While I was jumping rope ，my smartphone took a fall to the floor which created cracks （裂缝）on my screen.However，the music kept playing.30 minutes later，I could see only one﹣tenth of my screen while the rest was black.The next morning，I decided not to use it for 24 hours.I felt a sense of calm that day，which led to my not using it for on week.0 ne week ended up becoming 60 days in total without my smartphone.
Here are some advantages I noticed in this challenge.
﹣You'll become "bored"
Without my phone，1 became bored，but my mind went through all kinds of topics，Boredom（无聊）is a perfect way to create new ideas on a business or project，When you are bored，you allow your mind to relax to reach all possibilities.
﹣You'll be able to reduce your "work" hours
A survey found that adults checked their smartphones 85 times a day，or once every 10 minutes.As 1 learned in my challenge，by not having my smartphone，I fell into deep work more easily，so I completed my tasks in a shorter time.
﹣You 'll improve your mental health
Without my phone，I avoided reading negative （负面的）news and comments.While that helped make a big improvement in my mental health，the biggest reason for it was truly communicating with people.It brought me more connections with humans in the real world.I went to more dinners with friends and asked more questions to strangers.
（1）What happened to the writer 's smartphone？
| A． |
It was lost. |
| B． |
It had no sound. |
| C． |
Its music stopped playing. |
| D． |
Its screen was mostly black. |
（2）How long did the writer stop using the phone in the end？
| A． |
For 24 hours. |
| B． |
For one week. |
| C． |
For one month. |
| D． |
For sixty days. |
（3）Boredom is a good way for the writer .
| A． |
to create new ideas |
| B． |
to start a business |
| C． |
to set up a project |
| D． |
to relax the body |
（4）Without the smartphone，the writer could finish the work .
| A． |
more terribly |
| B． |
more quickly |
| C． |
more carelessly |
| D． |
more comfortably |
（5）What can improve people's mental health according to the passage？
| A． |
Chatting on the phone. |
| B． |
Reading negative news. |
| C． |
Communicating in the real world. |
| D． |
Avoiding meeting friends and strangers. |
Tommy and his mother go shopping(去购物) today. Tommy’s father likes apples very much. They buy some red apples for him. Tommy’s mother likes yellow bananas, but the bananas are green. “Look! The strawberries are very nice, Mom. Do you like them?” Tommy says to his mother. “Yes, I like strawberries very much.” Tommy’s mother buys some for herself (她自己). The oranges are very nice. Tommy’s mother buys some for Tommy. He likes oranges very much.
They need some vegetables. The vegetables in the supermarket are very good. They buy some tomatoes, cabbages and carrots. Tommy doesn’t like carrots, but his parents like it. They like carrots very much. They buy lots of carrots. What does Tommy’s father like?
| A．Apples. | B．Bananas. | C．Strawberries. | D．Oranges. |
Tommy’s mother buys oranges for __________.
| A．herself | B．Tommy | C．Tommy’s father | D．Tommy’s sister |
The Chinese meaning (汉语意思) of “supermarket” is “__________”.
| A．电影院 | B．动物园 | C．博物馆 | D．超级市场 |
Tommy doesn’t like __________.
A． |
B． |
C． |
D． |
Which of the following is NOT true (下列哪项陈述是错误的)?
| A．Tommy’s father likes carrots. |
| B．Tommy’s mother likes the strawberries. |
| C．Tommy and his mother buy some bananas. |
| D．Tommy and his mother buy some carrots. |
 I like volleyball and I have a volleyball. I often take it to school and play it with my friends. It’s fun. — Sally |
  Sports are good for me. I like sports. I’m in the school sports club. I often play sports in the club.— Jim |
 My favorite sport is soccer. I have eight soccer balls in my room. I often play soccer with my father. He is a soccer player (运动员). — Barry |
 My favorite sport is basketball. Basketball is interesting. I have three basketballs. I also have a ping-pong ball and two volleyballs.But I don’t have soccer balls. I think(认为)soccer is for boys, not for girls. — Anna |
Sally often plays volleyball with her __________.
| A．friends | B．father | C．cousin | D．brother |
What’s Barry’s favorite sport?
| A．Volleyball. | B．Soccer. | C．Basketball. | D．Ping-pong. |
__________ is in a sports club.
| A．Sally | B．Barry | C．Jim | D．Anna |
Anna has __________ volleyball(s).
| A．four | B．three | C．two | D．one |
Which of the following is true (下列哪项陈述是正确的)?
| A．Sally thinks soccer is fun. | B．Barry’s brother is a soccer player. |
| C．Jim doesn’t like sports. | D．Anna doesn’t like playing soccer. |
任务型阅读（本题有5小题，每小题1分，共计5分）请阅读下列文字材料，从方框A、B、C、D、E、F六个选项中选出五项与71—75题中的描述一一对应。
_______ Many people like animals and take them as their pets. Nowadays pet hospitals are very busy. Kind persons who love animals are needed to work in busy animal hospitals.
