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“Smombies”— people walking while staring at their smartphones are very real and a growing cause for concern. To let people pay more attention to their surroundings to avoid serious accidents, government in a small German town has come up with a more positive solution — embedding (嵌入) traffic lights in the pavement to make them noticed by people always looking down at their phones.
The safety measure was taken. Authorities in Augsburg decided to act, installing ground level traffic lights at two tram (电车) stops last Tuesday. The lights flash red when a tram is coming, or when the regular traffic light turns red. “We realized that the normal traffic light isn't in the line of sight of many pedestrians these days,” said Tobias Hermes, a city official. “So we decided to have an extra set of lights — the more lights we have, the more people are likely to notice them.”
Some Augsburg people appear to be quite happy with the idea. “I think it makes sense,” Jack Smith said, speaking to The Augsburg Alleghenies. “One always sees young people these days running over red lights. This makes it more obvious that you need to stop.”
Others, however, found the need for ground traffic lights unnecessary and even frightening. “I find it scary that smartphone users are so engrossed that they need to install lights in the ground so that they notice the tram coming,” one person told the local paper.
But do this kind of pavement-embedded lights actually work? One interviewed teenager believes not really. “To be honest, I didn't even notice it,” he told The Augsburg Alleghenies. "Maybe it’d be useful at night, but I didn’t realize it was there until just now.”
1.From the text we can know that smombies refer to people
A.who are fond of walking.
B.who look at phones while walking.
C.whose smartphones are embedded traffic lights.
D.who pay more attention to their surroundings.
2.What can we learn from Tobias Hermes?
A.The tram is the main cause of traffic accidents.
B.The tram's lights should flash while running.
C.Many people can't see normal traffic lights clearly.
D.The pavement-embedded lights are easier to be seen.
3.Which of the following can replace the underlined word “engrossed” in Paragraph 4?
A.Disturbed. B.Scared.
C.Engaged. D.Inspired.
4.What can be a suitable tide for the text?
A.The Serious Smartphones Problems.
B.Advocate People to Celebrate Traffic Rules.
C.The Importance of Ground Traffic Lights.
D.Ground Traffic Lights for People Staring at Their Smartphones.
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
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“Smombies”—people walking while staring at their smart phones—are very real and a growing cause for concern. Tired of having to constantly alert both locals and tourists to pay more attention to their surroundings to avoid serious accidents, authorities of a small German town have come up with a more positive solution—embedding(嵌入) traffic lights in the pavement to make them visible to people constantly looking down at their phones.
The seemingly ridiculous safety measure was put in place. Authorities in Augsburg decided to act, installing ground level traffic lights at two tram(有轨电车) stops last Tuesday. The lights flash red every time a tram is approaching, or when the regular traffic light turns red. “We realized that the normal traffic light isn't in the line of sight of many pedestrians these days，” said Tobias Hermes, a city administration official. “So we decided to have an additional set of lights—the more we have, the more people are likely to notice them.”
Some Augsburg residents appear to be quite happy with the idea.“I think it makes sense，” Jack Smith said, speaking to The Augsburger All
gemeine. “One always sees young people these days running over red lights. This makes it more obvious that you need to stop.”Others, however, found the need for ground traffic lights disturbing and even frightening. “I find it scary that smart phone users are so engrossed that they need to install lights in the ground so that they notice the tram coming，” one person told the local paper.
But do this kind of pavementembedded lights actually
work? Well, if one interviewed teenager is to be believed, not really. “To be honest I didn't even notice it，” he told The Augsburger Allgemeine. “Maybe it'd be useful at night, but yeah, I didn't realize it was there until just now.”The word “smombie”—a mashup of the words smart phone and zombie—was born in Germany. It was voted “youth word of the year” in 2015, but the serious consequences of this behaviour are no laughing matter.
1.Which of the following about “smombies” is TRUE?
A. It refers to people who are fond of walking.
B. It refers to people who are looking at phones while walking.
C. It refers to people who concern others very much.
D. It refers to people who hate locals and tourists.
2.Which of the following can replace the underlined word “engrossed” in Paragraph 4?
A. Disturbed. B. Frightened.
C. Addicted. D. Encouraged.
3.What may be the best title for the text?
A. Ground traffic lights for people looking at smart phones
B. Effective ways to educate people to obey traffic rules
C. The meanings of ground traffic lights
D. The serious problem of traffic safety
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
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请阅读下面短文，并按要求用英语写一篇150词左右的文章。
On the subway in Beijing, most people stare at their smartphones. Some play video games or watch TV dramas, while some choose to read.
