单选题 (一共42题,共42分)

1.

Mr.Wang devoted himself_____teaching in the rural are

2.

I____in this factory since I graduated from the university.

3.

Such a sharp comment is an_____to a bitter argument.

4.

Becoming a millionaire has changed his life,but the win has also brought him stress and troubles.Sometimes he wishes he_____the money.

5.

Readily accessible technology is giving a voice to "Generation E", ______ young people whoAre flooding the Internet with their own stories, music, films and art.

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It is very interesting that the children,_____music lessons,have improved more on general memory skills.

7.

_____cold it is,the young man refused to put on a warm coat.

8.

The price of this skirt is____that one.

9.

It was not until she had arrived home____her appointment with the doctor.

10.

Every means_____tried but without much result.

11.

This is the dormitory_____I lived three years ago.

12.

I can't go cycling with you this weekend,for my bicycle needs_____.

13.

----Will it snow tomorrow?-----____.Then we can make a snowman.

14.

In language testing._____refers to the effect the tests have on the teaching and learning.

15.

"Most dog owners are convinced that their four-legged friends know exactly what they mean when they use certain words like sit,stay or treat."The function of the underlined part is______.

16.

What does Rory Cellan-jones think of the screen time?

17.

What does the underlined word trivial"in Paragraph 3 mean?

18.

What is the best title for the text?

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C A decline in memory as a result of ageing can be temporarily reversed using a harmless form of electrical brain stimulation, scientists have found. The study focused on a part of cognition called working memory, the brain system that holds information for short periods while we are making decisions or performing calculations. Working memory is crucial for a wide variety of tasks, such as recognising faces, doing arithmetic and navigating a new environment. Working memory is known to steadily decline with age. One factor in this decline is thought to be a disconnection between two brain networks. In the study, published in the journal Nature Neuroscience, 42 people aged 20-29 and 42 people aged 60-76 were assessed in a working memory task. The older group were slower and less accurate on the tests. The scientists then subjected them all to 25 minutes of non-invasive brain stimulation. This aimed to make the two target brain regions work together by passing gentle pulses of electricity through the scalp(头皮)and into the brain. After the treatment, working memory in the older adults improved to match the younger group and the effect appeared to last for 50 minutes after the stimulation. Those who had scored worst to start with showed the largest improvements. While these results were exciting and promising. Dardo Tomasi, a scientist at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism in Bethesda, who was not involved in the work said that larger studies would be needed to confirm the findings and assess how they might be applied clinically. D. James Picket e head of research at the Alzheimer's Society, said, “We can’t cure, prevent or even slow down dementia (痴呆 ),so it vital we explore all possible areas for treatments. Altering and correcting the circuitry of the brain with technology is a new exciting avenue of research for dementia. Deep-brain simulation a surgical procedure used in Parkinson’s, is proof of principle that this approach may one day be frui

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C A decline in memory as a result of ageing can be temporarily reversed using a harmless form of electrical brain stimulation, scientists have found. The study focused on a part of cognition called working memory, the brain system that holds information for short periods while we are making decisions or performing calculations. Working memory is crucial for a wide variety of tasks, such as recognising faces, doing arithmetic and navigating a new environment. Working memory is known to steadily decline with age. One factor in this decline is thought to be a disconnection between two brain networks. In the study, published in the journal Nature Neuroscience, 42 people aged 20-29 and 42 people aged 60-76 were assessed in a working memory task. The older group were slower and less accurate on the tests. The scientists then subjected them all to 25 minutes of non-invasive brain stimulation. This aimed to make the two target brain regions work together by passing gentle pulses of electricity through the scalp(头皮)and into the brain. After the treatment, working memory in the older adults improved to match the younger group and the effect appeared to last for 50 minutes after the stimulation. Those who had scored worst to start with showed the largest improvements. While these results were exciting and promising. Dardo Tomasi, a scientist at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism in Bethesda, who was not involved in the work said that larger studies would be needed to confirm the findings and assess how they might be applied clinically. D. James Picket e head of research at the Alzheimer's Society, said, “We can’t cure, prevent or even slow down dementia (痴呆 ),so it vital we explore all possible areas for treatments. Altering and correcting the circuitry of the brain with technology is a new exciting avenue of research for dementia. Deep-brain simulation a surgical procedure used in Parkinson’s, is proof of principle that this approach may one day be frui

