According to a 2018 study from San Francisco State University, nearly 2. 4 billon people around the world used a smartphone in 2017. By the end of 2018, more than a third of the global population will be using a smartphone.
However, smartphone technology can be a double-edged sword (双刃剑). On the one hand, it sends us lots of information. On the other hand, using a smartphone may become an addiction (瘾).
Erik Peper and Richard Harvey are both health education professors at San Francisco State University. They led the study. Peper explains that smartphone addiction forms connections in the brain that are similar to drug addiction (毒瘾). And these connections form slowly over time. Also, addiction to social media may affect (影响) our emotional state (情绪). The two professors asked 135 university students about their habit of smartphone use and their feelings. They found that students who used their phones were feeling lonelier and more nervous.
Peper and Harvey don't blame (责怪) users for their technology addiction. The researchers warn that workers in the technology industry know how to control our brains and turn us into addicts.
But the researchers say that we can train our brains to be less addicted to our phones and computers. Erik Peper suggests turning off our phones before we sleep or do something important. The researchers also suggest taking control of when and where you answer texts or emails. You don't need to answer them all. And you certainly don't need to answer them as soon as you get them. They also suggest setting limits (设限) on the time you spend.
1. What can we infer from Paragraph ?| A．Smartphone use has become very common. |
| B．Most young people can't live without smartphones. |
| C．Smartphones make our life more colorful and convenient. |
| D．Most people think smartphones are the greatest invention. |
| A．has a bright future | B．can be better than most people think |
| C．has both advantages and disadvantages | D．can give us lots of information |
| A．It can beat loneliness. | B．It's more popular with students. |
| C．It's preferred by young people feeling lonely. | D．It can harm students' emotional state in many ways. |
| A．Social media isn't that important to us. | B．We can train our brains to do many things. |
| C．We shouldn't become addicted to our smartphones. | D．There are ways to deal with smartphone use addiction. |
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【推荐1】Different networks(网络) from all around the world make up the Internet. When you learn to use the Internet，you can have lots of fun on the World Wide Web(万维网).The web is like a big electronic(电子的) book with lots of pages that are called home pages(主页).
You can find information about the world on those pages. For example，you can use the Internet to find information for your homework. You can also find information about your sports or film stars，talk to your friends or do some shopping on the pages. Most pages have words，pictures and sounds or music.
1. The underlined phrase “make up” means “ ” in Chinese.| A．制造 | B．来自 | C．组成 | D．连接 |
| A．dictionary | B．book | C．address | D．shop |
| A．do shopping | B．do talking |
| C．do homework | D．do cooking |
| A．words | B．music | C．animals | D．pictures |
【推荐2】Dong Yuhui was a teacher at New Oriental, an English-language training organization. On June 9th 2022, he became a big hit online by selling agricultural (农业的) products through live-streaming (直播). Agricultural products, like fruits and beef, are from plants or animals.
Unlike other live-streamers, Dong talked about what he would usually talk about in a classroom, both in Chinese as well as in English, before coming to the point. But his viewers just loved it.
“It’s very good,” someone said. “I feel like being in a classroom.” That very evening, sales from his live-streaming reached 15 million yuan ($2.23 million), while his video was put on the daily hot list on popular short-video platform Douyin.
New Oriental is finally seeing hope after a year of struggle. It faced its biggest challenge after the Ministry of Education introduced a national policy banning (禁止) after-school training.
New Oriental finally found a way to overcome its difficulty: Selling agricultural products through live-streaming.
Its struggle should serve as an inspiration for other organizations that have been badly hit because of the new policy. In fact, several video-sharing apps are already planning to attract live-streamers for agricultural sales. By October 2021, at least one app had got 126,000 “new farmers” born after 1995, who could clearly tell their viewers how they were growing fruits and vegetables and attracting more people to buy their products.
There are yoga and boxing teachers, as well as carpenters(木匠), who share their knowledge or skills online and make money. It’s a new way to express themselves better.
1. People can buy things through Dong’s live-streaming room EXCEPT ________.| A．cellphones and watches | B．grapes and beef | C．rice and corns |
| A．To let more people fall in love with fruits and vegetables. |
| B．To make more people be their friends. |
| C．To attract more people to buy their products. |
| A．About a week. | B．About a month. | C．About a year. |
| A．the Ministry of Education introduced a national policy to close New Oriental |
| B．audiences love Dong very much |
| C．only teachers like Dong can express themselves better |
Meet Sortee is a puzzle game developed by Flow Studio, a UK company. It makes you think deeply about everyday objects and their meanings.
