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WHEN was the last time you used an emoji ? For many of you, the answer is “just now”! Indeed, the cute little pictures have become an important part of our digital lives. But think twice the next time you send out an emoji – the wrong one may get you in hot water
A 12-year-old girl from Virginia, US learned this lesson the hard way. She faced charges for using gun, bomb and knife emojis in a post on Instagram, a photo-sharing website, in December. She had to appear in a court for threatening the school and computer harassment (骚扰) last month, reported The Washington Post.
The girl’s mother said her daughter was a good kid and that the post was a response to bullying (欺凌). It’s not clear whether the case has already been solved, since the hearings (听证) were not open to the public.
There will be more and more of these cases as emojis continue to spread around the world. Last year, 6 billion emojis and other similar pictures were sent every day, according to the UK-based mobile technology company SwiftKey.
While the courts get ready to struggle with upcoming cases with emojis, do you agree that we should start using the icons more carefully?
1.What is an emoji?
2.Why did she have to appear in a court?
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1.我想知道这个城市最南端的那家咖啡店怎么走。
2.你介意给我画张图并尽可能清楚地告诉我吗？
3.只要乘地铁到人民广场站下，去那走路只花15分钟。
4.我刚刚去过那家店，那儿的咖啡不但便宜而且好喝。
5.我相信它不久之后就会被你找到的。
词汇运用
根据下列汉语注释，首字母,句意或者音标，写出各单词的正确形式.每空限填一词。
1.I found the job _________(累) at first but I soon got used to it.
2.In this way they can learn more and _________ (明智)make their decisions.
3.She stared at him again, ________(不能) to believe the evidence of her senses.
4.The boats far away in the center of the river are the local _________ (渔夫).
5.Strongly_________ (吸引) by the show, all the audience clapped their hands.
6.The gravity on Mars is only _________ (八分之三) of that on the earth.
7.He was caught s_________something from the shop yesterday.
8.The old man spent a lifetime fighting a_________ racism(种族主义).
9.—The tickets sold out when I got to the cinema.
—So you ________ to see the film.
10.— I like history better than Chinese. How about you?
— I like ________. My favourite is music.
In some science fiction movies, evil robots refuse to die, no matter how hard people fight back.
Now science fiction has become science fact. For the first time, scientists have made a robot that can take a beating (挨打) and keep on going. Scientists from Cornell University made the robot, which looks like a spider with four legs.
Until now, even the most advanced (先进的) robot was almost certain to break down when it was damaged. That is because its computer inside simply doesn’t know how to make the machine work after its shape has changed.
To deal with this problem, the scientists put eight motors (发动机) and two sensors (传感器) that read how the machine is working. They all give signals to the machine’s software. Using this information, the computer can then figure out the machine’s shape at any moment.
The new technology is a big advance in robot-making, scientists say, and it’s far from scary. It may someday help scientists create better artificial (假的) arms and legs and give new freedom to people who lose them. It might also help scientists understand how people and animals figure out their own sense of place in space.
“It has been difficult to design robots that can work well when the environment changes or when it’s damaged,” says Olaf Sporns of Indiana University in US. “With this work, we are nearer to solving this problem.”
1.Why do robots easily break down when they are damaged?
A. They cannot repair themselves.
B. The computer has changed a lot.
C. They have no computers inside.
D. The computer cannot work if the robot changes.
2.The new technology allows the robot to _________.
A. do house work for humans
B. keep working after being damaged
C. remember a lot of information
D. tell people where it is
3.The underlined word “them” in Paragraph 5 refers to ________.
A. sensors
B. robots
C. arms and legs
D. scientists
4.How do the sensors in the robot work?
A. They can replace the computer when it’s broken.
B. They can find out where the damage comes from.
C. They help the computer learn the robot’s condition.
D. They can send signals to the person who uses the robot.
In order to know a foreign language thoroughly, four things are necessary. Firstly, we must be able to understand the language when we hear it spoken. Secondly, we must be able to speak it ourselves, correctly, with confidence and without hesitation. Thirdly, we must be able to read the language and fourthly, we must be able to write it. We must be able to compose（组成）sentences that are grammatically correct. We must know how to arrange sentences in paragraphs, so as to write a good letter or composition.
There is no easy way to succeed in language learning. A good memory is of great help, but it is not enough simply to memorize rules from a grammar book. It is not much use learning by heart long lists of words and their meaning. We learn words not by ourselves, but in sentences. We must learn by using the language. “Learn through use” is a good piece of advice for those who are studying a new language. Practice is very important. We must practice speaking and writing the language whenever we can.
1.The most important things to learn a foreign language are_______.
A. understanding and speaking
B. memorizing and listening
C. writing and understanding
D. hearing, speaking, reading and writing
2.Someone hears and writes English very well, but he speaks it very badly. This is because________.
A. he doesn't have a good memory
B. he often hesitates to practice speaking it
C. he always remember lists of words and their meanings
D. he doesn't understand the language when he hears it spoken
3.One can never learn a foreign language well only by_______.
A. doing more exercises
B. studying the dictionary
C. learning through use
D. using the language
4.Which of the following is the most important in learning a foreign language?
A good memory. B. Speaking.
C. Practice. D. Writing.
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1.We can see this ad _____________.
A.at a cafe B. at a library C. at school D. at home
2.We can go for lunch at __________ on Monday.
A.10：30B.11：45C.12：30D.14：30
3.Mrs Zhou will spend ________ if she goes for dinner on Friday.
A.$6 B.$7 C.$11D.$12
4.Mr. Brown and his 8-year-old son had to pay _________ for dinner last Sunday.
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