【推荐2】In the mad rush of day-to-day living, we can often forget to find opportunities for our families to relax and have fun together. But having fun is an essential part of growing up. It’s also critical toward building a strong family.     1    

It builds family bonds. The family that plays together stays together. Family bonds are built when you do something together that is simply fun. These bonds can last a lifetime.     2     Family board game night or a trip to the ice cream shop for Friday night dessert are excellent examples. These are the good times and memories that your children will carry with them forever and can even help them deal with more challenging times in their lives.

    3     The more time a family takes to have fun and enjoy life, the more the kids can discover. Even something as simple as going for a walk can reveal something new. Family fun provides opportunities to mix in a little learning. Consider what you can discover from a family visit to a pond or by building a Lego metropolis together in the basement.

It promotes social skills. The ability to have fun and be fun is an attractive personality trait that children can benefit from in social interactions.     4     They will pick up more quickly on necessary social cues (线索) and will aid them throughout their lives. Examples of these social cues include knowing when they’ve gone too far or when someone else is no longer having fun.     5    

A．It expands the mind.

B．It increases children’s creativity.

C．The following are why family bonds are important.

D．Fun also helps build important family traditions.

E．It helps children build social skills to make friends or deal with new situations.

F．Here are some more reasons why having fun together as a family is essential.

G．The children will also be able to successfully communicate when they’re ready to move

【推荐1】Have you ever noticed how the recital (叙说) of an adventure always finds ready audience? The man with a story of some stirring adventure always takes the floor Men will stop the most important discussion to listen. Women will forget to rock the cradle. Boys and girls will neglect any sport or game. Try it sometime and see how it grips all kinds and all ages. And the reason is that none of us ever really grows up. We are always boys and girls, a little older in years, but with the same nature—alert to the new, questioning, investigating, growing, living; stirred by martial music; thrilled by the sight of the fire-houses dashing madly down the street; lured by tales of subtle intrigue (阴谋)and splendid daring.

It would be sad if men and women ever lost this capacity to be attracted by tales of heroism. The man whose heart leaps for joy at the sight of a heroic deed is the man who will act the hero when his turn comes. No, the love of adventure will never be lost. It is a fundamental part of human nature, just as sentiment (感情) is.

So we reasoned that a magazine edited for this universal hunger of human nature for adventure ought to have a wide appreciation and appeal, and we decided to publish such a magazine and call it ADVENTURE.

It is published as a magazine wherein thousands of men and women can find adventure without being obliged to read through large amounts of stuff they care little about for the sake of getting a little they care a lot about, which is frankly made for the hours when the reader cannot work, or does not wish to, or is too weary to work and made for the reader’s recreation rather than his or her creative hours. If you care for stirring stories (and who does not?) —if you wish to get away for a brief time from the hard grind of the daily mill so that you can come back to it again with renewed passion and courage to walk through the knotty problems and nagging limitations, get a copy of Adventure.

You can get away for such a trip every month for 15 cents or you can get a season ticket entitling you to twelve trips for $1.50. No other kind of story in the magazine; just Adventure Stories. Fact-stories as well as fiction stories .If you don’t like that kind, don’t buy; but if you do like that kind, Adventure is sure to delight you.

1. Which of the following statement is TURE about man’s sense of adventure?

A．People are increasingly attracted by adventures as they grow.

B．The sense of adventure is rooted in a childhood curiosity.

C．Adventure stories are more attractive when told with sentiment.

D．Only children with curiosity grow into adults fond of adventures.

2. What’s the meaning of “grip” in the first paragraph?

A．to draw a clear line between	B．to capture the attention of
C．to affect the way people think	D．to give equal treatment to

3. In what way does the writer think the magazine ADVENTURE can affect its readers?

A．It reminds its work-burdened life driven readers of good old days.

B．It helps them regain their adventurous selves lost in tough life.

C．It offers a refreshing escape from long weary working hours.

D．It encourages them to face the toughness of life and work.

4. What is NOT TRUE about the purchase of Adventure?

A．One can buy one copy for 15 cents.	B．Adventure is available one issue a month,
C．It contains fictional and true stories.	D．Season ticket holders can enjoy free tours.

5. What is the main purpose of this article?

A．To instruct publishers in how to produce a popular magazine.

B．To explore the psychological cause and impact of adventure.

C．To attract potential readers by giving the editorial philosophy.

D．To recommend to working people a refreshing way of recreation.

【推荐2】The world is full of great books, just waiting to be read. How can you pick one you'll really like? Here are some tips：

Depend on your hobby. If you have a favorite hobby, look for books about that activity.    1    You're more likely to enjoy reading a book if you're already interested in its subject.

Choose fiction or nonfiction.    2    Those are called fiction books. These books can transport you to another world or help you imagine something beyond your own experience. Nonfiction books tell stories using facts, but that doesn't mean they're boring. Nonfiction books can bring to life everything from the first trip to the moon to what it's like to explore the deepest oceans.

    3    Your local library is a great place to find books that you love. Tell a librarian about your interests, and the librarian can help you find other books that you're sure to love. Your teacher is another good person to ask.

Find a family favorite. What was your mother’s favorite book when she was your age? What's about your father's? Ask them and give it a read. Then you can talk about what they like about it and share your thoughts.    4    

Launch a book exchange.    5    It's always fun to see what your friends are reading. Even if they're not exactly bookworms, you can all encourage each other to read and share books and authors you like. You also can look for book exchanges in your area. It's a great way to build your personal library for free!

A．Ask someone for help.

B．Learn to be a professional.

C．You should read as many books as possible.

D．Some books are entirely made up and imagined.

E．You can find books about almost anything you like.

F．It’s a fun way to get to know your family a little better.

G．Why not get some friends together and exchange favorite books?

【推荐3】Reading books can exercise your brain. Kids who started reading at an earlier age go on to perform better on certain intelligence tests, such as analyses of their vocabulary size. As one gets older, it might help slow down or even cease cognitive decline.     1     Many Americans don't read frequently. It's time to reverse this trend to give your brain gray matter a good workout.

    2    When you have some down time—you're waiting for a friend, sleeping lightly on the way from or to work, or doing a task that doesn't require your full attention—you can open your text instead of pulling up your favorite smartphone game.     3     While paper is still the clear winner in the court of public opinion, science hasn't proven that physical books are better than digital ones.

Academic research has mostly focused on the ability to remember. A study took place in a laboratory setting： Students all read the same text, but some looked at the words on paper and others viewed an on-screen PDF. It turned out that no meaningful difference between the two media existed. As for audiobooks, they affected the brain gray matter somewhat differently.     4    

Ultimately, if you hope to get a reading habit going, you shouldn't dismiss paper digital, or audio—    5     Don't be afraid to change things up depending on the occasion.

A．Audiobooks still affect your thoughts and feelings.

B．Go with what makes the most sense for your needs.

C．Words on a page can improve the emotional intelligence.

D．This brings about a great debate: pages vs screens vs audio.

E．Keep a book, e-reader, or audiobook app on you as you go about the day.

F．Despite this, the overall book-reading time for Americans is on the decline.

G．However, they stimulated the brain just as deeply as black-and-white pages.