The New Year is a time for celebrations for almost everyone around the world. In Britain, people go to pubs and nightclubs to dance the old year away, and to welcome in the new one at midnight. Everyone wants to kiss someone special (boyfriend, girlfriend or even a complete stranger! ) as the bells ring out at midnight.
In recent years, street parties have become more popular. Hundreds or even thousands of people gather in squares, main streets or on the river banks to listen to bands playing and to see fabulous fireworks displays.
For people who stay at home, most watch special, live New Year shows on TV and countdown, along with the presenters, from 10 to 1 as the last seconds of the old year tick away and the bells of the New Year are rung.
In Scotland, on New Year’s Eve, people visit their neighbours and drink, dance and generally have a good time. If you’re invited to a Scottish home, it’s important to know what to bring with you: a lump of coal, some shortbread and some whisky.
The coal shows warmth so you’re wishing that the people you visit will have enough heat in the coming year. The shortbread represents food, so you’re hoping that the people will have enough to eat in the New Year. Some Scots call whisky “the water of life”, so when you hand over your bottle to your hosts, it means you want them to have enough to drink over the next 12 months.
There’s one more key task you still have to perform if you can. The first person to knock on a neighbour’s door is supposed to be a tall, dark, handsome man. If you are, you’ll bring good luck to the household. But what if that’s not you? Well, don’t ring the bell just yet. Wait a while and the right person will turn up soon!
1. What is the best title for this passage?| A．Seeing the old year off in Britain. |
| B．Celebrations of a Scottish New Year. |
| C．Visiting Scottish homes on New Year. |
| D．Sending good luck in the New Year. |
| A．British people hate to think of the old year and wish to dance it away quickly |
| B．street concerts have become more popular on New Year’s Eve |
| C．British people let off fireworks in public places to celebrate the New Year |
| D．people stay at home doing nothing but wait for the bell of the New Year to ring |
| A．To share good food and warmth. |
| B．To help those poor families. |
| C．To send best wishes to the families. |
| D．To show respect and richness. |
| A．the host of a special TV show |
| B．a tall, dark, handsome man |
| C．a man with coal, shortbread and whisky |
| D．a neighbor |
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【推荐1】Boxing Day falls on December 26th or sometimes the following Monday if December 26th happens to be a Saturday or Sunday. It is said that Boxing Day began in England in the middle of the nineteenth century. Boxing Day, also known as St. Stephen’s Day, is usually celebrated in Australia, Britain, New Zealand, and Canada.
There seems to be two stories on where Boxing Day comes from and why it is celebrated. The first is that centuries ago, on the day after Christmas, business people would give boxes containing food and fruit, clothing, or money to their employees and servants. The gifts, which were an expression of thanks, gave the holiday its name, “Boxing Day”.
The second story is that Boxing Day comes from the tradition of opening the alms (救济物) boxes placed in churches over the Christmas season. The collections including food and money were sent to the poor the day after Christmas.
Today, Boxing Day is spent with family and friends with lots of food and sharing of friendship and love. Government buildings and small businesses are closed but department stores are open and filled with people exchanging gifts or buying price-reduced Christmas gifts, cards, and other things.
To keep the tradition of Boxing Day alive, many businesses, organizations, and families give away money to Food Banks and provide gifts for the poor. That’s the way the Christmas holiday spirit can be kept.
1. Where was Boxing Day probably born?| A．In Australia. | B．In Canada. |
| C．In New Zealand. | D．In England. |
| A．Fighter’s Day | B．St. Stephen’s Day |
| C．Business Day | D．Thanksgiving Day |
| A．Two. | B．Three. |
| C．Four. | D．Five. |
| A．help them | B．satisfy them |
| C．express thanks | D．share friendship |
| A．department stores | B．small businesses |
| C．government buildings | D．local food banks |
【推荐2】Black Friday in the United States
Black Friday is the day after Thanksgiving Day in the USA and falls on the Friday after the fourth Thursday in November.
Many people have a day off work or choose to take a day from their quota (定额；配额) of annual leave on Black Friday. Some people use this to make trips to see family members or friends who live in other areas or to go on vacation. Shopping for Christmas presents is popular on Black Friday. Many stores have special offers and lower their prices on some goods, such as toys.
Public life
Black Friday is not a federal holiday, but is a public holiday in some states. Many people take a day off on the day after Thanksgiving Day. Many organizations also close for the Thanksgiving weekend.
