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When you have a question about something, where do you go? For many people the answer is simple. They go online to a search engine like Google or Yahoo. But what about people in rural or under developed areas who may have no way to get on the Internet? Luckily, Rose Shuman, a business and international development consultant in California, has found a way for them. Her amazing solution is “Question Box”.
Question Box is a service that provides answers -- free of charge -- for people who cannot search the Internet directly. They might not be able to read, or they simply have no access.
Question Box began two years ago in India. People use a metal call box with a push-to-talk button to connect to a live operator, as Rose Shuman explains, “You just push a button, a big green button, and that will connect you directly to our operators who are sitting in front of computers, and speak your language. And you can ask them any sort of question you want, and they'll look it up in English or in Hindi, or whatever the main language is, and translate the answer right back for you.”
The service is currently offered in two villages. The latest version of the box uses mobile phone technology and solar panels in case the electrical power fails. Rose Shuman says the aim was to make the box as easy as possible for users.
“Rather than try to bring a lot of infrastructure to them and expect them to learn how to use the Internet, the idea was to make a technology that even Grandma could use, figuring that Grandma could probably walk up to a box and push a button,” added Shuman.
In April, Question Box expanded to Uganda. Forty community workers with mobile phones connect villagers to call center operators in Kampala. The community workers go around telling people about the service. They wear T-shirts that say “Ask Me.”
But Internet service in Uganda proved slow and undependable. So Question Box teamed up with a local technology company to store information on a local server. That way, the researchers in Kampala can quickly search the database for answers when users ask about current events and many other subjects.
Rose Shuman continued, “When was Mahatma Gandhi born and how long is the Nile River? What's the tallest mountain? The funniest one I think we got was, 'Did the pyramids ever move to another place?', which we found pretty funny. But we did look it up, and they haven't moved.”
1. According to the passage, “Question Box” is a service intended to________.
A．help improve the living standard of the people in poor areas
B．promote the computer technology
C．provide answers to the people without the Internet
D．enrich the local people’s life
2. Which of the following is TRUE about Question Box according to the passage?
A．Uganda is the original place where the service started.
B．Some modern technologies have been used for improving the service.
C．Question Box won’t be able to work if there is no electrical power.
D．It was impossible for a grandma to use Question Box.
3. We can learn from the passage that in Uganda ______.
A．forty call center operators helped make Question Box known to villagers
B．it was very convenient for villagers to have access to Internet service
C．users are very interested in current events
D．a local technology company cooperate with Question Box
4. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?
A．All the questions asked by people are pretty funny.
B．Workers of Question Box know the answer for any question.
C．Question Box always tries to answer the question, no matter how strange.
D．Those who asked questions wanted to make progress in their studies.
5. What attitude does the writer hold towards “Question Box” according to the passage?
A．Indefinite. B．Negative. C．Supportive. D．Indifferent.
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The purpose of the information superhighway is to provide remote electronic banking, schooling, shopping, taxpaying, chatting, game playing, video conferencing, movie ordering and medical diagnosing.
Here's what it won't do: It won't remove the need to shop at stores , drive a car , visit friends , or do most of the things you normally do now.
It might make many things you do easier and more convenient. Movies you now can get only at video stores will be available on your TV 24 hours a day.
The information superhighway will carry all kinds of personal matters from your tastes in movies to your buying habits. How this information will be protected is one of the great unknowns.
Computer hackers represent another threat(威胁). Last February, high tech marauders were able to steal thousands of passwords from Internet; this would allow them to read hundreds of personal files, including E-mail. Such a break-in could result in anything from a small inconvenience to a loss of privacy.
On the other hand, computerized systems give financial institutions(金融机构) and police stations much better tools for picking out patterns of criminal behavior.
1．According to the passage, the information superhighway can't be used for ________ .
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2．Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?
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A．The information superhighway will get rid of the need to shop at stores.
B．It is possible to do shopping through the information superhighway.
C．The information superhighway can perform the operation in hospital.
D．The information superhighway will do most of the things you normally do now.
3．From the passage we can learn that ________.
