1 . Mobile phones should be kept from classrooms, the UK minister for schools has said. Nick Gibb said he had concerns about the effect that the phone was having on children, and also said the Government should introduce lessons for pupils on how to limit their screen time.
Mr Gibb said, “Schools obviously are free to set their own behaviour policies but my own view is that schools should ban （禁止）mobile telephones and smart phones inside school, and particularly inside classrooms. I believe very strongly that children should be limiting their own use at home. Every hour spent online and on a smart phone is an hour less talking to family, and it's an hour less exercise and it's an hour less sleep. And of course it is a lack of sleep that research is showing can have a damaging effect on a child's mental health.”
The parents are told that children will be asked to break off at least every two hours and avoid social media before bedtime. The UK would be following in the footsteps of European countries if schools were to introduce a ban. with French pupils being told to leave their smart phones at home when they returned from their summer holidays last year.
At the Festival of Education at Wellington College last summer, Professor Michael from America said that any sensible head would ban mobile phones. “It's far too distracting for children having mobile phones. Texting, playing games, all this takes place. Mobile phones go off in classrooms, disrupting lessons. Ban them. If children want to use a phone in an emergency they can use the school phone.”
1. What's Nick Gibb's attitude towards using mobile phone in school?| A．Cautious. | B．Supportive. |
| C．Indifferent. | D．Disapproving. |
| A．An hour less exercise a week. | B．More effects on sleep quality. |
| C．Less communication with family. | D．An improvement in mental health. |
| A．UK. | B．New Zealand. |
| C．USA. | D．France. |
| A．Mobile Phones cause bad effects on our study. |
| B．Mobile phones should be banned from classrooms. |
| C．Parents should forbid their kids to use mobile phones. |
| D．Students can use mobile phones in case of emergency. |
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3 . The market watchdog(市场监督部门)in northwest China's Xi'an has started a survey in a complaint that a woman's newly bought Mercedes-Benz car has engine oil leaks(泄漏). The incident has attracted wide attention after a video of a woman sitting on top of a Mercedes-Benz while weeping and arguing with salesmen went viral online. In the video posted on Weibo by a net friend on April II, the woman said she found an oil leak when she was driving the car home from the 4S store. After she drove the car back, the trader claimed(宣称)the car had passed all tests before it was sold. She was told she couldn’t get her money hack nor change a new car for her. All that the trader could offer was to change the engine. The CLS300 car cost around 660,000 yuan.($98,445).
The customer met with officials from the market watchdog of Gaoxin District on Saturdav, requesting full maintenance(维修)history of the car and an independent lest by a third-party，Shaanxi TV Station reported.
Mercedes-Benz issued an announcement on its Weibo account on Saturday，saying it was sorry for the customer's "unpleasant experience". The company has sent a team to Xi’an to help solve the problem. Li Yong, an official with the market watchdog of Gaoxin District in Xi’an, told cruest.com that they learned about the incident online. They are still surveying the incident. They will punish those who are responsible if anything illegal is discovered.
1. What can we know about the incident?| A．The woman has posted the video on the Internet. |
| B．The incident has attracted wide attention. |
| C．The woman destroyed the engine herself. |
| D．The market watchdog did a survey of the customer. |
| A．Give her a VIP card. | B．Return her money. |
| C．Inspect the car again. | D．Change the engine. |
| A．66 thousand dollars. | B．Nearly 100 thousand dollars. |
| C．66 thousand yuan. | D．98,445 yuan |
| A．On a travel website. | B．In a storybook. |
| C．In a newspaper. | D．In a textbook. |
4 . An interesting study posted on Facebook recently shows how men and women develop new interests as they mature(成熟).
While women tend to take exercise seriously from the age of 34, men will wait until their 45th birthdays before working hard to get in shape.
The average woman spends more time talking about sports, politics, career and money as she gets older.
Women’s interest in books reaches its peak(顶峰) at the age of 22, while that of men does so when they are in their 50s.
Men start to change their focus from the workplace to other things after age 30, while women do not do so until eight years later. Both, however, care most about fashion at age 16.
The research used anonymous(匿名的) data donated by thousands of Facebook users, recording the statuses, ‘likes’ and ‘interests’ they had posted on their profiles.
It found the average woman talks about television most at 44, while men peak much younger, at age 31.
Men are also most likely to see a film in a cinema at age 31, while women go out to see films most when they are only 19.
Men are most interested in travel at 29, women at 27, while women talk most about food and drink at 35, and men at 38.
And if you are middle aged, a safe topic for anyone is the weather, which is a key interest for many as they reach 60.
Stephen Wolfram, the British scientist who carried out the research, says, “It’s almost shocking how much this tells us about the changes of people’s typical interests.
“People talk less about video games as they get older, and more about politics.”
1. When do women love books best?
| A．At the age of 22. | B．At the age of 50. |
| C．At the age of 30. | D．At the age of 15. |
| A．gain more and more weight |
| B．be less interested in their jobs |
| C．do more exercise |
| D．pay more attention to their appearance |
| A．Getting in shape. |
| B．Going to the cinema. |
| C．Popular style of clothing. |
| D．Food and drink. |
| A．People’s interests are different from each other. |
| B．People’s interests change greatly with age. |
| C．It is normal for people to change their interests. |
| D．It is not good for people to change their interests. |
