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Home on the Way

People need homes. Children assume their parents’ place as home. Boarders call school “home” on weekdays. Married couples work together to build new homes and travelers have no place to call “home”, at least for a few nights. 1.? Don’t they have the right to a home? Of course they do.

Some regular travelers take their own belongings like bed sheets, pillowcases and family photos to make them feel like home no matter where they are. Some stay for long periods in the same hotel and as a result become very familiar with service and attendants. 2..Furthermore, driving a camping car during one’s travels and sleeping in the vehicle at night is just like home—only mobile!

And how about keeping relationships while in transit(运输中)? 3. . Some send letters and postcards, or even photos. Others may just call and say Hi just to let their friends know that they’re still alive and well. People find ways to keep in touch. Making friends on the way helps travelers feel more or less at home. 4..

Nowadays, fewer people are working in their local towns, so how do they develop a sense of belonging? Whenever we step out of our local boundaries, there is always another “home” waiting to be found. 5. , we can make the place we stay “home”.

A. Hostels provide a clean safe place to stay while you are travelling the world

B. Others may simply put some flowers by the hotel window to make things more homely

C. Backpackers in youth hostels may become very good friends, even closer than siblings (兄弟姐妹)

D. So how about people who have to travel for extended periods of time

E. No matter where you go in the world, hotels are there, too

F. Some keep contact with their friends via Internet

G. Wherever we are, with just a little bit of effort and imagination

When you're looking forward to taking a holiday in Egypt, you're certainly not short of choices. The country has so many to see that you'll probably not want to limit yourself to just one city.

Hurghada-A Water Sports Paradise

With 250 hotels ranking from comfortable 3-star hotels

Lip to 5-star accommodation, the main attraction of staying here is the activities in and on the warm waters. It has become an international centre for water sports, allowing visitors to take part in surfing, sailing and deep sea fishing. The waters are also home to a huge variety of coral and fish, making it a dream spot for diving. If all that isn-t enough, Hurghada is home to some of the world's finest underwater gardens.

Luxor-An Open Air Museum of Ancient History

For those with an interest in Egyptian history, Luxor is an excellent place to stay and is built upon the site of the ancient Egyptian city of Thebes. If you make this the base for your Egypt holiday, you're basically staying in an open air museum!

The modern city of Luxor has the ruins of Karnak. Across the Nile lie many more monuments, temples and tombs including the Valley of the Kings and the Queens. The Nile sailing is necessary for those with an interest in the country's ancient history.

Cairo- The Capital City

Finally, of course, there's Cairo. It-s definitely a starting point for most of Egypt holiday makers. Cairo offers an excel-llent mix of culture, art, cooking and sightseeing chances. With the famous pyramids, various temples and some fascinating museums, Cairo is a fantastic choice if you can come to the city.

1.Visitors flood to Hurghada mainly because it can offer them _ .

A. the funniest botanic gardens

B. choices of water activities

C. a brief history of Egypt

D. the mix of culture and art

2.Which of the following cities do most tourists visit first in Egypt?

A. Cairo. B. Luxor. C. Thebes. D. Hurghada.

3.This passage is most probably taken from _ .

A. a historical document B. a science magazine

C. a travel guide D. a book review

Have you ever made contact with the creative spirit, that certain something hard to describe, but full of good—and sometimes great—ideas? It is more than an occasional great thought. When we feel the moving of the creative spirit, it brings to life a style of being: a lifetime filled with the desire to invent, to explore new ways of doing things, and to turn dreams into reality.

That flash of inspiration is the final moment of a process marked by unique stages—the basic steps in creative problem-solving. The first stage is preparation, when you look for any information that might be important. It's when you let your imagination run free.

But one barrier(障碍) is the inside voice of judgment that locks up our creative spirit within the limits of what we think acceptable. It's the voice that whispers to you, "They'll think I'm foolish," or "That will never work." But we can learn to recognize this voice of judgment and have the courage to discount its unhelpful advice.