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C A decline in memory as a result of ageing can be temporarily reversed using a harmless form of electrical brain stimulation, scientists have found. The study focused on a part of cognition called working memory, the brain system that holds information for short periods while we are making decisions or performing calculations. Working memory is crucial for a wide variety of tasks, such as recognising faces, doing arithmetic and navigating a new environment. Working memory is known to steadily decline with age. One factor in this decline is thought to be a disconnection between two brain networks. In the study, published in the journal Nature Neuroscience, 42 people aged 20-29 and 42 people aged 60-76 were assessed in a working memory task. The older group were slower and less accurate on the tests. The scientists then subjected them all to 25 minutes of non-invasive brain stimulation. This aimed to make the two target brain regions work together by passing gentle pulses of electricity through the scalp(头皮)and into the brain. After the treatment, working memory in the older adults improved to match the younger group and the effect appeared to last for 50 minutes after the stimulation. Those who had scored worst to start with showed the largest improvements. While these results were exciting and promising. Dardo Tomasi, a scientist at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism in Bethesda, who was not involved in the work said that larger studies would be needed to confirm the findings and assess how they might be applied clinically. D. James Picket e head of research at the Alzheimer's Society, said, “We can’t cure, prevent or even slow down dementia (痴呆 ),so it vital we explore all possible areas for treatments. Altering and correcting the circuitry of the brain with technology is a new exciting avenue of research for dementia. Deep-brain simulation a surgical procedure used in Parkinson’s, is proof of principle that this approach may one day be frui

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C A decline in memory as a result of ageing can be temporarily reversed using a harmless form of electrical brain stimulation, scientists have found. The study focused on a part of cognition called working memory, the brain system that holds information for short periods while we are making decisions or performing calculations. Working memory is crucial for a wide variety of tasks, such as recognising faces, doing arithmetic and navigating a new environment. Working memory is known to steadily decline with age. One factor in this decline is thought to be a disconnection between two brain networks. In the study, published in the journal Nature Neuroscience, 42 people aged 20-29 and 42 people aged 60-76 were assessed in a working memory task. The older group were slower and less accurate on the tests. The scientists then subjected them all to 25 minutes of non-invasive brain stimulation. This aimed to make the two target brain regions work together by passing gentle pulses of electricity through the scalp(头皮)and into the brain. After the treatment, working memory in the older adults improved to match the younger group and the effect appeared to last for 50 minutes after the stimulation. Those who had scored worst to start with showed the largest improvements. While these results were exciting and promising. Dardo Tomasi, a scientist at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism in Bethesda, who was not involved in the work said that larger studies would be needed to confirm the findings and assess how they might be applied clinically. D. James Picket e head of research at the Alzheimer's Society, said, “We can’t cure, prevent or even slow down dementia (痴呆 ),so it vital we explore all possible areas for treatments. Altering and correcting the circuitry of the brain with technology is a new exciting avenue of research for dementia. Deep-brain simulation a surgical procedure used in Parkinson’s, is proof of principle that this approach may one day be frui

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The World's Loneliest Phone Booth For almost 40 years,a lone phone booth stood in the Mojave Desert.about 75 miles southwest of Las Vegas.It was likely installed for local miners around 1960.The glass panels were long gone from the 17 by 1990,and the phonebook had been stolen.But a visitor to the booth in 1990 found that the telephone 17 worke

D.For the next 10 years,visitors poured into the area,making the phone booth one of the oddest 18 in the worl

