1 . Can you live without technology for a week? Teenager Jackson writes about his experience in his diaries.
Day 1
Most mornings, I check my phone for messages, read quickly through WeChat and have a look at QQ. Not this morning! And surprisingly, I was ready for school much earlier than usual. On the way to school, I began to count the number of people on their phones—my dad, some young kids, my friends. I was green with envy to them, so I was missing mine. This was going to be a long week.
Day 2
I set my alarm (闹钟) for later than usual, but I was still out of the house before my brother. When I got to school, my friends told me about some news that had been posted the night before. I really enjoyed hearing all about it. This conversation was unexpected. We don’t usually talk to each other first thing in the morning because we usually send each other messages the night before.
Day 3
I woke up feeling good until I remembered that I had sports practice that afternoon and I didn’t have a lift (搭便车). Usually, I can make it quickly by posting a message. I spent an hour organizing transport. It was stressful but I learned that I needed to plan if I wanted to live without my phone.
Day 4
I felt more prepared today. My friends and I had planned to meet at Jason’s house after school to work on a project and I managed to get a lift there. We started well by talking about the project. However, fifteen minutes later, we were all siting in silence. Everyone was checking their phone.
Day 5
On Friday evening, I was at home. I’d just watched my favourite series and I wanted to talk about it. I could imagine the messages my friends would post about the show. I wanted my phone back but I knew I would hate myself if I gave up.
1. What does “mine” in Paragraph 1 refer to (指的是)?| A．My phone. | B．My series. | C．My parents. | D．My friends. |
① Not using phones makes life easier.
② Setting the alarm early is important.
③ Living without a phone needs planning.
④ Phones help face-to-face communication.
⑤Don’t give up challenges too quickly.
| A．③-⑤ | B．②-④ | C．②-③ | D．①-③ |
| A．Enjoying time with friends at school. |
| B．Improving our lives with technology. |
| C．The challenges of living without a phone. |
| D．The importance of planning daily activities. |
2 . Recently, the question “Why are young people staying away from their relatives?” has caused heated discussions online. In fact, young people don’t want to separate from their relatives, but they pay more attention to online socializing (社交). The Paper reported that about 60 percent of young people have no more than two close friends. And they think it is difficult to make new friends in real life.
A social app made surveys among 1,000 young people of different ages. The surveys were mainly about online socializing. The charts below show the results.
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Online socializing is liked by many young people because it provides them with more space to do things they enjoy. For those who are uncomfortable with real-life socializing, making friends online allows them to get away from “terrible” social situations. Through different kinds of apps, young people can also easily find someone with similar interests. Online socializing is free from the restrictions (限制) of time and location, so people have become more socially active online.
根据短文和表格内容，选择最佳答案。
1. The surveys are mainly about ________.| A．learning language | B．online socializing |
| C．computer games | D．traditional festivals |
| A．58% | B．42% | C．62% | D．30% |
| A．search for information | B．share daily life |
| C．express feelings | D．make friends with similar interests |
| A．is useless for the old people |
| B．is paid less attention than relatives |
| C．encourages young people to get away from real life |
| D．provides young people with more space to do things they enjoy |
| A．some people try to stay away from their relatives |
| B．young people think it easy to make friends in real life |
| C．most surveyed people share daily life through online socializing |
| D．young people can easily find someone with similar interests online |
It is time for Mrs. Brown’ s class. Mrs. Brown asks her students a question: Do smartphones bring us closer together or drive (迫使) us further apart? The students show great interest in the discussion.
David:
I think smartphones drive us further apart. When you sit in a busy restaurant, watch the guests waiting for their meals.
Alice:
In my opinion, smartphones bring us closer together. When my family moved to Qingdao last year, I had to leave my friends in Nanjing. But smartphones help us keep in touch ( 保持联系).
James:
It depends. Smartphones can bring us closer to people living far.
| A．We also need eye contact (眼神交流) and face-to-face talks. |
| B．Let’s listen to what they are saying. |
| C．We need to travel far to meet a friend. |
| D．You will see almost everyone looking at the screen of their smartphone. |
| E．We can communicate with each other fast and easily through smartphones. |
| F．However, they make us further apart from those around us. |
You’re just about to head out for the day, but you notice you forgot to charge (充电) your phone.
Take your phone out of the case.