_______ Scientists think that pets will probably be much smaller because people in the future will be living in much smaller places. Scientists are already working on making very small farm animals. The same things might be done to make smaller cats and dogs.
_______It’s said that some day you might own a panther as a pet. Scientists might have to start turning wild animals into pets. This might be the only way to save them from dying out.
_______ What about a robot for a pet? This may sound silly, but it could become true. Robot dogs have been made to bark like real dogs. These “pets” might become more and more popular in the future. After all, robots don’t lose hair or chew on things the way real pets do.
_______ Lots of people miss their pets while they are on holiday. One hotel in Minnesota has solved this problem. They lend cats to their guests. Many experts believe this idea will become more and more popular. It is very possible that in the future you will be able to order a pet, as well as room service, at a hotel.
| A．Pet hotels |
| B．Smaller pets |
| C．Robots for pets |
| D．A panther for pet |
E. Pet restaurants
F. Assistant needed in pet hospitals
Text messaging, or simply “texting”, which allows people to send and receive messages on mobile phones, becomes very popular today.
The advantages of texting are obvious. Texting helps to save money. If you have a few words to greet your families and friends on their birthdays or on some important festivals, sending messages can be cheaper than phone calling. Texting helps to save time. Even if you want to send a message to 100 people, you can do it one second. Texting helps you to “talk” to someone when he is too busy to answer the phone. Texting can also help you to “talk” to someone secretly if you don’t want others to hear what you are talking on the phone. These advantages are so amazing that many people are crazy about it. They hold mobile phones in hands all day long, send dozens of messages each day, and even text while driving or walking.
However, texting has its disadvantages. Junk messages may come into your mobile phone box now and then. When your phone box gets too full, you can’t receive any more messages. You may therefore miss some important information.
What’s more, if you don’t do texting properly, for example texting while driving or walking, it can be dangerous. It can cause injuries and even death. It was reported that about 6,000 people were killed and half a million were injured for this reason each year. In Fort Lee, a small town in New Jersey, USA, three people died because they walked into traffic while texting in 2011. Two researchers at Stony Brook University, New York found that texters are 60% more probably to have an accident than others. When people are texting, they don’t notice other people or things around them. To reduce traffic accidents, all drivers of the UN are now not allowed to text while driving. About 32 countries have passed laws restricting the use of mobile phones while driving.
Texting is a wonderful way of communication. However, only when we use it properly, can we fully enjoy the fun it brings. How many advantages of texting are mentioned in the passage?
| A．Two. | B．Three. | C．Four. | D．Five. |
What did the researchers at Stony Brook University find?
| A．Texting is a good way of communication. |
| B．6,000 people were killed and injured. |
| C．Texters are easier to have an accident. |
| D．Many people text to greet families and friends. |
The underlined word restricting probably means _________.
| A．not telling | B．not allowing | C．enjoying | D．making |
This passage is written to tell us that __________.
| A．we should do less texting |
| B．texting has many advantages |
| C．texting is better than phone calling |
| D．we should do texting properly |
Dear Mr Zhu,
I am writing to your magazine’s “Teenagers Now” column(专栏) to ask for some help with my 16-year-old son. At the moment, he refuses to do almost everything his mother and I ask him to do. He is our only child and we treat him very well. His grandparents buy him many things, and yet he is still rude to us. He refuses to spend time with us or do as we tell him. Sometimes he acts as if he doesn’t even love us at all.
Now he refuses to do his homework, and instead insists on wasting his time watching DVDs and listening to foreign music. I cannot understand this music, but I don’t like it. He also spends too much time in Internet cafes, where he either plays games or chats online. He is wasting valuable time during this important period in his life!
What am I to do? At present, to prevent making his mother unhappy with an argument, I am allowing him his freedom. However, I am worried that if I keep allowing him to do what he wants, he may fail at school, or worse.
How can I help my son without harming our relationship?
Yours
Liu Zhenhua What’s Mr. Zhu’s job?
| A．A teacher. | B．A magazine columnist. |
| C．A youth worker. | D．A doctor. |
From the passage, we can know that Mr. Liu’s son is _______ to his parents.
| A．friendly | B．thankful | C．polite | D．rude |
What does Liu Zhenhua write to Mr. Zhu for?
| A．To blame his son. |
| B．To ask for help with his son. |
| C．To say something about his son. |
| D．To complain to him about his son. |
What do you think is the possible answer for the father?
| A．The father should let the son alone. |
| B．The father should give his son a beating. |
| C．The father should allow his son his freedom. |
| D．The father should be patient enough to have communication with the son. |
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