D.After its phone number was 19 on the Internet,the phone in the Mojave booth began to 20 more often.Visitors to the phone booth would often camp out,waiting for a chance to answer the 21 phone.Calls came in from many different states and 22 different countries.Visitors were thrilled to be able to 23 the phone and talk to strangers from 24 places.They were happy to 25 their own stories as they reached across the miles.In May 2000,Pacific Bell Telephone Company quietly 26 the phone booth.The company said that 27 were causing too much stress on the environment.Fans of the booth 28 insisting that the phone booth had become a work of art.Later,a plaque(标牌)was placed at the site as a tribute,but it also 29.In the end,the phone booth left no trace on the desert that had hosted it.Fans of the phone booth,30,can still hear the dial tone in their hearts.

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The World's Loneliest Phone Booth For almost 40 years,a lone phone booth stood in the Mojave Desert.about 75 miles southwest of Las Vegas.It was likely installed for local miners around 1960.The glass panels were long gone from the 17 by 1990,and the phonebook had been stolen.But a visitor to the booth in 1990 found that the telephone 17 worke

D.For the next 10 years,visitors poured into the area,making the phone booth one of the oddest 18 in the worl

D.After its phone number was 19 on the Internet,the phone in the Mojave booth began to 20 more often.Visitors to the phone booth would often camp out,waiting for a chance to answer the 21 phone.Calls came in from many different states and 22 different countries.Visitors were thrilled to be able to 23 the phone and talk to strangers from 24 places.They were happy to 25 their own stories as they reached across the miles.In May 2000,Pacific Bell Telephone Company quietly 26 the phone booth.The company said that 27 were causing too much stress on the environment.Fans of the booth 28 insisting that the phone booth had become a work of art.Later,a plaque(标牌)was placed at the site as a tribute,but it also 29.In the end,the phone booth left no trace on the desert that had hosted it.Fans of the phone booth,30,can still hear the dial tone in their hearts.

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The World's Loneliest Phone Booth For almost 40 years,a lone phone booth stood in the Mojave Desert.about 75 miles southwest of Las Vegas.It was likely installed for local miners around 1960.The glass panels were long gone from the 17 by 1990,and the phonebook had been stolen.But a visitor to the booth in 1990 found that the telephone 17 worke

D.For the next 10 years,visitors poured into the area,making the phone booth one of the oddest 18 in the worl

D.After its phone number was 19 on the Internet,the phone in the Mojave booth began to 20 more often.Visitors to the phone booth would often camp out,waiting for a chance to answer the 21 phone.Calls came in from many different states and 22 different countries.Visitors were thrilled to be able to 23 the phone and talk to strangers from 24 places.They were happy to 25 their own stories as they reached across the miles.In May 2000,Pacific Bell Telephone Company quietly 26 the phone booth.The company said that 27 were causing too much stress on the environment.Fans of the booth 28 insisting that the phone booth had become a work of art.Later,a plaque(标牌)was placed at the site as a tribute,but it also 29.In the end,the phone booth left no trace on the desert that had hosted it.Fans of the phone booth,30,can still hear the dial tone in their hearts.

26.

The World's Loneliest Phone Booth For almost 40 years,a lone phone booth stood in the Mojave Desert.about 75 miles southwest of Las Vegas.It was likely installed for local miners around 1960.The glass panels were long gone from the 17 by 1990,and the phonebook had been stolen.But a visitor to the booth in 1990 found that the telephone 17 worke

D.For the next 10 years,visitors poured into the area,making the phone booth one of the oddest 18 in the worl

D.After its phone number was 19 on the Internet,the phone in the Mojave booth began to 20 more often.Visitors to the phone booth would often camp out,waiting for a chance to answer the 21 phone.Calls came in from many different states and 22 different countries.Visitors were thrilled to be able to 23 the phone and talk to strangers from 24 places.They were happy to 25 their own stories as they reached across the miles.In May 2000,Pacific Bell Telephone Company quietly 26 the phone booth.The company said that 27 were causing too much stress on the environment.Fans of the booth 28 insisting that the phone booth had become a work of art.Later,a plaque(标牌)was placed at the site as a tribute,but it also 29.In the end,the phone booth left no trace on the desert that had hosted it.Fans of the phone booth,30,can still hear the dial tone in their hearts.

