In the world today, all of the people need recreation (消遣). We cannot work all the time if we are going to keep healthy and enjoy life.

Everyone has his own way of relaxing. Perhaps the most popular form (形式) is to take part in sports. There are team sports, such as basketball and soccer. There are also individual (个人的) sports, such as swimming and running. Skating and mountain climbing are the most popular recreation for people who like to be outdoors.

Not everyone who enjoys sports likes to take part in them. Many people like watching them on TV or listening to them on the radio. So many people like some forms of indoor recreation, such as watching TV, singing and dancing.

It doesn't matter whether we like indoor recreation or take part in outdoor sports. It is important for everyone to relax from time to time, and enjoy some forms of recreation.

1.Which is the most popular form of recreation?

A. Sports. B. Watching TV.

C. Sleeping. D. Singing and dancing.

2.People want to take part in sports in order to _________.

A. keep healthy and enjoy life B. make friends

C. find a good job D. make money

3.Outdoor sports include (包括) _________.

A. watching TV

B. singing and dancing

C. listening to the radio

D. skating and mountain climbing

4.Why do many people like watching sports on TV or listening to them on the radio?

A. Because they like sports but don't like to take part in them.

B. Because they don't enjoy sports.

C. Because they don't enjoy life.

D. Because they don't need recreation.

5.The passage mainly tells us that _________.

A. basketball is a kind of team sport

B. everyone who enjoys sports should take part in them

C. different people have different ways of relaxing

D. indoor recreation is more important than outdoor sports

On a hot summer day, ice-cold watermelons serve up a delicious treat. Sure, the rosy flesh (果肉) quenches your thirst (解渴). But now there are more reasons than ever for people to reach for a slice of watermelon.

Meet Dr Alison Edwards. She is a scientist at the Agricultural Research Service. Scientists are people who come up with new ideas called theories (理论). They usually do scientific research to test their new theories. That’s how they find out if a new idea is a good one, or if the new idea will bring an even better idea.

At her lab, Dr Edwards recently learned more about the secrets of why watermelons are good for you!

Dr Edwards has known for a long time that watermelons have vitamin C. But recently she learned that watermelons also have lycopene (番茄红素). It is something that gives tomatoes and watermelons their rosy red colour.

What’s so special about the lycopene in watermelons?

Dr Edwards says that watermelons and tomatoes both have lots of lycopene. It seems that your body can use the lycopene from watermelons more easily than the lycopene from raw (生的) tomatoes. In fact, the lycopene from tomatoes is more easily absorbed (吸收) inside your body once they have been cooked.

1.The watermelon is a kind of ________.

A. drink B. fruit C. medicine D. vitamin

2.How does a scientist usually test a theory?

A. By practising it in daily life.

B. By doing scientific research.

C. By discussing it with other scientists.

D. By looking into many scientific reports.

3.Lycopene is something that gives tomatoes and watermelons their ________ colour.

A. red B. green C. black D. yellow

4.To make full use of tomatoes, we’d better________.

A. eat them raw B. not peel the

C. cook them first D. make them into juice

5.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Our bodies cannot absorb lycopene.

B. Watermelons are good for us in hot summer.

C. Tomatoes have more lycopene than watermelons do.

D. Lycopene in watermelons is hard for our bodies to absorb.

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Do you know Roma people?They were called Gypsies (吉普赛人) by Europeans. Because they thought they came from Egypt (a country in Africa).About a thousand years ago, the Roma people left their homeland. They are known as nomads because for hundreds of years many of them have lived in large groups that travel from place to place. They have no real homeland.

Today, the Roma are now living all over the world._______________(他们保留了他们的语言和风俗) For example, it’s important for Roma to marry other Roma. It's also a custom for parents to choose the person their children will marry. Roma people get married when they are young, sometimes even as young as 14.

Romany is the language of the Roma people, which was written down only recently. Because the Roma are nomadic and have moved all over the world, their language has developed in many different ways. It is sometimes hard for Roma in one part of the world to understand Roma from another part.

Roma music is famous all over the world, because many Roma throughout history have been musicians. Their music has influenced many other kinds of music, like classical and jazz.

Roma don't usually assimilate (同化) into host countries. Over many centuries, governments have forbidden them to marry each other, travel or wear their traditional bright clothes. They have their gold taken away from them—treasures (财富) from their parents and grandparents. They have been taken as slaves (奴隶),and have been forced to change their names.

But today, the Roma are finding ways to live in peace with others while keeping the treasures of their culture.“There's a will within us to continue to live as a people,”says George Kaslov,whose family arrived in New York from Russia a hundred years ago.“All the other ethnic (种族) groups who came to America assimilate gradually with time going;they lose their customs and language. But not the Roma. We hold out.”

1.Why were Roma people called Gypsies (吉普赛人) by Europeans?

2.把文中括号部分翻译成英语。_______________________________________________.

3.把文中划线部分翻译成汉语.________________________________________________.

4.Do Roma people have no real homeland?________________________

5.选出文章的最佳标题______

A.Brave Roma Travelers

B.Famous Roma Music

C.The Roma:Past and Present

D.Changing Countries,Changing Cultures

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