The rule of the game is quite simple. Two bins are placed on either side of the screen. Each of the bins has a label (标签) next to it and the label explains what it is for. When an object, such as a car or an apple, appears on the screen, you need to decide which bin it should be sorted into and then send it there by moving your finger.
The game seems easy enough at first. But as you move on to more levels, it gets harder. The number of bins increases to three or four and the time given gets shorter. You need to think and move faster. That can be really difficult.
There are 400 0bjects in total and more than 100 bins in the game. The more objects you correctly sort, the more game coins you can get It's a bit like working in a rubbish recycling center, but it has no bad smell.
You can download the free game from Apple's app store (苹果软件下载中心), but it only lets you play the first few levels. If you want to open the next 40 levels, you need to pay 6 yuan for the full game.
1. The passage is probably taken from __ __.
| A．a postcard | B．a newspaper | C．a comic book | D．a novel |
| A．You can play the full game for free. |
| B．You can play the full game easily. |
| C．There are only 2 bins in each level. |
| D．There are over 40 levels in the game. |
| A．A mobile game. | B．Rubbish sorting. |
| C．Apple's app store. | D．A recycling center. |
Fish farming is not a new thing. There were fish farms in China 3,000 years ago. Today, about one third of the fish we eat comes from fish farms.
Most fish farms raise plant-eating fish. Popular kinds of plant-eating fish are carp, tilapia, and catfish. However, many fish farms are starting to raise meat-eating fish. A popular type of meat-eating fish is salmon. However, it takes up to 5 tons of wild fish to produce just 1 ton of farm-raised salmon. So if this continued, many types of wild fish could become extinct.
Critics (评论家) of fish farming also say that farm-raised fish is unhealthy. They say there are dangerous chemicals (化学物质) in the fish. They also say fish farming pollutes the water. Some people say that the ways of farming being used now won’t produce enough fish anyway. Instead of building fish farms in lakes or near the coast, they say that the fish farms could be moved far out into the ocean. In the future, fish farms might be large cages that move to the ocean.
1. Which of the following about fish farming is true?
| A．It is very popular around the world. |
| B．It is a new thing in 2010. |
| C．It appeared in China about thirty centuries ago. |
| D．It can solve the problem of the world’s population. |
| A．Carp | B．Catfish |
| C．Tilapia | D．Salmon |
| A．绝种的 | B．无家可归的 |
| C．弱小的 | D．惊慌失措的 |
| A．2. | B．3. | C．4. | D．5. |
| A．One way to control the growth of population. |
| B．One way to feed more people. |
| C．One way to catch more fish. |
| D．One way to save the wild fish. |
| Should kids join talent show(才艺选秀) | ||
| Discussion | Ellie | The talent shows shouldn’t set a limit (限制) on the age. If the parents want their kids to join the talent shows, they should say “Yes”. |
| Faiza | Talent shows can help children become more confident. And no matter (无论) how young you are, you can have talents. | |
| Gabriella | I don’t think it’s good for kids to join the big talent shows. They have other things like their studies in schools. And they will lose heart if they can not win. | |
| Jessica | I don’t think kids need to compete with adults （与成年人竞争）. There should be Kids Have Got Talent. | |
| A．the kids’ friends | B．the kids’ teachers | C．the kids’ parents |
| A．more confident | B．more outgoing | C．more talented |
| A．talent shows | B．their studies | C．their families |
| A．there should be talent shows for kids only |
| B．kids mustn’t join the talent shows |
| C．kids should not watch talent shows |
| A．Kids feel excited in the talent shows. |
| B．Faiza thinks kids can be talented, too. |
| C．Kids always win the talent shows. |
A | B |
Noom will help you make a special eating plan. It also suggests physical activities about your age, weight, height and personal goals. |
Learning French on HelloTalk is a fun experience! The app provides active ways to learn the language. On the app, you can practice French with people from around the world. |
C | D |
Kitchen Stories is all about healthy cooking. On this app, you can see lots of dishes with easy-to-follow photo instructions. You can also get useful advice and learn funny stories about cooking. |
If you’re going to a place, this app will provide you with the area’s best walking, biking and running roads. You can also read others’ reviews of the place. Useful information about how to get there is offered, too. |
E | F |
This app connects strangers and turns them into friends. You can get in touch with people according to your interests and hobbies. You will be safe here, so just be yourself, which is the most important. |
If you always start your day with your phone, ZenScreen will be suitable for you. After spending 10 minutes on your phone, you will be reminded to spend 20 minutes without it. You can also set a time for something on this app. |
2. Michael wants to make as many like-minded (志同道合的) friends as possible. However, he is a little shy of talking with others face to face.
