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For more than six million American children, coming home after school means coming home to an empty house. Some deal with the situation by watching TV. Some may hide. But all of them have something in common. They spend part of each day alone. They are called latchkey children. They are children who look after themselves while their parents work. And their bad condition has become a subject of concern.

    Lynette Long was once the principal (校长) of an elementary school. She said, “We had a school rule against wearing jewelry. A lot of the kids had chains around their necks with keys attached. I was constantly telling them to put them inside their shirts. There were so many keys that it never came to my mind what they meant.” Slowly, she learned they were house keys.

    She and her husband began talking to the children who had them. They learned of the effect working couples and single parents were on their children. Fear is the biggest problem faced by children at home alone. One in each three latchkey children the Longs talked to reported being scared. Many had nightmares and were worried about their own safety.

    The most common way the latchkey children deal with their fears is by hiding. It might be in a shower stall, under a bed, in a closet. The second is TV. They will often play it at high volume. It is hard to get statistics (统计) on latchkey children. The Longs learned, most of the parents are slow to admit they leave their children alone.

1．The main idea about latchkey children is that they ________.

    A. are growing in numbers

    B. are also found in middle-class neighborhood

    C. watch too much TV during the day

    D. suffer problems from being left alone

2．The main feeling these children have when they are at home by themselves is ________.

    A. tiredness

    B. freedom

    C. loneliness

    D. fear

3．The word “nightmare” in the third paragraph probably means ________.

    A. night suit

    B. night habit

    C. terrible dream at night

    D. staying up at night

4．We may draw a conclusion that ________.

    A. latchkey children enjoy having such a large amount of time alone

    B. latchkey children try to hide their feeling

    C. latchkey children often watch TV with their parents

D. it's difficult to find out how many latchkey children there are

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阅读下列文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳答案。

For more than six million American children, coming home after school means coming home to an empty house. Some deal with the situation by watching TV. Some may hide. But all of them have something in common. They spend part of each day alone. They are called latchkey children. They are children who look after themselves while their parents work. And their bad condition has become a subject of concern.

    Lynette Long was once the principal (校长) of an elementary school. She said, “We had a school rule against wearing jewelry. A lot of the kids had chains around their necks with keys attached. I was constantly telling them to put them inside their shirts. There were so many keys that it never came to my mind what they meant.” Slowly, she learned they were house keys.

    She and her husband began talking to the children who had them. They learned of the effect working couples and single parents were on their children. Fear is the biggest problem faced by children at home alone. One in each three latchkey children the Longs talked to reported being scared. Many had nightmares and were worried about their own safety.

    The most common way the latchkey children deal with their fears is by hiding. It might be in a shower stall, under a bed, in a closet. The second is TV. They will often play it at high volume. It is hard to get statistics (统计) on latchkey children. The Longs learned, most of the parents are slow to admit they leave their children alone.

1．The main idea about latchkey children is that they ________.

    A. are growing in numbers

    B. are also found in middle-class neighborhood

    C. watch too much TV during the day

    D. suffer problems from being left alone

2．The main feeling these children have when they are at home by themselves is ________.

    A. tiredness

    B. freedom

    C. loneliness

    D. fear

3．The word “nightmare” in the third paragraph probably means ________.

    A. night suit

    B. night habit

    C. terrible dream at night

    D. staying up at night

4．We may draw a conclusion that ________.

    A. latchkey children enjoy having such a large amount of time alone

    B. latchkey children try to hide their feeling

    C. latchkey children often watch TV with their parents

D. it's difficult to find out how many latchkey children there are

For more than six million American children, coming home after school means coming home to an empty house．Some deal with the situation by watching TV．But all of them have something in common．They spend part of their time alone．They're called latchkey children, They're children who look after themselves while their parents work outside．Lynette Long was once the headmaster of an elementary school．She said, “We had a school rule against wearing jewelry．A lot of the kids bed chains around their necks with keys attached．I was often telling them to put them inside their shirts．There were so many keys that it never came to my mind what they meant．” Slowly , she learned they were house keys．

       She and her husband began talking to the children who had them．They learned of the effect working parents had on their children．Fear is the biggest problem faced by the children at home alone．One in each three latchkey children the Longs talked to are reported to be scared．Many had nightmares and were worried about their own safety．

       The most common way latchkey children deal with their fears is by hiding．It might be in a shower stall under a bed, in a closet．The second is TV．They’ll often play it at high volume．

       It ‘s hard to get numbers on latchkey children and most patents are slow to admit they leave their children alone．

1．The main idea about "latchkey" children is that they ______．

       A．are growing in numbers

       B．suffer problems from being left alone

       C．watch too much TV during the day

       D．are also found in middle schools

2．The main feeling these children have when they are at home alone is_____．

       A．tiredness            B．freedom            C．loneliness            D．fear

3．The underlined word "nightmares" means _____．

       A．night suit                                  B．night habit

       C．terrible dreams at night                       D．staying up at night

4．We may draw a conclusion that _____．

       A．latchkey children enjoy being left alone

       B．latchkey children try to hide their feeling

       C．latchkey children often watch TV with their parents

       D．it's difficult to find out how many latchkey children there．

I live in Japan, where electronic items are a way of life, so it is no surprise that many students carry these little electronic dictionaries. E-dictionaries may be light and compact（简洁的） more so than any paper dictionary.  1___ It depends on which one you buy. To me, these are pretty much the limits to their advantages.

I think e-dictionaries should be limited in their use in classrooms.   2____

E-dictionaries are much more expensive. In Japan, they cost as little as 10,000 yen （US$100）much as 40,000 yen, depending on how many functions you want （or think you want） and depending on how fashionable you are. My trusty Random House paper dictionary is copyrighted at1995, cost me a mere US$12.95 plus tax.

E-dictionaries are more fragile（易碎的）. Drop your paper dictionary. Go ahead. Hold it above your head and drop it.     3  

E-dictionaries need batteries. Batteries are temperature sensitive. Batteries cost money, too.

E-dictionaries have keypads. Typing in the spelling of a word is harder and more time consuming than looking through pages and using the index at the top of each page.

_4____ Such little devices beep（嘟嘟声） when you press the buttons, but it is very disturbing to some people in a classroom situation or library.

Finally, let’s consider making corrections or additions. No dictionary is perfect, paper version or electronic. However, when you find something you’d like to change in the e-dictionary, you can’t do anything about it. You can pencil in some notes with the paper type. Similarly, if you learn a word that isn’t in the dictionary, a few notes of a pencil make it easy to increase its memory capacity.

__5__ And, for those students whose habit is to mark certain words with a highlight pen for ease of future reference, again, the paper dictionary wins out.

    A．But it is impossible  to do so with a keypad model

    B．They may even contain more words and expressions

    C．Sometimes e-dictionaries trouble you and you really don’t know how to get rid of them

    D．Now, try this with any lightweight plastic e-dictionary, and you’ll be picking up the pieces

    E．That huge, heavy paper dictionary that you see in your library looks like a building block in size and weight.

    F．E-dictionaries have advantages as well as disadvantages

    G．Let’s take a look at the following reasons