Have you ever run into a careless cell phone user on the street？Perhaps they were busy talking, texting or checking updates on WeChat without looking at what was going on around them. As the number of this new "species" of human has kept rising, they have been given a new name—phubbers（低头族）.
Recently, a cartoon created by students from China Central Academy of Fine Arts put this group of people under the spotlight. In the short film, phubbers with various social identities（身份） bury themselves in their phones. A doctor plays with his cell phone while letting his patient die, a pretty woman takes selfie（自拍）in front of a car accident site, and a father loses his child without knowing about it while using his mobile phone. A chain of similar events eventually leads to the destruction of the world.
Although the ending sounds overstated, the damage phubbing can bring is real.
Your health is the first to bear the effect and result of it. "Constantly bending your head to check your cell phone could damage your neck, "Guangming Daily quoted doctors as saying. "The neck is like a rope that breaks after long-term stretching." Also, staring at cell phones for long periods of time will damage your eyesight gradually, according to the report.
But that's not all. Being a phubber could also damage your social skills and drive you away from your friends and family. At reunions with family or friends, many people tend to stick to their cell phones while others are chatting happily with each other and this creates a strange atmosphere, Qilu Evening News reported.
It can also cost you your life. There have been lots of reports on phubbers who fell to their death, suffered accidents, and were robbed of their cell phones in broad daylight.
1.For what purpose does the author give the example of a cartoon in Paragragh 2?
A. To indicate the world will finally be destroyed by phubbers.
B. To advertise the cartoon made by students.
C. To inform people of the bad effects of phubbing.
D. To warn doctors against using cell phones while treating patients.
2.Which of the following is NOT a risk a phubber may have？
A. He will cause the destruction of the world.
B. His neck and eyesight will be gradually harmed.
C. His social skills could be affected.
D. He might get separated from his friends and family.
3.Which of the following may be the author's attitude towards phubbing？
A. Supportive. B. Objective.
C. Optimistic. D. Opposed.
4.What may the passage talk about next?
A. Advice on how to use a cell phone.
B. Measures to reduce the risks of phubbing.
C. People addicted to phubbing.
D. Consequences of phubbing.
A friend of mine named Paul received an automobile from his brother as a Christmas present. On Christmas Eve, when Paul came out of his office, a boy was walking around the shining new car, admiring it.
"Is this your car, Mister？"he said.
Paul nodded, "My brother gave it to me for Christmas."
The boy was astonished, "You mean your brother gave it to you, and it didn't cost you anything？"
"Boy, I wish…"he hesitated.
Of course Paul knew what he was going to wish for. He was going to wish he had a brother like that. But what the boy said jarred Paul all the way down his heels.
"I wish, "the boy went on, "that I could be a brother like that."
Paul looked at the boy in astonishment, then he added, "Would you like to take a ride in my car？"
"Oh, yes. I'd love that. "
After a short ride, the boy turned with his eyes aglow, and said, "Mister, would you mind driving in front of my house？"
Paul smiled a little. He thought he knew what the lad wanted. He wanted to show his neighbours that he could ride home in a big automobile. But Paul was wrong again.
"Would you stop where those two steps are？"the boy asked.
He ran up to the steps. Then in a little while, Paul heard him coming back, but he was not coming fast. He was carrying his little crippled brother. He sat him down on the bottom step and pointed to the car.
"There he is, Buddy, just like I told you upstairs. His brother gave it to him for Christmas and it didn't cost him a cent. And some day, I'm going to give you one just like it. Then you can see for yourself all the prettiest things in the windows that I have been trying to tell you about. "
Paul got out and lifted the boy into the front seat of his car. The shinning-eyed elder brother climbed in beside him. And three of them began a memorable holiday ride.
1.The underlined part in Paragraph 6 means what the boy said ________ Paul a lot.
A. scared B. excited
C. delighted D. surprised
2.What can we know about the boy's little brother？
A. He received a car from his elder brother as a gift.
B. He wanted to buy all the prettiest things.
C. He couldn’t walk well.
D. He admired Paul’s car and asked for a lift.
3.Which word can be used to describe Paul?
A. Kind-hearted. B. Naughty.
C. Humorous. D. Hard-working.
4.What can be the best title for the passage?
