We know that reading is good for children. Now, a new study suggests that just being around books has its benefits. A team of researchers in Australia finds that growing up with a large library at home improves literacy (读写能力)，number-sense, and even technological skills in later life. It appeared in the journal Social Science Research.
The researchers were exploring the advantages of scholarly culture. They were interested in a curious observation that some call the “radiation effect”. “Radiation effect is a situation where children grow up around books, but they don't read books. But somehow books benefit them, even though they don't read them as much as their parents wish them to.” Joanna Sikora, a sociologist in Australia. Joana and her colleagues analysed data collected between 2011 and 2015 by the Organization for Economic Development. The survey assessed the literacy, numeracy(计算能力), and technological competency of more than 160 ,000 adults from 31 countries. And it included a question about how many books participants had in their homes during adolescence. “What we were able to make clear was that people growing up around books had better literacy, numeracy and digital problem-solving skills than people who had fewer books growing up but had similar education levels, similar jobs, and even similar adult habits in terms of reading or working at various numeracy-improving activities.”
In fact, teens who only made it through high school but were raised in a bookish environment did as well in adulthood as college graduates who grew up in a house without books. Now, how might mere exposure lead to intellectual improvement? “If we grow up in a house, in a home where parents enjoy books，where books are given as birthday presents and valued, this is something that becomes a part of our identity and gives us this lifelong urge to always come close to books and read more than we would.”
So keep shelves piled with books. Your kids will not only be grateful, they’ll be more likely to be able to spell grateful correctly as well.
1.What's “radiation effect” according to the passage?
A.The terrible effect of radiation on the persons and things.
B.The good influence of bookish environment on adolescents.
C.The beneficial effect of reading books on adolescents.
D.The bad effect of the environment without books on adolescents.
2.How does the exposure to books improve intellect?
A.Books bring a sense of identity and eagerness to read more.
B.Books helps to provide a chance to come close to the society.
C.Books are always given to adolescents as valuable presents.
D.Books will offer the teens an urge to make great achievements.
3.What's the author's attitude towards bookish environment?
A.opposed. B.neutral.
C.unclear. D.supportive.
4.What may the author probably be from?
A.A travel brochure. B.A biology textbook.
C.A science magazine. D.A history discovery.
The 2020 summer Olympics will be held in Tokyo next year. Japan has made 5,000 medals for the winners. But this Olympic medals are more special than most----they are made entirely out of recycled electronics.
One new focus of the Tokyo Olympics is to make them “sustainable”----to avoid using too many natural resources, so that the games are environmentally friendly. As part of this goal, the organizers decided to make all of the Olympic medals out of metal recycled from old electronics. They needed gold for first place medals, silver for second, and bronze for third. You might not know it, but almost all electronics are made with small amounts of “precious” metals, like gold and silver. But collecting enough of these metals to make 5,000 medals is a huge challenge. That's because the amount of metal in each device is tiny. It would take about 20,000 cell phones to get just 2. 2 pounds (1kilogram) of gold.
Beginning in April 2017, organizers placed collection boxes around the country, and asked people to turn in their old electronic devices for the Olympic medals. Soon people began to fill up the boxes, turning in smart phones, digital cameras and laptops. By the end, 1,621 local governments had helped out with the collection process. The Japanese mobile phone company NTT Docomo collected 6.21 million used cell phones. In all, around 158,000,000 pounds (71,667,660 kilograms) of electronics were collected.
Then came the job of breaking those phones down into smaller pieces. This is a difficult job. It's also dangerous, because some of the metals and other things that go into electronics aren't safe for people to touch or breathe. That's why it's not a good idea to try something like this at home. Once the devices were broken down, the metals had to be carefully separated out. By the end of March, the organizers had hit their targets. The opening ceremony for the 2020 summer Olympics will take place in Tokyo on July 24,020.
1.What's special about the 2020 summer Olympics medals?
A.Shape. B.Material.
C.Meaning. D.Weight.
2.Why is it a challenge to collect enough metals for medals?
A.The Japanese people are unwilling to help.
B.Companies are recycling metals for profit.
C.The amount of metal in each device is small.
D.The amount of device with metals is limited.
3.What do the figures in paragraph 3 suggest?
A.The number of the used electronics is too large to deal with.
B.People in Japan are eager to get rid of their used electronics.
C.People in Japan are in great favor of the collecting process.
D.A number of metals are wasted to produce electronics in Japan.
4.What can we learn from the last paragraph?
A.The job of breaking down phones into pieces is tough.
B.The targets of collecting metals are hard to achieve.
C.The metals in the devices are easy to separate out.
D.The opening for the 2020 summer Olympics falls in June.
