【推荐1】Excellent Smartphone Apps

Space

Space helps you set goals to be more mindful of your screen usage. When you install（安装）Space, you’ll complete a few questions about your smartphone habits and then select a user type that is the best match. The app then sets screen unlock and time-use goals. The app will send notices as screen time increases and reward you with different badges（徽章）when you meet your goals.

AntiSocial

AntiSocial is one of the best-known screen-reduction apps available on Android. While it provides many of the standard functions like screen time limits and app blocking, it has an advantages. AntiSocial compares your screen usage data（数据）to other people in your age, so you’ll an idea if you’re using your phone more than they do.

Off the Grid

For those who truly have a problem staying off that phone, Off the Grid may be for you. Off the Grid completely blocks your phone for a length of time you determine. If you want to use your phone after you’re turned on Off the Grid, it’s going to cost you. The app will charge you $1 each time you end your off-time early.

1. How does Space help its users?

A．By sending reminding messages.

B．By offering keys to their questions.

C．By setting proper life goals for them.

D．By rewarding them with more phone time.

2. What is special about Off the Grid.

A．It blocks other apps.

B．It can turn on by itself.

C．It may charge some money.

D．It limits your time on phone.

3. What do the three apps have in common?

A．They reduce screen time.

B．They have a rewarding system.

C．They are teenagers’ favorite apps.

D．They compare data from different people.

【推荐2】Volunteer with ICS and make a difference in 2019

Raleigh International are looking for young people to volunteer overseas with ICS,development program which is fully funded by the UK Government, ICS aims to bring about three things:project impact, volunteer personal development and the creation of active citizens.

.Aged 18-25   Apply as a volunteer. Placements last 10 weeks.

.Aged 23-35 Apply as a learn leader. Placements last from 14 weeks to 8 months.

Your impact

.With Raleigh ICS, you will focus on improving people's access to water and health care, or supporting women and young people to set up small businesses in order to improve community development.

.You will contribute to sustainable development and make a real difference to the lives of people living in poverty.

What's in it for you?

.It won't cost you a penny.

Your flights, visas, vaccines, training,food, medical insurance and accommodation are all covered.

.You'll have a completely unique experience.

Living with a host family for 10-12 weeks, experiencing a new culture and working with local volunteers, you'll be part of the community.

.You'll be more employable afterwards.

.You'll gain teamwork, leadership and communication skills, which will make you stand out and set you up well for whichever career you choose.

Interested? Apply online today.

Requlrements

.You'll need a positive attitude, commitment, and drive to make a difference.

.You must be a UK or EU/EEA citizen and have lived in the UK for at least 12 months.

.You'll be asked to raise a minimum of £800 to demonstrate your commitment to the program.

1. What are you supposed to do in the program?

A．Provide medical insurance for the poor.

B．Support young people to find water resource.

C．Start small businesses to help your host family.

D．Help to raise the living standard of poor people.

2. What can you get from the program?

A．A special experience.	B．A positive attitude.
C．A prize of £800.	D．A leader position.

3. What type of writing is this text?

A．An investigation.	B．A report.
C．A journal.	D．An advertisement.

【推荐1】The Basics of Math—Made Clear

Basic Math introduces students to the basic concepts of mathematics, as well as the fundamentals of more tricky areas. These 30 fantastic lectures are designed to provide students with an understanding of arithmetic and to prepare them for Algebra (代数) and beyond.

The lessons in Basic Math cover every basic aspect of arithmetic. They also look into exponents (指数), the order of operations, and square roots. In addition to learning how to perform various mathematical operations, students discover why these operations work, how a particular mathematical topic relates to other branches of mathematics, and how these operations can be used practically.

Basic Math starts from the relatively easier concepts and gradually moves on to the more troublesome ones, so as to allow for steady and sure understanding of the material by students. The lectures offer students the chance to “make sense” of mathematical knowledge that may have seemed so frightening. They also help students prepare for college mathematics and overcome their anxiety about this amazing—and completely understandable—field of study.

By the conclusion of the course, students will have improved their understanding of basic math. They will be able to clear away the mystery (神秘性) of mathematics and face their studies with more confidence than they ever imagined. In addition, they will strengthen their ability to accept new and exciting mathematical challenges.

Professor H. Siegel, honored by Kentucky Educational Television as “the best math teacher in America,” is a devoted teacher and has a gift for explaining mathematical concepts in ways that make them seem clear and obvious. From the basic concrete ideas to the more abstract problems; he is master in making math lectures learner-friendlier and less scary.

