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1、Mobile phone technology is advancing rapidly, but what can people expect to be using in 2018?What will their mobile be able to do and what will look like? Nokia has collaborated with Industrial Design students from Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London to come up with some ideas.

2、The WinnerDaniel MeyerThe device （装置） was inspired both by the appearing of video calling and the traditional practice of carrying pictures of family and friends with you. The handset is designed to sit as a picture frame （镜框） wherever the user is, serving the double purposes of communications devic

3、e and a comforting familiar focus at home or when away.RegenerateNicola ReedIt aims to get people to be more green. It collects infuriation on how much electricity and gas you use how you get about, the type of products you buy, and how you deal with waste. It works on a reward system and you can ea

4、rn free calls and texts by being environmentally friendly, like walking to work instead of driving.HelloSung-Joo KimPeople constantly upgrade mobiles and throw away their old ones. In the future new mobiles will have to exist alongside older modals that have become redundant （过剩的） in their primary r

5、ole. This project proposes a change for them, using secondary functions like the camera. This model allows old phones to become part of a CCTV network.Get Your FriendIk-Soo ShinThe aim was a user friendly product that gave an emotional relationship, like a fiend. A new generation of mobiles with art

6、ificial intelligence will be able to express a users feelings, such as anger. The phone will also automatically recognize the voice of the user, allowing communication between them and their mobiles.1Whats the aim of Nokia and Central Saint Martins College of Art and Designs event?ATo attract some u

7、sers. BTo collect some ideas.CTo promote Nokias mobile phones. DTo introduce Nokias mobile phones.2What is special about the mobile phone in Daniel Meyers plan?AIt is environmentally friendly. BIt behaves like a human being.CIt can be used as a picture frame. DIt has the function of video calling.3W

8、hich plan can help you to save phone bill?AThe winner. BRegenerate. CHello. DGet Your Friend.4Ik-Soo Shins plan Get Your Friend pays more attention to .Aexcellent sound Bcool appearanceCpersonal feelings Dpractical functionsBThe University of Birmingham is the first excellent UK Russell Group univer

9、sity to announce that it will accept the Gaokao exam for high-flying Chinese students wishing to join its. undergraduate courses in 2019. High school students who complete the National Higher Education Entrance Examination, or Gaokao, with top grades will be able to apply for direct entry onto Birmi

10、ngham degree programmes without first completing a foundation year which is a routine for the freshman.Gaokao is usually taken by students in their last year of senior high school and, every year, each province in China sets the grades required to gain admission to its universities. It is usually he

11、ld across China in early June. Students are tested in Chinese, Mathematics, a Foreign Language and social sciences or natural sciences.University of Birmingham Vice-Chancellor Professor Sir David Eastwood said: The University of Birmingham has been challenging and developing great minds for more tha

12、n a century. We welcome people from around the globe to study at Birmingham and Chinese students form an integral part of our education and research community. We are further opening access to Birminghams wealth of education opportunities for the brightest and most dedicated Chinese students by acce

13、pting this strict and important qualification. I look forward to welcoming these high-flying students to the University of Birmingham. Gaokao is increasingly accepted by universities in Australia, the USA, Canada and mainland Europe. Birmingham will only be considering high quality students who achi

14、eve a minimum 80% Gaokao score and meet additional academic and English language requirements.Professor J on Frampton, Director of the University of Birminghams China Institute said:The University of Birmingham has a long history of educating students from China and one of our most famous graduates

15、is Li Siguang-the founding father of Chinese geology. I am delighted that the University is now accepting the Gaokao. This gives the brightest and best Chinese students an opportunity to move straight into the first year of our undergraduate programmes and experience the benefits of studying at a gl

16、obal Top 100 university, such as Birmingham. 5What do Chinese students have to do to enter the University of Birmingham before 2019?AGo through a foundation year.BPrepare Birmingham degree programmes.CAcquire the right to permanent residency.DScore over 800% of the universitys qualification examinat

