Today, a large number of people are always looking at their mobile phones with their heads down. These people are called the “Heads-down Tribe (低头族)”. Are you a heads-down tribe member? Heads-down tribe members now can be seen everywhere.
More and more traffic accidents are happening because more drivers use mobile phones while they are driving. In order to make drivers pay more attention to driving, some new traffic rules have been made. For example, people who use mobile phones while driving in Taiwan are fined (罚款). Car drivers and motorcyclists who break the traffic rule will be fined NT $3,000 and NT $1,000 respectively (分别地).
As we can see above, using mobile phones may cause accidents and even cost a lot of money. Also, more and more interesting and strange stories happen to the “Heads-down Tribe”. Let’s have a look at an interesting TV report. A man in America kept using his mobile phone on his way home. As a result, he knocked into a big lost bear. When he lifted his eyes from the phone, he was so afraid that he turned around and ran away quickly. Another story is that we can often see people in the restaurant eating face to face but looking at their own mobile phones. It’s strange that they don’t talk to the ones who sit opposite to them during the meal. Some of them even have fun communicating with others on the phone.
Mobile phones are helpful and necessary tools for modem life. Are mobile phones good or bad? It depends on how people use them. Let’s be “healthy” users and try to be the “Heads-up Tribe”.
1. Who is a heads-down tribe member?| A．He is a dangerous driver. | B．He is good at using the Internet. |
| C．He is good at using the mobile phone. | D．He is always looking at his mobile phone. |
| A．Surprised. | B．Afraid. | C．Interesting. | D．Excited. |
| A．Take photos of their meals. |
| B．Look at their own mobile phones. |
| C．Don’t talk to the people who sit opposite. |
| D．Even have fun communicating with others on the phone. |
| A．Drive Your Car Carefully | B．Be a Heads-down Tribe Member |
| C．Use Mobile Phones Properly | D．Let’s Use Our Own Mobile Phones |
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Do you want to study abroad through an AFS（国际文化交流组织） program? If you do, it’s time to think about it.
An AFS program surely makes you stand out (脱颖而出) when you’re applying for a college. Colleges often express how experiencing a foreign culture can be more valuable than one more AP course or after-school activity. Universities really need students who value cross-cultural experience. High school is a perfect time to study a new language. Being in the country where a language is spoken is one of the quickest and best ways to learn the language. If you know one more language, you’11 not only be more competitive in college applications and jobs, but you’ll also be able to communicate and connect with other cultures.
An AFS exchange can lead to new perspectives (看法）on the world. By living with a host family, meeting new international friends and attending a foreign school, studying abroad could be one of the best ways for you to understand today's important things.
High school is a critical time for teenagers to start thinking about big academic and professional decisions. Your decisions in high school can greatly influence your future. Being an exchange student in high school could provide you with new opportunities to develop skills.
Exciting. Rewarding. Memorable. These are words AFS students use to describe their life abroad. If you go to study abroad through an AFS program, you’11 begin an adventure of a lifetime.
1. According to Paragraph 2, what can you do through an AFS program?| A．Stand out at college. |
| B．Take one fewer AP course. |
| C．Go into a college more easily. |
| D．Get more jobs in the future. |
| A．Have some strange ideas. |
| B．Understand yourself much better. |
| C．Know what it means to be a good person. |
| D．Look at the world differently from before. |
| A．A new time. | B．An important time. | C．A long time. | D．An interesting time. |
| A．Learning a new language. |
| B．Better understanding today’s things. |
| C．Having an unforgettable experience. |
| D．Being more popular after studying abroad. |
| A．Apply for a good college. |
| B．Learn a new skill abroad. |
| C．Spend some time travelling abroad. |
| D．Study abroad through an AFS program. |
◆Keep a cool head. Worry won’t help you. Think about what you should do. The first several seconds are important.
◆If you are indoors, stay inside and duck and cover. Hide under a desk or table, or stand in a corner. Cover your head and neck with your arms. Stay away from windows and anything that could fall on you.
◆If you are in a crowded(拥挤的) hall or shop, don’t rush for the door. You will find too many people trying to get out at the same time. Instead, lower(降低) yourself close to the ground and cover your head and neck with your hands and arms.
