1 . E-sports describes the world of competitive, organized video gaming. Competitors from different leagues or teams compete in the same video games: Fortnite, League of Legends, Counter-Strike, Call of Duty, to name a few. These gamers are watched and followed by millions of their fans all over the world, who attend live events or watch on TV or online. Streaming services, like Twitch, allow viewers to watch their favorite gamers playing in real time.
According to a report from Newzoo, a market analytics (分析) company, 380 million people worldwide will watch e-sports this year. Most of these e-sports lovers will watch from North America, China and South Korea.
Colleges have even got in on the action. More than 50 colleges in America have e-sports programs, recognized by a governing body called the National Association of Collegiate E-sports. NACE tournaments (锦标赛) give out thousands of dollars in prize money, which is put to scholarships for the winners.
E-sports players, like traditional athletes, can make big money. Tournaments can provide millions of dollars in prize money, which is typically divided among the players on the winning teams. That means a world’s very tip-top player can easily earn up to seven figures of money in a year. Teams and event organizers also earn money from ticket sales for these competitions. The popular League of Legends Tournament from 2017 brought in $5.5 million in ticket sales.
At the end of 2018, 1.6 billion people had some knowledge of e-sports — that’s more than one fifth of the entire world’s population. E-sports will continue to grow as an industry in the foreseeable future. So if you haven’t heard much about e-sports yet, give it time. Its spread, both globally and culturally, is certain to happen.
1. How do e-sports players compete against each other?| A．By watching videos games. | B．By designing e-sports programs. |
| C．By playing in the same video games | D．By going to the gym. |
| A．Scholarships. | B．Cars. | C．Houses. | D．Tickets. |
| A．$1.000. | B．$10,000. | C．$100,000. | D．$1,000,000. |
| A．E-sports is popular with a few people. |
| B．E-sports is likely to develop well. |
| C．People all over the world have some knowledge of e-sports. |
| D．People are curious about e-sports. |
2 . Studies have shown most people fail to realise how much time they spend on their smartphones each day.
Frank and Amelia’s family were put to a test, using a free app called “Moment-Screen Time Tracker”. The Vascellaros—Frank, Amelia, 14-year-old twins Frankie and Joe, and 17-year-old Sam—all said they did not really know they were spending so much time on their phones each day.
“Honestly, I don’t feel like I’m on my phone a lot,” Amelia Vascellaro said. Amelia was on her phone far less often than Frank, according to the app. While Amelia spent about an hour per day on the phone, Frank spent closer to four hours on his phone, which came as a shock to him. The children’s times varied but they often spent more than a couple of hours on the phone as well.
Minneapolis-based Dr. Kirsten Lind Seal sees phone usage come up lot among families. Lind Seal said many family members’ phone use has become problematic.
“If we hear more than once, ‘Do you have to be on your phone right now? Can you please put your phone down? Did you hear what I said?’ it may be a sign that it is negatively influencing our family relationships and our daily lives,” she said.
Lind Seal said actually paying attention to how much time one spends on the phone is a good first step in deciding when to put it down.
She asks parents to encourage more face-to-face communication for teens and young adults as they continue developing their social and emotional skills. “What we find is that we are really losing out on empathy—the ability to understand other people’s feelings and problems—when we spend a lot of time on our smartphones to communicate with other people,” she said.
1. How did the Vascellaros feel about the test results?| A．Satisfied. | B．Doubtful. | C．Uninterested. | D．Surprised. |
| A．To encourage people to live simple life. | B．To ask people if they use phones too much. |
| C．To explain the signs of problematic phone use. | D．To show the importance of close relationships. |
| A．Too much use of smartphones. | B．The influence of apps on teens. |
| C．Children’s safety on the Internet. | D．Problems among family members. |
| A．A textbook. | B．A journal | C．A magazine | D．A guidebook |
3 . BEIJING -- Chinese central authorities have released a set of guidelines on promoting the high-quality development of modern vocational education.
A modern vocational-education system should be established in China by 2025, and China's vocational education should be ranked among the best globally by 2035, according to the guidelines jointly released by the general offices of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the State Council.
Primary and middle school students should receive formative courses on vocational education to cultivate their awareness of career planning, according to the guidelines. Priority should be given to training talent for emerging industries, including advanced manufacturing, renewable energy, modern agriculture and artificial intelligence, the document says, encouraging vocational schools to set up majors that meet market demand.
Vocational institutions should step up cooperation with enterprises to serve technological upgrading and product research in medium, small and micro businesses, the guidelines add. It also calls on vocational schools to improve the quality of teachers, innovate teaching models and promote overseas cooperation.
