Do you often lose things? Don’t worry. Now a new tool, which can be connected to any object you might lose, may be the way to solve your problem. The Tile, a small square linked up to your iphone or ipad by means of Bluetooth, lets you see how close you are to your missing item, within a 50-to-150-foot range (范围). If the item goes out of your phone’s 150-foot range, it can still be found on other smart phones with the same app.
When you drive the app on your phone, it shows you, with green bars that increase or decrease, how close or far away you are from the Tile. You can also program it to make a sound when you get close to the Tile. And you can link up your phone with up to ten Tiles. And if your lost object — a dog, for example, or a stolen bike — go out of your own phone’s 150-foot Bluetooth range, you can set it as a “lost item”. If any of the phones with the Tile app comes within range of your lost item, a message will be sent to your phone, telling you its position. The Tile app also has the function to remember where it last saw your Tile, so that you can easily find where you left it.
Since the Tiles use Bluetooth rather than GPS, they are never out of battery or needn’t to be charged, and they work for one year before needing to be replaced. And the app works with all generations of iPhones and iPads.
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1.What can the Tile app help you?
A. To find other phone users.
B. To find your missing items.
C. To save your phone’s power.
D. To use your phone more wisely.
2.What does the second paragraph mainly tell us?
A. What the Tile app is.
B. How the Tile app works.
C. Why the Tile app was created.
D. What the advantages of the Tile app are.
3.What can we learn from the passage?
A. The Tile need be charged after a year of use.
B. One smart phone can only be linked up with one Tile.
C. The Tile can’t be linked up with a phone without Bluetooth.
D. A missing item can’t be found if it goes out of your phone’s Bluetooth range.
4.Where does the passage probably come from?
A. A news report. B. Science fiction.
C. A personal diary. D. An advertisement.
We've all been blamed (责备) wrongly sometimes in our lives. How do we deal with it? Not with anger, hurt and tears, but in a collected way…
●If you are wrongly blamed, let others know of the true state of things at once. Do it calmly and clearly — if you lose your temper, people will stop listening or become defensive.
●If you don't find a sympathetic ear, find a person who will hear you out — a teacher, a parent, a friend, or a brother or sister who believes in you.
●If you've been in trouble before, it may be easy for people to doubt you. So win your respect back in their eyes by behaving with honesty.
●If what you are blamed for is something unimportant, sometimes it's better to smile it off.
●If you've been blamed for something serious, it's important to put your side of the story forward quickly and truthfully.
Just remember:
▲Respect your friends' secret if you don't want to be wrongly blamed for making them known.
▲Don't blame others without first getting proof of their wrong doing.
▲Putting the blame on someone else for what you have done wrong is weakness. Admit your mistake quickly.
▲If someone else is wrongly blamed, stand up for that person.
▲Don't pass the responsibility to others.
1.What’s the passage mainly about?
A. Tips on how to make an apology.
B. Ideas on how to get along with others.
C. Information on how to argue with others.
D. Advice on what to do when blamed wrongly.
2.The underlined phrase "a sympathetic ear" refers to a person who ______.
A. is willing to learn the truth B. looks down upon others
C. is impatient when listening D. likes listening to sad stories
3.What should you do if you are wrongly blamed for something important?
A. Fight back with anger.
B. Don't care much about it.
C. Explain yourself to others at once.
D. Don’t believe in others any more.
Like all big cities, Paris has a traffic problem: lots of cars, lots of traffic jams and lots of pollution from exhaust fumes (废气). So the city began a project to improve the situation.
Under the Velib project (‘Velib’ comes from vélo liberté, or ‘bicycle freedom’) people can take a bicycle, use it for as long as they want, and then leave it at the same or another bicycle station. The first half-hour on the bike is free, but if you don’t return it after 30 minutes, you have to pay. But it’s only €1 a day or €29 a year! The bicycles are heavy (25 kg), and they are all grey and have baskets. There are about 20,000 of them in the city, and around 1,450 bicycle stations. So there are a lot more Velib stations than the 298 subway stations!
