Your friends might be in Australia or maybe just down the road, but they are all just a few clicks away.Life has changed for millions of young people across the world who now make friends online.Whether you use chat-rooms, QQ, MSN or ICQ, you are a member of this group.
“I don’t often talk with my parents or grandparents, but I talk a lot with my old friends on QQ,” said Fox’s Shadow, the online name used by a girl student in China.“Most of my classmates use QQ after school.”
QQ is the biggest messaging service in China.A record from Tencent, the company which developed QQ, shows that 4 million people used it one Saturday night in October.
And probably Fox’s Shadow was one of them.“I log in on Friday nights, and Saturdays or Sundays when I feel everything around me boring.I usually spend about ten hours chatting online every week,” she said.“But I never talk with strangers, especially boys or men.”
Even though she likes chatting, she is careful about making friends with strangers online.“You don’t know who you’re talking to.You should always be careful about whom you believe in online.”
Many people would like to meet offline when they feel they have known someone very well.Fox’s Shadow once met one of her online friends face to face.It was a girl who was a football fan like herself and they went to a football match together.
A 16-year-old Beijing boy, named Bart Simon online, dislikes QQ users.“I used to chat on QQ, but I found that most people were talking about foolish things,” he said.Now he chats online in English, using MSN.“I only chat online because I’ve got friends in Japan, the US and Singapore,” he said.“I want to learn more about foreign cultures.” But he spends little time chatting on QQ as he sees it as a waste of time and money.
“If you are really addicted to it, sometimes you can’t give your mind to your lessons,” he said.“And friends in your real life are always more important than those so-called friends you meet online.”
(1)
From the passage, we know “^they are all just a few clicks away” means“__________”.
[ ]
A.
it is wonderful to see your friends by clicking
B.
it is popular to make friends online
C.
it is possible to live much closer to your friends
D.
it is easy and fast to get in touch with your friends
(2)
Fox’s Shadow thinks QQ is _________.
[ ]
A.
a good place to spend her time when bored
B.
the biggest messaging service in China
C.
a safe place to chat with strangers
D.
the best place to make friends
(3)
Which of the following sentences is TRUE according to the passage?
[ ]
A.
All the people on QQ are talking about foolish things.
B.
We should think more of our friends in real life.
C.
We should be careful about boys or men online.
D.
Chatting online is a waste of time and money.
(4)
The underlined phrase means _________.
[ ]
A.
turn on the computer
B.
enter in QQ
C.
surf the internet
D.
make friends
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Your friends might be in Australia or maybe just down the road, but they are all just a few clicks away.Life has changed for millions of young people across the world who now make friends online.Whether you use chat-rooms, QQ, MSN or ICQ, you are a member of this group.
“I don’t often talk with my parents or grandparents, but I talk a lot with my old friends on QQ,” said Fox’s Shadow, the online name used by a girl student in China.“Most of my classmates use QQ after school.”
QQ is the biggest messaging service in China.A record from Tencent, the company which developed QQ, shows that 4 million people used it one Saturday night in October.
And probably Fox’s Shadow was one of them.“I log in(登陆)on Friday nights, and Saturday or Sunday when I feel everything around me boring.I usually spend about 10 hours chatting online every week,” she said.“But I never talk with strangers, especially boys or men.”
Even though she likes chatting, she is careful about making friends with strangers online.“You don’t know who you are talking to.You should always be careful about whom you believe on line.”
Many people would like to meet offline when they feel they have got to be known to someone very well.Fox’s Shadow once met one of her online friends face to face.It was a girl who was a football fan like herself and they went to a football match together.
A 16-year-old Beijing boy, named Simon online, dislikes QQ users.“I used to chat on QQ, but I found that most people were talking about foolish things,” he said.Now he chats online in English, using MSN.“I only chat online because I’ve got friends in Australia, the US and Singapore,” he said.“I want to learn more about foreign cultures.” But he spends little time chatting on QQ as he sees it as a waste of time and money.
