【推荐1】How to plan for a perfect holiday

People often dream of a perfect holiday with white sands, blue beaches and so on. But sometimes planning a trip can be difficult. Here are some tips to make your holiday a memorable one.

● Set a budget. Before making a plan for the holiday, the most important thing is to plan how money will be spent.     1    

● Plan ahead. The first thing you need to do is to be sure of what you need from this trip. Do you want to experience the local culture or just have fun on those sandy beaches?     2    

● Read up before you go.     3    . Buy a good guidebook and read up on the culture, history, local attractions of the place. You can also surf the internet for more information. The more you know, the better you can enjoy the place and its traditions.

● Pack light and right.     4     Avoid carrying unnecessary things around. A heavy luggage may sometimes influence your holiday spirit. Carry clothes that are comfortable and right for the season. Try to put everything you need in a single carry-on bag.

●     5     Unreasonable expectations can lead to a lot of stress. So enjoy each moment, whether good or bad.

A．You had better look for information before visiting an unknown holiday place.

B．All you need is to get away from busy people and the world.

C．Always book your stay.

D．Have realistic expectations.

E．It helps you to plan and enjoy the trip within your limits of money.

F．Pack only the important things.

G．You can plan your trip according to your needs and likes.

【推荐2】请认真阅读下列短文,并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。注意:每个空格只填1个单词。请将答案写在答题卡上相应题号的横线上

Holidays are good for workers and companies alike

The swimming suits have been dug out of drawers. The beach shoes have been brought back from the shed. Tens of millions are about to go on their annual holiday. They will go away for at least a week.

A vacation means workers get more sleep without the early-morning alarm. In addition, they no longer suffer the pain of the daily transport: the crowded railway carriages or roads And best of all, there are no meetings to suffer. In short, holidays reduce stress.

It also gives workers a chance to recharge their mental batteries. Heading to a new location allows employees to clear their thoughts. After all,there is more to life than spreadsheets(电子数据表) and sales forecasts. For those on vacation, the occasional work-related thought might occur when walking quietly along the beach, or through a wood. Often such ideas will be all the more original for being dreamed up in a moment of relaxation.

Although it does lead to crowded traffic, there is something to be said for the European tradition of taking holidays in August. The predictability of the season means that companies can adjust their plans accordingly. Even those people who are in the office can enjoy an easier pace of life. Most of their customers and suppliers are on a break so there is not much that anyone can do.

Indeed, just as employees need a break from the workplace, companies sometimes need a break from   their employees. After a trading scandal(丑闻) at Societe Generale, a French bank recommended that all traders take a two-week break at some point in the year. The aim was to make sure that any unusual dealing patterns would be discovered while the employee who was suspected of doing something improper was away from his desk.

Senior managers can also benefit from seeing what happens when their juniors head to the beach.Does office efficiency improve as soon as a mid-level manager disappears? If so, this suggests that he or she is not running the department well. Does an underling(下属) do a good job when the boss is away? In that case, they may need a promotion.

Work can be annoying but, as any unemployed person will tell you, it is better than the alternative. . It gives purpose to people's days and, on occasion, can even be fun. But not every day.Some days it is better to be reading a book. By a pool, in the sunshine.

Holidays are good for workers and companies alike
Introduction	Searching for swimming suits and beach shoes, many people are busy Making     1     for their upcoming holidays
2    of taking holidays	For workers	●When on holiday, workers will feel less stressed, getting more sleep and enjoying     3     A from painful transport and boring meetings ● Mental batteries     4     more likely to come up with new ideas related to their work ●Those who don't go on holiday can also live an     5     life, because the majority of their customers and suppliers are on a break.
	For     6	●Holidays are good opportunities for the     7     of unusual dealing patterns in a company. ●Holidays are good opportunities for senior managers to see whether a mid-level manager runs a department well or whether     8     needs a promotion.
Conclusion	●Although work can     9     us, it is better than unemployment. So find     10     in your work and holiday.

