Travel Tips for Holidays Abroad
Everyone loves holiday abroad. They give us the chance to see some sights, have some fun and relax. However, holidays aren’t always a great experience. Follow these tips to make sure you enjoy your holiday.
1.________
Have you packed your passport? Your tickets? Every year, thousands of people miss flights because they’ve forgotten their passport, they arrive at the airport too late, or even go to the wrong airport.
2.________
How much do you know about the place you are going to visit? Learning a little about the culture of a country will help you understand the people. Learning a few words of another language can also help you make new friends.
3.________
Try to reduce the pollution you cause. Travel by train if you can. Flying produces twenty times more carbon dioxide than traveling by train. Of course, it might be impossible to avoid flying, but when you arrive, use buses or trains instead of taxis.
4.________
You can help a local community a lot by staying in local hotels and eating in local restaurants. This means that your money will go to local people, rather than to a large international company
5. ________
You don’t want to forget your holiday. Make a scrapbook-a book of memories-about your holiday. You can show it to friends, or just use it to remember all the good times you had! And don’t forget the new friends you made on holiday. Did you promise to send them pictures or presents? Don’t forget to do it! Then next time you go on holiday, you can visit them again.
A.Remember the environment
B.Keep a good memory for your holiday
C.Help the local population
D.Do some research
E.Get organized
Keeping a busy social life among lots of friends may keep people thinner than spending several hours in a gym, according to scientists. Scientists believe social activities can release a brain chemical that changes white fat into brown fat. Brown fat burns calories (卡路里). To produce heat, while white fat keeps calories and make us fatter.
Changing white fat into brown fat is very difficult, generally requiring long-term exposure to cold conditions or making part of the body’s nervous (神经的) system active. However, scientists from Ohio State University think that having a busy social life is an even better way of carrying out this change.
Tests on mice showed that those lived in large communities and had more space and toys lost half of their stomach weight in four weeks, even if they ate more than those in boring, lonely environments. Researchers said that social excitement helps lose weight.
However, social activities make some people worried. Study writer Dr Matthew During said, “I’m still amazed at the degree of losing fat that happens. We often think of stress (压力) as a negative thing, but some kinds of stress can be good for your health.”
Explaining how new technology had reduced the chance for people to communicate face to face, he added, “It’s not just because of being short of exercise and high calorie foods, but an increasing lack of social activities. Loneliness is a deep cause of cancer and death, it’s just as dangerous as smoking. Social activities are very important.
根据短文内容选择最佳答案。
1.The underlined word “exposure” means________in Chinese.
A.勘探 B.适应 C.暴露
2.When people take social activities, a brain chemical can change white fat into________.
A.brown fat B.calories C.energy
3.According to the tests on mice, ________.
A.Taking more social activities will work for losing weight, even if you eat more.
B.Mice living in boring and lonely environments will gain weight although they eat less.
C.The results from test on mice aren’t fit for humans.
4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A.Brown fat keeps calories and make people fatter while white fat burns calories to produce heat.
B.To change white fat into brown fat, long-term exposure to cold conditions is required.
C.Unlike smoking, loneliness can cause cancer and even death.
5.The best title for the passage can be ________.
A.Social Activities Help Lose Weight
B.Brown Fat and White Fat
C.Loneliness Is Dangerous
One day two workers were fixing electrical wires(电线) in the house. While they were working they met a problem: they couldn’t put a thin wire through a long narrow pipe. Because this pipe was long, thin and not straight. After thinking for some time, one of them, Frank, had an idea. He told his partner, Harry, what he needed.
Naturally, Harry was a little surprised. Thirty minutes later, Frank returned with two small white mice. He told Harry to hold one carefully then run away to that end of the pipe. Harry did so. Frank held the other mouse, at the other end of the pipe. Then Frank tied the wire around the mouse ‘s neck, and spoke to Harry, “Now , very lightly press the mouse.” Harry did as he was told. The mouse made a soft sound.
When the male mouse heard the sound, he began to run out of Frank’s hand into the pipe toward the sound. Of course, the male mouse was carrying the wire. Frank held the other end of the wire in his hand. After a few seconds the male mouse came out of the end of the pipe where the female mouse was. The problem had been solved. The wire was passed through the long pipe.
Everyone may come across difficulties when dealing with something, don’t give up immediately. Maybe you can get better methods to solve them if you consider it in another way.
1.One day, one of the two workers met a problem while fixing electrical wires.
2.After thinking for a minute, Frank had an idea and asked Harry to get two white mice.
3.The male mouse ran out of the man’s hand to look for the female one after hearing her sound.
4.Each of the two workers stayed at two different sides of the pipe with a mouse when they were ready to fix the electric wires.
5.Perhaps the writer wants to tell us one will seldom be hopeless if he usually changes a point of view.
1.The purpose of the material above is to help ________.
A.children with no homes B.families with no children C.schools with little money
2.The underlined expression “emotional support” means caring for a child’s ________.
A.food B.education C.feelings
3.Which telephone number can people call to ask about the General Meetings?
A.492-9345 B.492-9338 C.492-9396
4.The General Meetings will be held________.
A.every Thursday in February
B.on February 4th and 18th
C.between February 4th and 18th
5.We can read the material above probably from the________section of a newspaper.
A.fashion B.business C.advertisement
There is no doubt that we all want to be successful. But what’s the main point of the way _______ success? From Lincoln’s famous saying, “Give me six hours to cut down a tree, and I will _______ the first four sharpening the axe.” I learn that if we want to achieve success, we must _______ it.
Only if _______ well prepared, we will catch the opportunity which happens once in a while. In our daily life, we have to open our eyes and build a strong base for success. It will be a long way to be _______ , thus we have to get more and more knowledge day by day. And we can’t _______ success in one or two days. What’s more, opportunities always come out of our expectation so we have to make _______ well prepared. If we’re prepared, we will catch it _______ it comes up.
Opportunities are always for those _______ are ready. What’s more, success goes along with opportunities. We should develop the ability to solve problems in different and effective ways therefore, we can make our way to success ________ .
根据短文内容选择最佳答案。
1.A.of B.to C.on
2.A.pay B.take C.spend
3.A.make full preparation for B.prepare full for C.pay fully preparation
4.A.we could B.we are C.we will be
5.A.success B.succeed C.successful
6.A.achieve B.arrive C.get to
7.A.ourselves B.themselves C.yourselves
8.A.whatever B.whenever C.however
9.A.what B.who C.that
10.A.much easier B.most easily C.more easily
My son, a 1.45-meter-tall student, enjoyed XiaoZhan’s concert with me on New Year’s Day.
According to the following table, we spent at least ________on the tickets for the concert.
The Ticket for XiaoZhan’s Concert | |
Price (adult) | ￥580 |
A student who is less than 1.5 meters | One second of the adult |
Price（adult） on Meituan | ￥680 (It can only be used during festivals. He or she can take a kid who is less than 1.5 meters and the kid is free) |
A.￥580 B.￥870 C.￥680
