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Now, it’s time for some brief news items.
Teens Go Online
Some 13 million European children under 18 use the Internet for schoolwork, games and music according to research done by Nielsen’s “Net-rating”. The study covered Britain, Germany, France, Italy and Spain. Experts advised parents to limit the time their kids on line and keep them away from chat rooms.
Chat to the magic Mum
British author J.K.Rowling, mother of magic boy Harry Potter, will do an Internet interview about her new book ’’Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” on June 26. Before the event, children are invited to send their questions about Harry to the website. The book will hit stores in the US and UK on June 21 and will arrive in China in August.
School Soldiers
Russian school students will have to do basic military training(军训) in their final year of school, the government has decided. The lesson will include learning to fire guns, marching drills and how to deal with a chemical, nuclear or biological attack. The activity is seen as part of a driven toward the education of their love for their country.
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Is it hard for you to get up early and get ready for classes? Some students at Winter Park High School just roll out of bed in their pajamas(睡衣) and go to class in their own bedrooms. Of course, their teachers and classmates do not see them because all their class work is on the computer. The Florida High School, the state’s only online school, had 250 students who are taking classes at home by computer. Students in this first online program take classes in algebra(代数), American government, chemistry, computer, economics, and web-page design. They also have to go to regular school to attend other classes.
64. Why will Russian school students have basic military training?
A. To get ready for a military parade (游行). B. To develop their love for the country.
C. To learn to protect themselves. D. To learn some knowledge.
65. About Florida High School, which of these facts is true?
A. There are altogether 250 students who take classes in the classrooms.
B. Some of the students have to attend classes at home instead of in the school.
C. Students can’t take classes in algebra, American government, chemistry, computer and so on. 
D. As the state’s only online school, it has 250 students who take classes at home by computer.
66. The news from Florida can be given a title “_______”.
A. Online School B. Get up Later C. Magical Computers D. No Teachers
D
Recently I read this post form Richard Louv. Mr. Louv is the writer of Last Child in the Woods: Saving our Children form nature Deficient Disorder(自然缺失症).
My favorite part of this post is Mr. Louv’s opening story about a dad from South Carolina who buys a small truck load of dirt for his kids to play in. This is such a wonderful idea, one that might even be considered wise in view of how controlled parenting and play have gotten recently. In South Carolina the price of a small load of dirt and a video game are the same! So bring on the dirt!
Connecting our children in play with this sort of simplicity and imagination will serve them for the rest of their lives. The habits they form now will be with them forever. So if they are used to playing on the iPad in their free time, that is what they will do for the rest of their lives. If they take a walk, play in the woods or dig in the dirt, then as adults they will feel at ease(自由自在) in nature.
The respect they have for nature will help develop a respect for people. After all our natural environment is something we all have in common. Learning this basic respect will help our kids in the global community that we now live in.
Strangely it seems that having a young child spend more time on the Internet doesn’t actually increase their tolerance(容忍) for others. It actually decreases their ability to feel empathy(同感) because they have not properly learned that those on the other end of the conversation are real, living human beings.
So next time the school district suggests more computers, stop and consider how many loads of dirt you could buy with the same money. Dirt is worry-free, stress-free and provides hours of free play with no long-term negative effect on our kids. What could be better than that?
67. In Paragraph 1, the writer mentions Richard Louv’s book to ________________.
A. make a comparison  B. introduce a topic 
C. describe a scene  D. offer an argument
68. What do Paragraph 3 and Paragraph 4 mainly talk about?
A. How to play with dirt in the yard. B. How to enjoy the beauty of nature.
C. Why we should get close to nature. D. Why kids should play in free time.
69. In the writer’s opinion, the Internet actually decreases children’s ability to feel empathy because they ________________.
A. don’t know much about the real world B. don’t like to talk with real humans any more
C. can’t find out who is talking with them D. think they are talking with virtual people
70. What would be the best title for the passage?
A. Let children play: dirt doesn’t hurt B. Dirt can be cheap and helpful
C. keep kids away from computer D. Save your money on computer
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