Not very long ago, the question would have seemed absurd. Now it is on the lips of respected scientists; MPs（议员）are beginning to talk of “a war on sugar”, and even England’s chief medical officer has said sugar may have to be, like the old enemy tobacco, taxed in order to protect the nation’s health.
There came a time in the evolution of public attitudes to smoking, when the doctors had been shouting for long enough that the public was broadly aware of the risks and the only question left for Government was: What should we do about it?
Some believe we are now at the same point in our attitudes to sugar. Others—largely but not only representatives of the food and drink industry—say the entire debate has been skewed（歪曲）by those who spread stories deliberately to make people nervous.
More or less everyone agrees that eating too much sugar is bad for you. There is also no doubt obesity is a growing problem which is putting a significant, avoidable burden on the NHS by increasing the rates of diabetes, heart disease and other long-term conditions.
But to what extent is sugar—rather than saturated fats, or salt, carbohydrates or proteins, or any of the other devils of modern diets—the cause of obesity and how much should we worry about it?
Yesterday, hopes of achieving anything resembling clarity from the World Health Organization（WHO）were confused once again, which, widely expected to reduce the recommended sugar intake by a half in new draft guidance, instead said it would continue to recommend that sugar make up no more than 10 percent of the energy we consume, while adding that cutting this to five percent would have “additional benefits”. The decision will now go out to public consultation.
Simon Capewell, professor of the University of Liverpool, said that he suspected “dirty work” on the part of food and drinks companies might lie behind the WHO’s less than resounding（强有力的）message.
1. What does the author indicate by referring to smoking?| A．People must see the disadvantages of sugar immediately. |
| B．It is not easy for authorities to restrict or ban something. |
| C．Sugar has just turned out to be as harmful as smoking. |
| D．It is easy for people to see bad effects of something. |
| A．it thinks the danger of sugar to health is emphasized too much |
| B．it has been put under pressure by food and drinks companies |
| C．it believes certain amount of intake of sugar does us good |
| D．it finds it safe to take in as much sugar as people do now |
| A．remain objective | B．stand by those against it |
| C．believe it harmless | D．hold the view of “wait-and-see” |
| A．Is Sugar the New Evil? | B．How Much Sugar Do You Take Daily? |
| C．Is Sugar to Be Taxed? | D．How Much Do You Know about Sugar? |
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【推荐1】A recently published paper finds that following a Mediterranean diet for three weeks can help reduce depression and anxiety among young adults.
In the study, participants in the test group were instructed to eat about six more servings of fruits and vegetables per week, compared with the control group. In addition, they were told to get per week three servings of fish besides three recommended servings per day of whole grains. As for milk, the recommendation was three servings per week, unsweetened. Participants were also asked to consume three tablespoons of nuts and seeds per week, as well as two tablespoons of olive oil per day.
“One of the shortcomings of nutrition science is that it often relies on asking people to recall what they ate and how they felt in the past. Given our failing memories, these data can be unreliable,” says Heather Francis, one of the researchers. “But our study included a device, called spectrophotometer, which can detect the degree of yellowness in the skin, which can precisely monitor the intake of carotenoids (类胡萝卜素), which the participants get from their food.”
“We have highly consistent and extensive evidence from around the globe linking Mediterranean diets to reduced depression risk,” says Felice Jacka, a professor at Deakin University in Australia who was not involved in the study. “I think the next step is to show how diets can reduce depression.”
However, it’s almost impossible to unravel how diet changes may help improve mental health according to the strict standard in medical research, where participants do not know that they are part of the group assigned to take the medicine or the placebo (安慰剂).
“In a diet study, there’s no way to ‘blind’ the participants so that they don’t know if they’re getting the ‘medicine’ or ‘placebo’,” says Heather Francis. “And research has shown that if people are told that they’re doing something that may make them less depressed, they will indeed report less depression. That’s known as the placebo effect.”
