第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
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Best Apps to Help Kids Learn to Read
Interactive Alphabet ABCs
Your little one will sing, trace, and type his way to becoming a reader with this interactive app. Explore mode allows your child to discover letters and sounds at his own pace. Sing mode will have him singing the alphabet with 26 dancing robots, and trace mode includes letters, words, custom words, and left-handed support.
Ages: 1-5 Price: $2.99
Endless Alphabet
This educational app focuses on letter recognition, sounds, and vocabulary building. Each word your child is given features a puzzle with talking letters, and a short animation(动画) illustrating the definition. The cute monsters that are featured are an added bonus.
Ages: 2-5 Price: $6.99
Learn with Homer
Based on Harvard and Stanford research, Learn with Homer offers personalized reading instruction to help ready children for preschool, kindergarten, and first grade. It helps kids learn to read by progressively covering over 50 reading skills, including phonics, pronunciation, upper- and lowercase letter recognition and more.
Ages: 3-6 Price: Free
Noodle Words
Has your child ever made the word "spin" actually spin, or the word "jump" actually jump? The Noodle Bugs display the word meanings of each of the words in the app through animated funny behaviors and your child can interact with the words by using the iPad’s touch screen.
Ages: 4-7 Price: $2.99
21. What’s special about Interactive Alphabet ABCs?
A. It has separate modes.
B. It is only for left-handed users.
C. It is adapted for kids of all ages.
D. It is aimed to practice kids’ reading skills.
22. What do Endless Alphabet and Noodle Words have in common?
A. They both provide puzzles .
B. They both have insert animation.
C. They both stress the importance of reading.
D. They both focus on learning the basic alphabet.
23. Which APP favors the kids from rather low-income families?
A. Endless Alphabet. B. Learn with Homer.
C. Noodle Words. D. Interactive Alphabet ABCs.
【答案】21. A 22. B 23. B
【解析】
【分析】本文是一篇应用文。文章介绍了四款给小孩子使用的学习APP。
【21题详解】
细节理解题。根据Interactive Alphabet ABCs中的“Explore mode allows your child to discover letters and sounds at his own pace. Sing mode will have him singing the alphabet with 26 dancing robots, and trace mode includes letters, words, custom words, and left-handed support.(“探索模式”让您的孩子发现字母和声音在他自己的节奏。“歌唱模式”将让他和26个跳舞的机器人一起唱字母表，“追踪模式”包括字母、单词、自定义单词和左手支撑。)”可知，这个APP学习模式是分开的。故选A。
【22题详解】
细节理解题。根据Endless Alphabet中的“and a short animation(动画) illustrating the definition. (和一个简短的动画说明了定义。)”以及Noodle Words部分的“display the word meanings of each of the words in the app through animated antics(滑稽可笑的举止), (通过滑稽可笑的举止显示应用程序中每个单词的含义)”可知，它们的共同之处在于这两个APP都有插入动画。故选B。
【23题详解】
细节理解题。根据每个APP后面的价格部分可知，只有Learn with Homer是免费的，因此这款APP是最能深受贫困家庭孩子的喜爱。故选B。