3. Jackson used to eat much junk food, which made him overweight. He wants to lose weight in a healthy and effective (有效的) way.
4. Belinda has an interest in cooking. She loves both Chinese food and Western food. She often learns how to cook in her free time.
5. Christine can’t help playing with her phone for a long time every day. She tries hard to change the bad habit.
【推荐1】For many kids, a snow day is the reason for celebration. Instead of going to class, kids can have snowball fights and enjoy the snow. But snow days are now a thing of the past in one South Carolina school district (区). The district asks students to have online classes on snow days. Students use a computer to do schoolwork at home.
E-learning is used so that there is less need for makeup days in summer. But not everyone thinks this is sensible. Here, two students share their ideas.
YES! by Tom Johnson, 10
I think kids should go to school online on a snow day. When there is a heavy snow, school is closed and kids have nothing to do but watch television and play computer games. How boring! If students could go to school online on snow days, they would have something useful to do. With e-learning, kids would still get time to play in the snow, but they would also have something to do when they couldn’t get out of the house. E-learning on snow days would be a welcome change!
NO! by Gabriela Quesada, 10
Kids need to go to school, but they should not have to go to school online on a snow day. During snowstorms, many people lose power (电). Sometimes, you can’t use the internet. If kids don’t have power, how are they going to use the computer? When I was small and lived in Spain, I experienced something similar. My dad wanted me to do online schoolwork on a snow day. But the power was out and there was no internet, so I couldn’t. Even if there is internet, the online schoolwork might be difficult for students. They might need help from teachers. On a snow day, kids and teachers should use the time to rest and enjoy the snow.
1. What is Tom against (反对) doing on snow days?| A．Going to school. | B．Playing in the snow. | C．Watching TV in the house. | D．Having online classes. |
| A．Impossible. | B．Difficult. | C．Helpful. | D．Boring. |
| A．Her homework was too difficult. | B．There was no power at school. |
| C．She had to go to school even on snow days. | D．She couldn’t study online. |
| A．Students cannot get help | B．Teachers cannot test students |
| C．Parents pay too much money | D．There is too much homework |
【推荐2】We all know that we humans are able to show our feelings every day. Are animals the same to us? Animals can’t think by themselves, but they do have feeling changes. For example, a dog shakes its tail to show its happiness and barks to drive a bad person away. Therefore, animals can show some feelings like humans, too. However, are they able to feel unhappy?
The answer is yes. Many studies showed this. When meeting some bad things, animals show sadness as human beings do. When a friend around dies, both animals and humans act in some same ways: not talking with others, sleeping less, and eating less. It proves that animals have the feeling of sadness. Just like humans, it also takes animals a lot of time to get away from it.
In fact, lots of people treat pet animals as their toys. They don’t care about what they need and like. They leave animals alone at home, and don’t take them to walk outside. All of these are bad for animals, and easily lead to some bad results. They may die early if we don’t understand them or treat them well. Knowing that animals have sad feelings, we should change the way of treating them.
1. Which picture doesn’t show that animals have feeling changes?A． | B． | C． | D． |
| A．Animals think by themselves. | B．Animals meet some bad things. |
| C．Animals have sad feeling. | D．Animals act as humans. |
| A．pets are good toys for fun | B．a pet can think well if its owner teaches it |
| C．a pet can get away from sadness easily | D．if we are not kind to our pets, we may make their lives short |
| A．How to share our feelings with animals | B．How to help our pets live longer. |
| C．How to do with our bad feelings. | D．How to explore the world of animals. |
| A．ask us to be kind and treat animals well | B．tell us whether animals have feeling changes |
| C．tell us reasons why animals feel sad | D．tell us ways of comforting sad people |
【推荐3】More and more people in China are now sharing parts of their lives with the world by videos on their phones. Some people send videos of personal events like holidays and weddings.
Using live streaming (网络直播) is particularly popular among the people aged 18 to 35. Besides leaving danmu comments (弹幕), they can also communicate directly with the hosts by buying virtual (虚拟的) gifts such as flowers, toys and cars for them online. The most recent example was the Olympic swimmer Fu Yuanhui. She did one-hour live streaming which attracted more than 11 million viewers.
What’s more, live streaming allows users to communicate with strangers and express themselves. A 19-year-old college student called Nic Li says she spends three to four hours each week chatting and singing with viewers through one app called Ingkee. “Sometimes I feel lonely and want to talk to people,” she says. “It feels nice when viewers are playing attention to me.”