27.

The World's Loneliest Phone Booth For almost 40 years,a lone phone booth stood in the Mojave Desert.about 75 miles southwest of Las Vegas.It was likely installed for local miners around 1960.The glass panels were long gone from the 17 by 1990,and the phonebook had been stolen.But a visitor to the booth in 1990 found that the telephone 17 worke

D.For the next 10 years,visitors poured into the area,making the phone booth one of the oddest 18 in the worl

D.After its phone number was 19 on the Internet,the phone in the Mojave booth began to 20 more often.Visitors to the phone booth would often camp out,waiting for a chance to answer the 21 phone.Calls came in from many different states and 22 different countries.Visitors were thrilled to be able to 23 the phone and talk to strangers from 24 places.They were happy to 25 their own stories as they reached across the miles.In May 2000,Pacific Bell Telephone Company quietly 26 the phone booth.The company said that 27 were causing too much stress on the environment.Fans of the booth 28 insisting that the phone booth had become a work of art.Later,a plaque(标牌)was placed at the site as a tribute,but it also 29.In the end,the phone booth left no trace on the desert that had hosted it.Fans of the phone booth,30,can still hear the dial tone in their hearts.

28.

The World's Loneliest Phone Booth For almost 40 years,a lone phone booth stood in the Mojave Desert.about 75 miles southwest of Las Vegas.It was likely installed for local miners around 1960.The glass panels were long gone from the 17 by 1990,and the phonebook had been stolen.But a visitor to the booth in 1990 found that the telephone 17 worke

D.For the next 10 years,visitors poured into the area,making the phone booth one of the oddest 18 in the worl

D.After its phone number was 19 on the Internet,the phone in the Mojave booth began to 20 more often.Visitors to the phone booth would often camp out,waiting for a chance to answer the 21 phone.Calls came in from many different states and 22 different countries.Visitors were thrilled to be able to 23 the phone and talk to strangers from 24 places.They were happy to 25 their own stories as they reached across the miles.In May 2000,Pacific Bell Telephone Company quietly 26 the phone booth.The company said that 27 were causing too much stress on the environment.Fans of the booth 28 insisting that the phone booth had become a work of art.Later,a plaque(标牌)was placed at the site as a tribute,but it also 29.In the end,the phone booth left no trace on the desert that had hosted it.Fans of the phone booth,30,can still hear the dial tone in their hearts.

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The World's Loneliest Phone Booth For almost 40 years,a lone phone booth stood in the Mojave Desert.about 75 miles southwest of Las Vegas.It was likely installed for local miners around 1960.The glass panels were long gone from the 17 by 1990,and the phonebook had been stolen.But a visitor to the booth in 1990 found that the telephone 17 worke

D.For the next 10 years,visitors poured into the area,making the phone booth one of the oddest 18 in the worl

D.After its phone number was 19 on the Internet,the phone in the Mojave booth began to 20 more often.Visitors to the phone booth would often camp out,waiting for a chance to answer the 21 phone.Calls came in from many different states and 22 different countries.Visitors were thrilled to be able to 23 the phone and talk to strangers from 24 places.They were happy to 25 their own stories as they reached across the miles.In May 2000,Pacific Bell Telephone Company quietly 26 the phone booth.The company said that 27 were causing too much stress on the environment.Fans of the booth 28 insisting that the phone booth had become a work of art.Later,a plaque(标牌)was placed at the site as a tribute,but it also 29.In the end,the phone booth left no trace on the desert that had hosted it.Fans of the phone booth,30,can still hear the dial tone in their hearts.