Public transit systems may run on their normal schedule or may have changes. Some stores extend their opening hours on Black Friday.
Background
Black Friday is one of the busiest shopping days in the USA.
The other theory is that the term “Black Friday” comes from an old way of recording business accounts. Losses were recorded in red ink and profits in black ink. Many businesses, particularly small businesses, started making profits prior to Christmas. Many hoped to start showing a profit, marked in black ink, on the day after Thanksgiving Day.
More recently, Black Friday has been exported to nations outside of North America such as the United Kingdom by major online retailers like Amazon or Apple.
| A．It is a busy shopping day and is a holiday in some states. |
| B．Black Friday is popular as a shopping day for a combination of several reasons. |
| C．In 2011, IBM reported online Black Friday sales were up by 24.3% according to a study that includes 500 retailers. |
| D．What do people do? |
| E．History of Black Friday |
| F．There are two popular theories as to why the day after Thanksgiving Day is called Black Friday. |
| G．There can also be jams on roads to popular shopping destinations. |
【推荐3】It may seem as if Mother’s Day was invented by a company named Hallmark, but people have been giving a shout-out to Mom for a long time. A more recent tradition was Mothering Sunday, which developed in the British Isles during the 16th century. On the fourth Sunday in April, young men and women who were living and working apart from their families were advised to return to their mothers’ houses.
Mother’s Day as it is observed in the United States started in the 1850s with Ann Jarvis, a West Virginia woman who held “Mothers’ Work Days” to promote health and hygiene at home and in the workplace. During the Civil War, Jarvis organized women to improve sanitary conditions for soldiers on both sides, and after the war she became a peacemaker, bringing together mothers of Union and Confederate soldiers and promoting a Mother’s Day holiday.
Jarvis’s work inspired another 19th-century woman, Julia Ward Howe. In 1870, Howe published her “Mother’s Day Proclamation”, which envisioned the day not as appreciation of mothers by their children but as an opportunity for women to exercise their collective power for peace. Howe started holding annual Mother’s Day celebrations in Boston, her hometown, but after about a decade the tradition faded away.
It was Jarvis’s daughter, Anna, who succeeded in getting Mother’s Day recognized as a national holiday. After her mother died in 1905, Anna started holding yearly ceremony on the anniversary. In 1912, West Virginia and a few other states adopted Mother’s Day. Two years later, Woodrow Wilson signed a resolution naming the second Sunday in May as Mother’s Day, making it an official US holiday.
It wasn’t long before whatever ideals the day was supposed to celebrate were buried under an amount of greeting cards and candy. By the 1920s, Anna Jarvis was campaigning against the holiday she had created. “I wanted it to be a day of emotionalism, not profit,” she said.
1. Who plays the most important role in creating Mother’s Day?| A．Ann Jarvis. | B．Julia Ward Howe. | C．Woodrow Wilson. | D．Anna Jarvis. |
| A．In 1914. | B．In 1912. | C．In 1905. | D．In 1870. |
| A．Because the festival was not profitable. |
| B．Because the festival made her feel emotional. |
| C．Because the celebrations went against the original spirit. |
| D．Because she had no passion on holding celebration activities. |
| A．The Objection to Mother’s Day |
| B．The Argument on Celebrating Mother’s Day |
| C．The Story Behind the Creation of Mother’s Day |
| D．Different Forms of Celebrations on Mother’s Day |
【推荐1】Wearing a red nose for a day may seem like a strange way to raise money for charity. However, it seems to work in Britain. Red Nose Day (RND) is a well-known event in the UK. The aim of the day is to raise money for a charity called Comic Relief which helps people in need in Africa and in the UK.
Comic Relief was started in 1985 by Richard Curtis. He wrote the series “Blackadder” as well as the famous films “Four Weddings and a Funeral” and “Notting Hill’’. Richard’s idea to start Comic Relief was as a response to the severe lack of food in Ethiopia. It’s called Red Nose Day as on this day many people buy a plastic red nose to wear! The money made from selling red noses goes to the charity.
Red Nose Day takes place every two years in the spring and is now so well developed that many people consider it to be an unofficial national holiday. For example, many schools have non-uniform days.
The slogan for the last RND was “Do Something Funny for Money” and the money collected was used to help fund projects in the following areas: treating malaria, education, maternal health and mental health. The BBC Red Nose Day telethon raised £ 74.3 million! Money-raising events take place all over the country and many schools join in. People also donate money by post, in banks, by phone using a credit card and online.