◆If you are outdoors, try to get into an open area away from buildings, trees or street lights.
◆If you are trapped in a place, you may make noises by knocking at the rocks. But don’t shout all the time. You could be without help for up to 72 hours. Try to find some water and food.
◆Stay in your seat if in a cinema or a theatre. Get below the level(水平线) of the back of the seat. Cover your head and neck with your arms.
◆Stay in a safe area until you are sure it’s OK to leave. Some aftershocks(余震) may follow. They are as dangerous as the earthquake.
1. The best title(题目) of the passage is ____________.
| A．Advice for dangerous situations |
| B．How to keep calm in earthquakes |
| C．Ways to protect yourself in earthquakes |
| D．Be careful with aftershocks |
| A．a water bird with short legs | B．some kind of meat for eating |
| C．walk like a duck | D．lower your head or body very quickly |
| A．Your head and arms | B．Your head and neck |
| C．Your neck and arms | D．Your arms |
| A．keeping calm is very important during the earthquake |
| B．we can hide under the tree during the earthquake |
| C．we don’t have to care about aftershocks |
| D．we should keep shouting for help if we are trapped |
【推荐3】Do you have the experience of taking music lessons against your wishes? Perhaps you have complained about it because you thought it took you much playtime. But now you'd better thank your parents for their time and money spent on your musical training. A recent study suggests music lessons can make children have better memories than their peers （同龄人）.
The Canadian study showed that after one year of musical training, children did better on a memory test than those who didn't take music lessons.
The researchers made the children aged between 4 and 6 into two groups—one group of children took music lessons outside school, and the other didn't take any musical training. In one year, they took four tests in different times. The results showed brain （大脑） development changes at least every four months.
The children taking music lessons not only did better in musical listening but also made faster progress in other ways, such as reading, writing, Maths and IQ.
People say music is the good medicine for a broken heart. Now it seems music can also help us to improve our memories. We are sure to find more and more in the wonderful world of music.
1. You'd better thank your parents for their time and money spent on your musical training because ______.| A．you get well after you take music lessons |
| B．you will make faster progress in every way |
| C．music can help you to improve your memories |
| D．music lessons have taken up most your free time |
| A．six months | B．a year | C．two years | D．four years |
| A．once a week | B．twice half a year |
| C．four times a year | D．at least every four months |
| A．happy | B．worried | C．lazy | D．confident |
| A．How to become cleverer. |
| B．Music does us much good. |
| C．What to find in wonderful music. |
| D．Everyone should receive music training. |
【推荐1】Asking for directions is the first thing we do when we arrive in a new place, or even when we are just trying to find a strange place. Knowing how to ask for them can make our life much easier.
Use greetings and polite expressions. Starting a conversation with a greeting is necessary. If you want to get a nice answer, begin by saying “Hello” first. And some words like “may”, “can” and “could” will help you express yourself better.
Build your vocabulary. You should know the basic words that can be used when asking for directions. Learn the most commonly used prepositions(介词) and adverbs(副词). Remember some important prepositions like “between” and “next to”. And the adverbs like “near” and “around”. They are very useful when you need to find somewhere fast. It’s also useful for you to remember some famous places. Then try to use the right words when asking for a direction. Try to remember places like High Park, and words like bank, block.
Get to know the transportation system. Sometimes, it can happen that you are still far from the place you look for and you have to use the public transport. Which kind of public transportation should you choose? You might ask like this, “Is it far? Do I need to take the bus or the subway there?” You also need to remember different kinds of transportation like the underground or the taxi when explaining your need.
Try to know some important landmarks. Don’t be afraid of using symbols. Every city in the world has its own symbols. You can decrease search time if you know what the most important symbols are in the city. For example, in London, England, you may find that there are many symbols here. It is also important to know where your house or hotel is on a map. Find it and mark it!
Don’t be too shy to ask. Learn to relax if you get lost somewhere. Every person may do that now and then, especially when visiting a new city. But always make sure you can ask others for help.
