Computers are useful machines. They can help people a lot in their everyday life. For example, they can help people save much time, and they can help people work out many problems they can’t do easily. Our country asks everyone to learn to use computers except the old people.

Today more and more families own computers. Parents buy computers for their children.

They hope computers can help them improve (提高) their studies in school. Yet many of the children use computers to play games, to watch video or to sing Karaoke, instead of studying. So many teachers and parents complain (抱怨) that computers can not help children to study but make them fall behind. So computers are locked by parents in the boxes.

In some other countries, even some scientists hate computers. They say computers let millions of people lost their jobs or bring them a lot of trouble.

Will computers really bring trouble to people or can they bring people happiness? It will be decided by people themselves.

1. Why do we say the computer is a useful machine? Because _______________.

A. our country asks us to learn it

B. it can help us a lot

C. we can use it to play games

D.it can help us to find jobs

2.What do many teachers and parents complain about? _______________.

A. Their students and children use computers to play games.

B. Computers let them lost their jobs.

C. Computers make the students and children fall behind.

D. Computers bring people a lot of trouble.

3.In this passage we know computers _______________.

A. also bring us trouble

B. bring us happiness only

C. are hated by people

D. are bad for people’s health

4.Can computers really help children to study? _______________.

A. Yes, they can. B. It’s hard to say

C. No, they can’t. D. Of course not.

5.How do you understand the last sentence of this passage? I think it means _______.

A. computers are used by people

B. people can live well without computers

C. one must decide how to use computers

D. computers are strange machines

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It seems school children all over the world don’t like their school food. So what do students of your age eat for lunch at school?

Japan

High schools have dining rooms, which serve everything from noodles to rice, but not hamburgers and chips. Other children bring food from home such as cold rice balls, meat of fish and vegetables. Students take home a menu for the coming month with notes on nutrition value(营养价值). The class with the fewest leftovers(剩饭) at the end of the month receives a prize.

United States

A menu from a US school is made up of a hamburger with potatoes or chicken, fruit and cookies. School lunches must also provide at least one-third of the daily vitamin(维生素) A, vitamin C, iron(铁), calcium(钙) and calories(卡路里).

Australia

Hot dogs are traditional dishes in Australia school shops. But as the country pays more attention to children’s health, healthier foods have started to find their way onto school menus.

Many schools have used a traffic light system(系统). The sale of red-labeled foods, including chocolate and soft drinks, is served only twice a week. Healthier green-labeled foods such as sandwiches, corn and watermelon, however, are provided every day.

South Africa

Most of South Africa’s schools do not provide meals at all. Classes end at 1:30 p.m. and students get their own lunches. Many students bring food from home, usually sandwiches.

Fast food sells the best among students. But as more people began to realize the fact that being too fat may cause different illness, some schools in towns have led the way towards better nutrition. Now students at these schools are provided with lunches of porridge(粥) with vegetables, such as potatoes, carrots and tomatoes.

Schools serve different foods in different 1. .

Japan

In high schools, children can buy everything such as noodles and rice. But

they can’t buy hamburgers and 2. from dining rooms.

Some children 3. food from their homes.

The class will get a prize if they have the 4. leftovers in a 5. .

The USA

Children can get one-third of daily nutrition from their 6. at school.

7._____

School shops 8. students with traditional dishes.

The sale of green-labeled foods is served every day, 9. red-labeled foods are sold twice a week.

South Africa

Students like eating fast food so that they are overweight. Students in some schools in towns can eat vegetables to 10. fit.

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