Do you ride your bike to school? It's probably a good idea because it's a good exercise. But in Europe and 1.US not many kids go to school on their bicycles. They are usually taken to school in cars by their parents.
Many kids don't want to walk2.ride to school on bad weather. But it may not be good for their health. There are a lot of kids with weight problems. And this is3. parents encourage kids to ride and walk to school today. Of course these parents are also worried 4. kids' safety. So people build many riding roads to keep them safe.
It is good for the environment to ride and walk, too.5.bikes on the road means less pollution.
Last weekend, I took Lucy to a park, where she discovered a track with large bumps and sharp turns. At first, I thought Lucy was able to _______ her bike along the track. But she quickly found that her bike was too _______ to the ground and _______ getting stuck on top of the bumps.
Lucy looked at me with_______ because she was still a biking newbie. I tried to encourage her too, but really, I was thinking—this is going to be a disaster. Not because I thought she would get _______. More because I thought she wouldn't be able to pick up enough speed to balance. Then she would get really discouraged, and _______ quickly. I imagined her throwing her bicycle to the ground and then _______ all the way home.
But I was_______ half right. Lucy did have a lot of trouble riding the bike. She couldn't find her _______. She fell many times. At one point, she almost started crying ________ younger kids were getting angry that she was slowing everyone else down. But she did not lose heart. She kept picking herself up and trying again. She even took the bike off the track and into the main park to ________ pushing off and picking up speed on a flat ground. When she felt more ________, she came back. Then she did it over and over again until she ________ reached her goal of going around the whole track without falling once. Then she didn't want to leave and ________ was cheering her on.
This was not a day ________ ended in a disaster. It was a day when Lucy learned that perseverance pays off.
Word Bank
track小路 bump凸块 disaster灾难 perseverance毅力
1.A.take B.bring C.ride D.send
2.A.low B.high C.long D.short
3.A.needed B.kept C.enjoyed D.finished
4.A.smile B.joy C.care D.fear
5.A.lost B.tired C.hurt D.discouraged
6.A.turned around B.set off C.came out D.gave up
7.A.crying B.singing C.running D.flying
8.A.even B.only C.ever D.already
9.A.balance B.way C.friend D.bike
10.A.unless B.because C.until D.if
11.A.risk B.consider C.imagine D.practice
12.A.confident B.careful C.helpless D.worried
13.A.quickly B.finally C.quietly D.hardly
14.A.nobody B.somebody C.anybody D.everybody
15.A.where B.what C.that D.when
Summer is here. One of the best ways to cool off on a hot summer day is to jump into a swimming pool. Swimming is great exercise, and a trip to a pool or beach is a good way to have fun with friends.1. So it's important to stay safe as you do it. Here are a few things you can do to swim safely.
2.
Don't swim unless there is a lifeguard on duty. If you're on a beach near the ocean, this is especially important. In some places, fast currents can sweep swimmers away without warning. So if a sign says “no swimming”， please take care.
●Be careful when diving into the water headfirst.
Most pools have deep ends where diving is safe. In natural water, don't dive unless you know that the water is deep enough.3. It may cause injury or death.
●Make sure you have a partner with you.
Nobody knows what will happen while you are swimming. If something goes wrong, you can get help from that person as soon as possible.4.
●Pay close attention to children's safety.
5. But by themselves they are not enough, so an adult should always be present. If you have a pool at home, put a fence around it in case children fall in. And if a child disappears, check the pool first.
Word Bank
lifeguard救生员 current急流 dive跳水 fence围栏.
A.But swimming can also be dangerous.
B.Or you could hit your head on the bottom.
C.Swim only in special areas set for swimming.
D.A few seconds can make a big difference in this situation.
E.Kids who don't know how to swim should wear life jackets.
Local people cleaned the mountain last year, removing rubbish at a height of 5, 200 meters. They collected about 8.4 metric tons(公吨) of rubbish.
This year, the local government plans to spend 4 million yuan on a new cleanup activity. The local government is also setting up stations to sort(分类), recycle and break down rubbish collected from the mountain.
The underlined word "removing" probably means ________.
A.using up B.making better C.putting on D.taking away
Intelligence A robot needs some kind of "smarts". A programmer is the person who gives the robot its "smarts". The robot will have to have a certain way to receive the program so that it knows what it is to do.
The Chinese meaning of "Intelligence" in the paragraph is ________.
A.能源 B.勤奋 C.智能 D.外观
(2016河南B篇节选)For some, this research may be calming. It is good to know that our brain is "looking out for us" in a new place. But it may not help with sleep. That brain activity, at least according to this new research, makes it harder to get the sleep people need to wake up well rested in the morning.
The underlined word "calming" has the closest meaning to " ________ ".
A.pleasing B.different C.serious D.strange
