题型:任务型阅读 题类:真题 难易度:普通
2016年江苏省常州市中考英语真题试卷
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. 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 for kids, after being well chosen and checked. |
The fourth to seventh results |
Websites are also worth 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 for kids to understand. |
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from Google |
Kiddle has many thumbnail pictures. Kiddle only gives safe information. |
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Advantage |
Kiddle satisfies family-friendly requirements. |
Margaret Porter is a violinist and music teacher. According to her, the best age to start learning the violin is between three and six. She says, “It's the time when you are learning about the world.” Margaret, who was born in London, likes to take pupils at three and four. However, she has made lots of exceptions (例外) for five-year-olds. She started teaching the violin in 1972 and she taught her children's five-year-old school friends at first.
In Margaret's opinion, it's important for one to know why music sounds the way it does. Without knowing it, one can't become a great musician at all. So from the earliest lessons, pupils in her class learn to play by ear. They do not even try to read music until they have been playing for several years. Margaret says that her method is not to produce great violinists. She always suggests that pupils should leave and study the violin using more traditional methods.
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The occupation(职业) Of Margaret Porter | {#blank#}1{#/blank#}. |
The place where Margaret was born | {#blank#}2{#/blank#}. |
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Margaret Porter's suggestion | {#blank#}5{#/blank#}. |
配对阅读:左栏是五个建议,右栏是7个人在人际关系中遇到的问题。请根据给出的每条建议找出适合该建议的人。
{#blank#}1{#/blank#}Hang out with people, and you will have many friends and join in with their plans. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}Share things with your friends. If you buy an interesting book, read with them and you will find that you will get much more fun. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}Be an patient listener. So that others can tell that you are really interested in what they are saying. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}Never try to ask about other's private things. Share “safe thoughts” with them first. What is a safe thought? It might be something about school or TV or your favorite football team. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}Be a positive person. Talk about the good things in your life. No one wants to be troubled by problems all the time. | A. Jack always complains about everything and asks his friends for help. Soon his friends are all tired of him. B. Joy never cares about others' feelings when she is talking. Once her friend Judy made a mistake, then Joy talked it loudly to others. Judy was angry. She thought Joy laughed at her. C. Li Lei is too shy and quiet, he always stays alone and he never goes out with others. When there is an activity, he seldom takes part in it. He wants to change this. D. Gina often borrows thingd from her friends but never gives back to them. Her friends are angry and don't want to be her friends any longer. E. Kate likes to ask others about their personal things. She thinks it is nothing between good friends. F. Julie is very mean. She likes candies but whenever she buys some candies, she never gives some to her friends. G. Jane is impatient. She always interupts her friends when they are talking. |
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