1、Using a phone or palmtop computer with touch screens while wearing gloves has always been difficult. Well, with Glovelies, you no longer have to write text messages with frozen fingers. Glovelies are stylish gloves with special pads(垫块) in the fingertips to help you type or scroll(滚屏) without diffic
2、ulty. They come in a range of sizes and colors. Price: 15.00Mini VaxIt is a tiny cleaner that you plug into (插入) your computers USB port. Although its small enough to fit into your pocket, the Mini Vax is very powerful and youll be amazed at how much dust and dirt it manages to suck up (吸取) from you
3、r computer keyboard. Your Mini Vax comes with three attachments of different sizes to help you reach all those difficult places. Color: gray / black. Price:8.00Cheeky ClockCheeky Clock might look like a normal digital alarm clock, but the difference is that Cheeky Clock is a clock with wheels. When
4、the alarm goes off in the morning, Cheeky Clock jumps down from your bedside table and starts running around the floor looking for a place to hide. The alarm wont stop until you find your Cheeky Clock and switch it off. By this point, youll be wide awake. It needs three AAA batteries (not included).
5、 Price:40.00Piano MagicHave you ever wanted to learn to play the piano but thought that pianos were too expensive and took up too much room? Then Piano Magic is for you. Piano Magic is a real four-octave (八度) (forty-nine-key) keyboard which runs from the USB port on your computer. It sounds as good
6、as a real piano and yet fits into a small backpack. It comes with a free “Master The Piano” program which teaches you the piano as you play along. Price:60.001How can you properly use Glovelies?ABy wearing them. BBy knocking on them slightly.CBy touching the screens on them. DBy connecting them with
7、 your computer.2Which of the following can best describe Cheeky Clock?AAnnoying but effective. BFashionable but inaccurate.CFast-moving and power-saving. DClock-shaped and solar-powered.3Whats the characteristic of Piano Magic?AIt runs on batteries. BIt is convenient to carry.CIt looks like a real p
8、iano. DIt can be played without a keyboard. Computer programmer David Jones earns 35 000 a year designing new computer games, yet he cannot find a bank ready to let him have a credit card. Instead, he has been told to wait another two years, until he is 18. The 16-year-old works for a small firm in
9、Liverpool, where the problem of most young people of his age is finding a job. Davids firm releases two new games for the fast growing computer market each month.But Davids biggest headache is what to do with his money. Even though he earns a lot, he cannot drive a car, take out a mortgage (抵押贷款), o
10、r get credit cards. David got his job with the Liverpool-based company four months ago, a year after leaving school with six O-levels and working for a time in a computer shop. “I got the job because the people who run the firm knew I had already written some programs,” he said. David spends some of
11、 his money on records and clothes,and gives his mother 50 pounds a week. But most of his spare time is spent working.“Unfortunately, computing was not part of our studies at school,” he said. “But I had been studying it in books and magazines for four years in my spare time. I knew what I wanted to
12、do and never considered staying on at school. Most people in this business are fairly young, anyway.” David added, “I would like to earn a million and I suppose early retirement is a possibility. You never know when the market might disappear.”4In what way is David different from people of his age?A
13、He has a handsome job.BHe cannot have a credit card.CHe graduated with six O-levels.DHe often goes out with friends.5What is one of the problems that David is facing now?AHow to get more spare time.BBuying a car suitable for him.CHow to deal with his income.DReleasing two new games each month.6Why d
14、id David decide to leave school and start working?AHe received lots of job offers.BHe lost interest in school studies.CHe was eager to help his mother.DHe wanted to earn his own living.7What was Davids attitude towards the computer market in the future?APositive BCritical CWorried DHopeless Renewabl
15、e energy projects, including onshore and offshore wind and solar farms, have so far been subsidized (资助) by government support schemes. This has led to some to complain that clean energy is pushing up bills.However, the most recently approved offshore wind projects will most likely operate with nega
16、tive subsidies paying money back to the government. The money will go towards reducing household energy bills as the offshore wind farms start producing power in the mid-2020s.This is the conclusion of an analysis by an international team led by Imperial College London researchers published today in
