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Best Education Apps for Android

Mobile technology, which is one of the most revolutionary productivity tools of all time, is an amazing way to help further your education. You can use your smartphones and tablets to help teach yourself new skills and learn new things. Here are some of the best education apps for Android. 

SoloLearn

Price: Free

SoloLearn has tons of education courses on computer programming. All of them teach you a computer language. There is a range of languages available, including Python, Java, C++ and even JavaScrip. If you're into computer programming at all, you should look into these.

Quizlet

Price: Free

Quizlet is arguably the best flashcards app out there. You can use it for virtually any topic. You can practice terms for your class, memorize vocabulary terms, and more. It also includes foreign language support, images and audio, and you can share flashcards with friends. 

EdX

Price: Free

EdX offers courses from actual colleges, including computer programming, engineering, history, psychology, nutrition, statistics, and hundreds of others. It features online or off line video lectures, course announcements and handouts, and various tutorials. Anyone looking for higher education should have this app right now. 

Khan Academy

Price: Free

Khan Academy is another education platform. It currently boasts over 10, 000 instructional videos, classes, and other content. It deals with more typical education, such as mathematics, economics, history, science, and more. There is also a version specifically for younger kids and we highly recommend that one as well. 

If we missed any of the best education apps for Android, tell us about them in the comments. You can find our latest app lists by referring to the link here. 

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On the outside, 12-year-old Luna seems like your average kid. It's not until you get to know her that you learn that Luna is anything but average.

Born with a heart defect（缺陷）called dextrocardia, Luna has had three open-heart operations and continues to pursue her interests in art and fashion. But when Luna was approached by athletic shoe company Saucony to design a shoe for sale across the country, it came as quite a surprise. 

"This is so incredible. I got to use my art and creativity for something new that I'd never thought I'd be able to design, "Luna said. She is one of six patients from Boston Children's Hospital(BCH) who have partnered with Saucony to design their own shoe to launch the Shoes with Soul campaign.

"Rather than just a donation, we wanted to create an experience and a moment that would not only raise money, but also awareness to high light all the amazing work that's being done at BCH, " says Chris, Saucony's vice president. "Specifically, we wanted to give some of the BCH kids an opportunity to share their story and their talents with the world. "

Luna's design is fashion. "On the tongue, they digitalized one of my drawings, and then on bottom it's a really bright pink color, and on the inside, the sole of the shoe is actually another drawing I did of a sunset, " she said. "Thinking about kids everywhere around the world wearing my shoe is amazing. It blows my mind. "

The income from the shoe sales will benefit the Boston Children's Hospital Cardiac Fitness Program, which encourages kids to "find your possible" through personalized exercise programs tailored for each individual patient's heart condition.

"It feels really good to help people and it's really something I can relate to, " says Luna. "The advice I would give a kid or someone like me is never give up. There are a lot of kids out there with your condition and you're not alone. "

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There are many sources of debate on a long road trip, including route selection, the choice of snacks, and, probably most importantly, what to play on the radio. Finding a way for all parties to listen to their own audio without the need for headphones has been a goal of car makers for decades and scientists may have finally managed it. 

A team from the University of Le Mans in France carefully positioned microphones, speakers and filters（过滤器）to create personalised sound zones(PSZs) inside a car, and the small regions are where sound from a set of speakers can be heard clearly. Outside these, it cannot be heard. 

One barrier which scientists have previously been unable to overcome was the impact of moving one's seat. They were able to form a PS2, but unable to move it to follow a person if they moved the seat forwards or backwards.

The French team created a new algorithm（算法）specifically to tackle this issue, which handles the sound waves to create "bright" and "dark" zones in the car. "Loudspeakers are placed in the headrests. and specific filters for each transducer（换能器）are calculated to reproduce a sound signal that maintains good quality in the zone under consideration and is strongly weakened in other zones. " said. Dr Lucas Vindrola, the author of the study. "The key to the technique working properly is having sufficient microphones placed around the car to detect how many people are in the car and where they are sitting. The price to pay is to have control microphones in the passenger section, so that the algorithm can work. "

However, the technique is not yet ready to be commercially rolled out as a luxurious optional extra just yet, as it currently works only for a limited range of frequencies. 

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A new UK-based study on the effects of artificial light on local insect populations found that light pollution from street lamps disturbs insect behavior, leading to an overall loss of insects. 

"We found that street lighting strongly reduced moth（飞蛾）population compared with unlit sites... and affected moth development, " the study stated.

The study's results apply to a localized level and cannot be used to determine whether national-level populations are declining due to light pollution. However, it adds further weight to existing research on how light pollution affects ecosystems and biodiversity hot spots and highlights the need to shift to alternatives in artificial light that would tone down these effects.

The effects on insect populations are wide-ranging. More specifically, artificial light affects how moths lay their eggs and puts them at a higher risk of being spotted by predators（捕食性动物）. It also affects moths' feeding behavior, which subsequently leads to declines in their population too. Light pollution thus joins a host of factors, such as climate change and deforestation, as one of the determinants of insect population decline.

While previous studies examined the effects of lighting on bats and other vertebrates, this study focused on their prey—creatures lower down in the food chain—and, as a result, complementing（补充）previous studies. 

Therefore, the study is concerning because it suggests an alarming loss of insects caused by artificial light, which will have far-reaching consequences for all the wildlife and ecosystems that depend on them. 

Moreover, white light-emitting diodes(LEDs) were found to have the worst impact on local insects and ecosystem processes. The researchers thus call for shifting away from white LEDs or employing processes such as motion sensors to make the lights less bright and changing colors and filters to avoid the negative impacts. If the findings of the study are anything to go by, local insect ecosystems will suffer considerable consequences — which will, in turn, affect the wildlife that depends on them and, ultimately, could perhaps even upset agricultural balances. 

 阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Traveling is what makes your life complete. You may often complain that there is too much work and no time to travel.  There are hundreds of reasons why you should travel. Here are only four of them: 

Be spontaneous（自发的）and travel whenever you feel like leaving your daily routine. It is wrong to wait far certain time of the year so that you could spoil yourself. 

Your company won't be bankrupt or disappear if you leave it for a week or two.

There are plenty of people who can substitute for you and do your job while you are away.  Here the point is to plant a week ahead. If you work hard, you can play hard. Always remember that the quality of year work will improve if you have a good rest and let yourself relax and recharge with energy and positive emotions. 

You cannot be a good employee if you are unhappy and tense. 

Your family suffers, too. When your mind is free you can perform at 200 percent  You lose balance and harmony if you experience too much stress, perform a lot of demanding routine and constantly take responsibilities. Take care of yourself. Make sure that your well-being does not suffer. 

Have a richer life if you want to be a better leader. 

We all want to excel in our profession. We want to be in charge even at home. We like to be appreciated by the community. Being such a person requires several important qualities. To gain the required qualities you must have a multi-dimensional personality. The more new activities you practice, the more chances you can have to become a better leader. 

A. Making excuses is much easier than acting. 

B. There is no tomorrow, so take a break now. 

C. Finding balance isn't easy, yet it is worth trying.

D. Traveling is also a means of broadening your horizons. 

E. You can do some of it in advance or you can put it on hold. 

F. You are useless as a worker if your body does not feel great. 

G. Be an instructor, inspire others and do what you would like others to do. 

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Christy Carter knew exactly what she was being pulled over for when she saw the flashing lights behind her. The single mom pulled over expecting to get a ticket but instead was given sympathy and 1  from the officer. 

Christy was 2 her son, Jake, to meet up with his friends for their home coming dance. They were running 3 , Jake hadn't tied his tie and Christy didn't know how to do it for him, and both of them were stressed. So, Christy was trying to 4 some lost time and get Jake to meet up with his friends, so she 5 a stop sign instead of coming to a complete stop.

Then, Officer Mike Carrill's car 6 behind her. Christy realized that there was a 7 coming, and Jake was even more 8 and panicked at yet another setback（阻碍）in the schedule. When Officer Carill walked up to them, Christy said he could 9 see the stress on her son's face.

After 10  the story and the situation Christy and Jake were in, Officer Carill 11  not to write a ticket, and instead offered to help Jake with his 12 . Christy quickly grabbed her phone to record the moment, and was in awe（致敬）over the 13  the officer was showing her son. 

She later 14 the video on line saying, "A big shout out to this Park City Police Officer who 15 the day in an unusual way for a stressful, sinking, single Mom moment", and it didn't take long for it to gain a lot of attention.

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The Goddess of the Luo River comes alive in a video, which was shared by Henan TV Station on social media platform Sina Weibo. The ancient tale of romance is given  new setting and still provides attractive viewing for a modern audience. The tale is presented in what seems like slow motion. Not (surprise), it became popular and has been viewed more than 20 million times. 

The story of the Goddess of the Luo River has been the inspiration for countless contemporary artists, have described the goddess of unmatched beauty through various art (form), like movies and dance dramas. 

But the reason why the video, which runs for around two minutes and (title) Rhapsody on the Luo River Goddess, created such an impression and has generated such a wave  publicity is that it was shot underwater. He Haohao plays the role of goddess. She masters not only her art but the technique of holding her breath as her lungs struggle (carry)out their function. All this is done with the (peaceful) facial expression. 

It's not the first time that Henan TV Station (gain) attention with its appealing videos highlighting traditional Chinese culture. On Feb. 13th, 2021, a dance piece, titled A Tang Dynasty Banquet, which is less than six minutes long, was staged during a gala (air) on Henan TV Station to mark Spring Festival.

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假定你是李华，你和你的外国朋友Caroline约好了周六一起参加市里举办的"中国航天展"，但因敌不能赴约。请给她写封邮件，内容包括：1. 表示歉意；2. 解释原因；3. 你的期待。

注意：1. 写作词数应为80左右；2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

Dear Caroline, 

Sincerely yours. 

Li Hua

 第二节阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

Linda, a high school girl, was feeling depressed after she had failed her mid-term exams. She didn't answer her teachers' questions actively in class like she used to. Instead, she began to lower her head and got absent-minded easily. Her friends and classmates were worried about her, but she didn't feel like talking about it with them. Mrs. Green, her English teacher, noticed her changes and decided to do something before it got worse.

One day, Mrs. Green entered the classroom and asked her students to prepare for a surprise test. They waited anxiously at their desks for the test to begin. Mrs. Green handed out the question papers, with the text facing down as usual. After she handed them all out, she asked her students to turn the page and begin. To everyone's surprise, there were no questions, just a black dot in the center of the page. Mrs. Green, seeing the expression on everyone's face, told them the following: "I want you to write what you see there. "

The students, confused, got started on the task. 

At the end of the class, Mrs. Green collected all the answer papers and started reading them aloud in front of all the students. Just as Mrs. Green had expected, with no exception, all of them described the black dot, trying to explain its position in the middle of the sheet, etc. Mrs. Green then picked out Linda's paper and added,

"Linda, I like your idea. Would you please follow me to the office and talk about it?"

"Er. . . Yes, madam!" Linda was puzzled because she thought her idea was no better than anyone else's. Like others, she also described the black dot only and ignored the white part of the paper.

注意1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右；2. 每段的开头语已为你写好。

Feeling nervous, Linda went into Mrs. Green's office.

"Mrs. Green is right. I should focus more on the white part of the paper!"Linda got refreshed.