1 . Best smartwatches you can buy right now
1. Apple Watch SE
The Apple Watch SE is the best smartwatch money can buy right now, but it’s only the right choice for you if you own an iPhone. If you do have an iPhone, you may wonder why the Apple Watch 6 doesn’t take our title of the very best smartwatch? That’s because the Apple Watch SE does almost everything that smartwatch can, but for a much lower price.
The Apple Watch SE comes with a high-end design and a great range of features that you can’t get on every other smartwatch right now. The battery life isn’t the best on the market based on our tests, and there isn’t an always-on display, but if you’re after a great value for money choice for your next wrist companion you should opt for the Apple Watch SE.
2. Samsung Galaxy Watch 4
The Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 is a wearable that had a lot of publicity around it. This sees Samsung return to Wear OS, having used Tizen for recent models. But this isn’t Wear OS as you might know it — it’s a new take on the operating system, designed alongside Samsung, and with a very Tizen-like skin on the top.
Add to that great performance, what we found to be a comfortable fit, a lightweight build, and interesting new body composition measurement tools, and this makes for a top smartwatch, especially for those interested in tracking their health and fitness.
But with some of its features requiring a Samsung phone, and no support for iPhones, the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 isn’t something we can recommend to everyone. It also arguably isn’t worth upgrading to if you already own a recent Galaxy Watch.
3. Apple Watch 6
The Apple Watch 6 hasn’t taken the top spot in our best smartwatch list, but this is the absolute best device you can get if you own an iPhone. Why isn’t it ranked above the Apple Watch SE? Because it’s a lot more expensive than that option.
It isn’t a huge upgrade over the Apple Watch 5 though. There are new features like blood oxygen monitoring and an upgraded chipset, but largely it’s a similar device with the exact same screen and design.
That said, if you’re after an Apple Watch this is the best from the company ever, we just found the lack of any major upgrades a slight disappointment.
1. What is a disadvantage of the Apple Watch SE?A.It has a poor range of features | B.The display is always on |
C.It is poor value for money | D.The battery life is not outstanding |
A.It doesn’t support iPhones | B.It is comfortable |
C.It can’t be recommended to everyone | D.It uses a different operating system |
A.The blood oxygen monitor | B.The screen |
C.The price | D.The chipset |
2 . John H. Johnson was born in a black family in Arkansas City in 1918. His father died in an accident when John was six. He was reaching high school age, but his hometown offered no high school for blacks.
Luckily, he had a strong-willed, caring mother. John remembers that his mother told him many times, “Son, you can be anything you really want to be if you just believe. She told him not to be dependent on others, including his mother. “You have to earn success,” said she. “All the people who work hard don’t succeed, but the only people who do succeed are those who work hard.”
These words came from a woman less than a third grade education. She also knew that believing and hard work don’t mean everything. So she worked hard as a cook for two years to save enough to take her son, who was then 15, to Chicago.
Chicago in1933 was not the promised land (乐土、希望之地) that black southerners were looking for, John’s mother and stepfather could not find work. But there John could go to school, and there he learned the power of words — as editor of the newspaper and yearbook of Du Stable High School. His wish was to publish a magazine for blacks.
While others discouraged him, John’s mother offered him more words to live by: “Nothing beats a failure but a try.” She also let him pawn (典当) her furniture to get the $500 he needed to start the Negro magazine.
It is natural the difficulties and failures followed John closely until he became very successful. He always keeps his mother’s words in mind. “Son, failure is not in your vocabulary.”
Now John H. Johnson is one of the 400 richest people in America — worth $150 million.
1. Why did John’s mother decide to move to Chicago? Because ________.A.John’s father died in his hometown when he was very young |
B.life was too hard for them to stay on in their hometown, while life in Chicago would be better for blacks |
C.there were no schools for blacks in their hometown |
D.John needed more education and he could go to school there |
A.woman with little school education but knew a lot about life |
B.woman who would not do anything for her son |
C.strong woman with much knowledge |
D.woman who didn’t know how to encourage her son |
A.if you try, you will succeed in the end |
B.a failure is difficult to beat, even if you try |
C.a try is always followed by failure |
D.nothing but a try can help you out of failure |
A.How John H. Johnson became somebody. |
B.The mental support John’s mother gave him. |
C.The importance of a good education. |
D.The key to success for blacks. |
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4 . MOA Shop Indigenous (土著的) Artist Contest
Are you an Indigenous artist, between 15 and 25 years old, with a story to tell? Submit a design that expresses your identity, and the MOA Shop will help share it with the world. The winning artwork with your signature will be printed on a T-shirt and sold and promoted only through the MOA Shop for one year. The winner will receive both a $250 prize and copyright income from every sale.
Qualification
Any individual 15 to 25 years of age who identifies as Indigenous, Aboriginal, First Nations, Inuit or Métis.
Rules + Guidelines
•Artwork may be from the artist's pre-existing work or made for this contest.
•Artwork may use a maximum of two colours and must be easily visible.
•Artwork must fit on the front of the T-shirt.
•Artwork must be submitted with file extension .ai, .eps, .pdf, fxg, or .svg.
