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Keeping the kids busy over the school holidays can be discouraging and cost parents a lot.  But we’ve found some cheap and cheerful ways to enjoy family time this Easter from free days out to fun-filled theme parks which won’t cost us much. We’ve done the homework so you can get started on having a great time.

Theme Parks

? Save from 10% to 25% off the price of tickets for Legoland in Windor by booking in advance online. A family of four can save up to ?45.90 on a one-day ticket, paying ?137.70.

?Book seven days in advance and save ?43 off the price of a family of four tickets for Drayton Manor Theme Park. Call 0844-472-1950 or book online and you’ll pay ?65 on the day.

? You can pick up a family of four ticket for a day at Alton Towers in Staffordshire for ?43.80 off the day price.

? Save ?16 off the price for a family trip to The Making of Harry Potter by buying a family ticket (two adults and two children) online. Family of four ?101, compared to ?117.

Activities

Students looking for a cut-price trip to see the animals can save 15% off the ticket price at Bristol Zoo and pay ?12.71 rather than the full adult price ?14.53. Teens should show their identity as students.

Freebies(免费赠品)

Let your kids discover what it’s like to be an animal on the African Plain in the ocean. Or, they can learn to love leaf beetles(甲壳虫) or become a scientist for the day at the Natural History Museum in London.

1.Which of the following theme parks can save you most on Easter Day?

A. Alton Towers. B. Legoland in Windsor

C. Drayton Manor Theme Park. D. The Making of Harry Potter.

2.How can tourists enjoy a cut-price trip at Bristol Zoo?

A. By showing their birthdays and birthplaces.

B. By showing their family addresses

C. By showing their driving licenses.

D. By showing their students’ cards

3.Who is the text mainly intended for?

A. The students. B. The scientists

C. The families D. The kids

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One morning, my newspaper wasn’t delivered on time. Since I always brought it to work, it upset me that I would have to pick one up on my way to work. After breakfast, I was already running late, but figured I could make it if I hurried.

As I pulled into the parking lot of the store, I noticed a young man in a wheelchair who seemed to be struggling. “Someone else will stop and help him,” I thought.

However, no one stopped. I got out, and walked over to see what the trouble was.

“Is there anything I can do?” I asked. It was then that I noticed he wasn’t able to speak, and was still struggling with the chair.

I looked down at the chair and noticed that the clamps (夹具) holding the electronic keyboard had apparently become loose causing the equipment to slip down, out of his reach.

I pulled it back into place and then re-tightened the clamps. He hit a key on the keyboard. An electronic voice told me, “Thank you.” He then found the control that steered (操纵) the chair, turned and left.

I got back in my car and headed off to work, completely forgetting my newspaper. As I drove, I felt a deep gratitude (感激). I was truly blessed to have the physical abilities that allow me to live a normal life. Here was this young man who relied on machines to get around and communicate. He probably dreamed about doing all the things that I thought were normal and simple.

It’s funny; fifteen minutes before that happened, I was whining because my morning paper hadn’t arrived on time. I was glad I helped the young man, because he helped me gain a new viewpoint on everything I had in my life.

1.Why did the author stop at the store?

A. To do his job. B. To have breakfast.

C. To buy a newspaper. D. To drive a colleague to work.

2.What was the young man trying to reach?

A. The clamps. B. The car key.

C. The wheelchair. D. The electronic keyboard.

3.What does the underlined word “whining” in the last paragraph mean?

A. Complaining. B. Worrying.

C. Arguing. D. Crying.

4.What did the author learn from the experience?

A. Treasure what we have. B. Treat the disabled nicely.

C. Technology has changed our lives. D. Don’s get annoyed over small things.

Eating the Cookie

One of my patients, a successful businessman, tells me that before his cancer he would become depressed unless things went a certain way. _______ was “having the cookie”. If you had the cookie, things were good. If you didn’t have the cookie, life was _______.

Unfortunately, the cookie kept _______. Some of the time it was money, and sometimes power. At_______time, it was the new car, the biggest contract. A year and a half after his diagnosis(诊断) of prostate cancer, he sits_______his head regretfully. “It seems that I stopped learning how to_______ after I was a kid. When I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it _______, he is unhappy. But he is two and a half and I am forty three. It’s taken me this long to understand that the _______ will never make me happy for long.

The_______you have the cookie it starts to fall to pieces or you start to ________about it crumbling (弄碎) or about someone trying to take it away from you. You know, you have to________a lot of things to take care of the cookie, to keep it from crumbling and be________that no one takes it away from you. You may not even get a chance to eat it ________ you are so busy just trying not to lose it. ________ the cookie is not what life is about.”

My patient laughs and says________has changed him. For the first time he is________. No matter if his________is doing well or not, no matter if he wins or loses at golf. “Two years ago, cancer________me, ‘What is really important?’ Well, life is important. Live any way you can have it, life with the cookie, life without the cookie. Happiness does not have anything to________with the cookie: it has to do with being ________.”

