1. Susan, a biology student, has a particular interest in wildlife. She is curious about how people and wildlife can co-exist peacefully in an area. She would like to study the environment and wild animals. With information she gathers in the camp she hopes to complete her project on wildlife.

2. Mike is eager to stay away from the busy city life for a while. He and his classmates have decided to join a summer camp where they can learn outdoor skills and learn to solve problems  all by themselves.

3. Jane is longing for a break from school life. She wants to try something different and exciting. She is especially interested in mountain biking and water sports.

4. George is a born leader and is popular among his classmates. As a chairman of the Student Club, he often organizes activities and games. He’d like to attend wilderness courses which offer youth a chance to learn, lead and succeed.

5. Tom is a sports fan and a lover of the outdoors. Besides water sports, he enjoys horse-racing and hiking. He would like to go to a camp which offers a great variety of sports. 

A

☆  CALIFORNIA: Log Cabin Wilderness Camp Getaway (L. A. Area Council, 233 Scout Way, Los Angeles, CA 90026; [213] 413-4400): Backpacking (背包徒步旅行) is the top activity at this camp, including classes in backpacking stove (火炉) operation, back country first aid, water purification (净化) , and map and compass skills.

B

☆  WISCONSIN: Gardner Dam Scout Camp (Bay-Lakes Council, P. O. Box 267, Appleton, WI 54912; [920] 734-5705): Whitewater canoeing (激流独木舟运动) is offered if you want to have fun on the river. A 35-mile overnight mountain biking trip is for those who prefer to stay on dry land. The camp is for boys and girls 12-18.

C

☆  KANSAS: Spanish Peaks Scout Camp (Santa Fe Trail Council, 1513 E. Fulton Terrace, Garden City, KS 67846; [620]275-51620): Rock climbing around the camp and mountain climbing, including an attempt of topping East Spanish Peak. Join us and meet new friends and learn new activities.

D

☆  IDAHO: Camp Aspen Ridge (Trapper Paths Council, 1200 East 5400 South, South Ogden, UT 84403; [801] 479-5460): Horseback riding and hillwalking are popular on the paths. Swimming, canoeing, rowing and fishing activities are offered on the lake. Learn about the culture and have fun!

E

☆  MORTH CAROLINA: Camp Bud Schiele (Piedmont Council, 1222 E. Franklin Blvd., Gastonia, NC 28053; [704]864-2694): Learn about the environment of the area while taking trips deep into the woods. Then spend Friday testing what you’ve learned against other groups. Activities are in some of the most untouched wilderness areas across the state.

F

☆  MAINE: Camp Roosevelt  (Katahdin Area Council, Bangor, ME 04402; [207]866-2241): The log cabin dining house was built in 1929 and offers good camp food. Once you get your fill, take on the camp’s Leaders Today program, which will have you climbing, jumping and working your way to better leadership skills.

Hints on safety

Nearly everyone is attracted to water, whether it be the sea, canals, rivers or the village pond. Beautiful as it is, water should be regarded with respect as it can be dangerous. Around 300 children up to the age of ten die each year from drowning. It should be every parent’s responsibility to ensure that both he and the children swim safely and that as the child gets older, he has some knowledge of life-saving and artificial respiration(人工呼吸).

The basic rules of water safety are:

-don’t leave small children playing alone in water

-never swim an hour before or an hour after a main meal

-if it’s a danger area, find out before you start swimming where the lifeguard is or where a life-belt is available

-as children get older, try to teach them to remain calm in an emergency

-look out for warning signs to see whether you’re in a danger area (see under this). Be especially careful of inland stretches of water-pools, reservoirs(水库)and dykes(沟)where there are often fewer people about than at the seaside.

 

YOU SHOUID KNOW

THE NATIONAL CODE FOR BATHERS-the code deals with warnings that indicate “Unsafe to Bathe”.

1.Colour: red, UNSAFE TO BATHE, do not enter the water.

2.Colour: red board, with lettering. UNSAFE TO BATHE AT ALL TIMES.

  Lifesaving equipment is also painted red for easy identification.

3.Colour: red and yellow. PATROLLED(巡逻)BATHING AREAS. Bathing areas with life-saving facilities provided by patrols of lifeguards.

4.Colour: black and white check. SURFING(冲浪)AREA. Area set aside for surfing or surfing board riding.

