1 . Do you find any new fun on your phone? Here are some apps to help you in life.
Calm Can’t you stay calm because of stress? Then Calm comes to help. Calm is an app that can help you relax and get better sleep. It is top mental (心理的) health experts’ favorite. According to the app’s developers, it aims to “make the world happier and healthier”. You can also check your progress and set reminders to make sure you take time for your mental health. |
TickTick How do you deal with important tasks? Making to-do lists can help you finish tasks on time. Wouldn’t it be great if your to-do lists could remind you when your tasks are due? With TickTick, you can organize all of your tasks, set reminders and see when your tasks are due on your calendar. You can also set reminders to help you do things on time and share your tasks with friends. |
Kindle Do you love reading but worry about the space all of your books take up? It will be wonderful to have all of your books with you wherever you go. The Kindle app brings all of your favorite books straight to your phone or computer. There are over a million free e-books to download. It also reminds you to continue reading if you don’t read for a period of time. |
Notability In the middle of taking notes as usual, then a picture comes out. How can you copy that down in your notes? Don’t worry! Notability can help. Notability is a useful app that can help you take better notes. With it, it’s easy to add things like pictures, videos and even audio (音频) recordings to your notes. You can choose to write your notes by hand and make checklists. You can also share your notes with others! The function is very useful when you need to do group projects. |
A.When you are ill. | B.When you are tired. | C.When you are afraid. | D.When you are worried. |
A.An old man who doesn’t get enough sleep. |
B.A businessman who has to deal with lots of tasks. |
C.A teenager who likes reading everywhere he goes. |
D.A college student who takes notes including pictures and videos. |
A.Sharing notes. | B.Making checklists. |
C.Getting better grades. | D.Adding pictures to notes. |
A.You can set reminders with them. | B.They can help to reduce stress. |
C.You can download them for free. | D.They don’t take up much space on the phone. |
A.A guidebook. | B.A health report. | C.A dictionary. | D.A science magazine. |
2 . Do you know when you surf the web, some websites put secret software (软件) on your computer? The software collects a lot of information about you and sends it to Internet companies.
First, companies collect your information and record all your online habits. They find out where you live, what websites you surf and what you do online.
Another way that your personal information can be collected is through social media.
根据材料内容,从下面五个选项中选出能填入文中空缺处的最佳选项,使短文意思通顺、内容完整。
A.However, it’s not all bad news. |
B.Your information can be used in many ways. |
C.Your personal information could also be sold. |
D.With this information, they can guess other things about you. |
E.When your information is on social media, a lot of people can see it. |
Social media has a big impact (影响) on a lot of people’s everyday lives. Many of us are caught up in daily online activity. Some might
People send each other messages and some might even have forgotten what
Anyway,
1. What’s the relationship between the two speakers?
A.Teacher and student. | B.Brother and sister. | C.Father and daughter. |
A.Find our position. | B.Send satellites. | C.Protect environment. |
5 . Nowadays there seems to be an app (手机软件) for everything. And mobile apps have been a part of our life. The following apps are part of the most popular apps.
Ctrip can be the best helper when you feel it hard to buy the train or airline tickets. You can buy tickets anywhere at anytime. | |
Ximalaya Reading has millions of books including poems, short stories, novels and even fairy tales for children. What’s special about it is that you can use it to download (下载) book recording that can be listened to. It has more than 1 million valuable resources. | |
Baby Bus is a very good friend for children under three years old. Kids can learn to speak, understand numbers and draw pictures with the help of this app. | |
World Hero may help learn more English words while you’re playing games, so if you have problems remembering the new words when you learn English, use it! | |
World of Tanks Blitz (坦克世界), a free-to-play online games with over 40 million downloads, bring quick-fire tank fights. “A lot of tanks, a lot of people and a lot of fun.” It will be the best choice to kill your time. |
1. Ctrip is a useful app for ______.
A.playing games | B.learning English | C.booking tickets | D.drawing pictures |
A.Poems. | B.Novels. | C.News. | D.Fairy tales. |
A.Ctrip. | B.World Hero. | C.Baby Bus. | D.World of Tanks Blitz. |
A.We can buy tickets from Ctrip only in the daytime. |
B.We have to pay some money for World of Tanks Blitz. |
C.We can’t use Ximalaya Reading to download book recording. |
D.Peter, a 2-year-old boy, can learn to draw pictures with the help of Baby Bus. |
A.A novel. | B.A storybook. | C.A guidebook. | D.A science magazine. |
it, that, but, from, care, weak, complete, call, like, build |
Strange things happen when you drive into Green Bank, West Virginia. Radio stations become far
Going to Green Bank is
There is a reason for the silence in Green Bank.You’ll see it as you drive into the area. It’s a radio telescope
The radio telescope is one of the largest moving things on Earth. Scientists use
With the help of apps (应用程序) , we can use our mobile phones to do many things. Here are parts of the most popular apps.
