【推荐1】Big Messaging Apps Abroad

While WeChat is China’s biggest mobile messaging app, there are many similar apps in other countries that offer similar features.

WhatsApp (US)

Users: more than 300 million

Platforms: Android, iOS, Windows Phone, BlackBerry

Features: Text chat, push-to-talk, file sharing, location sharing

With more than 300 million active users, WhatsApp is one of WeChat’s biggest competitors.

Developed by two ex-Yahoo employees in 2009, WhatsApp originally focused on text chat, but on Aug. 6 it also started push - to - talk service. It’s noted for its accessibility, ease of use and the absence of advertisements. The service is free for the first year, after which $ 0.99 (6. 06 yuan) is charged for a one –year subscription.

Kakao Talk (South Korea)

Users: more than 100 million

Platform: Android, iOS, windows Phone, BlackBerry and Bada (an operate system developed by Samsung)

Features: Text chat, group chat, push–to–talk, group calls, file sharing

With more than 100 million users in more than 230 countries, Kakao Talk is a multi - platform (多平台) texting application that allows users to send and receive messages for tree. With Kakao Talk, users can message each other one-on-one or in group chats with unlimited numbers of friends. You can also choose from more than 250 animated emoticons and share them with friends.

Line (Japan)

Users: more than 200 million

Platforms: Android, iOS, Windows Phone, BlackBerry and PC

Features: Text chat, group chat, push–to–talk, file sharing, location sharing, gaming, stickers

Line tops the list of the most downloaded free apps in 52 countries. Apart from text and voice messaging, Line provides its users with more than 250 original stickers and emotions to buy from its own shop. In the first quarter of 2013 alone, it made $ 17 million just from stickers. The popular app also allows friends to battle each other in the Line games.

1. The first paragraph of the passage is used to_____________________.

A．introduce the most unpopular mobile messaging apps in China

B．talk about new features in the latest mobile messaging apps

C．draw readers’ attention to various popular mobile messaging apps

D．explain how mobile messaging apps have become so popular

2. Compared with the other two apps, which of the following features makes Line stand out?

A．Push-to-talk.

B．Stickers .

C．File sharing.

D．Text and group chat.

3. One of the popular features of WhatsApp is that users_____________________.

A．can send and receive messages for free

B．can enjoy live video chats within groups

C．regularly set free stickers and emoticons

D．don’t need to worry about unwanted ads

【推荐2】Reasons Every Teen Should Go To Summer Camp

＃1 Improve Interpersonal Skills & Form Close Friendships

In a world where anyone can look up a fact and where machines are replacing even complex workplace tasks, employers need employees who can interact effectively with other people. This is one of the most important skills teens learn at camp. In the non-competitive camp culture, teens build up their “emotional intelligence” (EQ), their face-to-face communication and relationship skills.

＃2 Experience Character Development and Develop Life Skills

Teens develop other important life skills at camp, including independence, responsibility, and decision-making. Teens grow considerably in environment away from their parents where they are forced to live on their own and find their own resources.

＃3 Meet Positive Role Models

Walk into any well-run summer camp and you’ll be surrounded by wholesome, outdoorsy young people. Camp offers teens the opportunity to be among young adults who are positive role models and to form close relationships with them. Most camp counselors are hard-working college students who want to serve others. Aren’t they just the kind of young adults you want your teen to become?

＃4 Discover Their Best Self

Camp experiences offer teens the chance to step back from the tiring task of academic and competitive sports and instead think about what’s important to them. Many campers become less self-absorbed after spending a few weeks at camp, learning to train their focus on others. They discover new hobbies and avenues to pursue in education and their future careers.

1. What can teens acquire in the camp to meet their future career?

A．Computer competence.	B．Communication skills.
C．Adventurous spirit.	D．Academic quality.

2. Which of the following best describes camp counselors?

A．Committed.	B．Ambitious.
C．Humorous.	D．Demanding.

3. What change can camp experiences bring to many campers?

A．Preferring non-competitive culture.

B．Becoming positive role models.

C．Focusing more on academics competition.

D．Finding more suitable future career choices.

