The holiday is coming to us. Finally, after months of study, you have some time

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The holiday is coming to us. Finally, after months of study, you have some time to yourself. So, why not read a book? Well, some people will say, “Why do you like reading books? We have Internet. It offers a lot of more colorful fun. Books are history!” But I am sure you can learn a lot from books than Internet.
One clear reason is that a well-chosen book can give you a lot of wonderful words, as long as you have a good dictionary, of course. Believe me; it’s far easier to get new words from a book or an article than it is from the TV or the Internet.
But another more important point is that books give you something that the Internet cannot. The general webpage (网页) is picture-heavy and the text is as easy to read as possible. While “easy” may attract (吸引) you, unluckily it’s not helpful for any long-term development of reading skills and the general language level. Because of that, reading on the Internet can’t take the place of reading books.
But perhaps the best reason is that just choosing what you read and doing it independently means that it’s something you do by and for yourself. You can choose what you want to read. It’s hard work, but you’ll find that what once seemed like a duty is now a pleasure.
小题1:Does the writer advise people to read books in their holidays?
小题2:What can people get from a well-chosen book?
小题3:What’s the general webpage like?
小题4:How many reasons for reading a book does the writer mention in the passage?
小题5:What does the writer want to tell us in the passage?

答案

小题1:Yes, (he does).
小题2:A lot of words. / A lot of wonderful words. / Wonderful words. / New words. / Words.
小题3:It’s picture-heavy and the text is as easy to read as possible.
小题4:Three.
小题5:The reasons why we read a book / books.
The advantages of reading a book / books.

解析

要阅读文章内容，和仔细审题，根据阅读文内容来填空，注意英语的表达方式。

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Do you like travelling? Do you often travel in your holidays? Travelling is i__________ and exciting, but it is not if you get sick. So what can you do to stay in good h_______? There are three things you should remember when you travel: relax, sleep and eat w______ .
When you travel, there are so many places to v_______: museums, shops and parks. You may spend most of your days w_________ around these places. You may be very tired after a few h_________. If this is the way you feel, you should take a good rest.
Sleep is a________ important. You may want to stay out late at night. In many cities, the nightlife can be very exciting. Then you should plan to sleep for an hour in the day.
Finally, if you want to stay healthy, you must eat well. That m_________ eating the right kinds of foods. When you are in a new country, you may want to try new foods, but you need to be careful about how m_________ you eat . Lots of rich (油腻的)food isn’t good for you .

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We often see the sign in a busy street. So don’t park your car there.

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Nowadays, too much carbon dioxide makes the earth warmer and warmer and causes terrible effect to human beings. To save our planet and ourselves, a new lifestyle called low-carbon life becomes popular. Low carbon means low energy and no waste. It is necessary for everybody to learn to live a low-carbon life.
To live a low-carbon life, we’d better save energy as much as possible. Turn off the lights and TV whenever they are not needed. If possible, use cold water to wash clothes or dishes. Take a short shower and try to take a cold one when the weather gets warm. Don’t do the cooking with electricity.
To live a low-carbon life, we should eat less meat. Everybody knows eating too much meat makes people fat and easy to have heart disease, but maybe you don’t know keeping animals for food produces even more carbon dioxide than all the cars in the world, and being a vegetarian (素食主义者) can help reduce one and a half tons of carbon dioxide a year. Maybe it is a little difficult, but it’s really necessary.
To live a low-carbon life, we are supposed to do less shopping. When we go shopping, we may drive a car or take other transportations (交通工具). On one hand, these machines pollute the air and waste energy. On the other hand, most of us always buy some useless things because of some advertisements. It not only waste money but also causes trouble to the earth, because making everything will produce carbon dioxide more or less.
There are many other ways to live a low-carbon life, such as recycling things, planting trees and reusing textbooks. If we can keep it a habit in our daily life, the earth will become a safer planet for us to live on.
任务一：根据短文内容，用简洁的句子或短语完成下列表格。

Advice	How to Live a Low-Carbon Life
Advice 1	﹡ 1.
Advice 2	﹡ 2.
Advice 3	﹡ Take a short shower and try to take a cold one when it’s warm.
Advice 4	﹡ 3.
Advice 5	﹡ 4.
Advice 6	﹡ Be supposed to do less shopping.
Advice 7	﹡ Recycle things, plant trees and reuse textbooks.

任务二：除了文中提到的建议外，你一定还有许多自己的想法，请写一条与大家分享吧。
﹡ 5.

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配对阅读。左栏是对5个学生做演讲时存在问题的描述，请在右栏为每个学生选择一个合适的建议，并将答题卡上对应题目所选的选项涂黑。

小题1:Paul: I don’t think I can talk fluently(流利) because it’s difficult for me to remember all the words.
小题2:Billy: When I come face to face with the audience, where should my eyes fall upon? Do I have to look front, or look around from time to time?
小题3:Amy: When I am talking, I can’t help waving my hands, for I think it can help me express what I want to say better. But my classmates say I look funny and foolish by doing this.
小题4:Betty: I know that it’s not right to speak fast. But I am afraid that I can’t finish my talk in the given time if I speak slowly.
小题5:Tony: Should I talk in American English or British English?

A．Looking at and talking to one person in the audience helps keep you natural, but it feels foolish talking to only one person. Speak to that person as long as 15 seconds and then change another one.

B．The audience have a hard time understanding what they hear. They need your help. Slow down, pause(停顿) and guide the audience through your talk. Remember that you should help the audience understand what you are saying.

C．Make your voice a little lower than normal. Listeners like to listen to a relatively(相对) deep voice.

D．When you talk, try to be as natural as possible. Don’t try to memorize your words and read or recite them to your audience. You can use short notes to help you remember the important points.

E. You should know you and most of the people you talk to are different in many ways. Some of them may not know what you are talking about. Then speak to them on their terms and in their languages.
F. Concentrate on what you want to say. If you are always paying attention to gestures(手势),you will feel uncomfortable.
G. It’s true that there are some differences between American English and British English, but they’ll not cause much difficulty for listeners, so just speak the way you’re used to.

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下面是一些同学对课外活动的看法，请仔细阅读下列短文，按信息卡内容要求填入相关信息。
Mike Smith: We have many after-class activities in school—English corner, hand-writing lessons, playing basketball, playing chess, dancing and so on. Students in our school can choose any kind of activities they like.
Jane White: I’m a member of the music club in our school. I can learn different kind of music instruments. It’s fun.
Frank Green: I take park in drawing and English corner after class. I benefit a lot from the activities. I can not only improve my abilities of drawing and spoken English, but also make some new friends who have the same hobbies as me.
Amy young: Some teachers think after-class activities take up too much time. But as a student, I think it’s necessary for schools to give us the chance to improve our other abilities after class. We are under great pressure with too much homework and exams. We need time to relax.
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Kinds of after-class activities	1 , hand-writing lessons, playing basketball, 2 , dancing, instrument playing and 3
Advantages of after-class activities	●a good chance to improve students’ other abilities ●a good chance to 4 ●to help students to 5

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