Once you have thought about all the relevant(相关的) pieces and pushed your mind to the limits, you can let the problem remain and take in all you have gathered. It's a stage when much of what goes on occurs outside your focused awareness. As the saying goes, "You sleep on it."

We are more open to creative thoughts from the unknowing mind when we are not really thinking of anything. That is why daydreams are so useful in the search for creativity. Anytime you can just daydream and relax is useful in the creative process: a shower, long drives, a quiet walk, etc.

With luck, daydreaming will lead to a light turning on above your head, when all of a sudden the answer will come to you as if from nowhere. This is the popular stage—the one that usually gets all the glory and attention, the moment that people sweat and long for, the feeling "This is it!" But the thought alone is still not a creative act. The final stage is translation, when you take your creative thought and transform it into action; it becomes useful to you and others.

1.In Paragraph 1, “the moving of the creative spirit” probably means ________.

A. preparation B. exploration

C. problem-solving D. inspiration

2.According to the article, what keeps us from creativity?

A. Having less information to form a good idea.

B. Relying on others during the creative process.

C. Caring about other people’s opinions about us.

D. Thinking about too many ideas at the same time.

3.What can we learn from the fifth paragraph?

A. The unknowing mind is very difficult for us to understand.

B. Creativity arrives when we aren’t focused on anything.

C. Daydreaming is useless and has nothing to do with creativity.

D. Showers, long drives and quiet walk are good for our bodies.

4.When does creativity become useful to us and others?

A. When thought is turned into action.

B. When people understand our ideas.

C. When the popular stage is reached.

D. When we think “This is it!”.

5.Which of the following would the author probably support?

A. The creative spirit means an occasional great thought.

B. Others’ voice of judgment allows us to ignore barriers.

C. Creative problem-solving calls for barrier-free imagination.

D. Daydreaming is sure to bring a sudden answer to a problem.

Parents are fighting for their child’s right to rest across the country. Twenty-three elementary schools in Orange County, Florida, have been cutting back on rest, and even canceling it to increase class time.

In a recent Orange County School Board meeting, parents demanded that rest time be carried out in all local schools for all students. Angela Browning, a parent in the area, said that schools’ rest is ranging from zero to 30 minutes per day. “Five-year-olds not getting rest means abuse,” said Browning, whose twins in the second grade benefit from taking a break and learn better.

The main reason for reducing the rest time is Common Core exams including math, language arts and literacy, where the students’ performance often controls teachers’ pay and sometimes teachers may lose their jobs. Many teachers are using that extra 20 minutes that would have been spent on the schools’ scores, everybody is stressful,” said Diana Moore, president of the Orange County Classroom Teachers Association.

The decision of whether reducing rest takes place, and for how long is up to each school’s rule. “Florida law requires that districts provide 900 teaching hours during the school year,” Florida’s Department of Education press secretary Cheryl Etters said in a statement. “Whether test is part of the school day is a decision made by the school board.”

Reducing test also can take away an opportunity for children to learn social skills, according to many experts. “In society, who cares if you have straight A’s and you get a scholarship to Harvard if you lack social skills?” said Mallet, a mother of two children.

1.What will Angela Browning agree with?

A. Kids of five years old had better get more break time.

B. Proper rest time improves children’s learning efficiency.

C. The more rest children have, the higher grades they will get.

D. Elementary schools should limit kids’ rest time to 30 minutes.

2.What drives so many teachers to reduce students’ rest time?

A. Parents’ demand

B. Students’ lack of social skills

C. Students’ bad behavior

D. The link between their pay and school’s scores

3.What can we infer from the last paragraph?

A. Social skills are more important than high scores

B. Whether students get A’s in school is very important

C. Graduates from Harvard can’t find good jobs.

D. Rest time has nothing to do with students’ social skills

4.What’s the main idea of the text?

A. The government is to order schools to increase rest time.

B. Students expect to get more time to play in school.

C. Parents struggle for the rest right for their kids in school.

D. Teachers’ pay is related to their performance in teaching.

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