Angela Zou hardly writes text messages now. Sitting at her office desk， Zou asked her iPhone， where they should eat. When it buzzes seconds later， she lifts it to her ear for her friend’s reply. The conversation goes back and forth through these pieces of words before they decide on the place for lunch.
Like millions of others across Asia， Zou is using WeChat， a smartphone app developed in China， to send voice messages， snapshots (快照) and emotions (表情符号) to her friends. Now that its walkietalkie-style (对讲机式) messages have become everywhere， she said typing feels like hard work.
WeChat’s popularity has grown quickly since it came into use in 2011. Tencent， the company that developed the app， announced in September that its users had doubled in six months to 200 millions. Most users are in China， though WeChat is being used across Asia and already has users in the US and the UK.
Historically， it has proved difficult for Chinese Internet firms to develop in foreign countries. But WeChat is becoming the first Chinese social media application with the possibility to go to the whole world.
WeChat is similar to the popular US-based mobile messaging service WhatsApp， but it does more. It comes in eight languages including English， Arabic and Russian.
“I used WhatsApp before I came back to China from studying abroad and found all my friends were using WeChat，” said Zou， who is 25. “Now when I want to contact someone I use WeChat first.” The app’s features include Look Around， which allows users to chat to strangers nearby， while Moments works like Instagram. (图片分享)
1. Why does Angela Zou hardly write text messages now?
2. What is WeChat used to do?
3.Which company of China developed WeChat?
4.Where is Wechat used?
5.What do you think of Wechat?
I got to an orphanage (孤儿院) near my office after work and I was surprised to see so many kids there. I could see before my eyes happiness all around.
(A) People today are interested in trips， holidays or cell phones. They care nothing for love or kindness. But the kids in the orphanage showed great interest in (B) them. I could feel that and see that.
With smiling faces， they could be as happy as any king of the world. Look at us. We seem to be happy， but we are always thinking of something about ourselves， about our children， about our work or about everyday life. (C) It’s not always easy for us to smile.
I just want to ask: Can any of your art works bring a smile to your face? The answer is “no”. But those kids could easily do that， just with their simple art. Though not perfect at all， their art was special. They could see beauty and joy even in a bird flying over， and they could stop anger so easily into joy.
We make our body too shy to hug (拥抱) for free， go back when it comes to kiss. And they， in a short time， make strangers their fans and without caring — just fall upon us and hug us， and kiss us. They expect nothing in return but still make us so happy.
They could easily teach what love really means for they have already understood and can use the common language of love.
1. 把（A）处划线句子翻译成汉语。_____________________________
2. 写出（B）处划线单词指代的内容。___________________________
3. 把（C）处划线句子翻译成汉语。_____________________________
4. 在文中找出两件人们常常思考的事情。_______________________
5.用句子写出作者想要表达的主题。______________________
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阅读短文，根据短文内容从方框中选择合适单词并用其适当形式填空，使短文内容完整。（每词限用一次，有两个词多余）
be， take， or， if， good， throw， it， like， have， must， start， without
Do you know how to properly throw garbage (垃圾) away? Into the garbage can of course， you might answer. But things are not that simple.
After you dump (扔) your trash， it doesn’t just sit in the garbage can. People have to collect the waste and move 1.______ to landfills (垃圾填埋场). There， people sort (分类) the waste and decide whether to burn， bury (埋) or recycle it. It 2._____ lots of time and work for many people. So if we can sort our garbage before 3._______ it away， we can make a big difference.
Each year， China creates around 300 million tons of garbage. Less than a quarter of the waste is recycled. Most garbage is buried in landfills or burned 4.____ being sorted. Landfills take up a lot of space in cities. It can also pollute the nearby soil and water.
Things in developed countries are much 5.___， thanks to their sorting systems.
In Japan， for example， there6.___ strict rules for dumping garbage. One 7._____ to put the right garbage in the right place at the right time. The garbage is usually sorted into eight categories (类别): burnable， non-burnable， plastic bottles， recyclable plastic， other plastic， paper， harmful rubbish and then hard rubbish 8._____ desks and old TV sets.
China has been promoting garbage sorting in recent years. Beijing， for example， 9.____ a promotion plan next year. According to the plan， people get WeChat bonus points (积分) by sorting out garbage. They can later exchange the points for shopping cards 10.____ even cash!
It is true that people with better education are usually able to get better paying jobs. In other words， they have more chances to choose a good job while people with little or no education don’t. It seems that the purpose of education is to make people get jobs. But this isn’t accepted by all people.
Some people may think that a person should spend the best years of his life to get education only for a way of living. This was probably one of the earliest reasons of education. In fact， if education is just a way of making a living， people don’t need to spend so much time in school. People can get education for a living in a short time. Subjects like history and geography need not be taught to everyone. Even language and mathematics need not be taught in detail (详细地)， either. Here it is clear that education is much more than teaching a man to get a way of living.
