Skating backwards on ice is a bit difficult but once you master the basis, there’s nothing like it. Follow the steps given below and you will be able to skate backwards in no time.

1.

The first thing that you need to do is, stand straight. If you feel that you are falling backwards, then just put your chin up and slightly bend your knees. Don’t worry; this happens to all.

2.

The most important step while learning how to skate backwards, is having enough confidence in yourself and in what you are doing. How can you achieve this? By practice, Just practice rolling backwards down a gentle slope every single day or just by pushing off from a wall or something of that sort.

3.

Confident now? Great! Now the next step is to maintain your speed.While rolling in a straight line with one skate, with the other try sculling(滑浆), that is, keep pushing yourself backwards with an outwards stroke(滑动).Now bring the skate which you were using to scull, and then again, repeat the same process.Make sure that you put most of your weight on the skate which is moving straight and not the one with which you are sculling.Now, try the same thing using the other foot.Again keep doing this till you are confident enough.

4.

Once you are confident that you can scull with either foot, the next thing that you have to do is increase your speed.Try some of your own tricks now.Scull with either foot or with both at the same time.

5.

While you keep one foot straight, keep sculling with the other.You can do that simultaneously with both feet.Concentrate on what you are doing but don't get so involved that you don't see where you are going.If you are not watching your back, you might just bang against something or someone.

A. Find Another to Practise with You

B. Increase Your Speed Now

C. Gain Your Courage

D. Stand Straight

E. Maintain Speed

F. Scull and Be Aware

G. Confidence is What You Need

Finding your feet in a new town can be hard, especially if you’re covered in fur and don’t speak the language. But for pets new to Marlborough, help is at hand.

Marlborough SPCA and the Railway Café, in Blenheim, have joined forces to help welcome pets and their people to the region with a fortnightly morning tea. They hope the morning teas will get tails and tongues wagging as well as giving advice on how to make the move smoother.

Railway Café owner Leanne Harris came up with the innovative plan as a way to help welcome people to the area. Leanne moved to Marlborough from Auckland two years ago and said she initially struggled to find friends and feel part of the community. “Coming from Auckland I thought people would open their doors and that there would be neighbours calling round with cake. I expected people to come to me and, of course, it wasn’t like that. I did get lonely. “I hope to save newcomers having to wait as long as I did to feel part of it all. I would like to welcome them to the town.”

Free platters of sandwiches, cakes and other goodies will be on offer, for the people, while there will be special handmade yoghurt and banana treats for the dogs. The morning teas will take place in the covered area at the back of the popular café beside the railway station off Grove Rd.

Leanne said she was happy to devote both her time and effort into giving back to the community and felt the venture was a great fit with the SPCA.

“Volunteering is such an amazing thing to do and it changed things for me completely, and I met some amazing people with similar interests.”

SPCA Op Shop manager Karina Greenall, originally from the United Kingdom, said she also wanted to help. “I can give advice on how to resettle pets, the best parks to go to , where the best walks are and where the vet centers are in town.” There will be volunteering opportunities too for people where they can help out and hopefully make friends too.”

1.How will Marlborough SPCA and the Railway Café help new pets?

A. By offering morning teas.

B. By giving advice to them.

C. By communication with them.

D. By providing accommodation to them.

2.What was Leanne’s plan originally intended for?

A. Saving animals.

B. Helping newcomers.

C. Making more friends.

D. Expanding her business.

3.What had Leanne expected when she first came to Marlborough?

A. To be left alone.

B. To struggle for a living.

C. To be invited to dinner.

D. To feel part of the community.

4.What can be learnt about SPCA Op Shop manager Karina Greenall?

A. She often misses the United Kingdom.

B. She takes interest in the Railway Café.

C. She is enthusiastic about resettling pets.

D. She has organized the voluntary events.

Many teenagers(青少年) feel that the most important people in their lives are their friends. They believe that their family members don’t understand them as well as their friends do.In large families, it is quite often for brothers and sisters to fight with each other and then they can only go to their friends for some ideas.It is very important for teenagers to have one good friend or a group of friends. Even when they are not with their friends, they usually spend a lot of time talking among themselves on the phone. This communication(交际)is very important in children’s growing up, because friends can discuss(讨论)something. These things are difficult to say to their family members.

However, parents often try to choose their children friends for them. Some parents may even stop their children from meeting their good friends. Have you ever thought of the following questions? Who chooses your friends?

Do you choose your friends or your friends choose you?

Have you got a good friend your parents don’t like? Your answers are welcome.

1.Many teenagers think that _ __ can understand them better.

A. friends B. brothers C. sisters D. parents

2.When teenagers have something difficult to say to their parents, they usually____.