【推荐3】Guide to Stockholm University Library

Our library offers different types of studying places and provides a good studying environment.

Zones

The library is divided into different zones. The upper floor is a quiet zone with over a thousand places for silent reading, and places where you can sit and work with your own computer. The reading places consist mostly of tables and chairs. The ground floor is the zone where you can talk. Here you can find sofas and armchairs for group work.

Computers

You can use your own computer to connect to the Wi-Fi specially prepared for notebook computers, you can also use library computers, which contain the most commonly used applications, such as Microsoft Office. They are situated in the area known as the Experimental Field on the ground floor.

Group-study places

If you want to discuss freely without disturbing others, you can book a study room or sit at a table on the ground floor. Some study rooms are for 2-3 people and others can hold up to 6-8 people. All rooms are marked on the library maps.

There are 40 group-study rooms that must be booked via the website. To book, you need an active University account and a valid University card. You can use a room three hours per day, nine hours at most per week.

Storage of Study Material

The library has lockers for students to store course literature, When you have obtained at least 40 credits(学分),you may rent a locker and pay 400 SEK for a year’s rental period.

Rules to be Followed

Mobile phone conversations are not permitted anywhere in the library. Keep your phone on silent as if you were in a lecture and exit the library if you need to receive calls.

Please note that food and fruit are forbidden in the library, but you are allowed to have drinks and sweets with you.

1. The library’s upper floor is mainly for students to          .

A．read in a quiet place	B．have group discussions
C．take comfortable seats	D．get their computers fixed

2. A student can rent a locker in the library if he ___________.

A．can afford the rental fee	B．attends certain courses
C．has nowhere to put his books	D．has earned the required credits

3. What should NOT be brought into the library?

A．Mobile phones	B．Sandwiches
C．Candy	D．Orange juice

【推荐3】In a lot of other states in America, warm sunny days mean lazy afternoons are spent on the beach. In Oregon, people pack hiking shoes with their bathing suits. Here are 3 incredible hikes for you.

Cascade Head Preserve

Distance: 6.8 miles

Difficulty: Moderate

Nearest Town: Lincoln City

Managed by the international nonprofit The Nature Conservancy, the Cascade Head Preserve is an excellent hike that typically marks the division between the north and central Oregon coast. There are upper and lower trailheads (小道的起点), with about 3.4 miles of trails between the two.

Cape Lookout

Distance: 5 miles

Difficulty: Easy

Nearest Town: Tillamook

Of all the capes on the Oregon coast, Cape Lookout might be the most famous, projecting 1.5 miles into the ocean. Visitors can tackle the five-mile, round-trip hike to the tip of the cape where they can enjoy several incredible views over the Pacific Ocean. Separate trails lead down to South Beach and the Campground.

Clatsop Loop Hike

Distance: 3 miles

Difficulty: Easy

Nearest Town: Cannon Beach

There are several trails that traverse (横越) Tillamook Head at Ecola State Park, but the Clatsop Loop Hike is known for its breathtaking Cliffside views and quiet forested paths. Take the seaside trail from Indian Beach to the Hikers Camp, then take the forested path back.

1. Which is the dividing line between the north and central Oregon coast?

A．Tillamook.	B．Cascade Head Preserve.
C．Cape Lookout.	D．Cannon Beach.

2. What can you do while standing on the tip of the cape?

A．Go camping in the wild.	B．Go hiking through the forests.
C．Kill time on the beach.	D．Enjoy views over the ocean.

3. What is the Clatsop Loop Hike famous for?

A．The vast forest.	B．The easy hikes.
C．The amazing views.	D．The quiet seaside.

【推荐1】As US firm launched (发行) a “smart lock” that can let you into your home using a mobile phone and you don't even need to take the phone out of your pocket to open the door. The August lock costs $249 and can even be set to automatically let in friends or workmen.

August was created by technology entrepreneur (企业家)Jason Johnson and industrial designer Yves Behar, and the product will finally go on sale in Apple Stores this week. It is made of "durable anodized aluminum" and can be started and managed using a mobile app and online, It is connected to the existing door lock and is battery operated.

