采访内容:
1.你或你身边的人在日常生活中使用移动支付的情况；
2.移动支付带来的好处
3.你的看法。
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注意:1.词数120左右;
2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯
Dear Jenny,
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Yours faithfully
Li Hua
2 . People think that smartphones and laptops are evidence of progress. A certain amount of online searching, for instance, can be good for your brain, and there are apps that can promote brain function. Yet tech advancements also come with some unintended consequences.
Studies have shown that blue-enriched light from electronic things like smartphones can disturb the body’s internal clock and makes it impossible for you to stick to a proper sleep schedule. Losing sleep has negative effects on your brain, such as bad moods, decreased focus and problems with memory.
Technology makes it much easier to get distracted, for example, you step away from an important project to check your smartphone. Teens, in particular, are more distracted than ever. A recent survey of 2,400 teachers found that most educators feel students are more distracted than previous generations. Some 64 percent agreed with the idea that today’s digital technologies do more to distract students than to help them academically.
And technology makes people much more forgetful than they used to be. The new generation are actually more likely to forget what day it is or where they put their keys than people over the age of 55, according to a Trending Machine survey. In a press release for the survey, Jo Patricia, a doctor, said technology was to blame. “This is a population that has grown up multitasking using technology, often accompanied by lack of sleep, which results in high levels of forgetfulness,” she said.
People who rely on GPS to get around have less activity in the hippocampus, an area of the brain involved in both memory and direction. A study from the University of London even found that taxi drivers had a more developed hippocampus than non-taxi drivers — because they are so accustomed to using spatial memory, rather than relying on GPS.
Now that you’re probably terrified of the effects of technology, let us remind you that you do have the power to prevent it. Just log off every once in a while！
1. How does digital technology affect students according to teachers?| A．It upsets the new generation. |
| B．It makes students more forgetful. |
| C．It takes the students’ attention away. |
| D．It fails to aid students with their lessons. |
| A．They mainly rely on GPS. |
| B．They do more mental exercise. |
| C．They use spatial memory more. |
| D．They have a better sense of balance. |
| A．Negative. | B．Objective. | C．Optimistic. | D．Conservative. |
| A．Surveys conducted in school. |
| B．Apps used to promote memory. |
| C．Progress made in electronic products. |
| D．Harmful effects brought by digital technology. |
3 . There is a famous story about British poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge. He was writing a poem when he was interrupted by a knock at the door.
This was an age before the telephone. Someone was delivering a message. When Coleridge got back to his poem, he had lost his inspiration. His poetic mood had been broken by the knock on his door. His unfinished poem, which could otherwise have been a masterpiece, would now never be more than a fragment (片段).
This story tells how unexpected communication can destroy an important thought. That brings us to the invention of the cellphone.
The most common complaint about cellphones is that people talk on them to the annoyance of people around them. But more damaging may be the cellphone’s disruption (中断) of our thoughts.
We have already entered a golden age of little white lies about our cellphones, and this is by and large a healthy, protective development. “I didn’t hear it ring” or “I didn’t realize my phone had shut off” are among the lies we tell to give ourselves space where we’re beyond reach.
The notion of being unreachable is not a new concept — we have “Do Not Disturb” signs on the doors of hotel rooms. So why must we feel guilty when it comes to cellphones? Why must we apologize if we decide to shut off the cellphone for a while?
The problem is that we come from a long-established tradition of difficulty with distance communication. Until the recent mass use of cellphones, it was easy to communicate with someone next to us or a few feet away, but difficult with someone across town, the country or the globe. We came to take it for granted.
But cellphones make long-distance communication common, and endanger our time by ourselves. Now time alone, or a conversation with someone next to us which cannot be interrupted by a phone, is something to be cherished (珍惜). Even cellphone devotees, myself usually included, can’t help at times wanting to throw their phones away, or curse the day they were invented.
But we don’t and won’t, and there really is no need. All that’s required to take back our private time is a general social recognition that we have the right to it.
In other words, we have to develop a healthy contempt (轻视) for the rings of our own phones. Given the ease of making and receiving cellphone calls, if we don’t talk to the caller right now, we surely will shortly later.
A cellphone call deserves no greater priority than a random word from the person next to us. Though the call on my cellphone may be the one-in-a-million from Steven Spielberg — who has finally read my novel and wants to make it his next movie. But most likely it is not, and I’m better off thinking about the idea I just had for a new story, or the slice of pizza I’ll eat for lunch.
