When he was 23 years old, he climbed Mount Everest. In 2007, he set another world record by flying over Mount Everest in a powered paraglider (滑翔伞). His first book, Facing the Frozen Ocean, got shortlisted for the UK’s “Sports Book of the Year”. Since then he has written more than 15 books, including the No. 1 Bestseller: Mud, Sweat and Tears.
Bear Grylls
His name is Bear Grylls, and he was the host of Discovery Channel’s famous TV show, Man vs Wild. In the show, he was left in faraway areas in order to show survival (生存的) skills. Millions of viewers watched, breathless, as he climbed terribly dangerous mountains, performed amazing ice climbing, and ran through a forest fire.
Grylls continues to shine with both his amazing shows and charity (慈善) work. And he has set up his own company, Bear Grylls’ Survival Academy, where everyone can learn survival skills from him and his highly trained team.
Recently, Grylls founded Young Survivors – training courses for teenagers, including survival skills and adventure tasks designed to teach the basic rules of outdoor survival self-rescue. Those who complete the course are given a Young Survivors Award. Skills taught include how to build and light a fire, how to tell directions in both day and night, putting up a protection building, bad weather survival and so on. The key focus of the course is getting young survivors back in touch with nature and away from technology.
In Grylls’ own words: “The thing I love about Young Survivor Course is that it is designed to put young adults in just the kind of challenging, character-building and practical situations that help consider them as adults. So often, young adults can feel almost over-protected and are stopped from experiencing some of the best things in life – but the Young Survivor Award will challenge and empower them in an unbelievable fun environment.”
1.Why was Bear left in faraway areas in his TV show?
A.To raise money for charity.
B.To show skills for surviving.
C.To do a performance for fun.
D.To create stories for his books.
2.What is the key focus of Young Survivors?
A.Using technology in nature.
B.Making young adults famous.
C.Teaching young adults living skills.
D.Getting young adults back to nature.
3.According to the passage, Bear Grylls ______.
A.helps people start writing
B.cares about the environment
C.is an encouraging adventurer
D.is a very famous businessman
Around the World on Children’s Day
In 1954, there was the first Universal Children’s Day on 20th November to celebrate and protect children all over the world. This was International Children’s Day, but now many countries around the world have their own day each year when they celebrate with their children.
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1.When is Children’s Day in Turkey?
A.23 rd April. B.30 th April. C.5 th May. D.1 st June.
2.Children’s Day is like a second birthday in ______.
A.Turkey B.Japan C.Bulgaria D.Mexico
3.On Children’s Day in Japan, ______.
A.parents invite other kids to their home
B.children get gifts from their parents
C.children share food at school
D.children fly carp streamers
Working from Home
My family recently had the bright idea that I should spend a day working from home.When I mapped out such a day, I had______working hard in my study, then taking a mid-morning cookie break with the kids, next returning to work, and finally going for a family walk.
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However, during the first hour of my workday at home, I________touched any work. The children kept running into my study and asking me to play with them.Around 10:30 a.m., I decided to take that mid-morning cookie________and then found that there was nothing left in the cookie jar. The kids had eaten them all! I returned to my desk and began writing an e-mail until my wife walked in.
“I need to run to the store. Could you please fix the car battery (电池) for me?”, she said. I mumbled (嘟囔) to myself all the way to the car, did the job, and went back to my desk. Then, my kids started asking for lunch. After telling them over and over again to wait until their mom gets home, I finally put a sign to my door that ________ : Go Ask Someone Else!
And that worked really well. I finally________ to finish writing that e-mail. The house was quiet up to the________that the neighbor called and told me that my children went to ask him for lunch! I told him to send my kids back. Frustrated (懊恼的), I made sandwiches for the kids and myself. Just as I was cleaning up, my wife walked in.
I was so glad that she was back and couldn’t wait to escape. I________for the door to go back to my work. As I sat down at the desk, I realised things were not like what I had imagined. And I also understood how________ it is to take good care of a family.
1.A.suggested B.forgotten C.imagined D.finished
2.A.even B.just C.still D.hardly
3.A.break B.party C.lesson D.walk
4.A.read B.heard C.pronounced D.translated
5.A.offered B.refused C.preferred D.managed
6.A.turn B.point C.time D.number
7.A.paid B.headed C.waited D.searched
8.A.happy B.relaxing C.exciting D.hard
—Excuse me, can you tell me ______ last term?
—Sure. I read every day before bed.
A.how you will improve your reading B.how you improved your reading
C.how will you improve your reading D.how did you improve your reading
My brother ______ by his dream school last summer.
A.accepted B.will accept C.was accepted D.will be accepted
If it’s too hot tomorrow, I ______ at home and study online.
A.will stay B.stayed C.have stayed D.was staying
