阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
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Nowadays kids can access various websites. However, they also need to aware of some websites that may bring them bad influences. There are a lot of good websites for kids that can be useful for their overall development.
Kids, national geographic
National Geographic Kids is one of the best websites for kids to stay updated with latest information on a wide range of topics. Every kid will surely find something important when he/she visits this website. It covers exciting information about activities, animals, education, fun and intellectual games, people and places, science and technology, stories, etc.
Factmonster
We know how much kids hate to study. If yoalso find it hard to make your kids study, yocan ask him to visit Factmonster. This website is a fun way to study on all the school subjects. Kids will not have any punishments or long hours of lectures, but instead they will learn in a free way to study on their own!
Clubpenguin
Clubpenguin is an entertaining website, operated by Disney. As the name suggests, kids need to create a penguin alter ego (密友)and play online games and chat with fellow penguins, or friends. So, if yoare looking for the chat rooms for kids only, then club penguin is a great choice for you! The best part is that all the chat information and history can be monitored by parents, in any time they want. Along with online chatting with friends, your kids can also participate in various activities that take place on club penguin, like drawing, painting! etc.
46. Kid. national geographic is a good website for kids because ______.
A. it enjoys the largest amount of topics
B. it provides online teaching by educators
C. it is good for kids’ over-all development
D. it has academic papers written by scientists
47. If the parents want their kids to learn in a more relaxing way, then they can visit _________.
A. Ebay B. Factmonster
C. Clubpenguin D. Kids. national geographic
48. Why is Clubpenguin better than other websites that have chat rooms?
A. It can useful for children’s intelligence
B. Kids can change their names as penguins
C. Kids can play online games with their friends
D. Parents get all the chatting records of their kids
49. The passage is most probably taken from ______.
A. education report B. science news report
C. ad for some websites D. Internet training courseB
Jessica Tandy probably is best known for winning an Academy Award in 1989 for the movie Driving Miss Daisy. She was the oldest person to have won the award. But for many years, she had received praise for her great performances.
Jessica Tandy was born in London in 1909. After her father died, her mother taught and took other jobs at night to make extra money to raise her, three children. Jessica’s older brothers showed an interest in the theater and often put on shows at home. Jessica said later that she was terrible in all of them. But she said taking part in those plays as a child created a desire in her to be someone else.
Jessica loved going to the theater. This love led her to attend an acting school in 1924. She performed in her first play called The Manderson Girls at18. But few people watched this play. In 1932, she married the famous actor Jack Hawkins. Their wedding pictures were on the front page of many British newspapers. In the same year, critics in London recognized her great acting skill in her performance in the play Children in Uniform.
In 1940, Jessica ended her first marriage and moved to the USA. In New York, she met actor Hume Cronyn. Two years later, they married and moved to Hollywood.
Her turning point came in 1947 when she played the lead part in Tennessee Williams’ play A Streetcar Named Desire. Tandy won the first of her four Tonya wards for best actress in it. After that Hollywood producers began to choose her to be in the movie.
Jessica Tandy said she hated seeing herself in the movies. She was surprised when she won the Academy Award for Driving Miss Daisy. She said that the wonderful part she had made up for her lack of experience in movies.
50. Jessica’s early interest in acting came from __________.
A. her natural gift for acting B. her brothers’ influence
C. he rhope of helping raise her family D. her mother’s encouragement
51. What made Jessica first widely known to the public?
A. Attending an acting school.
B. Her first play The Manderson Girls.
C. Her marriage with Jack Hawkins.
D. Her wonderful performance in Driving Miss Daisy.
52. Which is the correct order of the following events?