With a PhD in Mathematics Education from Georgia State University, Dr. Siegel teaches mathematics at Central Arizona College. His courses include various make-up classes and a number of lectures for future primary school teachers.

If the course fails to provide complete satisfaction to you, you can easily exchange it for any other course that we offer. Or you can get your money back.

1. What does the course Basic Math mainly cover?

A．Algebra.	B．College Mathematics.
C．Arithmetic.	D．Mathematics Education.

2. What benefits can students expect from Basic Math?

A．Stronger imaginative ability.	B．Additional presentation skills.
C．More mathematical confidence.	D．Greater chances of becoming teachers.

3. The underlined word in the paragraph 3 may mean______.

A．relevantly

B．comparatively

C．gradually

D．steadily

4. What can we learn about Professor H.Siegel?

A．He is a guest lecturer at Kentucky Educational Television.

B．He is to deliver 30 lectures in Basic Math.

C．He works in Georgia State University.

D．He specializes in training teachers.

5. Where is the passage most likely to have been taken from?

A．A news report.	B．A book review.
C．A lesson plan.	D．An advertisement.

【推荐3】Online Courses

The Path to Contentment

What you’ll learn:

·Ancient Chinese philosophy and how to apply it to live a better life

·Tools needed for self-awareness and sensing the world around you

·The philosophical theories of Confucius, Mozi, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, and Han Feizi

Length: 13 weeks

Effort: 1-2 hours per week

Price: Free; add a certificate for CNY678

Institution: Harvard University

Language: English

Start Talking with 1. 4 Billion People

What you’ll learn:

·Mandarin (普通话) vocabulary used in daily life

·Highly practical expressions in given Mandarin contexts

·Listening skills for communicating with Chinese native speakers

·Some basic and frequently used Chinese characters

Length: 6 weeks

Effort: 2-3 hours per week

Price: Free; add a certificate for CNY336

Institution: Tsinghua University

Language: English

Mandarin Chinese for Business

What you’ll learn:

·Mandarin phrases and expressions for business negotiation

·Chinese business culture and etiquette (礼仪)

·Proper Chinese languages for finding business partners, contract signing, and maintaining business relationships

Length: 6weeks

Effort: 4-10 hours per week

Price: Free; add a certificate for CNY1, 020

Institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Language: English

Hong Kong Cinema Through a Global Lens

What you’ll learn:

·Critical and historical thinking skills through analyzing the interconnected relationship between the global scene and local lives in Hong Kong films

·The impact of globalization on your own society through analyzing Hong Kong cinema

Length: 5 weeks

Effort: 4-6 hours per week

Price: Free; add a certificate for CNY342

Institution: The University of Hong Kong

Language: English

1. Which course should you take if you are interested in Chinese philosophy?

A．The Path to Contentment.

B．Mandarin Chinese for Business.

C．Start Talking with 1.4 Billion People.

D．Hong Kong Cinema Through a Global Lens.

2. What do the two courses of the same length have in common?

A．Both are given by Tsinghua University.	B．Both are open to Chinese beginners.
C．Both are designed for businessmen.	D．Both are about language learning.

3. Which school provides the course Mandarin Chinese for Business?

A．Harvard University.	B．Tsinghua University.
C．Massachusetts Institute of Technology.	D．The University of Hong Kong.

4. How much does it cost to get a certificate for the course on films?

A．CNY336.

B．CNY342.

C．CNY678.

D．CNY1, 020.

5. What language are the four courses taught in?

A．Chinese.

B．French.

C．English.

D．Japanese.

【推荐1】Do you want to be able to get around in a new country for a week or two? Do you need to be able to talk with new friends or family members in their native languages? Or are you required to master a language enough to work full time in a foreign country? Well, MUAMA Enence is able to deliver all those things and a lot more!

MUAMA Enence is an instant translator created by two famous Japanese inventors. It can easily translate real-time speech and transform you into an able-communicator instantly using only a few finger-taps.

Comfortable & Easy to Use

With its lightweight design and small size, MUAMA Enence is easy to carry around in any pocket or bag and is right there when needed. Hence the name “handheld voice translator” that you will want to use every day!

Fair and Reasonable Price

MUAMA Enence is inexpensive. An experienced professional translator or interpreter can be costly, and you need to pay more than once. MUAMA Enence requires just a one-off payment for a huge selection of languages.

Perfect Sound Quality & Multi-Language Support

It is comfortable to use in crowded places as the sound is loud enough to be heard clearly. Its built-in advanced technology can support a 2-way language translation and so it supports over 40 languages. Moreover, a text translation is also available.