17、ion.6Who is the announcement intended for?AThe foreign students in China. BAll people living in the UK.CThe students of the UK. DChinese students.7Which of the following best explains integral underlined in paragraph 3?Acomplete. Bnecessary. Cindifferent. Dunimportant.8What does the text mainly talk

18、 about?AThe introduction to the of China.BThe history of the University of Birmingham.CThe high quality students accepted by top universities.DThe University of Birminghams admission to Gaokao.CYou know the feeling that you have left your phone at home and feel anxious, as if you have lost your conn

19、ection to the world. “Nomophobia” （无手机恐惧症） affects teenagers and adults alike. You can even do an online test to see if you have it. Last week, researchers from Hong Kong warned that nomophobia is infecting everyone. Their study found that people who use their phones to store, share and access perso

20、nal memories suffer most. When users were asked to describe how they felt about their phones, words such as “hurt” （neck pain was often reported） and “alone” predicted higher levels of nomophobia.“The findings of our study suggest that users regard smartphones as their extended selves and get attach

21、ed to the devices,” said Dr. Kim Ki Joon. “People experience feelings of anxiety and unpleasantness when separated from their phones.” Meanwhile, an American study shows that smartphone separation can lead to an increase in heart rate and blood pressure.So can being without your phone really give yo

22、u separation anxiety? Professor Mark Griffiths, psychologist and director of the International Gaming Research Unit at Nottingham Trent University, says it is what is on the phone that counts-the social networking that creates Fomo （fear of missing out）.“We are talking about an internet-connected de

23、vice that allows people to deal with lots of aspects of their lives,” says Griffiths. “You would have to surgically remove a phone from a teenager because their whole life is rooted in this device.”Griffiths thinks attachment theory, where we develop emotional dependency on the phone because it hold

24、s details of our lives, is a small part of nomophobia. For “screenagers”, it is Fomo that creates the most separation anxiety. If they cant see whats happening on Snapchat or Instagram, they become panic-stricken about not knowing whats going on socially. “But they adapt very quickly if you take the

25、m on holiday and theres no internet,” says Griffiths.9Which of the following may Dr. Kim Ki Joon agree with?AWe waste too much time on phones.BPhones have become part of some users.CAddiction to phones makes memories suffer.DPhones and blood pressure are closely linked.10According to Giffiths, we ge

26、t nomophobia because .Awe are accustomed to having a phone on usBwe need our phones to help us store informationCwe worry we may miss out what our friends are doingDwe fear without phones we will run into a lot of trouble11Where can you probably find the above passage?AIn a research report. BIn a fa

27、shion brochure.CIn a science textbook. DIn a popular science magazine.DAs Simon Kindleysides, 34, took his first step in the London Marathon in April, he felt as if magic was in the air.As we were walking toward the first mile, we actually started joining all the runners, he said. Everyone was on th

28、e streets, cheering, and that was a magical moment. As time went on, the crowds and other racers spread around. Kindleysides and his team of eight supporters continued walking.Kindleysides, who is paralyzed（瘫痪的）from the waist down and typically uses a wheelchair, was equipped with an exoskeleton（体外骨

29、骼）to help him walk. His supporters walked with him to change the batteries in his exoskeleton so he could keep moving.In 2013, Kindleysides was diagnosed with a brain tumor （肿瘤） that was growing in a way that pressed on certain nerves, leading to him losing feeling in his legs. He was told he would

30、never walk again. Before his paralysis, the London-based singer and dancer had always wanted to run a marathon, he said, but he never made the plan to do so-until this year.During the London Marathon, the last two miles were the hardest. At that point, I was exhausted. It was freezing cold, and I wa

31、s hurting emotionally, Kindleysides said. But he kept going. I didnt want to let people down. I had a team of eight, and I was raising money for The Brain Tumour Charity,t want to let them down, myself down, and I thought if I would get this far, I would have to continue.So he continued and made history as the first paralyzed man to complete the London Marathon on foot.Then, recovering at home, he shared his accomplishment with his three children. They used to say Im the only dad in their whole scho