It’s Friday evening. My daughters, 3 and 9, sigh(叹息) when I ge
ntly
take the iPads away from their laps. One by one, our screens are turned off. We
light the candles and sit down to have a big meal.
Most people in our lives know they will not be able to contact us by using computer or moblie phones for 24 hours. And so it has gone, every week for three years. We call it our “Technology Shabbat(科技安息日)" which lasts from sunset on Friday to sunset on Saturday.
I first understood the importance of disconnecting in 2008, when my father was told that he
had got brain cancer. Some days he would have ony one good hour, and I wasn’t willing to be disturbed when I was with him, so I’d turn off my mobile phone.
Soon after, encouraged by National Day of Unplugging(全国断网断电日) on March 1st, my husband and I decided to unplug for one full day every week.
During our “Technology Shabbats”, time slows. Our Saturdays now feel like mini-vacations. We drive our car or ride our bike. We, with our kids, work in the garden, play board games and cook meals. I feel more balanced. I feel like a better mother, wife and person.
Keeping a balance between the good and the bad of technology is my lasting state. The technology we’ve created makes it possible for us to share knowledge and take in carious ideas all over the world. But the technology also take something away from us. When we stay up late at night linking(连接) from website to website or sending messages or e-mailing, we click again, and again, and again until we’ve overloaded(超负荷的).
When we rush into the time full of high technology, it's necessary for us to pay attention to what we are doing online and when we should go off.
I will always remember the most important thing in my family: “Technology Shabbat".
1. When is “Techtwhgy Shabbat' in the writer's family?
A. Only on Sunday.
B. From sunset on Friday to sunset on Saturday.
C. Only on Friday.
D. From sunset on Saturday to sunset on Sunday.
2. The writer's family have “Technology Shabbat" every week mainly becausc they hope to ______.
A. save energy
B. enjoy life together
C. stay away from others
D. follow National Day of Unplugging
3. What do the writers family NOT do during their “Technology Shubbats”?
A. They drive their car or r
ide
bikes for mini-vacations.
B. They light the candles and sit down to have a big meal.
C. They work in the garden, play board games and cook
meals.
D. They stay up late at night linking from website to website.
Once there lived a man in a small town. He often said, “If I have lots of gold, I shall be the happiest man in the world.”
One day he was traveling in North Africa. He lost his way and he was so hungry and thirsty that he couldn’t walk any more. There were only stones and sand around. Just then he saw a bag on the sand. He took it up. But when he opened it, he saw it was full of gold.
He left the bag on the sand and cried, “ What is the use of gold to a hungry man?”
1.
What did the traveler l
ove
best?
A. Food B. Drinks C. Stones D. Gold
2. “He lost his way” means____________________.
A. “he didn’t know where he was and where to go
B. “he didn’t know where he came from”
C. “he didn’t know how to return home”
D. “he lost what he had on the way”
3. When he found a bag full of gold he felt______________.
A. happy B. hungry C. thirsty D. sad
4. What’s the most useful to a hungry man?______________.
A. Food B. Gold C. Money D. Stones
I was going to bed the other night when my wife told me that I had left the light on in the shed（储藏室）. She could see it from the bedroom window. As I looked for myself, I saw that there were thieves in the shed taking things. I phoned the police, but they told me that no one was in this area to help at this time, but they would send someone over as soon as they were free.
I said OK, hung up, and waited one minute, then phoned the police back, “Hello, I just called you a minute ago because there were thieves in my shed. Well, you don’t have to worry about them now because I’ve killed them all.”
Within five minutes there were six police cars in the area. Of course, they caught the thieves very quickly. One of the officers said: “I thought you said that you’d killed them!” I replied with “I thought you said there was nobody free!”
1.There were thieves in the .
A. shed B. bedroom C. kitchen D. garden
2.The man when he found the thieves.
A. caught them by himself B. called the police at once
C. did nothing but wait D. killed them
3.The
police said that so they
couldn’t come and help at fir
st.
A. it was too far B. the car was broken
C. they were all busy D. it was too cold
4.The police when the man called them again.
A. found it boring B. took it serious
C. let it go D.have a rest
5.The thieves were at the end of the story.
A. lost B. killed C. caught D. away
Do you want to be successful in everything you do? If so, then ? Here is an example.
There was a farmer who corn
（玉米） all his life. Eac
h
year he took his corn to the market. Then each time his corn was chosen as the and
won the first prize.
One year a newspaper reporter interviewed him and learned something about how he grew it. The farmer his seed（做种子的) corn to his neighbors.
"How can you share your best seed corn with your neighbors?" the reporter asked. "You know they are taking part in the with you each year. "
"Why, sir,"
said the farmer, "didn't you know? The picks
up pollen {花粉)from the corn and moves it quickly from
field to field. If nay neighbors grow corn
,
cross-pollination (异花传粉) will affect the quality of my corn. So if
I want to grow good corn, f must my
neighbors to grow good corn. "
The farmer knows much about the connection of life. His corn cannot improve his neighbor's corn improves.
As a great man says, "We make a living by what we ; we make a life by what we give." We can't without food, clothes, and many other things. However, a meaningf~I1 life is not decided by how much we can get, by how much we can give others. Giving, instead of taking, makes us from other animals. So those who choose to live well must help others to live well and those who choose to be happy must help others to find in their life.
1.A. why B. how C. when D. where
2.A. grew B. bought C. sold D. collected
3.A. cheapest B. prettiest C. best D. shortest
4.A. popular B. serious C. terrible D. surprising
5.A. lent B. showed C. offered D. recommended
6.A. game B. fight C. experiment D. competition
7.A. wind B. water C. farmer D. neighbor
8.A. tasty B. bad C. tall D. unusual
9.A. teach B. remind C. help D. require
10.A. unless B. though C. because D. when
11.A. do B. own C. get D. grow
12.A. cheer B. move C. work D. live
13.A. and B. but C. or D. so
14.A. different B. free C. safe D. far
15.A. hope B. success C. friendship D. happiness
At the science museum, the students from Sunshine Middle School got to know_______.
A. what does the spaceship look like
B. what the 
spaceship
looks like
C. How the spaceship looks like
D. how does the spaceship look like
In a traditional Chinese wedding, the newly married couple(夫妻)are usually _______in red.
A. worn B. had C. dressed D. put