1. Each day, the young adults following the Mediterranean diet were instructed to eat ________.| A．unsweetened milk and nuts | B．fish and fruits |
| C．vegetables and whole grains | D．olive oil and seeds |
| A．Notice. | B．Prove. | C．Describe. | D．Ask. |
| A．It is impossible to avoid the placebo effect in his study. |
| B．Felice Jacka’s comment about his study is very misleading. |
| C．His testing method is perfect and the conclusion is very reliable. |
| D．The so-called placebo effect is even unavoidable in medical research. |
| A．Entertainment. | B．Lifestyle. | C．Science. | D．Advertisement. |
【推荐2】It’s hard to turn down hamburgers, French fries, potato chips and all of the other junk food that seem to call out to us. However, eating too much junk food can harm your body, particularly if you’re between the ages of 10 and 19.
“Junk food shapes adolescent brains in ways that weaken their ability to think, learn and remember. It can also make it harder to control impulsive behaviors,” said Amy Reichelt, a brain and nutrition specialist at Western University, Canada. “It may even up a teen’s risk of depression and anxiety.”
Reichelt and two other researchers found adolescents are more sensitive than any other age group to processed foods with a lot of fat and sugar. Adolescent brains are still developing the ability to assess risks and control actions. The prefrontal cortex is the part of the brain that tells us we shouldn’t eat chips all the time and helps us resist that urge. But this region is the last to mature - it doesn’t fully develop until we are in our early 20s. Meanwhile, teen brains get more active from rewards for a while. The parts of the brain that make us feel good when we do something pleasurable are fully developed by the teen years.
In fact, these regions are even more sensitive when we are young. That’s because dopamine (多巴胺), a natural chemical that lifts our mood when we experience something good, is especially active in adolescent brains. Therefore, the teen brain has two strikes against it when it comes to resisting junk food. “It has a heightened drive for rewards and reduced self-regulation,” said Reichelt.
So, what’s the best way to say no to junk food? Researchers suggest exercise. When we exercise, the brain’s reward system becomes less sensitive to food. Exercise also cause the body to make a protein that helps brain cells grow and boosts connections between the prefrontal cortex and other brain regions. The prefrontal cortex thus can work better to help us make wise decisions and control our impulses.
1. What is the main idea of the second paragraph?| A．The effects of eating junk food. | B．The causes of favouring junk food. |
| C．The tendency of sharing junk food. | D．The benefits of avoiding junk food. |
| A．It serves as the sense of taste. |
| B．It promotes teenagers’ spirits. |
| C．It is partly in charge of self-control. |
| D．It helps teenagers grow physically mature. |
| A．The prefrontal cortex. | B．The urge. |
| C．The adolescent brain. | D．The body. |
| A．Junk food is delicious and nutritious. |
| B．Junk food is popular among young people. |
| C．Teenagers don’t realize the harm of junk food. |
| D．Teenagers can feel temporary excitement from junk food. |
【推荐3】“Snap, snap”, went Emily’s phone as she took a photo of her avocado toast for breakfast. Then, she posted it on Instagram, a popular social photo-sharing app. Emily is one of the millions of millennials — those born between the years 1981 and 1996 – in the West who are in love with avocados.
So why is the avocado, a green-colored fruit with a rough black outer shell originating from Mexico, loved so much by millennials?
At the start of the last century in the US, avocados weren’t popular. But this changed thanks to good marketing. Firstly, their name was changed from “alligator pear” to the nicer-sounding “avocado”. Then in the 1990s, at the Super Bowl – the US’ famous annual sports event watched by tens of millions on TV – a Mexican sauce made with avocados called guacamole was advertized. After this, avocados’ popularity soared. According to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the value of avocados increased by nearly 70 percent between 1988 and the year 2000 in the US.
But it wasn’t until the 2010s, when millennials started the avocado toast trend that it became a fruit celebrity. Avocados, as a superfood rich in nutrients and “good” fats, are perfect for millennials, who are regarded as a health-conscious generation. As reported by USA Today, millennials are more interested in food than previous generations. For them, eating is not just about feeling full; it’s about a lifestyle. They care more about their well-being and eat healthier and more plant-based foods.
