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.
Answer the following questions according to the passage.Is “Survival Holidays” for children or parents?
Why do people like “Survival Holidays”?
What do the children in big cities usually do?
How do children feel when they are in danger?
What can children learn in the survival activities?
Once an old man went to see a doctor. The doctor looked him over carefully and said, "Medicine won't help you. You must have a good rest. Go to bed early, drink milk, walk a lot and smoke one cigar (雪茄烟) a day. Go to the country place for a month."
After a month the man came to see the doctor again. "How are you?" said the doctor. "I'm glad to see you again. You look much younger." "Oh, doctor, I feel quite well now, "said the man. "I had a good rest. I went to bed early, drank a lot of milk and walked a lot. Your advice certainly helped me, but that you told me to smoke one cigar a day almost killed(杀死) me first. It's no joke to start smoking at my age."The doctor told the man _______.
A.to go to bed early | B.to drink milk |
C.to smoke cigars | D.both A and B |
Which of the following sentences is TRUE?
A.The old man was younger than before after a month |
B.After a month, the man felt better |
C.The doctor didn't tell him what to do |
D.The old man felt worse after a month |
The doctor's words were ______ for the man's health.
A.bad | B.good | C.terrible | D.well |
The doctor wanted the old man _______.
A.to go worse | B.to start smoking |
C.to smoke less than before | D.to do nothing |
From what the old man said at last, we know________
A.he didn't understand the doctor's advice |
B.one cigar a day was helpful to him |
C.smoking made him better than before |
D.he was clever |
In Europe many people died during World WarⅡ. As a result, at the end of the war there were many orphans(孤儿) there. A man called Hermann Gmeiner wanted to help these children. His idea was simple. He wanted the orphans to have a home, and to have the care and kindness of parents. Gmeiner asked people to raise some money. With the money he built the first SOS Children’s Village at Imst, in Australia. It opened in 1949. This is how the SOS Children’s Village started. The letters SOS stand for “Save Our Sols(灵魂)”. This means “please help us!” The SOS Children’s Village gives help to orphans.
Hermann Gmeiner’s idea of helping orphans soon spread all over the world. By 1983, there were 170 SOS Children’s Villages in the world. People in many countries give money to help the villages. Today the children from the first Children’s Village have grown up. Now some of them work in other SOS Children’s Villages. In SOS Villages orphans live in family groups. There are several houses in each village. The biggest villages have 40 or 50 houses! From seven to ten children live in a house. A woman lives with each group of children and looks after them. She gives the children a lot of love and kindness. She cooks for them and makes a comfortable and happy home for them.
Of course, the children don’t spend all their time in the village. They go to school, go out with their friends and also go to town. But the village gives them a home—for the first time in their lives.What do we call a child who has no parents?
What do the letters “SOS” stand for?
How many SOS Children’s Villages in the world were there by 1983?
Can the woman who lives with the orphans do some cooking for the children?
The children don’t spent all their time in the village, do they?
Many parents make their children do chores around the house. For some families, teaching children what to do and how to do chores is easy. But in other families, getting children to do some housework can be a very big problem.
It is a good idea for parents to teach their children at an early age. All family members must work together to make the house clean, and each person must do his or her share(份) of the work. We can do this by starting plan of chores and responsibilities when children are young.
Chores are good for children even very young ones. Doing chores can teach children many important skills(技能) like working together. Jobs also teach children what is fair(公平). The skills and value(价值) from doing chores will be good to children all their lives.The first paragraph(段落) tells us.
A、all the parents make their children do chores
B、it’s easy to teach children to do chores
C、teaching children to do chores is different among different families.The underlined word “responsibilities” meansin Chinese.
A、杂事B、琐事 C、责任It’s good to teachto do chores.
A、young children B、girls C、parentsChildren can learnfrom doing chores.
A、working together with others
B、what is fair
C、A and BWhich of the following sentences is TRUE?
A、It’s a small thing to teach children to do chores.
B、Only the children who do chores know what is fair.
C、Some children like to do chores but some don’t.
The City of Miami needs your help on Clean-Up Day! If you like to work outdoors, you could help clean up our city parks or streets. These places have too much trash(垃圾). If you like to work with children, you could baby-sit and play games with them while their parents help clean up the parks or streets.
If you like to read stories, you could read to them, too. If you are artistic, you could volunteer to paint the libraries or the post offices. If you like to talk on the telephone, please call up ten people and ask them to volunteer with you on Clean-Up Day.The City of Miami needs volunteers to clean up the .
A、aquariums B、parks and streets C、banksIf you like to, you could read to the children.
A、teach English
B、read stories
C、play gamesmight baby-sit while parents clean up the parks or streets.
A、Teachers who have time after school
B、Teenagers who have jobs
C、People who like to work with childrenThe City of Miami needs help painting the.
A、schools
B、libraries and the post offices
C、zoosPeople who like to talk on the telephone could ask others to.
A、volunteer B、watch TV C、give money
Loot at the instruction on the bottle of the medicine and then choose the right answers.
John is twelve years old. He had a bad cold and coughed day and night. He went to see a doctor. The doctor gave him some cough medicine.
Cough Medicine.
Shake(摇动) it well before use.
Take it three times each day before meals.
Dose(药量):
Age: over 14 2 teaspoonfuls(勺)
8~13 1 teaspoonful
4~7 1/2 teaspoonful
Not right for children below the age of three. Put it in a cold place. Use it before December 1st 2014.John should takea day.
A、2 teaspoonfuls B、3 teaspoonfulsC、4 teaspoonfulsThe medicine should be kept in.
A、a fridge B、hot water C、any placeJohn shouldbefore he takes it.
A、shake the medicine well
B、eat nothing
C、do some exerciseWhen people areyears old, they cannot take this medicine.
A、eightyB、thirtyC、twoJohn willthe medicine when it is left after Dec. 1st, 2014.
A、throw awayB、stop to take C、take once