Smartphones can be a force for good. Your phone is always with you, making it the perfect device to push you into a more beneficial way of living. Here are some of the best apps that can help.
Habitica
Habitica turns the goal of forming good habits into a game, with its own characters and scoring. It’s a lot of fun, and the app also lets you build habits with friends and family. In addition to regular repeating habits, you can add a more general to-do list, and the rewards you get can be customized too—you could treat yourself to a meal out or an extra hour of games.
Smoke free
If you’re determined to give up smoking, Smoke Free is one of the most comprehensive apps for giving you that extra push you need to make a permanent change. The app offers a host of useful features to people wanting to go smoke-free: the ability to see your progress over time, charts showing how your health is improving, day-by-day encouragement, and some advice on techniques for giving up smoking.
MyFitnessPal
You can find tons of health and fitness apps for your phone, but My FitnessPal stands out not just because it is easy to use, but because it makes practical suggestions for you. It can take in a host of data, from the calories you’re taking in to the number of swims you’re doing per week, and offer reports on calorie consumption and macronutrient (大量营养素) breakdown.
1.What can Habitica help you to do?
A.Win a tough game. B.Start a lasting friendship.
C.Develop a pleasant habit. D.Find a fancy restaurant.
2.Which of the following can Smoke Free provide?
A.The freedom to smoke. B.The ability to make progress.
C.Charts about your excellent health. D.Advice on how to quit smoking.
3.What can we learn about the three apps mentioned in the text?
A.They’re practical. B.They’re cheap.
C.They’re interesting. D.They’re free.
假定你是拉萨某中学高三学生李华，你的外国笔友Helen在最近发来的邮件中介绍了自己的课余生活并询问你最喜欢的体育运动。请你用英语给她回一封电子邮件，介绍你最喜欢的体育运动及你从中得到的益处。
注意：
1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3.不要出现真实的学校名称。
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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。
Growing up, I was fortunate have parents who taught me lessons by where they lived each day. I remember walk to a nursing home with my father one Saturday. When we arrive there, I asked him for money for the collection box. My father reached into his pocket and handed him a coin. I was embarrassing by the amount of money he gave me so I asked him for more. In a reply, he taught me a valuable lesson: What is important is the reason for giving, not how many money you give. Years late, I found out' my father didn't have any spare money to give on the time, but he always gave what he could.
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
The advancement of computing power has been 1. (absolute) unbelievable in the past few decades. Many parts of our lives 2. (change) so far by computers and one tech field that shows unbelievable promise for the future is that of Artificial Intelligence (AI).
Now, experts are using the technology 3. (help) diagnose heart disease. Researchers from the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, England, created Ultromics, a system 4. increases the chances of discovering heart disease, and it's already proven to be 5. (accurate) than human experts.
In the medical community alone, AI advancements have a great influence 6. public health. Optellum, a machine learning startup, is bringing an AI system that detects lung cancer to 7. masses. Timor Kadir, the company's chief science and technology officer said that it could diagnose close to 4,000 8. (patient) with lung cancer per year at an earlier stage than a doctor could.
The technology would serve as a(n) 9. (rely) tool for doctors, which can help the patients begin their healing process quicker and more efficiently, 10. (save) thousands of lives with every use.
It was Australia Day. We had spent the afternoon _______with friends. When we arrived home, the message bank on my mobile phone was flashing. It was our _______, Annabel, who had just been left at a boarding school over 500 kilometers away. Annabel’s _______ voice greeted us: “Hi, Mum and Dad, I’ve _______ my phone!” After just four days at school her main means of _______ had gone missing at an Australia Day celebration. We realized the chance of finding the phone were _______ for we hadn’t installed (安装) the Find My Phone app.
The next morning, my mobile beeped (发出哔哔声) loudly. When I replayed the _______ a kind voice announced that she had something that _______ my daughter and could I please call her back.
Annabel had _______ my number on the inside of her phone’s case — ________ thinking! “ I’ll take it to work ________ you see if anyone can pick it up,” she kindly offered after I ________ that my daughter was at boarding school and I lived a six-hour drive away.
After tracking the people I ________ who lived nearby, I was out of luck — no one was able to ________ the phone.
Later I decided to ask our angel (天使) to post the ________ to my daughter. But to my ________, this angel, who had already spent a busy day at work, was making a two-hour round trip on a Saturday night, especially to ________ a phone to a complete stranger.
I gave her ________ and she delivered the phone into the hands of my daughter. The only word of her explanation was: “I’ve got four ________ of my own. I know how a mother ________.”
1.A.working B.training C.traveling D.celebrating
2.A.daughter B.friend C.neighbor D.teacher
3.A.tired B.excited C.relaxed D.concerned
4.A.fixed B.lost C.damaged D.received
5.A.escape B.transport C.expression D.communication
6.A.slim B.fair C.unique D.important
7.A.game B.video C.message D.conversation
8.A.moved B.changed C.belonged to D.appealed to
9.A.called B.written C.checked D.obtained
10.A.good B.critical C.honest D.quick
11.A.until B.since C.while D.unless
12.A.suggested B.explained C.predicted D.promised
13.A.know B.respect C.invite D.appreciate
14.A.pay for B.give up C.pick up D.look for
15.A.gift B.phone C.letter D.suitcase
16.A.satisfaction B.relief C.disappointment D.surprise
17.A.introduce B.mail C.return D.devote
18.A.support B.directions C.permission D.rewards
19.A.children B.students C.visitors D.passengers
20.A.wishes B.angers C.regrets D.worries
Surprising uses for lemons
Lemons are tasty and healthy, but they are simply so much more than for making lemonade. 1.
◇Lemons are used to refresh and clean a cutting board.
With garlic and onions being used widely in cooking, the struggle of washing the unpleasant smell out of a cutting board is something many people can relate to. But not only that, the cutting board can be home to all sorts of harmful bacteria.
2. Cut one in half and press the fruit against the board, wipe hard until the juices flow over the board, wash and enjoy your lemon-fresh cutting board.
◇Lemons are used to unclog a drain（疏通排水管）.
First, several lemons are squeezed for their juices into a cup, then the drain is washed with boiling water before being filled with half a box of baking soda（苏打）. Lemon juice is poured over the baking soda, causing it to bubble. 3.
◇Another part of your kitchen you can clean with lemons is your microwave.
Putting some lemon juice into a cup of water and microwaving for 5 minutes not only loosens up stains in the microwave so they are easily wiped away, but leaves a fresh smell behind.
◇4.
If you are lucky enough to have a dishwasher in your house, you can freshen things up by putting a few lemon slices into your dishwasher.
◇Lemons can be used to create a homemade face scrub（磨砂膏）.
First, you need three tablespoons of olive oil, the juice of a lemon, two tablespoons of honey and half a cup of sugar.5. After the time is up, wash to brighten your skin.
A.Luckily, life has brought us lemons.
B.After 15 minutes, water flows smoothly.
C.Here are some different uses for the fruit.
D.Then combine, apply and leave on the face for 15 minutes.
E.Lemons can get rid of unpleasant smells in the kitchen.
F.Lemons can be put into your dishwasher to freshen things up.
G.Cut a lemon and squeeze it over the rubbish before throwing it away.
