Online educational learning games is an effective way with endless option (选择）for teaching kids of all age groups, and children are also able to operate it without much assistance. Parents find it easier to teach kids through these programs, who become familiar with operating the computer.
Kids have fun learning phonetics, spelling and even a new language. Children are not willing to learn math tables or difficult words at school. They find it fun to sit in front of a computer and learn language and solve mathematical problems. In this age of computers, computers are becoming an important part of the child's daily curriculum with parents opting to teach these children new things each day with the help of online educational games.
Computers are also known to improve the motor skills in children. In addition, the level of these games can be adjusted according to the level and learning ability of the kids. The makers of the games keep the kids' interest in mind while designing them so that their interest is maintained. Another advantage of these games is that you can find free online games and do not have to invest in these expensive products. Other activities that are available on the internet include online coloring games. This is also a constructive way that children can use to pass their leisure time.
Another advantage is that the children can lay in the comfort of their homes. Kids who are fond of playing on the computer can spend their time learning educational material instead on video games that teach violence.
Parents have to keep an eye on their kids and make sure that they do not spend their time on the computer playing games that could be harmful for them. It is essential to direct the kids to educational sites that have beneficial games and are known to help the progress of these children.
1.What is the main idea of this text?
A. Online games can be harmful to kids.
B. Online games can be helpful to kids.
C. Kids like to play games online.
D. Parents are worried about their kids.
2.Kids don't like to learn knowledge probably because_____.
A. they have trouble operating the computer
B. phonetics and spelling are useless
C. staying in the classroom is boring
D. mathematical problems are difficult
3.What should the makers mainly consider while designing the computer games?
A. The kid's expense. B. The kid's interest.
C. The kid's level. D. The kid's ability.
4.One of the advantages of online games is that they can_____.
A. help parents keep an eye on their kids
B.make it easier to solve mathematical problems
C.establish closer relationship between parents and kids
D.leave kids comfortable at home
My son Joey was born with badly twisted 11____ .The doctors assured us that with treatment he would be able to walk 12 ____but would never run very well. The first three years of his life were spent in 13____ .casts and braces. By the time he was eight, you wouldn't know he had a problem when you saw him 14____ .
The children in our neighborhood ran around as most children do during 15____ ,and Joey would jump right in and run and play, too. We 16____told him that he probably wouldn't be able to 17____ as well as the other children. So he didn't know.
In seventh grade he decided to 18____ for the cross-country team. Every day he 19 ____ with the team. He worked harder and ran more than any of the others-four to five miles a day ~~perhaps he sensed that the 20____ that seemed to come naturally to so many others did not come naturally to him. Although the entire team runs, only the 21 ____seven runners have the potential to score points for the 22____ .We didn't tell him he probably would never make the team, so he didn't know.
He 23____to run four to five miles a day. Every day24____ the day he had a 103-degree fever. I was 25____ .So I went to look for him after school. I found him running all alone. The sweat ran down his face and his eyes were glassy (呆滞)from his 26____ .Yet he looked straight ahead and 27____ running. We never told him he couldn't run four miles with a 103-degree fever. So he didn't know.
Two weeks later, the names of the team runners were 28____ .Joey was number six on the 29____.Joey had made the team. He was in seventh grade-the other six team members were all eighth-graders. We never told him he shouldn't 30____ to make the team. We never told him he couldn't do it We never told him he couldn't do it...so he didn't know. He just did it
1.A. hands B. mouth C. body D. feet
2.A. freely B. fluently C. normally D. strangely
3.A. treatment B. school C. dark D. silence
4.A. study B. walk C. read D. stand
5.A. holiday B. rest C. winter D. play
6.A. never B. often C. always D. still
7.A. talk B. study C. read D. run
8.A. break out B. go out C. give out D. run out
9.A. trained B. struggled C. fight D. study
10.A. scores B. abilities C. standards D. dreams
11.A. last B. strongest C. top D. number
12.A. family B. country C. school D. grade
13.A. started B. refused C. liked D. continued
14.A. though B. still C. then D. even
15.A. surprised B. worried C. sad D. nervous
16.A. running B. sweat C. fever D. feet
17.A. kept B. stopped C. began D. forgot
18.A. called B. made C. spelt D. read
19.A. ground B. team C. list D. wall
20.A. decide B. expect C. promise D. refuse
A cough is usually nothing to worry about unless it lasts for ten days _____
A.instead B. or more C. at most D. Only
Of the two coats, I'd choose the _____one to spare some money for a book.
A. cheapest B. most expensive
C. cheaper D. more expensive
I want to thank my friend John, without _____ help, I wouldn't have been saved.
A.his B. whose C. whom D. Which
— Look! Somebody _____the sofa.
— Well, it wasn't me. I didn't do it.
A. is cleaning B. was cleaning
C. has cleaned D. had cleaned
