1 . Today, an increasing (增加) 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 when 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 facts 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 fact 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 (工具) for modern 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. What is a heads-down tribe?

A．Heads-down tribe member is good at using the Internet.	B．It is a dangerous driver.
C．It is always looking at his or her mobile phone.	D．It’s a person who is driving a car.

2. The underlined word “motorcyclists” in the passage means ________ in Chinese.

A．摩托车手

B．手机使用者

C．低头族

D．上班族

3. Which statement is NOT TRUE according to Paragraph 3 ?

A．The man didn’t lift his eyes from the phone until he knocked into a big lost bear.

B．Some people look at their own mobile phones when eating face to face in the restaurant.

C．People never talk to the ones face to face during the meal in a restaurant.

D．Some people even communicate with others on the phone while eating together.

4. What’s the best title for the passage?

A．Drive your car carefully	B．Use mobile phones properly
C．Be a heads-down tribe member	D．Don’t use mobile phones.

3 . 根据下面短文内容，在短文的空格处填上一个适当的词，使短文完整、通顺。

Can you imagine life without smartphones and Wi-Fi? Most of us probably think it is     1    . However, in Green Bank, a small town in the U.S.A., people are living such a life.

Green Bank is home to a large radio telescope (射电望远镜). It is used to study the universe. Radio waves (无线电波) from the ground will     2     the work of the telescope. For this reason, residents (居民) there are not     3     to have smartphones, Wi-Fi, microwave ovens (微波炉), etc. They can only use a pay phone (公用付费电话) or a landline (固定电话)     4     they need to make phone calls.

Today, Green Bank has about 180 residents. Many of     5     actually don’t find life inconvenient. A boy said he liked going to his his friends’ houses to talk to them or share delicious food     6     them. Even if people are not at home, they can     7     find each other somewhere in this small town.

Another resident said she was happy to talk to people face-to-face. This gives her the     8     to shake their hands or give them a hug. She really enjoys living without smartphones and Wi-Fi.

4 . News Review

APEC Blue   People in Beijing got the saying after the APEC meeting in Beijing. It refers to(指) the clear blue sky during the meeting. To get such a blue sky, many factories in Beijing and nearby cities stopped work, and the number of cars on the road was cut.

A Warning Ticket A 24-year-old woman in Nanjing was given a warning ticket for eating food on the subway. Eating is not allowed on Nanjing subway. Up to now, 2,698 people have been punished(惩罚) because of their eating, smoking or selling goods on the subway.

A Teacher-free Exam Recently, students at Ningbo Huamao Foreign Language School in Zhejiang took their mid-term exam –a teacher-free exam. After handing out the exam papers, the teachers left the classroom, leaving the students to take the exam without being watched. They only came back to collect the papers at the end.

A Tomato Fight Do you want a tomato shower? Come to the “tomato fight” in Spain! Once every year, people in the town of Bunol throw tomatoes at each other. Don’t worry. It’s not a real fight. People do this only for fun.

1. APEC Blue refers to _____ in Beijing during the APEC meeting.

A．the factories	B．the clear blue sky
C．the people	D．the cars on the road

2. A 24-year-old woman in Nanjing was given a warning ticket for _____ on the subway.

A．drinking	B．smoking
C．eating food	D．selling goods

3. In a teacher-free exam, students take their exam _____.

A．at the end of the term	B．outside the classroom
C．without giving answers	D．without being watched

4. In the town of Bunol, Spain, people throw tomatoes at each other _____.

A．to have fun	B．to enjoy dinner
C．to take a shower	D．to start a fight