A smart phone (智能手机) is a mobile phone built on a mobile operating system, with more advanced computing abilities than a common phone. The first smart phones enabled the users to send and receive emails. Later models added the function of portable media players, pocket video cameras, and GPS navigation (导航) units to form one multi-use device. Many modern smart phones also include touchscreens and web browsers (浏览器) that display web pages.
A recent report says we spend an average of two hours and 40 minutes each day looking at a smart phone. That doesn’t mean making calls, but playing phone games and browsing the Web.
Nowadays we always find people checking emails in a restaurant, taking a picture of the food when it arrives, or checking a message during a conversation instead of traditional communication. It’s no secret that our lives are being affected by our smart phones obsession.
However, this phenomenon has never been presented so vividly as in the short YouTube film I Forgot My Phone. Despite only being online for a few days, it's already been viewed more than 10.5 million times. Whether it will be screened in the cinema remains to be seen.
Ironically, YouTube’s data show that the site gets a billion views per day from mobile devices, so a lot of those people watched it on their phones.
The short film, written by and starring actress Charlene Deguzman, shows groups of people in various social situations, the majority of whom are absorbed in their phones instead of the world around them. To a certain extent, we all do it.
1.People prefer a smart phone to a common one, because the latter only can help us ______.
A. check emailsB. send messages C. find the destinationD. watch a video
2.The underlined word “obsession” in the third paragraph most probably means “______”.
A. devotionB. contribution C. addictionD. emotion
3.Which of the following is right?
A. People spend as average of two hours and 40 minutes each day using smart phones.
B. The film hasn’t been put on in the cinema.
C. The film is written by an actor named Charlene Deguzman.
D. The film has already been viewed more than 105 million times in the first few days.
4.When the writer mentions the number of people watching the film from mobile devices in the fifth paragraph, he mainly feels ______.
A. encouraged B. depressedC. proudD. satisfied
Joshua, my son, is fifteen years old. He was born with Down Syndrome (唐氏综合症). In the last fifteen years. I have experienced many difficult and stories. However, right now I want to just stick to the topic of . When Joshua was born, the doctor us not to “waste our time, energy or money". They claimed that our son would never accomplish anything. They told us he would never walk, talk or learn to use the toilet. , we were not about to accept the words. However, we weren’t really sure what to expect.
Therefore, we expected him to develop at his own pace, with a lot of help and encouragement, but only to develop little. We decided that we saw progress we could never give up. Very early on, we knew in our hearts that we had to have high expectations, but how high? We could not set goals for him that he could not ever possibly reach. , if we did not have high hopes, the chances would be very slim for him to work to his potential.
When Joshua was four and a half years old, his younger sister, CJ, was three and attended the same preschool in a younger class. The school an art contest and all the children in it presented pictures. The pictures were hung on the wall and the president of the local church, who was not personally with the children, was appointed to be the .
On the day of the contest, I made my through the crowded parents to see Cf’s picture, it was likely to be hung there, but Joshua's class pictures were not yet up and I didn’t think twice about seeing his picture leaving the building. You see, I had no expectation that Joshua would win; it was for me to know that he was able to draw a picture and have it with those of the other children.
Well, when I returned to the kids, you can image my when I discovered that Joshua was the winner from his class! Proud and excited, he told everyone, “I won the contest! I it! ”
CJ kept insisting that she had won too and it was certainly a feeling to know that Joshua had achieved something that hissister had not. After that I decided to keep my expectations . It seems that most people work to whatever expectations are set for them. Why should Joshua be any ?
1.A. inspiring B. frustratingC. encouragingD. exciting
2.A. expectation B. loveC. educationD. instruction
3.A. suggested B. hopedC. persuadedD. advised
4.A, Luckily B. UnfortunatelyC. NaturallyD. Generally
5.A. due to B. as long asC. so far asD. in case
6.A. However B. BesidesC. ThusD. Therefore
7.A. charged B. preparedC. engagedD. ran
8.A. familiar B. similarC. friendlyD. close
9.A. host B. teacherC. headmasterD. judge
10.A. effectB. wayC. forceD. Struggle
11.A. whereB. asC. whenD. that
12.A. afterB. duringC. beforeD. once
13.A. excitedB. enoughC. amazingD. pleased
14.A. displayedB. hangedC. takenD. replaced
15.A. take upB. keep upC. get upD. pick up
16.A. surpriseB. expectation C. joyD. amusement
17.A. gotB. drewC. madeD. defeated
18.A. specialB. extraordinaryC. curiousD. mixing
19.A. onB. highC. greatD. easy
20.A. difficultB. upsetC. disappointedD. different
Experts insist that packets of cigarettes come with a health warning ______ to them.
A. be attached B. attachC. attached D. attaching
— Tom, could you give me a hand in the following exam?
— ______. Mom won’t allow me to do such crazy things.
A. No problem B. It's a pleasure C. Forget it D. My pleasure
Never before______ such a wonderful park, ______ I'd like to pay a visit again.
A. had I seen; whereB. have I seen; which C. have I seen; where D. had I seen; which
The manager asked me to______ the report, because he didn't want to speak for a long time at the meeting.
A. cut outB. cut away C. cut offD. cut down
