Several years ago, my boss used to stay up working on her mobile phone and got badly ill because of that. Now she always leaves her phone in another room at night. And she encourages friends to do so. “I sent each of my friends the same christmas gift – an alarm clock so that they could stop using their phones as the alarm clock,” she said.
If your mobile phone wakes you up in the morning, it may also be keeping you up at night. A study in 2008 showed that people in mobile phone radiation（辐射）mostly had sleeping problems. And according to a Swedish study, a quarter of young people in this country feel like there must be phones around them. Most of them feel sorry for not returning messages. So they even have to reply to their friends before sleeping.
So what kind of people prefer to use mobile phones in their bedrooms? A recent study has shown that three-quarter people aged between 18 and 34 prefer to sleep with their phones near them. That number falls off a little in middle age, but only people aged 65 and older are used to leaving the phone in another room while sleeping.
1. The underlined word “that” refers to “_____”.
| A．using the mobile phone as the alarm clock |
| B．checking e-mails |
| C．staying up working on the mobile phone |
| D．leaving the mobile phone in the bedroom |
| A．25% | B．50% | C．75% | D．100% |
| A．aged 12 and 18 | B．aged between 18 and 34 |
| C．in middle age | D．aged over 65 |
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【推荐1】Can we stop blindness?
In our everyday lives, we take many things for granted. Being able to see is one of them. However, not everyone in the world has vision.
On Oct 8, the World Health Organization (WHO) gave out its first World Report on Vision. It said that 65 million people could get their vision back with a cataract operation (白内障手术), but cannot get one because they have little or no healthcare. Over 800 million people have trouble to do everyday activities because they don’t have money to buy a pair of glasses.
For example, there are thousands of nearsighted African drivers who have difficulty seeing people walking across the road. And there are coffee farmers in Bolivia who find it hard to see their ripe (成熟的) beans because of cataracts.
This is mainly a problem in low-income countries, such as western and eastern sub-Saharan (撒哈拉沙漠以南的) Africa according to the report. A lack of eye care services is one of the main reasons for this.
In southern Asia and elsewhere, there are still some cultural barriers (障碍) when trying to get glasses. In some places, people believe wearing glasses will make one’s eyes worse. In other places, when kids start wearing glasses, their grandparents will say they're for rich people and not for village boys and girls, Public Radio International reported.
1. The WHO recently made a report about __________ around the world.| A．cataract operations | B．vision problems |
| C．wearing glasses | D．eye care services |
| A．people with poor vision face many difficulties |
| B．too much work can cause people to become nearsighted |
| C．people with cataracts will go blind |
| D．there is no eye care in African countries |
| A．wearing glasses goes against their cultural beliefs |
| B．wearing glasses can make their eyes worse |
| C．only people from rich families are able to wear glasses |
| D．wearing glasses will hurt them |
| A．Only people in poor places have eye problems. |
| B．Eye health is a big problem in poor countries. |
| C．People can do little to protect their eyesight. |
| D．WHO will help some countries deal with vision problems. |
Focus on mental health
At some point in life, many people suffer a mental disturbance. While most people get over it, for others it doesn’t go away easily.
Oct 10 was World Mental Health Day. This year, the theme was “Young People and Mental Health in a Changing World”.
The World Health Organization says that about 20 percent of children and teenagers worldwide suffer from mental illness. It’s thought that the number of children and teenagers with mental illness around the world will increase by half by 2020. It will become one of the main causes of diseases, disabilities and even death.
In China, the picture isn’t bright, either. About 30 million Chinese children and teenagers under the age of 17, or 10 percent of children and teenagers in China, have a mental health challenge, reported China Daily.
The reason for mental problems among young people may be the increasing pressure in life.
The world is changing fast. Study and relationships have always caused stress, but today the stress is much higher than before, the WHO said.
The Young Foundation, a UK-based non-profit think tank, says that young people today have huge stresses at school. For instance, they experience bullying and body image issues. In a 2017 report, the foundation noted that the internet was a special source of stress. Online, young people often see “messages about perfection” and this causes the young “great uncertainty about their adult futures”, says the foundation.