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The World's Loneliest Phone Booth For almost 40 years,a lone phone booth stood in the Mojave Desert.about 75 miles southwest of Las Vegas.It was likely installed for local miners around 1960.The glass panels were long gone from the 17 by 1990,and the phonebook had been stolen.But a visitor to the booth in 1990 found that the telephone 17 worke

D.For the next 10 years,visitors poured into the area,making the phone booth one of the oddest 18 in the worl

D.After its phone number was 19 on the Internet,the phone in the Mojave booth began to 20 more often.Visitors to the phone booth would often camp out,waiting for a chance to answer the 21 phone.Calls came in from many different states and 22 different countries.Visitors were thrilled to be able to 23 the phone and talk to strangers from 24 places.They were happy to 25 their own stories as they reached across the miles.In May 2000,Pacific Bell Telephone Company quietly 26 the phone booth.The company said that 27 were causing too much stress on the environment.Fans of the booth 28 insisting that the phone booth had become a work of art.Later,a plaque(标牌)was placed at the site as a tribute,but it also 29.In the end,the phone booth left no trace on the desert that had hosted it.Fans of the phone booth,30,can still hear the dial tone in their hearts.

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The World's Loneliest Phone Booth For almost 40 years,a lone phone booth stood in the Mojave Desert.about 75 miles southwest of Las Vegas.It was likely installed for local miners around 1960.The glass panels were long gone from the 17 by 1990,and the phonebook had been stolen.But a visitor to the booth in 1990 found that the telephone 17 worke

D.For the next 10 years,visitors poured into the area,making the phone booth one of the oddest 18 in the worl

D.After its phone number was 19 on the Internet,the phone in the Mojave booth began to 20 more often.Visitors to the phone booth would often camp out,waiting for a chance to answer the 21 phone.Calls came in from many different states and 22 different countries.Visitors were thrilled to be able to 23 the phone and talk to strangers from 24 places.They were happy to 25 their own stories as they reached across the miles.In May 2000,Pacific Bell Telephone Company quietly 26 the phone booth.The company said that 27 were causing too much stress on the environment.Fans of the booth 28 insisting that the phone booth had become a work of art.Later,a plaque(标牌)was placed at the site as a tribute,but it also 29.In the end,the phone booth left no trace on the desert that had hosted it.Fans of the phone booth,30,can still hear the dial tone in their hearts.

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The World's Loneliest Phone Booth For almost 40 years,a lone phone booth stood in the Mojave Desert.about 75 miles southwest of Las Vegas.It was likely installed for local miners around 1960.The glass panels were long gone from the 17 by 1990,and the phonebook had been stolen.But a visitor to the booth in 1990 found that the telephone 17 worke

D.For the next 10 years,visitors poured into the area,making the phone booth one of the oddest 18 in the worl

D.After its phone number was 19 on the Internet,the phone in the Mojave booth began to 20 more often.Visitors to the phone booth would often camp out,waiting for a chance to answer the 21 phone.Calls came in from many different states and 22 different countries.Visitors were thrilled to be able to 23 the phone and talk to strangers from 24 places.They were happy to 25 their own stories as they reached across the miles.In May 2000,Pacific Bell Telephone Company quietly 26 the phone booth.The company said that 27 were causing too much stress on the environment.Fans of the booth 28 insisting that the phone booth had become a work of art.Later,a plaque(标牌)was placed at the site as a tribute,but it also 29.In the end,the phone booth left no trace on the desert that had hosted it.Fans of the phone booth,30,can still hear the dial tone in their hearts.

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The World's Loneliest Phone Booth For almost 40 years,a lone phone booth stood in the Mojave Desert.about 75 miles southwest of Las Vegas.It was likely installed for local miners around 1960.The glass panels were long gone from the 17 by 1990,and the phonebook had been stolen.But a visitor to the booth in 1990 found that the telephone 17 worke

D.For the next 10 years,visitors poured into the area,making the phone booth one of the oddest 18 in the worl

D.After its phone number was 19 on the Internet,the phone in the Mojave booth began to 20 more often.Visitors to the phone booth would often camp out,waiting for a chance to answer the 21 phone.Calls came in from many different states and 22 different countries.Visitors were thrilled to be able to 23 the phone and talk to strangers from 24 places.They were happy to 25 their own stories as they reached across the miles.In May 2000,Pacific Bell Telephone Company quietly 26 the phone booth.The company said that 27 were causing too much stress on the environment.Fans of the booth 28 insisting that the phone booth had become a work of art.Later,a plaque(标牌)was placed at the site as a tribute,but it also 29.In the end,the phone booth left no trace on the desert that had hosted it.Fans of the phone booth,30,can still hear the dial tone in their hearts.

