If you want to get something done, you might want to put your mobile phone back in your pocket. Researchers have found that the mere presence of a phone is distracting (分心) — even if it is not your own. And the devices (设备) are likely to distract you, even if they are not ringing or “pinging” with text messages. People asked to carry out electronic tests of their attention spans were found to perform worse when a mobile phone was present than other people performing in the presence of a paper notepad.
Scientists from Hokkaido University in Japan said that their findings show that it is harder to concentrate when one of the electronic devices is present. The effect was most marked on people who are not regular users of phones. In tests on 40 undergraduates. Associate Professor Junichiro Kawahara and a colleague divided the subjects into two groups — one asked to carry out tests in the presence of an Apple iPhone next to a computer monitor, and the other in the presence of a notebook.
The test involved asking the participant to search for a particular character among a mess of other characters on the screen. Researchers measured the time it took to find the target. The results of the experiment found that those with the mobile phone took longer to find the character, indicating that participants were automatically distracted by the presence of the phone. The researchers suggest that people are drawn to the presence of a mobile phone, although there are individual differences in how one attempts to ignore it. In conclusion. Professor Kawahara said. “The mere presence of a mobile phone was a distraction among infrequent internet users.”
Another finding is that listening to one half of a mobile phone conversation also distracts people, and other studies have found that placing a mobile phone in view has a negative impact on the quality of face-to-face communications. Holding a mobile phone makes you less likely to get a fair hearing from others.
1.What is the first paragraph mainly about?
A. A mobile phone won’t distract people unless it’s ringing.
B. People find it hard to concentrate if their phones are present.
C. Text messages distract people even if phones are power off.
D. A paper notepad can help people record much information.
2.Who will be affected most according to the findings?
A. People irregularly using phones.
B. People regularly using phones.
C. People usually using notepads.
D. People always using computers.
3.In a face-to-face communication, what is the effect of putting a mobile phone in sight?
A. It makes listeners feel much awkward.
B. It causes other people to lose respect for you.
C. It reduces people’s attention to what they are listening to.
D. It makes the air of the conversation more pleasant.
4.What can we learn from the text?
A. People perform worse with a mobile phone at hand.
B. Mobile phones do a lot of damage to people’s health.
C. People working with mobile phones will do very well.
D. Phones should be banned in all schools and universities.
One Sunday, my son asked me if he could ride up to his elementary school on his bike and meet his friend. He wanted both of them to ride back to our house so they could play video games and jump on the trampoline (蹦床). I have to admit, part of me wanted to say no. We could go to pick him up or his parents could bring him over here. I thought. But my son is eleven years old now. And after all, I do let him ride his bike to school. But I also drive my daughter to school and I can see him on the way, making sure he is getting there safely.
My husband thinks I am overprotective. I don’t dare to let my children walk anywhere without one of us going along. As you go out of our neighborhood, there is a shopping center across the street. My son always asks if he can ride his bike or walk over to the drugstore by himself. But crossing that street is just too dangerous. The cars fly around the comer like they’re driving in a car race. What if he gets hurt? What if some teenager bullies are hanging out in the parking lot? I want so much to give my children the freedom that I enjoyed having when I was growing up but I hesitate to do so, because there are dangers around every comer. Too many kidnap, too many robberies and so on.
I honestly don’t think my mom worried about such things when her children were young. Growing lip in the 1970s was indeed very different. I never wore a helmet (头盔) when I rode a bike. We were all over the neighborhood, on our bikes and on foot, coming home for dinner and then-back out again until dark. We rode in the back of the truck and didn’t wear seat belts. I walked to and from school every day.
1.What did the author feel unwilling to let her son do?
A. Ride his bike to meet his friend
B. Play video games.
C. Bring his friend home.
D. Jump on the trampoline.
2.What does the author mean when she says “But my son is eleven years old now.”?
A. He is a bit too young to go out alone.
B. He is old enough to be given some freedom now.
C. He has reached the legal age for riding a bike.
D. He can’t protect himself from road hazards. (危险的事)
3.Which of the following is NOT considered by the author as a potential threat to kids?
