【推荐1】Is Managing Kids’ Screen Time a Good Idea?

Screen time is a big topic of conversation in today's households, particularly during the pandemic when online education hours have multiplied for many students.    1    They hope to spare their kids from the countless challenges that technology can bring. Yet the challenges of screen time overuse seldom come from kids' devices themselves, but rather from the tense relationships that technology can bring to families.    2    But technology has positive benefits too. Since every child and family is different, managing screen time calls for joint family decision-making.

If parents believe they can manage a child's screen time through adolescence, they are not only fooling themselves but also inviting relationship trouble with their teens. It is a myth to think that parents can or should manage their kids’ screen time through authoritarian restrictions, even during elementary school.    3    When children are left out of those decisions, they often become less communicative with parents and siblings. This is the opposite of what parents want to achieve.

    4    From early ages, children are quite capable of understanding that a good life involves awareness and balance. Just as they learn right from wrong, and good from bad, they can also learn to use technology in healthy ways. Learning how to regulate oneself and develop healthy behaviors is one of the primary tasks of childhood and adolescence. What happens when an adult tries to regulate a child is that the child misses out on the opportunity to learn for themselves. Enforced restrictions can also make children feel helpless and less confident.

To be clear, this article is not suggesting that families never use apps or trackers, or that there should be no restrictions on screen time.    5    Parents should give voice to children and involve them in the planning and decision-making process.

A．Of course, there are websites that are unhealthy for kids to access.

B．To manage children’s screen time, parents have invested in apps and trackers.

C．To get children involved, parents should trust and develop kids’ self-awareness.

D．The alternative is to involve children in decisions that govern screen time.

E．The goal is to see, hear, feel, and understand how children view screen time.

F．However, every family needs a family media plan between family members.

G．What it is suggesting is that parents look at managing screen time in a different way.

【推荐3】There are millions of used cell phones in the world today, the most of them just lay in our houses without any purpose. Everyday dozens of new cell phone models appeared. Today, you can find what was regarded as a fantasy yesterday in a store and you will buy it tomorrow. But what to do with the old phones, which work well enough and not so old?

Just get some money! Simply Sellular is buying almost all models of cell phones: LG, Motorola, HP, Siemens, Samsung, Sanyo, Nokia and many others cell phones. Also they accept phones produced in every country, and in every condition. Simply Sellular can offer a good price for your old cell phone in cash. Their mission is giving you a simple way to get money for an old phone, as simple and profitable(赚钱), as it’s possible. Also they offer a trade-in scheme(折价方案) to get another model instead of your phone, providing a good service after the sale.

Also Simply Sellular works with the so-called 911 cell phone program. So you can donate(捐赠)your cell phone to them to help some people who need it. They know what to do with your old phone! You can be interested in their recycling programs, where every used cell phone could be easily recycled for a few times. Some phones, which are good for refurbish(翻新), Simply Sellular donates to people who need it, for example women or military personnel. If the refurbish is impossible they just recycle cell phones.

Just think a minute: it’s a good deal to get some money for your old cell phone, good deal to help somebody with your phone and really important to recycle all techniques after use. Working with Simply Sellular you get every possibility absolutely free. And they will pay to you! That’s a really good deal!

1. When you want a new cell phone, you are advised to ________.

A．keep the old one in house to add your collections

B．throw the old one into the dustbin to protect your health

C．sell the old one to Simply Selluar on a reasonable price

D．return the old one to the producer to get some money

2. The underlined sentence really tells us that ________.

A．every one loves the new and hates the old (喜新厌旧)

B．people are soon able to enjoy what was the most advanced yesterday

C．people rush to buy what is regarded as a fantasy

D．what was a fantasy yesterday will no loner be good for tomorrow

3. Selling a used cell phone to Simply Sellular, you will get ________.

A．a cost-free service provided by it	B．another new model without any pay
C．a good price for the phone in cash	D．a profitable plan after the sale

4. The cell phone donated by you is probably ________.

A．refurbished and sold again	B．still in use by others
C．collected and on show	D．sent to a poorer country

5. This passage is written aiming to ________.

A．warn people of the risks by using cell phones

B．advise people not to change cell phones frequently

C．introduce to us what to do with old cell phones

D．encourage us to keep up with new technologies

【推荐1】When I think about ducks. I picture my mother's pets. She saved Lucy and Fran from a very wet area when I was 16 years old. The little ducks were weak and sick. My mother helped them to get healthy.