17、 Nature Energy.Lead researcher Dr Malte Jansen, from the Centre for Environmental Policy at Imperial, said: “Offshore wind power will soon be so cheap to produce that it will undercut fossil-fueled power stations and may be the cheapest form of energy for the UK. Energy subsidies used to push up ene
18、rgy bills, but within a few years cheap renewable energy will see them brought down for the first time. This is an astonishing development.”The analysis for five countries in Europe, including the UK, focused on a series of government auctions (拍卖) for offshore wind farms between February 2015 and S
19、eptember 2019. Companies that want to build wind farms bid in the auctions by stating the price at which they will sell the energy they produce to the government.These are known as contracts for difference or CfDs. If a companys bid is higher than the wholesale electricity price on the UK market onc
20、e the wind farm is up and running, then the company will receive a subsidy from the government to top up the price.However, if the stated price (规定价格) is less than the wholesale price, then the company will pay the government back the difference. This payback is then passed through to consumers ener
21、gy bills, reducing the amount that homes and businesses will pay for electricity.The winning companies said they could build new offshore wind farms for around 40 per megawatt hour (MWh) of power. This was a new record set by these wind farms with bids 30 percent lower than just two years earlier.8W
22、hat does the passage mainly talk about?AOffshore wind farms to be built in the UK could reduce household energy bills by producing electricity very cheaply.BOffshore wind farms will not be subsidized by government in the near future.CThe importance of CfDs.DThe operation of negative subsidies.9Accor
23、ding to Paragraph 2, offshore wind farms _.Awill stop producing power in the mid-2020sBare paying money back to the governmentCwill help reduce household energy billsDwill all operate with negative subsidies10The underlined words “top up” in Paragraph 6 probably mean _.Amake upBtake upCcoverDfill up
24、11What can be inferred from the passage?AThe renewable energy projects will lead to some to complain that clean energy is pushing up bills.BThe company whose bid is less than the wholesale electricity price will receive a subsidy.CThe stated electricity price is now higher than the wholesale electri
25、city price.DFossil-fueled power will be soon produced cheaply. Growing up, we are constantly reminded that young people are heavily affected by technology. We are the “antisocial club”, those who prefer to text our friends in the same room rather than make eye contact with them. And even though neve
26、r-ending studies reveal to us the extent of our social media addiction, we should at least consider that its not only our young peoples problem any more.Theres the rise of the Instagram mums, who like to post an abundance of cute baby pictures, share their mom feelings along the way and show their w
27、onderful lifestyles. They are the so-called “Facebook mum generation”, a growing group of parents that like to overshare.While all of this might be fine, and even a little humorous, new research suggests that parents technology addiction is negatively affecting their childrens behavior. According to
28、 the study, 40% of mothers and 32% of fathers have admitted having some sort of phone addiction. This has led to a significant fall in verbal interactions within families and even a decline in mothers encouraging their children.There is no denying that I get annoyed when receiving the words “Ill be
29、with you soon” from a parent, when all I want to do is ask one question. But, at the same time, every day leaving the room to wait until my father is finished with his “serious business” (Farmville), has now become the norm. Whether you want to escape your disturbing children for a bit, or want to s
30、tay up late flicking through Twitter, know that wanting to do all of these is normal. We, your children, know how addictive it can be and how difficult it is to switch off. But before telling us to put our phones away at the table or even worse, listing statistics of how damaging social media can be
31、 for us, maybe lead by example, considering how much time you spend on the phone and how this is impacting your children and your relationship with us. Maybe in this way we can work on our addiction together.12From Paragraph 1, we can know that teenagers nowadays _.Aenjoy socializing with their friends Bsend messages to their friends every dayChate to make eye contact with their friends Dare heavily addicted to their mobile phones13What does the author think of mums oversharing?ABoring. BSelfish. CFunny. DMeaningful.14The underlined word “norm” in Paragraph 4 probably means _.Asecurity
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