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Yearsafterthrowingabottle-upnoteintoalakeforaclassprojectandjustoneyearafterhisdeath,aman’schildhoodmessagewasfoundandreturnedtohismother.
Elevenyearsago,athen2014-year-oldboy,JoshuaBaker,wrotethemessage,foldedandputitinanemptycontainer,hismother,MaggieHolbrooksaid.HediedlastFebruaryinamotorvehicleaccidentinCalifornia.HehadrecentlyreturnedafteraservingintheMiddleEastasaUSmarine.
“IthinkhewasjustlettingusknowhewasOkandkeepdoingwhatwearedoing,”Holbrooksaid.
ThemessagesurfacedinWhiteLakeinlateApril,justdaysafterthe11thanniversary(周年纪日)ofitsbeingthrownintothelake.ItwasfoundbyoneofBaker’sclosestfriends,SteveLieder,shesaid.LiederandtwofriendswerechattingnearthelakewhenLiederlookeddownandsawthebottle.Hebrokeitopenandfoundthenoteinside.
“MynameisJoshuaBaker.Iam2014.Ifyoufindthis,putitonthenews.Thedateis4/16/98.”
TheyimmediatelytookittoHolbrook,whosaidsheisnowhavingthenotepreservedandwilldisplayitinherhome.
Shecanrememberwhenhersonwrotethemessagefortheschoolproject.Shesaidshealwayswonderedwhyhedidn’tputitinthenearbyWolfRiver,whichhasamuchstrongercurrent.
“Istillrememberthedayhewroteit,”Holbrooksaid.“Icouldn’tunderstandwhyhethrewitinthelake.Noonewouldneverseeitagain.NowIknow.”
49.WhatwasJoshuaBakerwhenhediedinmotorvehicleaccidentinCalifornia?
A.AnofficialB.Asoldier
C.Aworker
D.Ateacher
50.Whofoundthebottleaccordingtothepassage?
A.JoshuaBaker’smother
B.Afisherman
C.JoshuaBaker’sfriend
D.JoshuaBaker’smother’sfriend
51.Whichofthefollowingstatementsiscorrectaccordingtothepassage?
A.Themanthrewthebottleintothelakewithoutanypurpose.
B.Themandidn’tputthebottleintothenearbyriverbecauseithadastrongcurrent.
C.Notuntilrecentlydidhismotherunderstandwhyheputthebottleintothelake.
D.Themanmadethebottle-upnotesoastolethisparentsknowhewasOK.
52.Thebesttitleforthispassagewouldbe____.
A.Aman’sBottleMessageFoundAfterHisDeath
B.ARidiculousandUnbelivableBottleMessage
C.AStrangeBottle-upNoteAppearingInaLake
D.AnImportantChildhoodMessage11YearsAfterHisDeath
D
Onlinegames,social-networkingWebsites,andchatroomsareempoweringandmotivating(刺激)forteensandhelpwiththeirdevelopment.Whenadultslookatteenstoday,theythinkwhattheyaredoingisdifferentandseemtobewastingalotoftime.Andthoseactivitiesseemquiteforeign.Butwhenwelookcloselyatwhatkidsaredoing,it’snotmuchmoredifferentthanwhattheirparentsdid.Theyarehangingoutwiththeirfriends,findingromanticpartners,andtryingtoidentifythemselves.
Today’steensarebeingraisedwithtechnologiesthatallowthemtohaveself-directedlearningontheirownterms,ontheirowntime,andwithouttherestrictionsofaclassroomsetting.Thisgivestheteensafeelingoffreedom.Thisisverydifferentfromhowkidslearninschoolwhentheyarehandedasetbodyofknowledgerequiredtomasterbytheirteachers.
Teensweremotivatedtoengageonlinebecausetheywereeitherdrivenbyinterestorfriendship.Andtherearesomespecificfindingsaccordingtoaresearch
Onemajorfindingisthatthereisagenerationgapinhowparentsandteensviewtheteen'
sonlineactivities.Adultsthinktheactivitiesdrawtheirattentionfromschoolworkandareleftinthedarkaboutwhattheirteensaredoingonline.Teens,ontheotherhand,understandthevalueoftheInternetandaremotivatedtoparticipate.
AnotherfindingshowsthatteensarenottakingfulladvantageoftheInternet.Theyareusingthesocialnetworkstochatandpostphotosandmakefriends,whichareimportanttotheirdevelopment,buttheyarenotmakinguseofotherexistingopportunitiestolearnaboutastronomy,foreignlanguages,andothersubjectsonlyafewclicksaway.
Teensarealsoimprovingtheirsocialskillsonlinebylearningthebasicsocialandtechnicalskillsneededtointeractintoday'
sdigitalworld.
Pressurefromthoseofthesameagealsotakesonanewroleonline.Teensarereportingthattheyaremoremotivatedbythoseoftheirageonlinewithpublicspacesthatallowtheteenstointeractandprovidefeedback(反馈)tooneanother.
WhileteensareusingtheInternetforbothsocialandintellectualdevelopment,theyarealsofacingsignificantchallengesonhowtomanagetheirrelationshipsonline.
53.Whatisthepassagemainlyabout?
A.Teen’sonlineactivities.
B.MakinguseofInternet.
C.Thepowerofonlineactivities.
D.Technologyandteens.
54.Whichofthefollowingbestdescribeshowthewriterthinksab