Hong Kong has about forty public beaches. Some of the beaches are among the best in the world. People can go there for a swim. You can go to most of them by bus. To go to some beaches you must take a boat. There are toilets, changing rooms and places to buy food and drink on most of the beaches.

You will swim there without danger if you remember these instructions:

1. Never swim alone.

2. Never swim after a meal or when you feel hungry or tired.

3. Do not stay in the water too long.

4. Never go out in a boat if you cannot swim.

Remember: A red flag means that it is dangerous for anybody to go into the water. A blue flag means that it is dangerous for children.

根据短文内容，回答下列问题

16. How many beaches are there in Hong Kong?

17. Can we reach all the public beaches by bus?

18. Will you swim after a meal?

19. What can’t you do if you can’t swim?

20. What does it mean when you see a blue flag?

Do you like traveling? How can you make your trip interesting? Here’s some advice.

Read!

Before you leave, you should find some information about the place, such as its geography, history and people. You can understand that place better by reading.

Take photos!

If you want to take some photos, remember to choose (选择) the most special sights. Don’t choose the sight you can see in other places. For example, Qingdao and Ningbo are coastal cities, so don’t only take photos of the sea. You should take photos of something else, too.

Taste!

You’d better taste some specials in that area. Food in some places is very delicious. So why not taste it? Maybe you have just one chance to taste it in your life.

Write!

When you visit a place, you should take a pen and a notebook, so you can write down what you see and what you think during the trip.

（ ）16. How many pieces of advice about traveling are mentioned (提及) in this passage?

A. Two.     B. Three.     C. Four.     D. Five.

（ ）17. Before we travel to a place, we should ________.

A. learn something about it   B. decide which hotel to stay at

C. decide when to leave      D. know which bus to take

（ ）18. The underlined word “coastal” means “________” in Chinese.

A. 内陆的      B. 新兴的      C. 沿海的      D. 现代的

（ ）19. You should ________ during your trip.

A. eat your favorite food      B. taste some specials

C. write down what you eat    D. read more books

（ ）20. What’s the best title for this passage?

A. How to make your trip interesting     B. The most popular way to travel

C. How to make a travel plan           D. The best place to travel

In America，there are(有) 365 days in a year. We sleep 8 hours a day, so we have 122 days for sleeping. Then our work time has 243 days left（剩下）. But there are 52 weekends in a year. Every weekend is two days. We lose（失去） another 104 days a year for work. It takes（花费） us about one hour to have breakfast and supper. This comes to 15 days over a year. But we can’t work all that time-we need a holiday. Let’s say we have three weeks’ holiday. We don’t work all day. Four free hours each evening takes up 61 days. We have to remember that we get 2 days’ holiday at Easter（复活节）, 3 days at Christmas and 1day at the New Year. There are also 4 Bank holidays. Take those 10 days away and we have 32 days for work. But then we have one and a half（一半）hours’ lunch every day, and half an hour’s coffee break(休息). That comes to 30 days a year. This means that we have only a few days left for work every year!
（　　 ）16. How many days do we sleep in a year? __________ days.
A. 365　 B. 122　 C. 8　 D. 52
（　　 ）17. We spend 15 days on __________.
A. rest　　 B. coffee break C. lunch D. breakfast and supper
（　　 ）18. Which of the following is true? __________
A. Each weekend is one day.

B. We have 61 days for free time
C. We get 3 days’ holiday at Easter.
D. Coffee break takes us one hour.
（　　 ）19. According to（根据） the passage, we know that we don’t have __________ time to work every year.
A. much too  B. so many  C. too much　 D. too many
（　　 ）20. The writer means（寓意） __________.
A. we should（应该） know the numbers
B. time is important and we shouldn’t (不应该) waste it
C. we need more holidays
D. a few days for work is enough

Do you like traveling? How can you make your trip interesting? Here’s some advice.

Read!

Before you leave, you should find some information about the place, such as its geography, history and people. You can understand that place better by reading.

Take photos!

If you want to take some photos, remember to choose (选择) the most special sights. Don’t choose the sight you can see in other places. For example, Qingdao and Ningbo are coastal cities, so don’t only take photos of the sea. You should take photos of something else, too.

Taste!

You’d better taste some specials in that area. Food in some places is very delicious. So why not taste it? Maybe you have just one chance to taste it in your life.

Write!

When you visit a place, you should take a pen and a notebook, so you can write down what you see and what you think during the trip.

（ ）16. How many pieces of advice about traveling are mentioned (提及) in this passage?

A. Two.     B. Three.     C. Four.     D. Five.

（ ）17. Before we travel to a place, we should ________.

A. learn something about it   B. decide which hotel to stay at

C. decide when to leave      D. know which bus to take

（ ）18. The underlined word “coastal” means “________” in Chinese.

A. 内陆的      B. 新兴的      C. 沿海的      D. 现代的

（ ）19. You should ________ during your trip.

A. eat your favorite food      B. taste some specials

C. write down what you eat    D. read more books

（ ）20. What’s the best title for this passage?

A. How to make your trip interesting     B. The most popular way to travel

C. How to make a travel plan           D. The best place to travel

What problems do the teenagers probably have? Here is a survey showing their main problems.

( )16. How many main problem are there in the survey ?

A. Four　　 　　　 B. Five 　　　　　　　 C. Six　　

( )17. What problems are caused by too much homework?

A. Feeling stressed and fighting with each other.

B. Feeling tired of study and getting fat.

C. Feeling stressed and getting short-sighted

( )18. If Simon is feeling stressed, he should ____________ .

A. do much more homework 　

B. buy snacks

C. make a plan to spend time on study and hobbies

( )19. Peter is tired of study, maybe because he ____________ .

A. has no close friends　

B. plays too many computer games　

C. gets fatter and fatter

( )20. _______ is a good way for the teenagers to stop fights.

A. Learning how to make friends　 　　　　　　　　　　　　

B. Paying no attention to each other.

C. Finding time to relax as possible as they can