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Human beings are smart. However, it seems that people are gradually losing their smartness as smartphones become more and more important assistants in their lives, reported news website Record Japan on Oct. 22. As we rely too much on technology instead of our brains, many people have lost three basic abilities, said the website.
The first skill many people have lost is remembering phone numbers. Because phone numbers are stored in smart phone contacts, there's no need to dial a number or look at it again.
And some people may also have lost their sense of direction because navigation apps can guide people anywhere they want to go. These apps can even find shortest routes for you and avoid traffic jams. But the worst lost skills may be social ones, meaning that some people are becoming socially inept(无能的）. People often bury themselves in their smart phones. As we're too addicted to what's happening in the virtual world, some of us have lost conversational skills and sometimes can't even tell whether a person is happy or not.
In August, researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles, studied 51 students aged 11 and 12 who had over five hours' screen time every day. Their task was to tell the emotions of 48 pictures of faces that were happy, sad, angry or scared. The children made an average of 14.02 mistakes at the beginning. But after a five-day camp without electronic (电子的) products, they made only 9.41 mistakes on average. “If you’re not practicing face-to-face communication, you could be losing important social skills,” concluded professor Yalda Uhls from the research.
Luckily, people still have a chance to get these abilities back. You should try to keep your parents' numbers in mind for emergencies. You should also pay more attention to street signs and stores, which will help you to draw a mind map and stop you from getting lost. And the easiest solution to social skill loss is to take a break from electronic devices because we are social creatures. We need device-free time.
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动词短语填空
1.He was late as a result of being held _____ in a traffic jam.
2.European leaders are unwilling to acknowledge the existence of the hidden economic threat to the whole Europe, let _____ deal with it effectively.
3.It is uncertain what side effect the GM food will bring ____, although some scientists consider it to be safe.
4.Not knowing when Zhang Yingying’s murder case would be solved, her mother broke ______ at the start of a recent court hearing.
5.After experiencing the initial failures, his career began to take _____.
6.Conventional wisdom has it that we should put _____ some money for rainy days when we have a lot in hand.
7.When asked about his childhood, the man choked _____. Obviously, it is a scar he doesn’t want to be touched.
8.I could have told the whole story to you if you hadn’t broken ____ so often.
9.His writing is so confusing that it is difficult to make ______ what he is trying to express.
10.The police combed _____ this area for the missing boy, but in vain.
单句填空
1.The manager has decided to put ______ he thinks is energetic and clever in the position of the leadership of the company.
2.The government stressed that efforts must be made to prevent risks ______ (arise) from gathering of tourists.
3.But for the medical team’s efforts, more lives _______(claim) in this pandemic.
4.We choose this hotel because the price for a night is down to $ 20, half of _____ it used to charge.
5.What you did seems ______ (violate) the law. It won’t be long before you are sent into prison.
6.The importance of music and the effort ______ has on children’s intelligence development has been widely acknowledged.
7.It is necessary that every rule we set up _______(apply) to everyone.
8.Hard _______ the doctors had tried to save his life, the scholar died in the end.
9.It is the third time that the little boy __________ (subscribe) to China Daily.
10.TikTok, known as Douyin in China, is a social media platform ______ short videos can be edited and uploaded easily.
单词拼写
1.President Trump announced that the United States would w_______from the Paris Climate Agreement, which would weaken efforts to fight global warming.
2.Mike runs a hotel in Yunnan and shares his stories with others v_____ his online blog.
3.Thousands are ________(不顾一切地) trying to leave their battled homes and villages.
4.“It never occurred to me that I could possibly save a life through the hotline,” she added, r_____ a story about saving a suicidal man.
5.Many coffee drinkers in China have been in a panic that coffee causes cancer after a post was c______ in social media on the weekend.
6.You should try to understand what’s actually happening instead of acting on the _________(假设) you’ve made.
7.His arm has s_______ up where the bee stung him.
8.Guests attending the conference are trying out mobile phones with a 5G _______(终端).
9.Every time he gets drunk, he becomes violent and a_______.
10.Educators from across the globe share a common belief that education should not be interrupted under any c_________.
11.The boss donated ________(慷慨地) a large sum of money to the earthquake-stricken area.
12.It rained heavily and a stream _______(蜿蜒) its way across the field.
13.Peter stood out among the job hunters because of his c_______ of English, so the company employed him as a translator.
14.He refused to eat any pork in the restaurant because of his r______ belief.
15.At the end of the lecture, the whole audience rose, _______(鼓掌，称赞）the speaker for his wonderful speech.
Within a minute’s walk of my house there was a wild stretch of unspoiled woodland, where there were blackberry plants, squirrels and their young. I _________ walked in this park with Rex --- a friendly, harmless little dog; and _______ we rarely met anyone in the park, I took Rex along without a leash(狗绳).
