How old are the apps on your smartphone? Is it time for an update? Here are three apps for you. Try them out and have fun.
Duolingo
Learning a foreign language doesn’t always mean you have to sit in a class and take endless exams. An app called Duolingo has been designed to help you memorize (记住) new words and grammar in creative ways，such as online lessons，games and interesting exercises. For example，one exercise asks you to put words in the right order to make the correct sentence. You can also try translation practice.
Douban FM
A music app is a necessity for almost every smartphone now. Douban FM might be the right thing for you.
There is no playlist on Douban FM--songs just keep streaming (播放) one by one. You can use the “heart”, “trash” and “skip” buttons (按钮) to mark the songs you like，don’t like and want to cut short, respectively (分别地). Those marked with a heart will be stored in another list as your favorites for you to listen to anytime you want. Douban FM also has different channels (频道). There are many types of music, such as blues, jazz, and pop. You can choose the music for outdoor activities, work or studying depending on your mood (心情).
It is one of the hottest news apps right now. With Flipboard, you can make everything personal to you. All you have to do is open up the app, “flip through” to select whatever interests you，and click the “+” button. At the end you’ll have your own magazine, complete with a front page, new articles, and information.
1.What’s the purpose of the passage?
A. To show a new way to learn English.
B. To offer a hottest news website.
C. To introduce three apps.
D. To give advice to music lovers.
2.What does Duolingo help you do?
A. Get away from endless exams.
B. Keep words and grammar in mind.
C. Have easy access to online lessons.
D. Practice speaking English correctly.
3.Which statement is true about Douban FM?
A. There is no playlist on it, making a smartphone easier to operate.
B. It has special channels where conceits are regularly broadcast live.
C. It knows about your mood, based on what you are doing.
D. You can choose with it your favorite songs and music as you like.
4.According to the text, what can you do with Flipboard?
A. Make a personalized news magazine.
B. Go through everything that interests you.
C. Safely store some personal information.
D. Contribute your articles to popular magazines.
随着信息技术的不断发展，传统的靠读报获取信息的方式逐渐被看电视，上网所代替。对此我们学校开展了题为“Views on Newspaper”的假期社会调查。请你根据以下提示，给中学生英语报写篇稿，客观介绍你的调查情况，并简单陈述自己的看法。
45%的人喜欢读报：（1）不受时间限制，方便；
（2）阅读使人思考，有利于智力的提高；
（3）可以随个人兴趣获取信息。
55%的人不喜欢读报：（1）没有声像，不够生动；
（2）信息传递速度相对较慢。
注：文章的开头已给出。词数不少于100。
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假定英语课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：在错的词下画一横线，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限一词。
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
We all have a strong desire to succeed. For some the desire is great than that of the average people. In a fact, everyone wants to successful but every few are willing to pay the price of hard work. Success is an attitude and has no real secrets. It all start with your belief system. Your belief system starts with what you feel about yourself. You must first believe in yourself. On your journey to succeed, you will find that there are no shortcuts. You will never be able to completely master every detail of your life. Attempt to do so will only lead to disappointment. Beside, it’s necessary for you to have clear goals. You’d better put down your goals on paper which they are visible so that they can help to monitor your progresses.
1.By the end of October 1886, the statue had been put together again and it was _____________ __________ ___________ the American people by Bartholdi.
2.Ever since then, the great monument has been __________ ___________ ___________ liberty for the millions of people who have passed through New York Harbor to make their homes in America.
3._____________ lanterns are hung outside each house to help the dead to find their way.
4.The land ____________ __________ ____________ from 700 meters above sea level to over 2,000 meters and is home to a great diversity of rare plants and animals.
5.So don’t _________ __________ ____________ the disabled or make fun of them, and don’t ignore them either.
1.Cycling is highly ____________(有益的)to health and the environment.
2.___________(祝贺)on your exam results!
3.____________(陪伴)by his husband, she got through all the tough challenges.
4.Some hospital patients experience high levels of __________________(焦虑，担心).
5.The eruption was an _______________(绝对，完全)fantastic sight.
In the toys section, I noticed a small boy of about five years old, 1.(press) a doll against his chest. He kept on touching the hair of the doll and looked very sad. I wondered who he wanted to give the doll 2.. So I walked towards him and asked him all about it.
"It is the doll3. my sister loved most and wanted so much for this Christmas. She was so sure that Santa Claus would bring it to her."
I told him not to worry. However, he 4.(reply) sadly, "No, Santa Claus cannot bring it to 5.she is now. I'll have to give the doll to my mother so that she can give it to her when she goes there."
His eyes were filled with 6.(sad) while saying this.
"My sister7.(go) to be with God. Daddy said that Mommy will also join God very soon, so I think that she can bring the doll with 8.to give it to my sister."
My heart almost stopped beating 9. (whole). The little boy looked up at me and said, "I told Daddy to tell Mommy not to go yet. I asked her to wait 10.I come back from the store."
