More and more Chinese students are putting study tours in foreign countries on their plans this summer.

Including language courses, sightseeing and international communication(交流), study tours meet the needs of Chinese parents and students for a long and fruitful holiday.

A recent report showed most study tour participants (参与者) were teenagers in middle schools. According to the report, 73 percent were middle school students, 11 percent primary school students and only 3 percent college students. And it’s getting more and more popular in middle schools.

According to a blue book about study tours, developing children’s horizons(视野) was the No. 1 reason for parents, while improving language skills, experiencing independence(独立) and different cultures were also popular.

Zhan Fuman, a 14-year-old girl from Guangzhou, is now on a 15-day study tour in Australia with a price tag of 32,800 yuan (about 4,870 U.S. dollars), and she went to the United States for her first study tour last winter. “She has been much more confident (自信) and independent since her first tour in the U. S. and learnt to use knowledge from books and real life communication,” said Zhu Wanxia, Zhan’s mother. “Going on a study tour does not lead to going to a foreign university in the future,” Zhu said, adding that she preferred her child to go to a top Chinese university instead.

1.Which of the following is NOT included in a study tour according to the passage?

A.Language courses and sightseeing.

B.Meeting friends in foreign countries.

C.International communication.

2.Who is more likely to have a study tour according to the report?

A.Jenny, 3 years old. B.Mike, 14 years old. C.John, 22 years old.

3.What is the most important reason for parents to let their children have a study tour?

A.Developing children’s horizons.

B.Improving language skills.

C.Experiencing independence.

4.Zhan Fuman has been much more confident and independent after ________.

A.she went to Australia for a study tour

B.she went to America for a study tour

C.she went to school in Guangzhou

5.Which of the following is NOT true about a study tour?

A.More and more college students want to have a study tour.

B.One may know more about different cultures from a study tour.

C.It may help to learn to use knowledge from books and real life communication

These days,. see a lot of shopping festivals. For Chinese shoppers, Singles' Day is a big one, and it's on November 11. In the United States, Black Friday is the most well-known one.

Black Friday always falls on the day after the Thanksgiving holiday. On this day, stores give special deals(特别折扣). Shoppers wake up very early. They wait in line(队伍)at stores before they open, but they might start to wait in line as early as 2 or 3 a.m. Sometimes there are too many people. They are not able to get inside the store.

Black Friday is not the only shopping festival in the US. Another similar(类似的)holiday is Cyber(网络的)Monday. This day always falls on the Monday after Thanksgiving.

Personally, I don't like any of these holidays. They place too much importance on buying things. I like Buy Nothing Day. The holiday falls on the same day as Black Friday. It is an international holiday that is against the trend(趋势)of over-consumption(消费过度).

What do you think about these holidays?

1.How many holidays are mentioned(提及)in the story?

A.Three B.Four C.Five D.Six

2.On Black Friday, people usually

A.stay up overnight to shop online. B.get together to celebrate the holiday.

C.get up early and wait in front of stores D.stay at home to keep away from bad luck.

3.What does the writer think of these shopping holidays?

A.He doesn't care about these holidays.

B.He hopes to celebrate these holidays on another day.

C.He likes these holidays and celebrate them every year.

D.He thinks they can cause the problem of over-consumption.

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