1 . Many kids, if not most, have their own cellphones. According to a survey, 12 is the magic number. It is the most common age for kids to get their first cellphone.
People who are for kids’ using cellphones, including many parents, notice that cellphones help kids keep in touch with their friends and families. They believe that cellphones are an important tool in a dangerous situation. Kids can reach their parents at all times. And some people say having a cellphone helps teach kids to be responsible. Some cellphones designed for kids can be set to only work when parents approve. What’s the harm in that?
But other people are worried about the health and safety effects of kids using cellphones. They believe that kids with cellphones will spend less time playing outside with friends, and that chatting on the phone while doing homework makes it difficult for kids to concentrate. They say that kids are spending too much time chatting on the phone instead of talking face to face. “Our brains developed to communicate face to face.” says Gary Small, a teacher in California. “A lot of this is lost with chatting on the phone.”
Another worry is cyber bullying (网络欺凌). It is on the rise as more kids use Wechat to communicate. And some experts are also worried about possible health risks. They worry that energy waves produced by cellphones could be harmful to young people. To be safe, parents should not let kids use their phones too long.
1. When do the most common children get their first cellphone?| A．Twenty years old. | B．Twelve years old. |
| C．Thirteen years old. | D．Thirty years old. |
| A．How kids can reach their parents. |
| B．How to make kids become responsible. |
| C．The popularity of cellphones among kids. |
| D．Supporters’ opinions on kids’ using cellphones. |
| A．reduce personal communication | B．become more energetic at school |
| C．spend too much time playing outside | D．don’t want to do their homework at home |
| A．He is uncertain about it. | B．He knows little about it. |
| C．He is against it. | D．He is fond of it. |
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3 . As a young girl growing up in France, Sarah Toumi dreamed of becoming a leader who could make the world a better place. Her passion to help others was awakened when, from the age of nine, she accompanied her Tunisian father to his birthplace in the east of the country during holidays. There she organized homework clubs and activities for children.
Toumi witnessed first-hand the destructive effect of desertification (沙漠化). “Within 10 years rich farmers became worse off, and in 10 years from now they will be poor. I wanted to stop the Sahara Desert in its tracks.” A decrease in average rainfall and an increase in the severity of droughts have led to an estimated 75 percent of Tunisia’s agricultural lands being threatened by desertification.
Toumi recognized that farming practices needed to change. She is confident that small land areas can bring large returns if farmers are able to adapt by planting sustainable crops, using new technologies for water treatment and focusing on natural products and fertilizers rather than chemicals.
In 2012, Toumi consolidated (巩固) her dream of fighting the desert. She moved to Tunisia, and set up a programme named Acacias for All to put her sustainable farming philosophy (理念) into action. “I want to show young people in rural areas that they can create opportunities where they are. Nobody is better able to understand the impact of desertification and climate change than somebody who is living with no access to water.”
By September 2016, more than 130, 000 acacia trees had been planted on 20 pilot farms, with farmers recording a 60 percent survival rate. Toumi estimates that some 3 million acacia trees are needed to protect Tunisia’s farmland. She expects to plant 1 million trees by 2018. In the next couple of years, Toumi hopes to extend the programme to Algeria and Morocco.
1. How did Toumi’s holiday trips to Tunisia influence her?| A．They made her decide to leave the country. |
| B．They helped her better understand her father. |
| C．They aroused her enthusiasm for helping others. |
| D．They destroyed her dream of being a teacher. |
| A．Low rainfall. | B．Soil pollution. | C．Cold weather. | D．Forest damage. |
| A．To create job opportunities for young people. |
| B．To help the children obtain a basic education. |
| C．To persuade the farmers not to use fertilizers. |
| D．To promote the protection of their farmland. |
| A．Saving Water in Tunisia | B．Holding back the Sahara |
| C．Planting Trees of Native Species | D．Fighting Poverty in North Africa |
4 . “Shuan Q” is a meme(网络流行语)which can be used as a popular way to say “I’m speechless” with a matching emoji(表情包)at ached behind. No-one can deny the power of the Internet. Some believe it makes language weaker but some see a brighter side, believing it makes online communication easier between strangers.
An elementary school teacher in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, says that the evolution of Internet slang is not all fun and carefree. From his daily observations, he believes the “geographic boundary” between Internet slang and formal language is disappearing. On many occasions, the composition she has received from pupil have been flooded with abbreviated slangs(网络梗).