Jamie Whitmore, 43, isn't used to slowing down. The professional athlete who became a gold medalist of Olympics for the disabled has never met a challenge she couldn't overcome, whether it was a mountain bike race-or cancer.
One morning in 2007, Whitmore found her leg muscles were tight when trying for a jog. Thinking she’d pushed herself too hard in the last race, she ignored the pain. Later at a sports camp in Arizona, she realized something was wrong. “Once I got on my bike I was so painful that it was hard to pick my legs up. I flew back home to go to a hospital.” What doctors found shocked them all: Whitmore had a soft tissue tumor (肿瘤)that started in the bone, and the tumor was wrapped around her nerve of waist, touching several vital organs.
After the surgery, Whitmore had to learn to walk again with the help of a physical doctor. She also started radiation treatment, but four months later, doctors had worse news: A scan had shown the cancer was back. “This time it was more aggressive. Doctors took the rest of my nerve in the waist, and removed some cancer from my tail bone. ” Whitmore developed sepsis(败血症) from the surgery and endured a two-month recovery. “My scans were coming back clear of cancer, but now I had all of these other complications(并发症).”
Today, Whitmore is a mother and cancer-free. She has won a gold medal in the Paralympics, and has set two world records. Whitmore has some advice for others with limitations: Never let anyone tell you what you can and cannot do. You have to find out yourself. Some doctors told me I would never ride anything more than a stationary bike. And yet I rode my mountain bike 104 miles climbing from 9,000 feet to 14,000 feet. You just can't give up.”
1.What's Whitmore's first reaction to her leg pain?
A.She was very scared. B.She thought nothing of it.
C.She related it to cancer. D.She thought of muscle tumor.
2.What does the author intend to tell us in Paragraph 3?
A.What Whitmore has suffered. B.How Whitmore reacted to cancer.
C.What Whitmore planned to perform. D.How Whitmore thought of the treatment.
3.Who does the underlined part in paragraph 4 refer to?
A.People living with cancers. B.Students short of virtues.
C.Students without good luck. D.People living with disabilities.
4.Which one of the following best describes Whitmore?
A.Humorous and unhealthy. B.Outgoing and honest.
C.Strong minded and optimistic. D.Determined and naughty.
AppFire
This application provides for users apps that are free and highly discounted daily. By using this app, you only need to submit some information when registering. After filling it up，you are eligible to have access to a list of recommended downloads.
Starling
Based on bank nature, this app has been a good one in that regard. They have a banking license and allow you to open a current account through your phone for just some minutes. You are even liable to earn interest on the money held in your account through this app. The app will notice you with alerts when you spend money as it will help you outline what you have spent in categories like shopping, bill, foods and many more.
Campus Special
This app is greatly used by students as it enables them to have great deals on food stores and restaurants around the school. It also gives you the opportunity to order food from your hostel through your phone on pick-up delivery. The good thing about this app is that it enables you to get more rewards when you often use it. Those rewards can be used at your usual local food stores.
ATM Locator
This is another interesting app that can assist you in financial needs. When you are hooked up in an area that is not familiar to you and you are interested in getting some cash, instead of moving up and down in searching for the nearest place to withdraw some cash, this app should give you comfort in doing that. It helps you to find cash points that are very near to you, and it will display them on the map for you to check through.
1.Which app can serve as a warning if you spend money?
A.Campus Special. B.ATM locator.
C.AppsFire. D.Starling.
2.What's special about Campus Special?
A.Its rewards enable you to save some money.
B.It offers you the biggest discounts for deals on food.
C.It allows you to do your banking without going out.
D.It enables you to spend less on eating in campus canteen.
3.In which situation can you make use of the app ATM locator?
A.When you have no bank cards on you.
B.When you can't find the nearest cash machine.
C.When you are unfamiliar with the local campus.
D.When you are busy with some banking business.
学校正在组织科技创新大赛，你想为日常生活中某件物品（如钢笔、书包、鞋子……)设计添加新功能来参赛。请以“My Magic_______”为题写一篇英语短文，介绍你的创意。
内容：
1.说明设计理由
2.介绍新功能。
注意;:
1.词数不少于120个字
2.不能使用真实姓名和学校名称。
文中共有10处错误，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。
修改：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。
My mother asked me go to the store to buy some bread and milk. She gave her five dollars. When I got to a store, I found that the bread and milk cost almost six dollars. I knew that I needed one more dollars. I didn’t wanted to walk all the way home without the bread and milk. I looked such lost that the shopkeeper asked me what were wrong. I explained my problem to him. “Don’t worry,” the shopkeeper said, smile. “You can have both things for five dollars today.” I walked home happy. I told my mother that of my adventure.