“If you are really addicted to(上瘾)it, sometimes you can’t give your mind to your lessons,” he said.“And friends in your real life are always more important than those so-called friends you meet online.”
(1)
People meet face to face offline when they think they _________.
[ ]
A.
have enough free time
B.
have the same interest
C.
have known each other well
D.
have nothing to do
(2)
Fox’s Shadow thinks QQ is _________.
[ ]
A.
a good place to spend her time when bored
B.
the biggest messaging service in China
C.
a safe place to chat with strangers
D.
the best place to make friends
(3)
From the passage, we know “…they are all just a few clicks away” means _________.
[ ]
A.
it is wonderful to see your friends by clicking
B.
it is popular to make friends online
C.
it is possible to live much closer to your friends
D.
it is easy and fast to get in touch with your friends
(4)
Which of the following is the opinion of the Beijing boy named Simon?
[ ]
A.
All the people on QQ are talking about foolish things.
B.
We should think more of our friends in real life.
C.
We should always be careful about boys or men online.
D.
Chatting online can save a lot of time and money than making telephone calls.
阅读理解
With the development of science and technology, most of us will comment:“Life is speeding up.Everyone is getting unwell.”
This may sound like something someone would say today.But in fact, an unknown citizen who lived in Rome in 53 AD wrote it.
We all love new inventions.They are exciting, amazing and can even change our lives.But have all these developments really improve the quality of our lives?
Picture this, you're rushing to finish your homework on the computer.Your mobile phone rings, a QQ message from your friend appears on the screen, and the noise from the television is getting louder and louder.Suddenly the computer goes blank and you lose all your work.Now you have to stay up all night to get it done.How calm and happy do you feel?
Inventions have speeded up our lives so much that they often leave us feeling stressed and tired.Why do you think people who live far away from noisy cities, who have no telephones, no cars, even no electricity often seem to be happier? Perhaps because they lead simpler lives.
One family in the UK went “back in time” to see what life was like without all the inventions we have today.The grandparents, with their daughter, and grandsons Benjamin, 10, and Thomas, 7, spent nine weeks in a 1940s house.They had no washing machine, microwave, computer or mobile phones.
The grandmother, Lynn said, “It was hard physically, but not mentally.” She believed life was less materialistic.“The more things you have the more difficult life becomes.” She said.The boys said they found less to fight over, such as their computer.Benjamin also noticed that his grandmother had changed from being a “trendy, beer- drinking granny to one who cooked things”.
Here are some simple ways to beat the stress often caused by our inventions!
●Don't be available all the time.Turn off your mobile phone at certain times of the day.Don't check your emails every day.
●Make sure you spend some time talking to your family.Set aside one evening a week when you don't turn on the television.Play cards and chat instead.
●Get a low-tech hobby.Every day,do something in the old-fashioned way,such as walking to have a face-to-face meeting instead of using the email or telephone.
●Don't worry too much about life-laugh more!
(1)
The passage is mainly about _______.
[ ]
A.
the important roles technology plays in our everyday life
B.
improvements of our life with technology
C.
problems with technology
D.
major changes are likely to happen to technology
(2)
The writer uses the quote at the beginning of the story to _______.
[ ]
A.
point out that you experience some big problems and they may be the same
B.
tell us what life was like long time ago
C.
make us wonder what causes such a thing to happen
D.
share a truth about life
(3)
Why did the family choose to spend some time in a 1940s house?
[ ]
A.
Because they were curious about how people lived without modern inventions.
B.
Because they liked to live simple lives.
C.
Because they were troubled by modern inventions.
D.
Because living in a different time would be a lot of fun for them.
(4)
What does the underlined word “available” in the first suggestion offered by the writer mean?
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A.
Busy on line.
B.
Free.
C.
Be able to move.
D.
Be found by others.
(5)
The writer may support that ________
[ ]
A.
you ring back your boss immediately when you get home and see his message to you.
B.
you take your iphone and taptop and power them on all the time while traveling.
C.
you find fun in some exercise like hiking and jogging instead of chatting on the Internet.
D.
you check your mail account as frequently as you can.