Is it important for teenagers to own the latest cell-phone models? There are different ways of looking at this question.
First, why do teenagers need to have the latest models? Often it’s just to show off. The paradox is that there are many teenagers who own the latest cell-phone models but don’t even know how to use them properly. This is true. They just want one because their friends have similar ones, or because they take very good videos and photos.
On the other hand, if they do know how to use them, the latest cell phones are really good. They not only help teens to stay in touch with friends and family, but also help them to access the Internet and download pictures, videos or music they need when studying. These new phones are so powerful that having one is almost like having a whole library in your pocket. It’s an instant (即刻的) source of information that helps young people get the latest news. But many parents, thinking only of such positive sides, do not take into consideration the potential dangers. For example, children may constantly be distracted (分心) during class by sending and receiving text messages.
Each young generation loves the new technologies available — just think back to when you were a kid. But your job as a parent is to make sure your child gets the most out of this technology with the least possible harm.
1. According to the second paragraph, teenagers want to have the latest cell-phone models because ________.A.they want to show they are fashionable |
B.they think the latest models help them a lot with study |
C.they think they can keep in touch with others more easily |
D.they want to learn how to use new technologies |
A.fault | B.problem | C.benefit | D.imagination |
A.a new generation always loves new things |
B.parents also liked technological products when they were young |
C.parents should make sure children use the new technologies properly |
D.parents shouldn’t allow children to own a cell Phone |
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【推荐1】Smartphone technology can be a double-edged sword. On one hand, it sends us unlimited amounts of information. On the other hand, this immediate access to information may become an addiction. And it may make some people feel lonely and anxious.
These findings, published in NeuroRegulation, are from a 2018 study led by health education professors Erik Peper and Richard Harvey for San Francisco State University. Peper explains the smartphone addiction forms connections in the brain that are similar to drug addiction. And these connections form slowly over time. Also, addiction to social media may affect our emotional (情感的) state.
Peper and Harvey do not blame (指责) users for their technology addiction. They blame the “technology industry’s desire to increase company income”. As Peper writes, “More eyeballs, more clicks, more money.” The researchers warn that workers in the technology industry know how to manipulate our brains and turn us into addicts.
But the researchers also suggest ways to fight back. They say that we can train our brains to be less addicted to our phones and computers. Erik Peper suggests turning off push notifications (通知) on our phones. Our devices often share unimportant information as if our lives depended on it. Our brains see the notices the same way, And that is a problem. So, just turn them off.
The researchers also suggest taking control of when and where you answer a text or email. You do not need to answer them all. And you certainly don’t need to answer them as soon as you get them. They also suggest not spending too much time on social media. Schedule periods of the day to focus on important tasks.
1. What do we know about smartphone addiction?A.It results from too much information. | B.It has connections to drug addiction. |
C.It develops sharply over a short time | D.It has an impact on our spiritual states. |
A.Powerful and informative. | B.Money-focused and irresponsible |
C.Skillful and creative. | D.Short-sighted and inactive. |
A.Control | B.Limit. | C.Connect. | D.Digitise. |
A.To turn off your smartphones to avoid being disturbed. |
B.To answer an email at your earliest convenience. |
C.To set a limit on your social media time. |
D.To say no to unimportant tasks. |
【推荐2】Next time you go shopping, keep in mind that there may be hidden cameras analyzing your habits. According to a 2015 survey of 150 managers from Computer Services Corporation, a quarter of British shops use facial recognition software to collect data on shopper behavior.
With concerns that face-recognition cameras“ are kind of invasive(冒犯的)”, British analysis firm Hoxton Analytics has come up with a new way of measuring footfall (客流)—by filming people's shoes. The technology can collect a large amount of personal information. "We have cameras at 50 cm off the ground and they point down so they are less invasive than facial recognition," Duncan Mann, Hoxton's officer said.
As modern cities get fuller—70 percent of the population will live in urban areas by 2050—cameras and other technologies are taking over public spaces and collecting our data. Their purpose is to keep people safe, provide efficient services and prevent disasters and crimes.
