Kids nowadays are growing up “connected”, learning to use technology at a surprising speed. Technology is a regular part of school now! Kids as young as Kindergarten are using smartboards, IPads, and computers to complete tasks in the classroom. Older children rely on the Internet for research, getting homework, sending work to teachers, and even accessing（ 获得） textbooks. In fact, today’s kids have been given the name “digital（数字）natives” because they are facing technology almost from birth, so new things have never been a greater challenge in the hands of our children. The Internet，Facebook, iPods, pictures and texting on cell phones and all of these are the ways kids communicate today. They have become a central part of their lives. It allows them a private life that most of us know very little about.
Kids just don’t think about the results of the new world of social networking and text messaging. They don’t think that it is dangerous to send a photo of a particular person to a foolish person, who might send it to some friends that may send it to a hundred others and the next thing you know, it’s on many Facebook sites and all over the Internet forever. They don’t think that way because they don’t have the life experience that we do. We have to help them.
The key to knowing how they manage this privacy（隐私） is our “connection” to them. How closely do we connect with our kids and pay attention to what they’re doing? And how often do we talk to our children... and really listen to them? If they believe in us and know that we will be there for them, they are more likely to follow our advice. If we talk openly about what we believe in, what we stand for, those values will become their own before long.
1.What is the author’s opinion about children?
A.They are good at accepting modern things. B.They are well understood by their parents.
C.They almost like to surf on the Facebook. D.They know the Internet dangers well.
2.What does the underlined word “us” in paragraph 1 refers to?
A.Kids. B.Adults. C.Internet users. D.Internet teachers.
3.Why do kids think differently according to paragraph 2?
A.They only understand their own private lives. B.They are badly influenced by new things.
C.They do not have life experience. D.They don’t depend on their parents.
4.When will children accept their parents’ advice?
A.When they are surfing on the Internet. B.When they meet some dangerous situations.
C.When parents believe in what they are doing. D.When parents communicate with them deeply.
The clockwork radio is the only radio that doesn’t need electricity. It works by turning the handle (手柄)for a minute. Nowadays, thousands of these radios are made every day. They are bought by people in some places, where there isn’t any electricity. The clockwork radio was invented in 1991 by Trevor Bayliss, a British inventor. He had the idea within half an hour while he was listening to some news in the radio about Africa: some Africans were dying of AIDS and there was no easy way to send them information about the disease. The first one he made ran for 14 minutes before needing to turn the handle again, but one year later, it improved. However, people didn’t know it until it appeared on a television programme called Tomorrow’s World.
At the beginning, no one would help Trevor develop his idea for a new kind of radio. Finally, in 1994，his invention was shown on the TV programme, and afterwards, a South African businessman watched it and decided to help him. The first Freeplay radios were built in South Africa in 1995. Since then, the radios have been a great success. And then Trevor has become famous. He has been given many awards(奖品)，including one from Nelson Mandela.
Mr. Bayliss, whose latest project is a wind-up walking stick, created a website offering inventors suggestions on patenting (专利)and marketing. After that, he also invented electric shoes, which produce electricity as you walk. And the self-weighing suitcase is also his invention- you pick it up and the handle tells you how much it weighs. That’s very useful when you go to the airport.
1.When did the radio appear on Tomorrow’s World?
A.In 1991. B.In 1992. C.In 1994. D.In 1995.
2.Which of the following is the right order of the events for Mr. Bayliss?
a. He invented electric shoes. b. He met a South African businessman.
c. His clockwork radio was welcomed by people. d. He improved his radio.
A.acdb. B.bcda. C.cadb. D.dbca.
3.Why did Mr. Bayliss create his website?
A.To introduce his ideas about inventions. B.To help inventors with their patents.
C.To sell the clockwork radios. D.To show his awards on it
4.What is the text mainly talking about?
A.The invention of the clockwork radio. B.The good use of the clockwork radio.
C.Mr. Bayliss’ patent protection. D.Mr. Bayliss’ inventive ideas.
The Public Square
Media Matters is a new series of public conversations hosted by The Public Square, a program of the Illinois humanities Council, taking place this spring. The conversations will try to discuss the power of media today and make the public pay attention to media culture. Many famous reporters, community leaders, and media researchers and experts like this program, and it is free to the audience.
Shop Talk is a monthly discussion series held by The Public Square and the Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy at the University of Illinois at Chicago （UIC）. Building on our efforts to bridge the university and the community，Shop Talk will bring UIC professors to Ron’s Barber Shop （6058 W. North Ave），in the heart of Chicago’s Austin neighborhood on last Friday of every month from January to June 2019.
If you would like more information on The Public Square, please call 312- 422- 5580 or email the publicsquare@ prairie.org.
