With the development of the smart phones, Wechat is becoming more and more popular. In fact, it has become one of the most useful tools.
In the first place, Wechat has the function of both of computers and phones. People can send messages, photos and sound, even show their videos on it. Secondly, Wechat helps the users save money. Users needn’t pay any money for sending the messages. People can also talk through Wechat for free. Thirdly, we can share our feelings or opinions with our friends easily and even download the articles we are interested in. At last, we can add friends from the phone book or by searching for the Wechat number online.
But every coin has two sides. If we spend too much time on it, it surely will have a bad effect on both our health and our school work. So as middle school students, we should learn to control ourselves and use it properly.
1. How is Wechat becoming in our life today?| A．popular | B．outdate | C．useless | D．wonderful |
| A．two | B．three | C．four | D．five |
| A．computers | B．phones. | C．TV | D．A and B |
| A．send messages | B．send photos and sound |
| C．show their videos | D．study English |
| A．People can talk through Wechat for free. |
| B．People can download the articles they are interested in. |
| C．People can add friends from the phone book. |
| D．People can find Wechat has only a good side. |
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【推荐1】As the development of modern technology, people tend to use all kinds of apps and gadgets to trace their health status because being a fit and healthy person is very important for them today. According to a survey, some people like running and exercising a lot that they become obsessed with (痴迷于) keeping track of it.
Due to the fitness apps and gadgets, people can measure every step they take, record the food they eat and calorie (卡路里) they burn. They might wear a special watch on the wrist, shoes on the feet or use different apps on their phones to measure their movements. Nowadays in China, we have this kind of stuff made by technology companies such as XiaoMi, HuaWei. Importantly, once they have done the exercises, they post it on social media so that all the friends can see what they have done in daily life. Is that familiar to you ?
Doctor Daniel Kraft from the United States makes gadgets for people like this. He told us that these people, known as “track-holies”, would become the norm in the future. And I think he is right. I can see the world of health and fitness changing around me every day. One of my friends, named Anna, is always using the latest fitness gadgets. Her favorite app called Xiao Mi health App. She uses it on her phone to measure her steps, heart rate and amount of calories she has burnt. She always posts these things and pictures of herself exercising on social media. “It is nice to know exactly how much exercise you have done, rather than guess”, she said. “That way I can keep pushing myself to improve.”
Also, my friends in China use We-chat to compare how many steps they have taken each day. They are very competitive about this!
1. People Like to use all kinds of apps to ________.| A．improve their work | B．record their daily life |
| C．trace their health status | D．share their advice about health |
| A．how fitness apps and gadgets work |
| B．what fitness apps and gadgets can do |
| C．how fitness apps and gadgets affect social media |
| D．why people use fitness apps and gadgets on social media |
| A．fewer people will use fitness gadgets | B．more people will make fitness gadgets |
| C．fitness gadgets will become more popular | D．fitness gadgets don’t help people keep fit |
| A．science | B．tool | C．service | D．guide |
| A．the development of technology |
| B．a brief introduction of different kinds of apps |
| C．reasons why people use fitness apps and gadgets |
| D．using fitness apps and gadgets to trace people’s health status |
Perhaps you’ve tracked（观测） how many kilometers you’ve run, how many hours you’ve slept or how much you’ve eaten in a day.
If so, you’ve taken part in a popular movement called the “Quantified Self Movement” or “Self-tracking”. Maybe you’ve wanted to change a bad habit but couldn’t. Self-tracking may be your answer. The idea is to collect information about your everyday activities and analyze（分析） them to help improve and form a healthier lifestyle.
Recently, tools such as smartphones, apps, along with newly published wearable things, are making self-tracking easy. Today, one can use Fitbit, the Jawbone Up, Google Glass or a smart watch to record personal data(数据) including sleeping hours, stress levels, heart rate and mood.
So why does a person self-track? Someone may be trying to lose weight or improve their sleep. Another person feels tired after eating. Self-tracking could help him to know what foods make him sleepy and watch his diet.
Tracking daily activities isn’t a new concept. In years past, athletes and their coaches kept notes food, training and sleep in order to achieve an athletic goal. Similarly, doctors have also helped patients to record parts of their lifestyles and eating habits to help fight health problems. However, it wasn’t until 2007 that magazine writers Gary Wolf and Kim Kelly created the term (术语) “Quantified Self” or “self-tracking”.
Although self-tracking has many advantages, Dennis Nash, president of Data Speaks Health Solutions, says self-tracking has its disadvantages. Once people start tracking their daily activities, it can become an extra task people like to do often. Also, they might begin to worry too much about their health.