But some are not happy with the cameras as far as their privacy(隐私) is concerned. "Very few of us have any real concept of what data smart cities are gathering," said Renate
Samson.
We begin giving away data as soon as we wake up. When we enter the transport system, we are giving away even more details about ourselves through smart cards, mobile phones or credit cards.
Nick Millman, director at a consulting firm thinks statistics are the key to the privacy concern. He used the example of Google Maps, which is to monitor the flow of traffic in Stockholm. He explained, "It is basically adding privacy controls to statistics so that you only see the data you need to know about". In this case, Google gets enough data to improve traffic but not so much that it shows individual journey patterns.
1. What is the article mainly about?A.An introduction to collecting shoppers' data. |
B.The concerns about giving away personal data. |
C.The problems caused by imbalanced distribution of population. |
D.An invention recording and collecting customers' information. |
A.can gather a lot of people's personal data from their shoes |
B.uses cameras fitted on the ground to collect customers' data |
C.has improved the accuracy of facial recognition software |
D.offers a perfect solution to customers' privacy concerns |
A.cause a huge waste of public space |
B.help reduce the size of population in urban areas |
C.are likely to help improve traffic conditions |
D.are to avoid crimes and disasters and provide efficient services |
A.Worried. |
B.Optimistic. |
C.Confused. |
D.Uninterested. |
【推荐3】The Internet has got into all the fields of our life. We can study and work on it. We can find a job on it. We can communicate on it. We can treat friends on it. We can buy and sell on it. We can do almost everything on the Internet, and almost anywhere, anytime.
However, although the Internet provides services for us, it is silently getting our privacy(隐私) to some degree. The services on most websites require our personal information. If we want to enjoy these services, we have to provide much of our information, including our names, sex, addresses, telephone numbers and sometimes bank accounts(帐户). Because weak network sometimes is unsafe, our information might be open, stolen or sold. Even sometimes it will be used freely by others.
Considering the above mentioned, you must pay attention to the safety when using the Internet. First, when you need Internet service, you should always look through those big legal(合法的) websites. Second, if the service requires important personal information, you should think twice before you type it in. Third, store your own important card key(密钥卡) and don’t tell others easily.
1. According to the passage, we shouldn’t ______by using the Internet.A.learn English |
B.give our friends’ information to others |
C.chat with friends |
D.look for jobs |
A.the telephone number |
B.the name |
C.the information |
D.the bank account |
a. Surf the safe Web.
b. Think over and over before typing it in.
c. Don’t chat with friends on line.
d. Don’t use your key easily.
A.a,b,c |
B.b,c,d |
C.a,b,d |
D.a,c,d |
A.The internet is dangerous. |
B.Never use your ID Card on the Internet. |
C.How to use the internet. |
D.Pay attention to the safety of the information online. |
【推荐1】Several studies in recent years have suggested that ride-sharing services like Uber and Lyft can worsen traffic problems in cities, which continue to have high rates of private vehicle ownership.
Recently, a new study has found that ride-sharing services result in much more pollution than other kinds of private and public transportation. Ride-sharing trips also draw passengers away from more environment-friendly methods of travel, like public transportation, walking or biking, the study found.
The new study, carried out by the not-for-profit group Union of Concerned Scientists, represents an attempt to center on how ride-sharing services affect pollution. The research examined the effects of ride-sharing services on seven of America’s largest cities.
Overall, the researchers reported that ride-sharing trips now “result in an estimated 69 percent more climate pollution on average than the trips they displace.” The study notes that the same passengers could have chosen to travel by bus, train, bike, scooter or on foot.
One of the big reasons they give for this result is that ride-sharing vehicles are often driven with no passengers in the car. This happens when drivers are either waiting for rider requests, are on the way to pick up passengers or are driving in between pickups. This situation, known as “deadheading”, takes up about 42 percent of all ride-sharing driving activity, the study found. The researchers said that deadheading results in about 50 percent more carbon dioxide than one person driving in a private vehicle. Both Uber and Lyft do offer a choice of a “pooled” ride, which involves drivers picking up additional riders during the same trip.
The study urges services like Uber and Lyft to work to increase the number of pooled rides. It also urges the two companies to increase the number of electric vehicles on the road and to improve connections to public transportation centers.