Getting sponsored to do something is a common way to raise money on RND. If someone sponsors you it means that they agree to give you a certain amount of money for your actions. Here are some ways that people raise money: wear their pyjamas (睡衣) all day at work or in school, or grow a moustache or beard for a month.
So, if you are ever in the UK on Red Nose Day, now you know why you may find normal people wearing red noses and doing silly things! It is all for a good cause!
1. The purpose of Comic Relief is .| A．to celebrate Red Nose Day |
| B．to help those in need in Africa and Britain |
| C．to warn people against some diseases |
| D．to raise money for Mr. Curtis’s films |
| A．creator | B．birthplace |
| C．aid receivers | D．products for sale |
| A．It is celebrated in the spring every other year. |
| B．People celebrate this day to bring happiness to others. |
| C．Richard Curtis, the famous writer, started Red Nose Day. |
| D．Some people raise money by growing a beard for a week. |
| A．is considered an official holiday | B．lasts for a long time |
| C．is popular with people | D．is well designed for TV |
【推荐2】A T-shirt that constantly monitors the heart’s activity and detects abnormalities could help protect people against stroke. The T-shirt, which can be washed up to 35 times before it needs replacing, has been developed to improve the detection of dangerous heart conditions like atrial fibrillation (心房颤动), which causes an irregular heart rhythm and raises the risk of stroke.
At least one million people in Britain are known to have this condition: however, it’s estimated that at least another 500000 have it but haven’t yet been diagnosed because they have no obvious symptoms. Some will have symptoms such as chest pain, dizziness and fatigue; but a large number of people have no idea they’re ill until they suffer a stroke.
Detecting atrial fibrillation involves carrying out an ECG (心电图). Conventional ECGs are done in a hospital and involve highly trained teams of staff attaching up to 24separate electrodes (电极) to different parts of the body to measure electrical signals. But most patients experience abnormal rhythms only intermittently (间歇地). This means the chance of picking them up during a short hospital check is slim.
Doctors sometimes issue (发放) patients with a device called a Holter monitor to wear under their clothes to try to pick up cardiac (心脏的) problems. This is an electronic box which clips onto your waistband and is connected to a series of electrodes worn on the upper part of your body. But the box itself is quite bulky, hard to hide beneath clothing and involves a dozen or more wires being attached to the patient’s chest.
The Cardioskin T-shirt, which is made from cotton, could be a much more convenient alternative and can be worn 24 hours a day-meaning it is more likely to pick up any abnormal rhythms in the patients heart. It has 15 tiny electrodes woven into the material which are strategically placed around the chest area to track the electrical signals from the heart as they travel across the main part of your body.
The electrodes are powered by a battery which can be removed easily when you need to wash the T-shirt and feed (输入) results to a microchip which then sends them out wirelessly to an app. This converts (转换) the data into an easy-to-read chart showing if the heart rate is abnormal. The results are shared with the patient’s doctor so they can check the patient’s heart without having to call them into the hospital.
Martin Cowie, a professor of cardiology (心脏病学) at Imperial College London, said, “Cardioskin could be an important development for cardiologists.”
1. What is the main idea of Paragraph 3?| A．The difficulty in detecting atrial fibrillation |
| B．The benefit of detecting atrial fibrillation. |
| C．The process of detecting atrial fibrillation |
| D．The future of detecting atrial fibrillation. |
| A．To show the advantage of a Cardioskin T-shirt over it. |
| B．To introduce a way to check the patient’s heart. |
| C．To encourage people to care about their health |
| D．To explain why doctors like using the device. |
| A．It has a battery that can be charged easily and quickly. |
| B．It can be worn a month without being washed. |
| C．It has electrodes placed all over the T-shirt. |
| D．It can make the process of diagnosis timely and convenient. |
| A．New ECG that could be an important development for doctors |
| B．Hi-tech T-shirt that could help doctors spot risk of stroke |
| C．Holter monitor that could track patients’heart problems |
| D．Cardioskin T-shirt that could prevent patients from diseases |
【推荐3】When dealing with children, we find that the carrot is much more powerful than the stick. Children focus on tasks up to 30% more when teachers praise them for good behavior rather than punish them for being troublemaking. If they want to improve students’ behavior in classrooms, the teachers should praise more and punish less.
Unfortunately, previous research has shown that teachers tend to punish students for problem behavior more than they praise them for appropriate behavior, which can have an opposite effect and worsen students' behavior.
