北京市西城区2017年4月中考一模英语试题(word版含答案)
D. it’s unreasonable because teens’ bodies don’t develop at the same speed.
50. What does the writer suggest teens do in Paragraph 4?
A. Stop playing dangerous sports.
B. Eat more to get more energy.
C. Make wise food and exercise choices.
D. Do different activities that strengthen the body.
51. What’s the writer’s purpose of writing this passage?
A. To encourage teens to be different from other.
B. To advise teens to properly deal with their body changes.
C. To invite teens to join in more sports and have a healthier diet.
D. To help teens realize that their bodies are always changing.
D
Mindlessly checking Facebook makes you an awful lot like a lab rat (老鼠) continuously pushing a button in order to get a treat.
When you check your phone, your brain gets its own little zing; Someone
might be talking about you on Facebook! No? Reload. Maybe your Instagram
got a heart! Reload. Reload.
But you’re no rat. Human brains can fight the ways apps hijack our
brains, if we learn some skills to deal with this problem.
Are Facebook or Twitter “addictions” (瘾)? Recent scientific research
about social media (媒体) doesn’t agree on that term, but evidence (证据) that
we aren’t doing well is present at dinner tables where everyone is staring at screens, and at crosswalks where absent-minded people walk into traffic.
I became mindful of my early-morning bad habits. Pre-coffee, half awake, I’d lie there for an hour with my phone. So I called up psychologists, brain scientists and app designers for advice on what actually would help me.
Surprisingly, they didn’t tell me to immediately stop, but instead told me I needed the skills for managing social media as part of my life.
Limit Triggers (诱因)
Our brains are made to quickly eat up information. So why let social-media companies decide when to attract you? Turn off app notifications (通告) on your phone and computer. Especially for live video broadcasts. They are designed to create the fear of missing out.
Avoid Quicksand
When you’re on Facebook, it is easy to red one article, then another.
Nir Eyal, author of the 2014book “Hooked” says he forces himself not to read anything right away. Instead, he saves articles to a servi ce called Pocket, which reads them aloud while he’s at the gym.
We hurt ourselves when we use social media as a break from serious work .Our brains need a chance to be empty .Research suggests the best way to help your brain focus is exercise, even for a short period. Staring into space would be better than refreshing Facebook.
Make New Norms
Not that long ago, you could be fired for not paying attention during a meeting or class; now, many openly use their phones or laptops. Bosses could set a better work culture by providing charging(充电)stations at meetings where everyone could leave their phones, then focus on the discussion at hand. Mr. Eyal suggests you try shaming friends who have bad habits –if you do it politely. If someone is not