①It is now common to go online in the home, yet a recent survey showed that ninety-five percent of parents do not know what websites their children visit. I strongly believe that a training project should be started to help parents to improve their Internet and computer skills so that they can better monitor and guide their children.
②One advantage of providing training is that it would get parents to pay more attention to their children's online activities. If they had a better understanding of the Internet, they would see the need to make sure that their children use it properly and responsibly.
③Another argument for providing training to parents is that it would allow parents to help their children with their schoolwork. These days, a lot of homework needs to be done on computers. If parents have poor computer skills, they will be of little or no help with homework, which can make them upset. Some people argue that it is good that students can work independently on computers. However, it is clear that students, especially young students, often need this kind of home support.
④Improving parents' Internet and computer skills might also be a good way or parents to improve their relationships with their children. These days, children spend a lot of their free time on computers. If parents want to be part of that free time, they need to see that playing on computers can be a fun family activity. Joining their children can help parents bridge the generation gap(代沟) between them and their children.
⑤I strongly believe that children need to be helped and guided to use the Internet in a proper and responsible way, and so training is extremely important.
Yours faithfully.
Pat Chan
1. In the letter, the writer ________.| A．thinks parents should improve their Internet and computer skills |
| B．advises children not to spend a lot of their free time on computers |
| C．tries to make children less worried about their online schoolwork |
| D．explains why parents should pay more attention to their children |
A． | B． |
C． | D． |
| A．culture | B．sports | C．health | D．education |
In the last century, differnet natural disasters have robbed several cultural heritage(遗产) from us. On WeChat, some people say, “What a pity that we cannot see the damaged parts of the wonders anymore.” But people can see them in a new way---through a video game. In this game, the player can travel to one city after another and enter the buildings exactly like they are in reality, and see the wonders as they were before the fire.
Maybe digital technology(数字技术) could help protect cultural heritage better. This idea dates back to the 1990s and the necessary technology has continued to develop since then. By scanning(扫 描) the ancient buildings, building 3D models, as well as measuring everything, engineers can make a copy exactly as the real one.
As computers and smart phones are popular, the digital copy has great value. First, it allows tourists to feel the cultural heritage without touching them, which helps protect them. The virtual tour of Dunhuang Grottoes(敦煌石窟) is a good example of this as tourists can view the paintings without standing near them.
Second, it can make the cultural heritage more famous by spreading information about them through the internet. In 2000, a virtual tour of the Dunhuang Grottoes became very popular at the Hannover World Expo, which increased the number of foreign tourists visiting the site in the following years.
Last, it stores all the information of the cultural heritage. Even if the real ones are damaged one day, people can still know what they were like and can build a new one if wanted. Of course, however exact a model, it is not the real one.
Maybe we will have better technologies in the future, but the digital technology offers a practical way to protect cultural heritage at the moment.
1. We can see the damaged parts of those wonders .| A．by entering the buildings | B．by creating another copy |
| C．by spreading information | D．through a video game |
① Build 3D models.
② Scan the ancient buildings.
③ Make a copy exactly as the real one.
④ Measure everything.
| A．②①④③ | B．③①②④ | C．①②④③ | D．②③①④ |
| A．show the writer is really interested in travelling to Dunhuang |
| B．prove people can build a new one if the real ones are damaged |
| C．show Dunhuang Grottoes are disappearing because of the disaster |
| D．prove computers and phones makes digital copies more valuable |
| A．Doubt. | B．Confident. | C．Critical | D．Unclear. |
| A．The cultural heritage. | B．Dunhuang Grottoes. |
| C．Digital technology could help. | D．How can we see the damaged parts? |