One day we met a mounted policeman in the park, a policeman eager to show his _______.
“What do you mean by letting that dog run _______ in the park without a leash and a muzzle(口套)?” he shouted at me angrily. “Don’t you know it’s against the law?”
“Yes, I know it is,” I replied softly, “but I didn’t think he would do any _______ out here.
“You didn’t think! You didn’t think! The law doesn’t know about what you think. That dog _______ kill a squirrel or bite a child. Now, I’m going to _______ this time; but if I catch this dog out here again without a leash, you’ll have to tell it to the _________.”
I humbly _________ to obey.
And I did obey --- for a few times. But Rex didn’t like the muzzle, and neither did I; so we decided to take a __________. Everything was lovely for a while, and then we got into ________. Rex and I raced over the hill one afternoon and there, suddenly --- to my __________ --- I saw the majesty of the law, riding on a horse. Rex was out in a front, heading straight for the officer.
I was in for it. I knew it. So I didn’t ________ until the policeman started talking, I beat him to it. I said: “ Officer, you’ve caught me ________. I’m guilty. I have no alibis, no excuses. You ________ me last week that if I brought the dog out here again without a muzzle you would fine me.”
“Well, now,” the policeman responded in a soft tone, “I know it’s a ________ to let a little dog like that have a run out here when nobody is around.”
“Sure it is,” I replied, “____________ it is against the law.”
“Well, a little dog like that isn’t going to harm anybody,” the policeman protested.
“No, but he may kill __________,” I said.
“Well now, I think you are taking this a bit too seriously,” he told me.
“I’ll tell you what you do. You just let him run over the hill there where I can’t see him --- and we’ll forget all about it.”
That policeman, being human, wanted a feeling of ________; so when I began to condemn myself, the only way he could nourish his self-esteem was to take the kind and generous attitude showing __________.
1.A.seldom B.sometimes C.frequently D.never
2.A.when B.since C.if D.while
3.A.authority B.force C.magic D.dignity
4.A.loose B.freely C.wildly D.quickly
5.A.wrong B.damage C.good D.harm
6.A.can B.might C.will D.must
7.A.give you up B.let you off C.give in to you D.put up with you
8.A.owner B.policeman C.judge D.children
9.A.listened B.promised C.agreed D.kept
10.A.change B.chance C.charge D.cheat
11.A.trap B.difficulty C.trouble D.shape
12.A.disappointment B.surprise C.joy D.regret
13.A.wait B.move C.say D.walk
14.A.on the scene B.blue-blooded C.in spot D.red-handed
15.A.warned B.told C.informed D.taught
16.A.appeal B.temptation C.urge D.crime
17.A.and B.so C.but D.because
18.A.blackberry B.birds C.children D.squirrels
19.A.importance B.achievement C.happiness D.respect
20.A.sympathy B.regret C.mercy D.optimism
Surveillance (监视) is a fact of life. Your boss is monitoring your performance at work. Supermarkets are collecting data on your grocery shopping. 1.
In a few months, European Union law-makers are due to approve proposals that will make driver assistance systems mandatory (强制的) in cars within three years. All new models of car will come with black boxes (event data recorders), intelligent speed assistance, lane-keeping assistance and more besides.
A large number of technologies will soon be monitoring a driver’s every move. Are we prepared for devices that watch how we drive and try to help us do it better?
2. In a report published in April 2018, it found that the suite of changes could save at least 7,300 lives by 2030, and reduce the number of serious injuries from car crashes by 38,900. “We can have the same kind of impact as when safety belts were first introduced,” says Oliver Carsten, who studies transport safety at the University of Leeds, UK.
3. The black box is the most controversial (有争议的) tech because of fears that the tech encourages surveillance. It would be easy to worry about being watched in your car. But the EU rules say the system is only checked in the event of an accident to help with insurance claims and police investigation. The point is to provide for a fair allocation (分配) of responsibility when a crash occurs. Some people choose to have a black box because it can reduce their individual insurance premium (保险费). 4. What’s more, the data collected in human-driven cars will help train automated driving systems to the point that they could be ready for large-scale deployment in the future.
5. Drivers should think of it as an extra layer of protection, rather than the vehicle trying to take over driving from you.
A.Now there is a new field: the automobile.
B.There is concern about these technologies, however.
C.The tech is reducing costs because it’s reducing the number of crashes.
D.Safety isn't much discussed, principally because cars are already very safe.
E.While the EU is taking the boldest steps, these technologies aren't far behind in other parts of the world.
F.As a result, what may at first glance seem like a surveillance technology is actually a benefit for society.
G.The European Commission says that introducing these advanced driver assistance systems will make driving safer.