Of these foods, avocado toast is the poster child. On a list of the top 25 millennial food trends, Therecipe.com ranked avocado toast as number one. Millennials are a social-media- savvy generation. They love sharing their lives online through artistic pictures. The vibrant green-colored avocado spread on toast for breakfast became very Instagrammable. The avocado craze hasn’t stopped with eating. Searching online, you’ll find endless results for avocado-themed items. In 2019, Disney even released a line of avocado-themed merchandise.
Trends always come and go. But the millennials’ avocado trend isn’t showing any signs of disappearing anytime soon.
1. Why does the author mention Emily’s story in paragraph 1?| A．To promote a healthy fruit. |
| B．To show millennials’ love for avocados. |
| C．To indicate the popularity of Instagram among millennials. |
| D．To describe a typical lifestyle of millennials. |
| A．Why avocados weren’t popular. | B．Why avocados’ name was changed. |
| C．How the value of avocados was recognized. | D．How avocados became popular. |
| A．They taste good with toast. | B．They contain almost no fat. |
| C．They are nutritious and healthy. | D．They are a fruit celebrity. |
| A．Millennials sharing artistic pictures online. | B．Therecipe.com ranking it as the tastiest food. |
| C．The commercial value of the avocado. | D．The amount of avocado-themed items online. |
【推荐1】The other day, a blind woman in my investigation decided on her own initiative to draw a wheel as it was spinning. To show this motion, she traced a curve inside the circle, I was taken aback. Lines of motion, such as the one she used, are a very recent invention in the history of illustration.
When I asked other blind subjects to draw a spinning wheel, a clever interpretation appeared repeatedly: they showed the wheel’s spokes (辐条) as curved lines. When asked, they described them as metaphorical ways of suggesting motion. Majority rule would argue that this device somehow indicated motion very well. But was it a better indicator than, say, bent lines or any other kind of line, for that matter? The answer was not clear. So I decided to test whether various lines of motion were preferred ways of showing movement or if they were merely marks of personal styles. Moreover, I wanted to discover whether there were differences in how the blind and the sighted interpreted lines of motion.
To find these answers, I created raised line drawings of different wheels, showing spokes with lines that curved, bent, waved and extended beyond the perimeter (边缘) of the wheel. I then asked eighteen blind volunteers to feel the wheels and assign one of the following motions to each wheel: shaky, spinning, jerking or braking. My control group consisted of eighteen sighted undergraduates.
All but one of the blind subjects assigned distinctive motions to each wheel. Most guessed that the curved spokes indicated that the wheel was spinning, the wavy spokes, they thought, suggested that the wheel was shaky; and the bent spokes were taken as a sign that the wheel was jerking. Subjects assumed that the spokes extending beyond the wheel’s perimeter signified that the wheel had its brakes on.
Additionally, the favoured description for the sighted was the favoured description for the blind in every instance. What’s more, the consensus among the sighted was barely higher than that among the blind. Because motion devices are unfamiliar to the blind, the task I gave them involved some problem solving. Evidently, however, the blind not only figured out meanings for each line of motion, but as a group they generally came up with the same meaning as frequently as did sighted subjects.
1. The author was surprised because the blind woman .| A．drew a circle on her own initiative | B．was the first person to use lines of motion |
| C．included a symbol representing movement | D．did not understand what a wheel looked like |
| A．What their personal styles were in drawing marks. |
| B．Whether they would agree with the majority rule. |
| C．How they came up with the curved lines to suggest motion. |
| D．Whether there is a pattern in their interpretation of visual metaphors. |
| A．spinning | B．braking | C．shaky | D．jerking |
| A．got better results than the sighted undergraduates |
| B．worked together well as a group in solving problems |
| C．could control the movement of wheels very accurately |
| D．had good understanding of symbols representing movement |
【推荐2】When travelling to a different country, your safest bet is to limit gestures as much as possible. However, you may find that your gestures happen out of habit. Understanding appropriate gestures of the country you’re visiting may prevent you from communicating the wrong message.
Gestures in Brazil
Much like the Italian culture, a Brazilian snaps his fingers (打响指) and uses exaggerated movements when emphasizing a statement. The sense of warmth and friendliness with each other is shown through the gesture of eye contact when communicating and standing close together in lineups or when talking to each other. Communicating a greeting is more than the gesture of a handshake, but also involves the touch of the forearm.
