Chinese social media apps have struggled to win over users beyond their home. TikTok is changing that. In the space of just two years, the app has attracted more than half a billion users — around 40% of them outside China --who share short videos of themselves singing, cooking, dancing or just being silly.
Created by the Beijing-based Internet technology company Byte Dance, TikTok has gained an international edge over China's influential social media platforms, such as Tencent's WeChat, Sina Weibo (WB) and Youku of Alibaba (BABA).
What makes Byte Dance better is its right direction and achievement in the social media category, which is largely controlled by Facebook ( FB) , Twitter and Snap 一 all Western companies, said Randy Nelson , head of Mobile Insights at analytics firm Sensor Tower. Social video apps reached new levels of popularity this year. Three of them are in the top 10 most downloaded apps worldwide, according to Sensor Tower. Byte Dance owns two of the three: Vigo Video and TikTok. The other is Instagram, which belongs to Facebook.
Byte Dance calls itself an artificial intelligence company. It uses machine learning and algorithms to figure out what people like and give them more of what they want to see. the company is best known in China for the popular news app Toutiao, which was put into use in 2012. People got hooked on the app' s customized news feeds quickly. Toutiao now has more than 240 million monthly active users that spend on average 74 minutes per day on the platform.
Byte Dance' s success is attracting big investors. It's reportedly in talks with technology kingmaker SoftBank ( SFTBY) about an investment that would value it at around $75 billion, a huge jump from the $ 20 billion valuation it secured last year. That would make Byte Dance one of the world’s most valuable companies alongside Uber.
1.What can be learnt about TikTok?
A.It has appealed to many foreign users.
B.It's the most popular Chinese app abroad.
C.It's the most successful app of Byte Dance.
D.It allows users to share whatever they like on it.
2.What sets Byte Dance apart from other Internet technology companies overseas?
A.Support from its investors. B.Success in social video apps.
C.Greater diversity in contents. D.AI technology applied to apps.
3.Which of the following can replace the underlined words "got hooked on” in Paragraph 4?
A.were tired of B.were trapped in.
C.were familiar with D.were attracted by
4.What is the main idea of the text?
A.Tik Tok has beaten other social media apps.
B.China's social media apps are successful globally.
C.Social video apps win popularity around the world.
D.Byte Dance is taking the social media world by storm.
A native of Florida, U. S. , Hannah Herbst, 17, uses water power to deal with energy poverty. Herbst has risen to fame with the development of BEACON, an ocean energy probe that seeks to offer a stable power source to developing countries by using untapped energy from ocean currents.
She told Teen Vogue , " I was really involved in theater and athletics and I'm still really into those things. When I was in the seventh grade, I was put into a summer camp. The minute I got there I realized that I was the only girl in the program. I wanted to quit at that moment. But my dad told me, ' Just try it. ' I tried it for that day and it changed my life. ”
“At the camp, we started building the robots, which is something I had never done before but many of the boys had, and I realized it was a platform for problem-solving. We were solving simple tasks like how to push a robot off a platform. Learning from my partners as well as online articles about how to program and build was really interesting to me," said Herbst.
Later that year, she received a letter from her pen pal, Ruth, who lives in Ethiopia, and learned that she was living in energy poverty with minimal access to electricity and medical supplies. " I knew that I wanted to do something to help, so I created BEACON, she said.
The device is made from 90% recycled materials easily found throughout the world, including 2-liter bottles and recycled spoons. It costs $ 12 to make and can produce enough electricity to power an LED light. Hannah imagines BEACON being used in developing countries to power pumps for fresh water and she is working on polishing it to get it available to people all over the world.
1.What advice does Herbst most likely give to teens by her camp experience?
A.Quilting to gain more.
B.Giving something a go.
C.Developing various interests.
D.Avoiding favorable conditions
2.What kind of summer camp did Herbst join in the seventh grade?
A.Athletic. B.Literature.
C.Theater. D.Engineering.
3.Which words can best describe Hannah Herbst?
