Unit 1 Friendship 知识点题库

    Moksh Jawa, 16, a student at Washington High School in the US, has already become a legend(传奇) among students. “Why not?” might be his favorite question to ask.

    As a seventh-grader, he taught himself coding(编程) by studying on the Internet.

    As a high school freshman, he passed the AP Computer Science A exam with a 5, the highest score possible.

    As a sophomore (高中二年级学生), he developed his own online course and helped his classmates get through it because his high school didn't teach coding.

    Everything he did came from his own interest. His father sent him a link to Codeacademy, an online coding training program, in middle school. He learned a programming(编程) language all by himself after signing up to the website.

    “I just fell in love with computer science,”Jawa said. Along the way, he lit a fire of curiosity and passion among classmates to learn coding too.

    “All of my friends, especially the girls, were really, really afraid of computer science,” he said. But the subject and exam weren't things to be feared, he said, “Computer science is all about logic(逻辑), not about how smart you are. ”

    To make his knowledge available online, Jawa set about creating his own online course, with easy-to-follow lessons. He included quizzes and tests too.

    The course has so far attracted 3, 200 students across the US and in 120 countries and regions, including China, Ukraine and Algeria.  It shows, Jawa said, the huge need for coding lessons.

    When video lecturing, “I deliver it like I'm talking from one high school student to another,”Jawa said. “It's always great to make it as clear and fun as possible, and to try to keep my voice as energetic as possible. ”

    He also does that, when teaching members of the computer science club he founded at his high school.

    “His tutorials(辅导) were great, ”said Taj Shaik, the club's co-president, who took the whole course last year. “I'm definitely one of the early adopters(使用者) of Moksh. ”

    “He's pretty amazing, ”said Bob Moran, principal of Washington High School, who saw him lead the club. “He was just a fantastic teacher—clear, organized and entertaining. When a student got the right answer, he would throw him a candy. ”

Kids and food: advice for parents

    It is important for parents to know how to help their kids eat healthily. Here are a few easy ways:

Parents control the supply lines.

    Though kids may keep asking for less nutritious (有营养的) foods,  parents should decide which foods are regularly provided in the house. Kids won't go hungry. They'll eat what's available in the fridge at home.

Say goodbye to the “clean-plate club”.

    Lots of parents grew up under the clean-plate rule, but that way doesn't help kids listen to their own bodies when they are full. When kids feel full, they're less likely to overeat.

    Food preferences are developed early in life, so try to offer different kinds of foods. Likes and dislikes begin forming even when kids are babies. Parents may need to serve a new food on several different occasions for a child to accept it.

Food is not love.

    Find better ways to say “I love you”. When foods are used to reward kids and show love, they may start to turn to food when feeling worried or unhappy.

Kids do as you do.

    When trying to teach good eating habits, try to set the best example. Choose nutritious foods, eat at the table, and don't forget breakfasts.

    My house is made of wood, glass and stone. It is also made of software.

    If you come to visit, you'll probably be surprised when you come in. Someone will give you an electronic PIN (个人身份证号码) to wear. This PIN tells the house who and where you are. The house uses this information to give you what you need. When it's dark outside, the PIN turns on the lights nearest you, and then turns them off as you walk away from them. Music moves with you too. If the house knows your favorite music, it plays it. The music seems to be everywhere, but in fact other people in the house hear different music or no music. If you get a telephone call, only the nearest telephone rings.

    Of course, you are also able to tell the house if you want something. There is a home control console (控制台), a small machine that turns things on and off around you.

    The PIN and the console are new ideas, but they are in fact like many things we have today. If you want to go to a movie, you need a ticket. If I give you my car keys, you can use my car. The car works for you because you have the keys. My house works for you because you wear the PIN or hold the console.

    I believe that ten years from now on, most new homes will have the systems that I've put in my house. The systems will probably be even bigger and better than the ones I've put in today.

    I like to try new ideas. I know that some of my ideas will work better than others. But I hope that one day I will stop thinking of these systems as new, and ask myself instead, "How did I live without them?"

I'd been proud that I'd never lost my cellphone until my husband Jack got a call one evening.

We went to visit a friend in hospital last year. When Jack's1rang, it was my mother calling from my2. She asked if I had3my mobile. I checked my purse. It was4!

I used Jack's phone to call my number. Then a boy, whom I'll call Rhys,5it. "I found your phone!" he said, excitedly. "I have been trying to find you, but6it was getting late, I decided to leave." He gave me the address of a7near his home.

Later that evening, I went to8him there. I didn't dare to go9, worrying this was some cheater. So Jack came along. After1010 km, we got to the coffee shop which Rhys11.

My12were gone. Rhys was just a young boy. "How did you13my mum?" I asked. He14 that when he found my mobile by the roadside, he started calling people in my list of contacts (联系人). But all they15was my mobile phone number — which didn't 16. He'd called many names, starting with the letter A. Finally he got Adam, one of my friends, who17my house.

I was18to get my phone back with all the contacts, messages and photos I could have lost forever. I was so19to Rhys and offered him some money, but he20.

As we drove back, we praised Rhys for his honesty.

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2）可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3）开头和结尾已给出，但不计入总词数。

Dear Rose,

I'm glad to receive your e-mail. And I'd like to give you some advice.

……

Yours,

Li Hua