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阅读使人明智，阅读使人充实。某英文报为了了解中学生课外阅读情况，向广大中学生做调查，请根据下面图表信息写一篇短文，介绍课外阅读的益处、你的课外阅读情况及你的阅读计划。
提示：1.短文应包括图表中的全部信息，条理清楚，行文连贯；
2．短文中不能出现真实的人名和地名；
3．词数不少于80，开头已给出，不计入总词数。
Reading Outside Class
As we all know, Reading has a lot of benifits.___________________________
1. I like it because although it’s hard work, every day is different! It all depends on what is wrong with the animals that come in.
At my clinic(诊所), I work long days on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and short days on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Sunday is my day off so I can spend some time with my family.
2. My clerk opens the door, turns on some music, and makes everyone a cup of tea or coffee. My assistant cleans and feeds the animals. The phones start to ring and people make appointments. This is a very busy time of day!
At 9 am, pet owners start to arrive with their sick pets. Appointments take up the whole morning. 3. I don’t examine（检查）any new sick animals. I use these two hours to have lunch and do all my paperwork.
At 2 pm. I start to see sick animals again. At 5 pm, three students from a local school who love animals arrive to help out. 4. I am always happy to see their smiling faces!
From 5 pm to 7pm, I continue to see sick animals. Then, at 7 pm, we close our doors and the clean-up begins! We tidy the clinic, and feed and clean the animals. Of course,we also stroke(轻抚)them and give them hugs! Then, we turn off the lights and go home. 5.
I’m very happy being a vet, though unexpected things sometimes happen!
A.Do you like pets?
B.It is fun being a vet.
C. At midday, I stop for two hours.
D. Animals are not easy to deal with.
E. My day at my clinic begins at 7 am.
F. This is the type of day I want to have.
G. They are very kind and warm-hearted.
Naturally, American schoolchildren love holidays. And they get a lot of them each year.
Besides having national holidays such as Thanksgiving and Presidents’ Day off from school, students get longer breaks in the spring and during the summer holidays .In fact, kids in US only go to school for about 180 days a year .To students, holidays are perfect .However, parents think there are advantages and disadvantages.
On the one hand, school holidays allow families to spend time together. Many American parents take time off from work during June ,July or August to travel with their children on vacation either in US or a foreign country. On the other hand, schoolchildren get much more time off school than parents get vacation time. This means that parents with young children may have to pay more in babysitting or daycare costs. As well, the long summer holidays mean that students sometimes get bored .
Besides going on trips with their parents, American students enjoy taking part in different kinds of activities during the holidays. For example, some kids enjoy summer camps and outdoor adventure(冒险) holidays. Such trips are great for adventurous students. They also have a lot to offer students who aren’t usually interested in traditional PE activities. You can do courses in survival(生存) skills, for example. Students learn how to make a camp in the forest, which wild food they can eat and how to find their way back to the center.
Students who are not excited about summer camps and outdoor adventure may take part in courses in computer game design, filmmaking and photography during the holidays. Finally, the traditional school trip to foreign countries is always popular. Students can practice their foreign language skills and experience everyday life in a different culture.
1.How long are kids in the US at school every year?
A. About 180 days . B. About 280 days .
C. About 200 days . D. About 300 days .
2. What does the underlined word “They” refer to in the third paragraph?
A. Some kids. B. Different traditional PE activities
C. Parents D. Summer camps and outdoor adventure.
3.Which of the following is ture ?
A. Both parents and students think school holidays are perfect.
B. Parents can take care of their young children during all the holidays.
C. Students enjoy taking part in different kinds of activities during holidays.
D. Students don’t like to have school trips to foreign countries during holidays.
4.What would be the best title for the passage?
A. School Trips in the US. B. School Holidays in the US.
C. School activities in the US. D. Outdoor Adventure in the US
Have you ever wanted to stop eating something sweet but you just couldn’t ? Is the first thing you do when you get home from school to look in the biscuit tin ? Can you eat a huge bar of chocolate all by yourself ? Can you say “no” to sweets at parties ? If you can’t , then there is a reason…perhaps you’re sugar addict (有瘾的人)! Does that sound funny ? Well, doctors say that people who eat sweets regularly can easily become addicted (成瘾的) to sugar .What’s more, most sugar addicts don’t even realize that they’re addicted! Sugar addiction is serious because it can really damage your health .Doctors say that we should eat food which is healthy such as fresh fruits and vegetables, and that we shouldn’t eat a lot of sugar ,fat or fast food .But sugar addicts can’t follow this advice.They know they must stop eating sweet food, but they can’t .So what can you do if you think you’re addicted to the taste of sugar ?Well, here is some advice:
Eat some fresh fruits when you really want something sweet to eat .
Cut down on sweet food slowly. Don’t try to stop eating it all at once.
You have to tell your parents, If they know, they will help you.
1.Who can become addicted to sugar easily?
A. People who eat sweet regularly.
B. People who eat lots of fat and fast food.
C. People who don’t have a balanced diet.
D. People who eat lots of fruits and vegetables.
2.What does the underlined word “damage” mean?
A. be kind to B. be good for
C. be harmful to D. be sorry for
3.What can we infer (推断) from the passage?
A. Fresh fruits are the best food for us.
B. We shouldn’t eat sugar to keep healthy.
C. Parents may help you give up bad eating habits.
D. It’s very necessary to stop eating sweet food at once.
4.What’s the main idea of the passage ?
A. Some advice to stop eating sweet food.
B. The importance of have good eating habits.
C. The reasons why people become addicted to sugar.
D. Something about sugar addiction and how to give it up.
On 22nd January, 2007, Dave Cornthwaite from the UK became the first person to skateboard across Australia. He made a new world record, by skating a total of 5,823 kilometers. Jack Smith, the previous (前任的) champion, had skated a total of 4,830 kilometers across the US in 2003. Dave’s journey started in Perth and ended in Brisbane traveling about 60 kilometers a day. It took him five months and 13 pairs of shoes. He had great physical pain and he got really sore feet.
If Dave hadn’t believed in making his dreams come true, none of this would have happened. Dave left his job two weeks after he had bought a skateboard and decided to go on a journey. He wanted this journey to be about something more than him, so he created an association that would raise money for charities. “If people follow my journey and donations, then I’m doing many people a lot of good,” said Dave. This journey had plenty of challenges. He traveled across the Australian desert (沙漠) where temperatures reached 48℃ in the day and 0℃ at night. He had a serious accident in Adelaide when he jumped on a piece of metal that cut through his foot.
Dave helped raise more than ￡50,000 for children’s charities, wrote a book and encouraged others to follow in his footsteps. I wish we had more people like him leading the way!
1.Where is Dave from?
A. The US. B. Australia. C. The UK D. France
2. What can we get from the passage?
A. Dave skated a total of 4,830 kilometers across Australia.
B. Dave spent 5 months skating from Perth to Brisbane.
C. Dave was the first person to skateboard across the US.
D. Dave traveled at the speed of 600 kilometers a week.
3.What is the main idea of the second paragraph?
A. Dave got hurt during his journey.
B. Everyone can help others if he wishes.
C. The environment of Australia is terrible.
D. Dave challenged himself to achieve his dreams.
4.Where may the passage come from?
A. An art book. B. A story book.
C. A science book. D. A medicine book.