A.Energetic and kind. B.Helpful and creative.
C.Generous and modest. D.Careful and adventurous.
4.What can we know about BEACON?
A.It is a powerful LED light.
B.It's made without any cost.
C.Its materials are accessible.
D.It has been put on the market.
The Secure Child
By Stanley Greenspan, M. D.
Publisher: Da Capo Press & Reprint Press
Print list price: £5.99
Kindle price: £ 2.99, save £3.00
In this book, Dr. Stanley Greenspan offers a set of guiding principles to help parents of children —from preschoolers to teenagers — so that they feel secure in their homes, their schools, and in the society at large.
Building Healthy Minds
By Stanley Greenspan, M. D. & Nancy Lewis
Publisher： Da Capo Press
Print list price： £ 7.99
Kindle price： £ 4. 49, save £ 3.50
The book applies Dr. Greenspan' s developmental theories to a child' s everyday life 一 with practical, delightful observations and advice. Every parent wants to raise a bright, happy, and moral child, but until Stanley Greenspan did much research on the building blocks of such qualities, no one could show parents how and when these qualities begin.
The Learning Tree
By Stanley Greenspan, M. D. & Nancy Thorndike Greenspan
Publisher： Da Capo Press
Print list price： £ 11.99
Kindle price: £ 7. 99, save £ 4.00
Using the metaphor（隐喻）of a tree, Dr. Stanley Greenspan explains that the roots represent how children take in the world through what they hear, see, smell, and touch. The trunk represents thinking skills through which children grow both academically and socially. The branches represent children's basic abilities to read, write, do math, and organize their work.
The Challenging Child
By Stanley Greenspan, M. D. & Jacqueline Salmon
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Print list price： £ 5.99
Kindle price： £ 4.24, save £ 1.75
Most children fall into five basic types that come from inborn physical characteristics: the sensitive child, the self-absorbed child, the defiant （反叛的）child, the inattentive child, and the aggressive child. Stanley Greenspan, M. D. is the first to show parents how to match their parenting to the challenges of their particular child.
1.Which book saves most on its Kindle edition?
A.The Secure Child B.Building Healthy Minds
C.The Learning Tree D.The Challenging Child
2.What common theme do the four books carry?
A.The types of children. B.Children's learning abilities.
C.Advice on educating children. D.Children's moral development.
3.What can we know about Stanley Greenspan?
A.He wrote the four books on his own.
B.He’s the first to study children's types.
C.He has been working hard in Da Capo Press’
D.He based Building Healthy Minds on his study.
假如你是李华,你校英语协会招聘志愿者，接待来访的英国中学生。请你写信应聘，内容包括：
1. 自我介绍；
2. 个人优势；
3. 相关经验；
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 可适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
Dear Sir or Madam，
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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。
删除：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
Recently, the senior three students in our school have had a discussion on if to go to a nearby university or not. Seventy percents of them prefer universities in their local city, believed it will be convenient for them and their parents to take care of each other. We can go back home much easily. However, the other students chose universities far away from home so that they can be more independence. They can also make a few of new friends and see more of the world. Personal, I favor an university outside our province, which can offer us more living and working experience in society.
阅读下面句子,在空白处填入括号内对应单词或单词的正确形式。
1.Before he died he ________ (消耗) a large quantity of alcohol.
2.I hope the plan will meet with your ________ (认可).
3.Foreign ________ (交换) students get the chance to learn more about a culture and its people.
4.This advertisement is a ________(典型的) example of their marketing strategy.
5.I _______ (绝对地) believe in miracles, and believe that they are all around us, every day.
6.The few who cannot see the real person inside my body do not make me ________(惹恼) and I just ignore them.
7.With nobody ________(陪伴) her during the festival, the old lady felt lonely.
8.He is practising every day, in ________(准备) for the ice-skating championship.
9.The truck was found ________(抛弃) by the side of a rural road late the next day.
10.Alexandretta had been ________(占据) by the French in 1918 after the defeat of Turkey.
