It's easy to get defeated completely by something negative in your daily life. Give these apps a try if you want to be more positive instead of being negative in your daily life.
Shine
Shine is a text messaging service based on the idea that sometimes you need some external phrases to guide your internal positive thinking.
Visit the website, and you'll have the ability to sign up to receive a daily text message ——all you need to provide is a first name and a phone number. Then you'll receive one message per day with inspirational quotes from successful people from Monday through Friday.
Kwippy
In many cases, statements that come from other people can be more powerful than ones you make to yourself. That's where Kwippy comes in.
The app Kwippy has a positive, lively community focused on fun while keeping negativity out. It is a new kind of social media platform that will send you random challenges throughout the day, prompting you to take a photo of something in your nearby environment.
ThinkUp
If you're feeling confident and good about your place in life, download the app, come up with some positive statements about yourself and record them for future generations. If you're feeling less creative or don't know what to say, don,t worry 一 the app also has a list of shared positive statements that you can choose from.
Smiling Mind
Smiling Mind, a nonprofit organization, was founded by and is currently operated by psychologists and educators. Everything there is supported by scientific evidence. The app is free to use but you can make a donation if you want to continue supporting their efforts, displaying friendly and thoughtful acts to others.
In the app, you'll find different choices, which can help you remove negative thoughts and focus on the positivity of the present moments.
1.Which app makes people feel encouraged regularly?
A.Shine. B.Kwippy.
C.ThinkUp. D.Smiling Mind.
2.Who is Kwippy suitable for?
A.Those who need to face a big life challenge.
B.Those who look for a friendly neighborhood.
C.Those who long for a great sense of belonging.
D.Those who want to live an enjoyable social life.
3.What is the purpose of the article?
A.To show the power of some advanced apps.
B.To introduce some apps for avoiding people feeling down.
C.To compare the advantages of some apps.
D.To list the wide usage of apps in our daily life.
你居住的社区是个国际化程度很高的地方，为了确保与来自各个国家的外国朋友的有效沟通，社区发起了英语志愿者招募活动。假如你是学生李华，希望能成为其中一员。请按要求用英文给社区写一封申请信，内容包括： 1.个人情况；2.自身优势； 3.服务承诺。
注意：1.词数 100 左右； 2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；3.开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数。
Dear Sir/Madam,
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours faithfully,
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、删改或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（Λ），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。
Dear John,
I was very happy to receive your e- mail in that you asked me about my life. As a Senior 3 student, I was now working very hard to preparing for the National College Entrance Examination. In class, I listen to the teachers attentively and take notes careful. Out off class, I take an active part in various sport to keep healthy, which, I believe, is very important for my study.
Both my teachers and parents give me many support. With their help and encouragement, I have been made great progress and been able to build up our confidence. I have decided to attend medical university.
Best wishes,
Yours，
Mary
It was a freezing day when I came across her at some point on my life course. She was a small woman,_______to catch the bus at a deserted bus stop.
“Where are you going now?” the woman asked.
Well, I don’t know. I just want to see what it will be like at the___________. You know I ___________it all. We were going to get ___________after four years’ ups and downs. And he came one day, with nothing to say, just to show me a ___________on his finger.”
The woman gave a ___________of sympathy. She seemed to well understand my pain. “Now, do you want to _______my life story while we’re waiting for the bus?” the woman asked me in a low voice. I gave her a(n) _______ look and nodded my head.
“Exactly thirty five years ago, my husband took me and my three children to America. The moment we arrived, he left us ___________with a wish for good luck, to ____________his own happiness. Yet how could I ________my three children in a strange land, with no money, no relatives and a(n)____________ heart? Then I took the kids to the beach one afternoon. However, the kids were scared and they cried ____________. Their desperation suddenly woke me up from a long nightmare. How____________ I was!”
She continued, “I hugged them tightly, feeling a sudden strength ____________me. Then, I did all the things that brought me ____________a penny. Days in, days out, we ____________each other to gather enough encouragement to go ahead. My kids grew up into good, responsible citizens. Later, I found a man with the same pain. I feel ____________ has paid me off.”
The woman stopped for a while. She ____________my eyes and whispered in my ears, “Now stand up, little girl. Don’t go to the terminal because there’s nothing to see. Why don’t you get cheered up and enjoy the __________on the way?”
