The smartphone has become the centerpiece of many students' digital lives.

Yes, it can be a distraction(困扰，分心), but it is also an incredible tool that can transform classroom learning and late-night studying.

Professors and students are starting to explore what the smartphone can contribute to learning-and there is a whole host of apps（设备） to help that process along. There are also plenty of apps to help students with the less academic parts of college life.

   To download any of these apps, search the iTunes App Store or Android Market. iOS apps are built for Apple's mobile platform and can run on the iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad.

Skype

   Cost: Free

   Platform: Android, BlackBerry, iOS

   More and more smartphones now ship with front-facing cameras that make them great video chat tools.

   There are several competitors here ---- including Apple's FaceTime ----but Skype is still the best cross-platform tool for keeping in touch with faraway friends and family. Users on either end can be on a computer, smartphone.

   Grades 2

   Cost: Free

   Platform: iOS

   This app is a sophisticated tool for calculating grades. Students can use it to figure out what grade they'll need on a test to achieve their target grade and also keeps track of overall GPA, weighted by each class's credit count.

Students can also enter due dates for assignments as reminders.

   The app is free and supported by ads, but users can pay $1 inside the app to turn them off.

    Snoozerr Recordings

    Cost: 99 cents

    Platform: iOS

    This is a great tool for logging long lecture classes or smaller study sessions(授课时间）． It records audio and pairs that with time-stamped pictures that the student takes of presentations--- say, equations（方程）on a blackboard----or of his or her own notes.

    When the student wants to review, he or she can use the pictures as a visual guide to what the instructor was saying and replay that section.

    TED

    Cost: Free

    Platform: iOS

    This app is great for the student in everyone. It compiles（编辑）video from hundreds of presentations at technology, entertainment and design----a conference that features short speeches focused on new ways of thinking.

    Presenters often speak about technology, social good or education and challenge societal norms.

    It's a great way to spend an hour or so hearing from some of the world's leading minds for free. All of the videos are also available at www.ted.com.

AroundMe

    Cost: Free

    Platform: Android and iOS

    This app uses a smartphone's GPS to find nearby locations by category such as banks, gas stations, bars, coffee shops, restaurants and supermarkets---- all the college staples(主要产品).

 76. In which section of a newspaper could you find this article?

    A. Science & Tech.     B. Entertainment.      C. Life.      D. Tourism.

77. What might be the best title for the text?

    A. How to Improve College Students' Studies

    B. How to Download Computer Games

    C. How to Choose the Latest Smartphone

    D. Five Tech Tools for College Students

78. Many college students use Grades 2 mainly for _____.

    A. chatting                     B. calculating    

C. hearing speeches              D. recording lectures

79. If you want to use your smartphone to find a nearby supermarket, you should download _____.          .

    A. TED          B. AroundMe       C. Skype       D. Grades 2

80. ios means _____.

    A. TED          B. VCS            C. OS          D. ECX

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1. Where do whitewater rafting tours start?

    A. Travertine Falls                     B. Peach Springs

    C. Diamond Creek                        D. Grand Canyon West

2. We learn from the passage that _______.

    A. Hualapai River Runners provides dry clothes

    B. you will get $20 back if you are dissatisfied

    C. the trip is free of charge for children under 2

    D. online booking has a better offer all year round

3. What is the purpose of the passage?

    A. To attract people to the sights B. To explore the Hualapai culture

    C. To explain how to make a rafting trip   D. To introduce the history of the Colorado River

V．Spelling （5 points）

76. My grandpa is e______________ for sports, and he usually devotes half of his spare time to participating in various activities.

77. The s________ economic growth somewhat reflects the stability of the state.

78. She answered all my questions with her usual h________.

79. The money r______ by the singers was sent to the people in the flooded areas.

80. Showing t_________ is very important because it means that people will have fewer fights and argument.

81. My family were all _________ (反对) to spending the summer holiday in Shanghai.

82. It is like an underground city, ________ (占) an area of more than 20 football pitches.

83. It was built there so that _________(方便的) for everyone to get to

84. Some countries e________ to substitute their flags with tricolor flags, after the French.

85. People are becoming more and more a_______ of the need to preserve the world’s cultural heritage.

V．Spelling （5 points）

76. My grandpa is e______________ for sports, and he usually devotes half of his spare time to participating in various activities.

77. The s________ economic growth somewhat reflects the stability of the state.

78. She answered all my questions with her usual h________.

79. The money r______ by the singers was sent to the people in the flooded areas.

80. Showing t_________ is very important because it means that people will have fewer fights and argument.

81. My family were all _________ (反对) to spending the summer holiday in Shanghai.

82. It is like an underground city, ________ (占) an area of more than 20 football pitches.

83. It was built there so that _________(方便的) for everyone to get to

84. Some countries e________ to substitute their flags with tricolor flags, after the French.

85. People are becoming more and more a_______ of the need to preserve the world’s cultural heritage.