A couple of weeks ago,my 12-year-old daughter Ella,threatened to take my phone and break it."At night you'll always have your phone out and you'll just type,"Ella says,"I'm ready to go to bed,and try to get you to read stories for me and you're just standing there reading your texts and texting other people,"she adds.I came to realize that I was ignoring her as a father.
Ella isn't the only kid who feels this way about her parent's relationship with devices.Catherine Steiner-Adair,a psychologist at Harvard,wrote The Big Disconnect: Protecting Childhood and Family Relationships in the Digital Age.For her book,Steiner-Adair interviewed more than 1,000 kids from the ages of 4 to 18.She talked to hundreds of teachers and parents.
"One of the many things that knocked my socks off,"she says,"was the consistency（一致性）with which children—whether they were 4 or 8 or 18—talked about feeling exhausted and frustrated or mad trying to get their parents’ attention,competing with computer screens or iPhone screens or any kind of technology."
A couple of years ago,my daughter got a laptop for school.And because she was becoming more independent, we got her a phone.We set up rules for when she could use the device and when she'd need to put it away.We created a charging station,outside her bedroom,where she had to plug in these devices every night.Basically,except for homework,she has to put it all away when she comes home.
Steiner-Adair says most adults don't set up similar limits in their own lives."We've lost the boundaries that protect work and family life,"she says."So it is very hard to manage yourself and be present in the moments your children need you."
After my daughter's little intervention（介入）,I made myself a promise to create my own charging station.To plug my phone in—somewhere far away—when I am done working for the day.I've been trying to leave it there untouched for most of the weekend.
1.Why did Ella threaten to break her father's phone?
A. Her father spent a lot of money on his phone.
B. Her father did not do any housework at home.
C. Her father made a lot of noise by talking on the phone.
D. Her father gave his attention to his phone instead of her.
2.The underlined phrase "knocked my socks off" is closest in meaning to “_____”.
A. made fun of me
B. surprised me a lot
C. took my socks off
D. made me exhausted
3.In Steiner-Adair's opinion,parents______.
A. should control their use of phones
B. have a lot of things to learn from kids
C. don't have to focus more on their kids
D. should not buy phones for their kids
4.We can infer from the text that the writer______.
A. will not use his phone from now on
B. plans to create more charging stations at home
C. is a man who learns from his mistakes
D. doesn't think a laptop is helpful to his daughter
For years,Hagelin has studied what role scents（气味）play in wild birds’ behavior.In 2010,Hagelin heard Jan Straley,a marine biologist,talk about the behavior of whales.Straley mentioned that whales often leap into the air,but nobody knew why.
The mystery interested Hagelin.So Hagelin asked Straley whether they might leap to smell the air—maybe to locate food or look for danger.Straley replied that it was an interesting idea but there wasn't much evidence that whales have a sense of smell.To investigate the idea further,the two scientists teamed up.
In the summer of 2011,they set up a post on the coast of southern Alaska.The researchers spent hours monitoring the direction of the whales and of the wind.The whales headed into the wind half of the time.This didn't prove that whales leap to smell,but it suggested that it is possible.
Meanwhile,other researchers in Alaska were studying a region of the brain called the olfactory bulb（嗅觉球）in whales.Olfaction means the ability to smell.Humans also process smells in the olfactory bulb.
In identifying a scent,you might think the nose does all of the work.However,the major role of a nose is to draw chemicals on the air and pass them across sensing cells.As chemicals come into contact,they give signals that travel directly to the bulb and then in the brain for further interpretation.
The researchers discovered that the bulb in a whale was more complex than the one in a human.In whales,this smell-processing center takes up a share of the brain six times larger than it does in humans.
The brain research suggested that whales probably can smell just as well as people—and possibly better than humans can.It is supposed that a good sense of smell could help them find food more easily.
However,Hagelin is not sure of that.Now he is planning a new study that will examine whether whales do use the sense of smell to find food.
1.Hagelin and Straley set up a post with the purpose of finding______.
A. how whales look for food in groups
B. whether whales can get out of danger
C. how whales head into the wind
D. whether whales leap to smell the air
2.We can learn from the text that the olfactory bulb in a whale______.
A. is smaller than the one in a human
B. draws chemicals spreading in the air
C. is more complex than the one in a human
D. processes smells better than the one in a human
3.It is implied in the text that Hagelin______.
A. hasn't got any evidence that whales have a sense of smell so far
B. doesn't know whether whales hunt their food in groups
C. isn't sure that the sense of smell can help whales find food
D. isn't sure whether humans can smell as well as whales
4.In which section of a newspaper can we read this text?
A. Education. B. Science.
C. Culture. D. Agriculture.
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B. A good class should associate fun with learning.
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D. Only pupils aged 2 can make good use of the games.
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Climbers at Qomolangma are being asked to clean up after themselves.
Qomolangma has earned the nickname（绰号）the World's Highest Garbage Dump（垃圾场）.
Climbing Qomolangma,the world's highest mountain,just becomes more challenging.The government of Nepal is telling climbers they cannot leave trash on the trails.Each climber will have to come down the mountain with at the least 18 pounds of garbage.That's the average amount of trash a climber leaves behind on Qomolangma.
Officials say climbers are responsible for their own trash.“We are not asking climbers to pick up trash left by someone else,”said the Nepal Tourism Ministry.“We just want them to bring back what they took up.”
More than 4,000 people have reached the 29,035-foot summit（顶峰）in more than 60 years.Leaving trash along the way helps climbers keep their bags light so they have energy to reach the summit.“The trash problem in Qomolangma is not new.”Burlakoti says.“When the people started to climb the mountain,they started to leave their garbage there.”They have left behind bottles,food boxes and equipment.
The new rule came into effect in April,2014.To make sure it is followed,climbers will have to deposit money（交保证金）before they climb.Once they climb back down the mountain,officials will check climbers at a return camp to make sure they have the required 18 pounds of trash.If they do,their money will be returned to them.If they do not,climbers will not receive their deposit and they will not be given a permit the next time they want to climb Qomolangma.
The goal is to make sure no more litter will be left on Qomolangma."As we offer Qomolangma to all the people of the world they should take responsibility to clean it."Burlakoti says,“After seeing the results from this,we will also apply this rule to other mountains.”
1.Why does Qomolangma get the nickname the World's Highest Garbage Dump?
A. The white snow on it looks like white trash.
B. The government of Nepal transported trash onto it.
C. There is too much trash left on it by climbers.
D. The government of Nepal has used up the resources on it.
2.Climbers left trash along the way in order to______.
A. provide guidance for other climbers
B. help climbers themselves find their way
C. get timely medical rescue when in danger
D. reach the summit without too much load
3.If climbers want to climb Qomolangma again,they must______.
A. get the climbing license
B. have a large bag
C. get the permission from the local people
D. bring back the required trash in the last climbing
4.What is the best title for the text?
A. Protect our beautiful mountains
B. Bring back your litter when climbing
C. A new rule of protecting the earth
D. Qomolangma belonging to the world people
假定你叫李华，你在纽约时，寄宿在Mr.and Mrs.Green家里，回国后想写封感谢信，感谢Mr.and Mrs.Green热情友善地提供住宿、饮食并和你练习英语口语，同时想邀请他们到中国来。
注意：1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下短文。短文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。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（∧），并在此符号下面写出该加的词。
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：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
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