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The World's Loneliest Phone Booth For almost 40 years,a lone phone booth stood in the Mojave Desert.about 75 miles southwest of Las Vegas.It was likely installed for local miners around 1960.The glass panels were long gone from the 17 by 1990,and the phonebook had been stolen.But a visitor to the booth in 1990 found that the telephone 17 worke

D.For the next 10 years,visitors poured into the area,making the phone booth one of the oddest 18 in the worl

D.After its phone number was 19 on the Internet,the phone in the Mojave booth began to 20 more often.Visitors to the phone booth would often camp out,waiting for a chance to answer the 21 phone.Calls came in from many different states and 22 different countries.Visitors were thrilled to be able to 23 the phone and talk to strangers from 24 places.They were happy to 25 their own stories as they reached across the miles.In May 2000,Pacific Bell Telephone Company quietly 26 the phone booth.The company said that 27 were causing too much stress on the environment.Fans of the booth 28 insisting that the phone booth had become a work of art.Later,a plaque(标牌)was placed at the site as a tribute,but it also 29.In the end,the phone booth left no trace on the desert that had hosted it.Fans of the phone booth,30,can still hear the dial tone in their hearts.

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The World's Loneliest Phone Booth For almost 40 years,a lone phone booth stood in the Mojave Desert.about 75 miles southwest of Las Vegas.It was likely installed for local miners around 1960.The glass panels were long gone from the 17 by 1990,and the phonebook had been stolen.But a visitor to the booth in 1990 found that the telephone 17 worke

D.For the next 10 years,visitors poured into the area,making the phone booth one of the oddest 18 in the worl

D.After its phone number was 19 on the Internet,the phone in the Mojave booth began to 20 more often.Visitors to the phone booth would often camp out,waiting for a chance to answer the 21 phone.Calls came in from many different states and 22 different countries.Visitors were thrilled to be able to 23 the phone and talk to strangers from 24 places.They were happy to 25 their own stories as they reached across the miles.In May 2000,Pacific Bell Telephone Company quietly 26 the phone booth.The company said that 27 were causing too much stress on the environment.Fans of the booth 28 insisting that the phone booth had become a work of art.Later,a plaque(标牌)was placed at the site as a tribute,but it also 29.In the end,the phone booth left no trace on the desert that had hosted it.Fans of the phone booth,30,can still hear the dial tone in their hearts.

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The World's Loneliest Phone Booth For almost 40 years,a lone phone booth stood in the Mojave Desert.about 75 miles southwest of Las Vegas.It was likely installed for local miners around 1960.The glass panels were long gone from the 17 by 1990,and the phonebook had been stolen.But a visitor to the booth in 1990 found that the telephone 17 worke

D.For the next 10 years,visitors poured into the area,making the phone booth one of the oddest 18 in the worl

D.After its phone number was 19 on the Internet,the phone in the Mojave booth began to 20 more often.Visitors to the phone booth would often camp out,waiting for a chance to answer the 21 phone.Calls came in from many different states and 22 different countries.Visitors were thrilled to be able to 23 the phone and talk to strangers from 24 places.They were happy to 25 their own stories as they reached across the miles.In May 2000,Pacific Bell Telephone Company quietly 26 the phone booth.The company said that 27 were causing too much stress on the environment.Fans of the booth 28 insisting that the phone booth had become a work of art.Later,a plaque(标牌)was placed at the site as a tribute,but it also 29.In the end,the phone booth left no trace on the desert that had hosted it.Fans of the phone booth,30,can still hear the dial tone in their hearts.