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A．it is hard to protect the privacy of superhighway users
B．superhighway has a thousand passwords
C．financial institutions can deal with criminal behavior
D．nobody knows your buying habits from the superhighway
4．In the fifth paragraph, the underlined word “marauders” means ________.
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One school night this month I walked quietly up to Alexander, my 15-year-old son, and touched his cheek gently in a manner I hoped would seem casual．A year ago he would have ignored this disturbance but now he reacted impatiently and leaned back to his computer screen．
I made a mistake: breaking into my teenager's personal space. “The average teenager has pretty strong feelings about his privacy," Lara Fox and her friend Hilary Frankel told me. Mr．Frankel and Mr．Fox, both 17, are the authors of Breaking the Code, a new book that seeks to bridge the generational divide between parents and adolescents．It is being promoted by its publisher as the first self-help guide by teenagers for their parents, a kind of "Kids Are From Mars, Parents Are From Venus" that explains the language and actions of teenagers．The girls dealt with issues including hanging out late, money, school pressures, smoking etc．
Personally, I welcome their opinions．The most common missteps in interacting with teenagers arise from the war between parents exercising their rights to know what goes on under their roof and teenagers firmly guarding their privacy．Teenagers can be quick to interpret their parents' remarks and respond with anger that masks their vulnerability （脆弱 ）. Ms Fox said, "What we want above all is your approval．Don't forget, no matter how much we act as if we don't care what you say, we believe the things you say about us．"
Nancy, a New York child-raising expert said she didn't agree with everything the authors suggested but found their arguments reasonable．"When your kids are saying, ' You don't get it, and you never will, ' there are lots of ways to respond so that they will listen and that is what the writers point out．"
" My parents helped me see that, " Mr．Fox told me, " even though they used to stay out late and ride their bicycles to school, times have changed and the way parents educate children is different．These days there is a major fear factor in bringing up kids．Parents worry about their child crossing the street．" The writers said they hoped simply to throw light on teenage thinking．
1.According to the two girls, teenagers nowadays are ____．
A．independent B．intelligent
C. inconsiderate D．sensitive
2.The underlined sentence "You don't get it, and you never will" in the 4th paragraph implies that ____．
A．the teenagers don't want/to admit their weakness
B．the teenagers think that their parents will never understand them
C．the parents do not necessarily force into the world of their children
D．the generation gap cannot be shortened despite their parents' efforts
3.It can be inferred from the last two paragraphs that ____．
A．teenagers should guard their privacy
B．Nancy totally agrees with the two girls' opinions
C．parents are more concerned about children's safety
D．the two girls have obtained numerous support from the public
4.Why does the author mention the book "Kids Are From Mars, Parents Are From Venus ?
A．It is one of the best-sellers
B．It is also written by the two girls
C．The two books have the similar theme
D．The two books have different opinions
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One school night this month I walked quietly up to Alexander, my 15-year-old son, and touched his cheek gently in a manner I hoped would seem casual．A year ago he would have ignored this disturbance but now he reacted impatiently and leaned back to his computer screen．
I made a mistake: breaking into my teenager's personal space. “The average teenager has pretty strong feelings about his privacy," Lara Fox and her friend Hilary Frankel told me. Mr．Frankel and Mr．Fox, both 17, are the authors of Breaking the Code, a new book that seeks to bridge the generational divide between parents and adolescents．It is being promoted by its publisher as the first self-help guide by teenagers for their parents, a kind of "Kids Are From Mars, Parents Are From Venus" that explains the language and actions of teenagers．The girls dealt with issues including hanging out late, money, school pressures, smoking etc．
Personally, I welcome their opinions．The most common missteps in interacting with teenagers arise from the war between parents exercising their rights to know what goes on under their roof and teenagers firmly guarding their privacy．Teenagers can be quick to interpret their parents' remarks and respond with anger that masks their vulnerability （脆弱）. Ms Fox said, "What we want above all is your approval．Don't forget, no matter how much we act as if we don't care what you say, we believe the things you say about us．"
Nancy, a New York child-raising expert said she didn't agree with everything the authors suggested but found their arguments reasonable．"When your kids are saying, ' You don't get it, and you never will, ' there are lots of ways to respond so that they will listen and that is what the writers point out．"
" My parents helped me see that, " Mr．Fox told me, " even though they used to stay out late and ride their bicycles to school, times have changed and the way parents educate children is different．These days there is a major fear factor in bringing up kids．Parents worry about their child crossing the street．" The writers said they hoped simply to throw light on teenage thinking．
- 1.
