Read the following passage and answer the questions.

In South Korea, smart-phone cases come with rings fixed firmly on the back to prevent clumsy owners from dropping them. This makes people look like they are literally married to their phones. In many of Seoul’s most Instagrammable(网红)coffee shops, couples on dates spend vastly more time looking at their screens than at each other. The outcomes go beyond the potentially serious consequences for romance.

Walk around the streets of Seoul or any other South Korean city, and there is a real risk of bumping into people whose eyes are glued to their smart-phone screens. Insurers estimate that around 370 traffic accidents annually are caused by pedestrians using smart-phones. That figure does not include those who bump into lamp posts and the like while perusing the latest cat videos.

The government initially tried to fight the “smornbie”(a combination of “smart-phone and “zombie”) epidemic by distributing hundreds of stickers around cities imploring people to “be safe” and look up. This seems to have had little effect even though, in Seoul at least, it recently replaced the stickers with sturdier plastic boards.

Instead of appealing to people’s good sense, the authorities have therefore resorted to trying to save them from being run over. Early last year, they began to trial floor-level traffic lights in smomibe hot-spots in central Seoul. Since then, the experiment has been extended around and beyond the capital. For the moment, the government is retaining old-fashioned eye-level pedestrian lights as well. But in future, the way to look at a South Korean crossroads may be down.

Answer the following questions in COMPLETE sentences:

1.According to the passage, why do people look like they are married to their phone in South Korea.?

2.How many accidents annually are caused by pedestrian using smart-phones?

3.In many coffee shops, what do couples on dates usually do?

4.Distributing hundreds of stickers around cities had little effect on “smombie” epidemic, did it?

5.What measures did the authorities take early last year?

Leslie Morissette’s son, Graham, was 6 years old when he was diagnosed with leukemia. Throughout Graham’s ______ in the hospital, Graham connected with everyone he met, from elderly patients to younger children. “He would lend other sick children his toys or act silly to make them laugh.” Morissette said. “Graham’s special spirit is what kept me going. He gave me the energy and the ______ to fight with him.” In 1997, when he was 8 years old, Graham passed away.

______ by how Graham lived his life caring about others, Morissette ______ the nonprofit Grahamtastic Connection in his honor. The organization provides free technology - including computers, iPads, and robots - to children ______ cancer and other serious illnesses.

One of the major goals of Morissette’s work is to ______ kids to their classrooms, which really helps them continue their education despite hospitalizations and days missed from school.

The robots “transport” children right into the classroom in real time. They can operate the robots right from their hospital bed or home. If a child is unable to attend school, they can ______ log on to their tablet or laptop and call in to the robot. They can walk up and down the school paths. They can go to lunch with their friends. The real magic happens between classes, when they’re walking down the hallway with their friends, by robots, ______ their weekend and their favorite foods and other things. It’s great technology that really gives children the feeling of control, when their world is maybe ______ control.

“Every time I can help a child in need, I feel ______ Graham is smiling down.” Morissette said, “I believe that Graham’s love lives on in the work that I do. And I’m proud and privileged to be able to do it in his honor.”

1.A.surgery B.treatment C.vacation D.rest

2.A.focus B.strength C.resource D.attention

3.A.Confused B.Depressed C.Inspired D.Worried

4.A.left B.visited C.benefited D.founded

5.A.causing B.curing C.battling D.preventing

6.A.connect B.force C.invite D.throw

7.A.hardly B.accidentally C.simply D.luckily

8.A.talking about B.putting off C.depending on D.thinking of

9.A.under B.within C.away from D.out of

10.A.even if B.as though C.in case D.so that

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