During last year’s Two Sessions, several representatives put forward proposals such as “regulating online language” and “banning vulgar(粗俗)words”, specifically to address this issue, expressing the need to reduce online language misuse and strengthen the protection of Chinese.
However, many experts and scholars of linguistics and communication including Feng Zhiwei disagree. Feng, believes that Internet language is a natural product of the dynamic development of language, and it is not necessary to ban it.
1. What made the meme “Shuan Q” become popular?| A．The power of internet | B．The protection of Chinese |
| C．Geographic boundary | D．Strangers’s communication |
| A．They are formal. | B．They are funny and carefree. |
| C．They are flooded among pupils. | D．They were supported by all people. |
| A．They are natural. | B．They are misused. |
| C．They should be banned. | D．They are disappearing. |
| A．Doubtful | B．Objective | C．Indifferent | D．Favorable |
1. What are the speakers mainly talking about?
| A．Experienced drivers. | B．A terrible car accident. | C．Safe driving on the road. |
| A．A car cuts in suddenly. |
| B．A car is close behind her car. |
| C．A car turns without turn signals. |
6 . A new study shows that the household consumers (家庭消费者) are focusing more on reducing their energy costs by using technologically advanced home appliances. The lighting control held the largest share in the smart home market in 2016. The increase in the adoption (采用) rate of intelligent lighting controls by households worldwide has fuelled the growth of the smart home market. These have the ability to reduce electricity consumption because they adjust (调节) the artificial light according to the surroundings.
Four years ago, I was in a discussion about Nest Thermostat (恒温器), sharing my view that if a house is built properly, it doesn't need a smart thermostat. It probably wouldn't do much good there because with careful placement of high-quality windows, you seldom need to heat or cool it at all. Since then, other studies have shown that in a leaky old house, smart thermostats can be very effective and save energy.
But is smart lighting saving energy? A smart lighting system might turn off or adjust the brightness of a bulb (灯泡), but an LED bulb already uses very little electricity, say 7 watts per bulb. But when you make it smart, it is always connected, consuming a bit of power to talk to the controller or bridge; one guy with a meter tested it at 0.4 watts per hour, or 9.6 watts in a day. It means that if you have a pile of smart bulbs and devices, you are consuming a fair bit of electricity.
Except for smart thermostats in leaky houses, none in the smart market saves energy. Asking Siri, voice control on any of Apple devices, to turn off the lights is fun, but we would be better off in terms of energy and exercise if we got up and reached for a light switch. Rather than saving energy, the smart home is wasting it.
1. What does the underlined word “fuelled” in paragraph 1 probably mean?| A．Controlled. |
| B．Promoted. |
| C．Predicted. |
| D．Detected. |
| A．They are well-designed. |
| B．They are energy-efficient. |
| C．They are not very useful. |
| D．They are not always automatic. |
| A．LED bulbs are very bright. |
| B．LED bulbs are of little value. |
| C．Smart lighting has developed quickly. |
| D．Smart lighting does little to save electricity. |
| A．To use Siri for fun. |
| B．To improve smart lighting. |
| C．To give up smart thermostats completely. |
| D．To turn to the traditional way of turning off lights. |
7 . One recent report found that adults in the US check their phones, on average, 344 times a day—once every four minutes—and spend almost three hours a day on their devices in total. The problem for many of us is that one quick phone-related task leads to a quick check of our email or social media feeds, and suddenly we’ve been trapped into endless scrolling (刷屏).
What we do know is that the simple distraction of checking a phone or seeing a notification (提示) can have negative consequences. This isn’t very surprising; we know that, in general multitasking harms memory and performance. One of the most dangerous examples is phone use while driving. One study found that merely speaking on the phone, not texting, was enough to make drivers slower to react on the road. It’s true for everyday tasks, too. Simply hearing a notification “ding” made participants of another study perform far worse on a task-almost as badly as participants who were speaking or texting on the phone during the task.
In one recent study, for example, researchers asked participants to either put their phones next to them so they were visible (like on a desk), nearby and out of sight (like in a bag or pocket), or in another room. Participants then completed a series of tasks to test their abilities to process and remember information, their problem-solving, and their focus.
They were found to perform far better when their phones were in another room instead of nearby—whether visible, powered on or not. That held true even though most of the participants claimed not to be consciously thinking about their devices.
