Thumbs(大拇指) Down to Texting

Do you have a mobile phone? Do you send text messages to your friends and family?

Text messaging or “texting” is becoming very popular. But, scientists have discovered that texting can give us problems with our hands. Be careful! Too much texting can cause swelling(肿胀)in our thumbs. Our thumbs were not made for pushing small buttons, over and over . Scientists call this problem RSI. We spoke to a doctor called Harriet Wilson, who treats many sick people with RSI. She says we need to see how much time we are spending in typing text messages. If we are spending more than 10--15 minutes at once , we could have problems in the future.

As mobile phones develop, they are getting smaller with buttons closer together. Texting with a smaller phone is worse than using a larger phone with bigger buttons. Using a computer keyboard and playing video games can cause the same problem. So more and more people could find themselves with RSI. Among them, most are university students and teenagers, as they do not know the risks of spending so much time using computer, video games and mobile phones. If we don’t do something about this, too many young people could grow up in terrible pain.

 

53. What does the word “once” in the second passage mean in English?(回答词数不超过2个)

 

54. What is becoming very popular now? (回答词数不超过3个)

 

55. Which kind of mobile phones is easier to cause the problem of RSI? (回答词数不超过4个)

 

Driving Offence Points System

What is Driving Offence Points System?

After the introduction of this system, certain traffic offences will earn the driver points besides other punishment. If a driver makes any of these offences, the points will be recorded. When the driver gets a certain number of points, he will be forbidden to drive for a certain amount of time.

What are the purposes of this system?

This is a system designed to make road much safer. It can improve standards of driving and reduce the accident rates.

Which traffic offences will result in Driving Offence Points?

Of course, not all traffic offences are covered by this system. Only those that have direct effect on road safety are included. There are altogether fourteen items.

 

Code

Offence

Points

1

Causing death by dangerous driving

10

2

Dangerous driving

10

3

Careless driving

5

4

Driving after drinking or taking drugs

10

5

Driving over speed limit by more than15 km/hour

3

6

Driving in a motor race on the road

10

7

Failing to stop after an accident

3

8

Failing to give information after an accident

3

9

Failing to report an accident

3

10

Failing to obey directions of police officers

3

11

Crossing double white lines

3

12

Failing to obey traffic signals

3

13

Failing to give way to walkers at a crosswalk. Failing to stop for people walking

3

14

Failing to stop at school crossing

3

What will happen if you have got up to 10 points?

If you have got 10 points or above, but still less than 15 points, you will receive a warning letter from the Transport Department. This letter will tell your record of Driving Offence Points and remind you of the result of getting more points. It is hoped that this warning will change your driving behavior for the better.

What will happen if you have got 15 points?

If you have got 15 points or more within two years, a court will take away your driving license. The first time you are found guilty, you will not be able to drive for three months, but if you are caught a second time, you will not be able to drive for six months.

 

53. The underlined word “Offence” (Paragraph 1 ) refers to ______.

A. a driving habit                                                     B. an official of road safety

C. bad behavior in the office                                     D. an action against the traffic law

54. The Driving Offence Points System_________.

A. is a system that helps to improve the driving standards  B. are points earned because of dangerous driving

C. shows traffic offences of different kinds                     D. is a guide dealing with traffic offences

55. What will happen to you if you have got 13 points?

A. You will be punished for the points.

B. Your driving license will be taken away.

C. Your record will be sent to the Transport Department.

D. You will get a warning letter from the Transport Department.

56. Which is wrong according to the text?

A. This system doesn’t cover all the traffic offences.

B. The warning is given in order to improve people’s driving behavior.

C. Driving after drink has less points than crossing double white lines.

D. There are other punishments beside the system of points.

Dorothea Shaw is 71 years old and nearly blind, and she chose to live alone far away from people. She lives in Belize ― a county the size of Wales with a population only that of Swansea. Her home is at Gales Point, a tiny village which can be reached only by sea or air; after a 10-mile walk into the hills one finally reaches a piece of land and two small houses so hidden in the thick over-grown forest that only a handful of people know Dorothea is there.