A. A Memorable Gift B. A Loving Brother
C. An Unforgettable Ride D. A True Friend
Sharing E Umbrella, a new umbrella sharing company based in Shenzhen, China, recently announced that it had lost most of the 300, 000 umbrellas since it was set up.
China's sharing economy has been growing rapidly, with companies offering anything from bicycles and basketballs to phone batteries for people to rent. Customers make a small deposit（押金）and get to use the thing for a daily cost, with a fine put in place for every day if they fail to return the product in time. It's a simple business model, and market data shows that people see sharing as a cheap and convenient way to cut down waste.
Zhao Shuping founded the Sharing E Umbrella, an umbrella sharing service, in April. By the end of June, he had already started in 11 major Chinese cities, including Shanghai, Nanjing and Guangzhou. While picking up the umbrellas was relatively simple, as they were made available（可得到的）at bus and subway stations, the return system turned out to be a different matter. "Umbrellas are different from bicycles, "Mr. Zhao told Chinese news site ThePaper.cn. "Bikes can be parked anywhere, but with an umbrella you need something to hang it on. "
So instead of bothering to return the umbrellas back to a station, a lot of people just took them home, and Sharing E Umbrella has reportedly lost track of most of the 300,000 umbrellas. Considering that borrowing umbrellas requires a 19 yuan deposit, with a fee of 0.50 yuan per half an hour usage, Zhao says that he suffers a loss of 60 yuan per lost umbrella, so the company is now in the red, but he is not ready to stop it just yet. Zhao announces that Sharing E Umbrella still plans to roll out（推出）30 million nationwide by the end of the year.
1.What do we know about Sharing E Umbrella？
A. It makes people learn to help each other.
B. It needs people to make a small deposit first.
C. It developed faster in the western countries.
D. It produces more waste and causes disorder.
2.What problem did Sharing E Umbrella meet after it was founded？
A. The company had no money to produce umbrellas.
B. Umbrellas are not allowed to hang anywhere.
C. Lots of customers didn't give the umbrellas back.
D. People refuse to pay deposit for the umbrellas.
3.How much did his company lose if an umbrella was lost？
A. 0.5 yuan. B. 19 yuan.
C. 60 yuan. D. 120 yuan.
4.We can infer from the last paragraph that .
A. Zhao has found a way to get the umbrellas back
B. Zhao will continue his umbrella sharing service
C. Most of Zhao's companies have been closed
D. Sharing E Umbrella is a failure for Zhao.
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1. 起源：由海泽尔（M. Heiser）于1917年发明。
2. 发展：(1) 1920年制定了手球竞赛规则；
(2) 1925年举行了首次国际手球赛；
(3) 男子手球与女子手球分别于1972年和1976年被列为奥运会比赛项目。
3. 队员情况：最初每队有11名运动员，1965年改为每队7人。
4. 比赛规则：队员用手传递球，投进对方球门。
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Someone has probably told you to “look on the bright side” or to “see the cup as half full.” Chances are that people who make these comments are positive thinkers. More and more research has proved the benefits of positive thinking. It suggests that not only are positive thinkers healthier and less stressed, but they also have greater overall well-being.
For example, when faced with stressful situations, positive thinkers handle them more effectively. Researchers have found that when optimists meet with a disappointment, they tend to focus on things they can do to solve the problem. Rather than throwing themselves into disappointment or things that they cannot change, they will make a plan of action and ask others for help and advice. Pessimists, on the other hand, simply think that the situation is out of their control and there is nothing they can do to change it.
In recent years, researchers have found that your mind can have a powerful effect on your body. Immunity (免役力) is one area where your thoughts and attitudes can have a particularly powerful influence. In one study, researchers found that people who were optimistic about a specific and important part of their lives, such as how well they were doing in school, showed a stronger immunity than those who had a negative view of the situation. It is reported that there are a number of health benefits linked with optimism, including a reduced risk of death from heart problems, less depression and a longer life. While researchers are not entirely clear on why positive thinking benefits human health, some suggest that positive people might lead a healthier life.