5.Colour: white and blue. The divers’ flag means DIVERS DOWN. Boat users keep well clear of this area.

1.What does the writer of this article feel about water?

    A.Everyone is attracted to the water in the village pond.

    B.It is attractive but dangerous.

    C.It is beautiful and respected by everybody.

    D.The sea, the canals and the rivers affect the weather.

2.We can infer from the passage that the word “hints” used in the title means “______”

    A.Useful advice                    B.Expert experiences  

    C.Public comments                  D.First aid suggestions

3.What does the writer think parents should make sure their children know?

    A.How to be able to save his or her own life.

    B.How to get knowledge of artificial respiration.

    C.How to swim and breathe under water.

    D.How to swim safely and how to save other people’s lives if they get into trouble in the water.

 
4.What is the meaning of the sign below mean?

    A.Do not use a surfboard here.    

B.Lifeguards patrol this area.

C.This area is not for ordinary swimming.           

D.Dangerous animals around.

Teachers spend countless years trying to make history come alive for their students. But, US Director Shawn Levy attempts to do this on film in the recently released Night at the Museum.

The film is adapted from Milan Trencs book of the same name. It brings to life a world where dinosaurs wander the earth, a former president rides again, warlike early Asians return, and cowboys and Roman soldiers seek to bring back their old goals.

The familiar comedy star Ben Stiller acts as a luckless dreamer named Larry Daley. He takes a position as night watchman at the New York Museum of Natural History.

On Larrys first night, hes left alone by the three aging guards hes replacing. They fail to inform him of the museums rather unusual nightlife.

Soon Larry finds himself chased down the hallways by the very lively skeleton of a dinosaur, in the middle of a confrontation(交锋) with Asian warriors. He is caught in a territorial battle between a cowboy and a Roman general and meets face-to-face with former US president Teddy Roosevelt, played by Robin Williams.

They are each from an exhibit that has come to life through the magic of a priceless Egyptian tablet.

While the film fails to develop very much in some areas (for example, Larrys troubled relationship with a son), it does have enough special effects, and jokes to engage the audience.

Bottom Line: Definitely not Oscar-worthy, but a great way to relax during a holiday.

1The purpose of this passage is to ___________.

Aintroduce a book called Night at the Museum

Bintroduce a movie called Night at the Museum

Cmade known a US director Shawn Levy

Dmake students learn history easier

2We can know from the first paragraph that _____________.

Ateachers dont do well in their jobs

Ba director can do a better job than teachers

Cpeople can learn some history through a film

Dall history classes should be stopped

3Which of the following is NOT true?

AThe film has the same name as the book.

BLarry Daley is a character in the film.

CTeddy Roosevelt was once a US president.

DAll magic Egyptian tablets are on exhibition.

4On Larrys first night in the film, ___________.

Athree aging guards are involved in a battle

Bhe doesnt know the unusual nightlife beforehand

Ca Roman general plays many jokes on a cowboy

Dhe is caught by a wandering dinosaur

5We can infer that Night at the Museum ____________.

Ais a good time-killer during a holiday           Bwill surely win an Oscar

Cis not a good film at all                     Dwill be popular among students

 

Honesty may well be the policy, but it often deserts us when no one is watching, psychologists report today. Experiments with an honesty box to collect payments for hot drinks show that people are better at paying up when under the gaze of a pair of eyes. The surprise was that the eyes were not real, but photographed.

Researchers at Newcastle University set up the experiment in secret. They attached a poster to a cupboard of mugs above an honesty box alongside a kettle, with tea, coffee and milk. Over 10 weeks, they alternated each week between images of eyes and pictures of flowers.

Dr. Bateson, a behavioral biologist and leader of the study, said that even though the eyes were not real they still seemed to make people behave more honestly. The effect may arise from behavioral characteristics that developed as early humans formed social groups that increased their chances of survival. Individuals had to co-operate for the good of the group, rather than act selfishly.

“If nobody is watching us it is in our interests to behave selfishly. But when we think we’re being watched we should behave better, so people see us as co-operative and behave the same way towards us,” Dr. Bateson said.

“We thought we’d get a slight effect with eyes, by it was quite striking how much difference they made. Even at a subconscious level, it seems people respond to eyes, and that might be because eyes send a strong biological signal we have evolved(进化) to respond to.”

