Are you sorry for not traveling during the National Day ? If you stay at home at that time, I think you are very lucky. Why? Because there are too many people everywhere. In many places of interest in China, it’s too crowded to do anything.
Look at the picture. It was too crowded on the Great Wall on October 1st, 2012. You even couldn’t take photos for you or your friends. All what we could see were people. It was reported that there were about twenty people per meter on the Great Wall. My friends told me they could see nothing but many people on the Great Wall. “We couldn’t walk if the people in front of us didn’t walk,” he said. He showed us a photo on the Great Wall. In the photo, we hardly found him out, there were too many people.
So some people give the advice that we should not have the gold week (黄金周) any more. But other people say no about this advice. What’s your idea of it? Are you sorry now for not traveling during the gold week? I love staying at home more than traveling next National Day.
【小题1】How did the writer feel about staying at home on National Day?

Hi, what do you think of the picture that you have seen? I think you have the same feeling –it makes you 1.. _______(feel) stressed.

    Now more and more people in the world 2.. _______ (get) fatter, which troubles them a lot. In the past 25 years, the number of the people with obesity (肥胖症) in Europe has doubled. Experts say that it has a lot 3.. ______(do) with our eating habits.

    Our eating habits are very important for good health and a strong body. Most of us like eating sweets and ice cream. They are not bad for us if we eat them at the end of a meal. If we eat them before a meal, they may 4.. ______(take) away our appetite (食欲)

    To eat our meals at the same time every day is important for us. When we feel worried, we may not want to eat. A long time ago in England, some judges (n.法官；v.判断) often judged if a man 5.. ______(tell) the truth by giving him some dry bread. If the man could not swallow(吞) the bread, it meant that he was not honest. A man who is worrying about something has trouble in 6.. ______(swallow) anything dry.

Long long ago, an elephant and a monkey lived in the same forest. They were good friends, but both of them were very proud. The elephant thought of himself strong, and the monkey felt himself quick.

One day they went to ask the old bird, “Can you tell us which one of us is more important?” The old bird didn't give them the answer at once.  However, he asked them to get some bananas on the other side of the river and bring them to him.
So the elephant and the monkey went to the river, but the water ran so fast that the monkey was afraid.
“Get on my back, Monkey,” said the elephant, “I shall take you there. I'm big and strong, and I can swim across the river.”
Soon they got to the other side. The elephant tried to reach the bananas, but they were too high. “Wait a minute, please. I can climb,” said the monkey. He quickly ran up the tree and gave the bananas to the elephant.
Then they came back happily to the old bird and showed him the bananas. “Now, you see, the elephant is strong,” said the old bird with a smile, “but he couldn't get the bananas; the monkey is quick, but he couldn't, either. Only you two could do the work well when you helped each other.” 
【小题1】Both the elephant and the monkey are ______ in the story.
A. quick                        B. proud                   C. strong
【小题2】According to the story, ______ is more important.
A. the monkey               B. the elephant                C. neither
【小题3】Picture ______ shows the right position of the banana tree.

A.                        B.                         C.
【小题4】They should ______ to get the bananas.
A. first swim across the river and then come back
B. first climb up the tree and then swim across the river
C. first swim across the river and then climb up the tree
【小题5】The best title for the story is “______”.
A. Teamwork is important       B. An elephant and a monkey      C. Strong or quick