Both Uber and Lyft have said in the past that most studies on the subject overstate the effects of their services on pollution. They have noted that the majority of vehicles on the road belong to private individuals or companies. Uber told Reuters news agency in a statement it had no comment on the latest report. But the company said it aims to be part of the solution to address climate change by working directly with cities. The statement added that Uber would continue to promote pooled trips and other means of transportation.
1. What does the underlined word “they” in Para. 4 refer to?A.The researchers. | B.Ride-sharing trips. |
C.The same passengers. | D.Environment-friendly methods of travel. |
A.Most studies have overstated the effects of Uber’s and Lyft’s services on pollution. |
B.Ride-sharing services are playing an active role in dealing with climate change. |
C.People may be discouraged from taking public transportation due to ride-sharing services. |
D.Climate pollution resulting from ride-sharing trips has increased by 69 percent on average. |
A.Ride-sharing services like Uber and Lyft can worsen traffic problems in cities. |
B.The reasons for more pollution caused by ride-sharing services have been found. |
C.Ride-sharing trips lead to more pollution than other kinds of private and public transportation. |
D.The disadvantages of ride-sharing trips outweigh the advantages they have brought to people. |
【推荐2】Does it ever seem like something is going on with our attention spans? Gloria Mark, an attention researcher at the university of California, says there is scientific evidence that attention spans have shrunk considerably. “We started studying attention span length over 20 years ago,” Mark said. “In 2003, we found that attention spans averaged about two-and-a-half minutes on any screen before people switched, In the past five, six years, they are averaging 47 seconds on the screen.”
Mark maintains that a shorter attention span has three downsides: The first is that people make more errors when they do attention shifting; second downside is that it takes longer to do something, because we have to adjust to every new task every time we shift; the third downside — maybe this is the worst of all — is that stress increases. When people are working on multiple tasks and they have to shift their attention, their blood pressure rises.
You don’t have to be a professor to guess at the cause of our great distract ability: It’s technology, of course-phones, social media, texting. It might be hard to think of the last time you even had a tech-free hour. So she offered a couple of tips for staying focused: First, when you feel the itch to change tasks, analyze why. If it’s just boredom or procrastination (拖延症), make a deal with yourself to work another 20 minutes, and then treat yourself to a reward.
Second, picture yourself at the end of the day. What do you want to have accomplished? What do you want to feel? “A concrete visualization of yourself sitting on the couch, you know, watching your favourite show is really good motivation,” she said.
The internet has this incredible resource available to us, so rather than be upset by it because it distracts us, how can we turn that around and instead find value from it? And how can we utilize our time best when we use the resources from the Internet without getting exhausted from it? These questions are what Gloria Mark will focus on in her subsequent research.
1. What is the second paragraph mainly about?A.Negative effects of short attention spans. | B.Benefits of long attention spans. |
C.Causes of short attention spans. | D.Ways to deal with short attention spans. |
A.Necessity. | B.Courage. | C.Desire | D.Choice |
A.Imagining what you will accomplish at the end of the day is a waste of time. |
B.Multitasking is a good way to extend our attention span. |
C.It is necessary to think twice before shifting your tasks. |
D.We’d better say no to the internet sometimes as it distracts us. |
A.Are Our Attention Spans Getting Shorter? | B.How Do We Live with the Internet? |
C.Is Multitasking Possible? | D.What Can We Do to Make Our Attention Spans Longer? |
【推荐3】Do you speak a dialect (方言) in daily life? While many Chinese people speak Mandarin, some local dialects are in danger of disappearing. To save them, the Chinese government started the Chinese Language Resources Protection Project a few years ago.
This project looks at how people talk in 1,712 places. Their languages include 103 dialects that are almost gone. It has helped China to build the largest language resource library in the world. There’s an online library where people can learn dialects from over 5.6 million audio clips (音频) and over 5 million videos.
Why is it important to protect the dialect culture? According to British linguist Harold Palmer, dialects are a key to store local cultures. Language faithfully shows the history, the beliefs and the biases (偏见) of an area, he said.
