To many students, joining social media (社交媒体) “circles” is now more important than making new friends in real life.
And it’s easy. If you have a cell phone, you can download apps (应用程序) such as Sina Weibo, WeChat (微信) and QQ.
“I love to check my friends’ updates (更新). I also enjoy news and humor shared on social media,” Said Ou Wei, 14, from Hongling Middle School in Shenzhen. Because of enjoying these, Ou distances himself from real life. “I love playing the plane-shooting game on WeChat, but have no interest in playing flying chess with my classmates,” said Ou.
Deng Yunyun, 14, from Jianfeng Middle School in Shanghai, said that social media had influenced their life. Recently his school held a basketball match, and a student hurt his leg. Instead of giving him some help, students were busy with updating micro blogs about the accident.
“I think they need to learn to balance their real and online lives,” said Deng,
What makes parents and teachers worried is safety. “Many students are happy to tell their interests and personal information to their social media “friends”. Such information could bring them danger,” said Han Songjun, a teacher at Hongling Middle School.
For example, WeChat’s shake-shake function allows users to connect to other users close by. But the police warn about the danger of socializing in this way.
“Be careful. Do not use the locating (定位) function in any app, do not give your name, and do not post the photos of your residential area (小区),” said the police.
【小题1】 What is the possible meaning of the underlined word “distances” in Paragraph 3?

A．接近	B．疏远
C．超过	D．破裂

【小题2】The example (the basketball match) in Paragraph 4 is given to show _______.

A．Deng Yunyun’s school held a basketball match

B．the students in the school are not friendly

C．students are very busy

D．social media have influenced the students’ life

【小题3】 The police give many suggestions except “_______”.

A．Do not share any news on social media

B．Do not use the locating (定位) function on social media

C．Do not give your name on social media

D．Do not post the photos of your residential area

【小题4】 What does the writer want to tell us?

A．Many students are using WeChat.

B．Social media makes our life more interesting.

C．Social media is very popular.

D．Social media can be bad and dangerous.

As a student, I always have          homework to do.

A. too much      B. much too       C. too many         D. many too

 

Sally: an animal doctor What’s the worst thing that’s ever happened in your job? Probably the dog that bit me. It wasn’t a big one - I don’t mind the big ones. The small ones are the worst. It gave me a very nasty bite. Have you ever done any other jobs? Yes, I did different kinds of jobs when I was a student. One summer I did fruit-picking in Spain. What’s the worst job you’ve ever done? In order to improve my English, I worked for a rich family in New York. I never had a day off and I had to do everything – cooking, cleaning, shopping- and look after their horrible children. I left after two weeks and managed to get a job as a waitress in an Italian restaurant. Leo: an actor What’s the worst thing that’s ever happened in your job? So many bad things have happened-but I think my worst moment was when I read my first bad review in the newspaper. They wrote terrible things about me, and I was so upset. After that I didn’t read my reviews any more. Have you ever done any other jobs? Oh yes, it’s hard to make a living as an actor. So I’ve done lots of part-time jobs over the years. For example, I’ve worked in a shop, sold ice cream at the beach and handed out publicity flyers in the street. What’s the worst job you’ve ever done? The worst job I’ve ever done was at an egg-packing factory. Working conditions are terrible-you stand for hours at the end of a belt, putting eggs into boxes. You can’t have a break, and if you want to go to the toilet, you have to ask for permission. And worst of all, the smell was terrible- I’ve never eaten an egg since then.

【小题1】The underlined word “one” refers to “__________”.

A．dog	B．bite
C．event	D．job

【小题2】Sally has done the following jobs EXCEPT __________.

A．picking fruit in Spain

B．working for a rich family

C．looking after sick animals

D．cooking in an Italian restaurant

【小题3】After reading his first bad review in the newspaper, Leo __________.

A．wrote more reviews

B．replied to every review

C．gave up his job as an actor

D．stopped reading any of his reviews

【小题4】What does Leo think of being an actor?

A．It’s hard to make a living.

B．It’s helpful to read his reviews.

C．It’s easy to make lots of money.

D．It’s fun to have different experiences.

【小题5】What did Leo hate most when working at an egg-packing factory?

A．No breaks.	B．Standing for too long.
C．The bad smell.	D．Putting eggs into boxes.

【小题6】The best title of the passage might be __________.

A．An Animal Doctor	B．Terrible Job Experiences
C．How to Find a Part-time Job	D．Reviews of Sally a nd Leo