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The World's Loneliest Phone Booth For almost 40 years,a lone phone booth stood in the Mojave Desert.about 75 miles southwest of Las Vegas.It was likely installed for local miners around 1960.The glass panels were long gone from the 17 by 1990,and the phonebook had been stolen.But a visitor to the booth in 1990 found that the telephone 17 worke

D.For the next 10 years,visitors poured into the area,making the phone booth one of the oddest 18 in the worl

D.After its phone number was 19 on the Internet,the phone in the Mojave booth began to 20 more often.Visitors to the phone booth would often camp out,waiting for a chance to answer the 21 phone.Calls came in from many different states and 22 different countries.Visitors were thrilled to be able to 23 the phone and talk to strangers from 24 places.They were happy to 25 their own stories as they reached across the miles.In May 2000,Pacific Bell Telephone Company quietly 26 the phone booth.The company said that 27 were causing too much stress on the environment.Fans of the booth 28 insisting that the phone booth had become a work of art.Later,a plaque(标牌)was placed at the site as a tribute,but it also 29.In the end,the phone booth left no trace on the desert that had hosted it.Fans of the phone booth,30,can still hear the dial tone in their hearts.

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Parents and toddlers who read paper books together speak and interact more when compared with those who read e-books,researchers foun D.Reading with a child is a hugely important developmental activity as it helps youngsters learn new words, broadens their knowledge and provides time to bond with loved ones. So scientists wanted to see if parents and children acted differently when they read books together using traditional media versus electronic devices like tablets.To investigate, the researchers found 37 pairs of parents and healthy toddlers between two and three years ol D. They asked them to read from three different types of media: enhanced electronic books with sound effects or animation, a basic electronic book, and a print book's Researchers found parents and toddlers spoke more when interacting with a paper book rather than a story on an electronic tablet. What's more, parents used richer language when using print books compared with tablets, and collaborated more with their children. But parents were less responsive and children were less engaged with their parents when reading e-books, said Dr. Tiffany Munzer, corresponding author of the study at the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children's Hospital. The findings were published in the journal Pediatrics.Munzer pointed out. however, that the study was limited in several ways, including that the team did not test the toddlers reading comprehension. It was also limited by the small sample size, and the fact that the team used only one commercially-available app for the e-books." That isn't to say there is no benefit to electronic book reading compared with doing nothing. Just less compared with print books. Print books are just better for promoting rich language from their parents and more conversations between parents and children, said Munzer.Munzer said that parents always know their children best, "so they should feel empowered to adjust the reading experience to what they know their children are

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Parents and toddlers who read paper books together speak and interact more when compared with those who read e-books,researchers foun D.Reading with a child is a hugely important developmental activity as it helps youngsters learn new words, broadens their knowledge and provides time to bond with loved ones. So scientists wanted to see if parents and children acted differently when they read books together using traditional media versus electronic devices like tablets.To investigate, the researchers found 37 pairs of parents and healthy toddlers between two and three years ol D. They asked them to read from three different types of media: enhanced electronic books with sound effects or animation, a basic electronic book, and a print book's Researchers found parents and toddlers spoke more when interacting with a paper book rather than a story on an electronic tablet. What's more, parents used richer language when using print books compared with tablets, and collaborated more with their children. But parents were less responsive and children were less engaged with their parents when reading e-books, said Dr. Tiffany Munzer, corresponding author of the study at the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children's Hospital. The findings were published in the journal Pediatrics.Munzer pointed out. however, that the study was limited in several ways, including that the team did not test the toddlers reading comprehension. It was also limited by the small sample size, and the fact that the team used only one commercially-available app for the e-books." That isn't to say there is no benefit to electronic book reading compared with doing nothing. Just less compared with print books. Print books are just better for promoting rich language from their parents and more conversations between parents and children, said Munzer.Munzer said that parents always know their children best, "so they should feel empowered to adjust the reading experience to what they know their children are

