Fun games and activities play all important role in making picnics enjoyable. Here are some examples.

Picnic Games for all Age Groups: Running and jumping races, playing balloons are some of the very popular picnic games for children. Grown ups in the picnic mood often enjoy taking part in children’s games too. While organizing picnic games that suit all age groups, think of all those going to the picnic and think of their preferences. Picnic games for grown ups can include playing frisbee (飞盘), ball games and other sports activities. Prepare playing cards and board games for those who may not be able to take part in active games.

Family picnic games: family picnics are for all the family members to get together and share some priceless moments with each other. When on a family picnics, spend quality time with your family members, chat with them and talk about what you have not spoken about due to your busy lives. Playing together helps you refresh yourself and your relationship with your near ones.

Company Picnic Games: Company picnics are team-building events, organized with the purpose of nurturing(培养)team spirit in the company and developing in them a sense of belongings towards the organization. You can organize outdoor sports, team games and enjoyable activities for the team members. Make sure that the company picnic turns out to be a refreshing break from work for the team.

1.The main purpose of the text is to introduce games for ________.

A. teamsB. racesC. picnicsD. children

2.What kind of games do children probably like best?

A. playing cards.B. throwing Frisbee.

C. team sportsD. running races

3.The underlined words near ones in paragraph 3 most probably refer to ________.

A. school mates

B. family members

C. people working for you

D. people sitting next to you

4.Why do companies organize games?

A. To select the strongest teams.

B. To make the organizers more famous.

C. To build a link between work and play.

D. To help their employees build team spirits.

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1.If you want to go to the Grand Canyon, you can’t ______.

A. go if you only have US $ 600

B. see the Navajo people

C. choose a four-day adventure

D. start from Los Angeles

2.If you want to travel in March, which of the following could you choose?

A. Vegas to Grand Canyon.

B. Los Angeles to Grand Canyon.

C. San Francisco to Yosemite.

D. New York to Niagara Falls.

3. If you don’t like going camping, you should choose ______.

A. Vegas to Grand Canyon

B. Los Angeles to Grand Canyon

C. San Francisco to Yosemite

D. New York to Niagara Falls

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Pooja Dhingra is an Indian chef and businesswoman, the owner of macaroon bakery chain Le 15 Patisserie (西饼店) in Mumbai. She should have been a lawyer. But while studying ________ at university in Mumbai, she decided to ________ her major and do something more creative.

Dhingra’s father and her elder brother are both restaurant owners. Remembering helping her mother in the ________ during her childhood, she decided to work with food instead of legal cases. She ________ her parents to let her attend a hospitality (招待) and management course in Switzerland. Three years later, she went to Paris to learn the ________ of French baking. There her friends took her to one of the best macaroon shops. After just one ________, Dhingra determined that when she returned to Mumbai she would ________ her own shop, the first of its kind in India.

After graduation, she started making macaroons in her parents’ kitchen, ________ it was a complete failure. The hot and wet weather in Mumbai made it ________ to make delicious cakes. It took her around six months of research and 60 failed ________ to finally get a favorite recipe. Yet being both young and female ________ she faced extra challenges. “The biggest problem was to get people to take you ________,” she says. “For example, if I had to buy machinery, I would have to ask my father to make these calls for me.”

Dhingra eventually opened her first shop in 2010. To ________ sales in a city where very few people knew what a macaroon was, Dhingra gave away some ________ macaroons to customers, which made her cakes popular immediately. She continued ________ new recipes. “Once you know basic techniques, inventing recipes is very ________,” she said. “All you need is an open ________. I get a lot of my ideas and ________ from basic things around me.”

Dhingra is the author of a best-selling cookery book, The Big Book of Treats. She also started running classes on how to make macaroons and other cakes. In 2016, Dhingra ________ her business, opening a new location called Le 15 Café. Today, as a professional baker, Dhingra ________ up one of India’s finest patisseries.

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2.A. quitB. checkC. enjoyD. follow

3.A. bedroomB. basementC. studyD. kitchen

4.A. remindedB. warnedC. convincedD. allowed

5.A. techniquesB. situationsC. functionsD. results

6.A. drinkB. kickC. breathD. bite

7.A. visitB. openC. sellD. name

8.A. soB. orC. butD. for

9.A. difficultB. unusualC. reasonableD. available

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11.A. includedB. meantC. admittedD. explained

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20.A. coversB. headsC. picksD. brings

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