1. What guidelines have Chinese central authorities released on ?| A．Promote development of modern vocational education. |
| B．Set up completed system of modern education. |
| C．Reform Chinese education. |
| D．Achieve the next educational plan. |
| A．In 2022. | B．In 2025. |
| C．In 2035. | D．2040. |
| A．Improve their study ability. |
| B．Build up their confidence. |
| C．Cultivate their awareness of career plan. |
| D．Encourage them. |
| A．the quality of teachers. |
| B．innovate teaching models. |
| C．promote overseas cooperation. |
| D．increase the number of students. |
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5 . There is a lot of “fake(假的) news” on the Internet. A new study shows that many young people in the United States have a hard time telling “real” from “fake” news. Fake news is exactly what it sounds like. It’s an article that may look just like any other news article, except that it’s not true, Unfortunately, many people can’t tell the differences
Young people, especially are likely to be fooled by fake news, according to a study done by the Stanford History Education Group (SHEG). The study asked 7.804 students in the United States to judge articles on Facebook. Twitter, blogs, and readers’ comments on websites. They tested students in three age levels: middle school, high school and university.
According to Stanford University’s website, “Students in middle school were asked to explain why they might not believe an article about money that was written by a bank manager. The researchers found that many students did not think of who writes the article as the key reason for being suspicious about the article. And they didn’t have much interest in the writers.”
Other students were asked to look at articles on a website, and try to make it clear whether the articles were news stories or advertisements. Even when the words “sponsored(赞助的) content” were on the article, some students said they believed it was a “real” news article.
The study also found that university students decided whether to believe a website on the basis of is look. They would think the website was good and they were more likely to believe the articles on it if it looked attractive, especially the ones with beautiful pictures.
The study was led by Stanford Professor Sam Wineburg. On the Stanford website he said, “My Team will use the research to help teachers beer teach students about how to recognize fake news” So you can spare some time from your busy teaching to go through my next article about his following research.
1. What does the underlined word “suspicious” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?| A．Curious. | B．Excited. |
| C．Doubtful. | D．Angry. |
| A．Some people liked to fool students with fake news. |
| B．The writers’ names could affect students’ judgment about news. |
| C．Students could tell the difference between news and advertisements. |
| D．Students would prefer to trust the articles from the nice-looking websites. |
| A．Workers. | B．Teachers. |
| C．Doctors. | D．Researchers. |
| A．Real or Fake News? | B．A Study on the Internet |
| C．Who is Easy to be Fooled? | D．The Trouble of Young People |
6 . The law says women should have the chance of doing the same jobs as men and earn the same as them. The reality is very different. Women lose because, 25 years after the Equal Pay Act, many of them still get paid less than men. They lose because they do lower-paid jobs which men just won’t consider. And they lose because they are the ones who interrupt a career to have children. All this is reported in an independent study ordered by the Government’s women’s unit. The biggest problem isn’t equal pay in workplaces such as factories. It is the sort of work women do.
Make a list of low-paid-jobs, then consider who does them. Try nurses, secretaries, cleaners, clerks, teachers in primary schools, dinner ladies and child- care helpers. Not a lot of men among that group, are there? Yet some of those jobs are really important. Surely no one would deny that about nurses and teachers, for a start. So why do we reward the people who do them so poorly? There can be only one answer- because they are women. This is not going to be put right overnight. But the government, which employs a lot of them, and other bosses have to make a start.
It is disgraceful that we have gone into the 21st century still treating women like second-class citizens.
1. Women should have the chance of doing the same jobs and getting the same pay as men ________.| A．after 25 years |
| B．according to the law |
| C．as a result of those important jobs |
| D．because women are as strong as men |
| A．that women interrupt a career to have children |
| B．what sort of work women do |
| C．because they are women |
| D．what unfair pay women get in workplaces |
| A．wonderful | B．grateful |
| C．shameful | D．hopeful |
| A．Work to give women a fair pay deal | B．The equal pay act |
| C．The sort of work women do | D．The biggest problem about women |
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Dear editor,
I'm written to tell you about the discussion we've had about that entrance fees should be charged for parks. There are two different opinions about a question.
60% of the students were against the idea of entrance fees. They believe a public park should be freely. People need a place to rest and enjoy them. Charging entrance fees will keep some people away. And it will become unnecessary build gates and walls, which will be harmful to the appearance of a city.
However, 40% of the students think that fees should be charged because of money is needed to pay gardeners and other worker and to buy plants and young trees. They suggest, therefore, fees shouldn't be charged too high.
Yours,
Tom
8 . Nowadays organic food has become a fashion. Organic food sales reached a record of $ 45.2 billion in 2017, making it one of the fastest-growing parts of American agriculture. Some people may buy organic food for these reasons like resource cycling and biodiversity, but most people may choose organic food because they think it's healthier. While a small number of studies have shown relationships between eating organic food and reducing risks of being ill, no studies, up to now, have answered the question whether eating organic food can improve health.
According to the United States Department of Agriculture(USDA), organic food does not suggest anything about health. In 20155 Miles McEvoy, then chief of the National Organic Program for the USDA, refused to admit any health benefits of organic food, saying the question has nothing to do with the National Organic Program. Instead, the USDA thinks that organic refers to a production method that increases cycling of resources keeps ecological balance, and protects biodiversity.
I'm an environmental health scientist who has spent over 20 years studying pesticides that do harm to human beings. Several years ago, I was part of the study on whether an organic diet can reduce pesticide exposure. This study focused on a group of pesticides which have always been harmful to children's brain development. We found that children who ate traditional diets had nine times higher exposure to these pesticides than children who ate organic diets.
