In many western schools，sports day is a big event．Children take part in competitive（竞争性的）sports，trying to break school records and take the first place．

Sports days，or sports meets，are usually held in the warmer seasons, either at the beginning or the end of the school year．They are also called field days．

Primary school sports days are fun．They usually have activities such as the egg and／he spoon race and the sack race．Other events include the skipping race（跳绳） and the three—legged race．In middle and high schools，sports days include many of the common track and field events（田径项目）．They are more serious and competitive than primary school ones．

Students' parents and other relatives also come to the school on sports days．They watch children play．Many schools in the West have "mothers and fathers" races for parents to take part in!

Although sports days are exciting, they also have some problems．According to some reports in the US, sports days have become too competitive to be good for students．Some parents put too much pressure （压力） on the children．Some schools don’t have "mothers and fathers" races any more as there is much fighting and cheating．

1．What do children try to do when they take part in sports meets?

2．When are sports days usually held in the school year?

3．What are primary school and middle school sports days like?

4．Who would come to the school to watch children play on sports days?

5．What does the writer think about sports days?

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1．According to（依据）the advertisement，one of the advantages of homestay is         ．

A．being comfortable with larger space

B．being easier to visit places of interest

C．being able to make more Chinese friends

D．being closer to the Olympic stadiums（场馆）

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A．a present 400-dollar room may cost as much as 2000 dollars

B．there will be more visitors to Beijing than hotels can take in

C．most visitors will choose the fiats of Homestay Beijing 2008

D．homestay will help visitors to learn to speak good English

3．The underlined word “expats” in Paragraph 4 refers to（指的是）foreigners         ．

A．staying in hotels                                       B．helping others

C．watching games                                         D．living in Beijing

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A．those who will work as Olympic volunteers

B．those who will provide accommodation for visitors

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We are all busy talking about and using the Internet, but how many of us know the history of the Internet? Many people are surprised when they find that the Internet was set up in the 1960s. At that time, computers were large and expensive. Computer networks didn't work well. If one computer in the network broke down, then the whole network stopped. So a new network system had to be set up. It should be good enough to be used by many different computers. If part of the network was not working, information could be sent through another part. In this way computer network system would keep on working all the time, At first the Internet was only used by the government, but in the early 1970s. universities, hospitals and banks were allowed to use it, too. However, computers were still very expensive and the Internet was difficult to use. By the start of 1990s, computers became cheaper and easier to use. Scientists had also developed software that made "surfing" the Internet easier. Today it is easy to get on-line and it is said that millions of people use the Internet every day. Sending e-mail is more and more popular among young people. The Internet has now become one of the most important parts of people's life.
【小题1】How long has the Internet been used?