1. What’s the first thing to do when we arrive in a new place?| A．Building our words. |
| B．Asking for directions. |
| C．Knowing the transportation system. |
| D．Using greetings and polite expressions. |
| A．Three. | B．Four. | C．Five. | D．Six. |
| A．增加 | B．浪费 | C．减少 | D．珍惜 |
| A．Every city has its own symbols. |
| B．It’s not useful to remember where you live. |
| C．You should learn to be relaxed if you get lost. |
| D．It’s necessary to start a conversation with a greeting. |
| A．How to visit a new city |
| B．How to ask for directions |
| C．How to make polite expressions |
| D．How to remember some famous places |
Exercise
Students often sit at their desks, so it’s important for them to exercise, too. Try to get some exercise once or twice a day.
Eat Good Foods
Pizza and ice cream taste good, but it’s important to eat balanced（平衡的）meals three times a day.
Have Good Habits
| A．You can walk or go to school by bike. |
| B．Healthy habits are important. |
| C．Here are three things you can do to be healthy. |
| D．Students have busy lives. |
| E．Students want to live well. |
| F．Be sure to eat enough fruit and vegetables. |
【推荐3】Teeth play an important part in our life. Good teeth help you eat things like apples, bananas and so on. They also help you talk. Brushing your teeth at least twice a day. And you also should go to the dentist(牙医) often. You can take care of your teeth by brushing and flossing(用牙线清理) them. But before that, let’s buy a good toothbrush. Your toothbrush should have soft bristles (软毛). Brushes with hard bristles can hurt your gums (牙龈). Also brushes with a small head can get to every place in your mouth. Therefore, we can make our teeth cleaner.
Learn how to floss your teeth. Dental floss(牙线) reaches food between your teeth. Your toothbrush can’t get there. Put it between each tooth once a day. It may feel a little strange at first, but you will be good at it! And it is really good for your teeth.
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1. The underlined word “hard” in the passage means “________” in Chinese.
| A．硬的 | B．细的 | C．难的 |
| A．a big head | B．hard bristles | C．soft bristles |
| A．twice | B．once | C．three times |
| A．We should brush teeth every day. |
| B．We have only one way to clean our teeth. |
| C．Flossing teeth is not a good way. |
| A．TWO TOOTHBRUSHES | B．HOW TO CLEAN TEETH | C．WHAT IS FLOSSING |
【推荐1】In 1987, a small company named Huawei was started in Shenzhen. After more than 30 years of development, the company has now beaten Apple and become the world’s second largest maker of smartphones. It has also become the world’s supplier (供应者) of SG. In China and even in the world, Huawei is a wonder. Although it started producing mobile phones not many years ago, it has become one of the most famous phone companies.
But recently, Huawei faces some difficulties. The US government made a law to stop its sales in America. American officials said Huawei gave information that it collected to the Chinese government. At the same time, the US government planned to stop selling parts and services to Huawei. They believed that Huawei’s business would be hurt this way.
“We have never received such a request from the Chinese government and we have never tried to get into other systems to collect information,” Ren Zhengfei, Huawei’s president said. “The law would have little effect on our company. Huawei has enough ability to deal with the problems,” Ren added.
In an interview several years ago, Ren Zhengfei said, “I started Huawei with only £4000 at the beginning, but now it has become a 100 billion company. The experience was not as romantic as you imagine.”
Facing the law of the US, Huawei is growing. Huawei’s smartphone sales around the world rose 50 percent compared with a year earlier in the first three months of 2019. At the same time, sales from both Samsung and Apple fell. So far Huawei has grown into the world’s largest telecommunication equipment supplier (供应商), selling in 170 countries. It may beat Samsung as the largest smartphone maker in the near future.
1. How many kinds of smartphones are mentioned in total in this passage?| A．One. | B．Two. | C．Three. |
| A．Huawei collected the information for the Chinese government. |
| B．Ren Zhengfei started Huawei with only £4000 in 1987. |
| C．Huawei has beaten Samsung, a South-Korea phone maker so far. |
| A．浪漫的 | B．现实的 | C．成功的 |
| A．Huawei has become one of the most famous phone companies. |
| B．Huawei has become the largest maker of smartphones in the world. |
| C．Huawei is full of hope and must succeed in the future. |
【推荐2】If you are joining in chat room conversations, or writing e-mails with net pals（网友）, you are one of the millions who write in a special, short form of English.