1. What do you know about MUAMA Enence?

A．It’s a human translator.	B．It’s useful for overseas travelers.
C．It’s a language learning machine.	D．It’s too costly for regular customers.

2. What makes MUAMA Enence get its name “handheld” voice translator?

A．Perfect sound quality.	B．Translating real-time speech.
C．Supporting over 40 languages.	D．Lightweight and small size.

3. What type of writing is the text?

A．An advertisement.	B．A user guide.
C．A research paper.	D．A news report.

【推荐3】King’s College Summer School

King’s College Summer School is an annual (一年一度的) training program for high school students at all levels who want to improve their English. Courses are given by the teachers of King’s College and other colleges in New York. Trips to museums and culture centers are also organized. This year’s summer school will be from July 25 to August 15.

More information is as follows:

Application date Students in New York should send their applications before July 18, 2022. Students of other cities should send their applications before July 16, 2022. Foreign students should send their applications before July 10, 2022.	Courses English Language Spoken English: 22 hours Reading and Writing: 10 hours American History: 16 hours American Culture: 16 hours
Steps A letter of self-introduction A letter of recommendation The letters should be written in English with all the necessary information.	Cost Daily lessons: $ 200 Sports and activities: $ 100 Travels: $ 200 Hotel service: $ 400 You may choose to live with your friends or relatives in the same city.
Please write to: Thompson, Sanders 1026 King’s Street New York, NY 10016, USA E-mail: KC-Summer-School@yahoo. com

1. How many hours will a student take if he or she chooses Spoken English and American Culture?

A．38.

B．32.

C．22.

D．16.

2. Which of the following information is True about King’s College Summer School?

A．Foreign students should send their applications before July 18, 2022.

B．Sports and activities will be free of charge.

C．Courses are given by King’s College Summer School only.

D．Trips to museums and culture centers are offered by King’s College Summer School.

3. How much will you cost if you are to live with your friends in New York?

A．$ 900

B．$ 500.

C．$ 400.

D．$ 200.

【推荐1】Primary schools could be told to remove some traditional subject-based lessons and replace them with “personal development” classes to encourage children to improve their social and practical skill. Parents, teachers and pupils, who took part in the investigation carried out for the biggest ever official review of the primary curriculum, argued that the number of subjects taught to very young people should be reduced.

     The review, being conducted by the government’s school’s director Sir Jim Rose, will consider how to redesign the primary school day to handle concerns that too many pupils leave primary school unable to read, write and do maths at the level expected of them. It will also address criticisms that pupils are expected to study so many subjects there is little time for creative learning.
     The 60 focus groups brought together 1,500 parents, pupils and school staff and is expected to heavily influence the thinking of the Rose review, which the government is promising to back. Instead of a broad range of subjects, pupils should study in-depth literacy and maths lessons alongside a more creative curriculum that encourages pupils to develop personal, learning and thinking skills, they say. Such lessons might include “healthy lifestyles, sex and relationships education, drugs and alcohol education”.
     “Child and personal development as priorities have been shamefully neglected in recent years in the rush to hit targets in the basics.” John Bangs, head of education at the National Union of Teachers, said, “The worst thing would be to evaluate child development through the current high stakes testing system. That would weaken the capacity of teachers to meet children’s unique needs.”
     However, the shadow schools minister, Nick Gibb, said, “If lessons on lifestyle are given the same status as traditional subjects, it is the most disadvantaged children who will be worst affected.” “Children are not able to personally develop and succeed in the future if they don’t have a grasp of basic subjects such as maths and English early on in primary school. Removing high requirement from the primary curriculum would increase the inequality gap between less well-off pupils and the rest.” Nick added. A spokeswoman for the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) said, “This is a summary of stake holder’s view, not the views of the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority or the DCSF, and has been submitted to Sir Jim Rose’s review as evidence to consider.”
1. According to the focus groups, the result of learning too many subjects is most likely to be that _______.

A．children may not have any freedom

B．children may not have enough time to pursue personal interest

C．children may not know anything outside the classroom

D．children may not have creative ability

2. Which of the following is False about the review conducted by Sir Jim Rose?

A．It will greatly influence the country’s future primary curriculum.

B．To complete it will take more time and efforts.

C．It is supported by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority or the DCSF.

D．It needs to take fully into account varied views from the society.

3. John Bangs’s attitude towards the current high stakes testing system is __________.

A．negative

B．positive

C．uncertain

D．cautious

4. According to Nick Gibb, grasp of basic subjects early on in primary school is important for _______.

A．the primary curriculum reform	B．children’s development in the future
C．learning more basic knowledge	D．increasing the children’s confidence

【推荐2】About the time that schools and others quite reasonably became interested in seeing to it that all children, whatever their background, were fairly treated, intelligence testing became unpopular.

