【推荐1】Travel can be a lifesaver. The right vacation at the right time can give new life to your whole year, not to mention your body and mind. But in today's economy, with airlines adding new fees almost daily and ticket prices sharply on the rise, many have canceled travel as it is too expensive.     1    

Early bird gets the deal. Travel experts say that there are certain times of day when more deals are available.     2    Early morning is when the fares tend to be lowest, but it is a good idea to check every five hours to track prices as they change throughout the day. Also, it's a good idea to check again at 5 p.m. when the airlines are trying hardest to fill empty seats.

Avoid the crowds.     3    . The lowest time of the year for travel is in the Fall between Labor Day and Thanksgiving. Again, to try and fill more vacant (空着的) seats, the airlines will lower prices and offer better deals to get people to fly during this time of the year.

Right time, “wrong” place? By flying to popular destinations at unpopular times, you can secure the best prices from travel companies and airlines. Here's where flexibility in your planning can pay off. Going to the airline websites and planning your vacation around the best ticket prices offered can result in a fun, cost-effective vacation.     4    

    5     Many times the best deals on airfare can be found as part of a package rate. Most travel sites have package rates available and they are definitely worth a look. Often, the entire package (hotel, airfare, rental car) is cheaper than just the plane ticket on another site.

A．Package Deals.

B．Save Money,and Save Time.

C．Fly to popular places at unpopular times.

D．These deals are especially good on last minute package.

E．Airfares can change three times a day as airlines adjust their prices to fill up flights.

F．And maybe it can widen your horizons to a place you might never have considered.

G．However,with a few tricks,there are still many great deals to be had on air tickets.

【推荐2】Food safety is a problem in all places around the world and people in different areas of the world prepare foods in different ways. The WHO released five simple rules for preparing food in a safe way.     1    .

Keys 1: Keep clean

The first key tells about the importance of washing. —Before touching food while they are preparing food, and any time after they go to the toilet, people should wash their hands often.     2    . Keeping everything clean helps people to avoid micro-organisms.

Keys 2: Separate raw and cooked

People should separate raw, or uncooked food from foods that are already cooked and foods that will not be cooked.     3    , chicken, and fish in containers, or in separate areas. Raw foods should not touch prepared foods.

Keys 3:     4    

People should cook eggs and meat, like birds, seafood, and animals, especially carefully. These foods may carry more micro-organisms than other foods. Food like soup must be boiled for at least a minute to make it be cooked completely. It is also important that people re-heat cooked food completely.

Keys 4: Keep food at safe temperatures.

    5    , they should keep the leftover (吃剩的食物) in a refrigerator below 5℃ and shouldn’t store it for too long. At room temperature, about 20℃, the amount of micro-organisms can increase very quickly. But temperatures above 60℃ or below 5℃ control the growth of micro-organisms. They cannot grow so quickly in a very hot or very cold environment.

Keys 5: Use safe water and raw materials

People should use safe water and choose fresh foods. Damaged or old food may develop harmful chemicals as it gets older.

A．When people are finished with eating

B．Eat cooked food immediately, while it is still hot

C．They call these rules the “Five Keys to Safer Food”

D．People should wash all surfaces and equipment used for preparing food

E．Cook completely

F．People should also protect cooking areas and food from insects and animals

G．People should store raw meat

【推荐3】As a teenager, you may listen to stories often. But have you ever been a storyteller?     1    The following are some tips:

Who will listen?

Will you tell your story to children of your own age? Will they are friends or young people you haven’t met before? Perhaps you will tell it to younger children. Or, will it be an audience of adults?    2    

Why are you telling it?

    3    Knowing why you are telling it may be the most helpful reason for choosing a story for a particular audience. Many storytellers choose tales just to entertain(娱乐). They tell jokes or silly stories. Others want to teach something, such as how to be kinder to animals, the environment, or other people.     4     Some babysitters tell stories to help children feel not afraid of thunder, lightning or scary shadows in their rooms. Others want to make people think or to help people remember. Some like to tighten other audiences with ghost stories.

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How you tell your story and what story helpers you use depend on where you will be speaking. Will you be taking at an evening party, in your classroom, in a library storytelling program, at a family dinner, at a museum, at a storytelling festival, or during a religious program?

A．One storyteller likes to encourage his listeners to try new things.

B．Will it be just a few people, a small group, or a large audience?

C．Generally, a story should be interesting.

D．Where will you speak?

E．When will you speak?

F．There are many reasons for telling a story.

G．And do you know how to tell a story?

【推荐2】After bikes and umbrellas are made sharable across China, some companies started eyeing the fitness market, so shared gym rooms have hit the streets in Beijing.

Unlike common gyms that provide large, open spaces for many members to share at the same time, the newly built shared gym rooms are small, stand-alone rooms for a person to use, often set up near living communities.

Every four-square-meter room is equipped with a treadmill (跑步机), an air cleaner, a mirror, a television and an air conditioner, and users can let down the curtains for privacy. When exercising, users can listen to music, watch movies and check emails by connecting to the Internet by the screen fixed on the treadmill. There’s no shower or washbasin.

Similar to using a shared bike, users can locate a shared gym room by smartphone application, book a room in advance and then need to scan a QR code for use. A refundable deposit (保证金) of 99 yuan is required, and users are charged 1 yuan every 5 minutes.

The shared gym rooms are created by Misspao, a Beijng-based technology company founded in July. Within several months since it was founded, the company has already raised over 100 million yuan, Yicai Global reports. The idea of the shared fitness experience is not entirely nascent. Last December, the Shanghai-based technology company VRUN set up shared treadmills in office and apartment buildings.

The sharing economy is still becoming popular in China. According to Yicai Global, confident investors are pouring millions into sharing start-ups. In March, the State Information Center published a report which predicts that the total value of China’s sharing economy will see a yearly growth of 40% in the coming years, and it is expected to make a great contribution to the country’s GDP.

1. What makes the shared gym room different from the common one?

A．Offering open spaces.

B．Standing in the living zone.

C．Holding one person a time.

D．Having some advanced equipment.

2. What do people need to do to use the shared gym room?

A．Use a smartphone.

B．Pay 100 yuan first.

C．Let down curtains for privacy.

D．Have a shower before exercise.

3. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

A．Misspao is the first to have the idea of the shared fitness experience.

B．VRUN set up shared gym rooms last December.

C．The total value of China’s sharing economy has grown by 40%.

D．Some investors are confident in the sharing economy.

4. What is the author’s purpose of writing the text?

A．To introduce shared gym rooms.

B．To advertise a technology company.

C．To support the shared gym rooms.

D．To predict the future of shared gym rooms.