Dear Sunday Globe,

I am writing to tell you about your article Smartphones Make Life Easier in last Sunday’s newspaper. You did an excellent job explaining the good points of smartphones, but you didn’t talk about their bad points at all. So, I hope you’ll let me give your readers some advice on smartphone etiquette(礼仪).

The first point I’d like to address is loudness. When you talk on your smartphone in public, please don’t shout. In fact, the microphones in smartphones are very sensitive(灵敏的). So, you can be heard even if you speak quietly.

Another point is about personal space. I don’t think it is polite to make calls in small spaces full of people. This makes others uncomfortable and forces them to listen to your personal business. What’s worse, it stops many face?to?face conversations from ever beginning.

Lastly, doing two things at the same time is dangerous. For example, making calls while driving is a bad habit. Pay attention to the road! Similarly, when staying with your friends, turn off your smartphone and enjoy their company.

Yours truly,

Amber Jala

1.Amber Jala wrote the letter to ________.

A. find a good job

B. provide advice

C. make her life easier

D. buy a smartphone

2.What does the underlined word “address” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?

A. 致函 B. 称呼

C. 陈述 D. 选址

3.What can we learn from the last paragraph?

A. It is dangerous to drive on the road.

B. It is easy to start a company with others.

C. It is bad to turn off our phones while driving.

D. It is important to use our smartphones properly.

Twelve-year-old Leonardo was born in a poor family in Peru. He knew how to read but he had never seen a book in his life. So he asked the new priest (牧师) in his village to give him one. But there was no electricity. So Leonardo borrowed candles from the church and sat up all night reading it.

This made John Medcalf, the priest, really moved (感动的). He also realized that people would love to read if given a chance. But he knew how difficult it was for Leonardo and those in his village to get books. And yet, no one can be taught to read and write without books. To make people in a poor area grow to love books, they have to be with them. So he thought the only way was to bring books to people.

But how could this be done? Mobile libraries or car libraries would be too expensive and difficult to continue in the hilly (多丘陵的) land of Peru. So what other methods could be used?

He got a new idea from the barefoot (赤脚) doctors of China. And that was how the barefoot librarians (图书管理员) first appeared in the villages of northern Peru, almost thirty years ago.

At first, they were teachers of the village schools which these faraway libraries belonged to. But the teachers were not very interested in the job because it meant a lot of hard work. So, the elders in the village took on the job themselves.

Today, there are 600 village libraries across Peru. The barefoot librarians need to walk up to 15 hours a day with bags of books.

1.From the first paragraph, we can know Leonardo _________.

A. had a lot of books

B. bought candles from others

C. enjoyed reading books

D. lived with the priest

2.How do you like the priest John Medcalf?

A. Smart and kind.

B. Poor and impolite.

C. Brave and friendly.

D. Strong and cold.

3.From the passage, we can know that _________.

A. the first church in Peru was set up by John Medcalf

B. car libraries used to be popular in Leonardo’s village

C. teachers were interested in bringing books to villagers

D. the barefoot librarians are important to village libraries

4.What is this passage mainly about?

A. How people read in Peru.

B. How the barefoot librarians started in Peru.

C. How John Medcalf brought books to people.

D. How people collected books in Peru.

Many Chinese students think American students enjoy more freedom than them at school._______ American schools also have their rules.If the students _______ the rules,they will be punished,too.

On the first day of a new term,128 students of Morton High School were _______ home for wearing the wrong clothes.The number of the students in the school is 1,200.Usually only around 20 students break the school _______ rule.So the headmaster Theresa Mayerik said it was the _______ new term she had ever seen.

At Morton High School,students' _______ clothing such as baggy(宽大的) trousers,low necked shirts and tank tops(紧身短背心) are not allowed in classrooms.Some students think they have the right to choose what to _______,but the headmaster doesn't think so.“ I’d be supportive if half the school was sent back home, because 99% will get the _______ that our school is for education,” the headmaster said.

“Freedom” does not _______ “being free without restrictions(约束)”.That is to say,there is no complete freedom in the world,________ in the US and in China.Everyone should follow the rules,or he or she will be punished.

1.A. Or B. So C. But D. When

2.A. break B. remember C. plan D. follow

3.A. brought B. sent C. went D. showed

4.A. traffic B. examination C. room D. dress

5.A. best B. worst C. most boring D. most exciting

6.A. new B. favorite C. old D. strange

7.A. wear B. sell C. buy D. make

8.A. prize B. program C. message D. advice

9.A. need B. mean C. explain D. understand

10.A. either B. neither C. all D. both

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