To open the lock, anyone with a code can approach the door, enable their phones blueboth and press the relevant (相关的))address from the app. The lock takes a few seconds to scan and confirm the visitors' identity. Once the identity is confirmed, the circle of red dots on the front of the device turns green and the August lock twists (转动)to open the door.

The makers claim that it takes just 10 minutes to install. To allow keyless access to friends, family and other visitors, the homeowner must send them an invitation. This can be done using existing contacts from the homeowner's phone's address book, but other persons must have the     August app to receive the unique code of the lock from the homeowner.

When someone enters the house, the homeowner is sent a push notice. Another notice is sent when the person leaves. This means homeowners can keep track of how long cleaners or builders spend in the house and every visitor's details and visiting information is stored on a Log.

1. Who are not allowed to enter the house with the August lock?

A．Relatives

B．Friends

C．Workmen.

D．Strangers

2. How do visitors get the code to open the door from the homeowner?

A．By receiving a call	B．By the August app
C．By the address book.	D．By asking the entrepreneur.

3. How many notices will the homeowner receive during someone's entire visit?

A．Two

B．One

C．Three

D．Four

4. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?

A．How to Invite a Friend

B．August-the Best Lock

C．August--a Smart Lock

D．How to Unlock a House

【推荐2】TECFIDERA

What is TECFIDERA?
● TECFIDERA is a prescription (处方) medicine used to treat people with multiple sclerosis, a serious illness that gradually destroys your nerves, making you weak and unable to walk.
● It is not known if TECFIDERA is safe and effective in children under 18 years of age.

Before taking and while you take TECFIDERA, tell your doctor if you have or have had low white blood cell counts or any other medical conditions.

Tell your doctor if you are:
● pregnant or plan to become pregnant. It is not known if TECFIDERA will harm your unborn baby.

If you become pregnant while taking TECFIDERA, talk to your doctor about joining in the TECFIDERA Pregnancy Registry. You can join in this registry by calling 1-800-456-2255. The purpose of this registry is to monitor the health of you and your baby.

● breastfeeding (母乳喂养) or plan to breastfeed. It is not known if TECFIDERA passes into your breast milk. You and your doctor should decide if you will take TECFIDERA or breastfeed.
How should I take TECFIDERA?
● Take TECFIDERA exactly as your doctor tells you to take it.
● The recommended starting dose (剂量) is one 120 mg capsule taken by mouth 2 times a day for 7 days.
● The recommended dose after 7 days is one 240 mg capsule taken by mouth 2 times a day.
● TECFIDERA can be taken with or without food.
● Swallow TECFIDERA whole. Do not press, chew, or put capsule contents in food.
● Protect TECFIDERA from light. You can do this by storing the capsules in their original container.

Throw away opened TECFIDERA after 90 days.

What are the possible side effects of TECFIDERA?

TECFIDERA may cause serious side effects including decreases in your white blood cell count, sickness, redness, stomach pain and so on.

Redness and stomach problems are the most common reactions, especially at the start of the treatment, but they should decrease over time. Call your doctor if you have any of these symptoms and they bother you or do not go away. These are not all the possible side effects of TECFIDERA. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) at 1-800-FDA-1088.

1. Before taking TECFIDERA, your do NOT have to tell your doctor if you are ______.

A．under 18 years old	B．breastfeeding
C．expecting a baby	D．above 90 years old

2. Which of the following is the correct way of taking TECFIDERA?

A．Increasing the dose by 2 times every 7 days.

B．Never dividing the capsule by any means while taking it.

C．Taking it exactly as the instructions show.

D．Never taking it on an empty stomach.

3. If you suffer from TECFIDERA, you may ______.

A．contact FDA	B．report your doctor for prescribing the wrong medicine
C．have a high white blood cell count	D．have some eye problems

【推荐3】It is quite apparent that competition surrounds every aspect of human life whether in the United States or the Amazon rainforest. Without it we would not have grown into primates (灵长类动物) . Or we would probably still be struggling to sharpen a bronze tool while crawling around on four legs in search of meat. Without competition, Columbus wouldn’t have discovered America and Edison would never have invented the light bulb.

