Have you heard about “Survival （生存）Holidays”? “Survival Holidays” is for children to go into the lonely place for exciting activities. Now about 1,100 companies are allowed to take children into the great outdoors without their parents.
The reason why people like “Survival Holidays” is that they think being close to nature is good for children. Many children in big cities spend all time watching TV and playing computer games. “Survival Holidays” gives them an important change.
Is “Survival Holidays” a wonderful idea? Maybe it is. Children need more free time to play. They need to be left on their own, without adults disturbing(打扰) them. Parents care too much about their children. They like to see the children being busy with activities that are controlled by adults, but children don’t know what to do when they are in danger. Even something like crossing a small river seems to be a hard challenge. Children are not comfortable with danger. Even small danger like getting their feet wet or falling down seems very terrible to them.
Many people think the survival activities are good for children. Even years later, they will still remember what they have learned. Some have learned to stay calm in different times. Some have learned how to keep safe. Others have learned how to work in a team. All these skills will help them a lot in their lives.
【小题1】Is “Survival Holidays” for children or parents?
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【小题2】Why do people like “Survival Holidays”?
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【小题3】What do the children in big cities usually do?
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【小题4】How do children feel when they are in danger?
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【小题5】What can children learn in the survival activities?
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Every year on April 22, People all over the world celebrate Earth Day. It is a time to work to keep our earth clean. People plan projects to clean up the land, air and water.
U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson first thought of the idea for Earth Day in 1962 when he saw polluted rivers and cities with smoke. He needed to get support from Americans to clean up the earth. Finally, on April 22, 1970, 20 million Americans celebrated the first Earth Day! Now many countries around the world celebrate it, and you can, too.
How can you celebrate Earth Day? Here are a few ideas:
Join a clean-up project------Clean up your street or a favorite beach.
Save energy------Turn off the lights when you leave a room, and use public transportation.
Use less water.
Reduce(减少)/ Reuse/ Recycle ------ Practice the three Rs: First, reduce how much you use. Then reuse or recycle what you can.
You can make a difference on Earth Day and every day!
【小题1】When was the first Earth Day?

When Amy wrote her first novel in secondary school, she never imagined that she would become a writer one day. Like many 16  writers on the Internet, the  17  woman got into this online world accidentally(偶然地).

Three years ago, Amy worked in a medical industry. Her job kept her busy for six months and left her almost  18  to do for the rest of the year. To fill the time, she started writing  19  on the Internet. Her first novel was about her neighbours and their life 20  she is familiar with.

Amy has been interested in writing  21  she was a child. At first, she just wanted to share her novels  22  people she knew. Then one day an editor of a famous website emailed her, asking her 23  she would like to sell the electronic copyright(授权) of one of her novels. She  24  immediately and the novel was moved to the VIP section of the website. She got $ 1,500 for that.

Now Amy is a full-time  25  . So far her eight novels have come out online, and five of them  26  .

“The Internet made me famous and brought me  27  ,” she said. “I earn much more money now— about $60,000 a year. I am 28  with my career, but there is one problem — that my talent might run out after five years and I’ll have to  29  to work in the medical industry.”

“Before that day comes, I’ll keep  30  for the readers with my light and close-to-everyday-life writing style,” said Amy with a smile.

1. A. other             B. others           C. another          D. the other

2.A. 28-year-old    B. 28-years-old         C. 28 years old     D. 28-year old

3. A. something         B. anything             C. everything  D. nothing

4.A. reports        B. novels           C. diaries          D. plays

5. A. who           B. which            C. that             D. whom

6.A. when           B. while            C. since        D. until

7.A. about              B. of               C. to           D. with

8. A. that              B. if                   C. why              D. how often

9.A. agreed         B. disagreed            C. refused          D. left

10.A. housewife         B. editor           C. saleswoman  D. writer

11. A. will print       B. were printing        C. printed          D. were printed

12. A. success          B. succeed              C. successful  D. successfully

13. A. unhappy          B. angry            C. satisfied        D. proud

14.A. come          B. go               C. return       D. get

15.A. to write          B. writing              C. write        D. written

March 20th is World Water Day every year. According to a report from the United Nations, more than half of the world's major rivers have serious water loss and are polluted.

The Yellow River, the world's fifth longest river, watered some of the oldest farms on earth. But now it has a serious problem.    1.    In most of the past 35 years, it didn't reach the sea.

The Nile in Egypt, running 6, 650 km, is the longest river in the world. 2.Now it is down to 2 billion m' or so.  Australia's Murray River reaches the sea only every other year.  One fifth of America's Rio Grande has no water, either.

____3.   

Mostly it's damming (筑坝) and global warming that make rivers dry.

____4.    Now about 45, 000 of them lie across the world's rivers. They hold back around 15% of the world's fresh water from running to the sea.

Global warming is making things worse. Warmer weather takes water away.  The glacier (冰川) are becoming smaller.   5.    Global warming has had certain effects on water sources (源头). Droughts (干旱) happening around the world make people pay more attention to this fact.

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Have you heard about “Survival(生存) Holidays”? “Survival Holidays” is for   1. to go into the lonely place for exciting activities. Now about 1,100 companies are allowed to take children into the great outdoors   2. their parents.

   The reason why people like “Survival Holidays” is that they think being close to  3. is good for children. Many children in big cities   4. all time watching TV and playing computer games. “Survival Holidays” gives them an important change.

Is “Survival Holidays” a wonderful idea? Maybe it is. Children need more   5. time to play. They need to be left on their own, without adults disturbing them. Parents care too much about their children. They like to see the children being   6.  with activities that are controlled by adults, which causes many problems. They don’t know   7. to do when they are in danger. Even something like 8.   a small river seems to be a hard challenge. Children are not comfortable with danger. Even slight danger like getting their feet  9.or falling down seems very terrible to them.

Many people think the survival activities are good for children. Even years later, they will still remember what they have learned. Some have learned to stay calm in different times. Some have learned how to keep safe. Others have learned how to work in a   10..All these skills will help them a lot in their lives.