Researchers attended 151 classes in 19 elementary schools across Missouri, Tennessee and Utah. During a three-year period they observed 2,536 students from kindergarten to sixth grade.
The idea that praise can result in greater focus than punishment is not surprising.
When kids receive praise, it activates certain feel-good chemicals in the brain. These chemicals can improve the functioning in the parts of the brain that are responsible for things like focus, attention, planning and problem-solving.
Punishment has the opposite effect. When severe criticism or punishment is used, it can activate the part of the brain responsible for fear. When fear responses are activated, the chemicals can actually cloud the parts of the brain that are needed for focus.
Researchers in the past have given a specific ratio of praise to criticism that leads to the greatest focus in classrooms, but what we found out was that there is no particular ratio. The higher the praise is, the better the results are.
This study suggests that praise is an important tool for teachers and can help motivate students to work harder, especially children who are troublemaking in class or struggle academically. Using praise over criticism or punishment would have benefits outside of the classroom as well.
Instead of punishment, constructive criticism can be used, but it should be balanced with praise in order to create a safe environment where kids are motivated to focus, learn and grow.
1. What does the underlined word “stick” mean in Paragraph 1?| A．A long thin branch from a tree. | B．A piece of wood used for walking. |
| C．The wrong idea or misunderstanding. | D．Physical punishment or severe criticism. |
| A．Elementary students. | B．Kindergarten students. |
| C．Middle school students. | D．College students. |
| A．Punishment can benefit the troublemaking students. |
| B．Praise can result in better focus and attention greatly. |
| C．Praise may contribute to the students' impractical pride. |
| D．Punishment can force the students to concentrate better. |
| A．Criticism is completely harmful to the children. |
| B．It is impossible to know whether criticism is good. |
| C．Used correctly, proper criticism is recommended. |
| D．Criticism can be only used outside the classrooms. |
【推荐1】These Children’s Books Written by Celebrities(名人) Are Perfect for Your Little Kids
Kelly Clarkson Wrote a Book Inspired by Her Daughter
When Kelly Clarkson wrote River Rose and the Magical Lullaby, she named the main character after her young daughter. The story follows Rose, who finds herself in a magical dream world, guided by the voice of her mother. Writing the book offered the American Idol winner a new challenge. She said, “It’s so helpful with learning.”
Jim Carrey Is on a Roll with This Book
Jim Carrey’s 2013 book, How Roland Rolls, however, is very much for the little ones. The winner of the 2013 Gelett Burgess Children’s Book Award, How Roland Rolls is about a wave who worries about what will happen when he finally hits the beach. His fear disappears when he realizes he’s more than just a wave, but he’s the entire ocean! Coming up, this horror film star isn’t trying to scare(使害怕) any kids with her book.
Jamie Lee Curtis Has Been Writing Since the 1990s
You might know her best from the Halloween series movie. This Is Me is a story about immigration(外来移民). Curtis says she has no political intentions with her book, saying, “Every person has an immigrant story about their ancestors, and we’re losing that. I thought it was important to connect that thread back to who we are.”
Steve Martin’s Books Prove He’s a Comedian for All Ages
You may have ever read one of his books, like Shopgirl. If you’re a fan of his and you have kids, you’ll be happy to know that now your kids can read his books, too. Since getting into children’ literature, Martin has written and published several books, including Late for School and The Alphabet From A to Y with Bonus Letter Z. Each letter of the alphabet is paired with a poem by Marin.
1. Which book describes a character that is not a human being?| A．This Is Me. | B．Late for School. |
| C．How Roland Rolls. | D．River Rose and the Magical Lullaby. |
| A．Their roots. | B．Their dreams. | C．Their children. | D．Their school life. |
| A．Jim Carrey. | B．Steve Martin. | C．Kelly Clarkson. | D．Jamie Lee Curtis. |
【推荐2】My grandmother is 87 years old. She loves gardening, and she has got a habit of not sitting still as she loves to do some work all the time. Once, while working in the garden, she slipped and her thigh (大腿) bone was broken.
My father and I took her to the hospital. After examining her, the doctor said that the bone was broken from the joint and that there was no chance that she would ever walk, even after an operation. That was very sad for all of us. I looked at my grandmother. She was also looking at me as if I could do something to treat her. She got operated on the next dayand a metallic rod(杆) was fixed in the joint. The operation was successful.
