Is the Mobile Phone a Must-have for Teenagers?

Next time you're in a public place, take a look around you, and count how many people are using their mobile phones. I can tell you now that it is probably more than half, whether you're on public transport, in a café or simply walking down the street. With the development of technology, we can now do almost anything on the mobile phones. How does the use of mobile phones affect(影響) the young? Do they really need mobile phones or not? Some British parents, teachers and teenagers give their opinions on this subject.

Parents want their kids to be safe. Are teenagers safer with a mobile phone or without? William, a parent of two kids, says, "The great thing about my kids having mobile phones is that I can keep in touch with them. The worst thing about teenagers having phones is that some young people use them to send impolite messages to each other." Some parents have rules about their children's mobile phone and internet usage. If they break the rules, their phones will be kept by their parents.

In the UK, students can take their mobile phones to school, but they are not allowed to use them in class. Some teachers complain(抱怨) that students don’t always follow the rules. They don't listen carefully in class because they are using their phones to surf the internet, chat with friends or so on. As for the students, most of them think phones are part of their lives. They can keep in touch with family and friends, and they can take photos, keep important information and surf the internet, which is very convenient(方便). Some consider phones as a kind of fashion(時尚) and they don't want others to see them as "out" or "different".

It’s true that mobile phones have become a symbol of the modern life. This form of technology makes teenagers' life much more convenient, but if teenagers depend too much on them, it can lead to serious problems. Increasingly scientists are saying that everyone needs a break from mobile phones — put them away and experience “the real life”. In fact it can be very easy — next time when you go out with friends, put all of your phones in the middle of the table. Whoever touches his phone first has to pay the bill!

Indeed, the convenience brought by mobile phones is great, but don't let your phone become more important than the “real” people in your “real” life.

1.The mobile phones will probably be kept by parents if the teenagers________.

A. go out with classmates and friends and pay the bill

B. search for a lot of important information and keep it

C. take them to school and look up new words after class

D. send impolite messages and surf the Internet too much

2.According to the passage which of the following is true?

A. All students consider mobile phones as a kind of fashion.

B. Teachers allow students to use mobile phones in class in the UK.

C. Parents often count how many young people are using mobile phones.

D. More and more scientists think people need a break from mobile phones.

3.What does the writer mainly want to tell us?

A. Schools should stop students from taking their phones to school.

B. The mobile phone is the most important invention in modern life.

C. Mobile phones are useful but teenagers shouldn’t totally depend on them.

D. Talking with friends on mobile phones is better than doing it face to face.

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My “perfect holiday”

Henry was a bus driver in a big city and he worked very hard. _____1.______. He usually went to the seaside, but one year he saw an advertisement in a newspaper. “Enjoy country life. Spend a few weeks at West Hill Farm. Good food. Fresh air. Horse riding. Walking. Camping. Cheap and interesting.”

“____2._____,” he thought. “I’ll spend a month at West Hill Farm. I think I can enjoy horse riding, walking and camping. They’ll make a change from sitting by the seaside and water sports.”

_____3.______. In the letter he said that he would like to spend all of July there. Then on the first of July, he left for West Hill Farm.

But four days later, he returned home.

“What was wrong with West Hill Farm?” his best friend, Ed, asked him. “Didn’t you enjoy country life?”

“Country life was very good,” Henry said. “_____4._______.”

“Oh. What problem?”

“Well,” he said. “The first day I was there a sheep died, and we had roast(烤) mutton(羊肉) for dinner.”

“What’s wrong with that?” Ed asked. “Fresh meat is the best.”

“It’s good, but on the second day a cow died, and we had roast beef for dinner.”

“Lucky you!”

“You don’t understand,” Henry said. “_____5.______, and we had roast pork for dinner.”

“A different kind of meat every day,” Ed said loudly. “And you are complaining!”

“Let me finish,” Henry said. “On the fourth day the farmer died, and I didn’t dare(敢) to stay for dinner!”

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Everyone can change the world

What can we do to help protect the environment? It seems useless to just pick up a piece of trash (垃圾), but what will happen if you keep doing it every day? Tommy Kleyn, an ordinary man from the Netherlands, may give you the answer.

Tommy Kleyn walked past a polluted river on his way to work every day. It used to be a beautiful view, but the trash on the bank made it dirty and smelly. So Tommy decided to pick up the trash along the river a little bit at a time after work. “It took me about 30 minutes to fill one garbage(垃圾) bag with trash, but one garbage bag didn't seem helpful in a place as polluted as this. I decided to fill one bag of trash each day as I passed by," Tommy said. Every day, Tommy took pictures of the river and shared them on his Facebook page. To his surprise, in just six days, he had made great progress with his cleanup effort(努力). He felt happy and kept doing it. Gradually, more and more people knew about Tommy's story. Other people in the community began following in his footsteps and cleaning up trash on their way home, too.

“The idea is to encourage people to fill one garbage bag with litter each day. It only takes 30 minutes, but it really makes a difference and you will be amazed at how good you feel afterwards," he said.

People from all over the world have been moved and inspired(激發(fā)) by Tommy's story. No effort is useless if we keep doing it every day. Ordinary people like you and me can also make a difference to the world we live in if we take actions right now.

1.Did Tommy Kleyn walk past a polluted river on his way to work every day?

2.What did Tommy decide to do after work?

3.Where did Tommy share the pictures of the river that he took?

4.Who began following in Tommy’s footsteps and cleaning up trash?

5.What can you learn from the story?

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A、pity B、custom C、pain

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A、belong to Li Ying’s

B、be Li Ying

C、belong to Li Ying

When I got home for my birthday from school, no one was at home, and this

made me_______.

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people in wheelchairs.

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