There was a woman in Detroit, who had two sons.She was worried about them, especially the younger one, Ben, because he was not doing well in school.Boys in his class played jokes on him because he seemed so 1 .The mother 2 that she would help her sons to do 3 in school by herself.She told them to go to the Detroit Public Library to 4 a book a week and do a book report for her.
One day, in Ben’s class, the teacher held up a rock and asked 5 anyone knew it.Ben put up his hand and the teacher let him 6 .“Why did Ben raise his hand?”all of his 7 whispered(耳语)and wondered.“He 8 said anything.What could he possibly want to say?”To their surprise, Ben not only 9 the rock, but also said a lot about it.He 10 other rocks in its group and even knew 11 the teacher had found it.The teacher and the other students were 12 .Ben had learned this from doing one of his book 13 .
Later Ben became the 14 student of his class.When he finished high school, he went to Yale University and 15 became one of the best doctors in the United States.
Games are fun.After hours of homework it's great to relax by playing a game.But do games ever do kids any harm(害处)?And are there any ways parents can help kids stay away from bad games?The US researchers are trying to find solutions to these problems.
They studied what video games could do to children.The researchers found game sellers had made big changes to make sure the games didn’t harm kids.And they suggested that work should be done to find out if video games affected children's school work and health.
One problem found was that parents hadn’t taken enough notice of their kids' game-playing habits.
“Many game sellers put control(控制键)on the games to help parents make sure that children don’t play games unsuitable for them,”said David Walsh, the president(院长)of the National Institute on Media and the Family.Parents should watch the games kids are playing and know how much time they are spending playing them.
The study found that playing games too long could affect kids' health as well as their school work.Almost half of all“heavy garners”were six to seventeen years old.These kids were more likely to have weight and eyesight problems than other kids.Playing too many games also affected how children did at school.
Kids are supposed to ask their parents to set a time limit(限制)for playing games and remind them when the time is up.
(1)
The US researchers are trying to find out ________.
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A.
whether games do any good to kids
B.
if there are ways for parents to keep kids away from bad games
C.
how many students will spend their most time playing games
D.
whether games are fun
(2)
The word“affected”in the second paragraph probably means ________.
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A.
continued
B.
improved
C.
had influences on
D.
were divided between
(3)
What problems did the researchers find out about parents?
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A.
Parents were too strict with their kids.
B.
Parents cared too much about kids' study skills.
C.
Parents didn’t notice their kids' hobbies.
D.
Parents didn’t pay much attention to their kids' game.playing habits.
(4)
According to the passage, playing too many games can affect a kid's ________.
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A.
weight and height
B.
health and school work
C.
brain and thought
D.
manners
(5)
The main purpose of this passage is that ________.
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A.
kids are supposed to have a time limit for playing games with their parents' help
B.
parents must join their kids in playing games
C.
parents should learn to play games from their children
D.
kids can play games with the help of their parents
No.1 Hospital is in the middle of the town.All the doctors are busy 1 their work every day.A few days 2 a new 3 began to work in this hospital.She is very clever, 4 she never speaks.She is one metre tall and has a face 6 a TV screen.She is Dr Robot.
Doctors often need to ask their 7 a lot of questions. 8 doctors can only spend a few minutes on a patient.But Dr Robot can ask a patient 9 an hour if it's 10 .
11 the help of Dr Robot, a human doctor can 12 a lot of useful information when he meets his patient.
How can Dr Robot do it?A computer in it“tells”her 13 to do.Dr Robot can do a lot of things people can do, though she can't completely 14 the place of 15 doctors.