阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。请在答题卡上将-优题课

Do you find it difficult to teach your children the alphabet (字母表)？ Here are some creative games for you to solve this problem.
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This is an easy and fun way to teach your child the alphabet. Whenever you drive anywhere, play the ABC game. Have your child find the letter A on road signs _____Once you finish the alphabet you can play again.
Play the Alphabet Hide Away Game
Fill a bag with different objects that start with different letter sounds. For example, you could fill it with a toy car, a book, a pencil, and so on. Show your child all the items in the bag. _____________. Have him find the items only by touching them. Ask him if he can find something that stars with the letter B. Then see if he can find the “book” in your bag just by touching._________
Another Alphabet Games
This game is fun for children and can be fun for adults, too. _______. Start with the letter A. “A is for apple”, “B is for banana”, “C is for cat”, and continue on with all the letters. If your child is older, you can play the game with a theme. For example, tell him to play the alphabet game with fruit or animals. By this way he is learning to sort animals or fruit and also practicing his alphabet.
A. Make an Alphabet Book
B. Then put all the items back in the bag.
C. Have your child paint the letters on the board
D. Play the A B C Game Whenever You Drive Somewhere
E. Start with the letter A and then look for the letters B, C, etc.
F. If your child is young, you can just play a simple game.
G. This game is not only good for learning letters and sounds, but also helps him to use his senses.

By keeping your daily habits healthy, you can add years to your life. Here are some tips for living longer.
Keep daily habits healthy. Many of us are set in our daily habits. We eat the same meal, wear the same clothes, take the same route to work and work the same old job. But what we sometimes fail to recognize is the huge influence that our daily habits can have on our health. It is very important for us to keep our daily habits healthy.
Take some exercise every day. Daily exercise does improve our health. In fact, studies show that daily exercise can add three years to our life. Opportunity for exercise is everywhere—just be creative. Whenever we can, walk to work. It’s really that simple.
Eat a healthy breakfast. Researchers have found that those who eat an early morning meal are less likely to be too fat and get diseases compared with those who don’t.
All in all, eating breakfast is a great and healthy way to start our day.
Have enough sleep. Failing to get at least seven hours of sleep appears to increase the risk of major illnesses including cancer, heart disease, diabetes and many more.
Get chances to communicate. Any social communication can positively affect our physical and mental well-being because we can have more time and chances to communicate with others. All of these can add years to our lives.

A．A lack of quality sleep can shorten our life.

B．Exercise also helps us keep away from illnesses.

C．If we live or work in a tall building, just take the stairs.

D．Breakfast-eaters also report feeling better both mentally and physically.

E. There’s an old saying that says a good friend is cheaper than treatment.
F. Finding time for structured exercise can be pretty much impossible for many people.
G. By making just a few small changes and sticking to them, we can add a few years to our life.

阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。
以下是各种花的信息：
A. Orange flowers: Orange colored flowers suggest lasting love, marriage, fruitfulness and blood relationship. It is the color of showing love. So, try and get orange flowers in the honeymoon room!
B. Red flowers: Red stands for passion, love and danger. Most people know that red flowers, especially roses, are a fantastic gesture and that they are the perfect gift for birthdays and as thank-you presents.
C. Pink flowers: Pink colored flowers mean fresh beginnings and gentle passions. Pink is a color that stands for both the sweetness of youth and emotional maturity.
D. White flowers. White is the color of the circle of life. White flowers stand for peace and purity.
E. Blue flowers: Blue is calming and relaxing. It is an unusual color for flowers. Some of the most popular “blue” flowers include pink & purple shades. Blue flowers stand for calmness and harmony.
F. Yellow flowers: Yellow is a sunny, optimistic color for flowers. Yellow colored flowers, particularly golden colored flowers, stand for hope and happiness, or are given as a symbol of courage and cheerfulness. And yellow roses are for friendship.
以下是一些个人信息，请匹配其要选择的花的种类：
John: He is going to attend his friend Anna’s wedding tomorrow. He is not sure about the color of flowers to choose. The assistant in the flower shop tells him that it is better for brides (newly-married women) to wear tulips as a symbol of faithful love and fruitfulness.
Rose: She lives in Australia, Where Mother’s Day is celebrated on the second Sunday of May, unlike in the UK where it is on a Sunday in March. She is going to see her mother with a carnation meaning “always on my mind”.
Adam: His friend has just passed away. People often go to that occasion with chrysanthemums or lilies in many countries of the world with the meaning of truth and honesty. So he’s going there with them.
Tom: He knows Daisy loves him very much, but he considers her his little sister. Today’s Valentine’s Day, when she is looking forward to his flowers. As her friend, he sends her a bunch of roses in the hope that she can understand what he means.
George: It’s June 6^th today, his good friend Mary’s birthday. He knows June’s flower is a rose or a honeysuckle, which express love and happiness. He’ll buy a bunch of flowers that matches her birthday.（By Michael Shaw）