Throughout the world, every night children and their elders are “talking” online—many of them are talking at the same time.
It’s fast: trying talking to six people once. It’s easy: three or four words per exchange. It takes cleverness and quick fingers.
And it requires very simple language. There’s neither time nor space for explanations. Why waste valuable time telling six friends you have to leave for a moment to take care of your little brother when BRB（=be right back）will do?
Want to enter a conversation? Just type PMFJI（=pardon me for jumping in）.
Interested in whom you’re talking to? Type A/S/L, the common request（要求）to know your pal’s age, sex（性别）and location（地点）. You may get 15/M/NY as a reply from your pal.
If something makes you laugh, say you’re OTF（=on the floor）, or LOL（=laughing out loud）, or join the two into ROTFL（=rolling on the floor laughing）.
And when it’s time to get back to work or go to bed, you type GTG（=got to go）or TTYL（=talk to you later）.
People want to write as fast as possible, and they want to get their ideas across as quickly as they can. Capital （大写字母）letters are left in the dust, except when expressing feelings, as it takes more time to hold down the “shift” key and use capitals. Punctuation（标点）is going too.
1. The sentence “There’s neither time nor space for explanations” means ________.| A．people should use words properly |
| B．people should communicate in a funny way |
| C．people online can express themselves in a simple way |
| D．people should know what time it is when they are talking |
| A．you are talking to 17 girls who are from New York |
| B．you are talking to a girl who is 17 and lives in New York |
| C．the people you are talking to is a 17-foot tall New York girl |
| D．the people on the other end is 17 from New York and he is fine |
| A．People only use the mouse instead of the keyboard. |
| B．Many people draw pictures instead of typing letters. |
| C．People never use the “shift” key as it takes more time. |
| D．People seldom use capital letters or punctuation marks. |
A 76-year-old grandmother, dressed in hanfu, impressed (给……留下印象) hundreds of thousands of netizens (网民) with her beauty and love for life.
The first short video was filmed by her grandson Liu Haochen in early October, and received 1.76 million likes and over 60,000 comments (评论) on Tik Tok within a month. Now known as vlogger “Grandma of Chenchen” with 200,000 fans, she has tried on many different costurnes. Liu, also a lover of hanfu, said he wanted to share happy memories with his grandma and to record her life at old age. And he found she was quite suitable for the clothing.
The grandma said she agreed Liu to shoot a video for her. “I didn’t really know what it was about at the time. I thought it would be good to spend some time with Chenchen,” she said, as Liu had been busy working far from home.
In October, she took part in a catwalk show (时装秀) in Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, with performers much younger than her. The show began at 1 a.m. and it was raining, but she said she quite enjoyed it. “When I was on the stage, the audience (观众) kept shouting my name. I was very cheerful,” she said.
Most of her videos are filmed outdoors, with some at scenic spots (景点) in different cities, often with other young hanfu lovers. For her, it’s more like traveling than filming. Along with videos about hanfu, she also shares her daily life — shopping, drinking milk tea and playing with cats. She said life has become more interesting compared with before, and she is as energetic as any young person.
1. Why did Liu start taking videos for his grandmother?| A．Because his grandma likes making videos. |
| B．Because he wants to record her life at old age. |
| C．Because his grandma invited him to shoot a video. |
| D．Because he wants to be a vlogger. |
| A．she wants to show Chinese traditional culture online. |
| B．she is a lover of hanfu. |
| C．she wants to try something new. |
| D．it would be good to spend time with her grandson. |
| A．Grandma’s videos about her daily life. |
| B．Grandma’s experience in a catwalk show. |
| C．Grandma’s love for hanfu. |
| D．Grandma’s feelings about wearing hanfu. |
| A．No matter how old we are, we can be brave to show ourselves. |
| B．Just be yourself even though lots of people laugh at you. |
| C．We should be respectful (尊敬的) to old people. |
| D．There must be some difficulties on the way to success. |
| A．Fashion. | B．Music. | C．Sports. | D．Science. |