Also, according to China Daily, Chinese people don’t seek help with their mental problems. They fear that others will think less of them if they admit that they are in trouble. Elaine Peng, a US mental health educator, makes a similar point. She thinks that many Chinese people are ashamed of their mental problems. Peng told Xinhua that mental illness “is taboo in many Chinese families”.
In the UK, over three-quarters of young people believe their mental health problems have a social stigma. YouGov, a UK-based data company, reported in 2017 that a quarter of young UK people wouldn’t ask for help if they developed a mental problem.
Young people who don’t seek help for their condition may be creating problems for themselves in the future. Jagannath Lamichhane, a mental health expert in Nepal, warned that, “If we hide our mental health, it may remain a problem forever.”
“My message for young people is, if you feel something is wrong within you—seek help,” he told NPR.
1. About________ of children and teenagers suffer from mental illness in the world.| A．10% | B．17% |
| C．20% | D．30% |
| A．the picture is dark | B．the future is not clear |
| C．the situation is optimistic | D．the situation is not optimistic |
| A．Bullying | B．Body image | C．Internet | D．Social stigma |
| A．people shouldn’t pay attention to mental illness |
| B．people shouldn’t hide mental illness |
| C．people should ignore mental health |
| D．people shouldn’t tell others their mental problems |
| A．Children and teenagers who suffer a mental disturbance. |
| B．Ignore mental problems. |
| C．How to deal with bullying. |
| D．How to become health. |
A recent study found that only 9% of teenagers in the United states smoke cigarettes. That’s down from down from 23% in 2,010.
Cigarettes have been linked to cancer, lung disease, heart conditions, and high blood pressure.
The Truth campaign(运动) is working to end teenage smoking. It uses social media to spread information about the dangers of smoking. “If we all join forces —smokers and nonsmokers—we can end smoking once and for all,” the campaign leader says.
Harmful effects of smoking do not only end with the smoker. About 88 million non-smoking children between the ages of 3 and 11, are exposed (无保护的) to second-hand smoke.
Anti-smoking campaign have become more popular. Some college campuses and other outdoor areas across the country have banned smoking altogether.
| A．Now the campaign may have a new problem to worry about. |
| B．The campaign encourages teenagers to learn the facts. |
| C．Even brief exposure can be dangerous. |
| D．This is good news for health, but smoking is still a problem. |
| E．Although teenagers know these bad effects, they still smoke. |
【推荐1】Now, short videos are popular among students. They have millions of views online. Many people share short videos on video apps like Douyin and Kuaishou. You can even add music and special effects(特效) to your videos. The videos are 15 seconds to a few minutes long. They show people doing activities like cooking, exercising and singing.
High school students enjoy these videos very much, more than 50% of first and second-year junior high school students said they enjoy watching these short-videos. About 47% posted their own videos, according to a survey by the China National Youth Palace Association.
The videos let high school students see funny and exciting things. Many students like to share the fun things with others, too. For example, a 12-year-old girl named Xiaoqianyu posted videos showing her learning jazz dance. This helps her win many fans.
However, some students spend too much time watching them and not enough time studying. Some videos have vulgar content (低俗内容）and it is not good for students. To solve this problem, Douyin added a function (功能) in April. The app will be closed if someone uses it for over two hours a day.
1. According to the passage, what can kids add to their short videos with these apps?| A．Special effects. | B．Vulgar content. |
| C．Homework. | D．Unhealthy videos. |
| A．More than 50% of first-and second-year junior high school students posted their own videos. |
| B．Short videos also have some disadvantages(缺点). |
| C．Parents don't want their children to post their own videos on the Internet. |
| D．The teenagers can use Douyin as much as they like. |
| A．They will become funny. | B．They will learn to dance jazz. |
| C．They will win many fans. | D．They will have less time to study. |
| A．Making Short Videos. | B．Sharing Your Short Videos. |
| C．Crazy for Short Videos. | D．New Functions of Short Videos. |
Teenagers often have problems in their life and don’t know how to solve them. Some are serious and some are not.
Teenagers think they have too much stress. First of all, they have too much homework to do both at school and at home.
Another serious problem among teenagers is that many of them are becoming fat.
