When we first gave our daughters (then 13 and 15 years old) cell phones for emergencies, we made them sign an agreement in which we strictly ruled where and when they could use their phones and even we could check their every text message. However, in less than a year, we lost control of the situation.
There is a terrible reality that almost every teenager sends between 50 to 100 messages a day - some as many as 300, and 70% of teenagers admit hiding their online behavior from parents. According to a study, teenagers need as much sleep or more than they get as children - that's between 9 and 10 hours of sleep a night, but only 20% of them are getting it. When they don't get enough sleep, they perform poorly in school, feel very hungry, are more likely to have flu and are very emotional.
Recently, we adopted a "check in at tuck in" (盖被子时交手机) rule at our house, an idea I learnt from a parenting expert. It is very simple. At bedtime, when we "tuck in" our children for the night, they must "check in" their phones. They will probably bargain like this:
"But I use it for my alarm clock."
"I'll wake you up."
"My friends might need me."
"If there is an emergency, they can call the fixed phone and I'll wake you up."
A few weeks ago, when I drove my younger daughter to a friend's house for a sleepover, she handed me her phone. "I guess I should check this in now, since you won't be there to tuck me in tonight. I'll call you from Ellie's phone if I need you."
1.The first paragraph that the writer writes is to______.
A. show the writer's family life
B. lead to the topic of the passage
C. advise to buy cell phones for children
D. introduce the writer's two daughters
2.The cell phones were bought for children in hope of_______.
A. controlling their online behavior
B. working hard through the Internet
C. replacing alarm clocks with cell phones
D. keeping in touch if something urgent happened
3.Which of the following is NOT caused by sleeping less?
A. Performing well in school.
B. Feeling very hungry.
C. Being easy to have flu.
D. Being very emotional.
4.Which is probably the best title for the passage?
A. How to Take Control of Children
B. How to Help Children Sleep Well at Night
C. How to Get Children off Cell Phones at Night
D. How to Assist Children with Cell Phones
科目:高中英语 来源:河南省洛阳市2016-2017学年高二下学期期末质量检测(6月)英语试卷 题型:阅读理解
The story of the movie Inside Out mostly takes place inside the mind of 11-year-old Riley as she moves from Minnesota to San Francisco. The main characters are Riley’s emotions---Joy, Sadness, Disgust, Anger and Fear, which guide her decisions and often compete with one another for control of her brain.
Fear is tall, thin, looks like a frayed(焦燥的)nerve and is purple. Not only that, his eyes are purple, too. Anger, which is red, looks like a brick and has red eyes. Disgust, who is green, has green eyes. Sadness, not surprisingly, is completely blue, and even looks like a teardrop. But Joy, who is mainly yellow, has more than one color in her. She has blue eyes and blue hair. Why? Well, if blue represents sadness, then the message is clear: there is no such ting as “pure joy”. Instead, even in our most joyous times, there is often sadness mixed in.
After all, one of the most joyous moments we can experience is a wedding, but it may end with the breaking of a glass. It reminds us that our world is still broken. In order words, even at our highest moments, there is always a little sadness.
But the comfort is that the reverse is often true. Think about how you feel after crying. When you cry, your body is releasing some chemicals that often make you feel good. And that’s why you feel at ease after a good cry.
Indeed, Inside Out reminds us that even the emotions that appear “negative’ have value. In other words, Inside Out shows us that the goal of life isn’t “to be happy”. We will feel sad, angry or frightened. But we need our whole range of emotions for developing our sense of self and our relationship with others.
1.According to the author, Joy is different in appearance because __________.
A. it is the leading character in our life
B. that shows it is joyful for a reason
C. that shows it doesn’t just mean pure joy
D. the director wants to make it prettier
2.Why does a wedding end with the braking of a glass?
A. To remind the new couple not to overjoy
B. To show the world we live in isn’t perfect
C. To remind the new couple to pay attention to happiness
D. To show the new couple about the real meaning of marriage
3.The underlined part “the reverse is often true” in Paragraph 4 means ____________.
A. sadness is as important as joy
B. happiness doesn’t last very long
C. sadness can sometimes lead us to joy
D. we should never be too happy about something
4.The movie Inside Out is meant to tell us that ___________.
A. we should attempt to be as happy as possible
B. we should control our negative emotions
C. developing our sense of self isn’t that easy
D. we need both positive and negative emotions
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科目:高中英语 来源:湖北省襄阳市2017届高三第五次适应性考试英语试卷 题型:完形填空
A few years ago, an elderly woman entered my video store, along with her daughter. The______was showing an air of impatience,______her watch every few seconds. If the daughter had possessed a rope, she would have ______ her mother to it as a means of pulling her along.
The old woman began to pick DVDs herself. I walked over and asked ______I could help her find something. The woman smiled up at me and showed me a________on a piece of paper.______rushing off to find the DVD for the woman, I asked her to______with me so I could show her where she could find it and I wanted to enjoy her______for a moment. Something about her movements ______ the memories of my own mother, who’d _____. As we walked along the back of the store, I described what was on the shelves: old television shows, action movies, cartoons, science fiction. The woman seemed glad of the unrushed “trip" and ______ conversation.