Though self-tracking doesn’t make sure that one’s quality of life will improve, it can encourage people to make healthier choices.
1. People choose self-tracking because _______.
| A．it watches your eating habits |
| B．it increases your movement |
| C．it records how many kilometers you run every day |
| D．it collects personal data and leads to self- improvement |
| A．we depend too much on them |
| B．it is easier to do self-tracking |
| C．they do harm to people’s health |
| D．tools are necessary to do self-tracking |
| A．two magazine writers |
| B．athletes and their coaches |
| C．doctors and their patients |
| D．scientists of Data Speaks Health Solutions |
| A．Education | B．Sports | C．Health | D．News |
A. My Computer B. Print a Document C. Send Emails
D. Save a Document E. Write Homework on the Computer
1. If you want to print a document，first put some paper in here，then click “print” and “OK”.
2. My sister often sends emails to her friends. She sends five emails every day.
3. If you want to save a document，click “save” and write the name in the box. Then click “save” again.
4. You can write your homework on the computer. First，open a new document. Then click the mouse on “new document”.
5. I have got a computer in my room. It's a new computer. My father buys it for me.
【推荐1】It was Day 1 of our vacation on Cortes, a beautiful quiet island. “iPhone, iPhone, iPhone,” my son kept moaning (呻吟). In front of him was a big window facing the blue ocean. And a cool gentle wind was coming in from the door. Clearly, he saw and felt none of it.
Back at home, I’d soon give up and hand the phone over to him after five minutes of listening to this kind of moaning.
But not here, before we left, I had told my 10-year-old son the rule—no e-mails, no Facebook, no video games, and no iPhone. We came here to get away from them all. Here we were on our first day and already, but he couldn’t stand it.
▲ I walked down the grass road to the beach and looked out to the sea. My 6-year-old daughter and my husband were drawing on pieces of wood. They were doing just fine.
On Day 2, we spent the whole morning digging for shells (贝壳). This time, my son joined us. He collected shellfish and other sea treasures. When we got back to our wood house, I gave my son a book, and put him on the lovely garden chair. It was almost dinner when he looked up.
The next few days passed in peace.
On Day 6, my son was lying beside me on the beach, watching the sun going down. He was playing with the sand. And there was something shining in his eyes. I realized how time slowed down for both of us. It was exactly what I wanted. Finally, we were able to sit quietly without thinking of screens, phone calls and e-mails.
A week away from all the electronics and life is good.
1. What is the special rule for the writer’s vacation?| A．They couldn’t use their electronics like iPhones. |
| B．They must keep quiet and stay in the house. |
| C．They had to spend their vacation on an island. |
| D．They should collect as many shells as possible. |
| A．站立 | B．玩耍 | C．忍受 | D．使用 |
| A．I felt really tired and went to bed. | B．I closed the door and stayed with him. |
| C．I just walked outside to leave him alone. | D．I gave him iPhone and let him stay inside. |
| A．angry → surprised → proud | B．excited → peaceful → bored |
| C．worried → angry → hopeful | D．bored → peaceful → pleased |
| A．The son used the phone on the first day. |
| B．The son didn’t join his family in their activities before the second day. |
| C．The mother asked her son to read a book when collecting shellfish. |
| D．The mother felt time slowed down when thinking of screens, phones calls and emails. |
【推荐2】A group of university graduates visited their old professor. During their visit, the conversation turned to work. The graduates were complaining about their problems and stress in work and in life. After offering coffee to his guests, the professor went to the kitchen and came back with a coffee pot and a tray (托盘), crowded with many different cups: porcelain (陶瓷), glass, plastic and crystal (水晶).
Some cups were simple, other ones expensive. The professor asked them to pick out their cups first. When the graduates picked out their favorite cups. The professor explained, “Notice how all the beautiful cups were picked out and the simple and cheap ones were left.”
“Wanting only the best things for yourself is the source of your problems and stress. You need to understand that the cup doesn’t make the coffee better. Actually, all that you wanted was the coffee not the cup. But you consciously (有意识地) chose the best cups, and then looked to see what cups others picked.”
“Life is the coffee. Your job, money, position in society...they are the cups. The type of cup doesn’t determine the quality of life. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cups, we forget to enjoy the taste of coffee. The happiest people are not those who have the best things, but those who enjoy life and make the most of what they have.”
Hearing this, the graduates were speechless. They had learned another important life lesson from their old professor—that true happiness means enjoying life and not worrying about unimportant things.
