It’s Friday evening. My daughters, 3 and 9, sigh(叹息) when I gently take the iPads away from their laps. One by one, our screens are turned off. We light the candles and sit down to have a big meal.
Most people in our lives know they will not be able to contact us by using computer or moblie phones for 24 hours. And so it has gone, every week for three years. We call it our “Technology Shabbat(科技安息日)" which lasts from sunset on Friday to sunset on Saturday.
I first understood the importance of disconnecting in 2008, when my father was told that he
had got brain cancer. Some days he would have ony one good hour, and I wasn’t willing to be disturbed when I was with him, so I’d turn off my mobile phone.
Soon after, encouraged by National Day of Unplugging(全国断网断电日) on March 1st, my husband and I decided to unplug for one full day every week.
During our “Technology Shabbats”, time slows. Our Saturdays now feel like mini-vacations. We drive our car or ride our bike. We, with our kids, work in the garden, play board games and cook meals. I feel more balanced. I feel like a better mother, wife and person.
Keeping a balance between the good and the bad of technology is my lasting state. The technology we’ve created makes it possible for us to share knowledge and take in carious ideas all over the world. But the technology also take something away from us. When we stay up late at night linking(连接) from website to website or sending messages or e-mailing, we click again, and again, and again until we’ve overloaded(超负荷的).
When we rush into the time full of high technology, it's necessary for us to pay attention to what we are doing online and when we should go off.
I will always remember the most important thing in my family: “Technology Shabbat".
| A．Only on Sunday. |
| B．From sunset on Friday to sunset on Saturday. |
| C．Only on Friday. |
| D．From sunset on Saturday to sunset on Sunday. |
| A．save energy |
| B．enjoy life together |
| C．stay away from others |
| D．follow National Day of Unplugging |
| A．They drive their car or ride bikes for mini-vacations. |
| B．They light the candles and sit down to have a big meal. |
| C．They work in the garden, play board games and cook meals. |
| D．They stay up late at night linking from website to website. |
Many people do not like to stay at home on holidays．They want to go out to see something different or do something exciting．So people from the country come to the city and people from the city go to the country for holidays．During the holidays，trains，buses and planes are all very busy. It is a little hard to buy train tickets, bus tickets or air tickets．Many people take cars for traveling．
Last May Day my family went to the country by car for our holiday．There was too much traffic on the road，so We had to move very slowly．It took us about an hour to get out of the town. After some time，we came to a farm．It was clean and beautiful．The animals were very cute．We thought it was a nice place for a picnic，so we stopped and took the food, fruit and drinks out of the car. We sat down under a big green tree．Suddenly a strong wind blew and soon it started to rain．We had to run back to our car and have our picnic in the car. Then we drove back home．What a bad trip!
Many people don’t like to stay at home on holidays because __________.
| A．they have much money |
| B．the weather is pretty cool |
| C．they want to see different people |
| D．they want to see something different |
The family went to ______ for holidays last May Day．
| A．the beach | B．the country |
| C．the city | D．the park |
The writer and his／her family went on their holiday _______ last May Day．
| A．by train | B．by plane |
| C．by bus | D．by car |
Last May Day the family trip was ______.
| A．interesting | B．relaxing |
| C．awful | D．exciting |
What is the Chinese meaning of the underlined word“blew”？
| A．蓝色 | B．吹；刮 | C．吹气 | D．卷起 |
Every country has its favorite food．Italians like to eat pizza. Indians like to eat hot food．
Japanese like to eat fish．Often they don’t cook it．
In England，one of the most popular kinds of food is fish and chips．People usually buy it in a fish and chip shop．They put it in paper bags，and take it home，or to their work- place．Sometimes they eat it in the park or on the road．The world's favorite food is American fast
food．If you go to some important cities in the world，you can find people eating hamburgers
and chips．
Fish and chips，and Chinese take-away food are very popular in England．But they are less popular in the USA，they eat take—away food，too，like chicken．But the most popular kind of take—away food is the hamburger．It looks like bread with meat in it．Ham（火腿）is a kind of pork，but the hamburger does not have any pork in it．The beef is inside a kind of cake hamburgers are deliciom．They are also popular in England and Australia．Italians like to eat _________.
| A．dumplings | B．pizza |
| C．hot food | D．fish |
Fish and chips are very popular in _______．
| A．England | B．Australia |
| C．the USA | D．Canada |
Ham is a kind of _______.
| A．pork | B．beef |
| C．fruit | D．vegetable |
The hamburger does not have any ______ in it．
| A．beef | B．pork | C．fish | D．vegetable |
Hamburger is a kind of ________.
| A．meat | B．drink | C．food | D．vegetable |
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Today is Saturday. It is Children’s Day, I get up very early. I go to school at about six. Our school is very clean and beautiful. Birds in the trees sing all the time. Every student wears a white coat. Girls wears beautiful skirts. We sing and dance, run and jump. We look like happy birds.
Our party begins at half past seven. First, we listen to our teachers, and then the programme(节目) begins. Many people sing together on the stage(舞台) . They sing and dance very well. All the teachers and students like watching and listening to them. After the party we play games in the classroom . All of us enjoy the day very much.What day is it today?
____________________________________________When does the party begin?
_____________________________________________What do the children do after the party?
_____________________________________________Do the children have a good time?
_____________________________________________What does the school look like?
______________________________________
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I am Lily. I have a piece of good news to tell you. We have a new apartment(公寓).The rooms are small, but they are all comfortable. There are more rooms here than in our old apartment. This is good because I have my own（自己的）room now. In the old apartment, I must share（分享） a room with my sister.
My bedroom is my favourite（最喜欢的）in our apartment. I can be alone in it. I can read and draw. I can listen to music. I can play games and send my friends e-mails on my computer.
My second favourite room is the kitchen. I like helping my mother cook my meals. She is a very good cook and often teaches me how to make many different kinds of dishes. She lived in Morocco when she was a girl, and she can cook Morocco food. It is delicious.
| Lily’s apartment |
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| The old apartment |
It has fewer rooms and I share a room |
| The new apartment |
The rooms are small, but they are all |
| ·My favourite room is my be ·The |
People eat different things in different parts of the world.
In some countries, people eat rice every day. Sometimes they eat it two or three times a day for breakfast, lunch and supper. They eat rice with meat, fish and vegetables. Some people do not eat some kinds of meat. Muslims (穆斯林)，for example, do not eat pork. Japanese eat lots of fish. They are near the sea. So it is easy for them to get fish.
In Western countries such as Britain, Australia and the USA, the most important food is bread and potatoes. People there can cook potatoes in many different ways.
Some people eat only fruit and vegetables. They do not eat meat or fish or anything from animals. They eat only food from plants (植物). Some people say that food from plants is better than meat. These people are called Vegetarians.What does the underlined word “vegetarians” mean in Chinese?
| A．肉食主义者 | B．生食主义者 |
| C．果食主义者 | D．素食主义者 |
do not eat pork.
| A．Chinese | B．Japanese |
| C．Muslims | D．Americans |
Why do Japanese eat lots of fish?
| A．Because they like fish better than the other food. |
| B．Because it is easy for them to get fish. |
| C．Because fish can give them lots of calories. |
| D．Because they think eating fish can make them clever. |
What is the most important food in Australia?
| A．Fish. | B．Bread. |
| C．Vegetables. | D．Fruit. |
Which one of the following sentences is true?
| A．People in different countries eat different food. |
| B．If you only eat food from animals, you are a vegetarian. |
| C．Food from animals is better than food from plants. |
| D．People in some Western countries can only cook potatoes in one way。 |