For the next month, she did everything only in the bed. All of us tried our best to take care of her. I remember those nights when she felt much pain. Once she said, “I don't want to live anymore,nothing is left now. I am giving all of you pain and grief.” I said, “You have got a broken bone but all the other parts of your body are functioning properly. If you can sit, that would be excellent for us.”
I don't know exactly what happened to her after she listened to my words. But from that day on, she stopped complaining completely. Instead, she would say "I am alright and I will start walking soon to water my plants. "
After two and a half months we went to the doctor who had operated my grandmother. I entered his office with my grandmother and you guessed what! My grandmother walked in without any help. The doctor was shocked when watching her walkingl My grandmother blessed him and gave him sincere thanks. She said, “If you had not been there, I could not have ever walked.”
1. What did the doctor's words mean in the second paragraph?| A．Grandmother was almost impossible to recover. |
| B．He was afraid of grandmother's health. |
| C．Grandmother was so old that she was weak. |
| D．He never operated on such elderly people. |
| A．She became confident that she would recover. |
| B．She suffered so much pain that she was hopeless at that time. |
| C．She was so determined to hide pain and grief. |
| D．She was worried she would be stuck in bed forever. |
| A．Wise. | B．Determined. | C．Out-going. | D．Considerate. |
| A．I have successfully done lots of operations in my career. |
| B．Your recovery is what I have expected before. |
| C．You are the first one over 87 to recover. |
| D．In fact you are the true inspiration for me. |
【推荐3】Many of us wonder what lies in outer space. When we look up at the night sky, we see stars, the twinkle of a moving satellite and occasionally a distant planet. But one thing we don't see is the millions of pieces of junk filling up space. It's this debris（废弃物）that's causing problems for the existing technology that's up there and which we rely on.
The amount of space junk is increasing. Over the last few decades, satellites and rockets have been launched into space, littering the cosmos as they go. It's estimated there are now millions of thrown-away pieces of metal and other materials in orbit—everything from old rocket pieces to accidentally dropped astronaut tools, and even flecks of paint. The fear is that if we don't start taking this debris out of the sky soon, it will become a great danger to active satellites. Nobu Okada, Chief Executive of Astroscale—a company working on ways to clean up space junk—says hitting "even a small paint fleck…has enough power to blow up other satellites."
Several ideas are being looked at to collect the debris floating around in space. In 2018, the Remove Debris spacecraft carried out various experiments, including testing a net that could catch a satellite or firing a harpoon at a target in orbit to try to catch it.
This year the UK Space Agency is helping to fund new approaches to tracking satellites and debris in space. Jacob Geer from UKSA told the BBC: "Space surveillance（监视）and tracking is one of the key things we can do to keep safe those satellites we rely on now, and to make sure certain orbits don't become inaccessible（无法接近的）for future generations because there's too much debris in them.
It's clear that something must be done to achieve a deep clean in the space. But looking to the future, like any litter problem, we need to look at ways of creating less—and that shouldn't be the stuff of science fiction.
1. Which of the following items is space junk?| A．Metal stuff. | B．Old rocket pieces in the orbit. |
| C．Tools in the spaceship. | D．Paint on a spaceship. |
| A．Small paint of fleck will blow away satellites. |
| B．Active satellites will be in danger. |
| C．It will be impossible to clean up. |
| D．It will lead to disasters on the earth. |
| A．Too much man-made satellites. |
| B．Too much population. |
| C．Too much space activities. |
| D．Too much debris in space orbits. |
| A．Stopping reading science fictions. |
| B．Carrying out a thorough space cleaning |
| C．Creating less space junk from now on. |
| D．Using space surveillance and tracking system. |
【推荐1】In the old days, when you had to drive to a movie theater of to to a video store to get some entertainment, it was easy to see how your actions could have an impact om the environment.You were hopping into your war, driving across town and coughing out emissions（排放）and using gas all the way.
But now that we’re used to staying at home and streaming movies, we might get a little cocky. After all ,we’re just picking up our phones or maybe turning on the TV. You’re welcome.Mother Nature.
Not so fast, says a recent report from the French-based Shit Project. Watching a half-hour show would lead to 3.5 pounds of CO2 emissions. That’s like driving 3.9 miles. According to "Climate Crisis: The Unsustainable Use of Online Video," digital technologies are responsible for 4% of greenhouse gas emissions, and that energy use is increasing by 9% a year. Stored in data centers, videos are transferred to our terminals such as computers, smart phones, etc. via networks: all these processes require electricity whose production consumes resources and usually involves CO2 emissions.
