For me, Facebook is about staying in touch with friends, whether that means writing on someone’s ‘wall’or sending them a private message. It’s a useful website for finding long-lost friends, arranging parties and sharing photos. But that’s not all: Facebook is now being used by all kinds of people for all kinds of reasons!
Do you want to play computer games? Log on to Facebook. There are now thousands of entertaining games and puzzles to help you pass the time. Do you want to find cafés, cinemas and bowling alleys in your area? Log on to Facebook pages that you can join and ‘like’, which makes it very easy to search for fun things to do near you. I think it’s brilliant to have all the information that you want on just one website!
People are now joining Facebook to make professional connections too, either with people who do the same kind of work, or with businesses that are looking for new people to work for them.
It’s a pretty good idea since so many people use Facebook these days, especially young people! Even students log on to Facebook to look for summer or part-time jobs.
And that’s not all! Now there are hundreds of pages about sports teams, TV programmes and pop stars to look at on Facebook. However, I believe the main reason most young people use Facebook is because it’s so easy to let the world know what you think about different things or people, whether it’s about a new film at the cinema or whether you prefer Rihanna with long or short hair. You can even write comments directly on other people’s Facebook pages including some stars’ pages. But you have to be careful because giving your opinion online can be dangerous.
We mustn’t forget that Facebook is meant to be fun and shouldn’t be used for saying bad things about people around us. I recently read a news article about a student who had to leave school because she made rude and unfair comments about a teacher on her Facebook wall. Several other school students have been in trouble for similar comments and opinions. In fact, it really annoys me when I see somebody has written nasty things about another person!
It’s true that Facebook is becoming more and more part of our daily lives for many different reasons, and it can be really helpful as well as being a lot of fun. But, as with all websites, we must be careful about how we use it.
【小题1】What does the writer think of the Facebook?| A．It is easy for finding a long-lost friend |
| B．It is dangerous for giving one’s opinion |
| C．It is mainly used for business reasons these days. |
| D．It is useful for finding entertainment information. |
| A．It’s a good place to read TV programmes reviews. |
| B．They can have conversations about their interests. |
| C．It’s the best place to find information about sports. |
| D．They like having the chance to give their opinions. |
| A．critical | B．private | C．unpleasant | D．impolite |
| A．The use of Facebook | B．The information on Facebook |
| C．The reasons of using Facebook | D．The suggestions for using Facebook |
Look! Here comes a cute bus. It looks like a panda with black ears and big eyes. It can carry 22 people and is about 12 meters long. A Chinese company made it.
The Smart Panda Bus uses Al technology. It can do a lot of things. The bus can drive by itself without a driver. Don’t worry! It’s very safe. When you get on the bus, you can swipe your hand. The bus will read your hand and know who you are. There are also robots on the bus. You can talk to them and ask them for help. If there is a thief on the bus, the bus will call the police.
In the bus, there is a vending machine. You can buy breakfast and dinner on the bus. This can save you a lot of time.
People in some cities, such as Changzhou in Jiangsu, Jinan in Shandong and Deyang in Sichuan, can take the bus. Do you want to ride it?
【小题1】The Smart Panda Bus________.| A．can carry 32 people | B．has big blue eyes |
| C．comes from China | D．is about 22 metres long |
| A．catch a thief without the police | B．drive itself without a driver |
| C．sell you breakfast and dinner | D．play your favourite music |
| A．how the bus drives | B．what the bus can do |
| C．who made the bus | D．what the robots can do |
| A．make people’s lives easy and safe | B．help children learn about the bus |
| C．help police find thieves | D．carry more children to school |
| A．guidebook | B．story book | C．sports newspaper | D．science magazine |
The local government of Haidian and the Internet company Baidu had an agreement in January, 2018. They wanted to develop “smart city” building together. Haidian Park was chosen by them. Why was Haidian Park chosen? It is because the park covers about 34 hectares（公顷）near the 4th Ring Road. And it received about 1.2 million tourists last year. It took the workers 10 months to change Haidian Park into an artificial intelligence（AI）（人工智能）theme park. Haidian Park lies in northern Beijing. So Haidian Park became China's first artificial intelligence theme park. It was opened to the public in early November.
Now the park has driverless buses, smart lamp posts（灯柱）and smart speakers. The buses themselves can run according to the directions from a computer. The smart lamp posts can record a lot of data quickly and well. The smart speakers can understand human instructions correctly. The park gives people a totally new look. People can experience different artificial intelligence here.
Che Jianguo said that a total of 10 government departments and companies took part in the rebuilding of the park over the past 10 months. He comes from the park office and he is in charge of the program.
In recent years, Chinese high-tech companies begin to do some things in the artificial intelligence industry. The central government also said in October that it would help the development of the country's new generation of artificial intelligence.
【小题1】Haidian Park was chosen to become the “smart city” because_____________.| A．it is the biggest park in Beijing |
| B．it is next to the 4th Ring Road |
| C．it lies in northern Beijing |
| D．it has large size and is popular |
| A．无人驾驶的 | B．有座位的 | C．跑得快的 | D．无扶梯的 |
| A．the global economy |
| B．the artificial intelligence industry |
| C．the development of our country |
| D．the big international background |
| A．Haidian Artificial Intelligence Theme Park |
| B．Chinese High-tech Companies |
| C．The Internet Company Baidu |
| D．"Smart City" Building |
Job search websites can help you in other ways, too. They show you how to write a good resume(履历) and how to get ready for an interview(面试). They also tell you what to say to an interviewer on the telephone. Some websites give you interview conversations to practise. One website even has a dictionary of interview words. A good employment website can be a big help in your job search.
Good luck with your job-hunting.
【小题1】Some employment websites tell you how to have a job interview .
| A．face to face | B．in an e-mail |
| C．in a letter | D．on the telephone |
| A．you can’t look for a summer job on the Internet |
| B．Some websites show you how to write a resume |
| C．if you type in the name of a company, you will get a job there easily. |
| D．the Internet can only show you a list of jobs of your own country. |
| A．searching a job | B．giving a job |
| C．doing a job | D．changing a job |
| A．The Internet lists a large number of companies. |
| B．You can find many websites on the Internet. |
| C．It’s about how you can use the Internet to find a job. |
| D．There are different ways for you to look for jobs. |
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