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I’ve always wanted to try rock climbing, but never had time or money for it. But I’ve discovered a way to experience the thrill(兴奋,紧张) of climbing rock. Indoor climbing is an easy and exciting way to get a taste of rock climbing. And it is also much cheaper and safer! Indoor climbers don’t climb on real rock, but on a plastic wall. You can probably find a climbing wall near you. Many gyms,
schools and camps have one.
You can climb in doors at any time of the year, no matter how the whether is. It is usually not expensive. Most gyms provide the equipment you need. The convenience of indoor climbing is one reason why it has become so popular. But the main reason people climb is for rush(刺激感) they get. When I stand at the roof of the wall and look up, I’m always scared, but once I start climbing, fear changes to determination. With my heart pounding(心剧烈跳动), I reach the top and look down. I can’t stop grinning. I did it! Indoor climbing is a great workout(锻炼). Climbing uses muscles(肌肉)that are hard to exercise, especially those in the shoulders, arms, chest and back. Many people say climbing makes exercise fun. Most gyms have several climbing walls with various degrees of difficulty. The easier ones are like climbing a ladder. The difficult ones bulge out(凸出)in places so that climbers must sometimes climb parallel(平行的)with the floor.
Although gym climbing is easier and safer than real rock climbing, you should still be careful. Always climb with a partner. As you climb, your partner pulls you climbing rope through something called a belay device(绳索控制器). The belay catches you if you slip. But make sure your partner knows how to use this equipment. And if you are a first-time climber, get some instruction before you begin.Is indoor climbing cheaper and safer than real rock climbing?
On what do indoor climbers climb?
What are the reasons that make the indoor climbing so popular?
Who should always be with you when you climb?
What does your partner do as you climb?
Which do you think sounds more fun, rock climbing or indoor climbing? Why?
According to a recent study,there are about 70,000 blind children in Indonesia.Among them,60 percent were not born blind.Iyehezkiel Parudani is one of them,who lost his eyesight by accident at age six.He now teaches English to blind students at the Pajajaran Special SchooL Iyehezkiel Parudani says learning English can help blind people feel better about themselves."By learning English,they can be an English teacher,a translator,and a tour guide."Students read using Braille (盲文).To write,they use special tools,too.
Iyehezkiel Parudani says blind people should not let their physical disability influence their dreams.In 2008,he got a chance to study at the University of Texas.Two years later,he got a master's degree in course development there.
"In the US,if I go to the university to study,everything is available﹣like e﹣books,Braille books.Here in Indonesia,you know,it's difficult to find a reference book in e﹣book or in Braille.We have to make it ourselves.In the US,I can move wherever I want because everything designed is really accessible for people with blindness."
Eha Lestari,one of his star students,says learning English has changed her life.She has already traveled to the US with the help of an Indonesia﹣U.S.program."I study English because I love English very much.I want to be a translator because I want to go to the other countries and then I want to meet some people from around the world."
Like her classmates,Eha loves to sing.Here,music is part of daily life.Even the students who do not study English can sing some American pop songs,such as Stand By Me,"Stand by me.Please stand,stand by me.Stand by me…"
Iyehezkiel Parudani says the song has special meaning to the students."In our life,we need other persons.You have to stand by me.Without you standing by me,I'm meaningless."
(1)According to what Iyehezkiel says,learning English can help blind students to .
A.have more chances to get jobs
B.visit English﹣speaking countries
C.get a master's degree easily
D.read Braille books quickly
(2)The underlined word"accessible"in the third paragraph might mean .
A.fun to use
B.easy to reach
C.hard to break
D.safe to choose
(3)From the last two paragraphs,we can infer (推断) that the students .
A.sang songs side by side
B.achieved their dreams
C.had a meaningless life
D.needed help from others
(4)The best title for the passage may be .
A.A Blind Girl Learning English
B.Blind Children Singing Songs
C.A Blind Man Teaching English
D.Blind Teachers Living by Me.
Sports & Activity Day
Sunday,16,July 2016
2:00pm﹣﹣6:00pm
Amk Active Park (Ang Mo Kio Street 15)
Learn A Sport & Play As A Family
Join us for our Sports & Activity Day as we celebrate the Finale of the
Singapore Family Celebrations 2016!
Learn a sport together as a family at our Sporting Centre with many activities
including Amora Mass Dance Training!
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Registration closes by 10July and you can register by SMS to 71819223or email erquire@sfc.sg 9 the following:<Amora Mass Dance Training>,<your name>,<age>and<contact number>.
For more information,call 7771661.There will also be bus services for free at AMK Point on 16,July for all Singapore Family CeLebrations participants(参与者)!
31.The event is mainly designed for .
A.families to gct closer
B.friends to learn to dance
C.children to learn a sport
D.parents to organize a game
32.We can learn from the text that all the participants can .