Online novels are popular among these readers. In fact, more people are becoming registered users on online literature websites or smartphone applications. The total number of online literature website users had increased to over 500 million by the end of November 2018, according to a report from China Internet Network Information Center. This shows half of all netizens are online literature readers.
Many scholars estimate the number will keep increasing at an annual rate of tens of millions. Yet the fast growth due to the widespread adoption of the Internet and smartphones in the past 20 years was criticized by some writers as disorder. As the number of online literature works increases, some vulgar (低俗的) online novels have appeared. Ning Ken, the top prize winner of the First Online Literature Contest, said online literature needs guidance. “I think it should be something of high quality, rather than just a sort of entertainment. Its quality should be improved, ”said the writer.
（写作内容）
1.用约30词概述所给信息的主要内容；
2.用约120词发表你的观点，内容包括:
(1)谈谈你对网络文学的看法(至少两点)；
(2)请你对改进网络文学作品质量提出合理建议(至少两点)。
（写作要求）
1.可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不得直接引用原文中的句子；
2.作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。
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概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，语篇连贯。
注意：请将书面表达撰写在答题卡上。
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高三英语读写任务困难题查看答案及解析
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A man looking at his smartphone while walking across a railway crossing in Nanjing 1. (have)a close knock on Oct 22．He was so2. (absorb) in his smartphone that he didn’t see a train approaching until it brushed past him， 3. (throw)him to the ground．This should serve 4. a warning that people should be aware of their surroundings．especially 5. crossing roads．
6. (1ucky)，the man survived a brush with death，but the incident forced the driver 7. (stop)the train．An l8-minute delay followed the incident，8. led to a break in the running of other trains on the route．
Smartphone 9. (addict)has spread like an infectious disease．It’s evident that it will do great harm to society．What’s even 10. (bad)，some addicts become impatient with relatives and friends．
Some people blame the smartphone for the tragedy，yet in tact people’s weakening self-control and self-discipline are to blame．
高三英语其他题中等难度题查看答案及解析
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When I walk through the streets of San Francisco’s business districts, white people stare at me as if I were a circus clown.
Their staring eyes don’t see that I get ____1____ A’s in school, or that I am a captain of the football team, or that I belong to ___2____youth organizations. All they see is that I am 6-foot-4, young ,black, and male-----a potential ____3____to them.
White men look at me as if I am up to no good, or as if they are ____4____to me. White women just look at me with____5____, say, sometimes they cross the street when they see my friends and me coming, or walk in the street and only get back on the sidewalk after we ____6____.
Many people come to San Francisco to get away from the stereotypes(成见) of the cities they were born and ____7_____ in. The majority of the blacks and Latinos who live in this city don’t have that luxury.
How can you feel at home when people are_____8_____telling you to get back to Africa or Mexico ----or just back to “where you belong”?
My way of dealing with this kind of thing has _____9_____over the years. In the past, when my friends and I would walk the streets and a hundred pairs of white eyes would look at me as if we were the lowest form of dirt, it would make us angry enough to hurt or ____10____them.
Now I’m more likely to use ____11____ to defend myself against those eyes. To women who clutch their purse in terror, I’ll say, “Man, I ain’t gonna do anything to you, I got money in my pocket!” My cousin has even started wearing a T-shirt ____12_____ in big letters, “NO, WHITE LADY, I DON'T’ WANT YOUR PURSE.”
The most painful thing is when we get those___13____ stares from black people, especially elderly ones. I want o say to them, “We’re black too. Why would we do something to you?”
Usually I react more ____14____to all of this than a lot of my friends do. Some of them, so brainwashed, just think it’s part of life and that there is nothing you can do.
But for me, that’s not good enough. I just can’t stand it when every day a hundred pair of eyes tell you you’re not_____15_____.
1.A. almost B. mostly C. merely D. particularly
2.A. social B. local C. positive D. new
3.A. danger B. treasure C. gift D. neighbor
4.A. better B. close C. perfect D. superior
5.A. fear B. interest C. honor D. despair
6.A. run B. walk C. pass D. move
7.A. known B. developed C. raised D. located
8.A. honestly B. constantly C. hopefully D. freely
9.A. changed B. formed C. strengthened D. increased
10.A. kill B. rob C. damage D. steal
11.A. actions B. deeds C. signs D. words
12.A. writing B. printing C. telling D. saying
13.A. fearful B. doubtful C. pitiful D. impressive
14.A. strongly B. actively C. disappointedly D. casually
15.A. sincere B. mature C. welcome D. gentle
高三英语完型填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
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Nowadays，it is common to see people staring at their mobile phones instead of reading a real book，＿＿＿＿＿＿many experts are worried．
A. when B．for which C．where D. about which
高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
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Open your eyes. What do you see? Do you see the crowds of people walking around? Look at their faces. 1. Did you notice the person that was smiling at you? Look again. See the trees waving to you in greetings?