【推荐3】I can’t think of a better way of appreciating a new culture than by taking part in one of its festivals. Some festivals are celebrated by an entire country, while others many be unique to a single city. Festivals play an important role in a certain culture. Just enjoy them!
Batalla del Vino—Haro, Spain
For many years, June 29th is a good day to visit Haro, Spain. Bring a bottle of wine and prepare to be washed in red wine in the heart of Spain’s grape-growing area. After a church ceremony, crowds flock（集结）to the hills for the battle, where white shirts will be made bright purple by the end of the morning.
Bay to Breakers—San Francisco, California
Created after the terrible 1906 earthquake as a way of encouraging people, the race has become one of the region’s most important events. Held every year on the third Sunday of May, the race runs through the city from the Bay to the Pacific Breakers. The real highlight, however, is the thousands of people dressed up in a show.
Pillow Fight Day—Worldwide
These events are organized mainly through the Internet. Tens of thousands of people participated in the 4th annual International Pillow Fight Day on April 2,2013. From London to Vancouver to many other cities, the festivals were held in more than 100 countries. So just bring a soft pillow in early April, and watch feathers flying.
Koninginnedag— The Netherlands
Although their Queen’s birthday is really during the winter, she celebrates it on April 30th — the country’s official “Queen’s Day” since 1949.
Orange is the national color, and the streets become a sea of shining wigs（假发）and body paints, as crowds gather in the squares and on boats in the canals. Amsterdam is the center of this outdoor party, but nearly every town is alive with orange on this day.
1. People celebrated Batalla del Vino by ____.

A．wearing bright purple shirts

B．pouring wine onto others’ white shirts

C．flocking to the hills after a ceremony

D．holding a drinking wine competition

2. The underlined word “highlight” in the passage means ____.

A．the most exciting part	B．the brightest part
C．the highest part	D．the hardest part

3. Which of the festivals has the shortest history?

A．Batalla del Vino.	B．Bay to Breakers.
C．Pillow Fight Day.	D．Koninginnedag.

4. Which of the statements is NOT true?

A．June 29th is a good day to visit Haro, Spain.

B．The race is held every year to encourage people.

C．Pillow Fight Day is held in more than 100 countries.

D．The Queen of the Netherlands was born on April 30th.

【推荐3】Whenever we turn on the TV or radio, read the newspapers and surf the Internet, we’ll see the word “diet”. We have so easily been attracted by the promise of diet products that we have stopped thinking about what diet products are doing to us. We are paying for products that do bad things to us psychologically (心理地) and physically (身体地).

It’s obvious that diet products weaken us psychologically. They allow us to jump over the thinking stage that our weight problems lie not in actually losing the weight, but in controlling the consumption (消耗) of fat. All we have to do is to recognize the word “diet”on food labels (标签).

What’s more, diet products have greater psychological effects. Every time we have a zero-calorie (卡路里) drink, we are telling ourselves that we don’t have to work to get results. Diet products make people believe that gain comes without pain, and that life can be without doing exercises.

As a matter of fact, the danger that diet products bring not only lies in the psychological effects they have on us, but also in the physical harm they cause. Diet foods and diet pills contain zero calorie only because the diet industry has created chemicals (化学品) to produce these wonder products. And they can indirectly harm our bodies because having them instead of healthy foods means we are stopping our bodies having basic nutrients. Diet products may not be nutritional (营养的), and the chemicals that go into diet products are dangerous.

Losing weight lies in the power of minds, not in the power of chemicals. Think twice before buying diet products. Once we realize this, we will be much better able to resist diet products, and therefore, prevent the psychological and physical harm that comes from using them.

1. What can we learn from Paragraph 1?

A．Diet products are misleading people.

B．People have trouble choosing diet products.

C．People should not watch TV or turn on radio.

D．Diet products are in our daily life.

2. What is the psychological effect of diet products?

A．People tend to think before they enjoy diet products.

B．People tend to pay attention to their daily diet.

C．People tend to watch their weight rather than their diet.

D．People tend to try out many kinds of diet products.

3. What is the meaning of the underlined part in Paragraph 3?

A．Diet products cause no pain.

B．We should put on weight.

C．Diet products are free of fat and calories.

D．Losing weight is easy.

4. Why do diet products indirectly harm people physically?

A．Diet products are short of basic nutrients.

B．Diet products are rich in chemicals.

C．Diet products must be wonderful products.

D．Diet products are healthy food.