I can’t stop looking at my phone, but I’m not...

I can’t stop looking at my phone, but I’m not alone.

Over 2.5 billion people have smartphones now, and a lot of them are having a hard time putting them down. The problem is, out devices are designed to be addicting. But if you understand the tricks that grab your attention, you can learn to have a healthier relationship with your phone.

It starts with turning off all notifications（推送通知）, except when a real human is trying to reach you. But a lot of today’s apps simulate the feeling of that kind of social interaction, to get you to spend more time on their platform. If Facebook sends you a push notification that a friend is interested in an event near you, they’re essentially acting like a puppet master, taking advantage of your desire for social connections so that you use the app more.

Today you can get notifications from any app on your phone. So, every time you check it, you get this grab bag of notifications that can make you feel a broad variety of emotions. If it wasn’t for random, if it was predictably bad or predictably good, then you would not get addicted. That’s the same logic behind slot machines（老虎机）. Some apps even copy the process of pulling a slot machine lever with the “pull to refresh” feature. Those apps are usually capable of continuously updating content, but the pull action provides an addicting illusion of control over that process.

Then, you have to make your screen grayer. The easiest way to attract your eye’s attention on a screen is through color. In eye-tracking tests, human eyes gravitate（被吸引）particularly to bright red. That’s why so many apps have redesigned their icons to be brighter, bolder, and warmer over the years. It’s also why notification bubbles are red. So just noticing that if I take out the color, it changes some of the addictiveness.

Finally, restrict your home screen to everyday tools. Make sure that your home screen, when you unlock it, doesn’t have anything except for the in-the-moment tools that help you like live your life.

If you’re not sure what counts as a bottomless vortex（漩涡）of stuff, it helps to filter out apps that use infinite scrolling. Infinite scrolling continuously loads new material so there’s no built-in endpoint. Video autoplay works in a similar way. These interfaces create a frictionless experience, but they also create a user’s sense of control and make it harder to stop.

Technology might not always look harmful. There are ideas for alternative interfaces that give you functional choices and are more transparent about how much time you’ll lose with one action, versus another.

But it’s a really deep philosophical question: what is genuinely worth your attention? Do people even know how to answer that question? It’s a really hard question, it’s not something we think about. But, for now, it’s a question that everybody needs to start asking.

1.Which is the most accurate word to replace the underlined word “essentially”?

A.basically B.necessarily

C.temporarily D.punctually

2.What does the author mean by mentioning “slot machine”?

A.Users can probably predict what the notification is before checking their phones.

B.Netizens can do gambling on the internet legally.

C.There’re a lot of similarities between apps and slot machines.

D.It’s unpredictability that makes phones addicting.

3.From the end of the article we can know that ______.

A.all the interfaces are not extremely addicting

B.we users are not enabled to choose but to waste time on technology

C.it’s philosophers’ job to reflect on the value of technology in information age

D.the development of technology cannot be changed back to the way they were before

4.We can learn from the passage that the author’s attitude to technology is ______.

A.negative B.concerned

C.positive D.indifferent

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My mother always tells me ______ out alone at night.

A．go               B．not go            C．not to go          D．don’t go

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It may not be news to parents of teenage girls, but researchers have confirmed that no one can stop their 16-year-old daughter from deciding how the family spends its money.

The willpower and determination of teenage girls give them a big say in how a family’s money is spent on everything from food and meals to mobile phones, and, of course, clothes. Teenage boys did not show up at all in the analysis, which was designed to find out the influence of young people on household spending.

The findings on the spending power of teenage girls were calculated from Office for National Statistics records of family spending during the 1980s and 1990s. Researchers examined how much money went on services and leisure goods in different kinds of homes. They checked spending on food, restaurant meals, alcohol, tobacco, services, heating, transport, clothes and sports in 2,745 British families.

They found that teenage girls in the UK typically played an active role in family decisions about the allocation（分配）of household resources. But older children— those over the age of 21 who are still living with their parents—appear to have no say in household decisions.

They also tried to calculate to what extent the bargaining power of a teenager affected family budgets. “Every parent knows that children, even at a very early age, have their own preferences with regard to consumption, researchers said. “But children are only interested in a limited range of goods—mainly sweets and toys—and parents are able to use punishment to reduce their children’s bargaining power or remove it.”  When they become teenagers, however, girls are much more independent and they are capable of earning their own money, which improves their bargaining power in family decisions.

The researchers could not explain why girls have more influence over spending while the evidence for boys is much less conclusive. However, this study could be of great significance to market research and how marketers target children.

1. From the passage we can learn that ________.

2.What does the underlined part “give them a big say” in the second paragraph mean?

3.It appears that household decisions are NOT affected by ________.

4.How can parents reduce children’s bargaining power?

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Not only 　　　　 with your phone, but you can use it to send e-mails, chat on instant messenger, listen to music and even watch television.

A. you can take pictures　　 B. can take pictures you

C. can take you pictures　　 D. can you take pictures

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— Would you mind my coming over and having a look at your new garden? My little son’s curious about those roses you grow．

—________．You are welcome．

A．Yes, I do        B．Never mind    C．Yes, please     D．Not at all

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In the United States alone, over 100 million cell-phones are thrown away each year. Cell-phones are part of a growing mountain of electronic waste like computers and personal digital assistants. The electronic waste stream is increasing three times faster than traditional garbage as a whole.