Gestures in China
You communicate a greeting in China with the gesture of a slight nod and bow. To communicate respect, you keep your head lowered. In China, the gesture of standing close during a conversation prevents having to communicate with a raised voice. A person will communicate her surprise during a conversation with the gesture of breathing in air loudly, rather than a loud outburst.
Gestures in Russia
Gestures considered common to Americans may be considered rude in Russia. The American gesture to communicate “Okay”, with the forefinger and thumb touching and three fingers up, is considered rude in Russia. Looking at your watch is a rude gesture communicating impatience. Russians also feel upset about the gesture of communicating direction or display by pointing.
Gestures in India
Gestures used in India are representative of its traditional culture. In India, the gesture of holding out the hand to communicate giving or receiving must be done with the right hand as a person in India uses her left hand for washing. The gesture of communicating respect at a religious ceremony is done by removing your shoes. The proper way of communicating direction is to use either the whole hand or by using your chin. The proper form of communicating a greeting is to press the palms together with fingers upward and say, “Namaste”.
1. What the passage is mainly about?| A．Some traveling tips for visitors | B．The advantages of using body language. |
| C．Some gestures in different cultures. | D．The comparison between gestures. |
| A．avoid a loud voice | B．show their surprise |
| C．communicate a greeting | D．express their respect |
| A．Brazil | B．Russia | C．India | D．China |
【推荐3】Faced with a decreasing population and workforce, Japan has been increasingly turning to robots for help. Over the years, the robots have been used to perform a large number of human tasks, including building products and providing care and company for the elderly. The latest addition to the Japanese “workforce” may be Model-T. This seven-foot-tall robot is currently undergoing trials restocking sandwiches, drinks, and ready meals on shelves at select locations of local convenience store chains Lawson and FamilyMart.
Model-T, whose face unclearly resembles that of a kangaroo, is certainly not the first restocking robot. However, the warehouse robots currently being used by companies are only able to accomplish single, repetitive tasks, such as stacking boxes. Model-T, on the other hand, has a wide range of movement and can be used to restock objects of various sizes, making it perfect for convenience and grocery stores, which sell a large variety of items.
Named after the classic Ford Motor car, Model-T is not autonomous. Instead, it is operated by human “pilots” wearing a virtual reality (VR) headset and special gloves, which allow them to feel the product the robot is holding in their hands and guide it to the right shelf. Telexistence, the company behind Model-T, says the VR-controlled robots are easier to develop and maintain. They are also ten times cheaper than autonomous robots, which require complex programming.
Model-T’s easy-to-use controls require little training and can be operated from a remote location. Tomohiro Kano, a general manager, believes this capability will enable the chain to employ employees who would typically not work in stores. “There are about 1.6 mllion people in Japan who, for various reasons, show no interest in job hunting,” Kano said.
Though Model-T appears to be breezing through the trials, it is not quite ready to enter the labor force. Besides being a lot slower than human stockers, it is also only capable of lifting packaged items, and cannot grasp loose items such as fruits and vegetables. Telexistence hopes to introduce a faster Model-T within the next two years.
1. Where does Model-T mainly differ from other robots?| A．It is designed to do tasks repetitively. | B．It can perform various actions. |
| C．It is in the shape of a kangaroo. | D．It can work all by itself. |
| A．It needs training to work. | B．It can feel the products. |
| C．It is simply programmed. | D．It wears special gloves to work. |
| A．They are usually lazy at work. |
| B．They find excuses for not working. |
| C．They prefer being employed at stores. |
| D．They lack enthusiasm for finding jobs. |
| A．Model-T’s limitations. | B．Model-T’s bright future. |
| C．Model-T’s practical uses. | D．Model-T’s trail results. |
【推荐1】The discovery that the universe is expanding was one of the great intellectual revolutions of the twentieth century. With hindsight(回过头看)， it is easy to wonder why no one had thought of it before. Newton,and others,should have realized that a static(静止的)universe would soon start to shrink under the influence of gravity. But suppose instead the universe is expanding.If it was expanding fairly slowly,the force of gravity would cause it eventually to stop expanding and to start shrinking. However, if it was expanding at more than a certain critical rate,gravity would never be strong enough to stop it,and the universe would continue to expand forever.
