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牛津译林版2018-2019学年初中英语八年级下册Unit 3 Online tours单元检测卷(含完整音频)
While you are at the bookstore, you may be faced with a difficult decision: e books or paper books? Each one has its advantages and disadvantages. Making the best decision depends on a number of factors(因素).
An e reader can carry a whole library wherever you go, which is great for travelers or those who always want a choice of reading materials. Although e readers are convenient, high levels of screen brightness from an electronic device(电子设备) can cause eye problems. A study in the Information Science Research found that young people preferred e readers, like smart phones or iPads. That's why most teenagers are shortsighted.
Many book lovers prefer paper books and value the feeling of them. Paper books are very well designed, they look and smell good, and they carry with them a more human touch. Avid(热衷的) readers prefer reading on paper .Perhaps this is their choice because paper books give them a sense of ownership .It is reported that reading on paper rather than an electronic screen is better for memory and focus .But paper books are heavy and they are not convenient to carry.
Which is your decision, an e book or a paper book?
The Internet nowadays opens a wide world to people, including teenagers, but many parents worry that their children may meet with something unhealthy when searching online. In order to solve this problem, a new search engine for children called Kiddle has appeared.
Search results are filtered(过滤),so only safe website are shown and descriptions are written in simple language. Searches with bad words are shut off, too.
Kiddles uses the same colors as Google in its logo and a similar design on its homepage, too—with an extra robot picture.
The top three Kiddle search results show safe websites and pages written specially for kids, and those websites and pages are well chosen and checked by Kiddle developers.
The fourth to seventh results will be safe and trusted websites that are not written specially for kids, but have content written in a simple way. These results are also chosen and checked.
Results on the eighth and owwards pages are safe and famous websites that are written for adults. They provide expert content, but are harder for kids to understand.
Unlike on Google, most results appear along with large thumbnail pictures(缩略图)to make it easier for children to find what they are looking for. For example, when searching for "meow meow". Google produces pages for information about a drug(毒品)that has "meow meow" as its nickname(绰号),but Kiddle lists information only about cats, even with some cartoon pictures.
The company explained, "Websites which appear in Kiddle search results satisfy family-friendly requirements, as we filter websites with unhealthy content."
Kiddle—a Child-Friendly Search Engine |
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Characteristics |
Only safe websites are shown. Descriptions are written in simple language. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} bad words appear. |
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Logo |
It uses the same colors as Google with a robot picture. |
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Content |
The top three search results |
Websites and pages are written {#blank#}2{#/blank#} for kids, after being well chosen and checked. |
The fourth to seventh results |
Websites are also worth {#blank#}3{#/blank#} and have content written in a simple way. |
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The eighth and onwards results |
Websites are safe and famous, written for adults, and they are not {#blank#}4{#/blank#} for kids to understand. |
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{#blank#}5{#/blank#} from Google |
Kiddle has many thumbnail pictures. Kiddle only gives safe information. |
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Advantage |
Kiddle satisfies family-friendly requirements. |
①{#blank#}1{#/blank#} ②{#blank#}2{#/blank#} ③{#blank#}3{#/blank#} ④{#blank#}4{#/blank#} ⑤{#blank#}5{#/blank#}
A. Fill in the price and the password carefully. B. Use your smartphone to scan the Alipay QR code(二维码). C. Add a bank card and enter your card information. D. The payment completion page is shown after you click the "pay" button. E. Get the app of Alipay. Sign up with your mobile phone number, then set a password. |
Pakistani girl Malala Yousafzai is the youngest ever to win the Nobel Peace Prize. She has become the voice of girls throughout the world.
Born in Swat Valley in Pakistan in 1997, Malala lived a quiet life until 2009, when the Taliban(塔利班), an Islamic organization of violence(暴力) took control of her village. ① . They believed educating girls was against Islam. But Malala didn't agree. She wouldn't give up her education and kept going to school. ② "What is wrong with us girl students? We want all girls to get their schools back," she wrote. Her hard work encouraged many young girls in Swat Valley.
③ On Oct.9, 2012, when Malala was taking a bus home, a Taliban man got on the bus with a gun in his hand. A bullet immediately hit her in the face. Luckily, the shot didn't kill her. She was taken to a hospital in the UK. The shot didn't kill her courage, either. ④ Her courage made her famous.
She has spoken at the United Nations, met world leaders and written a book named I Am Malala.
OnOct.10, 2013, the EP awarded Malala the top human rights prize. They said," She is an icon(符号) of courage for all teenagers who dare to follow their aspirations(愿望)."
A. However, her actions also put her in danger. B. They stopped girls from getting an education. C. Now she is still calling for education rights for girls. D. And she started to write a blog against the Taliban. |
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