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1. When did the first Notting Hill Carnival take place?
A.In 1865. | B.In 1964. | C.In 1985. |
A.They whiten them with flour. | B.They paint them with oil. | C.They wear colorful masks. |
A.To celebrate their own cultures and traditions. |
B.To express their love for London. |
C.To show their respect for the steel band musicians. |
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Peru is a popular destination for
5 . TikTok has pushed a new safety update to its app that allows parents to take more control of their teenager’s accounts, as social media companies come under increasing pressure to make their platforms safer for children.
The company said that its Family Pairing now enables parents to turn off comments on their children’s videos entirely or limit them to friends only. Parents whose accounts are linked to their kids will also be able to set their accounts to private ones, turn off the search function for content or users, and limit who can see which videos their children have liked.
The Family Pairing lets parents see how long their children are spending on TikTok each day and limit the content they can see.
TikTok allows children to register (注册) and create an account if they’re over the age of 13. All they need to do is provide their date of birth. However, because TikTok doesn’t require registrants (注册人) to prove their identities, some children under 13 have registered by lying about their age, according to U.K. regulator Ofcom (英国通信管理局)
Alexandra Evans, head of child safety public policy for TikTok in Europe, told CNBC that Family Pairing has “put itself in parents’ shoes”since it was launched. “If we’re thinking of it as a toolbox, we want to offer more tools,” she said on a video call ahead of the announcement.
1. What is the second paragraph mainly about?A.The safety tips from TikTok. |
B.The limits on Family Pairing. |
C.New apps explored by TikTok. |
D.The functions of Family Pairing. |
A.The low age limit of users. |
B.The demand for users’ birth dates. |
C.TikTok’s failure to check identities. |
D.The difficulty in opening an account. |
A.Uninterested. | B.Objective. | C.Disappointed. | D.Favorable. |
A.TikTok’s Safety Update |
B.New Guidelines for Safety |
C.Family Pairing under Debate |
D.Controlling Your Kids Online |
6 . Fears over the disruption (干扰) to classrooms from pupils using smartphones have made the government decide to carry out research into the way technology affects behaviour in schools.
Children should not be allowed to use smartphones until they are 16, according to Tom Bennett, the school behaviour expert leading the research. “Children are using smartphones too young,” he said. People ask me, “When should I give my child a smartphone?” and I say “Whenever you’re comfortable with them viewing violence, because their curiosity (好奇心) will take them there.” According to him, teachers should not allow them unless necessary.
Mr. Bennett is already leading another study into how teachers are trained to deal with bad behaviour. He has now been asked to look at the wider challenges of managing modern classrooms. Although technology can improve learning, teachers have reported that the growing number of children bringing smartphones into class is leading to disruption, officials warn.
“We need to make sure the advice we give to schools, and the methods being used are fit for the 21st century when even primary school pupils may be bringing in phones. That is why we have taken the decision to widen Tom Bennett’s research to look at how teachers can deal with bad behaviour,” said Nick Gibb, Minister of State for Schools.
Most schools have some policies about smartphone use. However, the picture is far from uniform (统一的) — from complete bans (禁止) to partial bans. “I think smartphones in a classroom may be a temptation (诱惑) for students, but that isn’t to say that I would ban them. ”said Mr. Bennett. “My personal advice is that schools should think very carefully before allowing them. I think the basic rule should be not to allow them unless teachers invite them in for a certain reason.”
1. Why was the research started?A.To find out the advantages of technology. |
B.To learn about children’s behaviour in class. |
C.To look at how smartphones affect kids at school. |
D.To prevent children from using smartphones in class. |
A.To look into students’ behaviour at home. |
B.To change parents’ attitudes to smartphones. |
C.To encourage children to attend modern classrooms. |
D.To make sure that schools use proper methods to teach students. |
A.Many pupils use smartphones for learning. |
B.Schools have to try harder to ban smartphone use. |
C.Students always have a good reason to use smartphones. |
D.Different schools have different policies about smartphone use. |
A.It is helpful in teaching. |
B.Schools should take it seriously. |
C.It should be banned completely. |
D.There should be a uniform rule. |
Agriculture is a fundamental
A.differences B.privileged C.exploring D.account E.amazement F.research G.strongly H.unthinkable I.separately J.recognize K.education |
Perri Klass and her mother, Sheil a Solomon Klass, both gifted professional writers, prove to be ideal co-writers as they examine their decades of motherhood, daughterhood, and the wonderful ways their lives have overlapped(重叠).
