The Internet can provide a wealth of educational resources for small children, if you know where to look. This article will offer some educational websites to small children. You may need to assist your children in navigating(導航) the pages until they understand where their favorite activities are.
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted learning is a great website for children, and I know several teachers who rely on it for materials for their classrooms. Most of the information is free, but for $20.00 per year, you can purchase a membership that allows you to have access to the site without the advertising. The pages here are great. There are colored pages and worksheets for toddlers(學步兒童) and school-age children. They focus on learning language, science, animals, geography, astronomy, explorers, music, art and nursery rhymes.
Starfall
Starfall is another good educational website for small children. Teachers often use this website in classrooms. It emphasizes reading skills for early learners. The website is aimed at first grade level learners, but it has tools that can help all children from pre-K to second grade. The website has reading activities, worksheets to download, and a store where you can purchase educational materials for your children.
Sesame Street Workshop
Kids love Sesame Street, and it is always educational. This is one of the funniest websites online for children because it is very well animated and has great sound effects. The website has games and stories for small kids, and they can create letters at the post office and mail them to their favorite characters.
Sprout Online
Sprout has features on its television network, which are just for children. There are games, colored pages, recipes, music, videos, sign language activities and exercise videos for children. There are also online activities based on Sprout television shows. These include Roary the Race Car, the Wiggles, the Mighty Jungle and many others.
These are just a few of many educational websites for children. Small children love to use computers, so help them find some websites that contain fun and learning at the same time.
小題1:What’s the purpose of the author in writing this passage?
A．To introduce some educational websites to parents for their kids.
B．To let parents distinguish between good and bad websites.
C．To attract the readers to download some useful information.
D．To enrich young children’s spare time with some Internet games.
小題2:What’s the difference between people who have memberships and those who don’t?
A．With a membership, you can get the information for free.
B．You can download materials you want for free with a membership.
C．With a membership, you can have access to the site without the ads.
D．You can look through more pages with a membership.
小題3:If you want to buy educational materials for your children, you should choose _________ .
A．Enchanted Learning. B．Starfall
C．Sesame Street Workshop.D．Sprout Online.
小題4:Why does the Sesame Street Workshop have more fun than others?
A．Because it has games and stories for young kids．
B．Because children can mail letters to their favorite characters.
C．Because it is always educational, and children love it..
D．Because it has great sound effects and animation.
小題5:It can be learnt from the passage that ______ .
A．Enchanted Learning has reading activities and worksheets to download.
B．Starfall is designed for learners from pre-K to second grade
C．the Wiggles and the MightyJungle are not based on television shows.
D．websites that involve joy and learning are beneficial to kids.

小題1:A
小題2:C
小題3:B
小題4:D
小題5:D

試題分析：作者是想介紹一個教育網(wǎng)站給父母，讓孩子在快樂的玩耍的同時可以學習。
小題1:寫作意圖題：從文章第一段的句子：This article will offer some educational websites to small children.可知作者是想介紹一個教育網(wǎng)站給父母，選A
小題2:細節(jié)題：從文章第二段的句子：but for $20.00 per year, you can purchase a membership that allows you to have access to the site without the advertising.可知有會員和沒有會員的人差別是有會員的話，就能獲得沒有廣告的網(wǎng)址，選C
小題3:細節(jié)題：從文章第三段的句子：The website has reading activities, worksheets to download, and a store where you can purchase educational materials for your children.可知如果想給孩子買學習材料，應該選擇 Starfall。選B。
小題4:細節(jié)題：從文章第四段的句子：This is one of the funniest websites online for children because it is very well animated and has great sound effects.可知Sesame Street Workshop 比其他的更有趣是因為它有很好的音響效果和動畫，選D
小題5:推理題：從文章最后一段的句子：These are just a few of many educational websites for children. Small children love to use computers, so help them find some websites that contain fun and learning at the same time.可知有快樂和學習的網(wǎng)站對孩子是有益的，選D
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B．supports self-driving cars on roads.
C．considers self-driving cars science fiction.
D．improved the self-driving car systems.
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Scientists have long searched to treat and study neural disorders by obtaining and transplanting neural stem cells. However, the previous method of getting and using cells from either fetal (胎兒)or adult human tissue remains challenging due to ethical concerns and immune system rejections, he said.
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B．Chinese scientists succeeded in making NPCs from human urine.
C．Chinese scientists have found cures for all diseases.
D．A new technique was used to study the use of human urine
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A．make more contributions to medical study
B．discover another new technique
C．make the technique more perfect
D．treat more patients suffering from bad diseases
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B．The difificulties in getting cells from human.
C．The under-developed techniques in medical science.
D．The lack of financial support from the government.
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小題1:What's the passage mainly about?
A．The introduction to the Best High Schools in three states.
B．The different examinations in several high schools.
C．Scholarships in the Best High Schools in three states.
D．The things students should do before going to college.
小題2:It can be inferred from the text that______.
A．students with a high GPA can get the Inspire Scholarship
B．reading and writing skills are included in the tests in all the schools
C．Alabama has the most best high schools of the three states
D．a(chǎn)t least 21 credits are needed to graduate from all the schools
小題3:Which of the following in TRUE according to the passage?
A．The High School Graduation Exams are multiple-choice questions.
B．Both the gold medal schools in Alabama are in its capital.
C．There were 21 silver medal schools in Alaska in all.
D．Delmar Senior High school is the best in Delaware.
小題4:Alaska's graduation exam is different from the others' in the aspect that______.
A．it includes all the subjects the students learn
B．it includes its own state history as well
C．it includes math, reading and writing skills
D．it includes 10 hours of community service
小題5:The Inspire Scholarship is a prize______.
A．that any student in gold medal schools can apply for
B．that is given to the top students in gold medal schools
C．that helps to pay for tuition at Delaware State University
D．that is very difficult to get for students in silver medal schools

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