【推荐1】It’s said that both work and play are important for a developing mind, Though it may be important for everyone to work hard, it is also important to relax from time to time.

Last year, the average amount of leisure time (人平休闲时间) for Chinese people was 2.84 hours per day, higher than 2017’s average of 2.27 hours according to the China Media Group (CMG).

CMG’s surveys focus on the happiness of China’s population. The surveys, which began in 2006, cover many areas, including leisure time, vacations and spending habits. Each year, CMG surveys around 100,000 households (家庭) across the country, the Paper noted.

This year’s survey also showed what people prefer to do during their leisure time. Seven in ten people enjoy surfing the internet, while 55 percent like to watch TV and 46 percent prefer shopping.

What’s more interesting is that people in different provinces like to do different things. For example, people in Guangxi like reading books. Those who live in Tianjin prefer to go to a concert or movie. People in Jilin province prefer to exercise.

In general, people are happier when they have more leisure time, the survey suggests Having enough leisure time has even become more important than income (收入) for Chinese people, CGTN noted.

However, it is still important to work as well. Working hard during part of the day makes leisure time more valuable and enjoyable, CCTV News reported.

CMG has also found that over the last 10 years, Chinese people have generally become happier. In 2018, over half of Chinese people felt pleased with their living condition.

The Surveys about Working and Relaxing

41.The average amount of leisure time for Chinese people was _________ in 2018 than in 2017. 42.CMG’ s surveys_________ leisure time, vacation and spending habits. 43.What people in Guangxi like to do is _________ that in Jilin. 44.Working hard during part of the day makes leisure time _________ and enjoyable. 45.The Chinese people have generally become happier, over half of them felt _________ with their living condition in the last few years.

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【推荐2】Uniforms, used for identifying people，are seen almost everywhere in the world. They are a part of everyday life. Let’s look at some of the reasons why people wear uniforms and the types of people that wear uniforms.
Many children have to wear a uniform at school. Boys and girls must wear the same coloured clothes and a school tie. There is often a school badge on the jacket or shirt. There are many reasons for having a school uniforms .Firstly, the uniforms shows that the children attend the same school . It is important for children to feel they belong to a school and that they identify with their school. Secondly, the uniform makes it easy for other people to tell which school the children go to . They know they must be on their best behaviour because people know which school they go to and the children are proud of their school. Thirdly, school uniforms are comfortable,smart clothing. Finally, it is cheaper for parents to buy one set of clothes for their child. Most parents cannot afford to buy lots of expensive, fashionable clothes for their children.
1. Are children the only people who wear uniform?
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2. Why are children on their best behavior when they wear their school uniforms?
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3. why do police officers wear uniforms?
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4. can you describe a teenager’s “uniforms”?
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5. what do teenagers’ clothes tell you about them ?
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6. what do you want to tell people through the clothes you wear
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【推荐3】Parents are the closest people in the world to children, but it's not always easy to deal with (处理) the parent-child relationship. Now the Internet age brings a new difficulty. Parents and children have different ideas about the use of the Internet. Why does it happen?

Sometimes, children use the Internet for some useful information, but their parents don't believe them enough. 家长们总是担心网络会对孩子们有坏处. Many children really spend too much time playing on computers or smart phones. Who is on the right side ? look at the chart.

What can we do to help improve the parent-child relationship? Experts said, “If you don't want your parents to worry about you, you should share more with them and tell them that you can plan your time well. Children should do more for healthy and close family relationship.”

Yang Li, a middle school student from Chengdu, said she believed the Internet brought her closer to her parents. She always shared some new apps with her parents. Sometimes she even taught her parents how to use them. After that, she found her parents understand her better and trust her slowly.

1. Does the Internet bring new difficulty to parent-child relationship?

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2. What do the most students do on the Internet?

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3. What percent of the students use the internet for study or work?

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4. Translate the underlined sentence into Chinese.

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5. Translate the underlined sentence into English.

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6. What can you do to improve the parent-child relationship?

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【推荐2】根据短文内容，完成下列各题 阅读并回答问题。

Mrs Green is going to give Mary a birthday party. Mary is her daughter. She will be tenyears old. A lot of her friends are coming to the party. Twenty of them are girls. Mrs Green is getting ready for the party. Mrs White is helping her.

“That’s a big nice cake,” says Mrs White to Mrs Green.

“Thank you very much.”

Mrs Green is going shopping now. She is going to buy fruit for the party. Mrs Green buys a lot of pears, apples, oranges and bananas. Then she goes home.

It’s five o’clock in the afternoon. Everything is ready. Now the first girl is arriving. The party is going to begin in thirty minutes.

根据短文内容回答问题：
1. Who is Mrs Green going to give a birthday party for?

2. How old is Mary now?

3. What does Mrs Green buy fruit for?

4. When is the party going to begin?

5. How many girls are there at the party?

【推荐3】任务型阅读
Last Sunday Sue had a very happy birthday party.Many of her friends came over to her party and gave her many gifts.
(A)Tom gave her a book called Harry Potter.When Sue opened Lucy's gift, she was very surprised.“Oh！” Sue said to her mother.“Ah Xiang, Ah He, Ah Ru, Ah Yi, Le Yangyang! What beautiful mascots(吉祥物)！” And then she asked her mother.“But Mom, what about your gift？”
“Go and look for it in your bedroom.” Mom said.Sue ran quickly to her room.On her bed she saw a small red box.(B)There_was_nothing_but_a_card_in_it.It read：
“Dear Sue, I'm your gift.My first three letters are the same as in the word ‘come’．My last two letters are the same as in the word ‘water’．My middle three letters are in the word ‘put’．What am I？”
(C)Sue thought for_a_few_minutes and then said, “Oh, great! Thank you, Mom.”
1. 任务一：将(A)处画线句子译成汉语。
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2. 任务二：根据(B)处画线句子对下句进行转换，每空一词(含缩写)。
There __   __ but a card in it.
3. 任务三：对(C)处画线部分提问，每空一词。
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任务四：根据短文内容，回答问题。
4. 任务四：根据短文内容，回答问题。
How many mascots were there?
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5. 任务四：根据短文内容，回答问题。
What was Sue's mother's gift?
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