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Going on holidays is best choice for the Europeans to relax themselves, especially in the UK. However, much has changed during the past decades(几十年).
One of the most traditional British holidays was the “seaside holiday”. Families got on a train or into a car and traveled to seaside towns nearby to sunbathe on the beach, buy ice-creams and eat fish and chips and so on.
In the late 1970s, more and more British people started traveling to other countries in Europe for their summer holidays (July-August) because the weather wasn’t very good, even in summer. The “package holiday” was particularly popular with most families.
In the 1980s and 1990s, young people in the UK became wealthier, so many of them traveled to countries all over the world for their holidays.
These years, especially after the world financial crisis(金融危机), most British people can not afford to spend their holidays abroad. They again begin to choose to stay in their own home and go on a few day trips rather than spending money on hotels. They call this sort of vacation a “staycation”.
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Time
Kind of holiday
Reason
Before the late 1970s
________
It was a tradition.
In the late 1970s
Package holiday
______
__________
Overseas holiday
Young people became wealthier.
These years
________
The world financial crisis.
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On very cold winter days , a group of Japanese children travelled a long way and arrived at a small island where nobody lived. After setting up a camp, they caught fish in the sea, and walked on the snow to find firewood , wild fruit and fresh water. Then they made a fire to do some cooking. They were not homeless children or modern Robinson. They were all pupils from a primary school and campers of special “ hardship (艰苦) camp”.
Every year primary and middle schools in Japan organize such camps to train the children’s spirit of bearing (忍受) hardship. Such places as thick forests and far-off mountains are chosen as camp places.
The Japanese education circles usually think it necessary to give children chances of suffering hardships. Children in Japan now may hardly find times of hardships, because of the rapid growth of national economy and improvement in the people’s living conditions. The experts think that such hardship camps can help children learn to live and develop in the struggle against nature in modern society.
It’s said that such hardship camps are warmly accepted by both Japanese school children and their parents.
Many Japanese children set up camps in far-off mountains or forests to ____________.

A.be modern Robinson B.experience hardships
C.stay away from the troubles at home D.enjoy travelling

Children in Japan now hardly find times of hardships because _________________.

A.they have too much homework to do every day.
B.their parents do most of the things for them
C.their living conditions are greatly improved
D.they don’t get out often

It seems that hardship camps are _________ in Japan.

A.getting fewer and fewer B.very popular
C.not necessary among the children D.good to those who are homeless

What one group of children did on a small island would help them to learn __________.

A.how to travel in places where nobody lived
B.about islands and seas
C.what to do at home or school
D.to live in the struggle against nature

What does the underlined word “ spirit ” mean in Chinese in the second passage ?
态度 B. 精神 C. 状态 D. 条件

Watch a good teacher, and you will see that he does not sit still before his class: he stands the whole time he is teaching; he walks about, using his arms, hands and fingers to help him in his explanations, and his face to express feelings. Listen to him, and you will notice the loudness, the quality and the musical note of his voice always change according to what he is talking about.
The fact that a good teacher has some of the gifts(天赋) of a good actor doesn’t mean that he will indeed be able to act well on the stage, for there are very important differences between the teacher’s work and the actor’s. The actor has to speak words which he has learnt by heart; he has to repeat exactly the same words each time he plays a certain part, even his movements and the ways in which he uses his voice are usually fixed beforehand(预先). What he has to do is to make all these carefully learnt words and actions seem natural on the stage.
A good teacher works in quite a different way. His audience take an active part in his play: they ask and answer questions, they obey orders, and if they don’t understand something, they say so. The teacher therefore has to meet the needs of his audience, which is in his class. He cannot learn his part by heart, but must invent it as he goes along.
I have known many teachers who were fine actors in class but were unable to take part in a stage-play because they could not keep strictly to what another had written.
The word “audience” in the third paragraph means ________.

A.students
B.people who watch a play
C.people who are not on the stage
D.people who listen to something

Students in a good teacher’s class are always ________.

A.active B.quiet C.noisy D.sad

In what way is a teacher’s work different from an actor’s?