Education is well-rounded and it is mainly for improving a man. It is not only to teach him to speak， read and write， but also to develop his creative thinking and other abilities. After that， it is to make him a wise man and thankfully enjoy the achievements of human. Education is to make a man lead a better life. Educated people are expected to be able to listen to good music， read good books， watch plays and most of all take an interest in the world.
I would agree that making a good living is an important reason for education， but certainly not the most important or the main reason.
1.People with little education usually ____.
A. spend a long time in school
B. have a good chance to get a job
C. spend the best years to choose jobs
D. have fewer chances to get a good job
2. The earliest education was probably to ______.
A. make a man lead a better life
B. teach a man to write and think
C. make people get a way of living
D. teach people to read good books
3. The underlined word “well-rounded” in the passage means “_______” in Chinese.
A. 圆满的 B. 崭新的 C. 公平的 D. 全面的
4. It is expected that educated people will be able to _____.
A. accept education as a way of living
B. take an interest in the whole world
C. develop their abilities to make plays
D. learn subjects like language and math
5. The passage mainly tells us that _______.
A. education should make a man improve
B. people can get education in a short time
C. people should be able to get better paying jobs
D. all subjects are so important for a way of living
One Saturday evening， my husband and I went to have dinner at a restaurant. As we sat there eating and sharing conversation， I watched an old woman stop and look around. I looked over at my husband and said， “She must be lost.”
I got up and caught up with her as she walked by our table and touched her lightly on the shoulder. “Ma’am， are you having trouble finding who you are dining with?” I asked.
She said yes. She was there with her daughter. I asked if her daughter was the only person she was there with， and she replied yes. “If you stay right here， I will find her and come back and take you to her—to save you some steps，” I offered. She looked at me and said， “But you don’t know who I am here with.”
She was right. I explained that her daughter should be easy to find， because I thought she would be the only lady sitting by herself in the whole restaurant. She agreed…but just then a young man stopped me and asked， “Is she looking for her seat? They’re sitting at a table right across from us.”
I told him that she was and thanked him. I watched as they walked off together and kept my eyes on the old woman to make sure that she could see her daughter and all was well. I couldn’t help but think that it must not be much different from being lost as a child. I wondered if I too would accept the help from strangers when I was as old as the lost woman.
1. Where did the story happen?
A. In the street. B. In a restaurant.
C. In a hotel D. In a kitchen.
2. The woman stopped and looked around because___.
A. she lost her way B. she asked for some food
C. she didn’t feel well D. she looked for the toilet
3. Who did the woman come to the restaurant with?
A. Her husband. B. Her son. C. Her daughter. D. Her friend.
4. Who helped the woman find her seat in the end?
A. A waiter. B. Her daughter. C. The writer D. A young man.
5.What can we learn from the last paragraph?
A. The writer was afraid she would have to accept help from strangers when she was old.
B. The writer felt sorry for the woman because she couldn’t find her way to her daughter.
C. The writer decided that she wouldn’t accept help from strangers like the woman.
D. The writer thanked the young man for he helped the woman to find her daughter.
Only children are happier than those with brothers or sisters， according to a new research which shows sibling rivalry (竞争) can have a serious effect on a child’s emotion.
Over half of the children surveyed said they had been bullied（欺负）by a sibling， and one in three said they had been hit，kicked or pushed by a sibling， others complained of name-calling and having their belongings stolen.
Other reasons for only children being much happier include not having to compete（竞争）for parents’ attention or share bedrooms with a sibling， said Gundi Knies， a researcher on the project.
Dr. Ruth Koppard， a child psychologist， said， “In an average home， the more children， the less privacy for each child. Some love sharing a bedroom with a sibling but they would rather choose to do it than have to do it”.
Homes with just one child make up nearly half of all families in Britain.
The study， to be published on Friday， questioned 2，500 young people. It also found that seven out of 10 teenagers are “very satisfied” with their lives.
1.The underlined word “sibling” means_____.
A. 兄弟或姐妹 B. 兄弟 C. 姐妹 D. 独生子女
2. Only children are happier than those with brothers or sisters for the following reasons EXCEPT______
A. they won’t be bullied， hit， kicked or pushed by a sibling
B. they needn’t worry about name-calling and having their belongings stolen
C. they needn’t compete for parents’ attention or share bedrooms with a sibling.
D. they can get what they want， and more love from their parents
3. Dr Ruth Koppard is a _______.
A. researcher B. teacher C. child psychologist D. doctor
4. Homes with just one child make up nearly ______ of all families in Britain.
A. 50% B. 30% C. 70% D. 10%
5. This article mainly tells us____.
A. why the families don’t want to have more than one child.
B. the reasons why only children are happier than those with brothers or sisters.
C. sibling rivalry can have a serious effect on a child’s emotion.
D. homes with just one child make up nearly half of all families in Britain.