2. What do you hear? Traffic? Discussions on the latest gossip? People on the cellular phones that are trying to compete with the noise? Cursing and swearing? Or the radio/television of your neighbors? But do you hear the songs of praises the birds in the day sings for you, or the lullaby the insects orchestrate for you in the night?
Now smell the air. Exhausts? Odors you feel uncomfortable? Smell again. Concentrate this time. 3.
Focus your senses to your skin. Feel the heat? The humidity? But did you not also notice the breeze that is gently trying to cool you? Feel the frost of the winter, biting through all your insulation. 4. And the warmth that is already within you that your heart is circulating.
There is always comfort around us if you know where to look. There is too much distractions in this society. 5.
A.Focus your senses in the correct way and you will find a release.
B.Concentrate now on your hearing.
C.Concentrate now on nature.
D.Curious looks, snobs, anger, expressionless looks, looks of concentration.
E.Again feel the warmth that the sun is wrapping around you in a warm embrace.
F.You will smell terrible air.
G.You will find the fragrance of the perfect blossom.
高三英语七选五中等难度题查看答案及解析
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It seems that people are gradually losing their smartness as smartphones become increasingly important assistants in their lives. As we rely too much on technology instead of our brains, many people have lost three basic abilities.
The first skill many people have lost is remembering phone numbers. Because phone numbers are stored in smartphone contacts, there's now no need to dial a number or look at it again. This is fine until you need to call someone for help, only to find your phone is not around.
And some people may also have lost their sense of direction because navigation apps can guide people anywhere they want. People get so dependent on them that when they can't use their smartphones, they get lost and anxious.
But the worst lost skills may be social ones, meaning that some people are becoming socially inept(无能的)People often bury themselves in their smartphones. As we're too absent-minded by what's happening in the virtual(虚拟的)some of us have lost conversational skills and sometimes can't even distinguish whether a person is happy or not.
Last August, researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles, studied 51 students aged 11 and 12 who had over five hours' screen time every day. Their task was to tell the emotions of 48 pictures of faces that were happy, sad, angry or scared.
The children made an average of 14. 02 mistakes at the beginning. But after a five-day camp without electronic products, they made only 9.41 mistakes on average.
Luckily, people still have a chance to get these abilities back. You should try to keep your parents' numbers in mind for emergencies. You should also pay more attention to street signs and stores , which will help you to draw a mind map and stop you from getting lost. And the easiest solution to social skill loss is to take a break from electronic products.
1.The underlined sentence in the second paragraph implies that .
A. you are able to turn to others for help
B. others are able to call you anytime and anywhere
C. others are unable to get in touch with you by smartphone
D. you are unable to contact others without your smartphone
2. The experiment by researchers indicated that without electronic products, one could .
A. recognize more facial expressions correctly
B. lose the sense of direction frequently
C. tell different emotions immediately
D.more pictures of faces easily
3.Overusing smartphones, people will probably according to the passage
A. lose face-to-face communication skills
B. have no sense of numbers
C. weaken their senses of hearing and sight
D. fail to find their destination
4.The passage mainly tells us that many people are .
A. becoming no smarter than smartphones
B. benefiting from smartphones' intelligence
C．losing some basic abilities because of using samrtphones
D．trying hard to break away from smartphones’intelligence
5.The writer’s attitude towards electronic products is .
A．critical B．sympathetic
C．supportive D．optimistic
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
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They will be here in a minute, surely. I’ll just stare at my shoes a little while longer to pass the time. Wish I’d brought a book. Hang on, though, what if I’ve got the wrong day? The wrong place? Have the clocks gone back? No, damn it, I’m off home. Whoever I’m waiting for clearly lives in a different time zone from me.
I am always 10 minutes early, so if you’re 10 minutes late, I’ve been foot-tapping for 20 minutes. I know it’s not fair to hold the first 10 against you, but I just can’t help myself. I never wait more than 20 minutes beyond the meeting time we decided upon, not for anyone, ever.
