If you hear the sound of a handset beeping(手机响) in a bag or pocket, you could be forgiven for thinking that someone has received a text message. But nowadays there are so many different ways of messaging someone that it could spell the death of the traditional text as we know it.
Text messaging, or texting, is the art of sending a short, electronic message between two mobile phones or tablets(平板电脑). Users pay a certain amount to send messages via(通过) SMS—short message service. But in the last few years, messaging in this way has been on the decline(下降).
The rise of smartphones and tablets has seen an increase in the use of instant messaging apps(即时通信应用程序) , which take the place of traditional texts. Using wireless Internet connections, people can send limitless numbers of IMs to their friends for very little cost. Unlike traditional mobile texts, the user usually only has to pay to download the app once, after which each message they send is free.
Web developers soon got the message. Instant messaging apps have become popular all over the world. WhatsApp in America and Europe, WeChat in China and Kakao Talk in South Korea are but a few which have attracted hundreds of millions of people, who use the apps to chat to their friends in real time. These apps allow people to send picture messages for free—something which previously was quite costly.
Research company Informa said that almost 19 billion messages were sent per day using chat apps in 2012, compared with 17. 6 billion SMS texts. And it expects the chat app market to grow t0 50 billion per day by 2014. So does this really mean the end for communication by text?
Pamela Clark—Dickson from Informa doesn't think so. She says that there are a large number of people who use normal mobile phones, particularly in developing countries, who prefer the SMS messaging tool. There is an awfully big base of mobile phone users who are still going to find that SMS is the best messaging experience for them for a while.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号填人题前括号内。 According to Paragraph 3 , which of the following is NOT true?
| A．Instant messaging apps are becoming more and more popular nowadays. |
| B．Compared with instant messaging, traditional texts are more popular now. |
| C．Instant messaging and SMS messaging are both ways we can chat with others. |
| D．More and more people choose to use smartphones and tablets. |
The underlined phrase "got the message" in Paragraph 4 means ______
| A．received an SMS message | B．got an instant message |
| C．understood what was wanted | D．got a piece of information |
Which of the following is true?
| A．people sent 19 billion SMS texts every day in 2012 |
| B．All the messages sent on mobile phones and computers are free |
| C．Picture messages can be sent at a high price if you use Wechat |
| D．To send instant messages , people usually have to download the app first |
What can we learn from the last paragragh?
| A．p amela Clark-Dickson doesn’t support the SMS messaging |
| B．Few people like sending messages via SMS at phones |
| C．Many people are still senging messages on mobile phones |
| D．SMS messaging has disappeared in developed courtries. |
What is the best title for text?
| A．the death of text messaging |
| B．How to send messages via SMS |
| C．SMS costs less than IMs |
| D．WeChat in China is popular. |
I have six baskets. Three are big . Three are small . I have some pears and some oranges . I put three pears in each big basket and four oranges in each small basket . The number of oranges is my age(年龄).
I have pears .
| A．three | B．five | C．seven | D．nine |
I have oranges.
| A．six | B．eight | C．twelve | D．nine |
What are those in the small basket ?
| A．Nine pears |
| B．Four oranges |
| C．Three pears and three oranges |
| D．Nine pears and three oranges. |
---Where are the pears ? ----They are in
| A．the three big baskets |
| B．the three small baskets |
| C．a big basketball |
| D．a small basket |
---Do you know how old I am ? ---You’re .
| A．nine | B．ten | C．eleven | D．twelve |
Today, people want to be healthy by doing sports and exercise. But some of them have some wrong（错的）ideas about it.
“A plate of chicken is a good meal before games because it has much energy(能量).”
In fact(事实上), the best meal before games should have carbohydrates (碳水化合物). Food like potatoes, bread, bananas are rich（丰富）in it, but chicken and meat are not.
“The best time to exercise is early in the morning.”
Morning is a good time to exercise, but it may not be good for you. If afternoon or evening is OK for you, and you enjoy the feeling of getting healthier, you can choose(选择) any time to exercise. So there is no fixed time for you to exercise.
“If you drink water when you exercise, you’ll feel tired.”
You must have some water during breaks (在休息期间) when you exercise. And after exercising, you must have enough water. If you don’t drink enough water, then you may feel tired.
