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　　School’s Out Diary

　　Half-term holiday fun

　　Angel Leisure Centre

　　Boredom Busters. Range of sports including football, trampolining (蹦床), wrestling, skating. May 31, 10am－12 noon; June 1, 9:30－11:30 am; June 2, 2－4 pm; June 3 and 4, 10 am－12 noon.

　　Trampolining. May 31, 2－4 pm for ages five to 12 years.

　　Gladiators. June 1, 2－4 pm for ages five to 12 years.

　　Angel Fun Fair. Fun and games for all. June 3, 2－4 pm for ages five to 12 years.

　　Mini Basketball. June 4, 2－4 pm for ages seven to 12 years.

　　Boredom Busters Camp. Week long activity camp which can be booked daily or for the week. May 31 to June 4, 9 am－4 pm for ages 5 to 12 years. Activities include Ten Pin bowling (保龄球), swimming, osrinteering, gladiators (击剑)and much more. Booking in advance advised due to limited places. Children will need to provide their own Packed lunch.

　　Angel Leisure Centre, Angel Lane, TunBridae. 01732 359966. Tunbridge Wells Sports and Indoor Tennis Centre.

　　All day sports package (including lunch), under fives junior gym special, trampolining, swimming, tennis, football, diving camp, mini sports. Five day courses. All courses and activities are pre－bookable at reception.

　　Tunbridge Wells Sport and Indoor Tennis Centre, St John’s Road, Tunbridge Wells. 01892 540704.

　　Uplands Sports Centre

　　Fun Club. June 1 to 4. Half day 9 am to 1 pm, full day 9 am to 5 pm. For ages eight to 12 years. Children should bring a packed lunch and refreshments. A variety of indoor and outdoor activities including football, badminton, volleyball, treasure hunt, tennis, cooking, trampolining and crafts.

　　Saturday Fun Club. Four hours of fun every Saturday morning. ￡3.50 per day, per child. Children should bring refreshments for break, 9 am－1 pm.

　　Uplands Sports Centre, Lower High Street, Wadhurst, 01892 782136.

　　Special Days Out

　　Spa Valley Railway. May 30 and 31. Steam trains, tunbridge Wells to Grooinbridge. Just arrived after full restoration, Polish TKH Ferrum Class 0-6-0 Loco. Also model railways, brake van rides, cinema coach, shop, refreshments coach. Full details 01892 870821 or 537715.

　　WealdenModel Railway Club Open Day. May 31, 10:30 am－4:30 pm. Platform 3, Eridge Railway Station.

　　Parents are advised to contact the individual centres or councils to check on availability of places, course booking requirements, lunch arrangements, cost and confirmation of details or the listed courses.

1．If my son wants to practise wrestling and skating, where will he go?

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A．Uplands Sports Centre

B．Angel Leisure Centre

C．Wealden Model Railway Club

D．Tunbridge Wells Sports and Indoor Tennis Centre

2．John’s daughter is four and she wants to learn trampolining. Which number should John dial?

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3．Mary has seven children to take to Uplands Sports Centre on Saturday. How much will she pay for the four hours of fun?

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　　One bright summer day , a number of little boys and girls were out walking with their teacher. They walked two by two, singing happily.

　　In their walk they came to a 1 over the river, and they turned to go across it. They had just reached the middle 2 there came a great shout behind them. The teacher told them to stop , and she 3 and listened. When she 4 the cry “Mad dog !” she knew 5 was happening. Before she could do 6 she saw the dog running to the bridge.

　　“Children,” said the teacher, “keep 7 the wall of the bridge. Don't 8 or cry.” Then she went and stood before the boys and girls 9 the dog would meet her first.

　　The animal came , his mouth widely open. The animal ran up 10 , and seemed to be going by, but when he had just passed the 11 , he made a snap （猛咬） at 12 of the little girls. At this moment, the teacher saw a man running up with a gun to 13 the dog. The children must be kept 14 until the man could come up. So she ran to the dog, and put her right hand into the animal's 15 . When the man came near enough, he shot the animal 16 .

　　The dog had bitten her so 17 that the brave lady died soon after the doctors came. She had given 18 her own life to save the lives of the children. When people 19 it , they loved her for her bravery. They said, “The 20 of this brave lady should never be forgotten.”

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　　Enduring Storms

　　Several more rounds of severe storms, tornadoes and flash flooding struck many parts of the American Midwest and Northeast as bad weather continued across the US for a second month.

　　Monsoon Storms

　　A south-west monsoon has caused havoc in parts of SriLanka. Government meteorologists said that unexpected monsoonal winds blew directly across the country from the Southern Hemisphere at about 100 km/h, producing several rounds of stormy weather. Nearly 250 houses in the capital Colombo were damaged.

