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1、AA.commonB.harmfulC.doorD.plansE.encouragedF.quietlyG.allH.notonlyI.aboutSammyLiu,asix-year-oldboyfromKowloon,hasbecomeaherorecently.Onedayheusedthefamily’scomputertostoparobbery.Whilethethiefwasverybusysearchingtheflat,Sammywentintohisbedroom1andusedhiscomputertocallthepolice,whoarrived
2、fiveminutesandcaughtthethief.Thesedays,itis2forchildrenasyoungasSammytobesogoodatcomputers.Manychildrenusecomputersathomeoratschoolandsomeschoolsevenhavetheirownwebsites.Suchwebsites___3____offerstudentstheopportunitytolearnnewskillsbutalsomeanthatpeopleallovertheworldcanfindoutmoreabout
3、theirschool.Someparentsthinkthatspendingtoomuchtimeusingacomputercanbe4,butthereistheoppositeofit.“Kidsshouldbe5tousecomputersasearlyaspossible,”saidTonyRobertson,asoftwaredeveloper.“Childrenlearnreallyfast.Manychildrenknowmuchmore___6____technologythantheirparents.”InHongKong,the“IT2011
4、”project7toprovideeverystudentwithacomputerbytheyear2011.Schools,hospitals,shopsandhomeswillallbeconnectedbyanisland-widenetwork.Whetherathomeorschool,thedigitalage(数码时代)hascertainlyopenedthe8toawholenewworldoflearning.BA.toB.meansC.formedD.lifeE.furtherF.outofG.knowH.suggestedI.givenDoy
5、ouknowinsurance(保险)？Buyinginsuranceis____1____bywhichpeoplecanprotectthemselvesfromlargelosses.Protectionagainstfireisonekindofinsurance.Largenumbersofpeoplepaysmallsumofmoney___2___aninsurancecompany.Althoughthousandsofpeoplehavepaidforfireinsurance,onlyafewwilllosetheirhomesbyfire.Thei
6、nsurancecompanywillpayforthesehomes____3____thesumsofmoneyithascollected.Thefirstmodernfireinsurancecompanywas____4____inLondon,England,in1666.Agreatfirehadjustdestroyedmostofthecity,andpeoplewantedtoprotectagainst___5___losses.Thefirecompanygrewrapidly.Soonothercompanieswerefoundedinoth
7、erareas.BenjaminFranklinhelpedformthefirstfireinsurancecompanyinAmericain1752.Healso____6____anewkindofinsuranceforfarmers.Thenewinsurancewouldofferprotectionagainstthelossofcropsbystorm.In1759,BenjaminFranklinhelpedstartanothernewinsurancecompanyinAmerica.Thiscompany,whi