Ctrip can help you when you feel it is hard to buy the train or plane tickets. You can buy tickets at any time if you have a mobile phone or a computer. | |
Ximalaya Reading has millions of books such as poems, short stories, novels and even fairy tales (神话故事) for children to listen. | |
For children under three years old, Baby Bus is a very good friend. Kids can learn to speak, understand numbers and draw pictures with the help of this app. | |
With the app, you can find cheap foods, wonderful KTVs, ice - cream rooms, clothes shops for girls and even shopping centers. | |
Shanbay Word | Many middle school students are using Shanbay Word to learn English. It can help them with English words in many ways, such as pictures, English songs and movies, games and listening. |
1. Ctrip is a useful app for ________.
A.ordering meals | B.booking tickets |
C.drawing pictures | D.learning English |
A. | B. | C. | D. |
A.speaking | B.walking | C.running | D.swimming |
A.Ctrip | B.Baby Bus | C.Shanbay Word | D.Meituan |
A.Fairy tales. | B.Plane tickets. |
C.English songs. | D.Wonderful KTVs. |
8 . When you’re talking to friends online, you might often use an emoji(表情符号) or a meme(表情包).
Why do people like using them so much? I think there are a few reasons. With emojis and memes, we are able to show our feelings
Emojis and memes also help us show a thought or feelings
Emojis are quick and simple, and almost every phone or messaging app has them. Memes, on the other hand, have to
When you want to go somewhere, you can easily find your way by using a map app on your smart phone. Your smart phone “knows” where you are and can tell you where to go.
This is possible with the help of satellite navigation (satnav) systems (SNS). A sutnav system uses groups of satellites to find out where people are. It sends information to a receiver, such as a smart phone. The more satellites a system has, the more accurate it will be.
On June 23, 2020, the last satellite of China’s Beidou Navigation Satellite System was sent into space. Beidou, China’s own satnav system, was finally completed. It is one of the four global navigation systems, along with US’GPS, Russia’s GLONASS and the European Union’s Galileo.
On July 31, Beidou started providing full-scale global services. More than 120 countries and areas are now using Beidou services.
Since 2000, China has sent up 59 Beidou satellites! Beidon can be used in areas that include farming, public services and business. It has a positioning accuracy of under 10 metres. This summer, people along the Yangtze River used Beidou-based device to monitor floodwaters in real-time with an accuracy of just a few centimeters.
Beidou also has a special messaging ability. It allows people to send text messages up to 1,200 Chinese characters in length when mobile phone services are broken.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
1. Which of the following may know where you are?
A.A telephone. | B.A map app. | C.A computer. | D.A TV set. |
A.On July 23. | B.On June 31. | C.On June 23. | D.On July 31. |
A.检测 | B.监控 | C.驾驭 | D.偷听 |
A.Weather. | B.Public services. | C.Positioning. | D.Sending messages. |
A. | B. | C. | D. |
Have you ever dreamed about sending a letter to yourself or your friends in the future? While express mail (快递) is a fast way to send your letters, there is another type of mail appearing in China as a new business—future mail.
“The letter should be sent next Mother’s Day and not a day earlier!” Lin Xiaofan, a college student in Shanghai, tells one of the companies offering the service.
Lin Xiaofan wrote the letter to her mother nearly a year earlier to express her love to her mother for next Mother’s Day.
“Offering this service makes people slow down and lets them understand the meaning of ‘time’ in another way,” said Zheng Zhimin, manager at a “future mail” company. Zheng thinks “future mail” letters help remind us of care, friendship and love.
While “future mail” is becoming more and more popular, some people are wondering what will happen if the postal address changes or if the company goes broken before the letters arrive.
Zheng said customers are glad to sign a contract (签订合同) to make sure that they can be compensated if their letters are lost or damaged.
Most of the customers are college students and young white-collar (白领) workers. Psychologists (心理学家) said that young Chinese might have a new way to express their feelings through this service. Most people put their hopes and wishes in the letter so that they can experience the connection (联系) between the past and the present when they receive the letter.
1. “Future mail” is a/an ______ way to send your letter.A.fast | B.old |
C.new | D.cheap |
A.赔偿 | B.完成 |
C.送达 | D.抛弃 |
A.junior students | B.college students |
C.young children | D.blue-collar workers |
A.sign a contract |
B.express our love and care |
C.forget friendship |
D.understand the meaning of “time” in a wrong way |
A.save money from sending express mail |
B.send a birthday gift to your friend quickly |
C.talk with your friends about your life freely |
D.send a your best wishes to yourself on January 1, 2020 |