splitting function was launched last year. Owned by Chinese Internet giant Tencent, the payment platform competes with Alibaba's Alipay, which is widely used and also has a bill splitting function.
The smart phone apps that rely on these payment platforms have transformed the lives of many urban Chinese. Massages, haircuts, house cleaning, laundry services and personal trainers can be ordered in your own home. hao Mengsha, 28, an editor in a magaine enjoys a manicure （美甲）once every month, and pays half of the price charged in salons. \wouldn't have thought about getting a massage at wor without the apps.%uses Alipay and WeChat to pay for the services. \ou can mae do without a wallet but can't live without your smart phone when you go out these days,\
25. What is the advantage for the young people to pay their share via smart phones? A. Saving much money. B. Avoiding embarrassment of paying the bills. C. Contacting others more easily after dinner. D. Having more convenience than other ways.
26. According to the article, why do many old fols \A. Because they thin splitting bills funny. B. Because they want to now who is rich. C. Because they want to pay the bill. D. Because they figure out who owes what.
27. What do people thin about WeChat wallet and Alipay wallet ? A. Smart phones with them cost a lot of money. B. Neither of them will win in the competition. C. Both of them are acceptable.
D. The payment platform should be improved. 28. What hao said in the last paragraph means _____. A. the wallets are not necessary any more
B. she bought all that she needs through the Internet. C. she doesn’t now how to wor with phones D. the smart phone apps change people’s life
C
After a few moments, my passenger started a conversation. It began ordinarily enough “How do you lie driving a cab?”
“It’s O,” I said. “I mae a living and meet interesting people sometimes. How about you? His reply intrigued me. “I would not change jobs even if I could mae twice as much money doing something
else.”
I’d never heard that before. “What do you do?’’ “I’m in the neurology department at New Yor Hospital.”
Then I decided to as for this man’s help. We were not far from the airport.
“Could I as a big favor of you? I have a son, 15, a good id. He wants a job, but a 15-year-old can’t get hired unless his old man nows someone who owns a business, and I don’t.” I paused. “Is there any possibility that you could get him some ind of summer job?”
He didn’t respond for a while. Finally, he said “Well, the medical students have a summer research project. Maybe he could fit in. Have him send me his school record.”I tore off a piece of my brown lunch bag, and he scribbled his name on it and paid me. It was the last time I ever saw him.
After I nagged, yelled, and finally threatened to cut off his pocet money, my son Robbie sent off his grades to the guy the net morning.
Two wees later, when I arrived home from wor, my son was beaming. He handed me a letter from my passenger, saying he was to call my passenger’s secretary for an interview.
Robbie got the job. He did minor tass, unpaid, but he fit in well. The following summer, he wored at the hospital again with more responsibility. As high school graduation neared, Dr Plum was ind enough to write letters of recommendation for Robbie and he was accepted by Brown University. Finally, Dr Robert Stern, the son of a taicab driver, became OB-GYN chief president at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center.
Some might call it fate, and I guess it was. But it shows that something as ordinary as a tai ride can change your life.
29. What does the underlined word “intrigued” in the second paragraph mean? A. interested B. confused C. benefited D. challenged 30. After the author got the passenger’s name, he ___________. A. found that his son got the summer job immediately. B. found his son wasn’t interested in getting a summer job. C. had difficulty persuading his son to send his school record. D. ased for his help more than once.
31. Which of the following is TRUE according to the article? A. The author loves his job and devotes himself to it. B. Robbie was very eager to wor at New Yor Hospital. C. The small summer job led to Robbie’s career.
D. Dr. Plum promised to help the author without hesitation. 32. The author develops the article mainly by________.
A. providing eamples B. following the natural time order C. maing comparisons D. presenting causes and effects
D
One of my friend epressed concern about the “listening” capability of smart phones.
She said she had been planning a funeral and searched for funeral homes. She typed “f-u-n-e-r-a-l” and Google suggested funeral homes near her as well as other funeral-related websites.
Just then, a friend called her. The friend suggested that the woman mae food called “funeral potatoes” for a gathering after the service.
After the call ended, the woman returned to her Internet search. She again typed “f-u-n-e-r-a-l”. This time, the first suggestion to appear on Google was “funeral potatoes”.
It seemed the cell phones had listened to what they were taling about. Cell phones may indeed be listening to us, even when we are not using them. Stories on the Internet tell of people who got Internet search results or advisements based on words they said aloud near their cell phones.
When we give an app permission to use our cell phone microphone it is not clear when it is listening to us. There are no signal lights or icons that show when the microphone is turned on.
How should we stop our phones from listening? First, be sure to chec the permissions you have given apps to access the microphone on your phone. Some apps need the microphone access to wor correctly, but others do not. Never give permission to use your microphone unless the app needs access to it.
Second, turn off the microphone for any apps you do not want to have access to your microphone. You may want to turn off microphone access for all of the apps on your phone. If you find an app requiring microphone access you can always turn it bac on again.
To mae sure apps are not listening to you, turn off microphone access on your iPhone. Go to Settings, then Privacy, then Microphone, to see a list of all of the apps that have ased for permission to use your microphone.
Turn off permission for any apps you do not want using your phone’s microphone.
You can also turn the phone’s power off or leave the phone in another room to mae sure you are not being listened to.
33. What’s the passage mainly about?
A. Microphone is useful in life.
B. Using microphone is dangerous. C. How to use microphone correctly? D. Microphone may listen to you.
34. When the microphone is turned on, __________. A. no sign will warn you B. the signal lights will be on C. some icons will remind you D. the bell will ring
35. Which of the following advice is mentioned in the passage? A. Unload some apps.
B. Don’t allow the app to use microphone unless necessary. C. Don’t set microphone on your phone. D. the good policy of China
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根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
More and more passengers are worried about teting and driving. If a teting driver is maing you
nervous but you’re not sure how to bring the topic up, here are some ideas.
The direct approach
You can go straight to the point and say, “I’m sorry, but I get really nervous when people tet and drive at the same time.” 36 Most people will admit it’s probably not a good idea or they’ll at least put down the phone. The subtle approach
If you don’t feel comfortable telling a driver to quit teting directly, try hinting. “Would you lie me to type for you since you’re driving?” 37 For eample,“Did you see that truc ?”“I’ve seen a lot of policemen out today. ”
The life-saving approach
If a driver continues to tet and drive or laugh at you because you are worrying about it, avoid riding with that person. 38 This will mae him feel ashamed. A little shame maes people thin twice about bad habits.
Speaing of parents
39 If you are stuc in a car with an adult who is teting behind the wheel, be direct and tell him to stop. Most adults now that parents are constantly telling ids not to tet and drive, so they should feel embarrassed enough to put down the phone.
If a driver absolutely won't stop teting or laugh at you for being nervous, don't argue.
40 Just get out of the car as soon as you can. Net time that driver offers to give you a ride, you can say, “No, thans.”
A. Or point out things the driver has missed seeing. B. The last thing anyone needs is a teting driver. C. As we all now, it’s not just young drivers who tet. D. Tae away the driver's car ey.
E. Let the teting driver nows you’re cutting him off. F. As the driver who is teting to hand over the phone. G. Wait to see how the person responds.
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