Are you bored with your daily life? Here are some things you should try before you are 18, because after that it’s too late.
Learn to swim
Seriously, this is so important that it can save your life. If you can’t swim well, you won’t be able to do water sports like waterskiing, surfing and diving. Even taking a boat trip will be dangerous for you. Make sure you do it.
Try at least one kind of team sports
Being a good team player is an important skill in life. You can’t just think of yourself, but have to work well with other people. Basketball, football and baseball are team sports that keep you fit and healthy. And they are also of great fun. Teams usually have a good social life too – you’ll go to lots of parties and make many friends.
Collect something
One of the best hobbies for under 18 is collecting things. You could collect kinds of stamps, or you could collect things that make you remember what you have done, like cinema tickets for films you have seen or emails from friends. The best way to collect is to have a special album to put your collection in and to write what each thing means to you. That way you won’t forget.
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Three Things to Do Before You Are 18 | |
What to do | Reasons |
learn to swim
| Swimming is so important that it can 1. your life. It may be 2. for you to do water sports or take a boat trip if you can not swim. |
try at least one kind of team sports | If you want to be a good team player, you must work well with 3. . Team sports can not only keep you healthy but also give you 4. . You can have a good social life and make many 5. . |
collect something | Collecting things can make you 6. what you have done. |
On the suburb of a town in England, there lived an old man in a nice house with a large garden. 1. He watered and fertilized（施肥）them.
One day a young man went by the garden. He looked at the beautiful flowers, imaging how happy he could be if he lived in such a beautiful place. 2. He was very surprised about this and asked, “You can’t see these flowers, why are you busy taking good care of them every day?”
The old man smiled and said, “I can tell you four reasons. First, I was a gardener since I was young, and I really like this job. Second, although I can’t see these flowers, I can touch them. Third, I can smell the sweetness of them. 3. ”
“Me? But you don’t know me,” said the young man.
“Yeah, it’s true that I don’t know you. But I know that flowers are angels（天使）that everyone knows. 4. ”
The blind man’s work opened our eyes and pleased our hearts, which also made his life happier. It was just like Beethoven. 5. Beethoven himself couldn't hear his wonderful music, but his music has encouraged millions of people to face their difficulties bravely. Isn't it one kind of happiness?
根据短文内容，从下面五个选项中选出能填入文中空缺处的最佳选项，使短文意思通顺，内容完整。
Today, an increasing number of people are always looking at their mobile phones with their heads down. These people are called the “Heads-down Tribe(低头族)”. Are you a heads-down tribe member? Heads-down tribe members now can be seen everywhere.
More and more traffic accidents are happening because more drivers use mobile phones when they are driving. In order to make drivers pay more attention to driving, some new traffic rules have been made. For example, people who use mobile phones while driving in Taiwan are fined(罚款). Car drivers and motorcyclists who break the traffic rule will be fined NT$3,000 and NT$1,000 respectively(分别地).
As we can see above, using mobile phones may cause accidents and even cost a lot of money. Also, more and more interesting and strange facts happen to the “Heads-down Tribe”. Let’s have a look at an interesting TV report. A man in America kept using his mobile phone on his way home. As a result, he knocked into a big lost bear. When he lifted his eyes from the phone，he was so afraid that he turned around and ran away quickly. Another fact is that we can often see people in the restaurant eating face to face but looking at their own mobile phones. It’s strange that they don’t talk to the ones who sit opposite to them during the meal. Some of them even have fun communicating with others on the phone.
Mobile phones are helpful and necessary tools for modern life. Are mobile phones good or bad? It depends on how people use them. Let’s be “healthy” users and try to be the “Heads-up Tribe”.
1.A heads-down tribe member .
A. is good at using the Internet
B. is a dangerous driver
C. is always looking at his or her mobile phone
2.The underlined word “motorcyclists” in the passage means in Chinese.
A. 摩托车手 B. 手机使用者 C. 低头族
3.The American was when he knocked into the bear.
