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       If you are in a town in western country, you'll often see people walking with their dogs. It is still true that a

dog is the most useful animal in the world, but the reason why one keeps a dog has changed. Once upon a time, a man met a dog and wanted it to help him in the fight against other animals, and he found that the dog listened

to him and did what he told to. Later people used dogs for the hunting of other animals, and the dogs did not eat what they got until their master agreed. So dogs were used for driving sheep and guarding chickens.

       But now the people in the towns and cities do not need dogs to fight against other animals. Of course they

keep them to frighten thieves, but the most important reason is that people feel lonely in the city. For a child, a

dog is his best friend when he has no friends to play with. For a young wife, a dog is her child when she doesn't

have her own. For old people, a dog is also a child when their real children have grown up and left. Now people

do not have to use a dog, but they keep it as a friend, just like a member of the family.

1. ____ are more useful than a dog in the world. [ ]

A. No other animals

B. Some animals

C. Many animals

D. Few animals

2. In the past people kept dogs because dogs ____. [ ]

A. could fight

B. met the people

C. did not eat other animals

D. helped and listened to people

3. Now people keep dogs in the cities because dogs ____. [ ]

A. fight against other animals

B. are lonely

C. are like their friends

D. are afraid of the thieves

4. A dog can be ____. [ ]

A. a child's friend only

B. a young woman's son

C. old people's real child

D. everybody's friend

5. So a dog will ____ in a family. [ ]

A. always be used

B. not be useful

C. still fight

D. remain a good friend

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     When you have a question about something, where do you go? For many people the answer is simple as

they can go online to a search engine like Google or Yahoo. But what about people in rural or underdeveloped

areas who may have no way to get on the Internet?

     A business and international development professor in California, Rose Shuman, found an answer for them:

Question Box. Question Box is a service that provides answers-free of charge-for people who cannot search

the Internet directly. The users of Questions Box might be those who might not be able to read, or simply have

no access to the Internet.

     Question Box began three years ago in India. People used a metal call box with a push-to-talk button to

connect a live operator. Rose Schuman explained," You just need to push a big green button on the box which

will connect you directly to our operators who are sitting in front of computers, and speak your language. You

can ask them any sort of question you want, and they'll look it up in English or in Hindi, or whatever the main

language is, and translate the answer back for you."

     The service is currently offered in two villages. The latest version of the box uses mobile phone technology, and solar panels in case the electrical power fails. Rose Shuman says the aim was to make the box as easy as

possible for users,"It is very efficient (效率高的). Rather than try to bring a lot of difficulties to them and

expect them to spend a lot of time to learn how to use the Internet, the idea was to make a technology tha

t even Grandma could use."

     In April 2009, Question Box was introduced to Uganda. Forty community workers with mobile phones

connected villagers to call center operators in Kampala. The community workers went around telling people

about the service. They wore T-shirts that said"Ask me." But Internet service in Uganda proved slow and

undependable. So Question Box teamed up with a local technology company to store information on a local

server. That way, the researchers in Kampala could quickly search the database for answers.

1. The best title for the passage is _____.

A. Question Box-taking the place of the Internet

B. Needing an answer?-asking Question Box

C. Question Box-a great invention in the world

D. Rose Shuman-a professor helping the poor

2. In Rose Schuman's opinion, the greatest advantage of Question Box is that _____.

A. it is the most advanced in the world

B. it is more convenient to carry

C. it saves much more energy

D. it is much easier to use

3. The underlined word "them" in the fourth paragraph refers to _____.

A. the users

B. the operators

C. the researchers

D. Question Box workers

4. What can we know from the passage?

A. Question Box costs the users much less than the Internet.

B. Question Box operators can look for information in any language.

C. Question Box is more efficient in solving problems in underdeveloped areas.

D. Question Box can work without the help of the Internet in Uganda.

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