I think teenagers should think of ways to deal with their problems.
| A．They have lots of exams to take. |
| B．That’s why most teenagers are short-sighted. |
| C．Now more and more teenagers are getting short-sighted. |
| D．Here is a survey showing the main problems of teenagers. |
| E．They eat too much junk food, but they take little exercise. |
| F．They should be careful to make a plan for study and hobbies. |
Shenzhen has invited a teenager to attend the annual meetings of the local political advisory body（政协会议）, part of the local two sessions, reported Beijing Youth Daily on Monday. Liu Bo, a 14-year-old student in Shenzhen, is the youngest one of the ten youth and the only student who was invited to attend the local two sessions as a local youth representative observer to participate in political affairs. This is the first time Shenzhen has had youth representatives sit and listened to the meetings, an innovative(创新的） move to have youth participate in politics and have their voice heard. As observers, Liu Bo, with nine other youth delegates（代表）, will have the opportunity to listen to the reports in meetings and the panel(座谈) discussions among the members of the two sessions.
Before joining the meeting, Liu Bo had already has done his research and collected about 100 suggestions from students as a member of the Chinese Young Pioneers National Working Committee (少工委)which made him a suitable candidate （候选人）to represent local students. Liu proposed （提议）ideas, such as that a teenager’s self-discipline and exams should not decide one’s future, in a symposium（座谈会） days before the Shenzhen two sessions began.
According to Beijing Youth Daily, Liu Bo’s mother excused（婉拒） her son from the interview request and answered some questions herself. Liu’s mother said Liu came up with the proposals based on his daily life.
He felt so much pressure once he failed the exams as he was about to take the final year exams in middle school. He learned a lot from activities like performing, hosting and volunteering and he felt that school and parents put too much pressure on students about their exam scores, and that this should be changed. Liu’s mother also responded to（响应，回应）the doubts that her son may not understand what was going on during the meetings. She said Liu Bo has a lot of experience attending student meetings and proposing his ideas on social problems as a student representative.
Liu told his mother the meetings inspired him to think more about how to make the city better rather than just focusing on issues with children. Liu’s mother thinks it’s quite an impressive move for the government to invite teenagers to observe political meetings and to have them participate in it.
He knows he has responsibilities to society and is getting ready for the unknown future, she said.
1. What is Liu Bo？
| A．He is a teenager. | B．He is 14 years old. |
| C．He is a son. | D．He is a student. |
| A．Liu Bo is the only youth representative observer. |
| B．Liu Bo works hard and always get good grades at school. |
| C．Liu Bo doesn’t care about his study at all. |
| D．Liu Bo did his research and collected about 100 suggestions from students. |
| A．allowed Beijing Youth Daily to interview her son |
| B．answered some questions herself. |
| C．disagreed with the government. |
| D．didn’t want her son to participate in political affairs. |
| A．He will focus on issues with children more. |
| B．He will work hard to pass the exams. |
| C．He will be a representative next year. |
| D．He will think more about making the city better as well as focusing on issues with children. |
| A．Liu Bo attended Shenzhen two sessions as an observer and didn’t propose any ideas. |
| B．Liu Bo and other youth delegates will have the opportunity to listen to the reports in meetings. |
| C．Liu Bo is afraid of the unknown future. |
| D．Shenzhen has invited teenagers to attend the meetings many times. |
【推荐1】The world uses about 1,000 million tons of water a day. Using water is a human right and everyone should have their own part. But more than 700 million people around the world have trouble getting clean, safe water.
Treating wastewater is a good way to provide fresh water for us. And it also helps the environment by keeping waste out of rivers and oceans. 80% of wastewater around the world is not treated at all, and it is running into oceans. But now we have got the technology to treat and reuse the wastewater.
While 75% of our planet is covered with water, only about 3% is fresh water—that comes from rivers, lakes, ice and snow. The rest, about 97% of the water, is in seas and oceans. It is too salty to drink. Then the technology of desalination comes to help. More than 19,000 factories around the world, mostly in coastal countries use this technology. They process more than 92 million tons of sea water every day. But the technology they use needs a lot of energy.
Scientists are working for a new technology and make it cost less. They want to produce 20 times more clean water and make sure everyone has enough in the future. But for now, the world still faces each day with not having enough water for everyone.
