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　　2017年佛山市普通高中高三教学质量检测（二）
　　英  语            2017.4
　　第Ⅰ卷
　　第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）
　　第一节 （共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
　　阅读下面短文，从每题所给的ABCD四个选项中，选出最佳答案，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
　　A
　　Mobile phones and iPads are now wonderful tools for learning and teaching English. With the help of the thousands of education and language apps available online, students can make effective use of them to learn in an interactive environment. Given below is a list of some of the best apps for learning and teaching English.
　　Grammar Up
　　Grammar is the heart of any language and, thus, the Grammar Up app is one of the most highly recommended apps for English learners. This app is specifically designed for people who want to improve their grammar, vocabulary and word selection. It consists of more than 1,800 multiple-choice questions grouped under twenty different grammar categories.  
　　iFPoems
　　iFPoems is a fantastic app for poetry lovers. This app consists of a great collection of poems from famous poets around the world. It also allows users to save their favorites along with recording their own readings of the poems.
　　iBooks
　　iBooks is a complete book library for the iPad users. It includes the iBookstore and allows users to download and read books. The app features a beautiful bookshelf, on which you can browse various books or even add notes to your favorite paragraphs in the boo can also create your own texts and upload them into the app.
　　SpeakingPal
　　Recommended as one of the best apps for English educators and learners, SpeakingPal allows you to record your speech and compare it with a native English speaker. This amazing app combines video with automatic speech recognition software that tests your English speaking skills. You just have to speak with a video character and get immediate response on how well you speak English.
　　21. What do these apps have in common?
　　A. They can be found online.              B. They are free of charge.
　　C. They improve users’ grammar.           D. They’re designed by teachers.
　　22. What can we do with iBooks?
　　A. Download books for free.          B. Write notes on it with pens.
　　C. Save notes and texts.              D. Create a bookstore.  
　　23. What is special about SpeakingPal?  
　　A. It offers video call service.                B. It evaluates users’ speech.
　　C. It offers talks with a native speaker.         D. It includes English speaking contests.  
　　B
　　I don’t want kids. I know I wouldn’t make for a very good mother. It’s not that I’d drop them or forget them at the grocery store or anything like that but they’re not a good fit for me and the life I’ve created for myself. I’d rather be in Cambodia kissing elephants or cage diving with sharks in Cape Town, or wandering the streets of Paris, a city that has become my second home, than trapped at home doing the mom thing.
　　The itch to become a mother isn’t in me but the itch to travel, and travel far and often, is.
　　If the urge isn’t there, I don’t think it’s fair to live a life I don’t want and have a baby because someone else thinks I should. That would be awful.
　　I like children. To say I love them wouldn’t be completely accurate. It’s not because I’m a monster — the same monster people who feel women should have children will call me — but I simply don’t love them because I’m not around them much. Very few of my friends have children, and the ones who do I don’t see much because, well, they have children.
　　I have two nephews in Colorado whom I love to pieces, but I don’t see them very often. I don’t go out there as often as I probably should because I’d rather be traveling. Some people may call this selfish, but I call it “living my best life.”
　　When I talk to my sister about my nephews, everything they do and say is exciting to her. The joy my sister feels by just playing with them in the yard is the same joy I feel every time I get off a plane in a new country. I’d rather be on the beaches of Spain every summer while she prefers to spend her days at home with them, climbing trees and such. I’m fulfilled one way, while she’s fulfilled another way.