Recently, online high schools in America have sparked (激發(fā)) a debate about whether or not taxpayers’ money should be used to support online education. Online schools receive the same amount of funding as all other public schools, even though they don’t have to pay for rent or school equipment. States should use their educational funds to improve education at real schools, not to support online programs.
Some students only use online classes to supplement their school work. They benefit from the social experience of a traditional high school, while still taking online courses.
However, about 90 thousand students in America receive their education only from online schools. 50 thousand of these students take courses at Florida Virtual School, the largest online school in the country. While this method of schooling helps students who live in remote regions, most school systems are upset that they are losing more students each year to these online programs. 
Although online learning allows children to work at their own pace, these online schools have only one teacher per several hundred students. Often, teachers can’t give struggling students the help they need as they are unable to talk face-to-face with them, to find exactly what they’re having difficulty with.  
Additionally, even though online schooling accommodates (顧及) students who live in more remote states, students in online programs may suffer in social situations because they will not learn valuable communication skills from their schooling. Similar to students who are home schooled, those who take only online classes won’t learn social etiquette (禮節(jié)), and will be treated differently by their peers.
Online schooling might be useful for places where there are not enough students for a real school, such as agricultural regions, but states should only spend taxpayers’ money on online schools in extreme cases.
小題1:What is the passage mainly about?
A．Whether students should study at online schools.
B．Whether online schools should be allowed to exist.
C．Whether taxpayers should pay for online schools.
D．Whether traditional schools should be replaced.
小題2:According to the passage, online schooling _____.
A．is helpful to students living in remote regions
B．a(chǎn)llows students to work together
C．makes it possible for students to get immediate help
D．develops students’ critical thinking
小題3:According to Paragraph 5, the author worries that students at online schools _____.
A．might lose interest in learning
B．would play online games
C．could not receive teachers’ help
D．could not become fully developed
小題4: What is the author’s attitude?
A．Taxpayers should not pay for online schools at all.
B．Taxpayers should pay more for online schools than real schools.
C．Taxpayers’ money should be spent on online schools conditionally.
D．Taxpayers should support online schools in different ways.

小題1:C
小題1:A
小題1:D
小題1:C
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A．Brisbane—a beautiful city in Australia.
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B．the relationship between tipping and custom
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What do we know about Henry Ford from Paragraph 1?
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Why did Henry Ford take part in the 1901 car race?            
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D．To raise money for his new company.
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What was Henry Ford's dream according to the text?   
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The hall was owned by the Carnegie family until 1924 when it was sold to Robert E. Simon. The building became very old and in 1960, the new owner made plans to destroy it and build an office block. Isaac Stem led a group of people who fought to save Carnegie Hall and finally, the city of New York bought it for $5 million. It was then fixed up between 1983 and 1995.
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Carnegie Hall is actually made up of several different halls, but the Main Hall, now called the Isaac Stern Hall, is the most famous. Most of the greatest performers of classical music since the time the hall was built have performed in the Main Hall, and its reception areas are decorated with signed photographs of these musicians. The hall itself can hold an audience of 2,804 in five levels of seating. Visitors to the top level have to climb up 105 steps to get there!
Because the best and most famous musicians of all time have played at Carnegie Hall, it is the dream of most musicians who want to be great to play there. This has led to a very old joke which is now part of Carnegie Hall’s history. Question: “How do I get to Carnegie Hall?” Answer: “Practise, practise, practise.”
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B．Exhibits and photographs of historical events.
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a. Robert E. Simon bought it in 1924.
b. Carnegie Hall got its name.
c. Carnegie Hall recovered its history.
d. New York City paid $5,000,000 for it. 
e. Construction on Carnegie Hall began in 1890.
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B．no longer put models on the cover
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The campaign（競選）is over. The celebrations have ended. And the work for US president-elect Barack Obama has begun.
The 47-year-old politician rose to the highest post because of his stand against the war in Iraq and his plans to fix a weak economy. But what will the first 47-year-old African-American president do for race relations?
Obama’s victory appears to have given blacks and other minorities（少數(shù)民族）a true national role model. For years, many looked to athletes and musicians for inspiration. As Darius Turner, an African-American high school student in Los Angeles, told the Los Angeles Times, “Kobe doesn’t have to be everybody’s role model anymore.”
However, Bill Bank, an expert of African-American Studies, says that eventually young blacks need to find role models in their own communities. “That’s not Martin Luther King, and not Barack Obama,” he told the Los Angeles Times. “It’s actually the people closest to them. Barack only has so much influence. ”
In the opinion of black British politician Trevor Phillips, Obama’s rise will contribute more to multiculturalism than to race relations in the US.
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B．blacks could only find role models on the basketball court
C．minorities in America couldn’t find role models in their real life
D．American blacks had no role model who was successful in political area
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B．young blacks should not be so much influenced by Obama
C．blacks should find other role models because Obama is far from their reality
D．Obama is not the proper role model for African-Americans
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Social Welfare—The National Health Service gives largely free treatment for everyone living in Britain. People can choose their family doctors. In case of emergency you can call the ambulance by dialing 999 from everywhere. Health centres are run by local authorities. About 7 percent of hospitals, dentists and family doctors work as private.
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B．They always have the traditional tea around 4 or 5 am.
C．They love families and pets.
D．They feel very tired when they say “Thank you”,“Sorry ” or “Excuse me.”
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A．A shop assistant.B．A doctor.
C．A factory worker.D．A nurse.
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