1.A. Happiness B. Success C. Business D. Love

2.A. normal B. common C. worthless D. useless

3.A. increasing B. changing C. decreasing D. recovering

4.A. one B. a C. no D. other

5.A. shaking B. nodding C. knocking D. raising

6.A. grow B. learn C. live D. work

7.A. burns B. breaks C. shares D. throws

8.A. disease B. change C. kid D. cookie

9.A. hour B. time C. second D. minute

10.A. think B. come C. worry D. doubt

11.A. give up B. add up C. use up D. call up

12.A. brave B. curious C. aware D. sure

13.A. unless B. because C. though D. until

14.A. Eating B. Protecting C. Having D. Making

15.A. death B. energy C. life D. cancer

16.A. happy B. weak C. upset D. sad

17.A. result B. fortunate C. business D. behavior

18.A. asked B. left C. deserted D. recognized

19.A. deal B. do C. connect D. link

20.A. alone B. alive C. ambitious D. active

Do you have a hard time saying no to others? Do you say "yes" when you really mean no? You're not alone. Many people end up saying "yes" to something they don't really want to do for several reasons. It is necessary to learn how to say "no".

"I'm sorry. I just don't have the time at the moment."1.After all, your own work comes first. The other person will understand, especially if they also have a busy job.

"I don't think I'm the best person to help you out. Why don't you try...?" If you think you can't be of any help then simply say no. 2.Recommend that person instead. This is a good one to use at work.

"Let me get back to you." Sometimes you first have to check your schedule before you can make a promise. 3. This will waste the other person's time, which could have been spent finding someone else who would say yes.

"I would rather refuse than say sorry later." 4.The other person will appreciate your honesty. You could even say, "I'd rather say no now than I'm sorry later." However, you must never offer to do something in the future if you don't mean it. This will turn out to be much worse than simply saying no in the first place.

"No". This is the simplest and most direct way. Simply say "no". 5.We spend so much time thinking of good excuses when being direct is often the simplest and best way.

A. There is no doubt you have said no a few times.

B. If you are too busy then let the other person know.

C. There is no need to add any derails unless asked for.

D. You might be asked to do something when you are busy.

E. Maybe you know someone else who would be better suited for the task.

F. When you know you won't be able to do the best job you can, simply say so.

G. But it's not a good idea to say this when you really mean no in the first place.

She was only about five feet tall and probably never weighed more than 110 pounds. However, Miss Bessie was a(n) ______ presence in the classroom. From 1938 to 1942, when I attended Saint Bernard's High School, she taught me a lot ______ I realized.

There was never a(n) ______ problem in Miss Bessie's classes. We didn't dare to trouble a woman who knew about the Battle of Hastings and could also play the piano and ______ Shakespeare and Milton.

Miss Bessie knew that my family couldn't afford to buy a newspaper. She knew we didn't ______ own a radio. Still, she ______ me to look out for my ______ and find some ways to ______ what's going on in the world. ______ I became a delivery boy who delivered newspapers. I ______ made a dollar a week, but I got to read a newspaper every day.

Miss Bessie noticed things that had nothing to do with schoolwork but were vital to a youngster's ______. Once a few classmates made fun of my ______ overcoat. As I was leaving school, Miss Bessie ______ me on the back of that old overcoat and said, “Carl, never worry about what you don't have. Just make the most of what you do have—a(n) ______.”

Among the things that I didn't have was ______ in the little wooden house. But because of her ______, I spent many hours beside a kerosene lamp(煤油灯) reading Shakespeare's works. Miss Bessie introduced me ______ a wonderful world of poems and stories. She led me to ______that I could write poems as well as Shakespeare.

So I read ______ Miss Bessie told me to, and tried to remember the things she insisted that I store. Years later, her encouragement finally led to that lovely day when Miss Bessie dropped me a note ______“I'm so proud to read your article in The Times.”

1.A. amusing B. towering C. interesting D. exciting

2.A. more than B. less than C. better than D. worse than

3.A. academy B. homework C. race D. discipline

4.A. make use of B. make fun of C. make sense of D. make light of

5.A. even B. still C. ever D. yet

6.A. allowed B. forced C. turned D. encouraged

7.A. happiness B. future C. family D. mistake

8.A. catch up with B. come up with C. keep up with D. put up with

9.A. So B. And C. Because D. As

10.A. always B. merely C. sometimes D. almost

11.A. appearance B. health C. development D. performance

12.A. colourful B. modern C. informal D. used

13.A. patted B. hit C. struck D. pulled

14.A. house B. overcoat C. radio D. brain

15.A. money B. electricity C. water D. gas

16.A. inspiration B. anger C. curiosity D. sponsorship

17.A. to B. in C. of D. about

18.A. imagine B. believe C. dream D. insist

19.A. whenever B. wherever C. whichever D. whatever

20.A. writing B. printing C. saying D. speaking

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