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9 . New Caledonian crows are well-known for using different types of tools for preying (捕食) from tree holes and other hiding places. While they firmly hold their tools in the bill, they need to put them down to eat. This is when crows are at risk of losing their tools by accidentally dropping them or having them stolen by other crows.
In an earlier study, researchers in the UK had discovered that crows keep their tools safe when not needed, using one of two “safekeeping” strategies—they either securely hold them trapped underfoot, or temporarily put them into a nearby hole or behind bark. But are crows more careful when handling particularly valuable tools?
“Many of us will fuss (大惊小怪) about a brand-new phone, making sure it does not get scratched, dropped or lost. But we may handle an old phone with a cracked screen quite carelessly,” said lead author Barbara Klump from the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Germany.
Crows at one of the team’s long-term study sites use two different kinds of stick tools: complex hooked tools and basic non-hooked tools. The former are painstakingly crafted from a relatively scarce plant species, while the latter are simply twigs (细枝) sourced from the forest floor. “Hooked tools are not only more costly to obtain, but they are also much more efficient,” explained Barbara Klump. “Depending on the foraging (觅食) task, crows can get prey with these tools up to ten times faster than with non-hooked tools.”
In their new study, the researchers now discovered that New Caledonian crows are more likely to keep valuable hooked tools safe between uses than the more basic non-hooked tools. “It was exciting to see crows are just a bit more careful with tools that are more efficient and more costly to replace. This suggests that they have some conception of the relative value’ of different tool types,” noted study co-author James St Clair.
This is the first study to investigate how animals handle and store tools of different kinds, providing a new way to measure how much they value these objects.
1. Why are phones mentioned in paragraph 3?A.To indicate the necessity of phones in our daily life. |
B.To emphasize people’s attachment to their old devices. |
C.To stress the similarity between humans and crows. |
D.To show people’s improper attitude to old things. |
A.It can be gotten easily. | B.It can be adjusted freely. |
C.It can make crows’ foraging more productive. | D.It can prevent crows from danger. |
A.Their secret hiding places. | B.Their unusual eating habits. |
C.Their creation of complex tools. | D.Their treatment of valuable tools. |
A.Crows Use Strategies to Gain Valuable Tools |
B.Crows Learn to Use Special Tools for Preying |
C.New Discovery of How Crows Make Tools |
D.New Caledonian Crows Keep Favorite Tools Safer |
10 . Qibao Ancient Village
Qibao, located in the center of Minhang District, Shanghai, is a village with a history of one thousand years. In the village, wine and tea are served on old-fashioned square tables together with long benches, long-mouth copper pots and flat-end chopstick used. The most famous snacks in old Shanghai are square pastry, rice wine and steamed salted pork in wine.
Entrance Ticket: 45 yuan per all-in-one ticket (preferable price of 30 yuan is available now), covering almost all tourist attractions inside the village.
Telephone: 021-21087225
Jinshan Village of Farmer Painting
Villagers skillfully make good use of folk arts such as printing and dyeing, embroidery (刺绣), wood carving. They take the various folk customs and the busy scenes of labor of villagers in the lower Changjiang valley as the theme of paintings and create farmer paintings in a simple style.
Entrance Ticket: 30 yuan/person
Telephone: 021-57355555
Merry Countryside Tour in Zhonghua Village
The village provides tourists with accommodations, tours, chess, cards, fitness and entertainment through renting out separate farmhouse and sells tourist products and agricultural by-products related to the merry countryside tour.
Entrance Ticket: Free Telephone: 021-57395433
Pudong Lingkong Agric Gardening
It is one of Shanghai countryside tour scenic spots, which features art of teapots, crop plantation and export. The Geological Science Popularization Hall stores up tens of thousands of rare stones collected all over the world.
Entrance Ticket: 50 yuan /person
Telephone: 021-33935557
1. What can you do when you are in Qibao?A.Enter the village for free. | B.See busy scenes of labor of villagers. |
C.Experience various folk customs. | D.Taste steamed salted pork in wine. |
A.Jinshan Village. | B.Qibao Ancient Village. |
C.Zhonghua Village. | D.Pudong Lingkong Agric Gardening. |
A.City developments. | B.Countryside life. |
C.Traditional customs. | D.Agricultural achievements. |