1. What is the point of the story about the poet Coleridge?| A．To direct readers’ attention to the main topic. |
| B．To attract readers’ attention to read his poems. |
| C．To show how important inspiration is to a poet. |
| D．To emphasize the disadvantage of not having a cellphone. |
| A．To encourage us to use the cellphone as much as we can. |
| B．To persuade us not to worry about the ring of the cellphone. |
| C．To inform us that the cellphone is not to be disturbed in our life. |
| D．To ask us to make an apology when we don’t answer the cellphone call. |
| A．answering a call from afar |
| B．talking to friend next to us |
| C．using the cellphone to chat with friends |
| D．communicating to keep the long-established friendship |
| A．Cellphones require more attention than any other invention. |
| B．We sometimes throw the phone away when it is too disturbing. |
| C．The writer would rather continue his own work than be interrupted by the ring. |
| D．We should give priority to the cellphone as it has brought us so much convenience. |
4 . Chase and Nicole McKeown are both police officers in Elizabeth town in Kentucky. One night, the two off-duty officers
When they were eating dinner in the restaurant, a man came in
“I think we both saw him at the same time,” Nicole said during a news conference.
The monitor video
“It is my belief that if not for the
The couple said the officer instinct (本能) just kicked in as the situation
The suspect is now in
| A．acted | B．made | C．found | D．prevented |
| A．waving | B．wearing | C．holding | D．carrying |
| A．Later on | B．Right away | C．At first | D．Once more |
| A．flu | B．peak | C．harvest | D．holiday |
| A．aim | B．result | C．victim | D．reason |
| A．put up | B．drew back | C．took off | D．turned over |
| A．decided | B．feared | C．realized | D．wondered |
| A．spread | B．showed | C．copied | D．changed |
| A．left | B．asked | C．seized | D．chased |
| A．hiding | B．ruining | C．dropping | D．returning |
| A．agreed | B．started | C．continued | D．offered |
| A．held | B．killed | C．punished | D．searched |
| A．hurt | B．arrested | C．examined | D．threatened |
| A．heroic | B．extra | C．sudden | D．final |
| A．game | B．fight | C．business | D．situation |
| A．crazily | B．luckily | C．surprisingly | D．honorably |
| A．developed | B．improved | C．changed | D．worsened |
| A．goes for | B．comes to | C．deals with | D．fights against |
| A．same | B．opposite | C．common | D．different |
| A．mercy | B．prison | C．silence | D．hospital |
5 . Gretchen Altman is smiling, leaning back casually, a cup of coffee in hand — Hills Bros. Coffee, to be precise. It looks like a casual shot, but if you hit like, leave a comment, and tag a friend, you can get three different cups of coffee, for free.
Altman is part of a growing trend of "micro-influencers". She has a small following — around 6,000 on Instagram (社交平台).Her going rate is $300 to $800 to promote something. She does some posts in exchange for free goods, as long as it's stuff she believes in.
As a micro-influencer she has a much closer relationship with her followers than a big social media star. "I'm just living a normal life and people relate to that," she says. "They just feel like I'm a friend of theirs."
But it worries consumer rights groups. Several recent studies have found that young audiences are largely unable to understand when something is sponsored content.
In some cases, it's clear. When a big star takes to a social media to advertise Coca-Cola, for example, the assumption is that he or she's probably getting paid to do so. And the posts are clearly labeled as ads, with the caption "advertisement" or "sponsored content".
But what happens when an everyday person with just a couple thousand followers takes to social media to extol(颂扬）the virtues of a product? The motivations are not so clear-cut. The problem with these social media posts is that you don't know whether it's an ad or not.
Altman is diligent about using those hashtags(标签).She loves what she does and sees it as a business, but she doesn't necessarily want to be a social media celebrity.
"With social media being so integrated into our everyday lives, we have this unique opportunity that I don't think anyone has ever had before where we can each be our own brand," Altman says.