This is a bit like what happens when one fires a rocket upward from the surface of the earth. If it has a fairly low speed,gravity will eventually stop the rocket and it will start falling back. On the other hand, if the rocket has more than a certain critical speed, gravity will not be strong enough to pull it back, so it will keep going away from the earth forever.
This behavior of the universe could have been predicted from Newton's theory of gravity at any time in the nineteenth, the eighteenth, or even the late seventeenth centuries.Yet so strong was the belief in a static universe that it persisted into the early twentieth century.Even Einstein,when he formulated(构想) the general theory of relativity in 1915, was so sure that the universe had to be static that he modified his theory to make this possible,introducing a so-called cosmological constant(宇宙常数)into his equations. When Hubble's study of nearby galaxies showed that the universe was in fact expanding,Einstein regretted modifying his elegant theory and viewed the cosmological constant term as his "greatest mistake".
1. What does the passage mainly talk about?| A．the discovery of the expanding universe theory |
| B．the differences between two universe theories |
| C．scientists' unwillingness to abandon a widely accepted theory |
| D．scientists' doubts about the theory that the universe is expanding |
| A．It did not agree with a theory widely accepted in the nineteenth century. |
| B．Most scientists nowadays believe that the idea is no longer acceptable. |
| C．The existence of gravity makes it impossible for the universe to expand. |
| D．Einstein discovered it when working with the general theory of relativity. |
| A．show respect for his great scientific work of gravity |
| B．provide evidence that the universe is not expanding |
| C．give one example of a supporter of the expanding universe theory |
| D．show that the expanding universe theory might have been discovered earlier |
| A．The author mentions a rocket to prove the theory of a static universe. |
| B．The force driving the universe to expand is similar to that driving the rockets upward. |
| C．Einstein used the term "cosmological constant" to challenge Newton's gravity theory. |
| D．Einstein's mistake is used to show the author's doubt whether the universe is expanding. |
【推荐2】Must-read Books that Are Hitting the Big Screen This Year
The Zookeeper’s Wife by Diane Ackerman
Starring: Jessica Chastain and Johan Heldenbergh
Release Date: July 31, 2017
This true story is both heartbreaking and heartwarming. Ackerman artfully retells the story of Jan and Zabinski and how they used their zoo to save over three hundred people from the Nazis. After their zoo was bombed, they managed to hide people in animal cages, giving animal names to their guests and human names to their animals. This is one story we truly hope lives up to the hope on film.
The Lost City of Z by David Grann
Starring: Sienna Miller and Robert Pattinson
Release Date: August 14,2017
Looking for adventure? This story is just what you need. The book(and film) tells the tale of British explorer Percy Fawcett and how he ventured into the Amazon jungle in 1925, never to return. It's an enchanting mystery that we can’t wait to see play out on screen.
The Dinner by Herman Koch
Starring: Richard Gere and Rebecca Hall
Release Date: October 5,2017
We always say we'd do absolutely anything for our kids, right? The story begins with two couples politely, eating dinner together, avoiding a conversation about their children who have committed a horrific act. As the story goes on, you'll see just how far these parents will go to protect the ones they love.
The Circle by Dave Eggers
Starring: Emma Watson and Patton Oswalt
Release Date: November 28,2017
A young woman, Mae, is hired to work for a powerful Internet company and Feels like she's hit the job jackpot. The facility is very advanced, lively, and a bit wild. Mae's story begins as one of ambition but soon turns into a heart-racing story of suspense.
