1 . A few years ago, my sister­-in-­law started to feel concerned about her teenage daughter.What was she doing after school?Where was she spending her time?My niece was an excellent student, and took part in all kinds of after­class activities.Even so, her mom decided to put a tracking (跟踪) app on the kid’s phone.

At first, this made my sister­in­law “feel better”．Then the good situation suddenly ended.She recalled,“I found out that she was someplace that she said she wasn’t.I went out in the middle of the night and found her walking without shoes in the middle of the street with some friends.”Things went quickly downhill for the mother and the daughter after that.

With 73% of teens having their own smartphones now, according to a   2018 Pew study, more and more of their parents are facing the question：To spy or not?

Ana Homayoun, founder of Green Ivy Educational Consulting, has advised many parents and their kids about this. “I’ve found teens are more receptive to tracking apps when it is included as part of a family use agreement to improve safety than when it is placed as a secret tool to watch them,” she said.

Mark Bell, a father of a teenage girl, said, “We don’t have tracking apps, but we have set some ground rules that my daughter must follow in exchange for providing a smartphone.” For example, his daughter must “friend” him on social media accounts so that he can review posts, and must share all passwords.

When you’re trying to build credence, you need to create an environment that encourages it. So, to win their trust, you always need to be straight with your children. “Parents must let children know how and when they’ll be watching them,” said Doctor Pauleh Weigle. If they’re not open about it, he warns, it can “greatly damage the parent and child relationship”.

1. Why did the author’s sister-­in-­law use the app?

A．Because she was interested in new apps.

B．Because she was worried about her daughter.

C．Because she wanted to know about after­class activities.

D．Because she wanted to teach her daughter about the app.

2. What can we learn about today’s children from Homayoun?

A．They doubt family use agreements.

B．They are worried about online safety.

C．They welcome the use of tracking apps.

D．They dislike being spied on secretly with tracking apps.

3. According to paragraph 5, Bell’s daughter________.

A．kept him out of her online groups	B．developed some bad online habits
C．allowed him to know her online behavior	D．wanted to put a tracking app on her phone

4. What is the possible meaning of the underlined word “credence” in the last paragraph?

A．Trust.

B．A credit card.

C．Environment.

D．Praise.

6 . 阅读下面材料, 在空白处填入适当的内容 (1个单词) 或括号内单词的正确形式。

A fifteen-year-old boy     1    ( name) Justin Foster in Dover, New Hampshire went missing two days ago. It was not until the lunchtime the next day that he    2    (find) missing. His mother became     3     ( worry) and asked her husband to call the police. People offered many different explanations for his    4     (disappear). Kelly, his sister, said that Justin did return home the night before and even     5     (hear) him put on his favourite CD. She said she happened to see a large spaceship     6     (fly) outside, so she thought Justin must have been taken away     7     aliens. Some people also said that they themselves experienced this kind of thing. But Detective Sam Peterson,    8    took charge of the case(案例), said that there was     9    ( real) no hard evidence (证据) that aliens took him, and they wouldn’t give up until they found out    10    had happened.

7 . Social media is taking over our lives: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and now, TikTok. These social media platforms have changed from a way to stay connected to an industry where even kids can make money off their posts. While this may seem like another opportunistic innovation, it’s really full of hidden false realities.

The median income (中位收入) recorded in the United States of America was about $63,000 in 2018. TikTokers can make anywhere from $50,000 to $150,000 for a TikTok brand partnership, and TikTokers with over a million followers can make up to $30,000 a month—$360,000 a year. They are making more than the average person trying to feed their family and keep a roof over their heads simply by posting a 15-second video.

This is mad in more ways than one. Not only is it an overpaid “job”, it promotes undeserved admiration from viewers and a false sense of reality. Many of these famous TikTokers are still teens and the effects of fame at such an early stage in life might cause issues later in life, such as mental illness. Teens between the ages of 13 and 17 make up 27% of TikTok viewers, who can be easily influenced by what they are watching. They can put a false sense of self-value into who they look up to and what they represent: money, fame, being considered conventionally attractive.

While TikTok has become a great tool for marketing, it’s important to understand how this content affects young viewers. If we’re constantly consuming content that shows us all we need to do to be successful is be conventionally attractive and post a 15-second video featuring a new dance, it will challenge our knowledge of what really makes someone successful and will in turn affect our individual work ethnics (伦理). What about the people who miss birthdays and family holidays due to their jobs and aren’t getting paid nearly as much as these TikTokers?

Richard Colyer, president and creator of Metaphor, Inc, had his own view on this issue. “It sounds great that kids can make money for doing the latest dance moves in a 15-second video, but we should feed the minds of kids and not just their bank accounts. TikTok can be great if used properly. Money alone is not good; technology alone is not good and connectedness can be bad if it is only online.”

Again, as a fellow consumer of TikTok, I do enjoy the app when I have some time to kill and need a good laugh. I’m not against someone making a living on entertainment, but what does getting famous by posting a 15-second video teach young people?

1. What does the underlined word “this” in Paragraph 1 refer to?

A．Social networking.

B．A job offered by TikTok.

C．Making money on social media.

D．Staying connected to the Internet.