For the week ending 3 July 1998

　　Mt. Etna Erupts

　　Sicily’s Mount Etna volcano erupted shortly after midnight on July 1, shooting“bombs”of lava nearly 1.5 metres in diameter on the eastern side of the mountain. The 30-minute eruption could be seen for several miles, but did not threaten any nearby villages.

　　Hurricane

　　Hurricane Blas lost strength as it moved over cooler waters in the Pacific Ocean to the west of Mexico. Blasformed off southwest Mexico during the previous week, but squalls on the outer fringes of the storm lashed western Michoacan State, killing four people when their wood and cardboard home collapsed.

　　Monkey Repellent

　　After years of unsuccessful attempts to keep crop-eating monkeys out of Japanese fields, a Tokyo research team believes that it may have finally found a way to prevent the damage caused by the monkeys. Animal raids on crops were successfully prevented by shooting chilli powder into the air, irritating the eyes and noses of monkeys that passed in front of carefully-placed warning sensors.“We’ve tried…all kinds of preventive measures, but the monkeys are smart enough to outwit the tricks,”said Toshiaki Wada, Director of the Tokyo Forestry Experiment Station in western Tokyo.

1．The monsoon is Sri Lanka ________.

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A．was of average strength

B．destroyed more property than previous monsoons

C．was not typical for that time of the year

D．affected only the outer areas of the nation

2．What aspect of Hurricane Blas does the map show?

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3．According to the information, which of the following statements is TRUE?

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A．The eruption of Mt. Etna lasted thirty days.

B．Hurricane Blas was formed off the coast of Italy.

C．The American Midwest had fine weather throughout July 1998.

D．The eruption of Mt. Etna did not destroy local villages.

4．According to the information, the monkeys in the Japanese fields ________.

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A．destroy crops

B．kill unsuspecting humans

C．spread eye diseases to humans

D．stop farmers from working

5．Toshiaki Wada, Director of the Tokyo Forestry Experiment Station, would describe the monkeys as ________.

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Do you know what kind of things the young people are reading? More and more  36  and parents have noticed another kind of pollution, which comes from the printed papers  37  on streets.

　　These printed things 38  newspapers but have hardly anything to do with 39 . You can only find reading materials badly made up there---some are too strange for anyone to 40 ,  others are frightening stories of something  41  .However, many of the young readers are getting interested in such  42  reading, which  43  them what they should pay for their breakfast and brings them nightmares（噩梦）and immoral（邪恶）ideas in  44 .  Homework is left  45 ,  and daily games are lost.

　　These sellers shout on streets selling their papers well. The writers, publishers and printers,  46  they are, we never know,  are  47  their silent money.

The sheep-skinned wolf's story seems to have been forgotten once again .Why not 48  this kind of thing? Yes, both teachers and parents have asked each other for more strict control of the young readers.  49  ,the more you want to forbid it, the more they want to have a look at it.  50  you may even find  several children, driven by the curious natures,  51  one patched paper,  which has travelled from hand to hand.

　　It really does 52  to our society. It has already formed a sort of moral pollution. The  53  teachers and parents need more powerful support in their protection of the young generation. At the same time the young  54  need more interesting books to help them  55  those ugly papers.

A. teachers　　     B. writers　　  C. readers　　　   D. students

A. found　　　     B. sold　　　　C. printed　　　   D. put

A. depend on　     B. work out　　 C. look like　　   D. act as

A. it　　           B. them       C. children　　    D. young people

A. understand　     B. think　　　  C. believe　　    D. know

A. more important    B. still worse　 C. even better     D. very good

A. poisonous　　    B. wonderful　　C. interesting　   D. useful

A. takes　　　　    B. spends　　　 C. pays          D. costs

A. use　　　　      B. sight　　　　C. common　　   D. return

A. undone　　　     B. unknown　　C. much　　　　  D. less

A. who　　　　     B. what　　　　 C. whoever　　　 D. whatever

A. using　　　      B. making　     C. spending　　   D. wasting

A. stop　　　　     B. forbid        C. separate　　　  D. leave

A. Happily　　      B. Luckily       C. Unfortunately   D. Badly

A. Seldom　　　    B. Always       C. Hardly　　　  D. Sometimes

A. take　　　　     B. share         C. get　　       D. hold

A. harm　　　　    B. good         C. favor　　　　 D. wrong

A. worried　　　    B. puzzled       C. surprised　　  D. disappointed

A. writers　　　     B. teachers      C. parents　　　  D. readers

A. get off　　　     B. come into     C. break down　  D. get rid of