She lives happily and totally alone growing her vegetables, looking after her trees and dogs, cats and chickens. Once a month or so an old friend passes by with her food supplies and letters-usually including a letter from her sister in Scunthorpe and some bits of clothing from friends in Canada. Sometimes a local man will come and cut wood for her and a group of British soldiers will come across her and be greeted with the offer of a cup of coffee.

At night she lies in her tiny sleeping room with the dogs on the floor, the cats on the table near the typewriter and one of the hens settled down in a corner of the bookshelf, and listens for hours to any Spanish, English, German or French broadcasts she can find on her radio. Sometimes she gets lonely but most of the time the animals and the radio are company enough.

But recently the very things that she had tried to get free from so well have begun to catch up with her. The peace of the forest has been destroyed by the noise of earth-moving machines not many miles away. What she once only heard of distantly on the radio is now on her doorstep. Things began to change three years ago. The new main north-south road in Belize was cut through the forest only four or five miles away. “Now more people know I’m here.” She says. “I feel more and more uneasy each day.”

 

56. Dorothea’s small houses ________.               

A. are entirely surrounded by trees   

B. have always been her home

C. were built for just a few people   

D. are in a county with the same population as Wales

57. Dorothea lives in the tiny village because ________.

A. she doesn’t like living near people    B. she is too old to move

C. machines destroyed her home           D. there’s nowhere else for her to live

58. Dorothea doesn’t get lonely since she has _______ with her.

A. her sister   B. some animals     C. friends from Canada    D. a postman

59. Dorothea spends a lot of time __________.

A. growing all the food she needs         B. cutting down trees

C. listening to the radio                        D. studying languages

60. Which of the following is TRUE?

A. Dorothea doesn’t hear from her sister once a month or so.

B. The cats and hens are settled down in a corner of the bookshelf.

C. More and more people come to visit her now.

D. Dorothea’s quiet life has been affected because of the making of a new road.

Tug-of-war(拔河) is not only popular in China, but in many other countries. Their tug-of-war match is a little different from ours. They have eight players for each team, while we may have the match between two sides with equal men or women players. Of course, they are usually tall, strong and heavy.

For a tug-of-war match, we need a long thick rope. Each team stands at one end of the rope, holding it. Then they try to pull the center of the rope, marked in the ground towards each of their own sides. The team which succeeds in pulling the center of the rope away through a certain distance is the winner.

Many foreign sport experts think we don’t have to be tall, heavy and strong to play tug-of-war. We needn’t have endless energy, for a match lasts only a few minutes. The secret is good hands. The players must have big, strong and hard hands. Before they start the match, they put a mixture of oil and petrol on their hands so they can hold the rope better.

Many foreign experts say the best hands for tug-of-war belong to the sons of farmers. This is because they have to work hard when they are still very young. Farming is a good practice for this sport!

 

64. Tug-of-war is a match in which who ______ are winners.

A. pull the rope to their side farther

B. make the center near to their own side 

C. succeed in pulling the center of the rope in their direction

D. make the center of the rope pass through a certain length nearer to their side

65. In our country tug-of-war ______.

A. is not very popular                 B. is not so popular as that in foreign countries

C. is only a men’s game           D. is not only played by men but also by women

66. In foreign countries a tug-of-war team ______.

A. has eight men or women players         

B. has men players equal in number to the other side

C. has eight men players

D. is formed in the same way as in our country

67. The foreign experts think a good tug-of-war player must ______.

A. have lasting energy            B. have big, strong and hard hands

C. do farm work                   D. be tall, heavy and strong

68. Which of the following is NOTtrue?

A. In foreign countries only women take part in tug-of-war.

B. In foreign countries a tug-of-war match has 16 players.

C. To hold the rope better, many players put a mixture of oil and petrol on their hands.

D. The sons of farmers are thought to be the best tug-of-war players.

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