According to the two girls, teenagers nowadays are ____．
- A.independent
- B.intelligent
- C.inconsiderate
- D.sensitive
- A.
- 2.
The underlined sentence "You don't get it, and you never will" in the 4th paragraph implies that ____．
- A.the teenagers don't want/to admit their weakness
- B.the teenagers think that their parents will never understand them
- C.the parents do not necessarily force into the world of their children
- D.the generation gap cannot be shortened despite their parents' efforts
- A.
- 3.
It can be inferred from the last two paragraphs that ____．
- A.teenagers should guard their privacy
- B.Nancy totally agrees with the two girls' opinions
- C.parents are more concerned about children's safety
- D.the two girls have obtained numerous support from the public
- A.
- 4.
Why does the author mention the book "Kids Are From Mars, Parents Are From Venus ?
- A.It is one of the best-sellers
- B.It is also written by the two girls
- C.The two books have the similar theme
- D.The two books have different opinions
- A.
One school night this month I walked quietly up to Alexander, my 15-year-old son, and touched his cheek gently in a manner I hoped would seem casual．A year ago he would have ignored this disturbance but now he reacted impatiently and leaned back to his computer screen．
I made a mistake: breaking into my teenager's personal space. “The average teenager has pretty strong feelings about his privacy," Lara Fox and her friend Hilary Frankel told me. Mr．Frankel and Mr．Fox, both 17, are the authors of Breaking the Code, a new book that seeks to bridge the generational divide between parents and adolescents．It is being promoted by its publisher as the first self-help guide by teenagers for their parents, a kind of "Kids Are From Mars, Parents Are From Venus" that explains the language and actions of teenagers．The girls dealt with issues including hanging out late, money, school pressures, smoking etc．
Personally, I welcome their opinions．The most common missteps in interacting with teenagers arise from the war between parents exercising their rights to know what goes on under their roof and teenagers firmly guarding their privacy．Teenagers can be quick to interpret their parents' remarks and respond with anger that masks their vulnerability （脆弱 ）. Ms Fox said, "What we want above all is your approval．Don't forget, no matter how much we act as if we don't care what you say, we believe the things you say about us．"
Nancy, a New York child-raising expert said she didn't agree with everything the authors suggested but found their arguments reasonable．"When your kids are saying, ' You don't get it, and you never will, ' there are lots of ways to respond so that they will listen and that is what the writers point out．"
" My parents helped me see that, " Mr．Fox told me, " even though they used to stay out late and ride their bicycles to school, times have changed and the way parents educate children is different．These days there is a major fear factor in bringing up kids．Parents worry about their child crossing the street．" The writers said they hoped simply to throw light on teenage thinking．
63．According to the two girls, teenagers nowadays are ____．
A．independent B．intelligent C. inconsiderate D．sensitive
64．The underlined sentence "You don't get it, and you never will" in the 4th paragraph implies that ____．
A．the teenagers don't want/to admit their weakness
B．the teenagers think that their parents will never understand them
C．the parents do not necessarily force into the world of their children
D．the generation gap cannot be shortened despite their parents' efforts
65．It can be inferred from the last two paragraphs that ____．
A．teenagers should guard their privacy
B．Nancy totally agrees with the two girls' opinions
C．parents are more concerned about children's safety
D．the two girls have obtained numerous support from the public
66．Why does the author mention the book "Kids Are From Mars, Parents Are From Venus ?
A．It is one of the best-sellers． B．It is also written by the two girls．
C．The two books have the similar theme． D．The two books have different opinions．
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