Thechildreninthevillageweardirtycheapclothes.Theysleepbesidecowsandsheepinsmallhouses.Theyhavenoschool.Buttheycanwrite26EnglishlettersandsomeknowafewEnglishwords.
Howdidithappen?ItwasbecauseaU.S.groupcalledOneComputerEveryChildofferedthem20computers.
Canchildrenteachthemselvestoreadwhentheyhavenoschoolsorteachersbuthavethehelpoftoday’snewtechnology(技术)?Thegoal(目的)ofthegroupistofindouttheanswer.Andtheresultsareexciting.
“Thechildrenarelearningmorethantheywouldinoneyearofschool”saidMattKellerwhoorganizedtheprogramme.
Thefastestlearnerwasaneight-year-oldboycalledKelbesaNegusse.Hesaidthathehimselfwaslikealion.
Kellersaid“Sevenmonthsagohedidn’tknowanyEnglish.Butnowhehasknownmanywords.Ithinkifyougivethemfoodandwatertheywillneverleavethecomputerroom.Theywillspenddayandnightthere.”
Kelbesasaid“IlikethecomputerbecauseIcanlearnthingswithit.”Headded“IknowmanyEnglishwordslikedogmonkeyhorsesheepcowpigandcat.”
KellersaidthatOneComputerEveryChildwasplanningaprogrammeforchildrenwhocouldn’tgotoschool.
1.Fromthefirstparagraphwecanlearnthatthepeopleinthevillageare_____________.
A.easyB.poorC.richD.bored
2.HowcanthechildreninthevillagelearnEnglishwords?
A.Theygotoschooleveryday.
B.Theyhavegoodteachers.
C.OneComputerEveryChildgavethemcomputers.
D.Theycanlearnfrombooks.
3.WhatisthegoalofOneComputerEveryChild?
A.Toteachchildrenhowtousetoday’snewtechnology.
B.Tohelpchildrentospendtheirfreetime.
C.Tohelpchildrenoutoftheirhardlife.
D.Tohelpchildrenteachthemselvestoreadthroughnewtechnology.
4.Whatcanwelearnfromthepassage?
A.KelbesaisinGrade2now.
B.Thecomputershelpthechildrenalot.
C.Kelleristheteacherofthosechildren.
D.Kelbesadoesn’tlikethecomputer.
5.Whatisthebesttitleforthepassage?
A.Learningwiththehelpofcomputers
B.ThedevelopmentofOneComputerEvery