The finding, which researchers believe sheds light on our evolutionary past, could be turned to practical use. The psychologists say images of eyes could promote ticket sales on public transport and improve monitor systems to prevent antisocial behavior.

1. This passage is mainly about _______________.

A.the policy of honesty   B.an honesty box to collect money

C.evolution on honesty    D.an experiment on honesty

2.The reason for doing the experiment secretly is that the researchers __________.

A.wanted to get a comparatively more exact result

B.had known they wanted to do something illegally

C.meant to get the co-operation of their colleagues

D.intended to sell the hot drinks at a higher price

3.People behave honestly under watchful gaze of eyes because ____________.

A.they want to leave a good impression

B.they fear to be laughed at by others

C.they’ve got the nature through evolution

D.they take the photo for a real pair of eyes

4.The underlined phrase “sheds light on” in the last paragraph means _________.

A.causes somebody to become cheerful

B.makes something easier to understand

C.comes upon something by accident

D.brings something into the broad daylight

5.Images of a pair of eyes can be applied to all except ________.

A.ticket sales on public transport                     B.cold drink sales in public places

C.places with “No spitting!” signs             D.Christmas decorations in one’s home

 

 


Summer Sundae Weekender

Staged in a green park around Leicester’s De Montfort Hall, one of the best 2,000-seater music venues(集合地) in the country, this is a full weekender in the heart of the city. Young Knives, Guillemots, Elbow and Gomez headlined this year. Sold out this year at 6,000 capacity.

Green bit: Encourages fans to offer cup recycling and battery recycling.

When: August 1012

Tickets: summersundae.com

Sunrise Summer Solstice Celebration

Advertising itself as a new dawn in UK festival culture, the SSSC is held on Sundays and attracts around 8,000 to a field in Somerset. You won’t see McDonald’s but you will see horse-drawn carriages. Performance art is designed to give people a sense of reconnection to the land, and music comes from the likes of Arthur Brown and Dreadzone.

Green bit: All of it. Going carbon neutral for the next one.

When: May 31June 3, 2007

Tickets: sunrisecelebration.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Summer Sundae Weekender

Staged in a green park around Leicester’s De Montfort Hall, one of the best 2,000-seater music venues(集合地) in the country, this is a full weekender in the heart of the city. Young Knives, Guillemots, Elbow and Gomez headlined this year. Sold out this year at 6,000 capacity.

Green bit: Encourages fans to offer cup recycling and battery recycling.

When: August 1012

Tickets: summersundae.com

Sunrise Summer Solstice Celebration

Advertising itself as a new dawn in UK festival culture, the SSSC is held on Sundays and attracts around 8,000 to a field in Somerset. You won’t see McDonald’s but you will see horse-drawn carriages. Performance art is designed to give people a sense of reconnection to the land, and music comes from the likes of Arthur Brown and Dreadzone.

Green bit: All of it. Going carbon neutral for the next one.

When: May 31June 3, 2007

Tickets: sunrisecelebration.com

1.The music events in the above ads are similar in that _________.

A.they are mainly intended for young people

B.they will all be held in the country

C.they will raise money for environmental protection

D.they all care about environmental protection

2.In which event is a company employed to do the cleaning?

A.T in the Park.                                            

B.Bestival.

C.Summer Sundae Weekender.                       

D.Sunrise Summer Solstice Celebration.

3.Which of the following is NOT the name of a music group?

A.Primal Scream.                                           B.The Pet Shop Boys.

C.Bohemian Bivouac.                                     D.Young Knives.

4.Fans taking part in Sunrise Summer Solstice Celebration can ________.

A.eat at McDonald’s      

B.camp there for the weekend

C.go there in horse-drawn carriages                

D.have a sense of being close to nature

5.A college student who wants to spend a whole weekend enjoying a music event would probably book his ticket on ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­_________.

A.tinthepark.com                                           B.bestival.net

C.summersundae.com                     D.sunrisecelebration.com

 

Walking across the campus of Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Mellon University one delightful spring day, I came upon a table filled with young people chatting and enjoying the fine weather. Several had identical blue T-Shirts with “Trilogy@ CMU” written across them——Trilogy being an Austin, Texas-based software company with a reputation for recruiting(招聘) our top students. I walked over to the table. “Are you guys here to recruit?” I asked. “No, absolutely not,” they replied firmly. “We’re not recruiters. We’re just hanging out, playing a little Frisbee(飞盘) with our friends.” How interesting, I thought. They’ve come to campus on a workday, all the way from Austin, just to hang out with some new friends.

