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Su Daoquan, aged 65, was a retired man in Hechuan of Chongqing. He got a lot of attention to local people earlier this month during the first public appearance of his specially invention — a water boat. The opening performance of his pedal boat given on the nearby Fujiang River in front of a crowd of more than 100 onlookers. The pedal boat is 2.6 meters long and 1.4 meters wider. It has empty metal containers on both sides. The pedals are used to turn to a pedal wheel. The driver can ride it in the center or there is room for two other adult. He said that invented it brought him a lot of joy and that our creation is not harming the environment and is suitable for tourism.
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From Monday to Friday, most people are busy working or studying, but in the evenings and on weekends they are free to relax and enjoy 1. (they). Some watch TV2. go to the cinema. Others take part in sports. There are many different ways3. (spend) their spare time.
Almost everyone has some kind of hobbies. It may be anything from collecting stamps to 4. (make) model airplanes. Some hobbies are expensive, 5. others don’t cost anything at all. Some 6. (collect)are worth a lot of money. Others are valuable only to the owners.
I know7. man who has a coin collection worth $250. He was very happy about his purchase and 8. (think) the price was reasonable. On the other hand, my youngest brother collects matchboxes. He has almost 600 of them but I doubt if they are worth any money. However, to my brother they are 9. (extreme) valuable. Nothing makes him 10. (happy) than to find a new matchbox for his collection.
This is what a hobby means, I guess. It is something we like to do in our spare time simply for fun. The value in dollars is not important. We do it for the pleasure it gives.
单词拼写（根据所给汉语或是所给单词完成下列句子，注意使用正确形式）
1.Nowadays, there are a large number of students without jobs to go to after ___________(graduate）.
2.He is trying to___________(保护；提供庇护) his boss from criticism.
3.She ________(掩埋) her face in her hands and wept.
4.Earthquakes are ________(extreme)difficult to predict.
5.I can't __________（表达）to you how grateful I am for your help.
6.Bananas was what I __________ (prefer) when I was a child.
7.Offers of help _________(涌入，流动) into the office when we were facing trouble.
8.According to the weather ________(预告，预测) it will be sunny tomorrow.
9.The earthquake did great ___________(损毁，损失) to the village.
10.The Smiths were __________(trap) in a big fire; luckily they were rescued by brave firefighters.
There was a boy that dreamt of becoming the world’s best violinist. To achieve his life goal, he travelled to a faraway land where the famous and best violinist of all time _______.
The apartment he was directed to was in an old, lonely place. There was no evidence of life at all. The young man was________and turned to leave._________he heard someone coughing from within.
The famous violinist was very old and _______. He refused to teach the young boy, who also refused to_________. The boy played his violin in the yard, and this he did for three nights__________ the old man could not bear it any more. He came out on the fourth night and began to __________the boy. Under his instruction, the________student’s musical skills rapidly improved.
Years passed by. Now the old man asked the boy to ________an important competition. It was the best violin competition in the world. The young man was among hundreds of_________from all over the world. The _________ lasted for days. On the day he played, everyone was deeply ___________. First, the boy was so young, but no violin player could have played _________Second, the boy was focused on one _______ and never looked elsewhere till he finished. Third, tears came down his focused eyes but his _______was not drawn away from the music. He was ___________the winner.
Only the boy knew the________for his success in the competition. _______learning from the best violinist the world ever knew, his teacher had come in person that day to _______him. The old man stood in the dark where he wasn’t _______to anyone around. The old violinist died few days later.
