Text messaging, or simply “texting”, which allows people to send and receive messages on  mobile phones, becomes very popular today.
The advantages of texting are obvious. Texting helps to save money. If you have a few words to greet your families and friends on their birthdays or on some important festivals, sending messages can be cheaper than phone calling. Texting helps to save time. Even if you want to send a message to 100 people, you can do it one second. Texting helps you to “talk” to someone when he is too busy to answer the phone. Texting can also help you to “talk” to someone secretly if you don’t want others to hear what you are talking on the phone. These advantages are so amazing that many people are crazy about it. They hold mobile phones in hands all day long, send dozens of messages each day, and even text while driving or walking.
However, texting has its disadvantages. Junk messages may come into your mobile phone box now and then. When your phone box gets too full, you can’t receive any more messages. You may therefore miss some important information.
What’s more, if you don’t do texting properly, for example texting while driving or walking, it can be dangerous. It can cause injuries and even death. It was reported that about 6,000 people were killed and half a million were injured for this reason each year. In Fort Lee, a small town in New Jersey, USA, three people died because they walked into traffic while texting in 2011. Two researchers at Stony Brook University, New York found that texters are 60% more probably to have an accident than others. When people are texting, they don’t notice other people or things around them. To reduce traffic accidents, all drivers of the UN are now not allowed to text while driving. About 32 countries have passed laws restricting the use of mobile phones while driving.
Texting is a wonderful way of communication. However, only when we use it properly, can we fully enjoy the fun it brings.
【小题1】 How many advantages of texting are mentioned in the passage?

A.Two.B.Three.C.Four.D.Five.
【小题2】 What did the researchers at Stony Brook University find?
A.Texting is a good way of communication.
B.6,000 people were killed and injured.
C.Texters are easier to have an accident.
D.Many people text to greet families and friends.
【小题3】 The underlined word restricting probably means _________.
A.not tellingB.not allowingC.enjoyingD.making
【小题4】 This passage is written to tell us that __________.
A.we should do less texting
B.texting has many advantages
C.texting is better than phone calling
D.we should do texting properly

The Chinese New Year is the most important festival for the Chinese people. It usually comes in January or February. It takes about 15 days to prepare for it.
On the eve of the festival, people close the shops and stay at home. They all get together for a big dinner. They stay up late and enjoy dumplings at midnight for good luck.
In the morning, people dress in their best clothes, and usually the old stay at home, the young go out to pay a New Year Call(拜年). It is an important time for the young. The young people bow(鞠躬)to the old people. The Chinese call this “Ke Tou”. This means “touching the ground with the forehead(额头)”. Then the young people give their best wishes to the old people. The old people give children gifts or lucky money.
They are very polite(礼貌)and do not use bad words on the Spring Festival Day. It,s the most important day of the year.
【小题1】‘The Chinese New Year” in the passage means “   ” .

A.Mid-autumn Festival B.the Spring Festival 
C.Christmas Day D.the Dragon Boat Festival 
【小题2】It takes about to get ready for the Chinese New Year.
A.a few days B.twelve days C.half a month D.three weeks 
【小题3】On the eve of lunar New Year, Chinese people stay up late and eat dumplings because
A.they’re hungry B.they want to get good luck 
C.they like Chinese food very much D.they want to read books 
【小题4】From this passage we can know that give children gifts or lucky money.
A.the teachers B.their friends C.the old people D.their brothers 
【小题5】On the Spring Festival Day, what do people usually say to each other when they meet?
A.How are you? B.Merry Christmas. 
C.Good morning. D.Happy the Spring Festival. 

An atlas is a book of maps. Atlases are made with different kinds of information about different parts and areas of a country or the world. They are prepared for desk use or travel use.
Desk atlases are made for different groups of people with different needs. For example, students may use desk atlases to help learn geography, and other people may use desk atlases to study a place. A popular type of the latest atlas shows the recent fact of the world. New atlases are often carefully produced to help people learn about the changes, such as the name changes, boundary(边界) changes and other important new information. A desk atlas can also have some different maps of the same place. For example, an atlas may include maps showing population and important products of a place.
Travel atlases usually show the information about both natural and man-made features(特点). So it is not surprising to find universities, airports, forests, rivers, roads as well as cities, towns and villages in them. A travel atlas is often the first thing people need when they want to start a trip in a strange place. It often has a map of a whole country, and a map with more special information of each important place in the country. Take the atlas of the United States as an example, it often has a map of the whole country and then a map of each of the fifty states.
A travel atlas may also point out the beautiful natural places. In the US, the atlas may include national parks such as the Yellow Stone Park and some others to show the beauty of nature and interesting places to tourists.
【小题1】An atlas is       according to the passage.

A.a guide bookB.a history book
C.a collection of picturesD.a collection of maps
【小题2】How many kinds of atlases are mentioned in the passage?
A.OneB.TwoC.ThreeD.Many
【小题3】From the passage we know people need newly produced atlases because         .
A.they can’t see the old ones clearlyB.they like to buy different ones
C.something has changedD.something is missing
【小题4】According to the passage, people can find the information about       in a travel atlas of Shanxi.
A.the population of ShanxiB.the local products of Shanxi
C.the Yellow Stone National ParkD.Xi’an Jiaotong University

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