1.A.pretending B.designing C.waiting D.trying
2.A.stop B.road C.place D.terminal
3.A.lost B.made C.abandoned D.ruined
4.A.paid B.married C.promoted D.deserted
5.A.flower B.gift C.ring D.necklace
6.A.touch B.whistle C.reply D.sigh
7.A.tell B.hear C.cover D.make
8.A.blank B.cold C.innocent D.fresh
9.A.out B.off C.over D.behind
10.A.rescue B.seek C.share D.own
11.A.shelter B.educate C.command D.survive
12.A.delighted B.frightened C.broken D.excited
13.A.deliberately B.wildly C.causally D.occasionally
14.A.curious B.proud C.brave D.selfish
15.A.inside B.alongside C.beneath D.over
16.A.also B.almost C.even D.still
17.A.fought against B.argued with C.complained to D.depended on
18.A.life B.career C.friendship D.money
19.A.glared at B.looked into C.searched for D.saw through
20.A.conversation B.vehicle C.scenery D.love
Muzak
The next time you go into a bank, a store, or a supermarket, stop and listen. What do you hear? 1.. It's similar to the music you listen to, but it's not exactly the same. That's because this music was especially designed to relax you, or to give you extra energy. Sometimes you don't even realize the music is playing, but you react to the music anyway.
Quiet background music used to be called "elevator (电梯) music" because we often heard it in elevators. But lately we hear it in more and more places, and it has a new name "Muzak". About one-third of the people in America listen to "Muzak" every day. The music plays for 15 minutes at a time, with short pauses in between. It is always more lively between ten and eleven in the morning, and between three and four in the afternoon, when people are more tired. 2..
If you listen to Muzak carefully, you will probably recognize the names of many of the songs. Some musicians or songwriters don't want their songs to be used as Muzak, but others are happy when their songs are chosen. Why? 3..
Music is often played in public places because it is designed to make people feel less lonely when they are in an airport or a hotel. It has been proven that Muzak doeswhat it is designed to do. Tired office workers suddenly have more energy when they hear the pleasant sound of Muzak in the background. 4.. Supermarket shoppers buy 38 percent more groceries.
5.. They say it's boring to hear the same songs all the time. But other people enjoy hearing Muzak in public places. They say it helps them relax and feel calm. One way or another, Muzak affects everyone. Some farmers even say their cows give more milk when they hear Muzak!
A.Some people don't like Muzak.
B.The music gives them extra energy.
C.Music is playing in the background.
D.Factory workers produce 13 percent more.
E.Muzak tends to help people understand music better.
F.They get as much as $4 million a year if their songs are used.
G.Muzak is played in most of the big supermarkets in the world.
A new study shows that rising levels of planet-warming gases may reduce important nutrients（营养物质）in food crops
Researchers studied the effects of carbon dioxide on rice， In the experiment， scientists grew 18 kinds of rice in fields in China and Japan．They set carbon dioxide levels to what scientists are predicting for our planet by the end of the century．Rice grown under high carbon dioxide conditions had，on average，13 t0 30 percent lower levels of four B vitamins and 10 percent less protein（蛋白质）The crops also had 8 percent less iron and 5 percent less zinc than rice grown under normal conditions However， vitamin E leveLs increased by about 13 percent on average．
The researchers said the effects of planet-warming gases would be most sevcre for the poorest citizens in some of the least developed countries．These people generally eat the most rice and have the least complex diets．That includes abour 600 million people in Indonesia， Cambodia，Myanmar，Bangladesh，Laos and other nations，mainly in Southeast Asia．
Other studies have shown that higher temperatures from climate change and weather extremes will reduce food production．But scientists are finding that rising levcls of carbon dioxide and other planet-warming gases threaten food quality．
Earlier studies showed that wheat，rice，field peas and soybeans grown under high carbon dioxide conditions all had Iower levels of protein and mincrais．Scientists predicted that almost 150 million people might be at risk of having too little protein or zinc in their diet by 2050．
The new study suggests a way to lower the nutritional harm of climate change．That is to grow different forms of rice that can adapt to higher carbon dioxide levels．
1.Growing rice under high carbon dioxide conditions may____．
A.increase iron in the rice
B.make it less nutritious
C.cause losses of Vitamin E
D.make it more delicious
2.How can people reduce the nutritional harm of climate change？
A.By importing rice from China and Japan．
B.By taking other kinds of food instead of rice．
C.By avoiding eating rice from Southeast Asia．
D.By growing rice suitable for the environment．
3.What’s the author’s purpose of writing the text？
A.To infom readers what nurrients food crops contain．
B.To call on people to care for the planet they live on．
C.To share the results of some studies on people’s diets．
D.To tell readers where food crops are mainly produced．
4.In which part of a magazine can you read the text？
A.Advertisements． B.Arts and culture．
C.Science report． D.Business news．
