Dear teachers, do you want to find pen pals for your students? Boys and girls, do you want to find your own e-pals (網(wǎng)友)? Here is some advice on how to make e-pals.
First, take a look at www.spoton.de community (社區(qū)). Click on international pen pal sites to find some of our favorite international e-pal and pen pal web sites. Do not forget: some e-pal services are not free and some are safer than others. Remember to read a web site safety warning before you join!
KidFu (www.kidfu.com) says it is the safest place online for kids to chat, play games and make friends. Get your parents to help you register (注冊(cè)) and then you can write things about yourself or read what other kids have written. There are also chat monitors that make sure that the online chat rooms are safe and friendly. KidFu costs money, but the first month is free.
If you join Epals (www.epals.com), you can choose a pen pal among 65,000 kids from 191 countries. You can also find information about how teachers can get pen pals for their pupils.
Or if you want to start sending e-mails right now, go to Europa Pages (www.europapage.com/
penpal-form.html). Lots of young people have written their names, interests, home countries and their e-mail addresses. Just click on a name and start writing!
小題1:Who is the passage written for?
A．Teachers and parents.B．Parents and their children.
C．Teachers and childrenD．Workers and doctors.
小題2:If you want to choose a safe web site, you can click on       .
A．www.kidfu.comB．www.spoto.de
C．www.epals.comD．www.europapage.com/penpal-form.htm!
小題3: What is the advantage of Europa Pages?
A．It is the safest.
B．It is free.
C．You can choose more pen pals from a great number of countries.
D．You can start sending e-mails at once.
小題4:What is a chat monitor mentioned in the 3rd paragraph?
A．It is a person controlling the chat.
B．It is a person sent by the police to keep order in the chat rooms.
C．It is a person in the web site to give safe online advice.
D．It is a kind of software (軟件) to keep online chatting friendly and safe.

小題1:C
小題2:A
小題3:D
小題4:D

試題分析：文章是寫給老師和學(xué)生的，提供一些怎樣交筆友的建議。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)題：從文章的第一句話：Dear teachers, do you want to find pen pals for your students? Boys and girls, do you want to find your own e-pals (網(wǎng)友)? 可知這篇文章是寫給老師和學(xué)生的。選C
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)題：從文章的第三段：KidFu (www.kidfu.com) says it is the safest place online for kids to chat, play games and make friends.可知KidFu (www.kidfu.com)是安全的網(wǎng)站。選A
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)題：從文章的第五段：Or if you want to start sending e-mails right now, go to Europa Pages (www.europapage.com/penpal-form.html). 可知選D
小題4:猜詞題：從第三段的句子：There are also chat monitors that make sure that the online chat rooms are safe and friendly 可知chat monitors 是一種軟件讓網(wǎng)絡(luò)聊天更安全友好。選D
點(diǎn)評(píng)：本文考查細(xì)節(jié)題為主，細(xì)節(jié)題可以在文章中直接找到與答案有關(guān)的信息?或是其變體。搜查信息在閱讀中非常重要它包括理解作者在敘述某事時(shí)使用的具體事實(shí)、數(shù)據(jù)、圖表等細(xì)節(jié)信息。在一篇短文里大部分篇幅都屬于這類圍繞主體展開的細(xì)節(jié)。做這類題一般采用尋讀法?即先讀題，然后帶著問題快速閱讀短文，找出與問題有關(guān)的詞語(yǔ)或句子，再對(duì)相關(guān)部分進(jìn)行分析對(duì)比，找出答案。
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A．finishB．changeC．succeededD．failed
小題18:
A．keep on withB．put up withC．a(chǎn)pply forD．give up
小題19:
A．paidB．employedC．interviewedD．praised
小題20:
A．GenerallyB．ActuallyC．FinallyD．Fortunately

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