A professor told his students to go into the city slums（贫民窟）to study the life of 200 boys． He asked them to write reports about each boy's life in the future．Every one of the students wrote, "He doesn't have any hope．"

Twenty-five years later, another professor read about the earlier study．He told his students to find out what had happened to these boys．Of the 200 boys, 20 had moved away or died． Nobody knew what had happened to them．They tried very hard and found the other 180 people．Among them, 176 had become successful as doctors, teachers and scientists．

The professor was very surprised and decided to study it further．Luckily, all of them were living near the place and he was able to ask each one, "What made you successful?" Each one answered with feeling, "There was a teacher"．

The teacher was still living there, so the professor found her and asked the old woman what she had used to pull those boys out of the slums, and change them into successful people．

The teacher's eyes began to shine and she said with a sweet smile, "It's really very easy． I loved those boys．"

1． Why did the students go to the slums?

A． To help the poor children．                       B． To look for a good teacher．

C． To study the life of some young boys．     D． To become successful people．

2． Of the 180 boys, how many were known to be not successful?    

A． 4．                      B． 20．                    C． 24．                    D． 176．

3． What changed the boys' life?    

    A． The professor's study．                               B． The teacher's love．

C． Their parents．                                      D． The slums．

4． Why was the second professor surprised?

A． Because some boys had died              B． Because most of the boys lived a hard life．

C． Because a few boys didn't have hope．D．Because the earlier reports were wrong．

5． Which of the following is not true?

A． Some of the boys became doctors．

B． The second professor talked to the 180 people and their teacher．

C． The teacher still remembered the boys．

D． The boys didn't want to talk about their teacher．

　　This reports shows something of home computer use by a group of young people. It is a common idea that children today know about computers and have a good knowledge of using them in all sides of their lives. We decided to try to find out whether this was true.

　　We asked thirty young people between 14 and 18. All the children said they had computers at home. We asked them how much time they usually spent on their computers in a week, but we were most interested in what they used their computers for.

　　The usual time spent on a computer in a week was about 12 hours, with the highest user about 32 hours and the lowest user only 5 hours. There was no great difference between boys and girls.

　　All the children said they usually used the computer to play games. Fourteen told us they did some wordprocessing(文字处理) at home, but not very much. Only 2 of them said that computers helped them with their studies, and 8 people told us they kept addresses and telephone numbers on their computers or used them as diaries. Only 3 people said they were learning to make computer programmes, and nobody looked up databases(数据库) (other than their address lists). None of the people used their computers for any other use. The diagram(图表) gives all the results one by one.

　　The results show that computer use is quite high among 14-18 year-old children. They also show quite clearly that computers are seen by most young people as little more than games machines. The only other great uses are for wordprocessing and keeping address lists. It seems to us that, though computers are common in the homes of young people, they have not yet become useful in everyday life.

1．In the diagram, what does the letter “d” show?

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A．3 people between 14 and 18.

B．Only 2 of the group.

C．To help them with their studies.

D．To help them with computer programmes.

2．We are afraid there is one mistake in the diagram What is it?

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A．the words “Number of people” and “Computer use” should be changed each other.

B．Add all the numbers from “a” to “g”, the number should just be 30.

C．The number of “d” should be higher.

D．There should be not number about “f”.

3．In the report, “little more than” means ________.

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4．If children could use computers usefully, that means ________.

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A．children could play all kinds of different games

B．more other databases than address lists should be learnt

C．there would be great different between boys and girls

Many children think mobile phones are cool. They come in fun colors and let you talk with friends anytime and anywhere.

  In the U.S., more than 90 million people use mobile phones. Many of these people are children. For children, mobile phones are more than phone calls. They are fashionable.

  Most mobile phone users don’t think about the health problems caused(引起) by mobile phones. Some scientists say that mobile phones give off radiation(辐射) that might be bad for the users. One newest study shows that mobile phone radiation might raise(增加) a person’s chance of getting some kinds of cancer(癌症). Other scientists say mobile phones don’t’ threaten people’s health. They say that they have not found any link(联系) between phone use and cancer.

  Scientists say that people can protect (保护) themselves from mobile phone radiation. One way is to use a headset(耳机). Or people can make shorter call.

1.Many children like mobile phones because they think mobile phones are _________.

A. cool                                B. small                  C. cheap                            D. their toys

2.Many of the mobile phone users in the U.S. are ___________.

A. girls                              B. boys                                  C. scientists                        D. children

3.Some scientists think mobile phones aren’t _________ for users health. They causes some kinds of cancer

A. bad                                 B. good                                 C. wrong                     D. helpful

4.The underlined word “threaten” in the passage means ____________.

A. 威胁.                    B. 担心                                 C. 治疗                                 D. 证实

5.What should people do to protect themselves from mobile phone radiation?

A. Make longer calls        B. Use a headset                 C. Make shorter calls        D. Both B and C