A. stay alone at home B. fight with their parents

C. discuss it with their friends D. go to their brothers and sisters for help

3.Which of the following is the writer’s attitude(态度)?

A. Parents should choose friends for their children.

B. Children should choose everything they like.

C. Parents should understand their children better.

D. Teenagers should only go to their friends for help.

Fifteen years ago, I took a summer vacation in Lecce in southern Italy. After climbing up a hill for a panoramic(全景的) view of the blue sea, white buildings and green olive trees, I paused to catch my breath and then positioned myself to take the best photo of this panorama.

Unfortunately, just as I took out my camera, a woman approached from behind, and planted herself right in front of my view. Like me, this woman was here to stop, sigh and appreciate the view.

Patient as I was, after about 15 minutes, my camera scanning the sun and reviewing the shot I would eventually take, I grew frustrated. Was it too much to ask her to move so I could take just one picture of the landscape? Sure, I could have asked her, but something prevented me from doing so. She seemed so content in her observation. I didn’t want to mess with that.

Another 15 minutes passed and I grew bored. The woman was still there. I decided to take the photo anyway. And now when I look at it, I think her presence in the photo is what makes the image interesting. The landscape, beautiful on its own, somehow comes to life and breathes because this woman is engaging with it. zxx|k

This photo, with the unique beauty that unfolded before me and that woman who “ruined” it, now hangs on a wall in my bedroom. What would she think if she knew that her figure is captured(捕捉) and frozen on some stranger’s bedroom wall? A bedroom, after all, is a very private space, in which some woman I don’t even know has been immortalized(使……永存). In some ways, she lives in my house.

Perhaps we all live in each others’ spaces. Perhaps this is what photos are for: to remind us that we all appreciate beauty, that we all share a common desire for pleasure, for connection, for something that is greater than us.

That photo is a reminder, a captured moment, an unspoken conversation between two women, separated only by a thin square of glass.

1.What happened when the author was about to take a photo?

A. Her camera stopped working.

B. A woman blocked her view.

C. Someone asked her to leave.

D. A friend approached from behind.

2.According to the author, the woman was probably_______.

A. enjoying herself

B. losing her patience

C. waiting for the sunset

D. thinking about her past

3.In the author’s opinion, what makes the photo so alive?

A. The rich color of the landscape.

B. The perfect positioning of the camera.

C. The woman’s existence in the photo.

D. The soft sunlight that summer day.

4.The photo on the bedroom wall enables the author to better understand ________.

A. the need to be close to nature

B. the importance of private space

C. the joy of the vacation in Italy

D. the shared passion for beauty

5.The passage can be seen as the author’s reflections upon _______.

A. a particular life experience

B. the pleasure of traveling

C. the art of photography

D. a lost friendship

Every afternoon I give myself some time. I______with a cup of rich dark chocolate, and _____a good book. All to myself!

My______time of the day. Until today. Today Gabe joined me. He was all over me,______at

my arm, and wanting to play. And l was getting annoyed. I could feel all this______building inside, thinking "this is my time”.

I assure you. I am a great mother,______I'm also human. I think these thoughts often, but what I'm most______of is not acting on these______0r living them out. So there l was holding it all inside______Gabe continued to climb all over me until that______stepped in. It said: “Nicole. Don't be so self-centered, caring only about YOU and "your______”.There are 24 hours in a day and who says this one is yours. Gabe______you and in a year from now,6 months from now,______an hour from now, he won't be needing your______and affection like he does now. So give it. Not when it's______for you, but when it's needed.______that book. Embrace him. Love him.”

So I did. For almost an hour. And I still enjoyed my hot cup, and my chocolate. I was even ___ books! Kids ones. And with a good story and moral! I can never______life or ever think in any way that I can control it because sometimes life has something much______than planned. This is a great lesson for me and something I am______working on within myself.

1.A. dress up B. turn up C. sit down D. watch over

2.A. buy B. enjoy C. write D. share

3.A. favorite B. precious C. hard D. unhappy

4.A. laughing B. pointing C. staring D. pulling

5.A. anger B. encouragement C. wisdom D. pleasure

6.A. or B. but C. so D. for

7.A. proud B. sure C. tired D. afraid

8.A. positions B. conditions C. theories D. thoughts

9.A. in case B. as if C. as D. although

10.A. person B. voice C. order D. complaint

11.A. time B. hobby C. health D. wealth

12.A. bothers B. hates C. needs D. comforts

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

14.A. direction B. love C. wisdom D. bravery

15.A. dangerous B. necessary C. easy D. convenient

16.A. Hold on B. Pick up C. Throw away D. Put down

17.A. deserting B. reading C. ignoring D. keeping

18.A. deny B. value C. improve D. plan

19.A. better B. earlier C. quicker D. worse

20.A. selflessly B. anxiously C. currently D. actually

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