Why should we learn to swim?
Firstly, swimming is a good exercise for our health. Indeed doctors say it is the best exercise, because in swimming all the muscles of the body are used.
Secondly, swimming gives great pleasure. How nice it is, on a hot dusty day in summer, to take off one’s clothes and dive into the cool water of a rive or the sea, and to swim and float until one feels enough.
Thirdly, swimming may sometimes mean all the different between life and death, we never know when we may be in danger from water. We got on a voyage, and the ship in wrecked; we go for a pleasure sail on a lake and the boat turns over; we slip as we are walking along the bank of a river, and half in the water. If we can swim, we have chance for saving our own lives, but if we cannot swim, we are pretty certain to be drowned. So for our own safety, we should learn to swim.
Lastly, if we can swim, we may be able to save other people from drowning. How sad it is to see a friend drowning before our eyes while we cannot help just because we cannot swim.
(   )4.Who says that swimming is the best exercise?  _________.
A. Farmers  B. Dentists    C. Fishermen        D. Doctors
(   )5.When swimming, ________.
A. We don’t move at all   
B. all the muscle of the body are used
C. we move our legs only
D. we drink lots of seawater into our stomach
(   )6.Swimming ­­­­________.
A. gives great pain                     B. gives no pleasure   
C. gives much pleasure                  D. does harm to the body
(   )7.If we can swim, ________.
A. we are no longer humans, but fish        
B. we shall be drowned one day
C. we have a chance of saving our own lives  
D. we can’t walk any more

It is not easy for people to sail (航海) around the world in quite small boats. Sometimes the weather gets bad. Accidents can happen easily and quickly.

One family once had an accident. A big fish swam under their boat and bit holes in it. Sea water came in and the boat soon went down. Luckily these people had another small boat——a lifeboat, so they all got into the lifeboat. They lived in the boat for many days. They ate and slept, and always hoped. At last people in a ship saved them.

How do people live in a very small lifeboat for a long time? They must be strong in every way, they must have a hope, and they must have a strong desire(愿望)to live. People cannot drink seawater. If they drink a lot of sea water, they will quickly die. They must catch rainwater and drink it. They must also catch fish and birds for food. Lifeboats do not often carry cookers. So people can not cook their food in the lifeboats. Raw (生的) fish and birds are not very nice but they are their only food. They must eat raw food, or they will die.

1.When the boat sank (下沉), the lifeboat gave the people _______.

A.food             B.beds             C.rainwater         D.hope

2.One family once had an accident at sea, because _______.

A.their boat met bad weather               B.their boat hit a big rock and it was broken

C.nobody knew how to sail                  D.a fish bit holes in their boat

3. People can catch _______ for food and drink at sea in a lifeboat.

A. fish and birds                    B rainwater

C. both sea water and rainwater        D. both A and B

4.From the article (文章) we can know that ______.

A.It’s not interesting to sail around the world.

B.Fish in the sea are so dangerous.

C.we must have a strong desire(愿望)to live when we are in danger.

D.Nobody knows when we will die.

 

The evidence for harmony may not be obvious in some families. But it seems that four out of five young people now get on with their parents, which is the opposite of the popularly held image of unhappy teenagers locked in their room after endless family quarrels.

An important new study into teenage attitudes (态度) surprisingly shows that their family life is happier than it has ever been in the past. “We were surprised by just how positive (积极的) today’s young people seem to be about their families,” said one member of the research team. “They’re expected to be rebellious(叛逆的)and selfish but actually they have other things on their minds; they want a car and material goods, and they worry about whether school is serving them well. There’s discussion between parents and children, and children expect to take part in the family decision-making process. They don’t want to rock the boat.”

So it seems that these parents are much more likely than parents of 30 years ago to treat their children as friends. “My parents are happy to discuss things with me and willing to listen to me,” says 17-year-old Daniel LaSalle. “I always tell them when I’m going out clubbing. When they know what I’m doing, they’re fine with it.” Susan Cromer, who is now 21, agrees. “Looking back on the last 10 years, there was a lot of what you could call talk or discussion. For example, when I’d done all my homework, I could go out on a Saturday night. But I think my grandparents were a lot stricter with my parents than that.”

Maybe this positive view of family life should not be unexpected. It is possible that the idea of teenage rebellion(叛逆)is not based on real facts. A researcher explains, “Teenagers were thought to be different from others in a part of time in our social history. But to our surprise, they say they are getting on well with their parents. But that idea of rebelling and breaking away from their parents really only happened during that one time in the 1960s when everyone rebelled.”

1.The study shows that teenagers don’t want to ______________________.

A.share family duties                      B.cause trouble in their families

C.go boating with their family                D.make family decisions

2.Compared with parents of 30 years ago, today’s parents ___________________.

A.go to clubs more often with their children    B.are much stricter with their children

C.care less about their children’s life         D.give their children more freedom

3.According to the writer, teenage rebellion ____________________.

A.may be a wrong opinion                  B.is common at present

C.lived only in the 1960s                   D.was caused by changes in families

4.Which title best gives the main idea of the passage?

A.Discussion in family.                     B.Teenage education in family.

C.Harmony in family.                       D.Teenage trouble in family.

 

 

   A. Tickets for London Eye Flight (30 mins,$22)

                              The London Eye-an famous symbol for this famous city. The world’s largest sightseeing wheel offers a way to see over 55 of London’s famous buildings!

B. Tickets for Madame Tussauds (Flexible,$25)           

In this waxwork(蜡像) museum, visitors will find Henry VIII and his six wives, the present Queen and many other famous people, including sports or pop stars. It is a must-see place in London.        

   C. London Duck Tours (80 mins, $30)

                                   Don’t miss the exciting adventure for visitors to London, taking in the sight by road and river! No one has ever seen anything like it before! It is more than a sightseeing tour-it’s an adventure. Don’t miss this one!

D. The Traditional London Sightseeing Tour (24 hours pass, $40) 

See London’s important sights on an open-top double-decker bus and see every sight in London including the Tower of London, St. Paul’s Cathedral and Piccadilly. Simply “Get on and Get off” at your choice of famous place.  

                                               

1.What is the famous symbol of London?

A.The London Eye.                        B.The Waxwork Museum.

C.The Tower of London.                    D.St. Paul’s Cathedral.

2. If you want to see many famous people, you can______.

A.take the London Eye                     B.go to the Madame Tussauds

C.take the London Duck Tours               D.take the double-decker bus

3.For young people who wants to try new things, they could visit London by____.

A.taking the boat                         B.taking the double-decker bus

C.joining the Duck Tours                    D.taking the taxi

 

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