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If you are a fruit grower — or would like to become one — take advantage of Apple Day to see what’s around. It’s called Apple Day but in practice it’s more like Apple Month. The day itself is on October 21, but since it has caught on, events now spread out over most of October around Britain.

Visiting an apple event is a good chance to see, and often taste, a wide variety of apples. To people who are used to the limited choice of apples such as Golden Delicious and Royal Gala in supermarkets, it can be quite an eye opener to see the range of classical apples still in existence, such as Decio which was grown by the Romans. Although it doesn’t taste of anything special, it’s still worth a try, as is the knobbly(多疙瘩的) Cat’s Head which is more of a curiosity than anything else.

There are also varieties developed to suit specific local conditions. One of the very best varieties for eating quality is Orleans Reinette, but you’ll need a warm, sheltered place with perfect soil to grow it, so it’s a pipe dream for most apple lovers who fall for it.

At the events, you can meet expert growers and discuss which ones will best suit your conditions, and because these are family affairs, children are well catered for with apple-themed fun and games.

Apple Days are being held at all sorts of places with an interest in fruit, including stately gardens and commercial orchards(果园). If you want to have a real orchard experience, try visiting the National Fruit Collection at Brogdale, near Faversham in Kent.

1. What can people do at the apple events?

A. Attend experts’ lectures.

B. Visit fruit-loving families.

C. Plant fruit trees in an orchard.

D. Taste many kinds of apples.

2. What can we learn about Decio?

A. It is a new variety.

B. It has a strange look.

C. It is rarely seen now.

D. It has a special taste.

3. What does the underlined phrase "a pipe dream" in Paragraph 3 mean?

A. A practical idea. B. A vain hope.

C. A brilliant plan. D. A selfish desire.

4. What is the author’s purpose in writing the text?

A. To show how to grow apples.

B. To introduce an apple festival.

C. To help people select apples.

D. To promote apple research.

One day a mime(哑剧演员) is visiting the zoo and tries to earn some money as a street performer. As soon as he starts to draw a crowd, a zookeeper pulls him into his office. The zookeeper explains that the zoo’s most popular attraction, a gorilla(大猩猩), has died suddenly and the keeper fears that attendance(出席人数) at the zoo will fall off. He offers the mime a job to dress up as the gorilla. The mime accepts.

The next morning the mime puts on the gorilla suit and enters the cage before the crowd comes. He soon discovers he can sleep, play and make fun of people and he draws bigger crowds than he ever did as a mime — the job he likes but loses.

However, with days going by, he begins to notice that the people are paying more attention to the lion in the cage next to his. Not wanting to lose the attention of his audience, he climbs to the top of his cage, crawls across a partition(隔墙), and dangles(悬挂) from the top to the lion’s cage. The lion gets angry at this. The scene is a fuel to the crowd.

At the end of the day he is given a raise for being such a good attraction — well, this continues for some time. The crowds grow larger, and the mime’s pay keeps going up.

Then one day when he is dangling over the lion he slides and falls. The mime is terrified. He starts screaming “Help me!”, but the lion is quick. The mime soon finds himself flat on his back looking up at the angry lion and the lion says, “Shut up you fool! Do you want to get us both fired?”

1.The mime accepts the zookeeper’s offer because __________.

A. he has been out of work

B. he doesn’t like being a mime

C. he likes performing at the zoo

D. he is offered a higher pay there

2.How does the mime find the job dressing up as the gorilla?

A. Hard and tiring. B. Dangerous but exciting.

C. Easy and funny. D. Boring but well-paid.

3.The mime’s first contact with the lion is to __________.

A. find pleasure for himself B. get the lion’s attention

C. get his pay raised D. win back his audience

4.The underlined words “a fuel” in Paragraph 3 can be replaced by __________.

A. frightening B. disappointing

C. exciting D. Familiar

Cocoa Beach /Jupiter Surf Camp — Summer

Summer Surf Camp is centrally located on the Best Western seashore in Cocoa Beach & Jupiter at Carlin Beach Park with accommodations at the Holiday Inn Express in Juno Beach.

Summer Surf Camp Dates:

● Surf Camp — Session 1 May 27th—30th Family Surf Week (All Ages)

● Surf Camp— Session 2 June 2nd—6th Family Surf Week (All Ages)

● Surf Camp — Session 3 June 9th—13th Teen Week (Ages 12—17)

● Surf Camp — Session 4 June 16th—20th Family Surf Week (All Ages)

● Surf Camp — Session 5 June 23rd—27th Adults Only (18 and over)

● Surf Camp — Session 6 June 30th—July 3rd Family Surf Week (All Ages)

● Surf Camp — Session 7 July 7th—11th Family Surf Week (All Ages)

● Surf Camp — Session 8 July 14th—18th Women’s Camp (18 and over)

● Surf Camp — Session 9 July 21st—25th Family Surf Week (All Ages)

● Surf Camp — Session 10 July 28th—August 1st Adults Only (18 and over)

* A 20% discount will be applied to the 4-Day Surf Camp Weeks.

* Parents are always welcome to sign up and join their children during the teen week surf camp sessions.

Summer Camp Details:

● Use coupon(优惠券) code: “CAMP5” at checkout to get the 5% discount

* Daily Rate: $125.00 / person

* Surf Camp Runs: 9:30 a.m. — 2:30 p.m.

●Please note: We don’t supervise(监督) the campers after 2: 45 p.m.

* Directions to Camp: click here

1.Who are allowed to take part in Session 5 and Session 8?

A. Mr Johnson and his wife.

B. A couple without children.

C. Mr Black and his 19-year-old son.

D. Mrs Black and her 21-year-old daughter.

2.If Mr and Mrs Brown have a “CAMP5” coupon and want to join in the Summer Surf Camp from June 30th to July 3rd, how much should they pay?

A. $600. B. $760. C. $800. D. $950.

3.What can we know from the form?

A. The campers are supervised all day.

B. A couple can sign up and join in the Camp by fax.

C. Parents can take part in Session 3 together with their children.

D. An adult can join in the Summer Surf Camp on any day in June.

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Researchers have shown that your talent for happiness is, to a large degree, determined by your genes(基因). 1. We can do this by overcoming negative emotions and developing positive emotions.

Strategy(策略)1: 2.

The first step is to make a choice to be happy. In Seeking Happiness, Bertrand Russell said, “Happiness must be an achievement rather than a gift of the gods, and in this achievement, effort must play a great part.”

Once you’ve decided to be happier, you can choose strategies for achieving happiness.

Strategy 2: Develop gratitude(感激).

In Authentic Happiness, psychologist Martin Seligman encourages readers to perform a daily “gratitude exercise”. 3.

Strategy 3: Remember, money can’t buy happiness.

Research shows: 4. Yes, “we always think that some things are wrong because they cannot bring us happiness.” writes Daniel Gilbert in Stumbling on Happiness.

Strategy 4: Take part in meaningful activities.

“People are seldom happier,” says Jackson, “than when they’re doing meaningful activities.”

Yet, he has found that the most common leisure(休闲)activity — watching TV — produces some of the lowest levels of happiness. 5. Active leisure that helps a person grow does not come easily, he writes in Finding Flow.

A. Choose to be happy.

B. Seek happiness.

C. However, psychologists believe we can pursue happiness.

D. This drives bitterness from our heart, and promotes happiness.

E. Happiness is decided by many things.

F. To get more out of life, we need to put more into it.

G. More money doesn’t often bring more happiness.

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