“ Exercising every day is quite important.”
Wrong. Too much exercise is bad for our health. You have to give your body a day of rest. Before games it is good for you to eat ___________.
| A．bananas | B．chicken | C．meat | D．fish |
The underlined word “fixed” probably means (意思是) ___________.
| A．重要的 | B．困难的 | C．固定的 | D．简单的 |
Which of the following is TRUE according to the article (根据短文)?
| A．Don’t drink water when you exercise, or you’ll feel tired. |
| B．Evening is the best time to exercise because it’s always cool. |
| C．You should eat enough meat(肉) because they can give you energy before games. |
| D．Exercising too much is not good for us. |
Which of the following will be the best title (标题)?
| A．Results (结果) of sports and exercise. |
| B．Best time for sports and exercise. |
| C．Reasons for sports and exercise. |
| D．Wrong ideas about sports and exercise. |
Carol and Susan are very good friends. They are in the same class at school and they often go to each other’s home on Sunday. Now they are both eight yeas old. Carol’s mother has got a new baby. Carol is very glad to have a little sister, so she is always talking about her to Susan.
At first Susan is very interested (感兴趣) in the new baby because she does not have any brothers or sisters. But after some time she begins to get tired of (厌倦) Carol’s keeping on talking about it. She also feels a little jealous (嫉妒) of her friend.
One morning when the two girls meet at the school gate, Carol says to Susan cheerfully (愉快地), “Do you know, Susan, my baby sister has put on about half a pound in weight (重量) this week?”
“That is not very much,” answers Carol. “I know a baby that puts on ten pounds a day.”
“Oh, that can’t be true!” answers Carol. "Whose baby is it?”
“An elephant’s,” says Susan.Why do Carol and Susan often go to each other’s home? Because ________.
| A．they are in the same class |
| B．they are good friends |
| C．they like to talk about babies |
| D．they are in the same study group |
Susan is ______ to hear Carol talk about the baby’s weight one morning.
| A．sorry | B．cheerful | C．happy | D．not happy |
How much does a baby elephant put on in weight a week?
| A．Half a pound. | B．Ten pounds. |
| C．Seventy pounds. | D．Seven hundred pounds. |
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You can call _______ if you like Chinese music very much.
| A．88830401 | B．88930501 |
| C．88730401 | D．88940302 |
Jane can learn to _______ if she is 17 years old.
| A．make cards | B．play the lute |
| C．make cakes | D．draw pictures |
Where can you read the passage?
| A．In the school library. | B．In a storybook. |
| C．On clubs’ walls. | D．In an English book. |
Jack is a twenty-year-old young man. Two years ago, when he finished middle school, he found work in a shop. Usually he works until ten o’clock in the evening. He is very tired when he gets home. After a quick supper he goes to bed and soon falls asleep. His grandma who lives downstairs is pleased with him.
One day, on his way home, he met his friend Mary. They were both happy. He asked the girl to his house, and she agreed happily. He bought some fruit and drinks for her. And they talked about their school, teachers, classmates and their future. They talked for a long time.
“Have a look at your watch, please,” said the girl. “What time is it now?”
“Sorry, something is wrong with my watch,” said Jack. “Where’s yours?”
“I left it at home.”
Jack thought for a moment and found a way. He began to stamp his foot on the floor, “Bang! Bang! Bang!”
The sound woke his grandma up. The old woman shouted downstairs, “It’s twelve o’clock in the night, Jack. Why are you still jumping upstairs?” Jack was ________ when he finished middle school.
| A．sixteen | B．eighteen |
| C．twenty | D．fifteen |
The old woman is satisfied with Jack because ________.
| A．he’s her grandson | B．he’s clever |
| C．he can keep quiet | D．he gets home on time |
From the story, we can know that Mary is Jack’s ________.
| A．classmate | B．colleague (同事) |
| C．aunt | D．wife |
The word “stamp” in the story means ______ in Chinese.
| A．盖印 | B．跺 | C．贴邮票 | D．承认 |
Jack stamped his foot on the floor in order to (为了) ________.
| A．wake his grandma up |
| B．make his grandma angry |
| C．let his grandma tell him the time |
| D．let his grandma buy him a watch |
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