He prays that his parachute will open facing away from the dam, that his canopy won&

rd, Please make me a smartphone”. This young kid is asking such a wish from God, because he sees that his parents at home are completely glued to this magical device called smartphone and has no time to look up at him. The smartphone is getting more attention in the house than the child. His parents are present there physically, but their minds are somewhere else. It’s so true that this device has become an inseparable part of our day to day life, and we are addicted to it. We will start feeling restless if we do not look to our phone after a few minutes. We react faster to a phone beep or a message compared to a call by a family member from a different room. We all need to come out of this head-down syndrome. We all need to connect and communicate in real world. We need to put this technology to good use and not become a slave. So what shall we do？ It’s simple: the solution is called “digital break”. This means, when you return home from work, you simply turn off or mute all your digital devices for a few hours every day, or at least once in a while. What do you do then？ You can share your time with the family, chatting with your wife or husband, playing games with your kids, doing things with other family members, etc. in real life. You will soon realize the world outside the smartphone is much more enjoyable

1.The kid is 5 years old.()

2.The kid asked God for a smartphone.()

3.Smartphones have become an inseparable part of our daily life.()

4.We all need to connect and communicate in virtual world.()

5.The only solution to the head-down syndrome is called “digital break.()

阅读理解：阅读下面的短文，根据文章内容进行判断，正确为“T”，错误为“F”。

A 4 year Kid, who does not know what an Email or a Chat App is, prays to GodA、“Hey, Lord, Please make me a smartphone”. This young kid is asking such a wish from God, because he sees that his parents at home are completely glued to this magical device called smartphone and has no time to look up at him. The smartphone is getting more attention in the house than the child. His parents are present there physically, but their minds are somewhere else.

It’s so true that this device has become an inseparable part of our day to day life, and we are addicted to it. We will start feeling restless if we do not look to our phone after a few minutes. We react faster to a phone beep or a message compared to a call by a family member from a different room. We all need to come out of this head-down syndrome. We all need to connect and communicate in real world. We need to put this technology to good use and not become a slave.

So what shall we do？ It’s simpleA、the solution is called “digital break”. This means, when you return home from work, you simply turn off or mute all your digital devices for a few hours every day, or at least once in a while. What do you do then？ You can share your time with the family, chatting with your wife or husband, playing games with your kids, doing things with other family members, etc. in real life. You will soon realize the world outside the smartphone is much more enjoyable

1. The kid is 5 years old. {T、F}

2. The kid asked God for a smartphone. {T、F}

3. Smartphones have become an inseparable part of our daily life. {T、F}

4. We all need to connect and communicate in virtual world. {T、F}

5. The only solution to the head-down syndrome is called “digital break. {T、F}

Short Answers

1 Auctions are public sales of goods conducted by an officially approved auctioneer. He

asks the crowd assembled in the auction-room to make offers, or "bids", for the various

items on sale. He encourages buyers to b 记 higher figures, and finally names the highest

bidder as the buyer of the good. Practically all goods whose (lualities vary are sold by

auction. Among these are coffee, skins, wool, tea, furs, species, fruit and vegetables and

wines. Auction sales are also useful for land and property, antique furniture, pictures, rare

kooks, old china and works of art

2 An auction is usually advertised beforehand with full particulars of the articles to be

sold; and where and when they can be viewed by prospective buyers. TI the advertisement

cannot give full details, catalogues are printed, and each group of goods to be sold together,

called a "lot", is usually given a number. The auctioneer need not begin with Lot 1 and

continue in numerical order; he may wait until he registers the fact that certain dealers are in

the rocm and then produces the lots they are likely to be interested in. The auctioneer's

services are paid for in the form. of a percentage of the price the goods

are sold for. The

auctioneer therefore has a direct interest in pushing up the bidding as high as possible

3 The auctioneer must know fairly accurately the current market values of the goods

he is selling, and he should be acquainted with regular buyers of such goods. Fe will not

waste time by starting the bidding too low. He will also play on the rival among his buyers

and succeed in getting a high price by encouraging two business competitors to bid against

each other. It is largely in his advice that a seller will fix a "reserved" price, that is, a price

below which the goods cannot be sold. Even the best auctioneers, however, find it difficult

to stop a 'knock-out", whereby dealers illegally arranged themselves as the only bidder, in

the hope of buying goods at extremely low prices. If such a "knock-out" comes off, the real

auction sale takes place privately afterwards among the dealers

Questions31-35:

31. What are auctinns？

32. What are the goods which can be sold by auction？ (Name at least three)

33. Mhat is a "lot"？

34. How are the auctloneer, s services pa 记 for？

35. What wifl happen if a "knock-out" is achieved？

A.Disable anonymous logins.

B.Allow only anonymous logins.

C.Configure the firewall to block port 21.

D.Place the FTP server outside of the firewall.

A.A través estas conversaciones con los ciudadanos, he aprendido mucho y logrado conocimientos más profundos sobre la cultura de este país.

B.Por estas conversaciones con los ciudadanos, he aprendido mucho y logrado conocimientos más profundos sobre la cultura de este país.

C.De estas conversaciones con los ciudadanos, he aprendido mucho y logrado conocimientos más profundos sobre la cultura de este país.

A.A través estas conversaciones con los ciudadanos, he aprendido mucho y logrado conocimientos más profundos sobre la cultura de este país.

B.Por estas conversaciones con los ciudadanos, he aprendido mucho y logrado conocimientos más profundos sobre la cultura de este país.

C.De estas conversaciones con los ciudadanos, he aprendido mucho y logrado conocimientos más profundos sobre la cultura de este país.

He showed his ______ by nodding his head. (agree)

He was dismissed for ________ his duty.

A.neglecting

B.neglected

C.ignored

D.ignoring