1. In Paragraph 1, the graduates were complaining about their ________.| A．problems and stress | B．work and life | C．coffee and cups | D．sadness and happiness |
| A．give students more choices to choose |
| B．teach students how to make coffee |
| C．show students his collection of cups |
| D．teach students the meaning of happiness |
| A．chose the plastic and glass cups |
| B．did not choose heavy cups |
| C．preferred beautiful and expensive cups |
| D．preferred simple and cheap cups |
| A．have the best kinds of coffee cups |
| B．make the best of what they have |
| C．have many options to choose from |
| D．care mostly about making money |
| A．Catch the best choices that you can in life. |
| B．Make the most of life and ignore small things. |
| C．Let others have some of the best things in life. |
| D．Choose the best cup when drinking coffee. |
Sandy from Taiwan says:
My favorite holiday is the Mid-Autumn festival. I always visit my grandfather and grandmother, and we always go to the same restaurant on the mountain. At night, we always have a picnic, and watch the moon together. I enjoy it a lot.
Yagna from India says:
My favorite day is Deepavali(屠妖节), which is also called Festival of Lights. People do some cleaning at home and light their oil lamps to thank for the defeat(败仗) of the bad king. To celebrate it, we also eat sweets and delicious food, wear new clothes, and give presents to our friends and relatives.
Pat from Thailand says:
My name is Pat. My favorite holiday is
1. What is Sandy’s favorite holiday?
| A．The Mid-Autumn festival. | B．New Year's Day. |
| C．Deepavali. | D．Songkran. |
| A．音乐会 | B．新年 | C．中秋节 | D．泼水节 |
| A．eat sweets and delicious food |
| B．wear new clothes |
| C．give presents to others |
| D．all of the above |
| A．Pat from Thailand likes Deepavali (屠妖节) best. |
| B．Sandy can celebrate her favorite festival by pouring water on each other. |
| C．Songkran takes place from the 13th to 15th of April. |
| D．Sandy always goes to different restaurants on the mountain to spend the Mid-Autumn festival. |
【推荐1】Linda and her family are going to move to a new town next week. Her parents find a new school for her and her sister Emma. Emma is sad about leaving her old school, but Linda is not. Why?
On the one hand, one of her good friends Amy is studying at her new school. They often send emails to each other. Now they can meet face to face every day. On the other hand, it will save her time because the new home is next to the school. It will take her just a few minutes to ride her bike to school. And her father doesn’t need to drive her to school anymore.
To help Linda and Emma know better about the school, Amy draws a map of her school and sends it to Linda. And Linda is looking at it now.
1. Linda and her sister will study in the same school.
2. Linda went to school by bus before she moved.
3. The office building is across from the sports hall.
4. Amy buys a map of her school for Linda.
5. The hospital and the library are on the same street.
【推荐2】B
| A．No.4 | B．No.5 | C．No.3 |
| A．south | B．east | C．north |
| A．Great Lake and the Beihai Park | B．the Football Club |
| C．the History Museum | |
| A．May Airport | B．Teachers' College | C．the Public Library |
| A．One. | B．Two. | C．Three. |
However, we human beings are polluting water seriously. In some areas of China, people are still in great need of clean water. Dirty water is one of the world’s biggest healthy problems. It’s harmful to our health. When water from the rain and melting(融化) snow runs through roads, it picks up some dangerous chemicals and other things along the way. Many of the rivers are short of protections, so they are easy to be polluted by factories or animals’ waste.
World Water Day has grown to become one of the important dates since 1993. In 2013, World Water Day shares the topic of Water Cooperation. If everyone tries their best to save and protect the clean water, our living conditions will be much better.
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。
1. From the first paragraph, we know that people couldn’t live without _________.
| A．fire | B．water | C．books | D．language |
| A．useful | B．kind | C．harmful | D．cruel |
| A．schools | B．factories or animals’ waste |
| C．fish | D．human beings’ waste |
| A．Water and Food. | B．City Water Protection. |
| C．Water Quality. | D．Water Cooperation. |
| A．The clean water is enough in China. |
| B．We needn’t any clean water. |
| C．World Water Day started in 2013. |
| D．We should try our best to protect the clean water. |
【推荐1】However exciting space travel sounds, astronauts must still suffer with bad food. Now, food in space has to be dehydrated（使脱水）or pre-cooked and stored. This means astronauts aren't really eating fresh food.
New technology may change this. Scientific American reports that a specially-designed oven will be sent into space this autumn with NASA's NG-12 cargo（货物）.Far from the common vacuum-packed（真空包装的）meals, astronauts may get to enjoy freshly baked cookies before the end of 2019.
Why aren't they baking cookies in space already?
For one thing, there's the risk of a fire. Engineers also have to overcome the challenge of microgravity, which prevents heat from circling inside ovens the same way it does on Earth.