If you notice that your phone gets hot when you charge it, scientists suggest taking it out of its case before charging.
Clean out your lightning port (端口).
The problem may not be with the power of your battery itself—learning how to clean your phone’s charging port could be very important to how to make your phone charge faster. Over time, dust can accumulate (堆积) in your lightning port and block it.
Get your phone out of the sun.
Plug it into a wall socket.
The USB port of your computer may be convenient when you’re working, but a socket will charge your phone faster. This is because USB ports usually only charge at 0.5 amps.
| A．Heat causes harm to your battery. |
| B．Now your battery power is running out! |
| C．Therefore, it’s going to take twice the time. |
| D．Some of the cases are made with protective materials. |
| E．Charging your phone when it’s inside cases may produce more heat. |
| F．We recommend turning off your phone and using a toothpick to gently clean it. |
5 .
JASON 10:35 a.m., August 3, 2022 I read a piece of news just now. It says primary and middle school students won’t be allowed to bring mobile phones to school. Do you agree with the new rule? |
ALAN 2:26 p.m., August 3, 2022 Yes, of course. Some students in my class spend too much time on their phones. Some even play games on them during the class. I believe that controlling the use of mobile phones at school is a good way to make students pay attention to their studies. |
ALVIN 9:08 a.m., September 15, 2022 The rule should have come earlier. The misuse (滥用) of mobile phones can bring health problems. I think parents should play an important role in teaching students to use mobile phones properly. They should also make rules about when and how long their children can use phones. |
MARIA 7:22 p.m., September 30, 2022 How can I get in touch with my sons if they don’t take phones with them? |
KATHY 4:57 p.m., October 10, 2022 Don’t worry! Students who require their phones for some reasons can take them after getting their parents’ and teachers’ approval (批准). But they must hand their phones over before the class. |
1. When did Jason know about the new rule?
| A．On August 3, 2022. | B．On September 15, 2022. |
| C．On September 30, 2022. | D．On October 10, 2022. |
| A．Students’ future. | B．Students’ health. | C．Students’ safety. | D．Students’ studies. |
| A．The new rule is helpful to students. |
| B．Rules should be made for parents too. |
| C．More rules about the use of mobile phones are needed. |
| D．Using mobile phones too much is bad for health. |
| A．A diary. | B．A storybook. | C．A website. | D．A guidebook. |
Newspapers and television news programs always seem to report about the bad things happening in the society. However, there is a place where readers can find some good news. That place is a website called HappyNews.
HappyNews was created by Byron Reese, who was the founder and CEO of PageWise. Reese once said about HappyNews, “Since the news media is giving people an unbalanced (偏颇的) view of the world, it’s our duty to make a difference. Traditional media often focuses on negative (消极的) stories, but our personal experience is usually different from that. Generally, most people are good and try to help each other. Most people are honest.”
Not everyone agrees with Reese’s view, though. Many people think that news sources have a responsibility to provide news that is helpful to people. People need to know about issues or problems in today’s society. Then people are better able to make decisions about the things that influence their daily lives. According to this, Reese said, “HappyNews is not trying to stop people from learning about issues or problems. Instead, it is just trying to provide a balanced picture of today’s world.”
By the end of its first month online, HappyNews had more than 70,000 readers. About 60 percent of them were women. Something else unique makes HappyNews different from any of the other news or information websites that are on the Internet. Unlike many other websites, HappyNews gets fan mails from its readers on a daily basis. A reader said in one of them, “From HappyNews, I’ve realized that the world is not as bad of a place as I have been trained to believe.”
In the world of HappyNews, there is no bad or ugly, only good.
1. According to Reese, how is HappyNews different from other news sources?| A．It gives a balanced view of the world. | B．It focuses on negative news stories. |
| C．It tells Reese’s personal experience. | D．It provides people with helpful news. |
| A．HappyNews doesn’t seem like traditional media |
| B．HappyNews doesn’t report international news |
| C．HappyNews doesn’t tell important issues or problems |
| D．HappyNews doesn’t attract men readers |
| A．special | B．interesting | C．strange | D．awful |
| A．It had about seven thousand readers. | B．Most of its readers were women. |
| C．Its readers sent in bad letters every day. | D．Reese used it to create other websites. |
| A．Plastic pollution in the ocean | B．Luke Smith wins competition |
| C．3 injured in serious car crash | D．The great Garden Bank robbery |
| A．How to Be Happy | B．Why Women Like HappyNews |
| C．Newspapers vs. Online News | D．Not the Normal News |
Dave is my best friend. He usually lives in London, but now he is in California.
