We can’t remember clearly since when we started to take our mobiles to a dinner table. This happens a lot, especially when we eat out. Once a dish comes, instead of lifting our chopsticks, we take out our mobiles and click. Later, we post the photos onto Weibo or Wechat, waiting to be “liked.” Then we check our mobiles from time to time during the meal, to see whether we get “liked” or not. We just cannot leave our mobiles for simply a meal.

Does that sound familiar to you? Do you do that often? If not, how do you feel when others do that when having dinner with you?

A recent study suggests that what we are used to doing is not that good. Spending time taking photos of food makes the food less pleasant. To test this, some researchers did an experiment. Some people were asked to take photos before they could enjoy food. It turned out that the more photos they took, . So, why not stop taking photos and just enjoy the food ahead of you?

Besides the scientific result, there are also some other bad influences of taking photos of food before meals. After posting the photos onto the Internet, one will be unable to control himself and check his mobile many times. “Does everyone accept my photo? I hope a lot of people like it!” It seems like your mobile secretly calls your name all the time, even when you are with real people.

So, next time you go out to have dinner with your family or friends, how about not taking photos of food? Let the food be delicious as it is and share your life with people around you. Trust me, it will be a wonderful time.

1.From the passage, we know people like to ___________ first before meals recently.

A. talk with their friends

B. take photos of the dish

C. have a taste of the dish

D. check their mobile phones

2.Which of the following can be put in the in Paragraph 3?

A. the less cheerful they became.

B. the more interested they were in the food.

C. the less delicious the food seemed to them.

D. the more “liked” they got on Weibo or Wechat.

3.What does the underlined sentence mean in Paragraph 4?

A. People often treat mobiles as real people.

B. People regard mobiles as their secret friends.

C. People often make phone calls when they get together.

D. People pay more attention to mobiles than to real people.

4.Which of the following statement(阐述) is the writer’s opinion?

A. We take out our mobiles and click when a dish comes.

B. We check our mobiles from time to time during the meal.

C. Spending time taking photos of food makes the food less pleasant.

D. Some people were asked to take photos before they could enjoy food.

It’s not easy to be an astronaut’s son. Everybody expects you to be special or perfect. I often wonder how my father ever had a son like me. I mean he’s so special and so good at everything he does. Even in middle school he was class president and leader of the football team.

Well, to be honest, I often dream about being some kind of hero or doing something special—like saving a child from a burning building or discovering a new star. I was daydreaming at school one morning when my teacher said there would be a Father’s Day writing competition for the whole schoo1.“I hope we have a winner right here in my class.”

When I got home, I started to think about what to write. My father is an astronaut. N0, I wouldn’t start like that. That was the way others saw him. How did I see my father? Hmm. I saw him sitting with me in the dark when I had a terrible dream. I remembered how he hugged me for hours when my dog Spotty was killed by a car. Yes, these were the things I was going to write. To me, he wasn’t just a world—famous astronaut. He was my dad.

My parents and I went to school Thursday night. There were so many people in the big hall! My dad looked at me, and I nodded.

The third prize was announced and it was not me. I was upset and disappointed at the same time. The second prize was announced. It was me.

I went up to the stage and read what I had written, “My father’s son”. When I finished,the people stood up and cheered. I saw my father blowing his nose. Tears were running down my mother's face. Dad cleared his throat and put his hand on my shoulder. “Son, this is the proudest moment of my life.’’

It was the proudest moment of my life, too. Maybe I’ll never be a great hero or win a Nobel Prize,but it was enough just to be my father’s son.

1.The writer felt it ________ to be the son of a famous person.

A.1ucky B. natural C. hard D. pleasant

2.In order to________, the writer would like to save a child from a burning building.

A. become astronaut

B. become a great hero

C. be made school team leader

D. be made class president

3.What did the boy probably write in his composition?

A.A lot of special things he had done.

B. The story of his father as an astronaut.

C. The unforgettable time he spent with his father.

D. The experiences his father had in middle school.

4.The writer felt proud when he________.

A. got a prize in a writing competition

B. won a Nobel Prize

C. saved a child from a burning building

D. discovered a new star

5.What is the best title for the passage?

A. My daydream B. My father’s son

C. My famous father D. My happy family

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