Looking back on the first twenty years of my life, I feel grateful to have been so healthy and happy. I owe my happiness to so many people and lucky events, but there are many key factors that have guided and supported me in my life. They are my physical health，healthy finances（经济情况） and my family’s happiness.
Health comes first for me, because without health everything else is meaningless. Imagine starting a career without good health. Imagine starting a family without good health. Imagine achieving anything without good health.
Good health is not enough to be happy.Money obviously pays for the basic necessities of life----food, housing, clothing, etc. It is also necessary for other reasons. Money guarantees we always get good medical treatment when we fall ill.
Family is another important factor in having a happy life because it provides the love ,joy, and support that everyone needs. I love my family with all my heart. I get pleasure from their pleasure. I suffer when they suffer. They give me advice when I have misunderstandings with my friends. More importantly, they are always there to share everything with me.
As long as I stay healthy, work hard to earn enough money and share both good times and bad times with my family, I will always be the happiest girl in the world.

A．Money is the most important factor which contributes to a happy life.

B．These three factors are all I need and want in this world.

C．My family help me get through worries, pressures and difficulties.

D．We still need to have money in today’s society.

E. Finally, I’m quite thankful that I am healthy, wealthy and happy.
F. Clearly, good health is much more important than any other aspect of one’s life.
G. Besides, we can also use money for entertainment that can add to our quality of life.

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The Mayan Indians lived in Mexico for thousands of years before the Spanish arrived in the 1500s. The Maya were an intelligent, culturally rich people whose achievements were many. They had farms, beautiful palaces, and cities with many buildings. ___ This knowledge helped them to live a better life than most people of that time, because they could use it to make their lives more comfortable and rewarding.
In ancient Mexico there were many small clearings in the forest. In each clearing was a village with fields of corn, beans, and other crops around it. To clear the land for farms, the Maya cut down trees with stone axes. They planted seeds by digging holes in the ground with pointed sticks. __ But not every Maya had to be a farmer. Some were cloth makers, builders, or priests.
The Maya built large temples to honor the Mayan gods. Skillful workers built cities around these temples. Today, many of these ancient Mayan cities and temples are still standing.
Although the cities that the Maya built were beautiful, and the people worked hard to build them, very few of the people lived in them. Usually, only the priests lived in the cities. The other people lived in small villages in the forests. They lived in small huts with no windows. The walls were made of poles covered with dried mud, and the roof was made of grass or leaves. ____.
Measuring time was important to the Maya. ____ A system was developed for measuring time accurately. Mayan priests made the system to keep track of time. They made a calendar based on their study of the sun, moon and stars. The Mayan calendar was far more accurate than the European calendars of the time.
Around the year 800, the Maya left their villages and beautiful cities, never to return. ____ They may have died from an infectious disease. They may have left because the soil could no longer grow crops. Scientists are still trying to find the lost secrets of the Maya. They are still one of our greatest mysteries.

A．No one knows why this happened.

B．Most Maya lived a simple life close to nature.

C．The Maya were an intelligent, culturally rich people.

D．Farmers needed to know when to plant and harvest their crops.

E. They had to fight against natural disasters as common occurrences.
F. One farmer was able to grow crops that produced food for several people.
G. The Mayan people knew a lot about nature and the world around them.