Scholar Zhang Hongming talked about his concerns of the disappearing of dialeets, “For about over 10 years, in the Wu dialect areas such as Shanghai and Suzhou, children aged 6 to 15 can understand but hardly speak the dialect. Meanwhile, young people above 15 years old sometimes speak it, but not very well. If this keeps happening, the dialect might disappear,” he said.
So how did China make this big library? “A big national effort has been put into the project to make it happen,” said Cao Zhiyun, chief expert on the project. Over five years, more than 350 universities and research groups joined in, along with over 4,500 experts and more than 6,000 dialect speakers.
The project is now entering into its second part. This includes creating digital tools like apps and mobile dictionaries to help people lean dialects.
1. How does the author start the text?A.By quoting sayings. | B.By sharing a story. |
C.By stating his own experiences. | D.By asking a question. |
A.The development of Mandarin. | B.Why to protect dialects. |
C.How to develop speaking skills. | D.The disappearing of dialects. |
A.Worried. | B.Positive. | C.Indifferent. | D.Unelear. |
A.It has entered into the third part. |
B.Over 5.6 millions videos are collected in the project. |
C.It looks at how people talk in 1,712 places. |
D.Harold Palme is the chief expert on the project. |
【推荐1】Why does social media trigger feelings of loneliness and inadequacy? Because instead of being real life, it is, for the most part, impression management, a way of marketing yourself, carefully choosing and filtering the picture and words to put your best face forward.
Online “friends” made through social media do not follow the normal psychological progression of a interpersonal relationship. You share neither physical time nor emotional conversations over the Internet. You simply communicate photographs and catchy posts to a diverse group of people whom you have “friended” or “followed” based on an accidental interaction. This is not to say that your social media friends can't be real friends. They absolutely can, but the two are not the same. Generally speaking, there are no unfiltered comments and casually taken photos on our social media pages. And, rightfully so, because it wouldn't feel safe to be completely authentic and vulnerable with some of our “friends” whom we don't actually know or with whom trust has yet to be built.
Social media can certainly be an escape from the daily routines, but we must be cautioned against the negative effects, such as addiction, on a person's overall psychological well-being.
As humans,we are eager for social connection. Scrolling (滚动) through pages of pictures and comments, however, does not provide the same degree of fulfillment as face to face interactions do. Also, we tend to idealize others' lives and compare our downfalls to their greatest accomplishments, ending in feelings of loneliness and inadequacy.
Social media can lead people on the unhealthy quest for perfection. Some people begin to attend certain events or travel to different places so that they can snap that “perfect” photo. They begin to seek validation through the number of people who “like” their posts. In order for it to play a psychologically healthy role in your social life, social media should supplement an already healthy social network. Pictures and posts should be byproducts of life's treasured moments and fun times, not the planned and calculated image that one is putting out into cyberspace in an attempt to fill insecurities or unmet needs.
Ultimately, social media has increased our ability to connect with various types of people all over the globe. It has opened doors for business and allowed us to stay connected to people whom we may not otherwise get to follow. However, social media should feel like a fun experience, not one that contributes to negative thoughts and feelings. If the latter is the case, increasing face to face time with trusted friends, and minimizing time scrolling online, will prove to be a reminder that your social network is much more rewarding than any “like”, “follow” or “share” can be.
1. What does the author imply social media may do to our life?A.It may facilitate our interpersonal relationships. |
B.It may filter our negative impressions of others. |
C.It may make us feel isolated and incompetent. |
D.It may render us vulnerable and inauthentic. |
A.They do not find all their online friends trustworthy. |
B.They do not want to lose their followers. |
C.They want to avoid offending any of their audience. |
D.They are eager to boost their popularity. |
A.Exaggerate their life's accomplishments. |
B.Strive for perfection regardless of the cost. |
C.Paint a rosy picture of other people's lives. |
D.Learn lessons from other people's downfalls. |
A.Use social media to increase their ability to connect with various types of people. |
B.Stay connected to those whom they may not otherwise get to know and befriend. |
C.Try to prevent negative thoughts and feelings from getting into the online pages. |
D.Strengthen ties with real-life friends instead of caring about their online image. |
【推荐2】Sure, it’s good to get along well with your teacher because it makes the time you spend in the classroom more pleasant.
