Hehasmillionsofstudentsfromallaroundtheworld.Theylistentohisclassesonlinebutneverseehisfaceonthescreen.SalmanKhan,39,fromtheUS,isthefounderofthelearningwebsiteKhanAcademy.
Unlikeotheronlinecoursesthatfilmteachersgivingclasses,Khan’svideosonlyusehisvoiceandadigital(数码的)blackboardforwriting.Hesayshedoesn’twantahumanfacetodistractstudents.Khanalsomakeshisclassesasshortas10to15minutessostudentsdon’tloseinterest.Theycanalsoearn(获得)pointsfromtakingtheseclasses.
ThesekindsofspecialcoursesmakeKhanAcademyoneoftheworld’smostpopularonlineeducationwebsites.Thecoursesaretranslatedintomorethan36differentlanguagesincludingChinese.About80teachersfromtheworld’stopuniversitiesarenowalsoteachingonthewebsite.Butallthisstartednineyearsagowithjustoneman-SalmanKhan.
In2006,Khanmadehomemadevideostohelphisseventhgradecousinwithmath.Hepostedthevideosonlineandgotthousandsofviews.ThisencouragedKhantomakemorevideosandcreatehisownwebsiteKhanAcademy.
AsaBangladeshi-American(孟加拉裔美国人),Khanunderstandsthatmanykids,especiallythoseindevelopingcountries,cannotgetagoodeducation.Hehimselfhasthreedegrees(学位)fromMassachusettsInstituteofTechnologyandonefromHarvard.Hewantstousehisknowledgetohelpmorepeople.Thus,hiscoursesareallofferedforfree.“Ourmissionistoprovideafree,world-classeducationforanyone,anywhere,”hesaid.
Khan’swebsitehasnotonlybecomeverypopularworldwidebuthasalsowonalotofrespect.EvenBillGates,thefounderofMicrosoft,isoneofhisfans.Gatesdonatedover$1.5million(9.6millionyuan)tosupportKhanandnamedhimthe“teachertotheworld”.
1.Fromthefirsttwoparagraphs,wecanlearnthat_______.
A.KhanAcademyisanonlineeducationwebsite
B.Khan’scoursesfilmteachersgivingclasses
C.SalmanKhanisfromtheUK
D.Khan’sclassesareaslongas25minutes
2.Theunderlinedword“distract”means_______.
A.makeuneasyB.causeunhappyC.seemunfriendlyD.feelunlucky
3.KhanAcademywasfoundedbecause_______.
A.Khanwantedtobeafilmteacher
B.BillGatesdonatedover$1.5milliontosupporthim
C.Khanwantedtohelphisseventhgradecousin
D.Khanwantedtohelpthemanykidsindevelopingcountries
4.BillGatesnamedKhan“theteachertotheworld”because_______.
A.Khan’swebsitehelpstheteacherstotravelaroundtheworld
B.KhanoncegotadegreefromHarvardUniversity
C.Khan’ssevengradecousinwasnotintheUS
D.peopleallovertheworldcanlearnfromKhan’sonlineclassesforfree
5.Thebesttitleforthispassagemaybe_______.
A.Khan’sCousinB.TeacherReachesWorld
C.OnlineEducationD.KhanandBillGates
_____thenightofDecember24,somepeopleareusedtostayinguplate.
A.InB.FromC.AtD.On
—Youshouldknowthefirstthingyoumustdonowistodoyourhomework.
—Thanksforremindingme.
A.whereB.whichC.thatD.what
Joeoftenhelpshisfriend______English.
A.forB.atC.withD.about
I’mglad______youattheparty.
A.meetB.tomeetC.meetingD.met
--Whatanicemodelship!
--Thankyou.It_____methreedaystomakeit.
A.costB.paidC.spentD.took
-_______greatprogressyou'remade!Congratulations!
-Thankyou!
A.WhatB.Whata
C.HowD.Howa
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Everyoneneedsfriends.Weallliketofeelclosetosomeone.Itisniceafriendtotalk,laughanddothingswith.Certainly,sometimesweneedtobealone.Wedon’talwayswantpeople
Butwewouldfeelifweneverhadafriend.Notwopeopleare.Friendssometimesdon’tgetonwell.Thatdoesn’tmeanthattheylikeeachother.Mostofthetimetheywillmakeup(言归于好),andbecomeagain.
Sometimesfriendsmoveaway.Thenwefeelvery.Wemissthemverymuch,butwecanthemandwritetothem.Itcouldbepossiblethatwecouldevenseethemagain.Andwecanalsonewfriends.There’smoregoodnewsforpeoplewhohavefriends.Theylivelongerthanpeoplewhodon’thave.WhyItcouldbethattheyare.Beinghappyhelpsyoustaywellanditcouldbegoodjustknowingthatsomeonecaresaboutyou.