1. What does a micro-influencer do according to the passage?| A．Offer enough likes. | B．Recommend some comments. |
| C．Post to increase sales. | D．Create advertisements. |
| A．Ads with caption on posts. | B．The unclear motivations of the posts. |
| C．Sponsored ads content. | D．The increasingly growing number of audiences |
| A．Pleased | B．Upset. |
| C．Ambitious. | D．Disappointed. |
| A．We Can Each Be Our Own Top Brand |
| B．To be a Micro-influencer or to be a Big Star |
| C．Hills Bros. Coffee, Your Coffee |
| D．Instagram Advertising: Do You Know It, When You See It |
6 . We often hear such statements: “I spilled (洒出) juice, but it wasn’t my fault.”, “I got in trouble at school, but it wasn’t my fault.” or “I was in a car accident, but it wasn’t my fault.” That “It’s not my fault.” is a go-to response for so many people and especially teenagers.
Parents complain they are tired of the “excuse”. The reason why variations of “It’s not my fault.” are so popular is that it lets us off the hook from guilt and blame. I’m a fan of not owning responsibility for things that I can’t control. Teens who often say “It’s my fault.” when something bad happens tend to be highly self-critical, perfectionistic and more easier to be troubled by anxiety and depression.
While it is important to recognize lack of reason to blame oneself, many teens over-rely on “It’s not my fault.” When trying to get them to take responsibility, parents usually attempt to convince their teens that something is their fault. The approach tends to be ineffective and turn into a power struggle. No one wins. A more effective approach can be to stress significant drawbacks to consistently focusing on removing our responsibility with this phrase.
Overuse of the phrase can result in feelings of lack of ability to control their own lives. This sense has been shown to cause low motivation. Besides creating feelings of lack of ability, overuse of “It’s not my fault.” focuses a teen’s attention on what is done as opposed to what needs to be done.
People may not have caused all their problems but they have to solve them anyway. The example I frequently share with teens is the question of what one will do if he is pushed into a deep lake. One can certainly stay in water, yelling, “It’s not my fault.” However, that won’t get him out of water. He needs to swim to the shore, regardless of the fault.
If you take a proper approach to communicating with your teens, you can help them avoid over-reliance on “It’s not my fault.”
1. What phenomenon is described in Paragraph 1?| A．The teenagers’ dislike for school life. |
| B．The common trouble faced by teenagers. |
| C．The reasons for blaming others for accidents. |
| D．The tendency for people not to be responsible for mess in life. |
| A．Those lacking confidence and ambition. |
| B．Those allowing others to find excuses. |
| C．Those unable to get along well with others. |
| D．Those often blaming themselves for some incidents. |
| A．Supportive. | B．Negative. |
| C．Ambiguous. | D．Neutral. |
| A．We should try to avoid troubling others. |
| B．We should focus on how to solve problems. |
| C．We should dare to point out others’ mistakes. |
| D．We should be self-critical as much as possible. |
7 . Australian experts have expressed concerns that too many millennials(千禧一代）are hoping to use their social media accounts to build their careers.
Their concerns follow the sudden rise in "insta-celebrities" who make money by posting sponsored photos online. For the lucky few who are not only talented photographers but also good-looking and business-savvy(有商业头脑的)，making money off social media isn't impossible.
Instagram is flooded with social media professionals paid to promote products and services. However, social scientist Dr Lauren Rosewarne, from the University of Melbourne, says that in reality, there are far fewer people making money off the platforms than one may think.
She said many young Australians were getting sucked in by the appeal of making money on platforms like Instagram, describing it as "totally unrealistic" and extremely difficult to do.
"Young people are hoping to be famous in numbers that were simply not there 20 years ago," Rosewarne told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation(ABC) on Saturday. "There are some people who can make fortunes out of monetizing(使具有货币性质)their Instagram posts, but that is not the norm."
She said it was up to parents and schools to discourage students from seeking Insta-fame, as many believe it is a possible career choice. "There's the warning for parents; this is not a normal or even common occurrence that you can monetize your Instagram account."
Meanwhile Toni Eager from Australian National University said social problems could arise from spending too much time with social media.
"Where do the insta-celebrities go ... to separate the life people see on Instagram from their actual normal life?" Eager said. "All of a sudden, people own your private life."
