利1. 有更多机会与别人交流和分享，更容易结交新的朋友；
2.能够更快捷地了解世界各地的最新信息。
弊1.个人隐私难以得到保障；
2.社交媒体会占据大量的时间，影响我们的现实生活。
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It was a hot day. The sun scorched (炙烤) down and everywhere you looked, you could see the heat waves blowing above the sand. John rolled over, realizing that half of his body was well and truly burnt. He had not meant to sleep in the sun but the heat and late nights studying for his examinations made him miserable. Stretching, he got to his feet, picked up his surfboard and looked around. The beach, which had earlier been crowded in the sun, was now comparatively empty. Seagulls flew down to clean up the food of people’s picnic lunches.
The ice-cream van had gone, and so were the lifeguards who were doing first aid on the beach. John looked up to where the sun was and estimated it was about five o’clock. Time to head home. It was “Mum’s Kitchen Rule” that had him moving homewards. If he did not get home in time for dinner, he would go hungry. Wandering along the water’s edge, he happened to glance out to sea. What made him look up at that particular moment, he never knew, but it was the right time for the swimmer he spotted. His hand was up, signaling distress (险情) and he was calling out something.
Quickly John glanced around the beach — no one else was close enough to help the man, and crucially, no one had noticed. Cupping his hands to his mouth, he shouted “Help” to get the attention of other people on the beach. Someone waved back to him and John pointed to the swimmer. “Get help,” he shouted. Then without hesitation, he jumped into the sea with his surfboard. John was a strong swimmer and had a good skill for distance swimming. His coach had tried hard to persuade him to go into competitions but he was not interested.
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Now he was swimming for more than enjoyment or medals.
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____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________4 . For primary and middle school students, being able to cook has become a must. They will also need to learn how to plant vegetables, raise chickens or ducks and fix computers or fridges under new requirements for labor education. The MOE(教育部) brought out a new standard for labor education in schools last year. Starting from the 2022 fall term, students in primary and middle schools have to take courses on labor skills at least once a week.
Labor education helps students value hard work. The new standard includes three types of labor tasks: housework, school labor and community volunteer services.
Schools in China have traditionally placed more focus on studying, and many have seen housework as a waste of children’s time. But according to the MOE, labor education must be built up to help students improve social values and develop an interest in labor.
Liu Fang, am other of 6-year-old twins in Beijing, strongly supports labor education. For the past year, she has trained her daughters to do housework and make simple dishes for the family.
“The main idea is to let them share duty as family members and become independent as they can,” said Liu. “Through doing housework, their hand-eye coordination(手眼协调), time management and organization skills can be trained and it’s also good to help them relax.”
Through such education, Liu said her twins have found fun in doing housework and are more independent.
1. What CAN’T a middle school student learn through labor education?| A．How to plant vegetables. |
| B．How to be more careful in class. |
| C．How to fix computers or fridges. |
| D．How to raise chickens or ducks. |
| A．It started in the fall term of 2022. |
| B．It is for students from primary school to college. |
| C．Students have to take labor courses twice a week. |
| D．It includes two types of labor tasks. |
| A．pay more attention to students’ study | B．let students study to cook |
| C．pay more attention to students’ health | D．let students do housework |
| A．It’s too simple for students. | B．It helps students develop different skills. |
| C．It is boring for students. | D．It is a waste of students’ time. |
5 . Peer pressure comes in when we get influenced by the lifestyles and the ways of thinking of our peers. Almost everyone, from different walks of life, must have experienced peer pressure in some way or the other at a given point in time. Every coin has two sides. Some people get positive influence from it whereas others tend to get negatively influenced.
On the one hand, peer pressure can actually leave a positive impact on your life if you carefully pick certain good habits from your peers. Your peers may teach you some good things about life and encourage you to follow them. For instance, if you see your peers doing something for a noble cause, you may also like to adopt their certain habit. This will help you to change yourself for the better. Adopting good habits of your peers can actually bring about a positive change not only in your life but also your way of thinking.
On the other hand, blindly following peers and not holding an opinion of your own might leave a negative impact on your life. There might be a particular idea, a habit, or a lifestyle which you personally dislike and would not like to accept. However, your peer group would want to force you to do something which is against your own will. Therefore, it is better to learn something from peer pressure by adopting good habits and avoid giving in to its negative side.