A.get Amora free gift worth 70
B.register in three different ways
C.call 71819223for more information
D.take a free bus ride at AMK Point on July 16th
33.The text is probably .
A.a story
B.a report
C.a poster
D.a notice.
There are world records at the Olympic Games.But what are the world records in the animal kingdom?
The largest and heaviest animal on earth is the blue whale.It weighs between 110and 120tons.Its heart is the size of a Mini Cooper,It's got the biggest mouth in the world as well.About 100people can fit inside it.But it doesn't eat people!In fact,the biggest thing it can eat is the size of an apple.
The giraffe is smaller than the blue whale but it is also a record breaker.It's the tallest living land animal.It's got the longest neck﹣about 2metres long,and it's got the longest legs﹣about 1.8metres long.Drinking is difficult,but eating from the top of trees is easy!And its tongue is 50cm long!
The most dangerous animal in the world isn't a lion or a bear.It,s an insect!The mosquit﹣oes (蚊子) that carry malaria kill over 1million people a year.After that,the most dangerous animal is the venomous snake.They kill 50,000to 125,000people a year.
46. 47. 48.
A.the mosquito
B.the giraffe
C.the blue whale
49. 50. .
The Year of the Goat was a main reason for the low newborns in 2015,a report said.
There were 16.55million babies born in China last year,about 320,000fewer than 2014,the Year of the Horse,it said.
China began to allow couples where one partner was an only child to have a second child in late 2013,which made 11million couples eligible (符合条件的).
People expected the policy to result in 1million more births compared with 2014.However,that did not happen.There is an old Chinese saying that 9out of 10people born in the Year of the Goat are unlucky in their lives.
It was reported that the decline (下降) was mainly because of the Year of the Goat.China will likely welcome 17.5to 21million newborns yearly in the next five years.
In 2015,the number of women aged 15to 49,considered to be of childbearing age,fell by 5million from 2014,In addition,the group between 20and 29years old,who are main childbearing people,has declined by 1.5million,the report said.
Among babies born last year,the number of first children dropped by 850,000from 2014,or 4.1percent,At the same time,it said.At the same time,the number of the second children increased by 450,000.
The number of Chinese women of childbearing age reached the highest point in 2011 and then began to decline.
42.You can probably read this passage in a(n) .
A.advertisement
B.newspaper
C.guidebook
D.novel
43.According to the report,the number of newborns declined in 2015compared with 2014mainly because of .
A.the Year of the Horse
B.the Year of the Goat
C.the working conditions
D.the living conditions
44.The number of Chinese wowen of childbearing age reached the highest point in .
A.2011
B.2012
C.2013
D.2014
45.From 2010to 2014,the newborn numbers in China .
A.declined every year
B.kept the same
C.increased every year
D.doubled.
I have spent almost a third of my life in china,living and working in this beautiful country.In a sense,China has been and is still my second home But in those past years I had never been to Quzhou.
Some days ago,for the first time in my Chinese life,I stepped into the beautiful city of Quzhou.My impressions of Quzhou city were as I always thought:green countryside,rainy sky,wet air.That was what I imagined for years the south of China would be.When we finally arrived,I was impressed by the elegant (优雅的) city.
Next day we were taken to visit some places not far away from the city.I was not aware of the direction of our short trip,but when we arrived at Lanke mountain and got out of the car,I thought that we had been taken to a fairyland (仙境):the light rain over the green and thick plants,the silvery sky like a heavy blanket and the mystery (神秘) of this mountain made me feel like being part of a picture.
Jiulong Lake was our next step.The mystic atmosphere (气氛) of this place was so strong that I decided to watch the view standing at the top when I stepped into the small boat to sail upstream.Sometimes we were so close to the mountain that we could clearly see the red soil under the plants.I was thinking of the joy to be in a place like Jiulong Lake and how it would be to live among those hills for a while.
The final leg of the day's journey was a primary school.We were welcomed by the smiles on the faces of many young pioneers.The energy of the hundreds of kids made me feel younger for a while,so educated,so polite and so warm that I had no doubt about the future generations of Quzhou people.The people seem to me the best of Quzhou and they will remain in my memories forever.
38.From the passage,we can know the writer .
A.will come to work in Quzhou
B.will leave China soon
C.has lived in China for a longtime
D.has just come to China
39.The writer visited places the next day in Quzhou.
A.two
B.three
C.four
D.five
40.In the writer's eye,Quzhou is .
A.green,rainy,wet and elegant
B.green,large,modern and mystic
C.small,warm,dry and elegant
D.beautiful,dry,modern and mystic
41.What does the writer mean by saying the underlined sentence in Paragh 4?
A.He disliked Jiulong Lake.
B.He hoped to leave three soon.
C.He would swim in Jiulong Lake.
D.He loved Jiulong Lake very much.