Electronic devices contain valuable metals such as gold and silver. A Swiss study reported that while the weight of electronic goods represented by precious metals was relatively small in comparison to total waste, the concentration (含量) of gold and other precious metals was higher in　 So-called e-waste than in naturally occurring minerals.

Electronic wastes also contain many poisonous metals. Even when the machines are recycled and the harmful metals removed, the recycling process often is carried out in poor countries, in practically uncontrolled ways which allow many poisonous substances to escape into the environment.

Creating products out of raw materials creates much more waste material, up to 100 times more, than the material contained in the finished products. Consider again the cell-phone, and imagine the mines that produced those metals, the factories needed to make the box and packaging(包装) it came in. Many wastes produced in the producing process are harmful as well.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency notes that most waste is dangerous in that “the production, distribution, and use of products — as well as management of the resulting waste — all result in greenhouse gas release.” Individuals can reduce their contribution by creating less waste at the start — for instance, buying reusable products and recycling.

In many countries the concept of extended producer responsibility is being considered or has been put in place as an incentive (动机) for reducing waste. If producers are required to take back packaging they use to sell their products, would they reduce the packaging in the first place?

Governments’ incentive to require producers to take responsibility for the packaging they produce is usually based on money. Why, they ask, should cities or towns be responsible for paying to deal with the bubble wrap (气泡垫) that encased your television?

From the governments’ point of view, a primary goal of laws requiring extended producer responsibility is to transfer both the costs and the physical responsibility of waste management from the government and tax-payers back to the producers.

1.By mentioning the Swiss study, the author intends to tell us that __________.

A. the weight of e-goods is rather small

B. natural minerals contain more precious metals

C. E-waste deserves to be made good use of

D. the percentage of precious metals is heavy in e-waste

2.The responsibility of e-waste treatment should be extended __________.

A. from producers to governments　　 B. from distributors to governments

C. from individuals to distributors　　 D. from governments to producers

3.What does the passage mainly talk about?

A. The increase in e-waste.　　 B. The management of e-waste.

C. The seriousness of e-waste.　　 D. The creation of e-waste.

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---May I have a talk with you on the phone, Sir?

--- ________,  but not during my sleeping time.

A. I'm sorry       B. Anytime      C. Certainly    D. Go ahead

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—I phoned you at 7 yesterday evening but nobody answered.

— Oh, I ______ my dog in the park then.

A. walked  B. was walking   C. had walked   D. would walk

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— I phoned you at 7 yesterday evening but nobody answered.

— Oh, I _______my dog in the park then.

A．walked           B．was walking        C．had walked        D．would walk

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Christmas is over. And I got my wanted radio-controlled truck. But you would not believe the___36___ and work that went into getting this holy toy.

For over a month I stared at ___37___ magazines I received from my friend until I had made up my ___38___: I wanted a Pumpkin truck. I ___39___ to work immediately, dropping hints to my father about it.

My first job was to tell him about how the steering(操纵杆) on my old car didn’t ___40___, but he just blamed the problems on my bad ___41___.

My next plan would have to be more ___42___. “Look at this, Dad, the truck with controller and battery pack—all for only US$250!” You can’t ___43___ to miss out on this bargain!”

His ___44___ was that he certainly could afford to miss this ___45___ and for US$250 you could buy ___46___ educational like a telescope. “A telescope? To look at the moon? I’ll look at it when I’m 97 years old and living in a ___47___ home! This is my youth! I am supposed to run about.”

I went to my room, ___48___ at how mean(吝啬的) my father was. It was obvious that he didn’t ___49___ that I would die if I did not get the Pumpkin radio-controlled truck.

When I ___50___ on Christmas morning I wasn’t excited. I had been ___51___. I opened all my presents until there was just one big package ___52___. “The telescope,” I thought. I ___53___ the packaging and looked at the top of the box—it was a Pumpkin truck. I had ___54___! I loved my parents! I felt like I could do anything! I could ___55___ get an A+ in English class.

1.A. pain             B. attempt        C. joy            D. shyness

2.A. housing          B. fishing        C. car            D. fashion

3.A. mind             B. idea           C. opinion        D. head

4.A. get              B. set            C. searched       D. went

5.A. operate          B. run            C. start          D. work

6.A. riding           B. driving        C. thinking       D. keeping

7.A. strong           B. practical      C. ideal          D. obvious

8.A. afford           B. pay            C. allow          D. stand

9.A. talk             B. expression     C. face           D. response

10.A. truck           B. telescope      C. chance         D. bargain

11.A. one             B. something      C. everything     D. nothing

12.A. heating         B. loving         C. nursing        D. finding

13.A. pleased         B. good           C. expert         D. angry

14.A. say             B. believe        C. care           D. learn

15.A. went off        B. woke up        C. rang up        D. found out

16.A. worried         B. instructed     C. warned         D. defeated

17.A. opened          B. wrapped        C. left           D. faded

18.A. recovered B. refused              C. reopened       D. removed

19.A. won             B. done           C. beaten         D. failed

20.A. ever            B. already        C. still          D. even

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