A. driving a car
B. going to work
C. using his mobile phone
4.According to the passage, the “Heads-down Tribe”_______ when they eat in a restaurant.
A. look at their own mobile phones
B. don’t talk to the people who sit opposite
C. Both A and B
5.What’s the best title for the passage?
A. Drive your car carefully
B. Use mobile phones properly
C. Be a heads-down tribe member
Have you ever recycled? To recycle is to take rubbish and make it into something new. Recycling is good for our planet because it makes litter into something that we can use again. Recycling also helps to clean up the litter that makes our streets look dirty.
All kinds of things can be recycled. The most common materials(材料) like glass, plastic, paper, metals, cloth are all recyclable. Sometimes these products are broken down to make the same kinds of products. An example of this type of recycling is using paper to make more paper. Garbage can also be broken down to make completely new items(物品) as well!
Some items, like glass, can be recycled forever（永远）! We can use glass items, then break them down and use them again and again. Aluminum(铝)cans are one of the most successful recycled metals. They can be recycled again and again and nearly 60% of all cans have been recycled.
The average（平均） family of four can produce nearly 2,000 pounds of garbage each year. As time goes on, we have fewer places to put all of this garbage in. Recycling is one way to limit（限制）the amount of garbage we need to put into the land.
The next time you toss a can or bottle into the dustbin, look to see if there is a recycling triangle on the label. It is the international sign for recycling. It means that the item you are going to throw in the dustbin could be recycled .
1.To recycle is to ______.
A. Clean up the dirty things on the street
B.Find a land to put into the garbage
C. Make new things out of litter
2.Which of the following is NOT TRUE in this passage?
A. Plastic, metals, cloth and paper can be recycled
B. Rubbish can also be used to make completely new items.
C. All things can be recycled forever
3.What does the underlined word“toss” in the passage mean?
A. take away B. throw away C. give up
4.Which of the following can’t be recycled?
A. Paper B. Cloth C. Battery
5.The purpose (目的)of the passage is mainly ______.
A.To introduce more recyclable materials
B.To suggest a new way to change and keep garbage
C.To tell people the importance of protecting the environment.
Li Shizhen was born in 1518．His father was a poor doctor．Li Shizhen often saw that people became ill．He decided to study medicine so that he could help people．
Li Shizhen read many books about medicine．He found that many of the old medicine books were full of mistakes．So his wish was to write a new one．
He did his best to study medicine science．He studied not only the herbs(草药) in his own garden; but also the wild ones．He set out to collect herbs and talked with old peasants. He learned a lot from curing(治疗) patients.
After many years of hard work and study, Li Shizhen finished his great work Ben Cao Gang Mu (《本草纲目》) ．At that time he was sixty．His book is now one of the greatest contributions(贡献) of the Chinese people to the medicine science of the world．
根据短文内容，判断下列句子是否正确，正确的涂（A），错误的涂（B）。(10分)
1.Li Shizhen's father was a doctor\
2.Li Shizhen decided to study medicine because he wanted to get more money.
3.Li Shizhen wanted to write a new medicine book because many medicine books were full of mistakes
4.Li Shizhen made great contribuions to the medicine science of the world.
5.Li Shizhen collected a lot of herbs on his long journeys(旅途)．
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Wang Bin : Hi, Li Ming. Your eyes look red. 1.
Li Ming : Oh, Wang Bin. I can’t almost open my eyes. My eyes are afraid of sunlight and always filled with tears.
Wang Bin : 2.
Li Ming: I have been like this for a week.
Wang Bin: Have you seen a doctor?
Li Ming: 3. I think it may be the chemical factory near
my home. For these days, it produces terrible gas.
When I pass the factory, I will have sore eyes and nearly can’t breathe.
Wang Bin: 4.
Li Ming: It’ s really awful. I can’t bear it any more. I want to write to the TV station for help.
Wang Bin: 5. . Bur first you’d better go to see a doctor.
A. I am sorry to hear that. B. I agree with you. C. What is wrong with you? D. Not yet. E. How long have you been like this? |