One of the easiest ways to get out of a peer induced situation is to simply say “NO” and walk away. You may not feel as cool at the time, but you will be thankful later on what you did. Take a stand for what you believe is right. Taking a stand is never easy, but it’s the right thing to do. Standing up for yourself demonstrates self-respect to your peers and is one of the key components of breaking the peer pressure cycle.
1. What is the author’s attitude to peer pressure?| A．Reserved. | B．Objective. | C．Critical. | D．Positive. |
| A．By comparison. | B．By example. | C．By inference. | D．By experience. |
| A．Go with the flow. | B．Escape from peers. | C．Submit to peers. | D．Stick to what is right. |
| A．An official report. | B．A story description. |
| C．A phenomenon discussion. | D．A personal reflection. |
6 . “Second place is just the first loser” is a well-known saying from the legendary NASC ARchampion Dale Earnhardt. Or as my late father put it jokingly, “It’s not enough to win. Your friends have to lose, too.”
We may not want others to know our thoughts, but many of us think this way, because we are born to compete with each other. However, if left unmanaged, this can create conflicts between ourselves and others. Fortunately, there is a way to solve this problem: instead of always going for gold, aim for the bronze (铜牌).
To expand on the wisdom of Earnhardt, although second place may be the first loser, third place can be the real winner, at least when it comes to happiness and longevity. A 1995 study discovered that bronze winners appeared consistently happier on average than silver medalists, while another research in 2018 studied U.S. athletes in the Olympics from 1904 to1936 and found that those whose best performance was silver lived to 72 on average. Gold medalists beat this by living to 76. But the first prize went to the bronze winners, who lived to 78.
The social concepts of upward and down ward comparison help explain the difference. Silver medalists see themselves as the first loser because they compare themselves only with the champions. In contrast, the bronze winners compare downwards with those who have never made it onto the podium (领奖台) at all. Therefore, they feel better about themselves and thus, happier. The emotion shows up in improved health and lifespan. In fact, researchers have found that comparing ourselves with the unfortunate lot of others is a reliable technique for reducing a negative mood. The comparison is not from a feeling of ill will, but because rewards in life are relative.
The worldly happiness strategy of working for gold every day is foolish. Stop spending most of your time feeling like a silver medalist: always pursuing and relying your happiness on a single outcome. Rather, aim for healthy competitions in which you do your best without the expectation of being the absolute winner.
1. What does the joke from the author’s father imply?| A．Everyone has his or her secret. |
| B．Winning and losing are quite common. |
| C．Defeat is embarrassing in a competition. |
| D．A true friend always stands by your side. |
| A．Long lifetime. | B．Enough pleasure. |
| C．Slow growth. | D．Constant pursuit. |
| A．It brings some shyness. | B．It prevents conflicts. |
| C．It improves well-being. | D．It reflects negative intentions. |
| A．The Key to Being a Winner | B．The Path to Worldly Happiness |
| C．The Wisdom of Dale Earnhardt | D．The Victory of Coming in Third |
7 . At 9 am on Wednesdays, Gaby Rountree waves goodbye to Mila as she is picked up to go to day care in Mexico City. “It has made her so independent, so friendly and so lovely with others,” Ms Rountree says joyfully. She shuts the front door and turns to homeschooling her two children. Mila is not a child, but the family dog.
Schools and nurseries have been shut in Mexico for a year owing to the pandemic. But the doggy day care is booming. Doggy carers offer claw-trims (修剪) and let beloved pets play outdoors. “Many clients now have a home office and are worried about their dogs becoming too attached to them,” explains Montserrat, an owner of a dog day-care center, as she strokes a tiny dog on her lap. The facility, in the rich neighbourhood, also has a camp where dogs can spend a relaxing weekend in the countryside.
Mexico’s rising passion for dogs has coincided (同时发生) with falling human fertility (生育能力). In the mid-1980s, a Mexican woman could expect to have four children; now, only two. In the long run, as people have grown richer and the returns to education have risen, families have shrunk. For some, a dog is a lovable substitute. The most devoted owners buy clothes and throw birthday parties for their dogs. Many restaurants welcome dogs and provide drinking water. Some restaurants even offer a full doggy menu. Parks have “doggy areas”. Pet beauty salons provide not only baths and trims but other methods of relaxation.
Mexico’s spoilt pets are probably enjoying the pandemic more than the locked-down kids. By one estimate, nearly two-thirds of the children have missed a year of school because of coronavirus. For mothers such as Ms Rountree doggy day care offers some relief from Covid-influenced hard boring work. But she will not stop worrying until her children, too, are let off the chain and back into the classroom.
