1 . Parents often find children watch cartoons for three to four hours a day. Studies show that children start watching cartoons on TV at an early age of six months, when they reach the age of two or three, they become cartoon fans and they would like to spend much time on it. Parents often see this as a problem because most of the children are found to become addicted (上瘾的) to watching cartoons. Parents think if children spend too much time on cartoons, they will fall behind (落后) in study.

Some people think cartoons are worth watching. It helps the working parents a lot because they can do much work by making their children watch cartoons on TV.

When they watch educational cartoons, they can learn many things. They also help to improve their language Educational cartoons help them to try different languages. Children can learn English well with the help of those cartoons. At the same time, some children can learn about the friendship and teamwork from the cartoons.

So sometimes we needn’t stop kids from watching cartoons, but parents should make sure that their children are watching the right things.

1. When do children start to watch cartoons on TV?

A．When they are six months old.	B．When they are two years old.
C．When they are six years old.	D．When they are three years old.

2. Why are children addicted to TV in the passage?

A．Because their parents don’t take care of them.	B．Because they have nothing to do at home.
C．Because they are not cartoon fans.	D．Because they like to watch cartoons.

3. According to the passage, what can’t children learn from cartoons?

A．Different languages	B．Friendship
C．Teamwork	D．History

4. Who is the passage mainly written for?

A．Teachers

B．Children

C．Parents

D．Cartoon makers

5. What is the writer’s opinion about cartoons?

A．Children can’t watch any kinds of cartoons.

B．It’s useful to stop children from watching cartoon.

C．Children can spend time watching cartoons on weekend.

D．Parents should let their kids spend some time watching the right cartoons.

2 . We are now living in the 21st century. Is your classroom living in the 21st century, too? Tony is a student in Grade 8 at an American middle school. He was surprised when he saw his m    1     classroom on his first day of school.

In Tony’s classroom, there are many new electronics like iPads. This term, they will use the electronics to take notes, watch videos and do p    2     and homework. "It’s amazing!"said Tony. "I p    3     using an iPad to work on math or other projects with my team members."

The school uses new technology in classrooms to help students see, hear, t    4     and sometimes experience their tasks. “Technology is pretty c    5     in most of our classrooms now," the head teacher said. "We are trying to use technology to open up the world to kids. It can b    6     the outside world in."

Science teacher Mr Miller agrees. "It is a quick w    7     for students to know the outside world," he said. Mr Miller now c    8     himself as a guide of learning not as a teacher. "If they have a question for me, I will try to teach them how to find the answers rather than tell them what the answers are," he said.

Dale, another student, loves technology. He was not really interested in class before, b    9     now he likes the classes very much. "It helps me use w    10     I know about technology at school," Dale said. "Most importantly, I enjoy the classroom. This, of course, will help my studies."