【题目】Many kids and teenagers have mobile phones in their hands. However, is it really necessary for them to have phones at school? Here are the pros and cons.

Pros

They can get in touch when necessary. The main benefit of having a phone is that your child can get in touch with you whenever you need to. 【1】______________.

They can call ring the emergency services if necessary. If your child is in immediate danger, they can use their phones to call not only you but the emergency services. This is of great benefit and could potentially save your child’s life.

【2】_________ As long as your child remembers to do this, their phones won’t cause distraction(分心) in class. Giving them a standard instead of a smart phone will also reduce the risk of distraction.

Cons

The latest smartphones can almost double as a computer. It means they offer far more of a distraction to kids than they used to.

【3】_________ All these characteristic could disturb your child’s concentration if they play with them in class.

Mobile phones could interrupt lessons. Many children, even through they are asked to do so, forget to turn off their phones during lessons and their phones may make sounds. 【4】___________. Besides the distraction problem, mobile phones can also be used to look up answers on the Internet. 【5】______. The possibility of children having access to these during exams could be too attractive for pupils not to take advantage of.

Mobile phones can be turned off or on to silent.

Children use ordinary phones instead of smartphones.

This allows you to feel they are safe and easy to reach.

Without mobile phones, campus life would be less colourful.

E. They have some other functionsa calculator and the ability to save notes.

F. This not only annoys other pupils but also prevent them from learning well.

G. Nowadays, children can not only text and make calls with their mobiles, they can also play games, surf the Internet and listen to music.

【题目】The King received news one day that a group outlaws were committing some wrong and cruel acts on a distant border of the kingdom.

The news angered the King. He quickly gathered his army and started off for the distant border, leaving his kingdom unguarded and without a ruler.

On their long march, the King and his army made camp for the night wherever they could. One rainy day they stopped in a forest, seeking shelter under the trees. They unsaddled(卸鞍) their horses and steamed some peas, which they fed to their steeds in long narrow containers.

A monkey in a tree nearby saw the horses being fed, and he came racing down, filled both paws with peas, then climbed quickly up to a branch and settled down to eat. But as he opened one paw, a single pea fell to the ground. Without hesitation, the monkey jumped from his branch to hunt for the lost pea, and in doing so,he dropped all the other peas in his paws.

The King observed this foolish monkey and was greatly amused. He timed to his minister and asked: "Friend, what do you think of this monkey who would give up so much to retrieve so little?"

"That is the way of the foolish," replied the minister, "they will give up much that is certain for a little that is uncertain."

Then he added, "And we, Great King, are we not like the monkey in the trees. To gain so little we neglect so much exactly like the monkey with its pea."

The King understood the blame and realized how very foolish he had been himself to leave his kingdom unguarded. He gave out orders to his men, and he and his army returned at once to their country.

【1】What did the King do after he knew a group of bad guys were doing something illegal?

A. He asked the minister for advice.

B. He led his army to defeat them.

C. He found some monkeys to feed.

D. He looked for shelters in the forest.

【2】The minister persuaded the King to give up his original plan by ________.

A. steaming some peas to feed the horses

B. amusing the King with the monkey’s trick

C. blaming the king gently using the monkey’s example.

D. going back and guarding the country

【3】What does the underlined word “retrieve” in the fifth paragraph mean?

A. Bring up. B. Get back. C. Give away. D. Come up.

【4】Which of the following can be the best title for the text?

A. An Angry King B. A Battle against the Outlaws

C. A Simple-minded Monkey D. An Unguarded Kingdom

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