1. Why did Jan and Zabinski put people in animal cages?| A．To offer them living places | B．To treat them as animals |
| C．To avoid being bombed | D．To hide from the Nazis |
| A．Emma Watson | B．Rebecca Hall |
| C．Sienna Miller | D．Jessica Chastain |
| A．In July | B．In August |
| C．In October | D．In November |
| A．The Zookeeper's Wife | B．The Lost City of Z |
| C．The Dinner | D．The Circle |
【推荐3】A raised eyebrow, a puzzled look or a nod of the head are just a few of the facial expressions computers could soon be using to read people’s minds.
An emotionally aware” computer being developed by British and American scientists will be able to read an individuals thoughts by analyzing a combination of facial movements that represent underlying feelings.
“The system we have developed allows a wide range of mental states to be identified just by pointing a video camera at someone, “ said Professor Peter Robinson of the University of Cambridge.
He believes the mind-reading computer’s applications could range from improving people’s driving skills to helping companies tailor advertising to people’s moods(心情).
“Imagine a computer that could pick the right emotional moment to try to sell you something, a future where mobile phones, cars and Web sites could read our mind and react to our moods,” he added.
The researchers, who are developing the technology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United States, also hope to get it to accept other inputs such as posture(姿势)and gesture.
“Our research could enable Web sites to tailor advertising or products to your mood,” said Robinson. “For example, a Webcam(网络摄相机) linked with our software could process your image, encode the correct emotional state and send information to a Web site.” It could also be useful in online teaching to show whether someone understands what is being explained and in improving road safety by determining if a driver is confused, bored or tired.
“We are working with a car company, and they believe this will be employed in cars within five years,” Robinson said, adding that a camera could be built into the dashboard(仪表板).
1. Why is the computer described as “emotionally aware”?| A．It can store your thoughts. | B．It can express its feelings. |
| C．It thinks the same way as you. | D．It knows what you are feeling. |
| A．Suit. | B．Turn. | C．Devote. | D．Reduce. |
| A．To identify the driver’s mental state. | B．To help the driver learn driving skills. |
| C．To send traffic information to a Web site. | D．To record the driver’s facial movements. |
| A．its development | B．its designers |
| C．its applications | D．its working process |
【推荐1】Zaki was small for his twelve years, and he was angry being treated as a child. Farid, his older brother, had been looked upon as a man long before he was Zaki’s age. Every day Farid and the other young Bahraini men went out in their wooden boats to dive for oysters (牡蛎). Many times Zaki begged to go along, but Farid always refused to let him.
So every day Zaki would go to the shallow water to practice. His grandfather, a former diver, would watch him and advise him. All morning, Zaki would practice diving beneath the waves. Every afternoon, again and again he would go underwater and hold his breath. With each day’s practice, his diving improved and he could hold his breath a little while longer. Soon Zaki felt as much at home in the water as he did out of it.
Zaki rose early one day. He wanted to compete with his brother. They dived beneath the waves. Zaki opened his eyes and found himself looking into his brother’s face. Farid was smiling with confidence. Slowly, the smile was disappearing from Farid’s face. As more seconds passed, a worried look appeared on Farid’s face. Farid was realizing that Zaki could possibly beat him. Looking into Farid’s eyes, Zaki suddenly understood what losing could mean to his brother. Never would the villagers allow him to live it down. He would be laughed at by losing to a little child. Almost without thinking, Zaki kicked his feet and rose to the surface of the water a second before Farid’s head appeared beside him.
The men around them cheered and patted Farid on the back. Farid, however, put his arm around Zaki’s shoulders. “Today,” Farid announced, “we shall have a new diver among us.” Then quietly, for Zaki’s ears alone, he said “Thank you, my brother.” And Zaki knew that they both had learned that it takes more than strength to make a man.
1. What is the second paragraph mainly about?| A．Zaki’s grandfather was a good diver. |
| B．Zaki liked staying at home every day. |
| C．Zaki practised hard in the water daily. |
| D．Zaki’s grandfather encouraged him to dive. |
| A．Considerate. | B．Ambitious. |
| C．Confident. | D．Adventurous. |
| A．Farid beat his little brother easily. |
| B．Zaki was as strong as his brother. |
| C．Zaki regretted losing the competition. |
| D．Both Farid and Zaki had grown up. |
| A．Farid’s Pride | B．Zaki’s Challenge |
| C．Brothers’ Competition | D．Grandfather’s Advice |
A study suggests that, by giving you access to emails at all times, the all-singing, all-dancing mobile phone adds as much as two hours to your working day. Researchers found that Britons work an additional 460 hours a year on average as they are able to respond to emails on their mobiles.
