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Texting pedestrians arena' t just an annoyance to their fellow walkers, but something dangerous to themselves.

“1 was checking emails while walking to work this morning," said Wilbert van den Hoorn.“But it has a serious influence on the safety of people who type or read text while walking."

Anecdotes back him up.A tourist from Taiwan walked off a port near Melbourne last month while checking Face book-bringing an abrupt, and icy end to a penguin- watching visit. Another shopper in the U.S. was too addicted to his mobile phone to notice the fountain ahead! walking straight into it.

And as mobile-phone use has grown-to about 77% of the world's population, the study says-so has the number of phone-related accidents.The number of U.S.emergency-room visits linked to phone use on the move doubled to as many as l,500 between 2005 and 2010, an Ohio State University study recently showed.

Authorities world-wide have taken note.Signs on Hong Kong's subway system advise passengers in three languages to keep their eyes off their phones.Police and transport authorities have also warned the danger in Singapore, where the Straits Times newspaper ranked it as No.2 Bad Habit"' due to the rising number of road deaths.Some U.S.states, including New York and Arkansas, are even considering bans on this act.

The Australian study used 26 volunteers, a third of whom admitted having hit objects while texting.They were fitted with different equipment in different parts of their body, and asked to walk 8.5 meters three times-once without a phone, once while reading a text and once while writing a text-while eight cameras captured the action.

Volunteers using the phone walked slower and with shorter steps (and slowest of all when typing), and! more seriously, they locked their arms and elbows in-like “robots", in the researchers' words.That forced their heads to move more, throwing them off balance.

“In a pedestrian environment, inability to maintain a straight path would be likely to increase potential for hits, falls and traffic accidents," said Mr.van den Hoorn.“The best thing to do is to step aside and stop, or keep off the phone."

1.Which of the following about” Texting pedestrians" is WRONG?

A.People who type while walking.

B.People who phone while walking.

C.People who text while walking.

D.People who read text message while walking.

2.The writer uses the two examples in Paragraph 3 to show

A.the advantages of mobile phones

B.the use of mobile phones in water

C.the use of mobile phones in a wrong way

D.the popularity of mobile phones

3.What is New York and Arkansas' attitude to texting pedestrians?

A.Considering forbidding their acts.

B.Ranking it as” No.l Bad Habit".

C.Setting up signs to warn them.

D.Equipping them with advanced machines.

4.Why are texting pedestrians likely to hit or fall according to the passage?

A.They walk too fast.

B.They lock their arms and elbows.

C.They are out of balance.

D.They walk with longer steps.

5.What is the best title for the passage?

A.Text message or e-mail only?

B.Ways to avoid falls

C.Mobile phones for entertainment

D.Safety or text message?

Low-Cost Gifts for Mother's Day

Gift No. 1

Offer to be your mother's health friend. Promise to be there for any and all doctor's visits whether a disease or a regular medical check-up. Most mothers always say "no need," another set of eyes and ears is always a good idea at a doctor's visit. The best part ? This one is free.

Gift No. 2

Help your mother organize all of her medical records, which include the test results and medical information. Put them all in one place. Be sure to make a list of all of her medicines and what times she takes them. "Having all this information in one place could end up saving your mother's life," Dr. Marie Savard said.

Gift No. 3

Enough sleep is connected to general health conditions. "Buy your mother cotton sheets and comfortable pillows to encourage better sleep," Savard said. "We know that good sleep is very important to our health."

Gift No. 4

Some gift companies such as Presents for Purpose allow you to pay it forward this Mother's Day by picking gifts in which 10 percent of the price you pay goes to a charity (慈善机构) Gift givers can choose from a wide variety of useful but inexpensive things -many of which are "green" - and then choose a meaningful charity from a list. When your mother gets the gift, she will be told that she has helped the chosen charity.

1.What are you advised to do for your mother at doctor's visits?

A. Take notes. B. Be with her.

C. Buy medicine. D. Give her gifts.

2.Where can you find a gift idea to improve your mother’s sleep?

A. In Gift No. 1. B. In Gift No. 2.

C. In Gift No. 3. D. In Gift No. 4.

3.Buying gifts from Presents for Purpose all ows mothers to_________

A. enjoy good sleep B. be well-organized

C. bet extra support D. give others help

阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Sandy Greenberg came from a poor family.He went to Columbia University on a scholarship and there he met his roommate who also was receiving financial .

Unfortunately, Sandy had a(n) disease during his second year at Columbia University, and finally he became blind.But for Sandy, something else also happened to him — his roommate would his textbooks to him, every night after he lost his sight.

As a result, Sandy went on to with honors.He went off to study at Oxford.He was still quite poor, but he had managed to about five hundred dollars as he went along.

His roommate went on to graduate school.One day, Sandy got a from him at Oxford.His former roommate said, "Sandy, I'm really .I really don't like being in graduate school, and I don't want to do this."

"Well, what do you want to do? " Sandy .

His roommate told him, "Sandy, I really love to .I have a high school friend who plays the guitar.And we would really like to our hands in the music business.But we need to make a promo record, and in order to that I need $500."

Sandy took all his life savings without and sent it to his roommate.Well, his roommate was the famous singer, Art Garfunkel, and he up with another musician, Paul Simon.That $500 them make a record that finally became The Sound of Silence.

How we are able to deal with in our lives will be influenced by how we deal with others .the way.What we get will depend a lot on what we .And that's the end of the story of doing well by doing good.

1.A.aid B.advice C.crisis D.pressure

2.A.eye B.ear C.nose D.bone

3.A.finally B.luckily C.sadly D.excitedly

4.A.lend B.offer C.read D.return

5.A.survive B.research C.leave D.graduate

6.A.save B.earn C.keep D.borrow

7.A.never B.still C.either D.also

8.A.message B.call C.card D.report

9.A.unhappy B.unhealthy C.homesick D.lonely

10.A.suggested B.answered C.asked D.laughed

11.A.work B.sing C.dance D.travel

12.A.wave B.wash C.try D.clean

13.A.win B.do C.prove D.earn

14.A.permission B.consideration C.hesitation D.expectation

15.A.other B.present C.former D.later

16.A.teamed B.came C.showed D.let

17.A.saw B.helped C.hoped D.let

18.A.interests B.opportunities C.difficulties D.feelings

19.A.across B.in C.by D.along

20.A.take B.give C.like D.learn

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