2. What does the author try to indicate in Paragraph 2?

A．TikTokers can hardly make ends meet.

B．Social media platforms like TikTok can make people overpaid.

C．Teens are wise to make a huge amount of money from TikTok.

D．TikTokers earn such a high income that they can support their family.

3. Which is the possible influence of TikTok on its young users?

A．They are likely to develop false values.

B．They tend to live an adult life too soon.

C．They are forced to pay for certain services.

D．They may stop believing other social media.

4. What did Richard Colyer stress according to his view?

A．Contents of videos need checking before their release online.

B．We have a responsibility to supply teens with food for thought.

C．Young TikTokers should be banned from opening bank accounts.

D．Money and technology can be good if used properly by TikTokers.

8 . Shakespeare once wrote: “Neither a borrower nor A lender be;For loan (借款) often loses both itself and friend”. It’s often explained and used as a warning about the dangers of lending, and how you could risk a friendship through it. But why can lending money be so detrimental to our friendships?

If our friend or family member comes to us for hard cash, it can be very difficult to turn them away. You feel under pressure to help. And if that money doesn’t come back, it can lead to fights or even legal battles. So how can we, as the lender, avoid these problems? According to Bradley T. Klontz, an expert in financial psychology (心理学), there are some steps you can take.

Understanding why there is an unavoidable risk to lending anything to a friend is the first thing. And it’s not just the risk of losing the money, but the friendship could also be in danger. This is because, psychologically speaking, the action of lending has changed the balance of power. The lender becomes superior (高一级的), while the borrower may feel awkward with the new arrangement. Likewise, if you try to advise them on what to do with the money, it might make things difficult between you two. In other words, let go - and see it as their money.

And if you can’t afford to lend something, don’t. Saying “no” is hard when a friend comes asking, but if you need that money, refusing them is probably the safest course of action. If you still feel the need to lend, making a legally binding (有法律约束的) agreement and putting things down in writing could guarantee instalments (分期付款) or deadlines. But, some friends may not take too kindly to being asked to make it official - seeing it as a lack of trust.

Finally, for some, it’s best to just see the money as a gift and be pleasantly surprised if something comes back. And if you do want to keep your friendship, when you need to borrow some money, perhaps a bank is a better option.

1. What does the underlined word “detrimental” in paragraph 1 probably mean?

A．beneficial

B．important

C．necessary

D．harmful

2. According to this passage, which statement will the writer support?

A．You’d rather be a lender than a borrower.

B．Whether you lend it or not, your friendship will be unbalanced.

C．Sometimes refusing is not a bad option.

D．If you are true friends, you will lend your money to your friends.

3. How does the writer develop paragraph 3?

A．By listing examples.

B．By making comparison.

C．By analyzing data.

D．By explaining cause and effect.

4. If you are a borrower, which action is proper according to this passage?

A．Borrow from your family members rather than your friend.

B．Borrow the money from the bank.

C．Borrow the money from your friend and see him (her) as superior.

D．Borrow the money and see it as yours.

9 . Today’s grandparents are joining their grandchildren on social media, but the different generations’ online habits couldn’t be more different. In the UK the over-55 s are joining Facebook in increasing numbers, meaning that they will soon be the site’s second biggest user group, with 3.5 million users aged 55-64 and 2.9 million over-65s.

Sheila, aged 59, says, “I joined to see what my grandchildren are doing, as my daughter posts videos and photos of them. It’s a much better way to see what they’re doing than waiting for letters and photos in the post. That’s how we did it when I was a child, but I think I’m lucky I get to see so much more of their lives than my grandparents did.”

Interestingly, Sheila’s grandchildren are less likely to use Facebook themselves. Children under 17 in the UK are leaving the site - only 2.2 million users are under 17 -but they’re not going far from their smartphones. Chloe, aged 15, even sleeps with her phone. “It’s my alarm clock so I have to,’ she says. “I look at it before I go to sleep and as soon as I wake up.”

Unlike her grandmother’s generation, Chloe’s age group is spending so much time on their phones at home that they are missing out on spending time with their friends in real life. Sheila, on the other hand, has made contact with old friends from school she hasn’t heard from in forty years. ”We use Facebook to arrange to meet all over the country,” she says. “It’s changed my social life completely.”

Parents have an important role to play if they want their kids to spend more time in real life. Peter, 38, who spends most of his time in front of a screen, is recently determined to set a better example to his kids. In the evening or at weekends, he would leave his smartphone home and take his kids out to nature.

1. What can we learn from Paragraph 1?

A．Older people have difficulty using social media.

B．Children spend more time with their grandparents.

C．More and more elderlies begin to use social media.

D．Social media have become more friendly to the elderly.

2. How does Sheila feel about social media?

A．Worried.

B．Satisfied.

C．Excited.

D．Disappointed.

3. What can be concluded from the passage?

A．People tend to have less social life as they get older.

B．Young people are getting away from their smartphone.

C．More young people choose to meet their friends in person.

D．Social media actually help old people to meet their friends.

4. What’s the best title for this passage?

A．Different Online Habits Across Generations	B．The Good Old Days Without Smartphones
C．The Next Generation of Social Media	D．The Use of Smartphones at School