1.A. performed B. lived C. toured D. lay
2.A. bored B. disappointed C. excited D. satisfied
3.A. Still B. Also C. Thus D. Then
4.A. weak B. polite C. kind D. strict
5.A. leave B. talk C. learn D. play
6.A. so B. unless C. if D. till
7.A. punish B. persuade C. beg D. coach
8.A. slow B. gifted C. kind D. quiet
9.A. take part in B. look forward to C. stay away from D. come up with
10.A. judges B. students C. competitors D. fans
11.A. program B. event C. concert D. lecture
12.A. annoyed B. moved C. hurt D. concerned
13.A. better B. quicker C. harder D. louder
14.A. book B. model C. direction D. question
15.A. hand B. eye C. interest D. attention
16.A. announced B. known C. shown D. predicted
17.A. prize B. wish C. way D. reason
18.A. Without B. Besides C. Through D. By
19.A. find B. comfort C. support D. visit
20.A. dangerous B. unfair C. noticeable D. particular
Saving money while traveling
There are a lot of matters to think on before going out on a trip. If you fail to plan the trip properly, then money will simply let itself loose from your pocket. Moreover, if you haven't planned a road map of your tour, then confusion is quite inevitable (必然的). 1.
Package tours. Tours and travel agencies have attractive offers for tourists wanting to spend a couple of days on trips. 2. Once you have accepted the package tour, all your expenses during the travel will be greatly reduced. You can save a lot in lodging(住宿) and traveling.
Inexpensive lodging. Never choose expensive lodging if your tour is a low-budget one. People tend to spend a lot booking luxury hotels (豪华旅馆), and save little to enjoy other activities during the trip. This idea is absolutely not wise when spending limited money on the trip is your main aim. Moreover, the expenses increase quickly when your kids are with you. 3.You can use the money saved on good food and amusement.
4.The peak season is the time when rates are sky high due to the increase of millions of tourists who can afford to spend a lot of money. You, not being amongst this crowd that can spend generously, must book your holidays during the off season.
A guide map. Make a guide map about the places to visit, expenses of travel and the activities to try. While planning you should also estimate (估计) your total expenses. Calculate the maximum amount and try to spend less than that. 5. Refer to the guide map while traveling and follow the money-saving travel tips as much as possible.
A. Reduce shopping.
B. Off season travel.
C. You must keep yourself updated with such offers.
D. This will help you to keep actual expenses below the estimated.
E. You can save lots of dollars when you don't have a credit card.
F. Therefore, book a fairly low-price lodge to save a few dollars.
G. So knowing some money-saving travel tips becomes necessary for you.
A quarter of today’s UK children are living in families which cause more than one risk to their educational development, a study says.
Institute of Education researchers analyzed 10 risk factors affecting more than 18,000 families. Risks included financial stress, teenage parenthood, depression, low skills and alcohol abuse. Previous research suggests families with multiple risk factors are the most damaging. According to the research, just over four in ten people experienced no risk factors in their early childhood, while a third faced only one. It would mean 192.000 UK children born 10 years ago have been growing up in families with multiple risks to their development.
The paper's authors found that those who had grown up with two or more risk factors had poorer behavioral development scores at ages three and five. They also did worse in standard vocabulary tests at these ages. The report, published by the Centre for Longitudinal Studies, said. “Children living in families with both multiple risks and low income faced the worst across most developmental outcomes.”
“These children achieved the lowest change in vocabulary test scores between ages three and five.” Professor Dex added. “The most reassuring thing is that if you come into contact with just one of these risk factors, there is a fairly modest effect on children. She suggested that health visitors could be aware of families where there were two or more of these indicators, and offer help. ”
The government has pledged to turn around the lives of England's 120.000 most troubled families by 2015. To qualify for help, the families need to meet five out of seven criteria including truanting (旷课的）children, parents with addiction and anti -social behavior.
1.According to the research, what families are the most damaging to children's educational development?
A. Families with no risk factors.
B. Families with two or more children.
C. Families with two or more risk factors.
D. Families with the only financial stress.
2.What can we learn about the children growing up with multiple risk factors?
A. They didn't care about developmental outcomes.
B. They had poorer behavioral development in high school.
C. They tended to behave better in dealing with different risks.
D. They tended to perform worse in vocabulary tests in their early childhood.
3.The underlined word “pledged” in the last paragraph can be replaced by__________ .
A. promised B. refused
C. hesitated D. failed
