题目内容
What ________ two and three? It's five.
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It’s cool, it’s hot, and everyone is doing it. People talk about it often, and friends tell other friends how good they look. Sound like a fashion? In fact, it’s another trend (流行趋势): “blog”. What’s a blog? A blog is a personal online diary. The word “blogger” means a person who writes diaries online.
Many bloggers are teenagers who log (进入) onto websites to discuss anything in their lives. Many of today’s teenagers are not afraid to openly discuss everything in their lives. Teenagers complain about parents and homework. They share diaries, post songs from the latest bands (乐队) and show pictures of theirs. They write their own poems, say something about their girlfriends or boyfriends and complain to each other or offer support. But mostly they just write down what they do every day.
However, many parents are worried about these young bloggers. Parents see the kids talking about how they got drunk last weekend and how they don’t like studying. They are using language that is surprising to their parents. Besides hearing from their friends, teen bloggers also get messages from strangers. Most of the time, it’s older men asking to meet teenage girls. “These strange men are dangerous for my kids. They sometimes teach my kids bad words,” said Cara Cabral, a mother of two.
Many teenagers and young adults know it’s not safe to use blogs on the Internet. They know they are putting information about themselves in a place they can be seen by anyone. But teenagers are unwilling to give up these new communication tools that have become a way of life for many of them.
【小题1】The word “it” means ________ in the sentence “People talk about it”.
| A.the Internet | B.the blog | C.the website | D.talking online |
| A.their kids use a surprising language |
| B.their kids talk about how they don’t like studying |
| C.teen bloggers get messages from strangers |
| D.their kids talk about their girlfriends or boyfriends |
| A.It’s easy for teenagers to give up blogging. |
| B.Many teenagers know it’s not safe to use the blog on the Internet. |
| C.A blogger’s information about himself can be seen by anyone on the Internet. |
| D.Most of today’s teenagers aren’t afraid to openly discuss everything in their lives. |
About 21,000 young people in 17 American states do not attend classes in school buildings.
Instead, they receive their elementary and high school education by working at home on computers. The center for Education Reform says the United States has 67 public “cyberschools(网络学校)” and that is about twice as many as two years ago.
The money for students to go to a cyberschool comes from the governments of the states where they live. Some educators say cyberschools receive money that should support traditional public schools. They also say it is difficult to know if students are learning well.
Other educators praise this new form of education for letting students work at their own speed. These people say cyberschools help students who were unhappy or unsuccessful in traditional schools. They say learning at home by computer ends long bus rides for children who live far from school.
Whatever the judgment of cyberschools, they are getting more and more popular. For example, a new cyberschools called Commonwealth Connections Academy will take in students this fall. It will serve children in the state of Pennsylvania from ages five through thirteen.
Children get free equipment for their online education. This includes a computer, a printer, books and technical services. Parents and students talk with teachers by telephone or by sending emails through their computers when necessary.
Students at cyberschools usually do not know one another. But 56 such students finished studies at Western Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School recently met for the first time. They were guests of honor at their graduation.
1.What do we know from the text about students of a cyberschools?
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A.They have to take long bus rides to school. |
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B.They study at home rather than in classrooms. |
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C.They receive money from traditional public schools. |
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D.They do well in traditional school programs. |
2.What is a problem with cyberschools?
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A.Their equipment costs a lot of money. |
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B.They get little support from the state government. |
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C.It is hard to know students' progress in learning. |
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D.The students find it hard to make friends. |
3.Cyberschools are getting popular because__________.
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A.they are less expensive for students |
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B.their students can work at their own speed |
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C.their graduates are more successful in society |
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D.they serve students in a wider age range |