It is strange that such a thing ______ in your school．
A．will happen B．happens C．should happen D．happened
As is often pointed out, knowledge is a two-edged weapon which can be used ________ for good or evil．
A．similarly B．properly C．equally D．widely
每到双休时，有些同学不是充分地利用它来好好的调整自己，而是把时间用在上网或看电视上。很多家长对这种情况 担忧。请你对此现象写一片短文，谈谈我们中学生应该如何度过一个有意义的周末。
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By teaching your children fire safety rules you can ensure they know what to do when a house fire occurs. Making sure your children know exactly what is required of them cuts down the chaos of the emergency situation and helps keep your family safe and secure.
All children should know about important fire safety procedures. For example, tell your children to stay low to the ground in a smoky room, which keeps them from breathing smoke, as smoke always rises towards the ceiling. Also tell them that they can put a damp towel or a piece of clothing over their faces and breathe in through it to cut down the effects of breathing smoke even more.
In addition, make sure your children know how to correctly stop, drop and roll when their clothes catch fire. Because it results in loss of oxygen, which puts out the flames. Also your children should know to touch door handles before opening the doors to see if they’re hot. If they are, it means there’s a fire in the next room, and they should leave the door closed and find another route out of the house.
Make sure your children never play with lighters or matches. Usually, many children are attracted by lighters and matches and want to experiment with setting things on fire to see what happens. So hide lighters and matches in some place your children can’t reach.
Do regular fire drills to act out and improve your evacuation（疏散）plan. Make sure everyone knows all the possible exits of the house they can use, and that all members of your family know your evacuation plan well enough so that they don’t have to waste time thinking if a fire starts. Quick, determined response to a fire will save your family members’ lives.
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Title: Teach your children fire safety rules |
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Children should know what to do in __1.___ of a house fire. It can help __2.___ the chaos of the emergency situation. |
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Teach children fire safety ___3.__ |
Stay low to the ground and __4.___ the face with damp towels or pieces of clothing. Correctly stop, drop and roll to put out the fire on the ___5.__. Don’t open the doors with ___6.__ door handles. |
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Keep lighters or matches away from children |
It’s dangerous to ___7.__ with setting things on fire. Keep lighters and matches out of children’s ___8.__. |
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Do fire drills ___9.__ |
Make all exits and the evacuation plan known to everyone. Ensure every family member can __10.___ to a fire quickly and determinedly. |
Most people will praise many technological gadgets（小装置） that they use in their everyday lives. Technology is developing at a very fast rate, and what most people did not even think could be real a few years ago is now becoming a reality. Although many will use and advertise modern technology for many of its achievements and advancements, what many don’t realize is that it has affected and continues to affect society and people in general in a negative way.
Newspaper companies, as we all know, have been hit very hard by the advancements in technology. Big newspapers have been forced to either lay off a percentage of their work force or shut down altogether because news is readily available for free on the Internet. Music does not have to be purchased at a music store any more because MP3 files are readily available on the Internet as well, thus causing big music store chains to shut their doors for good. The movie industry has also been hit hard because DVD sales have decreased since people can pay for and download their favorite movies online.
Technology has its benefits, but when you take a look at how people communicate with one another, you will quickly see that it has a negative impact. Modern technology has allowed people to communicate with just about anyone they want to at any given time. The fact remains that people do not interact personally with one another as often as they used to. This has created a barrier for face-to-face communication among people because they no longer have to hold a meeting in an office or they no longer have to call friends or family members together to wish them a happy birthday or congratulate them on their recent success.
As a result, people don’t feel the urgent need to step outside of their home to find entertainment, such as participating in a dynamic game of basketball with friends, meeting a friend at a coffee shop, etc.
1.The first paragraph is mainly to tell us that _____.
A. technology is developing rapidly
B. many dreams have come true.
C. technology benefits us a lot
D. technology has its disadvantages
2.The author shows us the negative effects of the technology by _____.
A. telling some stories B. giving some examples
C. listing some figures D. doing some experiments
3.What does he underlined word “interact” in the third paragraph probably mean?
A. argue B. consult C. communicate D. work
4.Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
A. The negative effects of advancing technology
B. The benefits of the modern technology
C. The development of the modern technology
D. The social problems caused by the technology
Some say the Internet will kill off papers. Others say not so fast.
Are newspapers dying?
That’s the heated debate these days. Many say the disappearance of the daily paper is just a matter of time. The future of journalism is in news websites, not newsprint.
However, others say, newspapers have been with us for hundreds of years, and while all news may be online some day, papers can exist for some time.
So who’s right? I’ll outline the arguments on both sides, and then you can decide.
Newspapers Are Dead
Newspapers are in trouble. Circulation is dropping, display and classified ad income is drying up, and the industry has experienced a hard time. Big metro papers like the Rocky Mountain News have stopped operating, and even bigger newspaper companies like the Tribune Co. go bankrupt（破产）.
And where are newspaper readers going? To the Web. A recent study has found that Internet users read online newspapers for an average of 53 minutes per week in 2008. That’s highest level recorded in the eight years when the study has been done.
The study found that 22 percent of users said they stopped their subscription（订阅）to a printed paper or magazine because they could access the same content online.
Some people say the Internet is just a better place to get the news. “On the Web, newspapers are live, and they can supplement（增补）their coverage with audio, video, and the valuable resources of their vast contents,” says Geffrey I. Cole, director of the Center for the Digital Future.
1.How does the author present the topic to be discussed?
A. By presenting others’ prediction
B. By asking a question
C. By providing opposite opinions
D. By talking about the background
2.The purpose of writing the text is to _____.
A. try to draw a general conclusion
B. encourage readers to use their judgment
C. compare the advantages of two media
D. invite readers to express their opinions freely
3.Some readers no longer buy printed newspapers because they _____.
A. want to save money
B. hope to protect the environment
C. don’t care about news
D. can read online newspapers
4.What’s the advantage of the news website compared with printed newspapers?
A. it provides news vividly B. the news is more reliable
C. it can reach more readers D. it is much cheaper in price