Friendship, like all relationships between two people, involves competition. It isn’t competition in a traditional sense because there are no goals to be scored and no prize. Perhaps the ecological definition --- the simultaneous (同时) demand by two or more organisms for limited environmental resources, such as nutrients, living space, or light --- better explains it.

As in nature, high school life is governed by a set of laws, similar to a shortened version of Darwin’s theory of evolution, overpopulation, and competition. There is an abundance of high school students and to distinguish them, ranking and categorizing (分类) take place. In high school, friendships learn to coexist with competition even though at times the relationship is rough. In fact, in some circumstance, competition is too much of a burden for a friendship to bear, causing it to fall apart. College admission is the final high school objective. Four years of hard work is to achieve good grades, and a student’s fate is determined not only by these achievements, but by the records of thousands of other seniors trying to achieve a similar recognition.

Nevertheless, by necessity, competition between students exists in all aspects of high school life. It sets and improves the standards in everything from sports to schoolwork. A healthy, friendly competition can have only benefits, but when it becomes too fierce, jealousy (妒忌) can tear friendships apart. Yet, despite all this, without competition, we would be lost.

1. What does the ecological definition mainly explain?

A．How to win the competition.	B．What competition exactly is.
C．What the result of competition is.	D．How friends compete with each other.

2. According to the writer, what causes the high school students to compete?

A．They know the laws of nature well.	B．Friendship is a burden for them.
C．The number of them is too large.	D．They are divided into different groups.

3. Which best describes the relationship of friendship and competition?

A．Friendship is always based on competition.

B．Competition is a result of lost friendship.

C．Competition is terribly harmful to friendships.

D．The degree of competition is vital to friendship.

【推荐1】A new study suggests Earth could have lost up to 60 percent of its atmosphere in the collision of space objects that created the moon. Most scientists believe this event happened about 4 billion years ago when Earth was still developing. They think a massive object, possibly the size of the planet Mars, hit the Earth, sending vaporized particles （颗粒）into space. Gravity is believed to have brought these particles together to form the moon.

The study presents evidence that this collision might have caused Earth to lose between 10 to 60 percent of the atmosphere it had. A report on the study appeared in the publication Astrophysical Journal Letters. The researchers‘ impact assumption is one of three leading theories of how the moon was formed. The others suggest the moon was either created at the same time as Earth, or that it was captured by Earth's gravitational field as it traveled through space.

The researchers decided to explore how massive collisions of objects affected rocky planets with thin atmospheres. To do this, they carried out more than 300 “supercomputer simulations （模拟）The experiment considered the positions at which the objects hit the planet, the speed of the impacts, as well as the size and mass of the colliding objects. Earlier research suggested that impact collisions during the latter stages of the formation of a planet can affect its atmosphere. The computer models in this study expanded on this idea. They showed that a collision like the one that may have formed the moon likely took a large part of Earth's atmosphere.

1. What do most scientists believe?

A．Earth has lost its atmosphere in the collision.

B．The moon was created in the collision of space objects.

C．The planet Mars hit Earth about 4 billion years ago.

D．The collision of space objects caused the atmosphere to increase.

2. What can we infer from Paragraph 2?

A．The collision of Earth and the moon affected gravity.

B．The atmosphere on Earth is the cause of the collision.

C．Scientists hold different points on how the moon was formed.

D．An agreement on the formation of the moon has been reached.

3. What does the passage talk about?

A．The process of the moon's being formed.

B．The heated debate among different scientists.

C．The supercomputer experiment of planets’ collision.

D．The collision of space objects affected Earth's atmosphere.

4. What is the purpose of the passage?

A．To inform.

B．To persuade.

C．To debate.

D．To warn.

【推荐2】New research linked outdoor air pollution to an increased risk of diabetes (糖尿病) globally, according to a study from Washington University in St. Louis and the Veterans Affairs (VA) St. Louis Health Care System. The findings raised the possibility that reducing pollution might lead to a drop in diabetes cases.

“Our research shows a significant link between air pollution and diabetes globally,” said Ziyad Al-Aly, a professor at Washington University. “We found an increased risk, even at low levels of air pollution currently considered safe by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the World Health Organization (WHO). This is important because many industry groups argue that current levels are too strict. Evidence shows that current levels are still not sufficiently safe and need tightening.” The findings were published on June 29 in The Lancet Planetary Health.

