In England,factory holidays come mostly in the period between mid-July and mid-August. State schools usually only have six weeks off, from about mid-July to the end of August.
The coast is the most popular place for the English people to spend their holidays, but there are few seaside hotels. Food in British hotels and restaurants is cheap, but rooms are not. Few English people rent(租赁) houses for their holidays, but one of their traditional ways of spending a summer is in a boardinghouse(供膳宿舍). Some boardinghouse keepers give all meals to their guests, others provide breakfast only.
The British may refuse to change the times at which they take their holidays, but they have shown themselves very ready to go to new places. Every year, more Englishmen, women and children go to some parts of Europe. Many take their cars, crossing the channel by ship. When they get home again, they always talk about how they spend their holidays. If you go to England, you may find _______.
| A．the British aren’t interested in traveling to other countries. |
| B．workers usually have their holidays in spring |
| C．you may eat well without paying too much |
| D．hotels and restautants are cheap |
In the passage, a boarding house is a place where________.
| A．guests can be given with food and living rooms |
| B．guests can buy all kinds of things |
| C．guests can have their cars kept |
| D．guests can live and eat without paying any money |
People seldom（很少）rent houses because ________.
| A．they don’t like to live in houses |
| B．they don’t like to live far from the sea |
| C．renting houses cost too much money |
| D．meals are not provided there |
From the passage we know that ________.
| A．factory holidays are as long as school holidays |
| B．school students usually stay away from school for one and a half months in summer |
| C．factory holidays are longer than school holidays |
| D．the new school year begins at the beginning of August |
Which of the following is NOT true?
| A．The British like to travel to foreign countries. |
| B．All the british have been able to travel to foreign countries. |
| C．Those who got home enjoy telling others about their holidays. |
| D．The British are ready to pay visits to some new places they have never been to. |
UNICEF is the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund．
It raises money and helps millions of young people around the world．
There are four main UNICEF projects at the moment：
Under Fives．Every year，ten million young children die．We can stop this．We can give children a better start in life﹣healthy food，a good home and a good school．
Child Workers．Many children do not go to school﹣they work in factories．They often work twelve or fourteen hours a day．And about 300，000children in the world are soldiers（士兵）﹣﹣﹣some are only eight years old! This is wrong and we want to stop it．
Girls' Education．More boys than girls in the world go to school．Some girls do not learn to read or write and later in life they don't get good jobs．Education is good for both boys and girls．We want more girls in schools
Medicine．Every year more than two million children die diseases because they do not have enough medicine．Medicine is not expensive．We give medicine to 40% of the world's children，mainly in Africa and Asia．
Buy UNICEF products﹣cards，T﹣shirts，teddy bears．Is there a UNICEF group in your area？Join
your local group! Raise some money with your friend and give it to UNICEF.17projectsachildfromchildren'sdiseases.40buys clothes for ten.150buyscleanwaterfor250people.500brings vitamins for 16，000children．
44．Which project is mainly for young children？
A．Medicine B．Under Fives
C．Child Workers D．Girls' Education
45．If you want to buy clean water for 500people，how much will you pay？
A.300B.500 C.2，000D.8，500
46．Which of the following is True？
A．UNICEF is an American toy company
B．About 300，000children under 8are soldiers
C．More girls than boys go to school in the world．
D.40% of the world's children get medicine from UNICEF．
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Kitty and Daniel want all their classmates to go for a day out with Betty before she goes back to the USA．They are planning their trip now．Take a look at their plan．
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Time Place Activity 7：30a．m．Sunshine Underground Station Meet everyone by underground 8：30a．m﹣9：00a．m．Tian'anmen Square See the biggest city square on foot in the world． 9：30a．m．﹣﹣﹣12：30p．m．The Palace Museum visit the museum on foot 1：30p．m．﹣4：30p．m．Beihai Park Visit the garden and row by bus boats 4：45p．m﹣﹣﹣6：30p．m．Wangfujing Street Go shopping by underground Sunshine Town |
41．When are Kitty and her classmates going to visit Tian'anmen Square？
A．At 7：30a．m．B．At 8：30a．m．
C．At 1：30p．m．D．At 4：45p．m．
42．How long will they stay in Beihai Park？
A．Half an hour．B．One hour．
C．Two and a half hours．D．Three hours．
43．How are they going to Sunshine Town？
A．By bus B．On foot
C．By car D．By underground．
Save the world's trees
"When it comes to the Earth，there is no time to waste．"says the Earth Day Network．And that is right．Protecting our environment is very important，and World Earth Day was created in 1970to ask more people to protect our environment．On April 22，people around the world celebrate Earth Day．
Every year there is a special topic，and this year it is "Trees for the Earth"，so Earth Day this year will be all about planting trees．They are planning to plant 7.8billion trees within the next five years