I said to her daughter,“_____some advice?”“ Of course not,” said the daughter. “____her” I said. “When she’s gone, it’s those precious ______that will come back to you. Times like this, I know.” It was_______ .I still missed my mom and remembered the times when I’d used my impatience to make her______ .
Together they ____ their way toward the store’s exit. They stood there for a moment, side by side,______the holiday crowds. Then the daughter glanced over and looked at her mother lovingly. And slowly, she placed her arm with apparently unaccustomed affection ______ her mother’s shoulders and______guided her back into the crowd.
1.A. mother B. daughter C. merchant D. waitress
2.A. checking B. fixing C. adjusting D. removing
3.A. accustomed B. fastened C. applied D. devoted
4.A. why B. when C. how D. if
5.A. receipt B. ticket C. title D. tip
6.A. Instead of B. Regardless of C. Apart from D. As to
7.A. jog B. trade C. walk D. communicate
8.A. holiday B. time C. stay D. company
9.A. called on B. called for C. called up D. called in
10.A. died away B. passed away C. moved away D. given away
11.A. meaningless B. convincing C. serious D. casual
12.A. Offer B. Lack C. Mind D. Prepare
13.A. Seize B. Cherish C. Forgive D. Leave
14.A. chances B. feelings C. moments D. presents
15.A. true B. appropriate C. reasonable D. impossible
16.A. puzzled B. astonished C. desperate D. upset
17.A. took B. made C. felt D. headed
18.A. observing B. expecting C. approaching D. following
19.A. around B. against C. beneath D. down
20.A. deliberately B. hurriedly C. randomly D. gently
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科目:高中英语 来源:四川省2016-2017学年高二下学期期中考试英语试卷 题型:完形填空
I still remember the first day of school our professor introduced a little old lady named Rose to us. I was curious about what might have _____ her to be taking on this challenge at her age. “I always _____ having a college education and now I’m getting one!” she told me. I like listening to this “time machine” as she ______ her wisdom and experience with me.
At the end of the term, we ____ Rose to make a speech to our football team. As she began to deliver her _____ speech, she dropped her note card on the _____ . A little embarrassed, she simply said, “I’m sorry. This whiskey is ______ me! I’ll never get my speech back in order so let me just tell you what I know.” As we laughed, she _______ her throat and began, “We do not stop _____ because we are old; we grow old because we stop playing. There are some secrets to staying _______ , being happy, and achieving success. You have to laugh and find _____ every day. Have a dream. When you ______your dreams, you die. We have so many people walking around who are ________ and don’t even know it! There is a huge ______ between growing older and growing up. ______ you are nineteen years old and lie in bed for one full year and don’t do one _______ thing, you will turn twenty years old. That doesn’t ______ any talent or ability. The elderly usually don’t have______ for what they did, but rather for things they did not do.”
One week after graduation, Rose _____ peacefully in her sleep. We will remember the wonderful woman who taught us by example that it’s never too late to be all we can_________ be.
1.A. forced B. motivated C. expected D. supported
2.A. dreamed of B. picked up C. turned down D. gave away
3.A. developed B. compared C. organized D. shared
4.A. carried B. informed C. educated D. invited
5.A. dull B. broken C. prepared D. long
6.A. table B. home C. floor D. office
7.A. saving B. killing C. helping D. hurting
8.A. cured B. showed C. created D. cleared
9.A. playing B. working C. jumping D. resting
10.A. wealthy B. clever C. young D. useful
11.A. courage B. spirit C. respect D. humor
12.A. lose B. treasure C. fail D. live
13.A. crazy B. dead C. alive D. curious
14.A. balance B. difference C. relation D. instruction
15.A. As B. Unless C. If D. Though
16.A. productive B. wasteful C. considerate D. strange
17.A. miss B. seek C. take D. gain
18.A. regrets B. rights C. games D. ideas
19.A. smiled B. died C. cried D. acted
20.A. quickly B. reasonably C. silently D. possibly
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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作文。文中共有10处语言错误,每句中最多有2处.涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加:此行缺一个词在缺词处加一个漏字符号(/\),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,在该词下面写出改正后的词。
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 。
It is interested to look at differences between schools in different countries. In many European countries which the relationship between teachers and students is quite formal, discipline and respect for the teacher is considered as very important. In northern European countries, however, the relationship between teachers and students are more relaxed and much friendly. In America, for example, the relationships are quite formal and the same is true of Britain. Other important difference is whether schools are state schools and private schools. State schools are paid by the government while in private schools, the education of the children is paid for by his parents.
