).That wa s huge for a kid my age.

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Which one of the following s didn't belong to the saving of $1, 300?

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A.

Weekly allowance.

B.

Her earning s by picking crop s.

C.

Share s left by grandma.

D.

Money earned from selling share s.

(2)

The underlined part in the second paragraph probably meant ________.

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A.

she didn't have the chance of picking walnut s

B.

enough money had been earned for her car

C.

the work wa s too hard for children like her

D.

she had no time to do that again for some rea son

(3)

We can know from the pa s sage the author got her car at the age of ________.

[  ]

A.

16

B.

17

C.

18

D.

19

(4)

The purpo se of the author' s father doing like that wa s to ________.

[  ]

A.

give the author freedom

B.

be unwilling to buy the author a car

C.

teach the author to learn self-reliance

D.

give the author a big surpri se

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