Dave sends me messages (发信息) every day. This is one of the messages: “Hello. Rick. I’m having a break (休息) between classes.
Dave lives faraway now. I miss him a lot. We can’t meet often, but it’s OK because we often send messages.
Here is also good news.
| A．My classmates are doing different things. |
| B．I like hearing about Dave’s life at school. |
| C．And on weekends we can talk on the phone. |
| D．My parents say I can go and visit Dave in the summer. |
| E．His parents are working in California, so he is there, too. |
8 .
Smartphone Use in Teenagers’ Life | |
| There are about 6.8 billion smartphone users worldwide nowadays. And about 88% of teenagers aged between 13 and 17 use smartphones in their daily life. According to the latest report, they spend about 2 hours on smartphones every day. |
How do Teenagers Allocate (分配) Time on the Smartphone?
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What do Teenagers Think of the Smartphone? ◆Jenny: My mom and I love shopping on it. It saves time and money. ◆Lueas: When I feel nervous, I like to listen to music on it. It’s a good way to relax. ◆Mary: It makes our life convenient, but we should never spend too much time on it. ◆John: It is really useful and helpful and it helps me a lot when I have trouble in study. | |
1. According to the passage, teenagers spend about one third of their time ______ on smartphones.
| A．taking photos | B．playing games |
| C．sending text messages | D．watching and sharing videos |
| A．is a great learning tool for him | B．provides a good way to relax |
| C．makes it much easier to shop online | D．should not be used too much |
| A．School life. | B．World trade. |
| C．Health and environment. | D．Society and modern life. |
9 . Kids are on their phones more than ever. A study of 19 European countries found 80% of children aged 9 to 16 go online daily, or almost daily. And the average length of time children and young people spend on their devices has been increasing in recent years. The trends have become more noticeable because of lockdowns: 79% of UK parents reported their children’s screen time was up post-pandemic.
Parents of children to teenagers around the world told the Guardian about their children’s relationship with screens. While many were pleased with their children’s smartphone use, most said they were unhappy with the time they spent online and the effect they believed it was having on their moods and health.
Steve, a parent of two teenage boys, 13 and 15, in the Netherlands, is among them. While he was worried about his sons’ phone using time, the 54-year-old wondered how to solve it. “One can’t refuse the kids to have a smartphone, not only because technology has become a basic part of modern life, but because it’s become part of how they communicate with their peers,” said Steve.
Parents told us about a number of tools they relied on. While some parents adopt a laissez-faire (放任) attitude, and others the “prevention is the best medicine” method, most found themselves somewhere in the middle, setting rules like “no screens at night”. While some chose to take away devices, others tried more peaceful methods.
1. How does the writer introduce the topic?| A．By telling stories. | B．By answering questions. |
| C．By showing research results. | D．By presenting people’s opinions. |
| A．Smartphone use. | B．Technology. | C．The effect. | D．Online time. |
| A．Parents should strictly help children manage phone using time. |
| B．Children should rely on their phones all the time in modern time. |
| C．Ways to control children’s screen time should be considered carefully. |
| D．Using smartphones too much has bad effects on peer’s communication. |
| A．Locking children’s smartphones. | B．Encouraging other interests. |
| C．Forbidding screen time. | D．Switching off Wi-Fi at night. |
| A．The reasons why kids spend more time on their phones. |
| B．The negative effects of overusing phones among children. |
| C．Family conflicts arise because of technology development. |
| D．Parents’ different attitudes towards children’s phone using. |
Several weeks ago, my family took a road trip to visit my parents in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Before that, my kids were asking where it is and how long it would take to get there.
The experience made me realize that it is necessary to teach kids to read paper maps. Nowadays, online maps and GPS are easy to get.
| A．I wanted to know more about them. |
| B．I then took out an old map from a box. |
| C．But paper maps still have a role to play in our lives. |
| D．Also, paper maps are good for emergencies (突发事件). |
| E．Paper maps can help kids have a better understanding of distance (距离) and road signs. |
