I cannot believe that it is already 2016! Where did 2015 go? I guess the saying is true: Time flies when you are having _______I am going back to the USA soon, but I can’t _______ my good friends in Nanjing. One of my favourite _______ of 2014 in Nanjing was going boating in Xuanwu Lake Park with my friends. We usually did this during the summer months _______ it’s warm, sunny and you don’t need to wear thick coats or long jeans like you do in the winter time. My friends and I would usually _______ at Xuanwu Gate at 8:00 am on Sundays. We would often play for _______ and then walk over to the bus station to take a bus to The Confucius Temple. When we got there, my favourite thing _______ was the Chinese food, such as rice dumplings, smelly tofu and so on.
Even though I love summer, winter has so many fun things to do, too. _______ I love most about winter time are the Christmas Trees in Xinjiekou. People _______ the trees with many shiny lights and they were so beautiful and lovely. And I also got to meet a young man who _______ up as Father Christmas around the trees. He was giving out presents or colourful boxes full of sweets.
Goodbye, my Chinese friends. Happy Spring Festival!
What would life be like if you give up using your cell phone? Will it become boring?
Twenty-eight eighth-graders at St. Matthew School in San Francisco will tell you it can still be rich and colorful.
These students took part in their school’s “tech-free” challenge. They couldn’t use cell phones for two weeks from Nov 11 to Nov 22.
The idea was to help students understand how technology has affected their lives, said Denise Uhl, principal of the school.
Uhl did a survey on technology usage among the eighth-graders before thinking of the challenge. She found that 84 percent of the students said they didn’t like it “when everyone was on their cell phones”, but they didn’t know what to do about it. The answer was actually easy --- to stop constantly using cell phones.
To help students understand the point, Uhl created the activity. It was warmly welcomed among students.
“I wanted to sign up for the tech-free challenge because it was just really a good idea to do it,” eighth-grader Joe told local newspaper Catholic San Francisco. “I wanted to get closer to my family. And it really worked. I started to hang out with my family more. We watched more family movies and we played a lot of board games.”
The activity also helped students develop their interests.
During the two weeks, Lucas said he spent much more time outside, picking lemons in his garden. Maddie finished a painting and Cassie created a scarf on a loom (織布機).
1.Students who took part in the “tech-free” challenge _____.
A. couldn’t use their computers at school
B. were not allowed to use their cell phones for nearly two weeks
C. could use the Internet at school for free
D. couldn’t take any high-tech products to school
2.The aim of the “tech-free” challenge was to _____.
A. help students focus on their study
B. reduce the use of technology in school
C. make studying more difficult for students
D. help students understand how technology has affected their lives
3.Uhl’s survey on technology usage showed that _____.
A. students liked to play games together on their cell phones
B. some students felt that they couldn’t live without cell phones
C. many students felt annoyed when others were on their phones
D. some students believed that technology improved their studies
4.After taking part in the activity, students found that _____.
A. technology was actually boring
B. they became closer to their family
C. they lost a way to keep in touch with their friends
D. going on the Internet was the only interesting thing to do