For upcoming events, look under “Next Event” or click on “Events and Activities” on the right.
Stories of Famous People
10/12/2019-1:00 p. m.
Joseph F. Glidden Homestead &. Historical Center （Joseph F. GH&.HC）
921 W Lincoln Hwy Dekalb, IL, 60115-3011
See map： Google Maps
Fee：Free. Open to the public
Sponsor Organization（主办单位）：
Joseph F. Glidden Homestead &. Historical Center （Joseph F. GH &.HC）
Next Cafe Society Event
Music and Humans
June/ 12/2019
7：00 p.m. -9：00 p.m.
NiteCap Coffee Bar
1738 West 18th Street
Chicago, Illinois
Fee：Free, open to the public.
1.How many times will Shop Talk be held?
A.Once. B.Three. C.Four. D.Six.
2.How can people get in touch with The Public Square?
A.By calling or emailing. B.By seeing Google Maps.
C.By looking under “Next Event”. D.By visiting Joseph F. GH&. HC.
3.What can we know about Music and Humans?
A.It will last two hours. B.It will be held this spring.
C.It’ll be shown online for free. D.It’ll be held at Ron’s Barber Shop.
假如你是李华，你校将举办以“What should I do to Ensure an Eco-friendly World”为主题的英语演讲比赛。请给在英国朋友的Peter写一封邮件告知你要参加这次竞赛,要点如下：
1.时间地点；2.参赛原因；3.他的建议。
注意：
1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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假定英语课上老师要求同学们交换修改作文，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。错误仅涉及一个的词的增加、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。
注童：1.毎处错误及修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处.多者（从第11处起）不计分。
On August 21,I was working on my homework, a composition titling “My Hero/Heroine”. I stuck at the very beginning, trying to figure out what would be my hero/heroine.
Attracted by the cheers from the living room, I opened the door only to find my parents were watching the volleyball matches of women's final. Then I decided to take the break and joined in them. The sense of nervousness was overwhelming as the score was quite closely between China and its opponent.
To our delight, China won in the end. We couldn't help feel proud as Chinese! The volleyball players had trained so hard before and fight till the last minute. Without doubt, they were not only my heroines, and the heroines of China! I started to write my composition.
Everything about my future was ambiguously assumed. I would get into debt by going to college, and then I would be ______ to get a job to pay off that debt, while still getting into more and more debt by ______ a house and a car. It seemed like a never－ending ______ that had no place for the possibility of a dream.
I want more—but not ______ in the material sense of personal ______ and success. I want more out of life. I want a passion as well as a dream that wouldn't let me sleep out of pure excitement. I want to spring out of bed in the morning, rain or ______, and have that enthusiasm for life that seemed so intrinsic(固有的) in the early childhood.
We all have a dream. It might be clearly ______ or just a vague idea, but most of us are so ______ in the mud of insecurity and self-doubt that we just ______ it as unrealistic or too difficult to pursue. We become so comfortable with the life that has been ______ for us by our parents, teachers, traditions, and social standards that we feel that it's stupid and unsafe to ______ losing it for the small hope of achieving something that is more satisfying.
Taking a risk is ______ a risk. We can, and will, fail, ______ many, many, many times. But that is what makes it exciting for me. That ______ can be viewed negatively, or it can ______ us.
Failing is what makes us grow, and it makes us stronger. The fear of ______, though, is what makes us sad. So ______ I couldn't see the future as clearly as before, I took the plunge(投入) in______ that in the depths of fear and failure I would come out feeling more ______ than ever before.
If you feel lost, just take a deep breath and realize that being lost can be a turning point of finding out ______ you truly are, and what you truly want to do.
1.A.pleased B.encouraged C.disappointed D.forced
2.A.selling B.purchasing C.constructing D.repairing
3.A.dream B.story C.cycle D.dilemma
4.A.necessarily B.possibly C.desperately D.nearly
5.A.expense B.wealth C.addiction D.appetite
6.A.cloud B.shower C.thunder D.shine
7.A.described B.abandoned C.decided D.conducted
8.A.engaged B.lacking C.stuck D.absorbed
9.A.display B.dismiss C.deliver D.delay
10.A.planned out B.put out C.made out D.carried out
11.A.avoid B.imagine C.suggest D.risk
12.A.even B.still C.rather D.only
13.A.gradually B.finally C.possibly D.surely
14.A.uncertainty B.contradiction C.declaration D.prediction
15.A.defeat B.surprise C.inspire D.discourage
16.A.danger B.threat C.growth D.failure
17.A.as though B.even though C.as long as D.as far as
18.A.hopes B.cases C.ways D.terms
19.A.sympathetic B.alive C.confused D.nervous
20.A.as B.whether C.who D.how