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Parents and toddlers who read paper books together speak and interact more when compared with those who read e-books,researchers foun D.Reading with a child is a hugely important developmental activity as it helps youngsters learn new words, broadens their knowledge and provides time to bond with loved ones. So scientists wanted to see if parents and children acted differently when they read books together using traditional media versus electronic devices like tablets.To investigate, the researchers found 37 pairs of parents and healthy toddlers between two and three years ol D. They asked them to read from three different types of media: enhanced electronic books with sound effects or animation, a basic electronic book, and a print book's Researchers found parents and toddlers spoke more when interacting with a paper book rather than a story on an electronic tablet. What's more, parents used richer language when using print books compared with tablets, and collaborated more with their children. But parents were less responsive and children were less engaged with their parents when reading e-books, said Dr. Tiffany Munzer, corresponding author of the study at the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children's Hospital. The findings were published in the journal Pediatrics.Munzer pointed out. however, that the study was limited in several ways, including that the team did not test the toddlers reading comprehension. It was also limited by the small sample size, and the fact that the team used only one commercially-available app for the e-books." That isn't to say there is no benefit to electronic book reading compared with doing nothing. Just less compared with print books. Print books are just better for promoting rich language from their parents and more conversations between parents and children, said Munzer.Munzer said that parents always know their children best, "so they should feel empowered to adjust the reading experience to what they know their children are

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What is Dr. Munzer's proposal for choosing what to read? A. Children should read more comics and magazines B. Tablets are better for developing rich language C. Parents should choose more apps for e-books. D. It should depend on children's interests photographs, social media feeds messages and emails; it's no wonder they are glued to their screens. But is it good for them? There have been many claims about the damage looking at screens does to our eyesight. Some people feared staring at a small bright box could make us short-sighted or lead to headaches. This is a particular concern for children and young people, who spend a higher percentage of time using electronic gadgets. BBC technology corespondent, Rory Cellan-jones, says: “There is plenty of anecdotal evidence that no matter how long teenagers are spending looking at screens. they are encountering material about issues such as anorexia (厌食症) and self-harm that could prove damaging to their mental health.”But a new study says time in front of computers and phones might not be as bad for young people as many think. Research by the Oxford Internet Institute examined data from more than 17.000 teenagers in the UK. Ireland and the United States. Their study concluded that most links between life satisfaction and social media use were trivial" accounting for less than 1% of a teenagers health. Professor Przybylski, director of the research at the institute, said: 99.75 of a persons life satisfaction has nothing to do with their use of social medi A. " The research found that family, friends and school life all had a greater impact on well-being. Perhaps for now, deciding what the "right" amount of screen time is has to be up to personal judgments. 35. The first paragraph is designed to _____.

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B If I could have your attention, I'd like to talk to you about young people's screen time. It's a tempting habit for them to glance at their smartphone or tablet rather than make eye contacts with someone and make conversations! There is so much to look at: photographs, social media feeds messages and emails; it's no wonder they are glued to their screens. But is it good for them? There have been many claims about the damage looking at screens does to our eyesight. Some people feared staring at a small bright box could make us short-sighted or lead to headaches. This is a particular concern for children and young people, who spend a higher percentage of time using electronic gadgets. BBC technology corespondent, Rory Cellan-jones, says: “There is plenty of anecdotal evidence that no matter how long teenagers are spending looking at screens. they are encountering material about issues such as anorexia (厌食症) and self-harm that could prove damaging to their mental health.” But a new study says time in front of computers and phones might not be as bad for young people as many think. Research by the Oxford Internet Institute examined data from more than 17.000 teenagers in the UK. Ireland and the United States. Their study concluded that most links between life satisfaction and social media use were trivial" accounting for less than 1% of a teenagers health. Professor Przybylski, director of the research at the institute, said: 99.75 of a persons life satisfaction has nothing to do with their use of social media. " The research found that family, friends and school life all had a greater impact on well-being. Perhaps for now, deciding what the "right" amount of screen time is has to be up to personal judgments. 35. The first paragraph is designed to _____.