1. Why is there a sudden rise in "insta-celebrities"?| A．Many young people want to be photographers. |
| B．Many people see it as a shortcut to making money. |
| C．People want to socialize by sharing photos online. |
| D．Instagram offers young people more career choices. |
| A．benefiting from something |
| B．becoming involved in something |
| C．taking advantage of something |
| D．being satisfied with something |
| A．Young people today are more business-savvy than ever. |
| B．Young people are becoming less interested in Internet fame. |
| C．Instagram is not a good platform to promote new products. |
| D．It's a bad idea for young people to try earning money on Instagram. |
| A．An over-reliance on Instagram. |
| B．A loss of personal privacy. |
| C．Less interaction with people in real life. |
| D．The desire to monetize one's Instagram account. |
1. When was Shakespeare and Company first opened?
| A．In 1919. | B．In 1941. | C．In 1951. |
| A．Giving food to readers. |
| B．Teaching people how to write. |
| C．Offering beds for writers. |
| A．She faced strong competition. |
| B．She didn’t have enough money. |
| C．She was forced to close it. |
| A．He used to work at Ms Beach’s bookstore. |
| B．He followed Ms Beach’s ways of doing business. |
| C．He was a regular customer of Ms Beach’s bookstore. |
9 . Financial Education-Awareness Dilemma
When it comes to financial education, the majority of today's youth will regard it as a necessity for certain specific people who want to make their career in the financial world.
Suppose you have $100 in a saving account that pays simple interest at the rate of 2%per year. lf you leave the money in the account, how much will you have accumulated after 5 years: more than $102, exactly $102, or less than $102? The test might look simple, but only half of the people surveyed gave the correct answer.
On the contrary, people who have a lower degree of financial literacy tend to borrow more, accumulate less wealth, and pay more in fees related financial products. They are less likely to invest, more likely to experience difficulty with debt, and less likely to know the terms of their mortgages and other loans. Thus, the cost of this financial ignorance is very high.
What is the solution?
| A．Financial education must start early. |
| B．However, they miss an important point. |
| C．Why does each of us have to face a financial challenge? |
| D．Why does financial literacy matter so much in our society'? |
| E．Rich people are generally better educated on financial management. |
| F．Besides, these people have more than double the wealth of people who don’t. |
| G．For example, they frequently make late credit card payments, overspend their credit limit, etc. |
10 . "Did you hear what happened to Adam last Friday?" Lindsey whispers to Tori.
With her eyes shining, Tori brags, "You bet I did, Sean told me two days ago."
Who are Lindsey and Tori talking about? It just happened to be yours truly, Adam Freedman, I can tell you that what they are saying is （a） not nice and （b） not even true. Still, Lindsey and Tori aren't very different from most students here at Linton High School, including me. Many of our conversations are gossip （闲话）.I have noticed three effects of gossip: it can hurt people, it can give gossipers a strange kind of satisfaction, and it can cause social pressures in a group.
An important negative effect of gossip is that it can hurt the person being talked about. Usually, gossip spreads information about a topic—breakups, trouble at home, even dropping out—that a person would rather keep secret. The more embarrassing or shameful the secret is, the juicier the gossip it makes. Probably the worst type of gossip is the absolute lie. People often think of gossipers as harmless, but cruel lies can cause pain.
If we know that gossip can be harmful, then why do so many of us do it? The answer lies in another effect of gossip: the satisfaction it gives us. Sharing the latest rumor （传言）can make a person feel important because he or she knows something that others don't. Similarly, hearing the latest rumor can make a person feel like part of the "in group". In other words, gossip is satisfying because it gives people a sense of belonging or even superiority （优越感）.
Gossip also can have a third effect: it strengthens unwritten, unspoken rules about how people should act. Professor David Wilson explains that gossip is important in policing behaviors in a group. Translated into high school terms, this means that if everybody you hang around with is laughing at what John wore or what Jane said, then you can bet that wearing or saying something similar will get you the same kind of negative attention. The do's and don'ts conveyed through gossip will never show up in any student handbook.
The effects of gossip vary depending on the situation. The next time you feel the urge to spread the latest news, think about why you want to gossip and what effects your "juicy story" might have.
1. The author uses a conversation at the beginning of the passage to _________.| A．introduce a topic | B．present an argument |
| C．describe the characters | D．clarify his writing purpose |
| A．breaks up relationships | B．embarrasses the listener |
| C．spreads information around | D．causes unpleasant experiences |
| A．provide students with written rules |
| B．help people watch their own behaviors |
| C．force school to improve student handbooks |
| D．attract the police's attention to group behaviors |
| A．Never become a gossiper | B．Stay away from gossipers |
| C．Don't let gossip turn into lies | D．Think twice before you gossip |