A. The drugstore. B. Teenager bullies.
C. Kidnaps. D. Cars racing by.
4.How is the text mainly developed?
A. By making comparisons B. By listing examples
C. By following time order D. By analyzing causes
I grew up in a house where the TV was seldom turned on and with one wall in my bedroom entirely lined with bookshelves, most of my childhood was spent on books I could get hold of. In fact, I grew up thinking of reading as natural as breathing and books unbelievably powerful in shaping perspectives (观点) by creating worlds we could step into, take part in and live in.
With this unshakable belief. I, at fourteen, decided to become a writer. Here too, reading became useful. Every with writer starts off knowing that he has something to say, but being unable to find the right ways to say it. He has to find his own voice by reading widely and discovering which parts of the writers he agrees or disagrees with, or agrees with so strongly that it reshapes his own world. He cannot write without loving to read, because only through reading other people’s writing can one discover what works, what doesn’t and, in the end, together with lots of practice, what voice he has.
Now I am in college，and have come to realize how important it is to read fiction (文学作品). As a law student, my reading is in fact limited to subject matter — the volume (量) of what I have to read for classes every week means there is little time to read anything else. Such reading made it clearer to me that I live in a very small part in this great place called life. Reading fiction reminds me that there is life beyond my own. It allows me to travel across the high seas and along the Silk Road，all from the comfort of my own armchair, to experience, though secondhand, exciting experiences that I wouldn’t necessarily be able to have in my lifetime.
1.What can be inferred about the author as a child ?
A. He never watched TV.
B. He read what he had to.
C. He found reading unbelievable.
D. He considered reading part of his life.
2.The underlined word “voice” in the second paragraph most probably means “________”.
A. an idea B. a sound quality
C. a way of writing D. a world to write about
3.What effect does reading have on the author?
A. It helps him to realize his dream.
B. It opens up a wider world for him.
C. It makes his college life more interesting.
D. It increases his interest in worldwide travel.
4.Which of the following can b€ the best title of this text?
A. Why do I read? B. How do I read?
C. What do I read? D. When do I read?
假定你是李华，高中毕业10年后，从报纸上获悉母校将要举行100周年校庆。请给远在美国的同桌Peter写一封电子邮件，相约一起回母校参加活动。要点如下：
1. 回忆高中快乐生活。
2. 校庆活动介绍。
3. 捐设奖学金。
参考词汇： 百年校庆 100th anniversary celebration; 奖学金 scholarship
Dear Peter,
How is everything going recently?
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Yours,
Li Hua
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作文。
文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅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：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。
Last week I noticed Jack coughing on our math class. See this, I offered to take him to a clinic. There the doctor asked Jack how he had coughed sometimes for long time. Jack nodded his head immediate. The doctor then wrote a prescription with instruction on how to take the Chinese medicine. When Jack tasted the medicine, he almost brings it up. I comforted him with an old saying “Good medicine for health tastes bitter to the mouth”. Jack managed to swallow them unwillingly. But when he had recovered three days later, he felt amazing at the effect of the Chinese medicine.
I got laid off at 53 from a senior management position in a restaurant. And I knew it was going to be hard to find another job in the 1. (competition) working market. My age put me at 2. disadvantage. But I also knew it was time for me 3. (realize) my lifelong dream of owning a restaurant.4. was most difficult was that in order to make this happen, I needed to find an 5. (exist) café that wasn’t doing well. It couldn’t be better if its owner was ready to quit his business. With great 6. (lucky) I found just what I wanted eight blocks from home. Since I had never financially planned for this day, I had to borrow money from friends as well as 7. (relative). I, together with my wife,8. (be) ready to start off. We changed the name to Black Dog Coffee, the menu, the recipes and the look of the cafe, and my wife did great job of designing. Eighteen years later, we’re still here and doing 9. (well) than ever. I’m grateful 10. the layoff and the opportunity to pursue my dream.