Some thought it was unfair to minority children. Through the past few decades such testing has gone out of fashion and many communities have indeed forbidden it.

However, paradoxically(自相矛盾的), just recently a group of black parents filed a lawsuit (诉讼) in California claiming that the state’s ban on IQ testing discriminates(歧视) against their children by denying them the opportunity to take the test. (They believe, correctly, that IQ tests are a valid method of evaluating (评估) children for special education classes.) The judge, therefore, reversed, at least partially his original decision.

And so the argument goes on and on. Does it benefit or harm children from minority groups to have their intelligence tested? We have always been on the side of permitting, even promoting such testing. If a child of any color or group is doing poorly in school it seems to us very important to know whether it is because he or she is of low intelligence, or whether some other factor is the cause.

What school and family can do to improve poor performance is influenced by its cause. It is not discriminative to evaluate either a child’s physical condition or his intellectual level.

Unfortunately, intellectual level seems to be a sensitive subject, and what the law allows us to do varies from time to time. The same fluctuation (起伏) back and forth occurs in areas other than intelligence. Thirty years or so ago, for instance, white families were encouraged to adopt black children. It was considered discriminative not to do so.

And then the style changed and this cross-racial adopting became generally unpopular, and social agencies felt that black children should go to black families only. It is hard to say what are the best procedures. But surely good will on the part of all of us is needed.

As to intelligence, in our opinion, the more we know about any child’s intellectual level, the better for the child in question.

1. Why did the intelligence test become unpopular in the past few decades?

A．Its validity was challenged by many communities.

B．It was considered discriminative against minority children.

C．It met with strong opposition from the majority of black parents.

D．It robbed the black children of their rights to a good education.

2. The author believes that intelligence testing       .

A．may ease racial discrimination in the United States

B．can encourage black children to keep up with white children

C．may seriously worsen racial discrimination in the United States

D．can help black parents make decisions about their children’s education

3. The author’s opinion of child adoption seems to be that       .

A．no definite rules can be prescribed

B．white families should adopt black children

C．adoption should be based on IQ test results

D．cross-racial adoption is to be advocated

4. Child adoption is mentioned in the passage to show that ______.

A．good will may sometimes complicate racial problems

B．social surroundings are vital to the healthy growth of children

C．intelligence testing also applies to non-academic areas

D．American opinion can shift when it comes to sensitive issues

【推荐3】Venice International Film Festival

The Venice International Film Festival takes place every year in late August or early September at the historic Palazzo del Cinema, in Venice, Italy; its main award is the Golden Lion.

Cannes International Film Festival

The Cannes International Film Festival is a famous film festival. It has been held annually in Cannes, in the south of France, since 1946 with a few exceptions. Given massive media exposure, the festival is attended by many film stars and is a popular venue for film producers to launch their new films and attempt to sell their works to the distributors who come from all over the globe.

The most famous award given out at Cannes is the Golden Palm for the best film; this is sometimes shared by multiple films in one year.

Academy Awards

The Academy Awards are the most prominent film award in the United States. The awards are granted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Academy Awards are nicknamed “Oscars”, which is also the nickname of the statuette (小雕像). The name is said to have been born when Margaret Herrick saw the statuette on a table and said,“It looks just like my uncle Oscar!”

Berlin International Film Festival

It is one of the “A” festivals in Europe. The Berlin International Film Festival, also called the "Berlinale", is held annually in February and started in 195I after an initiative of the American, who was stationed in part of the city after World War Ⅱ. The jury (评审团) always place special emphasis on representing films from all over the world. The awards are called Golden and Silver Bears (as the Bear is the symbol of Berlin).

1. Which award can be shared by multiple films in one year？

A．The Golden Lion.	B． The Academy Awards.
C．The Golden Palm.	D． The Golden and Silver Bears.

2. Which of the following statements about “Oscars” is NOT true?

A．It’s the nickname of the Academy Awards.

B．It’s also the nickname of the statuette.

C．It got its name because Margaret said the statuette looked like her uncle.

D．It’s an award in France.

3. Which award is the most prominent film award in the United States?

A．The Golden Lion.	B．The Academy Awards.
C．The Golden Palm.	D．The Golden and Silver Bears.

4. Why are the awards for Berlin International Film Festival called “Golden and Silver Bears”?

A．It looks like a bear.	B．The bear is the symbol of Berlin.
C．It is made up of bear fur.	D．The bear is rare in Berlin.