OK, that’s not strictly true. I have, on occasion, hung around anxiously and heart-brokenly for up to an hour, but the bitter anger that follows is never a pretty sight. If you’ve made me wait that long, you will wish you hadn’t bothered turning up at all.
How come some people are always late and some are always on time? If I can manage to be punctual, why can’t you? Because I left a hot cup of coffee at home while you sat down to roll another cigarette. Because I spilled jam on my pants and quickly wiped it off whereas you took time to change your whole outfit. Because I switched off midway through a TV series, but you had to ride out the end, didn’t you? And don’t even think about blaming the traffic. How do you think I got here? By flying carpet? Only carelessness or arrogance (傲慢) can explain a habit of lateness.
Some people are always late because they can’t make realistic calculations about how long it takes to do things. There are 60 seconds in a minute and 60 minutes in an hour. Just deal with it. Painful as it may be, you have to accept that, as you’ve agreed to meet at eight and it’s now a quarter to, you don’t have time to phone your girlfriend.
Much worse, though, are those with big egos (自我). Being late is just rude. Being late on purpose really means that you hate the person you are meeting.
Of course, there are some perfectly lovely latecomers out there. I just never wait long enough to find out.
1.Which of the following words best describes how the author feels in the first paragraph?
A. Anxious. B. Curious.
C. Thankful. D. Joyful.
2.What does the author think contributes to people always being late?
a. Their big egos.
b. Traffic jams.
c. Their carelessness.
d. Being picky when choosing clothes.
e. Their realistic calculations of how long it takes to do things.
A. a, b B. a, c C. b, d, e D. c, d, e
3.We can learn from the article that the author ___________.
A. is tolerant of people being late
B. has missed lots of meetings
C. has trouble getting along with others
D. has a strong preference for good timekeeping
4.According to the author, people should ____________.
A. be patient when waiting for a latecomer
B. keep in mind that being late is rude and selfish
C. always arrive 10 minutes early for an appointment
D. ask people around them to remind them about an appointment
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
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As darkness fell, hundreds of people in the Swiss village left their houses. They were staring ________ 36 at the mountain top in the distance. It was covered with37 , beautiful and dangerous.
The huge mountain is called Matterhorn. Mountain climbers had 38 the top, using the southern route. But no one had ever dared to try a winter climbing up the 39 side. But now one man was daring to try the 40 route. He was Walter Bonatti, a great mountain climber from Italy.
For two days he had climbed. The village people had watched him 41 . Now they were waiting to see his 42 . If he planned to 43 the next day, he would light a green signal. A red light would mean that he was 44 .
A tiny green light 45 high on the mountain side. Bonatti was not giving up! The people 46 .
The next day he 47 his way upward. He was so lonely and so tired! But he would not give up. Again that night he lit the 48 light.
In the morning, Bonatti looked up. He could not see the top, but he knew he was 49 there. 50 the climb was painful, he moved up.
Bonatti had spent months 51 for the climb. Was the training enough? Did he have the strength and 52 to climb to the top?
He was finally at the top! News about his 53 was radioed to the world.
The trip down the southern54 was easy. He was warmly welcomed in the village. He had done the "55 ", and would be well remembered as a climber of all time.
1... A. up B. down C. back D. forward
2... A. green trees B. flowers C. rocks D. ice and snow
3.. A. passed B. reached C. climbed D. watched
4.. A. eastern B. western C. northern D. southern
5.. A. different B. difficult C. easy D. same
6.. A. anxiously B. carefully C. patiently D. eagerly
7.. A. signal B. flag C. face D. figure
8.. A. go down B. come back C. go on D. give up
9.. A. turning around B. turning back C. moving up D. in danger
10.. A. raised B. rose C. disappeared D. appeared
11.. A. cheered B. shouted C. laughed D. jumped
12.. A. stopped B. abandoned C. continued D. ended
13.. A. green B. yellow C. blue D. red
14.. A. already B. surely C. almost D. no longer
15.. A. Because B. Though C. Since D. When
16.. A. asking B. planning C. preparing D. training
17... A. money B. wish C. effort D. skill
18.. A. victory B. climb C. courage D. thing
19... A. pace B. route C. path D. passage
20... A. necessary B. great C. important D. impossible
高三英语完型填空简单题查看答案及解析
gemeine. “One always sees young people these days running over red lights. This makes it more obvious that you need to stop.”
work? Well, if one interviewed teenager is to be believed, not really. “To be honest I didn't even notice it，” he told The Augsburger Allgemeine. “Maybe it'd be useful at night, but yeah, I didn't realize it was there until just now.”