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Online activity can be riddled with cyberbullying(网络霸凌). To find out which app is the best to keep your kids safe online, we tested four apps over five weeks.
• Mobicip Premium
8 per month (billed annually at 96) for 20 managed devices at Mobicip
Mobicip Premium's social media and screen time monitoring were all strong. We found its app blocking, website content monitoring, and location tracking capabilities to be powerful as well.
• Net Nanny
90 per year (billed annually) for 20 managed devices at Net NannyThe user interface(界面) of this app is family-friendly and visually engaging, featuring cartoons of parents and casual language. The web filtering, screen time allocation(分配), and app management functions are all capable.• OurPact Premium+100 per year (billed annually) for 20 managed devices at OurPact
This app requires that we pair our child's device with our computer via a cable and download the OurPact Jr. app. The Screen Time capability is personalized to fit our child's schedule.
• Qustodio Premium Small
55 per year (billed annually) for 20 managed devices at Qustodio
The thoughtfully designed web interface makes Qustodio Premium Small easy to operate. Its web filtering and game blocking features are powerful. This app is available for Android, Chromebook, iOS, Kindle, macOS and Windows, though not all features are supported across all platforms.
( )1. Who are the target readers of this passage?
A. Teachers. B. Parents. C. Students. D. Employers.
( )2. Which app is the cheapest for 20 managed devices annually?
A. Mobicip Premium. B. Net Nanny.
C. OurPact Premium+. D. Qustodio Premium Small.
( )3. What is special about Net Nanny?
A. Location tracking. B. Game blocking.
C. Content storage. D. Cartoon interface.

1.B 2.D 3.D
【语篇解读】本文是一篇应用文。文章主要介绍了四款用于保护孩子在线安全的应用程序,并对比了它们的功能和价格。
1. B 解析:推理判断题。根据第一段中的"To find out which app is the best to keep your kids safe online, we tested four apps over five weeks."可知,这篇文章的目标读者是父母。故选 B。
2. D 解析:细节理解题。根据 Mobicip Premium 部分中的"8 per month (billed annually at 96) for 20 managed devices at Mobicip",Net Nanny 部分中的"90 per year (billed annually)for 20 managed devices at Net Nanny",OurPact Premium+部分中的"100 per year (billed annually) for 20 managed devices at OurPact"和 Qustodio Premium Small 部分中的"55 per year (billed annually) for 20 managed devices at Qustodio"可知,Qustodio Premium Small 对于每年管理 20 台设备来说是最便宜的。故选 D。
3. D 解析:细节理解题。根据 Net Nanny 部分中的"The user interface of this app is family-friendly and visually engaging,featuring cartoons of parents and casual language."可知,Net Nanny 的特色是卡通界面。故选 D。

Back in 2003, Erica Hernandez was just a kid helping 20 adults take care of the beach.
They overheard a plan to build a processing station for natural gas 14 miles off the coast of
Oxnard. The plant would send over 200 tons of air pollution per year to Erica’s community.
Not only that, the station would take in millions of gallons of seawater per day to cool its
generators, and discharge the water more than 15 degrees centigrade hotter than the
surrounding ocean. This hot wastewater would cause serious harm to the surrounding ecosystem,
killing tiny creatures and small fish critical to the survival of marine mammals and fisheries.
Erica cared too much to stay silent. She joined her friends in weekly protests at the office
of the natural gas company. Prospects of stopping the project did not look good. The governor
was in favor of it, and so were the powerful state commissions that would have to approve it.
“The word on the street was that there was nothing we could do.”
Behind the scenes, however, opposition was growing, so Erica became the spokesperson
for the youth of the town. She regularly walked her neighborhood along the route of the
proposed pipeline, using a hula hoop to show people the size of the pipe that would pass by
their houses. She talked to the media, and stories about the dangers of the proposed facility
began appearing in the press. “We made thousands of phone calls and sent thousands of
postcards telling the governor why this facility was a bad idea.” In July 2007, the governor
made an unexpected move: He turned down the project. Erica and her friends won!
As only the second person in her family to go to college, Erica wants to become an
environmental lawyer so she can fight for the environment and for the rights of communities.
She wants other young people to speak out when they see something wrong, even if they feel
shy about it at first. She likes to quote the words of her role model, César Chávez: “We are
the future. The future is ours.”
()4. What can be learned about the to-be-built processing station?
A. It is climate-damaging.
B. It is ecologically unfriendly.
C. It provides energy to the locals.
D. It uses seawater-driven generators.
()5. Why does the author mention the governor?
A. To express Erica’s desperate mood.
B. To show the great barriers Erica faced.
C. To stress the support from the government.
D. To blame the protest on the official’s inaction.
()6. Which of the following can best describe Erica?
A. Creative and industrious.
B. Pioneering and curious.
C. Determined and responsible.
D. Adventurous and talkative.
()7. What message is mainly conveyed through Erica’s story?
A. Courage is always rewarded in the end.
B. Success depends on teamwork and cooperation.
C. Young people can bring about change by speaking up.
D. Environmental protection should come before economic development.
C

4.B 5.B 6.C 7.C
【语篇解读】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了 Erica Hernandez 为阻止对生态环境有害的天然气处理站建设,积极组织抗议活动,最终成功推动项目被否决,并立志成为环保律师,鼓励年轻人勇敢发声的故事。
4. B 解析:细节理解题。根据第一段中"This hot wastewater would cause serious harm to the surrounding ecosystem, killing tiny creatures and small fish critical to the survival of marine mammals and fisheries."可知,拟建的处理站会对生态系统造成严重危害,即生态不友好。故选 B。
5. B 解析:推理判断题。根据第二段中"The governor was in favor of it, and so were the powerful state commissions that would have to approve it."可知,作者提到州长是为了表明Erica 在阻止项目时面临巨大障碍。故选 B。
6. C 解析:推理判断题。根据第二段中"She joined her friends in weekly protests at the office of the natural gas company."以及第三段中"She regularly walked her neighborhood along the route of the proposed pipeline, using a hula hoop to show people the size of the pipe that would pass by their houses."等行为可知,Erica 面对强大阻力仍坚持抗议,积极行动,体现出她的坚定与责任感。故选 C。
7. C 解析:文章大意题。根据最后一段中"She wants other young people to speak out when they see something wrong,even if they feel shy about it at first."以及 Erica 的事迹可知,文章主要传达的信息是"年轻人可以通过发声带来改变"。故选 C。