阅读下面的短文，根据短文内容回答问题。

Apps are taking the place of teachers as technology plays a bigger role in language education.

Ma Ruining has been studying English for a long time, but her teachers are not in the classroom — they’re in the palms(手掌) of her hands. Ma has several English learning apps. They are often for users who want to improve their English, from listening to speaking.

Although she’s tired from eight hours’ office work, she does not spend her free time just relaxing by watching TV dramas as she did before.

She takes out her mobile phone and begins to practice her spoken English with an app called Liulishuo (“speaking fluently” in English), which offers ways to people looking to improve their spoken English.

A 10-second audio clip(音频) by native speakers is then played on the app as Ma starts her lesson. After that, the app asks her to imitate(模仿) the piece. The app then scores her performance on a scale (数值范围) from 1 to 100 and gives advice on how to make improvements.

“If you score more than 90, it means your pronunciation is good,” says Ma, who has been practicing English every day on the phone for the past six months.

“At first, I usually only get a score of 70 as I often mispronounce,” adds Ma, 26. “I graduated two years ago, but I wanted to improve my spoken English to study or travel abroad some day in the future.”

English learning apps make it convenient for people to study English. So what English learning apps are you using now?

1.According to the passage, who often uses English learning apps?

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2.How did Ma Ruining spend her free time relaxing?

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3.Will the app called Liulishuo provide users with suggestions?

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4.How often does Ma practice English on the phone?

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5.Why did Ma want to improve her spoken English?

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阅读下面的短文，将画线的句子译成英文成中文。

There are many different festivals in the world. 1. People can do many kinds of things when the festivals come.

The Spring Festival is the most important festival in China. On that day, Chinese people often perform lion and dragon dances. And they also eat dumplings with their family members while watching Spring Gala. The second Sunday in May is Mother’s Day. 2. We often express our love to our mothers by giving flowers or other presents. April Fool’s Day is a funny festival, because you can play some small tricks on your friends and they can’t be angry with you. Anyway, June 1st is a dream day for all the kids around the world because it’s Children’s Day. On that day, they can get their favorite toys and have fun with their friends.

3.在西方，一些重要的节日和它也很相似。 Thanksgiving is one of them. It’s an idea of giving thanks by having a big meal at home with the family. The main dish of this meal is always the turkey! Many people prefer Halloween. They make themselves look scary by dressing up as ghosts or black cats. The festival might not fit old people. It’s kind of terrible! However, more people celebrate Christmas. They often eat together and give presents to each other. 4.That’s because the true spirit of Christmas is to share love and joy with people around us!

If you want to know more on festivals in the world, you may want to get this book: The Dictionary of Festivals by J.C. Cooper. 5.它有利于你更好地了解不同的文化。 What are you waiting for? I promise you will get a lot you are dreaming of.

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时间飞逝，进入初三已经一个多月了。你是否觉得初三的你比以前更勤学好问，善察乐思了呢？是否也正为学不好某个学科而苦恼，不知所措呢？请给你的笔友Dave写一封信总结一下自己在近段初三学习中的收获和存在的不足，并分享你今后的学习打算。

作文要求：

1、文章的开头已给出（不计入总字数）。

2、不得在作文中出现学校真实的名称和你的真实姓名。

3、词数80左右。

Dear Dave,

How is it going? I am writing to tell you my new life in Grade Nine. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

A.How do you do? B.Good afternoon. C.Nice to meet you, too.

A.Good idea. B.No problem. C.I think so.

A.Thank you. B.Don’t say so. C.Not at all.

A.Interesting. B.It doesn’t matter. C.With pleasure.

A.Well, I hope so. B.Sure, I will. C.Oh, I forgot it.

A.I agree with you. B.Sorry to hear that. C.Good job.

A.The book. B.The weather. C.The radio program.