A new product – the Apple Watch – into the market. Last year, the watch was firstly introduced by Tim Cook, Apple's CEO. The price of the watch is from $349 to $1,099, depending on its size and whether it is a sports or regular one.
Apple engineers and designers have put in a lot of thought and hard work into creating this "small screen" on your wrist(手腕). The "sensor(传感器)" on the screen not only finds your finger, but also knows the difference between when you are tapping(轻触), and when you are pressing hard er.
The watch also has “haptic feedback(触觉反馈)”. You can s end personal messages to your friend —such as drawing a star or a special sign with your fingers, or tapping the watch, say 3 times, and your friend will receive those taps on their wrist.
Besides telling the time, the watch will use 'Bluetooth' to connect with your iPhone and show calls or text messages that come in.
According to Tim Cook, the watch may open up a whole new area of applications（应用） that we had never thought of. Some car f actories like BMW have developed an app that allows its car owners to open their cars with the watch. A 'Hotels' app may allow you to open the door to your hotel room without worrying about losing the smart-card. And finally, even at the airport—passengers may be able to simply wave their wrist to check into their flight.
The biggest use of the watch, however, is as your personal fitness coach. The watch can show your pulse (heartbeat) using a sensor at the bottom of the watch. It also has the same sensor as your iPhone, so it knows when you are moving, and also how much you are walking or running. It will remind you if you have been sitting for too long without taking exercise.
1.We can learn from the passage that the Apple Watch .
A. is designed by Tim Cook
B. was brought into the market last week
C. sells at different prices for different colors
D. can show your pulse and knows when you are moving.
2.With apple watch, you can .
A. develop your own personal app
B. connect your iPhone with your iPad
C. receive personal messages from your friends’ iPhone
D. send personal messages to your friends’ apple watches
3.Many businesses help push for the uses of apple watch EXCEPT .
A. hospitals B. hotels C. airlines D. car factories
Do you feel tired sometimes? Nowadays, stress is everywhere in our daily life. Not just men, women and young people also suffer from stress.
There are many causes, such as: death, marriage, money, moving house, changing jobs, ending relationships.
So how do you know if you suffer from stress? Do the Stress Test and find out!
Stress Test
Do you …? Yes No
1. often sleep badly?
2. get headaches a lot?
3. find it difficult to relax?
4. need alcohol (酒精) or cigarettes to keep calm?
5. usually hide your feeling?
6. find it difficult to put your heart into something?
7. take sleeping pills?
8. get angry when things go wrong?
If you have more than two “Yes” among these questions, you are suffering from stress. So what can you do about it?
Doing yoga (瑜伽), chewing gum and playing with worry beads (念珠) are all common ways of relieving (减轻) stress. However, doctors now say that there are simpler ways. They say that people should laugh and smile more often. When you laugh and smile, your body relaxes. They also say that people—and especially men—ought to cry more often, because cry ing is the natural way of relieving stress.
1.From the passage, we can know that .
A. many soc ial problems can cause stress
B. young people suffer more from stress than the old
C. doing yoga is the most useful way to relieve stress
D. if all the answers are yes, you are suffering from stress
2.You may suffer from stress if you .
A. never depend on alcohol or cigarettes
B. can sleep without sleeping pills
C. often communicate with anyone else
D. easily get angry when things go wrong
3.Which of the following is NOT a way to relieve stress?
A. Doing yoga. B. Taking sleeping pills.
C. Laughing and crying. D. Playing with worry beads.
完形填空 (共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
阅读下面的短文，从文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。
Each year, thousands of Chinese middle school students go to study in foreign countries such as the US, the UK, Australia and Japan.
“Chinese children hope very much to go to get a wider view (视野) of the world.” said Chen Yi, a Chinese writer who has lived in America for 16 years. In a talk Chen told more than 300 parents and their children that life in foreign countries can be for young people. “They have to meet a culture shock and language problems.”
However, these are not the most difficult things. To most children looking after themselves when studying alone in a foreign country is a big .
Zhang Jia, a 16-year-old student, began to study in a high school in Sydney, Australia last October. To his surprise, his teachers there pushed students to study. And there wasn't homework. “With these education systems (体制), we have more time and more space for thinking.” said Zhang. “But if you don't know how to your time and money, you will not have an easy time.” Some of his friends spent their whole year's money in the first two months of the term, and they didn't pass their exams.
“Studying abroad at a young age can help students learn a foreign language and open up their eyes, but students and parents should know about the challenges,” Chen said. “ you want to study abroad, try to talk to someone with in foreign countries. Make sure that you are ready for it.
1.A. abroad B. foreign C. home D. school
2.A. easy B. happy C. sad D. hard
3.A. challenge B. thought C. difference D. change
4.A. ever B. always C. hardly D. almost
5.A. yet B. usually C. just D. never
6.A. safe B. busy C. boring D. spare
7.A. take B. plan C. use D. have
8.A. carefully B. quickly C. happily D. exactly
9.A. Unless B. Whether C. If D. While
10.A. confidence B. knowledge C. information D. experience
—What else did Peter ask you about the trip to Jurong?
—He asked me .
A. what did we get ready for for the trip
B. when we will visit the Statue of Laozi
C. how long would they stay at the Memorial Hall of the New Fourth Army
D. whether she could go to Huayang Park alone on the second day
Move our eyes quickly over the text to look for some information when we read. Which of the following reading skills do we use?
A. Skimming. B. Scanning.
C. Predicting. D. Guessing word meaning.
—Do you know the Jiangsu team performed in the semi-final of Dictation Assembly
of Chinese Characters (汉字听写大会)？
—On October 4th ,2013.
A. that B. what C. when D. if
