If you’re planning on hitting up a festival this summer, make sure you check out the latest packing guide to camping music festivals.
Quebec City Summer Festival
When: July 4-14
Where: Toronto, Quebec
300 shows, 10 places and 11 days of music make this festival one of Canada’s biggest music festivals. Every year, this festival attracts over one million festivalgoers to Quebec City’s historic district for concerts by international superstars and top new talent.
Center of Gravity
When: July 28-30
Where: Kelowna, British Columbia
Canada’s hottest beach festival is back! Now in its 10th year, the biggest and exciting festival to hit the Okanagan includes three days packed with extreme sports, sandy beaches, and some of the biggest DJ names in the world.
Future Forest
When: August 5-7
Where: Fredericton, New Brunswick
Future Forest is an outdoor camping festival with a focus on electronic music. The festival originated in 2012 as a fundraiser for a brilliant DJ, Jay Hamilton, who was diagnosed with cancer. Future Forest proudly shows the idea that there are no audience at the event but rather participants who in some way contribute to the overall experience.
Shambhala Music Festival
When: August 9-10
Where: Salmo River Ranch, British Columbia
This is Canada’s earliest electronic music festival. Cutting edge talent, lights and sound come together to give life to this event. Seeing it for yourself is the only way to understand exactly what is Shambhala.
1.What can people do in the Quebec City Summer Festival?
A.Do some extreme sports.
B.Play on the sandy beaches.
C.Learn about Quebec City’s history.
D.Enjoy the performances of superstars.
2.What was Future Forest set up for at first?
A.To honor a brilliant DJ.
B.To promote electronic music.
C.To raise money for a cancer patient.
D.To provide outdoor camping activities.
3.Which festival is Canada’s earliest electronic music festival?
A.Quebec City Summer Festival.
B.Center of Gravity.
C.Future Forest.
D.Shambhala Music Festival.
假定你是李华，你校英文报“外国文化”栏目拟刊登美国节日风俗和中学生生活的短文。请给美国朋友彼得写信约稿，要点如下：
1. 栏目介绍。
2. 稿件内容；
3. 稿件长度：约400词汇
4. 交稿日期：6月28日前天
注意：
1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯的；
3. 开头语已为你写好。
根据括号里的中英文提示用正确形式填空
1.Scientists have made many discoveries simply out of _______. (curious)
2.The new boss has tried to give the restaurant a friendlier _____.（氛围）
3.These scientists ______(puzzle) about how to solve the problems these years.
4.This room _______(measure) 5meters across and 8 meters in length.
5.As for his performance, he is a ____(失败者); but he succeeded as a singer.
6.His writing is good but his _____(speak) English is rather bad.
7.More than one student _____ (be) interested in such games.
8.I waited for my friends at the _______(入口) to the park.
9._______ (expose) to different cultures does a lot of good to children.
10.No one can get the ______ (admit) to the museum without a ticket.
Finishing their shopping at the supermarket, a middle-aged couple found their new car1.(steal). They filed a report2.the police station and a detective drove them3.to the parking lot（停车场）to look for evidence.
To their4.(amaze), the car had been returned and there was a note in it ,5. said: “I apologize for taking your car. My wife was having a baby and I had to send her to the hospital as soon as possible. Please forget the6.(convenient). There are two tickets7.tonight’s Rowan Atkinson concert.”
Their faith in humanity restored(恢复). The couple attended8.concert. But9.they returned home, they immediately found that their house had been ransacked (洗劫). On the bathroom mirror was10.note: “I have to put my kid through college somehow, don’t I?”
Four brothers left home for college, and they became successful doctors and lawyers. Some years later, they____after having dinner together. They discussed the____they gave their elderly mother who lived far away in another city. The first said, “I had a____house built for Mama.” The second said, “I had my Mercedes-Benz dealer（经销商）send a____to her.” The third said, “I built a beautiful____for Mama.” The fourth said, “You know____Mama loved reading poems and you know she can’t read any more because she can’t____very well. I met a____who had a parrot（鹦鹉）that can recite many poems. It took him 12 years to____it to speak and he earns his living by renting it out. I had to pay him $100,000 a year for twenty years,____it is worth it.” On hearing that, the other brothers were____by his good thought.
After the holidays their mother____her thank-you notes, which read:
“Milton, the house you built is so huge. I only live in one room, but I have to____the whole house. It’s a tiring job. Thanks anyway.”
“Marvin, I am too old to____I stay home and have my foods delivered, so I’ll____use the car. The____was good, although not practical. Thanks.”
“Michael, you gave me an expensive building for 50 people to____plays or watch movies in it, but all my friends are dead. I’ve almost____my hearing and I’m nearly blind. I won’t use it. Thank you all the same.”
“Dearest Melvin, you were the____son to have the good sense to give a little thought to your gift. The chicken tasted so____I liked it very much. Thank you.”
1.A.fought B.talked C.studied D.slept
2.A.gifts B.chances C.wishes D.challenges
3.A.warm B.big C.safe D.lonely
4.A.book B.bike C.car D.bag
5.A.station B.museum C.library D.theater
6.A.what B.how C.why D.when
7.A.listen B.feel C.see D.walk
8.A.nurse B.writer C.businessman D.lawyer
9.A.protect B.beat C.raise D.teach
10.A.but B.so C.unless D.although
11.A.treated B.impressed C.threatened D.hurt
12.A.sent out B.put up C.took out D.picked up
13.A.sell B.borrow C.clean D.visit
14.A.learn B.work C.exercise D.travel
15.A.never B.often C.regularly D.sometimes
16.A.future B.hobby C.idea D.program
17.A.create B.enjoy C.bring D.record
18.A.lost B.admired C.remained D.discovered
19.A.same B.last C.next D.only
20.A.strange B.unpleasant C.bitter D.delicious
A car needs gas to run and your body also needs food to work for you. Eating the right kind of food is very important. It can help your body grow strong to take care of what you eat.
There are four main food groups altogether. The dairy group has food like milk, cheese and sour milk. The other three groups are the meat and fish group, the fruit and vegetable group, and the bread and rice group. Each meal should have at least one food from all four main groups. With all these food together, you will be given enough energy during the day.
It is easy to get into bad eating habits. You may eat your breakfast in a hurry to get to school on time. Or you may not have time for a good lunch. It may seem easy to finish your supper with fish and chips all the time. But you will find yourself tired in these days and you cannot think quickly.
Watching what you eat will help keep your body healthy and strong. It is also good to take some exercise. It will help you eat more if you take a walk or play games in the open air. Having a good eating habit with some exercise is the key to your health.
1.Which of the following diets do you think is the best one?
A.Milk, bread, cabbage and beef.
B.Eggs, tomatoes and chicken.
C.Corn, fish, cream and pork.
D.Rice, bean curd, apples, fish and chicken.
2.Which of the following is a good eating habit?
A.Going to school without any breakfast.
B.Eating fish and chips for supper all the time.
C.Finishing your lunch in a very short time.
D.Having at least one food from all four groups each meal.
3.In the passage the writer mainly tells us that _____.
A.every person needs food to grow well
B.right kind of food with exercise will keep you healthy
C.taking exercise can keep your body strong
D.enough energy helps people think more quickly