The study by technology retailer Pixmania reveals the average UK working day is between 9 and 10 hours, but a further two hours is spent responding to or sending work emails, or making work calls. More than 90 percent of office workers have email-enabled phones, with a third accessing them more than 20 times a day. Almost one in ten admits spending up to three hours outside their normal working day checking work emails. Some workers confess(承认) they are on call almost 24 hours a day, with nine out of ten saying they make work emails and calls outside their normal working hours. The average time for first checking emails is between 6 a.m. and 7 a.m., with more than a third checking their first emails in this period, and a quarter checking them between 11 p.m. and midnight.
Ghadi Hobeika, marketing director of Pixmania, said, “The ability to access literally millions of apps, keep in contact via social networks and take photos and video as well as text and call has made smartphones invaluable for many people. However, there are drawbacks. Many companies expect their employees to be on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and smartphones mean that people literally cannot get away from work. The more constantly in contact we become , the more is expected of us in a work capacity(容量).”
1. What can we conclude from the text?
| A．All that glitters is not gold. |
| B．It never rains but pours. |
| C．Every coins has two sides. |
| D．It’s no good crying over spilt milk. |
| A．calling | B．reaching | C．getting | D．using |
| A．The average UK working time is between nine and twelve hours. |
| B．Nine- tenths spent over three hours checking work emails. |
| C．One-fourth check their first mail between 11 p.m. and midnight. |
| D．The average time for first checking emails is between 6 a.m. and 8 .am .. |
| A．Workaholics like smartphones. |
| B．Smartphones bring about extra work. |
| C．Smartphones make our life easier. |
| D．Employers don’t like smartphones. |
【推荐3】A few years ago, my sister-in-law started to feel concerned about her teenage daughter. What was she doing after school? Where was she spending her time? My niece was an excellent student, and took part in all kinds of after-class activities. Even so, her mom decided to put a tracking app on the kid’s phone.
At first, this made my sister-in-law “feel better”. Then the good situation suddenly ended. She recalled, “I found out that she was someplace that she said she wasn’t. I went out in the middle of the night and found her walking without shoes in the middle of the street with some friends.” Things went quickly downhill for the mother and the daughter after that.
With 73% of teens having their own smartphones now, according to a 2015 Pew study, more and more of their parents are facing the question: To spy or not?
Ana Homayoun, founder of Green Ivy Educational Consulting, has advised many parents and their kids about this. “I’ve found teens are more receptive to tracking apps when it is included as part of a family use agreement to improve safety than when it is placed as a secret tool to watch them,” she said.
Mark Bell, a father of a teenage girl, said, “We don’t have tracking apps, but we have set some ground rules that my daughter must follow in exchange for us providing a smartphone,” he said. For example, his daughter must “friend” him on social media accounts so that he can review posts, and must share all passwords.
When you’re trying to build trust, you need to create an environment that encourages it. So, to win their trust, you always need to be straight with your children. “Parents must let children know how and when they’ll be watching them,” said Doctor Pauleh Weigle. If they’re not open about it, he warns, it can “greatly damage the parent and child relationship”.
1. Why did the author’s sister-in-law use the app?| A．She was interested in new apps. |
| B．She was worried about her daughter. |
| C．She wanted to know about after-class activities. |
| D．She wanted to teach her daughter about the app. |
| A．They doubt family use agreements. |
| B．They are worried about online safety. |
| C．They welcome the use of tracking apps. |
| D．They dislike being spied on secretly with tracking apps. |
| A．kept him out of her online groups |
| B．developed some bad online habits |
| C．allowed him to know her online behavior |
| D．wanted to put a tracking app on her phone |
| A．Tell the kid about it. |
| B．Check the kid’s phone. |
| C．Teach the kid how to use it. |
| D．Advise the kid to use his phone less. |