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科目:高中英语 来源:广东省汕头市2017届高三上学期期末考试英语试卷 题型:短文填空
China launched the Shenzhou XI manned spacecraft 1. Monday morning of October 17 to transport two astronauts to the Tiangong II space laboratory. The spacecraft 2. (send) skyward at 7:30 am atop (在…顶上) a Long March 2F rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwest China, 3. (carry) two male astronauts – Jing Haipeng and Chen Dong. After the launch, the spacecraft will travel two days before docking(对接) with the Tiangong II, 4. was lifted from the Jiuquan center in mid-September. Then the astronauts will enter the space lab and stay there for 30 days, and it will be the longest space stay by Chinese astronauts.
The main 5. (task) of the Shenzhou XI mission are to test docking technologies for the country's 6. (plan) space station, to verify the life-support capability of the spacecraft-space lab combination as well as conduct 7. (science) research.
China is 8. third country in the world that has 9. (depend) fulfilled manned spaceflight following the former Soviet Union and the United States. Its space program aims 10. (place) a permanent manned space station into service around 2022.
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科目:高中英语 来源:广东省2017届高三第三次模拟考试英语试卷 题型:书面表达
假定你是李华,你和父母在澳洲旅游期间于5月1日至2日入住Golden Bay Hotel酒店,但对其提供的服务不满意: 1. 搬运工送到房间的皮箱破损;
2. 卫生间漏水;
3. 楼下酒吧噪音持续到很晚,影响休息。请发电子邮件给酒店的管理者进行投诉,希望改进服务。
注意:1. 文章必须包括所有要点。可适当增加细节,以使文章连贯。
2. 词数100,文章开头结尾已给出,不计入总词数
3. 参考词汇:搬运工porter ; 漏水leak
Dear Manager,
My name is Li Hua. ______________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
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科目:高中英语 来源:四川省外国语实验学校2016-2017学年高二下学期第二学段英语试卷 题型:阅读理解
BUS SERVICE
New York City — Brennan, New Jersey
(Trip time: 30 minutes each way )
Timetable
●Buses leave the Railway Station, New York 7:00 a.m. and every half-hour thereafter(此后) until 11:30 p.m. (7 days a week).
●Buses leave Brennan Station 20 minutes before and after every hour from 6:20 a.m. to 10:40 p.m. (7 days a week ).
●Evening rush hours(5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.) buses leave the Railway Station, New York every 15 minutes (Monday — Friday).
●Holidays: buses leave every hour on the hour time, each direction.
All tickets must be bought at Window 12, the Railway Station, New York, or at the Brennan Station Window before boarding buses.
1.What time does a bus leave New York for Brennan every Thursday?
A. 10:20 a.m. B. 6:30 a.m.
C. 6:45 p.m. D. 4:40 p.m.
2.Which is the latest bus you should take from Brennan if you have to arrive at the Railway Station, New York before 4:00 p. m. on Monday?
A. The 3:20 p. m bus B. the 3:00 p. m bus
C. The 3:30 p. m bus D. The 3:40 p. m bus
3.What time does a bus leave Brennan for New York on Christmas Day?
A. 1:00 p. m B. 9:40 a. m
C. 3:15 p. m D. 8:30 a. m
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科目:高中英语 来源:四川省遂宁市2015-2016学年高二下学期教学水平监测(期末)英语试卷 题型:阅读理解
Chokwe Selassie, aged 13, is working hard to help drivers avoid potholes(坑洼). The eighth-grader was inspired to kick off his creation on a recent morning, when his mother was driving him to school. Their car was damaged as it went over a huge pothole in the middle of the street in their hometown of Jackson, Mississippi. He decided to do something about the pothole problem in his city. His solution: an app that warns drivers when there is a pothole ahead.
Chokwe developed the app with his friends Rodriguez Ratliff and Emmanuel Brooks. When the app detects a pothole, it is highlighted in red. And if you get close to the pothole, your phone will warn you. Drivers can also use the app to report any potholes they meet, and to look for other routes they can take to avoid roads that have them.
The app relies on current available information about the streets of Jackson. It works by using the city’s 311 call system, and uses information already stored in a database. Through the call system, citizens dial 311 to report non-emergency problems, which include potholes. Chokwe and his friends determined that focusing on the 10 busiest streets in Jackson would give them a large enough sample size to test the prototype(原型).
Although the app isn't yet available for sale, Chokwe is already looking for ways to improve it. The prototype remains limited to 10 streets in Jackson, but he hopes to add more, so that it includes every street in the city. And then he wants to go even farther until it's nationwide.
1.The passage is mainly about ________.
A. a solution to traffic jams B. an App to detect potholes
C. pothole problems in big cities D. poor road conditions
2.What’s the closest meaning of the underlined phrase “kick off” in Paragraph 1?
A. leave B. invent
C. begin D. change
3.How does the app work through the 311 call system?
A. By replying to citizens’ calls.
B. By broadcasting traffic accidents.
C. By settling non-emergency problems.
D. By using its information about potholes.
4.Which can be Chokwe’s future target?
A. Encouraging more kids to create apps.
B. Taking part in more learning programs.
C. Making the app available for sale online.
D. Making the app include streets nationwide.
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