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We all know vacations (假期) are good for our health. But which kind of vacation is better: one long vacation or several short ones? Here is information from research studies about the benefits (好处) of each kind of vacation.

The benefits of a long vacation

International travel has big benefits. For example, people who travel abroad are more c1. when they come home. When people visit other countries, they discover different ways people live. This results in more ways of thinking and better problem solving.

Some studies show that people do not sleep well until day two or three of their vacation. After day two or day three, they sleep well for the w2. vacation. They also sleep well for one week after the vacation. A long vacation means better sleep for more days.

Traveling on vacation can be stressful. It takes time and money to travel. If you have a long vacation, you get more days of relaxation for your days of travel stress.

If there is a problem at work during your vacation, your coworkers (同事) are more likely to take care of the problem. They are not likely to wait for you. The result? You have l3. work when you come back. The benefits of short vacations:

Studies discovered that people enjoy p4. their vacation as much as they enjoy taking the vacation. If you decide to take your short vacations a year, you can experience the fun of making arrangements for four different times.

Many people do not call the office during a short vacation. People on long vacations are more likely to check email and worry about work. For example, France has the highest number of vacation days (an average of 30 days a year). It a5. has the highest number of people (93%) who check their work email.

Vacations improve our a6. to our lives, our families, and ourselves. When we get back to work, we quickly forget all those positive (积极的) feelings. Taking several short a year helps you feel positive about your life more often.

We are busy all the time. It is difficult to find a complete week when everyone can go on vacation. A short vacation is easier to fit in to our busy s7. . The busier we are, the more important it is to connect with friends and family on vacation.

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Among all the pen productions, writing brush (máo bǐ) is a kind of special writing tool made in China mainly. Archaeologists(考古学家) said that writing brush or some pens like brush first appeared more than 5000 years ago. It wasn’t widely used until the Warring States Period (476BC-221BC). Hengshui, Xuancheng and Huzhou were three centers for making writing brushes in Chinese history. People in the hometown of writing brush—Hengshui—still celebrate the invention of brush every year.

________ Materials(材料) for the head part includes rabbit hair, horse hair, pig hair and so on. If you want to buy a Chinese brush as a gift for your friends, you can choose the one with soft hairs, mixed hairs or hard hairs according to their writing styles. There’s also a tradition that Chinese people like to make a writing brush from the first haircut a baby gets. It’s believed that a writing brush made from the hair of new born babies will bring good luck while taking exams. As for stalks(笔杆), normal materials are usually wood, but we can also see some special ones made from ivory, gold and some other valuable materials.

It is considered that writing brush is the most important one among Four Treasures of Chinese Study. The other three are ink stick, paper, and ink stone. In Chinese calligraphy(书法) and Chinese painting, writing brush is widely used. In old China, children had to learn calligraphy and try to write a good hand. Even the emperors(皇帝) themselves were good at calligraphy. Nowadays, Chinese people still practice calligraphy with writing brush from a very young age. When writing, many calligraphers will forget all worries and even themselves, turning all thoughts into the beauty of art. People think it helps improve a person’s temper(脾气). It is not only a means of communication, but also a means of expressing a person’s inner world.

1.According to the article, the hometown of writing brush is ________.

A.Hengshui B.Xuancheng C.Huzhou D.Hangzhou

2.Which of the following sentences can be put into the blank “________”in Para. 2?

A.It’s important to see that there can be both soft and hard brushes.

B.A good writing brush must be provided with four advantages.

C.The head of writing brush is made of different materials.

D.A writing brush can be divided into two parts: head and stalk.

3.In the underlined sentence, the writer mentions “the emperors” to show that _______.

A.writing brush is difficult to learn

B.people paid great attention to calligraphy in old China

C.the Chinese emperors were all good at calligraphy

D.the emperors improved their temper with calligraphy

4.We may know from the passage that _______.

A.people started to use the writing brush 4000 years ago

B.writing brush made from the human hair will help you get good grades

C.writing brush is the most important one among Four Inventions in China

D.Chinese people now still use writing brush in many fields

假设你是大明,你所在的学校将举办一场英语演讲比赛,主题是“如何处理旧书籍”。 请根据所给信息,用英语写一篇发言稿,准备参加比赛。

我的倡议

把旧书籍捐给希望工程

我的理由

(1) 对我们来说,旧书籍可能不再有用;

(2) 但是,把旧书籍扔掉却不是一个好方法

这样做的好处

(1) 可以节约资源,减少浪费;

(2) 可以帮助家庭困难的学生,使他们开拓视野, 增长知识;

(3) 使我们学会关爱他人;

(4) ……(补充一条即可)

参考词汇:deal with 处理 Project Hope 希望工程 resource资源

要求:

(1)词数:80~100 个。

(2)短文开头已给出,不计入总词数。

(3)要点齐全,行文连贯,可适当发挥。

Dear friends,

How do we deal with old books after we read them?

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