And yes, it’s good to get along well with your teacher because, in general, it’s smart to learn how to get along well with the different types of people you’ll meet throughout your life.
In fact, kids who get along well with their teachers not only learn more, but they’re more comfortable with asking questions and getting extra help. This makes it easier for them to understand new materials and makes them do their best on tests. When you have this kind of relationship with a teacher, he or she can be someone to turn to with problems, such as problems with learning or school issues (问题).
Here is a question:What if you don’t get along with your teachers? In fact, teachers want to get along well with you and enjoy seeing you learn. But teachers and students sometimes have personality clashes (个性冲突), which can happen between any two people. If you show your teacher that you want to make the situation better, he or she will probably do everything possible to make that happen. By dealing with a problem like this, you learn something about how to get along with people who are different from you.
However if a certain teacher isn’t your favorite, you can still have a successful relationship with him or her especially if you fulfill (履行) your basic responsibilities as a student.
Here are some of those responsibilities (责任):
Attend class ready to learn.
Be prepared for class with the right stationery, books, and completed assignments (作业).
Listen when your teacher is talking.
Do your best, whether it’s a classroom assignment, homework, or a test.
1. According to the passage, what will happen to you when getting along well with your teachers ?A.We will have no problems with study |
B.We will get a better seat in the classroom |
C.We will get the best scores in the exams |
D.We will have more pleasant time in the classroom |
A.The happy time you have in the classroom |
B.Getting along very well with classmates |
C.A better relationship between you and your teacher |
D.The disappearance of personality differences |
A.The importance of friendship in schools. |
B.The importance of a good relationship with your teachers. |
C.Studying skills for students. |
D.Useful skills to get along well with your teachers. |
A.You fulfill (履行) your basic responsibilities as a student |
B.You are thought of as a good student |
C.You know some basic social skills |
D.You are easygoing and helpful |
【推荐3】Some people ran into me in the dining hall today — they were on their phone and didn’t see me. The dining hall was packed, as usual, so I couldn’t move out of the way in time. They ran into me, but I said sorry. They said nothing and kept walking.
It reminded me of the theory that women are more likely to step out of the way if the sidewalk is too narrow. My friend likes to test this theory out for herself — she walks straight on her path and sees if men will move out of her way. Many of them have run into her unless she moves at the last second. She realizes that she is always the one who apologizes when that happens. I say sorry for things like that all the time. It made me think: why am I apologizing for something that isn’t my fault?
From a young age, I was taught to apologize when I did something wrong. Over the years, there have been more and more sorrys in my life. I started apologizing even when I was in the right. I apologize to escape conflict. This pattern is especially prevalent in women. Women are socialized to be more passive. We aren’t expected to stand up for ourselves; we’re expected to keep our heads down and apologize.
Of course, I value a good apology. A genuine apology helps, but I think it’s only the first step in actually making amends. People can say sorry and not mean it. Or, some people give a sincere apology but never change their behavior. What’s the point of apologizing if you’re going to do the same thing again? Sorry is just a word — actions are what matter.
Apologizing can be tiring. Once you say sorry, you’re accepting responsibility. There’s no need to blame yourself for something that isn’t your fault. Conversely, it’s tiring to hear “sorry” and have that person do the same thing again. Deeds speak louder than words. So start making changes instead of saying unnecessary sorry.
1. What happened to the author in the dining hall?A.She was knocked down by the huge crowd. |
B.She apologized to those who crashed into her. |
C.She couldn’t find her way in the crowded place. |
D.She was busy on her phone and didn’t notice others. |
A.She is always taught to behave herself in the public area. |
B.She feels guilty for the trouble caused by her carelessness. |
C.She believes that women should apologize to show politeness. |
D.She apologizes just to avoid unnecessary argument with others. |
A.Widespread. | B.Uncommon. | C.Significant. | D.Unnoticeable. |
A.Avoid saying sorry. | B.Deny taking responsibility. |
C.Keep on blaming others. | D.Set about making changes. |