However, there are worries about the misuse of live streaming. Papi Jiang promised to correct her unsuitable and impolite language after she was warned by government officials. As there are more than 80 apps and 300 websites for live streaming in China, the Internet regulator (网络监管机构) can hardly monitor the content all the time.
“We support the use of live streaming. But people should be aware of the two sides of it.” One of the officials said.
1. According to the first paragraph, more and more people in China are now _________.| A．having holidays of weddings | B．living on their phones |
| C．sharing their hobbies with each other | D．sending videos on the phone |
| A．officials | B．hosts | C．users | D．viewers |
| A．leave danmu comments | B．buy virtual gifts |
| C．use unsuitable and impolite language | D．communicate with strangers |
| A．Nic Li made viewers pay attention to her through Wechat. |
| B．Papi Jiang herself realized her unsuitable and impolite language later. |
| C．Over 11 million people bought gifts for Fu Yuanhui during her live broadcast. |
| D．Ingkee is a kind of live streaming app to allow people to chat and sing online. |
| A．The two sides of live streaming | B．How to use live streaming |
| C．Live streaming among young people | D．Why live streaming is popular |
Rest at weekends
Weekends are time for a rest. After a week’s hard work, weekends are the best time for you to relax yourself. Having a nice lie-in(睡懒觉) is a good idea. Besides, good sleep makes sure of your study.
Cry out
If you feel sad, don’t try to hide your feelings. Crying out may help reduce(减少) your sadness.
Keep a diary
You can write down all that you want to say. That’s a great way to think about and remember life. You can do it on paper or on computers.
Enjoy a big meal
It’s not a good idea for a kid to lose weight, so you don’t need to eat less food. When you feel upset, enjoy a big meal. Eating delicious food will make you feel good.
Join in activities
Having a get-together(聚会) is great fun. Going out with friends for a trip will make you happy. And it will also bring you a good sleep.
1. How many pieces of advice are given in the passage?
| A．Four. | B．Five. | C．Six. |
| A．have a nice lie-in |
| B．hide your feelings |
| C．cry out |
| A．keeping a diary |
| B．enjoying a big meal |
| C．joining in activities |
| A．Good sleep makes sure of your study. |
| B．Writing a diary can hide your feelings. |
| C．It is a good idea for a kid to lose weight. |
| A．students | B．parents | C．teachers |
【推荐2】What do you do on your birthday? As we know, parents often have a birthday party for their kids or buy them lots of gifts. But what do you do for them? It’s really a good idea to do things for your parents on your birthday. Then they can be very happy on that day.
Here are some good ideas for you on your parents’ birthday.
•Make a card for your parents with “Thank you for giving me life. Dad and mom.”
•Make a meal for them. Your parents often make meals for you. And on this day, make a meal for them.
•Play with your parents at home. You often play with your friends. But on this day, please play with your parents. Doing sports with them in the morning is a good idea.
1. What do parents often do on their kids’ birthday?| A．Buy gifts for kids. | B．Make a card for kids. |
| C．Do homework for kids. | D．Do some housework. |
| A．生活 | B．生命 | C．生存 | D．生物 |
| A．Make a meal with them. | B．Make a card with your father. |
| C．Play with your friends. | D．Do sports with them. |
| A．Kids | B．Friends | C．Parents | D．Clerks |
| A．Parents need to do a lot for their kids on kids’ birthday. |
| B．It’s good for kids to have a birthday party at home. |
| C．It’s not good to make a card for parents on kids’ birthday. |
| D．The kids can do a lot for parents on their birthdays. |
She is good at singing. She likes listening to music. She is S.H.E.’s fan(迷). Do you know Conan? He is a little detective(侦探).The lovely girl also likes him.
Oh, sorry. I forget to tell you who the girl is. It’s me. I’m a lovely girl. You can call me Kacely or Kacelin.
Now I study at Sunshine Middle School. I’m in Class 1, Grade 7. Every day, I get up at 6:00 a.m. The classes begin at 7 o’clock. I like lunchtime because I can chat with my friends at that time. After school, I usually play badminton with my friends. I like playing badminton and I am good at it.
I want to be a superstar(超级明星) when I grow up.
1. Conan is a ____________.
| A．policeman | B．teacher | C．doctor | D．detective |
| A．student | B．teacher | C．worker | D．detective |
| A．teacher | B．doctor | C．singer | D．superstar |