•Entries from artists who have submitted in previous years are welcomed.
Submission checklist
•Artwork submission(s)
•Completed entry form found here.
•Artist biography (about 250 words)
Profits
Artists hold full copyright of any submitted entries. The winning artwork will be licensed by the MOA Slop for one year and the artist is free to license or sell their winning artwork. A large percentage of money from the sale of T-shirts goes towards MOA's public programs.
Time and contact
The submission deadline has been extended to March 31st, 2021 and the winner is announced by June 2021. We look forward to receiving your artwork! Please send all submissions and any questions to shoptshirt@ moa. ubc. ca.
1. What will the winner get?A.A T-shirt with his artwork on. |
B.The signature of the Indigenous artist. |
C.The right to immediately sell his work. |
D.An award and some profits from the sale. |
A.It must be received before June 2021. |
B.It must be printed on the back of the T-shirt. |
C.It must be included at least two visible colours. |
D.It must be submitted with the artist's self-introduction. |
A.To the owner of MOA. | B.To the winner of the contest. |
C.To the shop's public programs. | D.To the promotion of the artworks. |
5 . How I Turned to Be Optimistic
I began to grow up that winter night when my parents and I were returning from my aunt's house, and my mother said that we might soon be leaving for America. We were on the bus then. I was crying, and some people on the bus were turning around to look at me. I remember that I could not bear the thought of never hearing again the radio program for school children to which I listened every morning.I do not remember myself crying for this reason again. In fact, I think I cried very little when I was saying goodbye to my friends and relatives. When we were leaving I thought about all the places I was going to see—the strange and magical places I had known only from books and pictures. The country I was leaving never to come back was hardly in my head then.
The four years that followed taught me the importance of optimism, but the idea did not come to me at once. For the first two years in New York I was really lost—having to study in three schools as a result of family moves. I did not quite know what I was or what I should be. Mother remarried, and things became even more complex for me. Some time passed before my stepfather and I got used to each other. I was often sad, and saw no end to “the hard times. ”
My responsibilities in the family increased a lot since I knew English better than everyone else at home. I wrote letters, filled out forms, translated at interviews with Immigration officers, took my grandparents to the doctor and translated there, and even discussed telephone bills with company representatives.
From my experiences I have learned one important rule: Almost all common troubles eventually go away! Something good is certain to happen in the end when you do not give up, and just wait a little! I believe that my life will turn out all right, even though it will not be that easy.
1. How did the author get to know America?
A.From her relatives. | B.From her mother. |
C.From Books and pictures. | D.From radio programs. |
A.confused | B.excited |
C.worried | D.amazed |
A.often lost her way |
B.did not think about her future |
C.studied in three different schools |
D.got on well with her stepfather |
A.She worked as a translator. |
B.She attended a lot of job interviews. |
C.She paid telephone bills for her family. |
D.She helped her family with her English. |
A.her future will be free from troubles |
B.it is difficult to learn to become patient |
C.there are more good things than bad things |
D.good things will happen if one keeps trying |
It seemed that Katie had been running up sizable charges in the lunchroom. Her parents explained that Katie brought a great homemade lunch each day, and there was no reason for her to buy school lunch. They assumed a sit-down with Katie would solve the problem, but failed. So they asked me to help them get to the bottom of this situation.
So the next day, I asked Katie to my office. "Why are you charging lunches, Katie? What happened to your homemade lunch?" I asked. "I lose it," she responded. I leaned back in my chair and said, "I don't believe you, Katie. " She didn't care. "Is someone stealing your lunch, Katie?" I took a new track. "No. I just lose it," she said. Well, there was nothing else I could do.
The problem was still unsolved the next week when I noticed a boy who was new to the school sitting alone at a lunch table. He always looked sad. I thought I would go and sit with him for a while. As I walked towards him, I noticed the lunch bag on the table. The name on the bag said "Katie".
Now I understood and I talked to Katie. It seemed that the new boy never brought a lunch, and he wouldn't go to the lunch line for a free lunch. He had told Katie his secret and asked her not to tell anyone that his parents wanted him to get a free lunch at school. Katie asked me not to tell her parents, but I drove to her house that evening after I was sure that she was in bed. I had never seen parents so proud of their child. Katie didn't care that her parents and teacher were disappointed in her. But she cared about a little boy who was hungry and scared.
Katie still buys lunch every day at school. And every day, as she heads out of the door, her mom hands her a delicious homemade lunch.
1. What did the author think of Katie?
A.She performed well at school. |
B.She was a girl filled with love. |
C.She often made trouble at school. |
D.She used to be a discipline problem. |
A.She lost her homemade lunch. |
B.She had her homemade lunch stolen. |
C.She didn't like the taste of her homemade lunch. |
D.She gave her homemade lunch to a hungry boy. |
A.They were very angry. | B.They were proud of Katie. |
C.They were disappointed. | D.They were rather upset. |
A.Katie was informed that her parents had known her secret. |
B.Katie told the author the truth of her lunch during their first talk. |
C.Katie's secret of lunch was discovered by the author by accident. |
D.Katie stopped buying lunch at school after her secret was discovered. |