1. What can be inferred from the first paragraph?| A．Ms Rountree is a well-received online teacher. |
| B．Mila enjoys staying with other children at the care center. |
| C．Ms Rountree’s children are well taken care of at the care center. |
| D．The doggy day care center is highly thought of by Ms Rountree. |
| A．Dogs like to play at the day care. | B．Many citizens have to work at home. |
| C．The facilities there are accessible for free. | D．Schools and nurseries are all closed down. |
| A．How Mexico becomes richer. | B．Why Mexicans love to raise dogs. |
| C．How Mexicans care for their dogs. | D．Why Mexico has a decreasing population. |
| A．They are under treatment at home. |
| B．They are second to the dogs at home. |
| C．They have to attend to their dogs at home. |
| D．Most of them have been away from school for a year. |
8 . According to a survey in the UK market, British families are throwing away 1.4 million bananas that are perfectly good to eat every day.
Supermarket Sainsbury’s has found that one in three British people throw away bananas if there is a single bruise (擦伤) or mark on the skin. More than one in ten customers also admit throwing away the fruit if there is any green on the skin. The supermarket is making efforts to reduce food waste. It’s pushing British shoppers to make bread and desserts (甜点) out of bruised and blackened bananas.
Starting from this week, Sainsbury’s will launch hundreds of “banana rescue” stations to encourage shoppers to give bruised bananas a chance. The stations will provide tips and ideas on how to bake with bananas or use them in drinks, and the stations are already set up in 500 stores nationwide.
The supermarket’s boss, Paul Crewe, said Sainsbury’s wants to encourage customers to use the fruit in different ways. “We are determined to help shoppers reduce the number of bananas going to waste at home too,” he said. “61% of Britons admit they never use the bruised bananas in baking, so we also want to encourage customers to use their fruit in different ways,” he added.
1. What ’s the percentage of the British people throwing away bruised bananas according to the Supermarket Sainsbury’s?| A．About 20%. | B．About 33%. | C．About 66%. | D．About 90%. |
| A．Send. | B．Sell. | C．Start. | D．Release. |
| A．British people don’t like eating bananas. |
| B．Bruised bananas can be stored in the supermarkets. |
| C．Paul wants to sell more bruised bananas to his customers. |
| D．There is no need to throw away the bruised bananas anymore. |
| A．Banana Rescue | B．Banana Harvest | C．How to Cook Bananas | D．How to Sell Bananas |
9 . Technology use seems to be the new wave of addiction hitting people of all ages. The next time you’re in a crowded public place, look at the people around you. It’s hard to find someone who isn’t glued to the tiny screen, fingers moving at lightning speeds, texting their friends, emailing co-workers or listening to music. It may seem ridiculous (荒唐的) that someone is that addicted to such a small object. I’ve seen people who seem to be at their wits’ end if their phone or iPad has been taken away, lost or left at home.
Some people may ask, “What’s wrong with technology use? It’s a way for people to communicate.” While this is true, the overuse of technology isn’t always appropriate in certain settings. Schools are becoming stricter about the use of cell phones, iPods and other electronics in classrooms. Various workplaces have signs hanging on their walls warning employees that “Cell phone use is not permitted” or “Cell phones are forbidden”.
Electronics may be a way for people to communicate and stay in touch with each other, but the disadvantages may outweigh the benefits. People are losing the ability to hold face-to-face conversations with others.
However, it’s hard to avoid electronics in this day and age because almost everything is turning into an electronic format. Books, originally meant for paper design, are now being transferred (转存) to electronic forms. Photo albums, and even yearbooks, can now be viewed via the Internet. With this growing trend, future generations are bound to become even more addicted to technology.
Is there a cure for electronic addiction? Simply turning electronics off for an hour or two a day may help to an extent, but it will not completely help overcome electronic addiction. There only seems to be one cure left, and it may be the hardest: self-control.
1. What phenomenon is described in the first paragraph?| A．Addiction to smartphones. | B．The popularity of smartphones. |
| C．Bad behaviors in public places. | D．Changes brought by technology. |
| A．At a disadvantage. | B．At a loss. |
| C．Out of the way. | D．Out of control. |
| A．Develop self-control. | B．Focus on outdoor activities. |
| C．Stay away from smartphones. | D．Change the habits of using electronics. |
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