As I later learned, they were gifted students who had inked the highest-paying deal in the history of their department.

I asked one young man why he was going to a smaller city in Texas. The company is excellent, he told me. There are also terrific people and the work is challenging. Though he had several good job offers from Pittsburgh’s high-tech firms and knew the city well, he said he felt the city lacked the lifestyle options, cultural diversity, and tolerant attitude that would make it attractive to him. As he summed it up: “How would I fit in here?”

What a change from my own college days, just a little more than 20 years ago, when students would put on their dressiest clothes and carefully hide any counterculture tendencies to prove that they could fit in with the company. Today, apparently, it’s the company trying to fit in with the students.

These young men and their lifestyle represent a lively new force in the economy and life of America. They are members of what I call the creative class: a fast-growing, highly educated, and well-paid part of the workforce on whose efforts corporate profits and economic growth increasingly depend. They do not consciously think of themselves as a class. Yet they share a common belief that values creativity, individuality, difference, and advantage.

1.What would be the best title for the passage?

A.The rise of the creative class                        B.New ideas about recruitment

C.Changed working cultures                           D.A tale of two cities

2.Why were the young people on the university campus?

A.To get recruited in Pittsburgh.

B.To celebrate their successful recruitment.

C.To relax themselves away from work.

D.To meet their old schoolmates.

3.The underlined word “inked” in paragraph 2 probably means “________”.

A.fulfilled                      B.obtained              C.settled                 D.signed

4.Which of the following best describes the author’s attitude towards the young people?

A.Criticizing                   B.Disappointing       C.Approving           D.Disgusting

5.From the passage we can infer that _________.

A.the young people prefer to work in a small quiet city

B.the high pay is the main attraction to the young people

C.Pittsburgh has many advantages over Austin

D.Pittsburgh doesn’t have enough attractions to the young people

 

 Balancing Work & Life

 Robert Holden。Ben Renshaw

£9.75

 Balancing Work & Life focuses on the key challenge of our generation.It is a must—read for anyone who is trying to balance work success,family joy and life fulfillment.

·Practical techniques show you how to identify your goals and make

 choices.

·Clear text and illustrations cover every aspect of defining Success,implementing changes and achieving balance.

·Simple checklists enable you to take control and stay motivated.

Accessible flow charts and diagrams explore different options for

taking action and provide useful examples.

    Happiness Now!

    Robert Holden

£7.00

I consider this book a true gift and hope that millions will read it,”John Bradshaw,author of Homecoming Happiness NOW! is a powerful journey of exploration and insight into one of life most treasured goals.Using a highly original mix of stories,exercises,meditations and poetry,it offers a message of profound hope and healing.Radical and compassionate,challenging and practical,Happiness NOW! delivers keys to true happiness,inner confidence,loving relationships and peace of mind.This book is the key text for the public seminars of The Happiness Project.

The Secrets of Relationships

    Ben Renshaw

  £9.50

 Are you looking for a fulfilling relationship? If so.The Secrets is required reading whether you are single or attached.Here is a book that reveals the real answers to the relationship roller coaster.Read this book and discover:

·The secret of finding the right partner

·The secret of communicating successfully

·The secret of getting along

·The secret of having what you want

 Witty,honest and essential? The Secrets is your passport to a whole new relationship experience.

Order now on line,you Can get a 10% discount.More information,please click here

1. If you are always annoyed by endless overtime work, which book can probably offer you help?

A. Happiness NOW!                    B. Balancing Work & Life

C. The Secrets of Relationships      D. Happiness NOW!  and The Secrets

2. Based on the information above, which of the following is NOT true?

A. Happiness NOW!  will help you find a right partner.

B. The Secrets of Relationships is suitable for readers, whether single or married.

C. Happiness NOW! can help you build up your confidence.

D. The Secrets of Relationships offers you tips on how to get on with others.

3. The information above is probably taken from __

A. a guide book       B. a magazine     C. a website      D. a local newspaper

4. If you want to immediately buy a copy of Happiness NOW!  and two copies of The Secrets of Relationships on line, how much should you pay?

A. £26               B. £2.6          C. £28.75        D. £23.4

5. The three books mainly help us

A. make good friends easily              B. improve our life quality

A. hunt for a satisfactory job           D. identify our goals

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