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Four apps for students to learn English
Quilet
Quilet is a learning app---a computer program you use on your mobile device. It can help users build and test
their nowledge of English words and terms. Quilet has word sets for millions of subjects. And, it is quicly becoming a useful mobile tool for language learners. Socrative
In Socrative, teachers can create timed learning games. In class, students compete individually or as part of a team against classmates. One game students love is called space Race. In this game, if a team answers a question correctly, their rocet moves forward. This team whose rocet gets to the end first wins. Also, teachers can use Socrative as an “eit ticet,” a question they can as students about what they learned in that day’s class. Students write their answers on their mobile devices. Then, the teacher can show the answers on a shared video screen. QR Codes
A QR Code is a ind of sign that a smartphone can read with its camera. When your phone camera reads a QR code, it taes you to a website, image, video or anything you want to share. For eample, one will tae you to the VOA Learning English website. Evernote
Evernote lets users store and share notes, images and recordings in one place. Teachers can also use Evernote to give homewor.
21. Which is the best for students to build up vocabulary? A. Quilet. B. QR Codes. C. Evernote. D. Socrative.
22. What can a teacher do by using Socrative? A. Give homewor.
B. Carry out a classroom test.
C. Loo up new words.
D. Visit an English-learning website. 23. What’s the purpose of the tet? A. To mae an advertisement. B. To encourage using mobile phones. C. To improve English learning. D. To introduce some learning apps.
B
Natalie Trayling is a famous street artist in Melbourne. At first, those who happened to pass by her and spare some change didn’t even realie what a musical genius was playing. The emotional tune was not only masterfully played but also composed by Natalie herself when she was only 14. Gradually, as long as she appears, people will stop, absorbed in her music. Her music maes you thin about calmness, the good things in life, and never giving up.
But what people do not now is that behind the beautiful music of the old woman, it is full of bitterness. At the age of 12, she won a music scholarship at Santa Maria College. At 15 she noced bac a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music in London because her parents couldn’t pay non-tuition costs. When she left school, she taught piano at Santa Maria. Later she met her husband, Denis. They had four children, but the two of them died. In 1984, Denis ased for a divorce. Natalie’s son, Nathan, was given medication for depression. Natalie lived either outdoors in Royal Par or in boarding houses for nine years. In late 2003 Natalie collapsed with anaemia(贫血) and was hospitalied for si months.
For half a century, Natalie has been teased by fate. But even so, she never gave up her love for music. When ased why the music was so important to her, she said “Music is everything. I do feel part of it. The whole world is music.”
When Natalie went on the Internet, she became a sign of Melbourne. People are impressed by her persistence in dreams and the optimism of life. Now she is no longer wandering around. She can play the piano at any time, but as long as the weather is good, she will wal to the streets of Melbourne, and play a touching melody for the rush of the city.
24. Why is Natalie’s music so touching to the passers-by?
A. It is full of bitterness. B. She composed it herself. C. It’s a reflection of her own life. D. It reminds of the beauty of life.
25. Which of the following can replace the underlined word “noced bac” in Paragraph 2? A. gave up B. obtained C. accepted D. was awarded
26. What does music mean to Natalie? A. It’s her hobby.
B. It’s the source of her misfortune. C. It is part of her life. D. It’s a way to earn a living. 27. What does the author try to tell us? A. Natalie is a musical genius. B. Life is not easy for everyone. C. Never give up halfway.
D. Natalie has a strong and brave heart.
C
3D printing is becoming more and more popular. We are now able to create things we need very quicly and easily using 3D printers. But can you imagine printing food?
Some scientists are trying to revolutionie the dining eperience by doing this. They hope that having a 3D printer in the itchen will be as common as the microwave oven or blender.
Scientists say that it’ll be quite easy you simply have to select a recipe and put the raw food ‘ins’ into the printer. You can also modify the instructions to mae the food eactly how you want it. This means that it would be very quic and easy to create tasty and nutritious meals.
Using 3D printers to create your meals would also be saving the environment. There would be less
need for traditional growing, transporting and pacaging processes as food production would be a lot more efficient. For eample, alternative ingredients(原料) such as proteins from algae, beetroot leaves and insects could be converted into tasty products.
Printing food could also help people who suffer from dysphasia (a swallowing disorder). They could program the printer to print softer versions of their favorite foods so that they would not have trouble in swallowing them.
However, some people thin that a future of 3D food printing would be a disaster. It could tae away many jobs, including those fro growing, transporting and pacaging food. Imagine a world where there was no need for farming or growing crops and the same tastes could be printed from a raw “food in”. Liewise, traditional cafes and restaurants might lose business. Also, there are concerns about the nutritional value of printed food is it really possible to be get the nutrients we need from food –based ins and gels(凝胶)?
What’s more , cooing and eating together with family and friends has long been a traditional and enjoyable activity. It is hard to imagine a world where the pleasure of cooing is dead and meals can be created at the touch of a button.
28. Which of the following best describes 3D food printing? A. Quic and popular. B. Easy and efficient. C. Nutritious and tasty. D. Soft and convenient.
29. Why do some thin that 3D food printing would be a disaster? A. Traditional food would disappear. B. Many people could lose their jobs. C. It would affect the people’s health. D. We could all eat the same food.
30. What can we infer from the last paragraph? A. 3D food printing will replace traditional cooing. B. The future of 3D food printing is uncertain. C. It would hurt our tradition of food culture.