Last month, I published a small study that suggested a path forward to answering the question whether eating organic food actually improves health. My study got a lot of attention. While the results were novel, they didn't answer the big question. As I told The New York Times in 2003, “What does this really mean for the safety of my kids? But we don't know. Nobody does. It was true then, and it's still true now.”
1. Why do most people prefer to buy organic food?| A．For its health benefits. | B．For biodiversity. |
| C．For its delicious taste. | D．For resource cycling. |
| A．It can improve people's health. | B．It is produced in an environment-friendly way. |
| C．It can reduce risks of being ill. | D．It has nothing to do with the National Organic Program. |
| A．Pesticides don't harm children's brain. | B．Traditional diets benefit people's health. |
| C．Organic diets can reduce pesticide exposure. | D．The results are meaningful to children's safety. |
| A．What Is Organic Food? | B．Is Organic Food Healthier? |
| C．How Should We Avoid Pesticides? | D．What Are the Benefits of Organic Food? |
9 . The analysis in The Lancet looks at obesity (肥胖) trend in over 200 countries. In the UK, one in every 10 young people aged 5 to 19, is obese. Obese children are likely to become obese adults, posting them at risk of serious health problems, say experts. Researchers believe wide availability of cheap, fattening food is one of the main drivers.
Although child obesity rates appear to be stable in many high-income European countries, including the UK, they are increasing at an alarming rate in many other parts of the world. The largest increase in the number of obese children has been in East Asia. China and India have seen rates “balloon” in recent years. Polynesia and Micronesia have the highest rate of all — around half of the young population in these countries is overweight or obese.
The researchers say that if current world trends continue, “obese” will soon be more common than “underweight”. “We have not become more weak-willed, lazy or greedy. The reality is that the world around us is changing. ”
Dr Fiona Bull from the World Health Organization suggested tough measures to prevent “calorie-rich, nutrient-poor food” and encourage more physical activity. “But so far, just over 20 countries around the world have introduced a tax on sugary drinks,” she said.
Dr Alison Tedstone, chief nutritionist (营养学家) at Public Health England, said, “Our sugar reduction programme and the government’s sugar tax are world-leading, but this is just the I beginning of a long journey to meet the challenge of a generation. The evidence is clear that just telling people what to do won't work. While education and information are important, deeper actions are needed to help us lower calorie consumption and achieve healthier diets.”
1. What mainly contributes to child obesity according to the researchers?| A．Children are driven to consume cheap diets. |
| B．Children don't take enough physical exercise. |
| C．Children become more weak-willed and greedy. |
| D．Children can reach cheap and fattening food more easily. |
| A．Slow. | B．Alarming. | C．Steady. | D．Ballooning. |
| A．It is perfect. | B．It needs to be promoted further. |
| C．It is not effective enough. | D．It should be made to be less tougher. |
| A．England is the first to tax sugary drinks. |
| B．Solving the problem of child obesity is a hard nut. |
| C．Education plays a small role in controlling child obesity. |
| D．People should be told about the danger of being overweight. |
10 . Most online fraud(诈骗) involves identity theft Passwords help. But many can be guessed. Newer phones, tablets, laptops and desktop computers often have strengthened security with fingerprint and facial recognition. But these can be imitated. That is why a new approach, behavioural biometrics(行为生物识别) is gaining ground.
It relies on the wealth of measurements made by today’s devices. These include data from sensors that reveal how people hold their phones when using them, how they carry them and even the way they walk. Touchscreens, keyboards and mice can be monitored(监测) to show the distinctive ways in which someone’s fingers and hands move. These features can then be used to determine whether someone attempting to make a deal is likely to be the device’s habitual user.
“Behavioural biometrics make it possible to identify an individual’s unique motion fingerprint”, says John Whaley, head of Unifyid, a firm in Silicon Valley that is involved in the field. When coupled with information about a user’s finger pressure and speed on the touchscreen, as well as a device’s regular places of use—as revealed by its GPS unit—that user’s identity can be pretty well determined.
Used wisely, behavioural biometrics could be a great benefit. In fact, Unifyid and an unnamed car company are even developing a system that unlocks the doors of a vehicle once the pace of the driver, as measured by his phone, is recognized. Used unwisely, however, the system would become yet another electronic spy on people’s privacy, permitting complete strangers to monitor your every action, from the moment you reach for your phone in the morning, to when you throw it on the floor at night.
1. What is behavioural biometrics for?| A．To identify network crime | B．To ensure network security. |
| C．To track online fraud. | D．To gather online data. |
| A．By limiting and discovering users’ passwords. |
| B．By spotting and revealing where a device is regularly used. |
| C．By offering and analyzing users’ facial features. |
| D．By monitoring and comparing how users interact with devices. |
| A．Doubtful. | B．Concerned | C．Favorable. | D．Objective. |
| A．Science and technology. | B．Health and wealth. |
| C．Finance and economics | D．Books and arts |