Astronauts will still have to wait a while before they can have their cookies, though. After baking, the results will be sent back to Earth for safety testing. If successful, this will be the first oven to bake food in space.
“I believe…that will be game-changing for both science and astronauts, ”food technology researcher Maeena Naman Shafiee told Scientific American.
One of the main driving forces behind this project has been NASA's 2018 research into the effects of " confinement（封闭）and isolation（隔离）”. Unlike on the International Space Station（ISS）, astronauts traveling out of Earth's orbit may not be able to speak to their loved ones on future missions, which could lead to negative feelings.
It's hoped that the chance to bake and sense familiar smells can bring joy to crews（宇航人员）.
“Is the ISS going to smell like fresh-baked cookies? We don't know, ”said NanoRacks' communications manager Abby Dickes. “But that's a feeling we all know and love…that will make someone feel at home.”
Baking cookies in space would mark an important step, offering a small comfort in the difficult and unfamiliar environment of space travel. Astronauts have already grown plants aboard the ISS.
With commercial（商业的）space travel now being planned, who knows what other developments may surprise us in the future
1. What can the new technology help astronauts to do in space?| A．Store more food. | B．Enjoy fresh cookies. |
| C．Quickly prepare food. | D．Cook many different kinds of home-made meals. |
| A．Because it's difficult and costly to send food into space. |
| B．Because microgravity stops food from staying in one place. |
| C．Because baking cookies in space would pollute the spaceships. |
| D．Because it is hard to heat food properly because of microgravity. |
| A．To improve astronauts' health. | B．To make improvements in space travel. |
| C．To encourage more people to travel to space. | D．To make space travel more comfortable for astronauts. |
【推荐2】Indonesia is my mother’s homeland (家乡). Since I was young, I had learned a lot about the country. For a long time I had wanted to do something for the country and people there, and I thought volunteering would be a good and fun way to do so.
Teaching my first English class in Aceh was exciting but I was rather nervous. As time went by I learned how to be a better teacher. Teaching was really the most enjoyable of my many responsibilities (责任).
Many children were shy at first. But when they relaxed, they would start talking and telling you a lot of funny things. For the children who are more in need, the Education Program (TEP) will collect donations (收集捐赠) to help them.
As a volunteer. I had to visit the TEP children at home once a month and help them write a thank-you letter to their sponsors. This was a way for the children to communicate with their sponsors. Sometimes the sponsors would write back to the children.
1. The writer thought volunteering would be a good way to ________.| A．play outdoors | B．do something for Indonesia | C．learn more about Indonesia | D．get the greatest pleasure |
| A．领导 | B．发起者 | C．资助者 | D．亲戚 |
| A．When the writer was young, he wanted to be a teacher. |
| B．The writer learned how to be a good teacher at first. |
| C．The writer learned a lot from his experience as a volunteer. |
| D．The children in Indonesia were brave (勇敢) and easy to talk to. |
【推荐3】One day, many years ago, when I was working as psychologist(心理学家) in England, David was brought into my office. Without any words, his face was pale and he just looked at his own feet.
David lost his father when he was two years old and lived with his mother and grandfather. But at the age of 13, his grandfather died and then his mother was killed in a car accident. His teacher told me that he refused to talk to others from then on.
How could I help him?
David didn't say a word. As he was leaving, I put my hand on his shoulder. "Come back next week if you like. " I said.
He came, and I invited him to play game of chess. He agreed. After that we played chess every Wednesday afternoon in complete silence. Little by little, he arrived earlier than agreed. It seemed as if he enjoyed my company. But why didn't he ever look at me?
"Perhaps he just needs someone to share his pain with. " I thought.
Months later, when I was looking at his head, he suddenly looked up at me. "It's your turn," he said. After that day, David started talking. He finally got friends in school and he even joined bicycle club. He wrote letters to me some times. Now he had really started to live his life.
Maybe I gave David something. But I learned a lot from him. I learned how time makes it possible to overcome what seems to be painful. David showed me how one-without a word-can reach out to another person. All it takes is a shoulder to cry on, a friendly touch and an ear that listens.
1. When David was brought into the writer's office, ________.| A．he looked at his own feet | B．he seemed happy | C．he said hello to the writer | D．he smiled at the writer |
| A．after his father had died | B．before he was twelve |
| C．after his grandfather had died | D．when he became an orphan(孤儿) |
| A．way of running a business | B．way of being together with him | C．way of playing chess | D．way of studying |
| A．We needn't help each other in need. | B．We need to play chess with those silent boys. |
| C．We should try to help those who are painful. | D．Time can change a person into another one with many words. |
