May is National Bike Month. a month-long event trying to get couch potatoes outside, cars off the roads and subway trains empty. It encourages everyone to get back onto their bicycles to enjoy riding a bike an often as they can during the month (and hopefully longer). May in the beginning summer and warm weather, so why not start right away and enjoy sunshine!
Ride Out to Protect the Environment
Bike month helps everyone make their efforts to improve theenvironment. If you’rebiking to school, you are helping bring down the air pollution. It is the most common form of pollution andby getting your family to stop driving and start riding a bike, you can do your part in improving the air quality.
Count Down Those Calories
Cycling isn’t just good for theenvironment; it’s good for you too. Riding a bicycle burns calories and helps keep you healthy. It not only improves your physical health, but also your mental state of mind. It can really help you be a happier person.
Share the Sunny Summer
So get into that shed, and take out your old bike. Paint the bike blue. Put on a nice coat. Load up a number of songs. Invite a group of friends to get on the bikes and ride this May! Be a fun-in- the-sun child! Enjoy yourself!

【小题1】The second paragraph mainly tells us that riding bicycles       .

A．improves our physical health

B．does good to the environment

C．changes our mental slates of mind

D．helps us enjoy the sunny spring

【小题2】You’re likely to read the article in the        section of a magazine.

A．history	B．geography
C．sports	D．food

【小题3】The writer writes the article to       .

A．advise people to lose more weight

B．ask people to repair and paint the old bikes

C．preventpeople from staying at home watching TV

D．makepeople realize the advantages of riding bicycles

Now some women are spending a weekend at Mother’s Camp(营地)．There，husbands and children are not allowed．Why would a woman want to take a vacation without her family? Some women say they need time to be alone．

At Mother’s Camp a woman has room to herself．She can sleep，read or watch TV，and no one will bother her．No children will ask，“Morn，what’s for dinner?” No husband will say， “Oh，dear，I can’t find any clean socks．”In fact almost 50％of women in the United States work outside the home．Many of them work full-time and then come home to a second job-taking care of their homes and families．These working women say one of their biggest problems is housework．

In the United States．working wives do about 75％of the housework．Many of their husbands say they want to help．But then they burn the rice or they can’t find the pans．They ask so many questions that their wives decide it is easier to do the job themselves．

Some women go to Mother’s Camp just to get a break from housework．For two days they don’t cook，they don’t clean，they don’t look after their children and husbands．What do they do? They enjoy warm，sunny weather，walking，swimming or boating in a clear blue lake and sing songs around the campfire．They relax away from home．They have a really wonderful vacation at Mother’s Camp．

1．From this passage we can see ________ in the United States．

A．women want to work outside the home

B．working wives do most of the housework

C．husbands do as much housework as their wives

D．women do not like to stay at home with their families

2．At Mother’s Camp，women can’t ________．

A．watch TV                                                   B．read newspapers

C．swim in the lake                                     D．bring their husbands and children

3．Why would some mothers like to be alone? Because ________．

A．they don’t like their husbands and children

B．they have to work full-time

C．they are too busy to relax themselves

D．they want a new lire

4．________ is one of the biggest troubles for working wives in the United States．

A．Housework                                          B．Working outside the home

C．When to take a vacation                                 D．Looking after their children

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

A．Busy Working Mothers                                B．Welcome to Mother’s Camp

C．Mothers Relax Away from Home                    D．Mothers in the US

Now some women are spending a weekend at Mother's Camp．There, husbands and children are not allowed．Why would a woman want to take a vacation without her family? Some women say they need time to be alone．

At Mother's Camp a woman has room for herself．She can sleep, read or watch TV, and no one will bother her．No children will ask, "Morn, what's for dinner?" No husband will say, "Oh, dear, I can't find any clean socks．" In fact almost 50% of women in the United States work outside the home．Many of them work full - time and then come home to a second job—taking care of their homes and families．These working women say one of their biggest problems is housework．

In the United States, working wives do about 75% of the housework．Many of their husbands say they want to help．But then they burn the rice or they can't find the pans．They ask so many questions that their wives decide it is easier to do the job themselves．

Some women go to Mother's Camp just to get a break from housework．For two days they don't cook, they don't clean, they don t look after their children and husbands．What do they do? They enjoy warm, sunny weather, walking, swimming or boating in a clear blue lake and singing songs around the campfire．They relax away from home．They have a really wonderful vacation at Mother's Camp．

1．From this passage we can see        in the United States．

A．women want to work outside the home

B．working wives do most of the housework

C．husbands do as much housework as their wives

D．women do not like to stay at home with their families

2．At Mother's Camp, women can't              ．

A．watch TV                           B．read newspapers

C．swim in the lake                      D．bring their husbands and children

3．Why would some mothers like to be alone? Because

A．they don't like their husbands and children

B．they have to work full -time

C．they are too busy to relax themselves

D．they want a new life

4．        is one of the biggest troubles for working wives in the United States．

A．Housework                                                B．Working outside the home

C．When to take a vacation                              D．Looking after their children

5．What's the best tide for this passage?

A．Busy Working Mothers                                B．Welcome to Mother's Camp

C．Mothers Relax Away from Home                  D．Mothers in the US