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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. |
English can change by borrowing words from other languages. The word "tomato" was borrowed from Mexico, and “tea” came from China and so on. Now new words are formed by joining two words together. "weekend" and "cookbook" are made up of two parts. A latest one "brunch" comes from breakfast and lunch. Do you have brunch every day? Sometimes new words are shorter forms of older words. For example, the word "photo" was made from "photograph" by cutting off the end of the longer word. "Plane" and "phone" were made by cutting off the front part of "aeroplane" and "telephone". The names of people and products can also become new words. Our "sandwich" was named after a man called Sandwich who invented it and "cello" was a name given by the company that first made the product.
Can you find more examples for each of these ways to make new words?
How English new words are born | |
Ways | {#blank#}1{#/blank#} |
Borrowing | {#blank#}2{#/blank#} tea |
{#blank#}3{#/blank#} | Weekend, cookbook, brunch |
Cutting off | Photo, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} , phone |
Using {#blank#}5{#/blank#} of people and products | Sandwich, cello |
The Backstreet Boys is a well-known rock band in the USA.When their first album(音乐专辑) came out, they got a lot of attention. Young people everywhere loved their songs. Among the band's biggest fans, there was a young boy named Aaron Carter. Aaron had a special reason for taking such an interest in the band. Nick Carter, one of the Backstreet Boys, was Aaron's big brother.
Even before Nick joined the band, Aaron loved music. From the age of two, Aaron spent lots of time listening to the radio. He sang along with his favorite songs. He made up dances to go with them. That's why Aaron's family was not surprised when Aaron decided to follow Nick into the music world.
Aaron got off to a fast start. At the age of seven, he joined a band in his hometown of Tampa, Florida. But after two years, Aaron didn't want to be part of a band anymore. He wanted to sing alone. Soon, brother Nick gave Aaron a helping hand. During a Backstreet Boys show in Germany, Aaron sang a song. He did an amazing job! After the show, someone from a record company asked Aaron to make an album. Of course, Aaron said yes!
Since that day, Aaron has made many popular songs.His songs include" Crush on You" and "I'm Gonna Miss You Forever".
Aaron has worked hard to become a success. But he never forgets how his brother gave him his start. As Aaaron has said. "If Nick wasn't a singer, then I wouldn't be here."
Relationship: between Nick and Aaron, {#blank#}1{#/blank#}. Aaron's family's feeling: he went into the music world, {#blank#}2{#/blank#}. Age Aaron song alone:{#blank#}3{#/blank#}. How Nick help him: {#blank#}4{#/blank#}. By whom:" Crush on You", {#blank#}5{#/blank#}. |
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