We may pass by empty phone booths(电话亭)on the streets every day.But they have been something out of date because of cell phones. Old phone booths in Shanghai is trying to bring new life.

Shanghai will make changes to 263 phone booths in Xuhui district.There will be six new kinds of booths in Shanghai.Tee Library Booth is one of the six new kinds,It gives 60 books for people to borrow and read.Another kind will let users to listen to audio books(有声书)and even record their own voices.

Shanghai is not the only one trying to help phone booths stay useful.The UK Company British Telccom lets people use booths.Since 2009,people have changed more than 1,500 phone booths into flower shops,mini-cafes and even shower rooms.The British love their red phone booths and they have been a part of the country’s identity(标识)since the 1930s.

Maybe in the future phone booths will become a new identity again,but in a different way.

1.How many books will each library booth in Shanghai offer?

A. 6. B. 60. C. 263. D. 1,500.

2.What is the main idea of the third paragraph?

A. People in the UK don’t use booths.

B. British Telecom is the best company in the UK.

C. The British love their phone booths so much.

D. The British are making new use of phone booths again.

3.What can we know from the story?

A. No one wants to use telephone booths now.

B. people will use phone booths in a new way.

C. Britain’s red phone booths are losing their identity.

D. Phone booths around the world are not popular.

4.In the passage,the writer wants to tell the readers about .

A. the fun of phone booths B. the history of phone booths

C. the new life of phone booths. D. the difference of phone booths

5.We can read the passage probably from .

A. a newspaper B. a picture book C. a comedy D. a storybook

Recently, a 17?year?old girl named Cassandra Hsiao becomes hot in the world. Living in California,the girl has received offer letters(录取通知书) from all eight Ivy League colleges(常春藤名校), including Harvard, Princeton and Yale.

Cassandra's father came from Taiwan while her mother was from Malaysia(马来西亚). She was born in Malaysia, and her family moved to the United States when she was five. The family suffered a lot in the new country. Luckily, Cassandra works hard all the time. Cassandra wrote their stories on their hard struggles(奋斗) in the college essay, which was really touching the world.

“Your personal identity(个人身份) and sense of belonging(归属感) are two of the most important problems that people from other countries must face. I wanted to share a piece of our home life, my relationship with my mother and both of our stories,” she told BBC News.

“I miss Malaysia. Growing up, I loved flying kites, going to markets and setting off firecrackers(烟火). I spent my childhood talking in a mixture of Chinese, Malaysia and English,” she said lovingly.

It's difficult to deal with language difficulties. Once her mother was laughed at by her teacher and classmates for using wrong English in an English paper. But a kind girl stood up and argued with the classmates. She fought them back and help my mother correct her language mistakes.

“Later my mother asked me to teach her proper English starting with pronunciation. It has not been easy. I believe this article really shows values I hold close to my heart: Standing up for those without a voice, even when you think you haven't quite found your own yet,” said Cassandra.

1.Where does Cassandra Hsiao live now?

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2.How many offer letters from Ivy League Colleges did Cassandra receive?

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3.What did Cassandra love doing when she was young?

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4.把短文第五自然段中画线句子翻译成汉语。

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5.给短文拟一个恰当的标题。

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We can’t remember clearly when we started to take our mobiles to a dinner table. This happens a lot, especially when we eat out. Once a dish comes, instead of lifting our chopsticks, we take out our mobiles and click. Later, we post the photos onto Weibo or Wechat,waiting to be“liked”. Then we check our mobiles from time to time during the meal, to see whether we get“liked”or not. We just cannot leave our mobiles for only a meal.

Does that sound familiar to you? Do you do that often? If not, how do you feel when others do that when having dinner with you?

A recent study suggests that what we are used to doing is not so good. Spending time taking photos of food makes the food less pleasant. To test this,some researchers did an experiment. Some people were asked to take photos before they could enjoy food. As a result, it showed that the more photos they took, 67 . So, why not stop taking photos and just enjoy the food in front of you?

Besides the scientific result, there are also some other bad influences of taking photos of food before meals. After posting the photos onto the Internet, one will not be able to control himself and check his mobile many times. “Does everyone like my photos? I hope a lot of people like them!” It seems that your mobile secretly calls your name all the time, even when you are with real people.

So,next time you go out to have dinner with your family or friends, how about not taking photos of food? Let the food be delicious as it is and share your life with people around you. Trust me, it will be a wonderful time.

1.From the passage,what happens a lot at the dinner table nowadays?

A. People talk about their Weibo or WeChat.

B. People learn from each other how to cook dishes.

C. People like taking photos with friends or families.

D. People take photos of food and post them before eating.

2.Which of the following can be put in the in Paragraph 3?

A. the less cheerful they became

B. the more interested they were in the food

C. the less delicious the food seemed to them

D. the more“liked”they got on Weibo or Wechat

3.What does the fourth paragraph talk about?

A. The reasons for checking your mobiles.

B. The ways of posting the photos onto the Internet.

C. Some other bad influences of taking photos of food before meals.

D. The tips(提示)of making others like your photos on the Weibo.

4.Which of the following is the writer’s opinion?

A. We take out our mobiles and click when a dish comes.

B. Spending time taking photos of food makes the food less pleasant.

C. We check our mobiles from time to time during the meal.

D. Some people were asked to take photos before they could enjoy food.

5.What can we learn from the passage?

A. Enjoy the life with real people instead of taking photos of food.

B. Remember to have dinner with our family and friends at home.

C. Take photos of delicious food and share them with others.

D. Take photos of food in order to have a wonderful life.

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