1. How does treating wastewater help the environment?| A．By letting waste run into oceans. | B．By keeping waste in rivers and oceans. |
| C．By stopping fresh water to rivers and oceans. | D．By stopping waste from running into rivers and oceans. |
| A．海水运输 | B．海水发电 |
| C．海水淡化 | D．海水冷却 |
| A．At present, the technology to process water needs much energy. | B．At present, the technology to process water saves a lot of money. |
| C．In the future, the technology to process water will make less money. | D．In the future, the technology to process water will produce more sea water |
| A．Our planet is full of water. | B．We still have water problem. |
| C．Everyone has enough clean water. | D．Using water should be a human right. |
【推荐2】If you have a magic bank account ( 银行账户), it has 86,400 yuan in it each morning. But if you don’t spend this money during the day, it will go back to zero at the end of the day. What would you do? Spend as much as you can each day, of course.
In fact, we all have a magic bank account like this. It is the time we have each day. Each day is 86, 400 seconds long, but every second passes. Every second can’t get back again.
Of course, you can never borrow time. You can’t borrow time from your future or take a “time loan(贷款)” from someone else. The time you have is just the time you have and that is that. You need to manage your time yourself. You can decide how to spend your time, just as you can decide how to spend your money.
Many of us don’t use time the same way as we use money because we feel our time never runs out. If you spend money, you can’t get it back the way that a new day brings us more time. But in fact, there is no way to get more time in life. So we should use our time wisely (明智地).
1. What does “the magic bank account” stand for ?| A．The money we can borrow from others |
| B．The time we spend making money |
| C．The time we have each day |
| D．The money we use each day |
| A．decide how to spend our time | B．borrow time from others |
| C．take a “time loan” from others | D．not spend our time as we wish |
| A．管理 | B．尽力 | C．搞定 | D．浪费 |
| A．We all have a magic account in the bank. |
| B．We should spend as much money as we can each day, or it will go to zero. |
| C．We all have a 86,400-second-long day each day. |
| D．Our time will not run out. |
| A．borrow time from others | B．make more money |
| C．not worry about saving time | D．make wise use of our time |
Some of you may play Ant Forest. It is a game on Alipay(支付宝). Users collect “energy” to make their "trees” grow. When the “energy” reaches a certain level, some organizations(组织) and companies will plant a real tree in a desert(沙漠) area of China. And now it seems that our country has made the world a greener place for people all over the world.
A study by NASA(美国航空航天局) in February showed that China and India have made the Earth greener over the past two years. The study has found that since 2000 the Earth's green leaf area has increased(增加) by over 5 million square kilometers. That's the same size as the total area of the Amazon(亚马逊) rainforest. It is mostly the result of big tree-planting programs in China and intensive agriculture(集约化农业) in both countries, according to NASA.
“China and India have only 9% of the planet's land area covered in vegetation(陆地植被面积), but they did one third of the increased greening for the whole world." Chi Chen, the study's lead author(作者) and a researcher(研究员)at Boston University, US, told CNN(美国有线电视新闻网). China was the major contributor(主要贡献者), adding 25% to this increase, while India added 6.8%.
Over the past ten years, China has done something great to green the land. In 1978, China began a national forestation project(植树造林工程). It is also known as the“Great Green Wall". The program has seen many trees planted in thirteen provinces in northern China to act as windbreaks, according to China Daily.
With China's success in dealing with forestation, the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP联合国环境规划署) believes China is a good example for others to follow.“China is one of the most successful countries in greening the desert and has lessons to share with the world," UNEP Executive Director Erik Solheim(执行主任埃里克索尔海)told Xinhua.
1. What is Ant Forest?| A．A computer game made by NASA. | B．A mobile phone game on Alipay. |
| C．A TV programme on CNN. | D．A project at Boston University, US. |
| A．India. | B．US. | C．China. | D．we don’t know. |
| A．11 | B．12 | C．13 | D．14 |
| A．绿色长城 | B．防风林 | C．屏风 | D．风暴 |
| A．When we play Ant Forest, we can plant a real tree. |
| B．China did more to make the earth greener than India. |
| C．The United Nations Environment Program will ask other countries to build the Great Wall. |
| D．Both China and India did one third of the increased greening for the world. |
【推荐1】Many people do not like to stay at home on holidays. They want to go out to see something different or do something exciting. So people from the country go to the city and people from the city go to the country for holidays. During the holidays, trains, buses and planes are all very busy. It is very hand to buy train tickets or air tickets. Many people take cars or buses for travelling.
