【推荐2】Do you know something about the holiday camps in Hong Kong? The students in Hong Kong used to take part in an English holiday camp in their holidays. And their parents weren’t with them. Though they were very young.
Now they still enjoy taking part in many kinds of holiday camps without their parents. Many parents let their children take part in some kinds of holiday camps in order to learn some practical knowledge in their life. And also learn some knowledge about living skills, science, reading and writing... The most important for the children is to learn to look after themselves.
Holiday camps in Hong Kong are not so expensive. Most of the families can afford to send their children there for further study, for making their bodies strong... And the government never charges (收费) for them.
It is said that students in Hong Kong have much knowledge about many things. Perhaps it has something with the kinds of holiday camps.
1. Students in Hong Kong like to take part in the _________.

A．holiday camps

B．English holiday camps

C．science holiday camps

D．Chinese holiday camps

2. The most important thing for the students to take part in the holiday camps in Hong Kong is _________.

A．to make their bodies strong

B．to learn much knowledge about many things

C．to learn to look after themselves

D．to have a further study about many subjects

3. The cost to take part in a holiday camp is _________.

A．very dear       B not cheap

B．very high

C．low

4. The students who often take part in the holiday camps _________.

A．must have much knowledge about many things

B．must he very thin

C．must he very tall

D．must be very beautiful

【推荐1】Emily and Alex were happy when their family moved to a house with a very big garden. They liked to watch the birds flying among the trees in the garden. They even started to put food out to attract more birds. Everything was fine for a few days until one afternoon there was a strange bumping noise (碰撞声) on a window. Emily went outside and found a small bird dead on the grass.
During the next month, five more birds died in the same way. “Why would they fly to the windows?” they wondered. Finally they found out the truth. When the birds were flying, they couldn’t see into the rooms. All they saw was the reflection(反射) of the garden.
The family tried keeping curtains(窗帘)across the windows, but this made the room dark. Then they bought some strong black paper and cut out the shape of a hawk. They made six hawks – one for each window. They stuck the hawks to the windows. When the birds saw the hawks, they would fly away. After that, there were no more dead birds.
1. They put food out to attract birds because they           .

A．had a special garden for birds

B．wanted to see more birds in the garden

C．had much food to feed the birds

2.           birds died in the garden.

A．4

B．5

C．6

3. The birds flew to the windows because ________.

A．they found the windows clean

B．they fought for more food

C．all they saw was the reflection of the garden.

4. The underlined word “hawk” means          in Chinese.

A．鹰

B．丛林

C．山脉

5. What is the story mainly about?

A．Why the birds died in the garden.

B．The family that were good at paper-cutting.

C．How the family saved the birds in the garden.

【推荐2】A young man worked very hard at his lessons. He was too busy to have a rest. At last, he became ill, so he couldn’t go to sleep. Every night, when he went to bed, he closed his eyes and tried to sleep. But he always stayed awake and couldn’t fall asleep.

After some days, he decided to see a doctor. “I just can’t go to sleep at night. What should I do? Could you please help me?”

“I have a suggestion (建议),” said the doctor. “Try counting numbers (数数). By the time you reach one thousand, you’ll be asleep. I’m sure of it.”

The next day the man returned to the doctor’s office. “Well,” said the doctor, “how are you today? Did you try my suggestion?”

The man still looked tired. “Yes,” he said, “I tried counting one, two, three—up to one thousand. But when I reached five hundred and sixty-nine, I began to feel sleepy. I had to get up and drink some tea so that I could go on counting up to one thousand. But then I still couldn’t fall asleep.”

1. The young man couldn’t go to sleep because ________.

A．he was worried about his homework

B．he worked too hard and became ill

C．he didn’t finish doing his lessons

D．there was a lot of noise there

2. The young man couldn’t go to sleep, so he ________.

A．went to see a doctor	B．didn’t work hard
C．asked for help	D．took some medicine

3. The doctor asked the young man to ________.

A．put all numbers from 1 to 1000 together

B．take some medicine and go to bed earlier

C．count numbers while he was lying in bed

D．count numbers before he went to bed

4. The young man returned to the doctor’s office the next day because ________.

A．he wanted to ask the doctor how to count the numbers

B．he wanted to thank the doctor

C．he was better and wanted some more medicine

D．he still couldn’t go to sleep at night

5. The young man in fact ________.

A．didn’t understand the doctor’s suggestion	B．wasn’t ill at all
C．was not able to count numbers	D．didn’t try the doctor’s suggestion

【推荐3】A businessman was deep in debt (负债) and could see no way out. He felt hopeless and sat on park bench and didn’t know what to do.

Suddenly an old man appeared. After listening to the businessman, the old man wrote a check and said to the businessman, “Take this money. Meet me here exactly one year later and you can give the money back at that time.” Then the old man walked away.

The businessman saw the check for $ 50,000 signed by John D. Rockefeller who was one of the richest men in the world!

“I can pay off all my debts at one!” he thought with a smile. But instead he decided to put the check into his safe (保险箱). Just knowing it was there would give him power, he thought. Then the businessman started to do business again, staring from nothing. Through his efforts, he got out of debt and was making money once again.

One year later, he returned to the park with the check. The old man was there. But just as the businessman was about to hand back the cheek, a nurse came up and led the man away. The nurse said the old man was mentally (精神上的) ill and was always telling people he was John D. Rockefeller.

The businessman just stood there greatly surprised. Suddenly, he realized that it wasn’t the money that had turned his life around but his confidence.

1. Where did the businessman meet the old man one year ago?

A．In a hotel.

B．In a park.

C．In a hospital.

D．In an office.

2. How did the businessman feel when he heard the nurse’s words?

A．Excited.

B．Interested.

C．Disappointed.

D．Surprised.

3. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A．A businessman was deep in debt and felt hopeless.

B．The old man was one of the richest men in the world.

C．The businessman kept the check in his safe instead.

D．It wasn’t the money that had turned his life around but his confidence.