If you want to get a new cell phone number, don’t forget to bring your ID(身份证明) with you .
As of September 1, people have to register(注册) with their ID to buy a new cell phone number. You can show your ID card or hukou, but student ID’s won’t work.
If you already have a cell phone number, it is better to register it before 2013.
The new rules are meant to prevent junk messages and fraud(诈骗) through cell phones.
A cell phone user in China on average received 43.3 messages a week in the first half of this year. According to reports, about 12 of those were junk messages.
In a survey, about 74.5 percent of users said they have received fraudulent(诈骗的) messages.
If all people register their cell phone number with ID information, it will be easier for police to find the people behind those messages.
Situations in other countries
Because cell phone are getting more and more popular, many countries have made stricter cell phone rules.
Countries like India, Japan, Australia, and Singapore all ask users to register their ID information.
Ulrich Mller is a German living in Beijing. “In Germany, you have to show your ID when you buy a cell phone card,” he said. “The rules have been there for a long time. Most people know about it.”
Linda van der Horst is a student at Peking University. She said that in the Netherlands(荷兰)，people have to show ID information and bank account(账户) information to buy a cell phone card.
【小题1】What is the passage mainly about?

If you want to get a new cell phone number, don’t forget to bring your ID(身份证明) with you .

    As of September 1, people have to register(注册) with their ID to buy a new cell phone number. You can show your ID card or hukou, but student ID’s won’t work.

    If you already have a cell phone number, it is better to register it before 2013.

    The new rules are meant to prevent junk messages and fraud(诈骗) through cell phones.

    A cell phone user in China on average received 43.3 messages a week in the first half of this year. According to reports, about 12 of those were junk messages.

    In a survey, about 74.5 percent of users said they have received fraudulent(诈骗的) messages.

    If all people register their cell phone number with ID information, it will be easier for police to find the people behind those messages.

Situations in other countries

Because cell phone are getting more and more popular, many countries have made stricter cell phone rules.

Countries like India, Japan, Australia, and Singapore all ask users to register their ID information.

Ulrich Mller is a German living in Beijing. “In Germany, you have to show your ID when you buy a cell phone card,” he said. “The rules have been there for a long time. Most people know about it.”

Linda van der Horst is a student at Peking University. She said that in the Netherlands(荷兰)，people have to show ID information and bank account(账户) information to buy a cell phone card.

1.What is the passage mainly about?

    A. How to use a cell phone.                 B. How to choose a cell phone.

    C. New cell phone services.                 D. New cell phone rules in China.

2.Which of the following can you use to buy a new cell phone number?

    A. Student ID card.                         B. Bank account.

    C. Driving license.                         D. ID card.

3.If you register your cell phone number with ID information,        .

A. you will receive more junk messages

B. the cell phone service company may stop your service

C. the police will find the people behind messages

D. you can buy a new cell phone

4.People received an average of         junk messages in a week in the first half of this year.

A. 31.3             B. 12               C. 43.3         D. 55

5.To buy a cell phone card, which country asks people to show their bank account information?

A. India                B. Japan                C. Australia        D. Netherlands

If you want to get a new cell phone number, don’t forget to bring your ID(身份证明) with you .
As of September 1, people have to register(注册) with their ID to buy a new cell phone number. You can show your ID card or hukou, but student ID’s won’t work.
If you already have a cell phone number, it is better to register it before 2013.
The new rules are meant to prevent junk messages and fraud(诈骗) through cell phones.
A cell phone user in China on average received 43.3 messages a week in the first half of this year. According to reports, about 12 of those were junk messages.
In a survey, about 74.5 percent of users said they have received fraudulent(诈骗的) messages.
If all people register their cell phone number with ID information, it will be easier for police to find the people behind those messages.
Situations in other countries
Because cell phone are getting more and more popular, many countries have made stricter cell phone rules.
Countries like India, Japan, Australia, and Singapore all ask users to register their ID information.
Ulrich Mller is a German living in Beijing. “In Germany, you have to show your ID when you buy a cell phone card,” he said. “The rules have been there for a long time. Most people know about it.”
Linda van der Horst is a student at Peking University. She said that in the Netherlands(荷兰)，people have to show ID information and bank account(账户) information to buy a cell phone card.

1. 1.

   What is the passage mainly about?

   1. A.
      How to use a cell phone.
   2. B.
      How to choose a cell phone.
   3. C.
      New cell phone services.
   4. D.
      New cell phone rules in China.
2. 2.

   Which of the following can you use to buy a new cell phone number?

   1. A.
      Student ID card.
   2. B.
      Bank account.
   3. C.
      Driving license.
   4. D.
      ID card.
3. 3.

   If you register your cell phone number with ID information,        .

   1. A.
      you will receive more junk messages
   2. B.
      the cell phone service company may stop your service
   3. C.
      the police will find the people behind messages
   4. D.
      you can buy a new cell phone
4. 4.

   People received an average of         junk messages in a week in the first half of this year.

   1. A.
      31.3
   2. B.
      12
   3. C.
      43.3
   4. D.
      55
5. 5.

   To buy a cell phone card, which country asks people to show their bank account information?

   1. A.
      India
   2. B.
      Japan
   3. C.
      Australia
   4. D.
      Netherlands

Have you felt annoyed when a cell phone (手机)rings during the class? Something must be done to stop this. Now in New York City, USA, a rule is carried out（执行） in schools. Students can’t even bring cell phones to school. Is it a good thing or not?

Anxious（焦虑的） parents say that cell phones are an important tool in holding New York City’s families together.

“I worry about it,” said Elizabeth Lorris Ritter, a mother of a middle school kid. “It’s necessary in our everyday life. We have a washing machine, we have running water, and we have cell phones.”

 A number of Americans think cell phones connect them to children on buses, getting out from subways, walking through unknown places.

 “I have her call me when she gets out school,” said Lindsay Walt, a schoolgirl’s mother. “No one in New York is going to let their children go to school without a cell phone.

 What about the cell phone owners, the students? Most of the students said that cell phones were necessary and the cell phone was like an extra(额外的)hand or foot for them.

 “I feel so empty,” said May Chom, 14. “There is also no way to listen to music on the way to school without my phone. It will be a really, really boring trip.”

1.. Elizabeth Lorris Ritter is worried that ______________.

A. students are not allowed to bring cellphones

B. students spend too much time in listening to music on the cellphones

C. students bring cellphones to school and they often ring during the class

D. no rule is carried out to stop students from bringing cellphones to school

2.. ____________ American parents disagree with the rule that students can’t bring cellphones to school.

    A. Many       B. Some        C. Few     D. No

3. May Chom likes to ______________.

    A. go to school without a cellphone    

B. chat with her friends on the cellphone on the way to school

C. walk through unknown places with a cellphone

    D. bring a cellphone to school

4. This writer wants to tell us the __________ in carrying out the rule not

to use a cellphone in school.

   A. importance  B. problem     C. happiness      D. impossibility (不可能)