Last May Day my family went to the country by car for our holiday. There was too much traffic on the road, so we had to move very slowly. It took us about an hour to get out of the town. After some time, we came to a farm. It was clean and beautiful. The animals were very cute. We thought it was a nice place for a picnic, so we stopped and took the food, fruit and drinks out of the car. We sat down under a big green tree and began to eat. Suddenly a strong wind blew and soon it started to rain. We had to run back to our car and had our picnic in the car. Then we drove back home. What a bad trip it was!
1. Many people don't like to stay at home on holidays because__________| A．they have much money |
| B．the weather outside is always pretty cool |
| C．they want to see something different |
| D．they don't want to rest |
| A．a beach park | B．the country | C．the city | D．a village |
| A．interesting | B．relaxing | C．awful | D．exciting |
| A．there are few tickets |
| B．many people want to go by train or plane |
| C．it's cheap to take a train or plane |
| D．it's fun to take a train or plane |
| A．蓝色 | B．刮起 | C．吹气 | D．卷起 |
 | Beibei is a cute panda．She is five years old from China. She is black and white．She likes eating bamboo and drinking water． |
 | Martin is a big elephant．He is ten years old with a long nose．He likes eating grass. People can teach* him to do much work to help them． |
 | Dudu is a monkey. He is two years old from Japan．He likes eating bananas and cakes．He often lives in the trees． |
 | Nick is a lion. He is strong．He is nine years old from England．He likes eating meat. He is very happy in the zoo． |
1. Beibei eats ____________ .
| A．Grass | B．bamboo | C．bananas | D．meat |
| A．Nick | B．Martin | C．Dudu | D．Beibei |
| A．China | B．Japan | C．England | D．America |
| A．bananas and cakes | B．meat and grass |
| C．grass and cakes | D．meat and cakes |
| A．Martin is a lion． |
| B．Nick isn’t happy in the zoo． |
| C．Beibei is 5 years old． |
| D．Dudu never lives in the tree. |
【推荐3】Mom and Dad — they’re two of the most important people in your life. You probably see at least one of them every day and, over your lifetime, they influence you more than anyone else you will meet.
Moms and Dads need to care for their kids from the minute they are born. It’s a parent’s job to love and help kids — and most parents will do this as possible as they can, even when the “kids” grow up and have children of their own. That means you have many years ahead to share with your mom and dad.
Here are some ways you can stay close, get along and build a strong relationship:
Spend time together. Don’t play a computer game or watch TV by yourself. Ask your mom and dad to play with you, go outside together, play a game, or read a book out loud. Try to spend more time together.
Share your feelings and ask for help. Many kids say they’d like their parents to help them when they’re unhappy. Tell them if you’re sad or have a problem. They’ll be happy to help you.
Be kind and caring. Little things might mean a lot to your mom or dad. You can brighten a parent’s day with a hug, a card, or a joke. It’s also lovely when a kid cleans up his or her room without being asked. It’s important to show that you care for each other. Kids and parents show their love by respecting (尊重) each other, and being caring, polite and thoughtful.
Do your best at whatever you do. You don’t have to be perfect, but when you do your best you make your parents proud. It makes them happy to see how you’re turning into a great kid. Why? Because it lets them know you’re doing a good job.
1. Your parents are two of the most important people in your life because they _____.| A．see you every day | B．have duty to care for you |
| C．need your help | D．influence you more than anyone else |
| A．stop helping their kids | B．try their best to help their kids |
| C．leave their kids | D．are busy taking exercise |
| A．Watch TV by themselves. |
| B．Play a game with their parents. |
| C．Tell their parents and ask for help. |
| D．Be kind to their parents. |
| A．Getting Along with Your Parents |
| B．Talking to Your Parents |
| C．Caring for Your Parents |
| D．Spending More Time with Your Parents |