In the European Union, the Eureca project lead scientist, Rabih Bashroush, calculated that 5 billion downloads and streams of the song "Despacito" consumed as much electricity as the countries of Chad, Guinea-Bissau, Somalia, Sierra Leone and the Central African Republic used in a single year.
Streaming is only expected to increase as we become more attached to our devices. Online video use is expected to account for 80%of all internet traffic by 2022 according to CISCO. By then, about 60% of the world's population will be online.
You're probably not going to give up your streaming services, but there are things you con do to help lessen the impact of your online use.
Here are some tips:
※Disable autoplay for video on social media.
※Stream over Wi-Fi, not mobile networks.
※Watch on the smallest screen you can.
※Don’t use high-definition（高清）video on devices.
1. It can be inferred from paragraph 2 that people think .| A．they should welcome Mother Nature |
| B．watching movies at home is more fun |
| C．it is inconvenient to drive to a movie theater |
| D．streaming at home avoids possible emissions |
| A．3.9 miles may produce 3.5 pounds of CO2 |
| B．digital technologies account for 4% of electricity use |
| C．Online video use makes up 80% of all internet traffic |
| D．60% of the world’s population watch videos online |
| A．To praise their energy-efficient practice. |
| B．To prove the poverty of the five countries |
| C．To stress the popularity of the song “Despacito” |
| D．To show the high energy use of downloads and streams |
| A．Use high-definition videos. | B．Turn off video autoplay |
| C．Stream over mobile networks. | D．Watch movies on bigger screens. |
【推荐2】My son Leon’s passion (热爱) for surfing began at the age of 13. Before and after school each day, he put on his wet suit, picked up his equipment, swam out beyond the surf line and waited to be challenged by his friends.
One afternoon, the lifeguard reported over the phone to my husband Wilson that Leon’s eye was badly injured by his board. Wilson rushed him to the emergency room, where he received 26 stitches (缝线) from the comer of his eye to the bridge of his nose. I was on an airplane flying home from a meeting while Leons’ eye was being stitched. Wilson drove directly to the airport after they left the doctor’s office. He greeted me at the gate and told me Leon was waiting in the car.
“Leon?” I questioned. I remember thinking the waves must have been bad that day. “He’s been in an accident, but he’s going to be fine,” said my husband.
A traveling working mother’s worst nightmare (恶梦) had come true. I ran to the car so fast the heel of my shoe broke off. I swung open the door, to see that my youngest son had a patch (眼罩) over his eye and was leaning toward me crying, “Oh, Ma, I’m so glad you’re home.” I cried in his arms, telling him how awful I felt about not being there when the lifeguard called. “Its OK, Mom,” he comforted me. “You don’t know how to surf anyway.”
“What?” I asked, confused by his logic. “I’ll be fine. The doctor says I can go back in the water in 8 days,” said my son.
I wanted to tell him he wasn’t allowed to go near water again until he was 35, but instead I bit my tongue and hoped he would forget about surfing. For the next 7 days he kept pressing me to let him surf again. One day after I had repeated “No” to him for the 100th time, he beat me at my own game. “Mom, you taught us never to give up what we love,” he said. And I gave in.
Back then Leon was just a boy with a passion for surfing. Now he is a man with a responsibility. He ranks among the top 25 professional surfers in the world. Passionate people stick to what they love and never give up.
1. How did the author feel when she knew Leon was at the airport?| A．Delighted. | B．Angry. |
| C．Excited. | D．Surprised. |
| A．He still held onto his dream firmly. |
| B．He decided to follow his mom’s advice. |
| C．He felt like the accident was a nightmare. |
| D．He felt disappointed for being unable to surf for long. |
| A．Brave and creative. | B．Optimistic and reliable. |
| C．Responsible and humorous. | D．Enthusiastic and determined. |
| A．Hard work will always pay off. |
| B．It’s dangerous for beginners to surf. |
| C．We should stick to our passions whatever happens. |
| D．Parents can’t care about children’s safety too much |
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The Secret Santa is a great way to exchange gifts in the office, when it's often impossible to give everyone a present. We've got an office guide right here to help you find proper gifts for the workplace. And then there's always the gift basket, with things that are sure to please everyone in the office.
Business Gifts Under $25
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| A．are designed for people working in offices | B．have a guide to help people choose gifts |
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| A．a businessman | B．a teenager | C．a group | D．a parent |
