Are you bored with your daily routine? Here are some things you should try before you are 18．
Try at least one kind of team sports．
Being a good team player is an important skill in life．You can't just think of yourself, but have to work well with other people．Other advantages of team sports like football and basketball are that they keep you fit, and they are also great fun．Teams usually have a good social life, too．You'll go to lots of parties and make many friends．
Collect(收集)something．
One of the best hobbies for under-18s is collecting things．You could collect stamps, or you could collect things that make you remember what you have done, like tickets for films you have seen or letters from your friends．The best way to collect is to have a special album(册子)to put your collection in and to write what each thing means to you．That way you won't forget．
Camp out in the garden．
If you don't have your own garden, find a friend who has one! You will need：two or three friends, a small tent, sleeping bags and warm blankets．Take a lot of food and drink with you into the tent and play games until it gets dark．When it gets dark, tell ghost(鬼)stories, and at midnight, eat all your food．You will need a torch or something else, or you won't be able to see all your food, and it might get too scary．
(1)
What should you do in team sports?
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A．
Just think of yourself．
B．
Work well by yourself
C．
Work well with other people．
D．
Just think of others．
(2)
Which is the best way to remember the things that you collect?
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A．
To put them in an album and write their meanings．
B．
To have a special album．
C．
To take some photos of them．
D．
To write what each thing means．
(3)
What do you need if you want to camp out in the garden?
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A．
A tent, sleeping bags and blankets．
B．
A torch, food and drink．
C．
A torch and a tent．
D．
A and B
(4)
What does the underlined word “torch” mean in Chinese?
You will have a lot of reading to do in this grade this year．You can do more of it in less time if you learn to read rapidly．
Perhaps you have been told about some habits (习惯) which keep a person from reading fast and have been strongly asked to break those habits which you might have．
Do you still have any of these bad habits?Check yourself by answering“yes”or“no”to these questions．
(1) Do you move your lips (嘴唇) when reading silently?
(2) Do you point to words with your finger as you read?
(3)Do you move your head from side to side as you read?
(4)Do you read one word at a time?
If you answer“yes”to any of these questions,start at once to break the habit．If you move your tips，hold your fingers over them，or hold a piece of paper be-tween your lips while you are reading．Then if your lips move，your will know it and can stop them．
If you point to words，hold the two sides of your book，one side with your left hand，the other side with your right hand．Then you won't have a free finger to use in pointing while reading．If you move your head，place your chin (下巴) in one hand and hold your head still (静止不动的)．
If you read no more than one or two or three words at a time，you need to work very hard in learning to take in (吸收) more words at each glance (一瞥) as your eyes travel across the lines of words．
Even if you do rather fast now，you can learn to read even faster．As you probably have been told，the secret of fast reading is to take in whole groups of words as each glance．Read in through groups and force (迫使) your eyes along the lines of words as fast as you can to make them go．Anyone who practices doing these things will he able to read faster．
(1)
You may hold your fingers over your lips while reading so as ______．
A．to tell others to be silent
B．to feel whether your lips move or not
C．to hold a piece of paper between them
D．to keep yourself from talking to others
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(2)
When you read，______．
A．don't keep your head still
B．don't hold your books with your hands
C．don't stand up near a desk
D．don't use your finger to point to words
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(3)
If you learn to read fast，______．
A．you can read more in less time
B．you can write faster
C．you can understand better
D．you can read less in more time
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(4)
You must _______ those habits that we are talking about in this reading．
