Are two holidays not enough? Do you dream of three, or even four? (1)这不再是梦想! Last month, the State Council(国务院) encouraged primary and high schools to give students a spring or autumn break without changing the total number of student vacation days.

Students in China currently only have long holidays in two seasons —summer and winter. These holidays are usually 10 to 12 weeks in total.“If we had spring and autumn breaks, (2)I would have time to taste all four seasons instead of burying__埋) myself in my studies,” Gao Yiran , a 15-year-old boy told China Daily. Seasonal holidays during autumn and spring may be something new in China, but not in other countries.

In the US, students usually have three holidays. Summer holiday is the longest one, and runs from mid-June until early September. Summer camp is one of kids’ favorite places to go to, where they can make new friends and try some new activities. Winter holiday starts from mid-December and ends in early January. Most kids and their parents go to spend time together over the Christmas period. Spring break comes in mid- March and (3) it is usually a___-day holiday.

Schools in Japan start in April, as most people think that spring is the perfect time for new things. For school children ,summer holiday lasts from July 20 to August 31. Most kids are busy with club activities including sports and dancing. Spring break starts at the end of March and continues till early April. It is a good chance for a short family trip around the city.

阅读短文,按要求完成下面的任务。

任务一

1.将(1)处的中文翻译成英文。

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任务二

2.将(2)处斜体部分的英文翻译成中文。

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任务三

3.写出(3)处“it”指代的内容。_________________________________________

任务四

4.What do Japanese kids usually do in their spring break?

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任务五

5.为该文段拟写一个标题

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Parents should stop blaming(责备) themselves because there’s not a lot they can do about it. I mean the teenager problem. Whatever you do or however you choose to deal with it, at certain times a wonderful, reasonable and helpful child will turn into a terrible animal.

I’ve seen friends deal with it in all kinds of different ways. One strict mother insisted that her son, right from a child, should stand up whenever anyone entered the room, open doors and shake hands like a gentleman. I saw him last week when I called round. Sprawling(懒散地躺) himself on the sofa in full length, he made no attempt to turn off the loud TV he was watching as I walked in, and his greeting was no more than a quick glance at me. His mother was ashamed. “I don't know what to do with him these days,” she said. “He’s forgotten all the manners we taught him.”

He hasn’t forgotten them. He’s just decided that he’s not going to use them. She said that she would like to come up behind him and throw him down from the sofa onto the floor.

Another good friend of mine let her two daughters climb all over the furniture, reach across the table, stare at me and say, “I don’t like your dress. It’s ugly.” One of the daughters has recently been driven out of school. The other has left home.

“Where did we go wrong?” her parents are now very sad. Probably nowhere much. At least, no more than the rest of that unfortunate race, parents.

1.We can read this passage in __________.

A. an advertisement B. a story book C. a magazine D. an entertainment newspaper

2.This text is most probably written by ______.

A. a doctor for physical health problems

B. a headmaster of a middle school

C. a parent with teenage children

D. a specialist in teenager studies

3.The underlined word “it” in the second paragraph refers to ______.

A. the advice that parents want their children to follow

B. the change from good to bad that’s seen in a child

C. the opinion that a child has of his parents

D. the way that parents often blame themselves

4.From the second example we can infer that the parents of the two daughters ______.

A. pay no attention to them

B. feel helpless to do much about them

C. have come to hate them

D. are too busy to look after them

5.What is the author's opinion about the sudden change in teenage children?

A. Parents should work more closely with school teachers.

B. Parents should still pay more attention to the change.

C. Parents have no choice but to try to accept it.

D. Parents go wrong in changing their children.

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