Paris is not the first city to have a project like this. But not everybody thinks it’s a great idea. One Parisian said, “These bicycles are only for short journeys. If people want to travel across the city, they won’t use a bicycle — they’ll still use their cars.”
A city spokesman said, “The bicycle project won’t solve all our traffic problems, of course. But it might help reduce air pollution. Traffic, together with factory fumes, is a big problem. There aren’t any simple answers to traffic problems and pollution in cities. But unless we do something now, there will be more traffic jams and temperatures will continue to rise, so the problems in our environment will get worse. The bikes might help people to lead a healthier life, too.”
1.What can we learn about the Velib project?
A. Its bikes have no baskets.
B. Its bikes are light and colorful.
C. It aims to make traveling easier.
D. It owns more stations than the subway.
2.If you use a Velib for 1 hour, you should pay ______.
A. Free. B. €1.
C. €29. D. €30.
3.Why do some people disagree with the Velib project?
A. The cost is rather high.
B. It’s hard to find a Velib station.
C. It’s not suitable for a long journey.
D. The distance between two Velib stations is long.
4.What’s the city spokesman’s attitude towards the bicycle project?
A. Worried. B. Positive.
C. Uncaring. D. Doubtful.
The clock struck eleven at night. The whole house was quiet. Everyone was in bed except me. Under the strong light, I looked sad before a huge pile of troublesome stuff that were called “books”. I was going to have my exam the next day. "When can I go to bed?" I asked myself. I didn’t answer; as a matter of fact, I dared not.
The clock struck twelve. "Oh, dear!" I cried, "five more books to read before I can go to bed!” We pupils are the poorest in the world. Dad does not agree with me on this. He did not have to work so hard when he was a boy.
The clock struck one. I was quite hopeless now. I forgot all I had learnt. I was too tired to go on. I did the only thing I could. I prayed, “Oh, God! Please help me pass the exam tomorrow. I do promise to work hard afterwards, Amen.” My eyes were so heavy that I could hardly open them. A few minutes later, with my head on the desk, I fell asleep.
1.When the author was going over his lessons, all the others in the house were ______.
A. asleep B. outside
C. working in bed D. quietly laughing at him
2.Reviewing his lessons didn’t help him because ______.
A. he was short of enough sleep
B. he hadn’t studied hard before
C. he got no help from roommates
D. he didn’t make the best of time
3.What do you suppose happened to the author?
A. He passed the exam by luck.
B. He failed in the coming exam.
C. He was punished by his teacher.
D. He went to a church to pray again.
4.The best title for the passage would be ______.
A. Working Far into the Night
B. A Slow Student in Studying
C. The Night Before the Exam
D. The Heavy Studying Burden
假定你是李华，你的好友李明参加了今年的三中好声音(The Voice of Nanning No.3 High School)歌唱比赛，没有进入决赛，感到很伤心。请你给他写一封慰问信，要点如下：
1. 表示难过和理解。
2. 帮助他分析失败原因。
3. 勉励他。
注意：1. 词数100左右。
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
参考词汇：决赛：the finals
Dear Li Ming,
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Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改句子，请你修改你同桌写的以下句子。每个句子都有一处错误，错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(Λ)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
1.The function of smile is to show happiness and put people to ease.
2.It is hard work as well as determination that have made him achieve everything he wanted.
3.The actors in Disneyland brought much fun to the visitors, made them laugh happily.
4.The boy’s dream to take a trip to England has been come true.
5.Body language makes possible for us to understand others better.
6.Today most people around the world are more like to greet each other by shaking hands.
7.To our great amuse, the kids performed on the stage in a funny way.
8.News came from the school office which Fang Jianxun had been admitted to Tsinghua University．
9.The detective novel is a attraction for me.
10.Some parks are famous for traditional culture, other for showing the unique sights.
