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000 schools and reaches 30 million students in the United States. Students who were_exposed_to this service in the classroom have been scientifically proven to perform 12 to 25 percent better than those who were not. Now kids can access this proven content in their homes, and COSMEO presents the information in a way that is kid friendly, interactive, appealing and fun. COSMEO is structured for use by multiple children in the same family. Parents simply select the grade level of the user for access to age appropriate learning materials. COSMEO can help a third grader with multiplication tables and an older student with algebra equations (代數(shù)等式 ). COSMEO uses a multimedia, multisensory environment to let kids learn in the way they learn best— in formats they know, use and, most importantly, enjoy! 4. What kind of people is the passage mainly written for? A. Parents. B. Kids. C. Inter surfers. D. School teachers. 答案: A 解析: 推理判斷題。 COSMEO 主要用于家庭環(huán)境里孩子的學習,故選 A。 5. In the passage, COSMEO is best described as an ______. A. online game B. online study tool C. online video player D. online course 答案: B 解析: 細節(jié)理解題。從本文的首段,尤其是提示詞 “ homework tool” 可知 COSMEO 應是一種學習工具。 6. The underlined part “ were exposed to” (in Paragraph 3) can be best replaced by “ ________” . A. refused B. made C. offered D. experienced 答案: D 解析: 猜測詞義題。從上文可知美國的一些學校已開始使用 COSMEO,實例證明使用過 COSMEO 的學生明顯比沒有接觸過的學生表現(xiàn)得好,由此可知 D 項最佳。 7. According to the passage, COSMEO ________. A. shows parents how to teach their kids at home B. has nothing to do with school teaching activities C. helps kids learn in an amusing way D. has been popular with all American families 答案: C 解析: 細節(jié)理解題。由倒數(shù)第二段中最后一句或全文最后一句可知 COSMEO可以讓孩子們輕松快樂地學習。 8. What would be the best title for this passage? A. COSMEO Challenges American Schools B. Online Tool Helps Kids Study at Home C. Online Education Succeeds in the US D. American Kids Tend to Study at Home 答案: B 解析: 歸納標題題。全文主要介紹了為孩子們完成家庭作業(yè)提供文字、音視頻材料、交互式教學游戲及教學工具的 COSMEO 網(wǎng)站。