Our brains may be subconsciously hard at work in preventing the desire from checking our phones, or constantly monitoring the environment to see if we should check our phone (eg. waiting for a notification). Either way, this distracted attention can make doing anything else more difficult. The only “fix”, the researchers found, was putting the device in a different room entirely.
1. What did the recent report in Paragraph I find?| A．Multitasking is very dangerous. |
| B．Notification is always heard. |
| C．People are addicted to mobile phones. |
| D．People like doing phone-related tasks. |
| A．By making comparisons. |
| B．By examining differences. |
| C．By following the order of importance. |
| D．By analyzing causes and giving examples. |
| A．Do anything more difficult. |
| B．Use phones to do right things. |
| C．Monitor the environment around. |
| D．Stay away from phones entirely. |
| A．How do We Avoid the Distraction of Phones? |
| B．Why Are People Fond of Using Mobile Phones? |
| C．What Should We Do When Buying Mobile Phones? |
| D．How Do We Do Research by Using Mobile Phones? |
8 . Recently,“college students going to Zibo for barbecue” and “taking a high-speed train to taste Zibo barbecue”have become hot topics on Chinese social platforms. Zibo barbecue offers a distinctive dining experience. On each table is a small stove. Customers can process skewers(肉串) themselves and then wrap them in a thin pancake, usually with a spring onion inside. The experience of making “Zibo barbecue” offers a sense of participation and leisure time for diners.
Data from Meiuan and Dazhong Dianping show that booking volume for accommodation in Zibo during the five-day May Day holiday is 800 percent higher than that in 2019.Local media in Zibo said the number of passengers arriving and departing through Zibo railway station has reached 50,000 a day, setting a record in the past three years, with most of them being tourists who come to taste Zibo barbecue.
The local government has grasped the chance brought by the sudden trend, to attract more tourists. As early as March 10, it has set up prizes for barbecue shops that are popular among tourists, established a barbecue association,and announced the opening of a barbecue festival during the May Day holiday. In order to encourage people to visit the city,Zibo also set up a specially customized “barbecue map”, and added 21 new barbecue bus lines, so that tourists can“get on the bus to rest, get off to eat”.
“Barbecue and tourism have limited influence on stimulating the economy, But this is an opportunity for more people to get to know Zibo’s enthusiasm and business environment, which will attract more investment and create more jobs. This is what really matters,” Wang Dazhuang, a local Zibo citizen said.
At present, the biggest problem is that the passenger flow is too big for this city so that many owners of barbecue restaurants are trying to expand their barbecue scale, according to an owner of a barbecue restaurant.
1. What does the underlined word “distinctive” mean?| A．Graceful. | B．Precious. | C．Innocent. | D．Unique. |
| A．Zibo is often crowded during the May Day holiday. |
| B．Zibo has a tourism boom because of Zibo barbecue. |
| C．Not many people went to Zibo until recently. |
| D．Barbecue has become the symbol of Zibo. |
| A．How Zibo has tried to develop the city tourism. |
| B．Why Zibo becomes so popular on the Internet so quickly. |
| C．Where visitors can taste the most delicious barbecue in Zibo. |
| D．When is the best time to taste Zibo barbecue. |
| A．Indifferent. | B．Positive. | C．Negative. | D．Objective. |
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10 . You won’t be able to control everything your teens do when they drive, but you can teach them about the importance of vehicle safety.
Did your teens know they should lock the doors immediately upon entering the vehicle? If your teens haven’t been taught this, then they probably won’t do so. Teach them to lock their doors, as this could guarantee their safety when they are pulling out of a dark parking lot or stopping at a red light.
Driving a safe vehicle
Avoiding distractions
Looking at phones or controlling the radio while driving could make your teens seriously injured or worse.
Staying calm
You need to show that you’re confident of your teens’ driving skills, even if your teens’ speeding up too fast or hitting the brakes too hard scares you. Instead of yelling and stressing out on such occasions, try your best to speak calmly.
Respecting speed limits
| A．So make sure they know that |
| B．Presenting the traffic rules |
| C．Your teens will buy their car one day |
| D．Locking the door upon entering the vehicle |
| E．Your teens might have a strong wish for speed |
| F．They will react much better to quiet comments than cold words |
| G．You always want to prevent them from doing dangerous things |