To evaluate outdoor air pollution, the researchers looked at small pieces of dust, smoke and liquid droplets. In diabetes, pollution was thought to reduce insulin (胰岛素) production and prevent the body from changing blood glucose (葡萄糖) into energy that the body needed to maintain health.

The researchers also found that poverty-stricken countries faced a higher diabetes-pollution risk including Afghanistan, Papua New Guinea and Guyana, while richer countries such as France, Finland and Iceland experienced a lower risk. The US experienced a middle risk of pollution-related diabetes.

In the US, the EPA’s pollution limit was 12 micrograms per cubic meter of air, the highest level of air pollution considered safe for the public, as was set by the Clean Air Act of 1990 and was updated in 2012. However, using mathematical models, Al-Aly’s team set an increased diabetes risk at 2.4 micrograms per cubic meter of air. Based on VA data, among a sample of citizens exposed to pollution at a level of between 5 to 10 micrograms per cubic meter of air, about 21 percent developed diabetes.

“The team in St. Louis is doing important research to firm up links between pollution and health conditions such as diabetes,” said commission member Philip J. Landrigan, MD, a pediatrician and epidemiologist at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York. “I believe their research will have a significant global effect.”

1. What can we know from the first two paragraphs?

A．Diabetes had little to do with outdoor air pollution.

B．Reducing pollution might lead to a lot of diabetes cases.

C．Air pollution contributed significantly to diabetes globally.

D．Low-level air pollution was always considered safe by WHO.

2. How did the researchers assess the air pollution?

A．By reducing insulin production.

B．By analyzing small matter in the air.

C．By connecting diabetes and pollution.

D．By checking blood glucose in the body.

3. Why does the author list some figures in paragraph 5?

A．To present a result.	B．To support his idea.
C．To make a comparison.	D．To draw a conclusion.

【推荐3】Moringa Farm Internship Program

DATE： 5 May〜30 November 2019

LOCATION: Jaipur India

EVENT TYPE： Twining

EVENT INDUSTRY/TOPIC: Clean Energy, Climate & Environment, Food & Agriculture and Quality/Process Managem

Moringa (辣木), a kind of miracle tree, has come a long way today to become a symbol of the fight against growing nutrition deficiency (营养不足) across the globe. It is also a crop suited to the climatic conditions of the region, which is unusually rich in its nutrition content literally from top to bottom.

Supporting learning：

The Moringa Farm Internship Program is sort of like a live, interactive slideshow of agriculture making of Moringa from “Soil to Super food” that touches all the participant’s senses.

The Program’s Objectives：

The Moringa Farm Internship Program is devoted to enriching the knowledge and lives of young people by providing them with a unique educational experience on an organic Moringa Farm in rural Jaipur, India. Program participants can learn about conservation, maintenance (维护), care, and management of Moringa Farming by means of hands-on work experience with local Moringa Farm staff.

Participants will be able to interact with Moringa specialists and educators, on all issues that may affect their operations. Experts will let you know management strategies and equipment operation up close on hand to answer your specific questions.

The Moringa Farm Internship will provide an excellent opportunity to learn about sustainable tools, techniques, and approaches that can be used in Moringa Production and value-added production systems, righting (突出) pest and disease management, leaf/seed production, and tools and equipment for commercial production.

If you’re trying to learn about Moringa, there’s nothing like going to a farm and getting your hands dirty. So click here to register now!

1. Why is Moringa specifically described in the text?

A．To stress the importance of the crop.

B．To encourage people to plant Moringa.

C．To show the significance of the program.

D．To draw attention to nutrition deficiency.

2. What can we know about the Moringa Farm Internship Program?

A．It is intended for farmers.	B．It lasts more than half a year.
C．It provides vocational training.	D．It is available on the Internet.

3. How do the program’s participants learn about Moringa?

A．By attending various courses about it.

B．By involving themselves in farming it.

C．By observing specialists and educators.

D．By watching slideshows about the crop.