【推荐1】Normally, kids have curiosity(好奇) about everything around them including animals. As a parent you are willing to teach everything to our children because you want to develop their EQ and IQ. But a few people have some troubles in how to introduce animals to their kids. Here I have some advice on how to do that.

1. Visiting a zoo.

This way must be the best choice to choose. If you have free time or maybe on holiday you can take your children to the zoo. Kids usually are excited to see live animals and feed them if possible. It can be an unforgettable moment for your children when they visit so many animals in a place. Parents can describe an animal to their children so they can learn something about that animal.

2. Doing a coloring activity.

If you have not free time or just have a short time, you can choose this. Actually doing animal coloring activity is mostly used by parents and teachers to tell children about an animal. You can download free animal coloring pages through the internet or you can buy your children an animal coloring book.

3. Doing a paper craft.

If it sounds difficult you can skip this method. Just forget it. Generally, the difficulty level depends on your paper craft models. You can find free animal paper crafts on the internet but make sure of the difficulty level. Remember your purpose is not about how beautiful your paper crafts are but to describe an animal to your children.

4. Story telling.

Have you heard about an animal story when you were a child? You still remember it? How about the character of those animals? Yeah! It is still in your mind. You can buy a story book of animals and read it for your children.

There are also many other ways and everything needed here is just the creativity to connect it with the children and make them enjoy and have fun with your activities.

1. What’s the purpose of this passage?

A．To satisfy the curiosity of the kids.

B．To develop children’s EQ and IQ.

C．To give parents and teachers advice on how to introduce animals to kids.

D．To introduce some activities to let parents know more about their kids.

2. In the author’s opinion, which is the best way to let a kid know something about an animal?

A．Visiting a zoo	B．Doing a coloring activity
C．Doing a paper craft	D．Telling a story

3. If you are busy, which activity can you choose?

A．Download some beautiful paper crafts on the internet.

B．Buy your kid an animal coloring book.

C．Give your kid an unforgettable moment to visit many animals in a place.

D．Buy your kid a story book.

4. According to the author, what matters most in whatever activities you design for your children?

A．fun

B．joy

C．imagination

D．creativity

【推荐2】How to Live a Happy

Happiness is what we need most with the increase of Pressure in modern life.    1    Fortunately, this is not the case. everyone has the ability to hang on to happiness with his own efforts. The following methods may lead you to long- lasting happiness

●Take exercise. Other than health benefits that are too numerous to mention, exercise makes you smarter, happier, improves sleep, and makes you feel better about your body.     2     Keeping in touch wilt nature can help you reduce stress, make you more creative, improve your memory and may even make you a better person.

●     3    Relationships are worth more than you think. Not feeling socially connected can make you stupider and kill you. Loneliness can lead to heart attack. stroke and diabetes. On the other hand. studies have shown that the longest-lived people on the planet all place a strong emphasis on social engagement.

●Challenge yourself.     4     Music lessons increase intelligence. Challenging your beliefs strengthens your mind. Increasing willpower just takes a little effort each day and it's more responsible for your success than IQ. Not getting an education or taking advantage of opportunities are two of the things people look back on their lives and regret the most.

●Laugh. Laughter has similar effects to physical exercise. It increases blood pressure, the heart rate and the rate of breathing; it also works several groups of muscles in the face, the stomach, and the feet. It can even reduce the effect of pain on the body. Humor is a good way to cause laughter,     5    

A．Spend time with friends and family

B．Do something kind for the people you care about

C．However, sometimes it seems far away from us

D．Learning another language can keep your mind sharp

E．Life is always full of hope

F．It would be better if you take exercise in nature

G．Just thinking about funny moments or things can help a lot.

【推荐2】Globally, around 14 percent of food produced is lost between harvest and retail (零售). Farmers throw away a significant share of their crop due to factors beyond their control, such as produce not meeting supermarket standards for shape or size, unexpected weather patterns changing harvest times and yield as well as a shortage of pickers. These factors and others leave farmers with extra crops on their hands.