Before you put on those rose-colored glasses, it is important to note that positive thinking is not about taking a “Pollyanna (过分乐观的)” approach to life. In fact, researchers have found that sometimes optimism might not serve you well. For example, people who are blindly optimistic might overestimate (高估) their own abilities and take on more than they can handle, ultimately leading to more stress and anxiety. Bad things will happen. Sometimes you will be disappointed or hurt by the actions of others. This does not mean that the world is out to get you or that all people will let you down. Instead of ignoring reality in favor of the silver lining, psychologists suggest that we centre on taking a realistic view about our abilities, looking for a positive approach to challenges and trying to make the most of bad situations.
Positive thinking | ||
General introduction | ● There is 1. for the benefits of positive thinking. ● Positive thinking makes people live a healthy, relaxed and 2. life. | |
Benefits | Positive thinkers deal with 3. better. | ● In terrible situations, positive thinkers tend to try their best to solve problems. ● Rather than giving up hope, positive thinkers choose to make a plan of action and 4. to someone else. |
Positive thinking improves people’s immunity. | ● Positive thinkers are less 5. to suffer from illnesses. ● Positive thinking helps reduce the risk of death from heart problems and depression as well as 6. one’s lifespan. ● Positive thinking’s effect on human health may lie in positive thinkers’ 7.. | |
Final thoughts | ● Positive thinking is not always beneficial and 8. optimism may finally make people feel more stressed and 9.. ● When something bad happens, we should be 10. about our abilities and search for ways of improving that situation. |
A few days before Christmas, I shared online a picture of my daughter, Michele, dressed up as Ruth Bader Ginsburg for her school’s superhero day. The picture went viral.
I shared the picture because I knew my friends and family would get a kick out of it. They know Michele well and this picture is the essence (本质) of her. I had no expectation that it would be as appealing to strangers as it was to her grandfather. But it was, and the image began to fly through the channels of social media.
As I looked through all the shares and comments, the reason for the picture’s popularity became clear — people were inspired by the idea of a strong little girl with a mind of her own. I read dozens, if not hundreds, of comments that ran along these lines: “Your daughter gives me hope for the future. I wish all little girls were like her.”
There is no doubt that my daughter is a strong little girl with a mind of her own. I bought her the book I Dissent because the title summarizes (概括) what she has been doing in her entire life: dissenting disagreeing, and making her voice heard. I believe she will grow up to be someone who fights for what she believes in.
And if one little girl like her gives people hope, then I have good news for the world: She is not the only one out there. Michele is surrounded by little girls who are ready to grab (抓住) the world with both hands and shape it to fit their vision of how things should be. For example, she has a cousin who, for both her last birthday and Christmas, asked people to give her gifts to less fortunate children. And when her little sister was 4, she told me that she “was put on the earth to make people laugh” — because when people laugh they are happy and she was “born to make people happy.”
The problem isn’t that there aren’t more tough little girls who think for themselves and stand up for what they believe in. The problem is that there are millions of girls who go unnoticed because we don’t expect girls to be that way.
When I first found out I was having a daughter, I had this thought in the back of my mind that, if I wanted her to go as far as her potential (潜力) could take her, I would have to teach her to think for herself and to use her voice to get where she wanted to go. I would have to teach her to be a strong woman.
What I didn’t realize was that she came to me pre-programmed. She, her sister and every other little girl I know have that strong woman in their DNA. It’s taken me years to understand this, but my job isn’t to teach my daughters to be something they already are — my job is to make sure they never listen to the message that they shouldn’t be that way.
If our goal is to raise strong women, the best thing we, as parents, can do is to understand that little girls come to us strong. That they are born mighty (强大), with voices they are ready to use.
1.The underlined words “went viral” in Paragraph 1 mean “________”.
A. went mad B. spread quickly
C. caused disagreement D. disappeared soon
2.On seeing so many shares and comments, the author felt ________.
A. embarrassed B. worried
C. excited D. surprised
3.Which word can best describe Michele?
A. Optimistic. B. Imaginative.
C. Strong-minded. D. Self-centred.
4.What can we learn from the passage?
A. I Dissent is a book about Michele.
B. There are many little girls like Michele.
C. Michele’s picture inspired many little girls.
D. Michele was taught to be strong by the author.
5.Which would be the best title for the passage?
A. Little girls have a big voice
B. Little girls with big dreams
C. Little girls become popular online
D. Little girls as hope for the future
6.The author’s purpose in writing the passage is to ________.
A. persuade B. inform
C. educate D. entertain
