Have you ever heard of a mobile phone company called Nokia? And do you know that there’s a mobile phone throwing competition in Finland every year?

In order to recycle old mobile phones, the town of Savonlinna in southeast Finland holds a Mobile Phone Throwing Competition every year. And people can have a little fun from the games.

While competitors cannot throw their own phones, the competition organizers provide hundreds of mobiles to choose from. Then people throw as far as possible from the throwing area. Last year’s winner Ere Karjalainen set a world record with his 101.46m throw. As a prize, he got a chance of drinking and practiced again as his preferred training methods.

Those without a strong throwing arm can enter the freestyle competition. During the competition, the style of the throw are judged (判断) rather than the distance. A three-person jury (评委) gives scores from one to six, and the thrower with the highest number of points wins.

This Year’s competition will be held on August 24. Sign-ups(报名注册) are still being accepted for five dollars per person or two dollars for children 12 and under. Once all the day’s phones have been thrown, they are taken to a recycling center.

1.Finland holds the mobile phone throwing competition mainly in order to________

A. recycle old Nokia mobile phones

B. raise money for the poor

C. have fun and enjoy the competition

D. take exercise and keep healthy

2.The underlined word“competitors ”in the passage means“________ ”.

A. The competition organizers

B. Members of the competition juries

C. Those who have nothing to do with the competition

D. Those who take part in the competition

3.A child at the age of ten must pay________ dollars for the sign\|up.

A. 0 B. 2 C. 5 D. 6

4.Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. People only can throw the mobile phones provided by the organizers.

B. Those who throw the farthest will win the freestyle competition.

C. If you are weak, you can take part in the freestyle competition.

D. Ere Karjaiainen won last year’s competition with his 101.46 m throw.

Today, an increasing number of people are always looking at their mobile phones with their heads down. These people are called the “Heads-down Tribe(低头族)”. Are you a heads-down tribe member? Heads-down tribe members now can be seen everywhere.

More and more traffic accidents are happening because more drivers use mobile phones when they are driving. In order to make drivers pay more attention to driving, some new traffic rules have been made. For example, people who use mobile phones while driving in Taiwan are fined (罚款). Car drivers and motorcyclists who break the traffic rule will be fined NT$3,000 and NT$1,000 respectively(分别地).

As we can see above, using mobile phones may cause accidents and even cost a lot of money. Also, more and more interesting and strange facts happen to the “Heads-down Tribe”. Let’s have a look at an interesting TV report. A man in America kept using his mobile phone on his way home.

As a result, he knocked into a big lost bear. When he lifted his eyes from the phone,he was so afraid that he turned around and ran away quickly. Another fact is that we can often see people in the restaurant eating face to face but looking at their own mobile phones. It’s strange that they don’t talk to the ones who sit opposite to them during the meal. Some of them even have fun communicating with others on the phone.

Mobile phones are helpful and necessary tools for modern life. Are mobile phones good or bad? It depends on how people use them. Let’s be “healthy” users and try to be the “Heads-up Tribe”.

1.A heads-down tribe member .

A.is good at using the Internet

B.is a dangerous driver

C.is always looking at his or her mobile phone

2.The underlined word “motorcyclists” in the passage means in Chinese.

A. 摩托车手

B.手机使用者

C. 低头族

3.The American was when he knocked into the bear.

A.driving a car

B. going to work

C. using his mobile phone

4.According to the passage, the “Heads-down Tribe” when they eat in a restaurant.

A.look at their own mobile phones

B.don’t talk to the people who sit opposite

C.Both A and B

5.What’s the best title for the passage?

A.Drive your car carefully

B.Use mobile phones properly

C.Be a heads-down tribe member

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