A.The teacher must learn everything by heart.
B.He knows how to control his voice better than an actor.
C.He has to deal with unexpected(未预料到)situations.
D.He has to use more facial expression.

From the passage, we can infer(推断) ________________.

A.Teachers have to learn by heart what they are going to say in class.
B.A teacher cannot decide beforehand what exactly he is going to say in class.
C.A teacher must speak louder than an actor.
D.A teacher must have a better memory than an actor.

Albert was an ordinary worker in an oil company in America. His workmates gave a nickname(绰号)“Four dollars a bucket of oil” below his name whenever and wherever he wrote down his name.
As time went by, people forgot his real name. Later, when Rockefeller, the board chairman(董事长)of the oil company, heard of it, he was very surprised, so he invited Albert to come to his office.
“Some people give you a nickname for ‘Four dollars a bucket’. Why aren’t you angry?” asked Rockefeller with some puzzlement in his eyes.
“Oh! Mr. Rockefeller! I like this nickname very much, because ‘Four dollars a bucket’ is our company’s advertisement. As long as someone calls me‘ Four dollars a bucket’ once, I think it’s free advertisement for our company. It’s not necessary for me to get angry. Don’t you think so , Mr. Rockefeller?”
“Oh! What a wonderful man!” Rockefeller said excitedly when hearing Albert’s words “Young man! Work harder, you must be successful in the future! I believe in you!”
Five years later, Albert became the second board chairman after Rockefeller.
Later Albert said in one of his reports, “I don’t think we should feel frustrated when we have no way to do the world-shaking things. We should treat every thing actively because maybe our future success will begin from a small thing!”
What was Albert in The oil company at the beginning?

A.A worker. B.An assistant. C.A manager. D.The second board chairman.

Why wasn’t Albert angry about his nickname?

A.He liked to have a nickname.
B.It could make his workmates happy.
C.He could become famous.
D.It was a free advertisement for his company.

What is the main idea of this passage?

A.Rockefeller asked young people to work harder.
B.It’s very important to do small things well.
C.You can’t get angry when someone calls your nickname.
D.You should make more advertisements for your company.

What would be the best title for this passage?

A.I Believe in You B.Albert and Rockefeller
C.Four Dollars a Bucket D.The Second Board Chairman

Today, roller-skating is easy and fun. But a long time ago, it wasn’t easy at all. Before 1750, no one had any ideas of roller-skating. That changed because of a man named Joseph Merlin. He liked to make things and play the violin in his free time. Joseph Merlin was a man of ideas and dreams. People called him a dreamer.
One day Merlin was invited to a party. He was very pleased and a little excited. As the day of the party came near, Merlin began to think how to make an amazing entrance at the party. He had an idea. He thought everyone at the party would show much interest if he could skate into the room.
Merlin tried different ways to make himself roll. Finally, he decided to put two wheels under each shoe. These were the first roller skates. Merlin was proud of his invention and dreamed of arrived at the party on wheels while playing the violin.
On the night of the party Merlin rolled into the room playing his violin. Everyone was surprised to see him. There was just one problem. Merlin had no way to stop his roller skates. He rolled on and on. Suddenly, he ran into a huge mirror that was hanging on the wall. The mirror fell down, breaking into pieces. Merlin’s idea was so good that nobody forgot his special entrance for a long time. But could he find out a way to stop his roller skates?
People thought Merlin was a dreamer because he __________.

A.dreamed day and night B.liked making things
C.was an interesting man D.was full of strange ideas.

Merlin wanted to _________, so he put wheels under his shoes.

A.play the violin well B.arrive at the party sooner
C.be taller than the others D.surprise the people at the party

What did the writer want to tell us in the last paragraph(段落)?

A.Merlin made a lot of trouble.
B.Roller skates should be improved.
C.The people were angry with Merlin.
D.Merlin was strong enough to break the mirror into pieces.

Which of the following is TRUE?

A.Nothing happened to Merlin at the party.
B.Merlin made a surprising entrance that day.
C.No one noticed Merlin when he entered the room.
D.Merlin couldn’t sleep well because he dreamed a lot.

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If you dial (拨号)66387901,you can __________.

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