Gleaning — collecting leftover crops from farmers’ fields after they haven’t been harvested or commercial use — may contribute to tackling the problem. In Britain, a growing network of volunteer gleaning groups are being welcomed into farmers’ fields to collect tonnes of free produce. The produce would then be given to local food banks, which would otherwise be left to rot after the commercial harvest.

The charity Feedback told The Times that its number of gleaning groups across England had risen from five in 2017 to twenty last year. Feedback’s overall aim is for closer links between farmers and the communities they feed.

Holly Whitelaw, 52, from St Just in Penwith, set up the Cornwall Gleaning Network last year after watching a BBC series that highlighted food poverty in Cornwall. She contacted Feedback which gave her a £2, 000 grant (拨款) to get insurance, knives, and cut-proof gloves. She set up a Facebook page, found willing volunteers and then managed to get a £10, 000 grant from Feeding Britain, a national network of anti-hunger partnerships, to establish seven coordinators across the county and pay for more knives and gloves. They also raised funds to buy a pick-up truck. As a thank you to the farmers, they have begun planting trees to reduce wind speed across their land, preventing damage to crops and minimizing soil erosion.

Gleaning offers an opportunity for environmental win by reducing food waste on the farm. Also, it has a social benefit, as the collected fresh food can be donated to charity organizations and food banks to support those in need.

1. According to the passage, which of the following has little impact on crop waste?

A．Produce in poor quality.

B．Lack of labor on the farm.

C．Increasing supermarket orders.

D．Changeable weather conditions.

2. What might help Whitelaw generate the idea of gleaning?

A．A grand from the charity Feedback.

B．Feedback’s overall aim for closer links.

C．Communities and volunteers’ joint effort.

D．A TV series revealing regional food poverty.

3. What can we learn about the practice of gleaning from the passage?

A．It proves rewarding.

B．It needs to be more creative.

C．It is physically challenging.

D．It takes ages to see the result.

4. What is the author’s purpose in writing the passage?

A．To set a new standard for farming.

B．To explain the reasons for overproduction.

C．To gather the information about produce in Britain.

D．To introduce a solution to the problem of food waste.

【推荐3】Ever keen to keep you saving, we’ve come up with three more great ideas to keep money in your pockets.

Pay in cash

Pay in cash rather than stick everything on a card to worry about later — that way, money seems more ‘real’. By doing this, you can actually get a sense of what you’re spending. But don’t make repeated trips to the cash-point(取款机) every day, spending randomly your hard-earned money bit by bit. Instead, make one withdrawal at the start of the week, then put your cards away and set yourself a cash budget.

DIY

Fancy making your own bookshelves or turning a scarf into a skirt? There are plenty of sites that will teach you clever new tricks with old junk, from threading a string bracelet(手镯) to building your own shoe containers from recycled tins. These enlightening ideas will transform your home and wardrobe(衣橱) and, even if you’re usually all fingers and thumbs, this can be done easily in less than an hour. A few minutes exploring for ‘DIY crafts’ online provides plenty of cheap creative ideas.

Cut back online shopping

We’ve all done it, surfed the net at lunch or late at night, aimlessly dropping virtual bargains in our virtual basket and hitting the virtual checkout button. However, the resulting damage to your bank balance is all too real. Why do you think online retailers(零售商) keep your credit card details on file? So you can just press ‘Buy’ and they’ve got your cash. Again and again. But all you end up with is loads of goods you wouldn’t otherwise have bought. If you’re tempted(诱惑), be strict, put the mouse down and ask yourself: “Do I really need this?” The answer is most probably: “No.”

1. Which of the following can help save your money?

A．Visiting a bank regularly.	B．Limiting visits to cash-points.
C．Surfing DIY sites for old junks.	D．Relying on a card while shopping.

2. What does the underlined words in the idea of DIY mean?

A．Awkward.

B．Busy.

C．Creative.

D．Nervous.

3. What may aimless virtual shopping result in?

A．Saving money.	B．Making a good deal.
C．Making ends meet.	D．Piling up unwanted items.