That's a big goal，and you might wonder why trees are so important．Because they can take in carbon dioxide （CO2） and protect the air quality（质量）．CO2is a chemical in our atmosphere，but humans make too much of it．Each person makes about 2.3tons a year，which is bad for the environment．
Well guess what! Planting new trees is important because people cut down a huge number of trees．Last year，there were 3trillion trees in the world，about 139billion in China．But according to China Daily，the world's total number has been almost cut in half since human civilization（文明） began．That's because 15billion trees are cut down every year．
So we need to plant more to make up for（弥补）the ones we lost．One tree can take in 21.8kilograms of CO2 per year．And it's still one of the cheapest and best ways to get rid of CO2．
But don't forget that we can also help the environment by cutting down on how much energy（能源） or water we use every day．Every little thing helps．
根据短文内容，回答问题（66﹣69），英译汉（70）．
66．When do people around the world celebrate World Earth Day？
67．What is the topic of Earth Day？
68．Why are trees so important to the earth？
69．How much CO2 can two trees take in each year？
70．Put the sentence "It's still one of the cheapest and best ways to get rid of CO2．"into Chinese．
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Have you ever dreamed about sending a letter to yourself or your friends in the future？While express mail（快递） is a fast way to send your letters，there is another type of mail appearing in China as a new business﹣future mail．
"The letter should be sent next Mother's Day and not a day earlier! "Lin Xiaofan，a college student in Shanghai，tells one of the companies offering the service．
Lin Xiaofan wrote the letter to her mother nearly a year earlier to express her love to her mother for next Mother's Day．
"Offering this service makes people slow down and lets them understand the meaning of‘time' in another way，"said Zheng Zhimin，manager at a "future mail" company．Zheng thinks "future mail" letters help remind us of care，friendship and love．
While "future mail" is becoming more and more popular，some people are wondering what will happen if the postal address changes or if the company goes broken before the letters arrive．
Zheng said customers are glad to sign a contract（签订合同） to make sure that they can be compensated if their letters are lost or damaged．
Most of the customers are college students and young white﹣collar（白领） workers．Psychologists （心理学家） said that young Chinese might have a new way to express their feelings through this service．Most people put their hopes and wishes in the letter so that they can experience the connection（联系） between the past and the present when they receive the letter．
61．"Future mail "is a/an way to send your letter．
A．fast
B．old
C．new
D．cheap
62．The underlined word "compensated" means in Chinese．
A．赔偿
B．完成
C．送达
D．抛弃
63．The "future mail" service is popular among ．
A．junior students
B．college students
C．young children
D．blue﹣collar workers
64．The "future mail" service can help us ．
A．sign a contract
B．express our love and care
C．forget friend ship
D．understand the meaning of "time" in a wrong way
65．You'd better use "future mail" if you want to ．
A．save money from sending express mail
B．send a birthday gift to your friend quickly
C．talk with your friends about your life freely
D．send a your best wishes to yourself on January 1，2020．
A Bite of China
Are you an eating﹣lover？Do you want to eat every delicious food in the world？Then do you watch the popular program A Bite of China？It's a TV program on Chinese delicious food which has been produced by CCTV．Is there any holiday that isn't celebrated with special festival food？Here are several traditional Chinese foods：
Noodles are a symbol of long life in Chinese culture．They are as much a part of Chinese birthday celebration as a birthday cake with its candles lit in many western countries．Since noodles mean long life，it is considered very unlucky to cut it off
Although westerners sometimes may be very sorry to see fish lying on the plate，in China a whole fish is a symbol of richness．In fact，at a party it is a tradition to serve the whole fish last，pointed towards the most valued guest．Fish also has a special meaning because the Chinese word for fish，yu，sounds like the word for richness or plenty，and it is believed that eating fish will help your wishes come true in the year to come．
A very popular dish during the Dragon Boat Festival is Zongzi．This tasty dish is made of rice dumplings with meat，peanuts or other delicious food in bamboo leaves．The tradition of Zongzi is meant to remind us of a great man，Qu Yuan in Chinese history．
（1）A Bite of China is ．
A．a magazine
B．a newspaper
C．a film
D．a TV program
（2）According to the passage，in traditional Chinese culture，people will eat on their birthdays．
A．eggs
B．noodles
C．fish
D．cakes
（3）Fish has a special meaning in Chinese culture mainly because ．
A．it is served last at a party
B．it is pointed to the valued guest
C．it sounds like the word yu in Chinese
D．it is so delicious that all Chinese people like it
（4） in the Dragon Boat Festival makes us think of Qu Yuan．
A．Zongzi
B．Meat
C．Peanuts
D．Dumpling
（5）The article mainly talks about ．
A．Chinese food
B．Chinese history
C．Chinese festival
D．Chinese language．