The children in the village wear dirty, cheap clothes. They sleep beside cows and sheep in small houses. They have no school. But they can write 26 English letters, and some know a few English words.
How did it happen? It was because a U.S. group called One Computer Every Child offered them 20 computers. Can children teach themselves to read when they have no schools or teachers but have the help of today’s new technology(技术)? The goal(目的) of the group is to find out the answer. And the results are exciting. “The children are learning more than they would in one year of school,” said Matt Keller, who organized the programme.
The fastest learner was an eight-year-old boy called Kelbesa Negusse. He said that he himself was like a lion. Keller said, “Seven months ago he didn’t know any English. But now he has known many words. I think if you give them food and water they will never leave the computer room. They will spend day and night there.”
Kelbesa said, “I like the computer because I can learn things with it.” He added, “I know many English words, like dog, monkey, horse, sheep, cow, pig and cat.”
Keller said that One Computer Every Child was planning a programme for children who couldn’t go to school.
1. From the first paragraph, we can learn that the people in the village are _____________.
A. easy B. poor C. rich D. bored
2. How can the children in the village learn English words?
A. They go to school every day.
B. They have good teachers.
C. One Computer Every Child gave them computers.
D. They can learn from books.
3. What is the goal of One Computer Every Child?
A. To teach children how to use today’s new technology.
B. To help children to spend their free time.
C. To help children out of their hard life.
D. To help children teach themselves to read through new technology.
4.What can we learn from the passage?
A. Kelbesa is in Grade 2 now.
B. Keller is the teacher of those children.
C. The computers help the children a lot.
D. Kelbesa doesn’t like the computer.
5. What is the best title for the passage?
A. How to learn by yourself
B. The development of One Computer Every Child
C. Computers are better than teachers
D. Learning with the help of computers
Joe Brown had a shop. He sold meat in his shop . One Thursday a woman came into his shop at five to one . “I’m sorry I’m late,” she said. “I need some more meat for my dinner tonight.” Joe had only one piece of meat in his shop. He took it out of the fridge and said, “This is＄6.50.” “That piece is too small.” the woman said, “haven’t you for anything bigger?” Joe went into the room behind his shop, put the piece of meat into the fridge, took it out of again and closed the door with lots of noise. Then he brought the piece of meat to the woman and said, “This piece of meat is bigger and more expensive. It’s ＄8.75.” “Good,” the woman said with a smile, “give me both of them.”
1. Joe Brown was_______________.
A. a waiter B. a runner
C. an actor D. a shopkeeper
2. When did the woman come to Joe’s shop?
A. Early in the morning.
B. Early in the afternoon.
C. Late in the morning.
D. At about one o’clock at night.
3. Why didn’t the woman want that piece of meat?
A. Because she had no money.
B. Because it was bad.
C. Because it wasn’t big enough.
D. Because it was too big
4. How many pieces of meat were kept in the fridge?
A. Only one piece of meat.
B. Two pieces of meat.
C. Several pieces of meat.
D. Many pieces of meat.
5. Could Joe give the woman both pieces of meat?
A. Of course not. B. Certainly.
C. He would try his best. D. Yes, he could.
完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，计10分）
A mother planted many kinds of vegetables in her garden. One day, she said to her , “Betty, come here. Look at all these little yellow marks（斑点）on the of the cabbages ( a kind of vegetable ). They are eggs of a kind of insect（昆虫）. They are very beautiful but very bad for cabbages. This afternoon you must all the eggs on the leaves and kill them. In this way, you will help us have , greener and bigger cabbages.”
Betty didn’t think she could do it and in the end she forgot all about it. The mother fell ill for a few days and work in her garden. When she was well, she took Betty with her to the garden to see the cabbages. To surprise(惊讶), the insects have eaten every leaf. When Betty saw this, she began to . Then her mother said to her, “We should never put off（推迟）what we have to do today till . And you must learn to deal (处理) with the bad things they are small, or it will turn into a big problem.”
1.A. son B. mother C. daughter D. sister
2.A. trees B. leaves C. grass D. top
3.A. see B. look at C. find D. look for
4.A. better B. worse C. thinner D. newer
5.A. at most B. at last C. at the moment D. at once
6.A. mustn’t B. couldn’t C. needn’t D. shouldn’t
7.A. my B. our C. her D. their
8.A. cry B. shout C. run D. work
9.A. yesterday B. today C. tomorrow D. later
10.A. because B. when C. after D. before
----If you have any trouble, be sure to call me.
----______________.
A. I will think it over B. I have no trouble
C. I am glad to hear that D. I will. Thank you
Please stop__________ about your favourite animals if you_____ busy.
A. talking; won’t B. to talk; don’t
C.to talk; aren’t D. to talk; won’t be
Jim is so careless. He my glasses and pens the floor when he walked past my desk just now.
A. turned; over B. knocked; onto
C. knocked; over D. turned; onto