Lucy and Fran lived in a large box in the garage. They became family pets. They were members of our family. Lucy followed me around. She quacked and quacked. She liked attention.

My brother Tim read everything he could find about ducks. He learned to care for our pets. He made sure that the box in the garage was fit for our pets. It had a heat lamp and a feeder. He gave them water and fresh straw each day. What a hit! Lucy and Fran loved their house. They quacked to say, “Thank you!”

On a rainy morning, Lucy walked near me to the mailbox. She walked so close that we knocked each other. I fell into a big mud hole. All the letters from the mailbox got wet. They were covered with muddy, brown water

What's worse. Tim watched from the window. When I got back into the house, he was on the kitchen floor holding the sides of his stomach. He laughed there.

I stomped my feet and threw up my arms. My mom calmly listened to me shout. “It's okay, honey. If you prefer to you can trade beds with the ducks!” she comforted.

With that in mind, I went to the garage and made my peace with the ducks. My own bed looked a lot better than their straw and heat lamp.

1. Where did Lucy and Fran live?

A．In the kitchen	B．In the bedroom
C．In the water.	D．In the garage

2. What happened on a rainy morning?

A．The writer fell into a big mud hole	B．The mailbox got lost
C．The ducks both disappeared	D．Tim picked up some letters

3. What could be the best title for the text?

A．Two Noisy Ducks for Sale	B．A Family's Love for Ducks
C．A Family’s Photo with Ducks	D．Two Boys' Fight with Ducks

【推荐3】Can exercise during childhood protect you against memory loss many years later? Exercise early in life seems to have lifelong benefits for the brain, in rats at least.

“This is an animal study, but it shows that physical activity at a young age is very important — not just for physical development, but for the whole lifelong track of cognitive (认知的) development during ageing,” says Martin of the University of Toronto, Canada. “In humans, it may put off the appearance of Alzheimer’s symptoms (阿兹海默症), possibly to the point of preventing them.”

Martin’s team divided 80 young male rats into two equal groups, and placed running wheels in the cages of one group for a period of six weeks. Around four months later — when the rats had reached middle age the team taught all the rats to connect an electric shock with being in a specific box. When placed in the box, they froze with fear.

Two weeks later, the team tested the rats in three situations: exactly the same box in the same room, the same box with the room arranged differently, and a completely different box in a different room.

The rats without access to a running wheel when they were young now froze the same percentage of times in each of these situations, suggesting they couldn’t remember which one was dangerous. But those that had been able to run in their youth froze 40 to 50 percent less in both changed box settings.

“The results suggest the amount of physical activity when we’re young, at least for rats, has influence on brain and cognitive health — in the form of better memories — when we’re older,” says Arthur Kramer of Northeastern University in Boston, who has found that, in humans, exercise improves the growth of new brain cells.

1. The study shows that________.

A．exercise when young can prevent memory loss when older in rats

B．physical activity is important for physical health

C．physical activity can prevent human’s Alzheimer’s symptoms

D．using the running wheels is of benefit to the rats’ growth

2. What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 2 refer to?

A．Study.

B．Development.

C．Benefit.

D．Exercise.

3. How are Paragraph 3 and 4 mainly developed?

A．By analyzing causes.	B．By giving an example.
C．By showing differences.	D．By describing the process.

4. What is the author’s attitude towards the animal study?

A．Negative.

B．Critical.

C．Objective.

D．Doubtful.