1 . How to Spend Your Holidays without Getting Bored

Do you feel bored during your holidays because you have nothing to do? Don’t waste your valuable days.     1     .

Enjoying the great outdoors

Step out into the fresh air. A quick trip out can make you energetic, and it is also a great opportunity for exercise. Do some sports.     2     , walk, play your favourite sport or even try a new one.

Learning activities

The holidays are a great time to improve yourself. Try to learn more about something that interests you.

Spend your time on something you haven’t had time to practice, such as cooking, playing the piano, or swimming.     3     , the more opportunities are open to you in life.

Spending time with others

    4     . The holidays are a great opportunity to visit family members who you haven’t seen for some time. For example, you might want to visit your grandparents and have a talk with them.

Get to know more people.

If there’s no one around that you’d like to spend time with, don’t forget that you can make new friends.     5     !

A．You can ride your bike

B．The more skills you have

C．Spend time with loved ones

D．There are many things you can do

E．New friendships have to start somewhere

2 . Are you looking for a new way to exercise?     1     If you answer yes, maybe it’s time to go into the swimming pool.

More and more people of all ages are trying water exercise in a swimming pool.     2    

First, I need to ask a question —     3     I think you know it. That’s because your body is lighter in the water.

    4     For example, you don’t need much training before you do this water sport. You can do it at any age.

Finally, all kinds of exercise are good for you, but water exercise has one more important advantage.     5     And that means they will probably exercise more.

A．Why is exercising in the pool easier?

B．There are many advantages of this exercise.

C．Do you want to keep cool while you are exercising?

D．Most people feel more relaxed when they are in the water.

E．Second, most kinds of water exercise are also safe and easy to learn.

3 . Volunteering is fun and rewarding (有益的), but if you want to be a good volunteer, you need to learn more.     1     Be well-trained. Know what you’re doing as a volunteer. If you need to learn about your job,     2    If you’re good at your job, it will be easier to help others.     3    Work as part of a team and make sure everyone works together and shares the work. If someone asked for help, just give a hand. If you need some help, ask politely for it.

Be understanding.     4    Be friendly.     5    To be a volunteer, you might meet new people who want to make friends with. You might just meet someone who becomes a friend for the rest of your life.

A．Treat others like friends, and they’ll do the same for you.

B．begin to do it at once.

C．Try to understand what other people are facing.

D．Here’s some advice on how to do the volunteering jobs well.

E．Don’t try to do everything by yourself.

4 . Wudang Mountain is in Shiyan City, Hubei Province.     1    . There is no civil airport in Mt. Wudang area. If you plan to travel by plane, you need to arrive by air in Xiangyang, Shiyan or Wuhan, then transfer to car to reach the Wudang Mountain.

By Air

There is no direct flight to Mt. Wudang Scenic Area. But flights from some big cities such as Beijing, Guangzhou and Xi’an can reach to the Laohekou Airport (90km from Wudang Mountain), Xiangfan Airport (180km from Wudang Mountain), and Wuhan Tianhe International Airport (500km from Wudang Mountain). The nearest airport is in Shiyan, which is only one hour away, but officially the airport is also known as Shiyan Wudangshan Airport.     2    .

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No. 316 national high way and No. 209 national high way go through Wudang District. And people can take a bus to Wudang Mountain from Shiyan, Danjiangkou, Xiangyang, or Wuhan.

By Train

    4    . Wuhan-Shiyan High-speed Railway passes through the Wudang Scenic Area. There are more than 40 trains to Wudang from many big cities such as Beijing, Shanghai Guangzhou, Xiamen, etc.

Inside Wudang Mountain there is a superb shuttle bus transport system.     5    . The service is included in your ticket and you can take the buses from morning to evening as much as you like. Buses are very frequent and won’t make you wait very long.

A．By Bus

B．You can get to all the major tourist spots by bus

C．There is a direct train from Wuhan to Shiyan

D．And flights from Wuhan, Guangzhou, Lanzhou, Shanghai are common

E．Land transport to reach there is more convenient and developed, by rail or road

5 . How to Speak Well and Confidently

Good communication is the key to success, whether you’re speaking in front of a large audience or trying to get a point across to a new friend, The following tips can help you.

Make eye contact

    1    . Also, eye contact will help others to listen to your thinking carefully. Find a few friendly faces to focus on so your confidence goes up while you’re speaking and that you’re communicating your message even more clearly.

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Knowing who you’re talking to can go a long way in helping you speak with confidence. If you’re addressing a large audience, it’s important to know where they come from, how old they are, and what their general knowledge is about your subject. This can help you prepare your words accordingly.

Know your material

    3    . Know more about it than you include in your speech or conversation, If you know a lot about your subject, you will feel a lot more confident when you have to speak about it.

Have confident body language

    4    . If you want to have confident body language. here’s what you should do. Look ahead of you instead of down at the floor. Keep your face and body relaxed.

Praise yourself every day

    5    , which is important when you speak. With more confidence, people will take your thinking more seriously.

A．Know your audience

B．Pick a topic you are interested in

C．For one thing, it is polite for others

D．This will promote your own confidence

E．Body language can make you appear and feel confident

6 . It is imporant for you to think about a plan for your gowth.    1    . Don’t worry. All you need is just a rough (粗略的) one. Here is some advice for you.

    2    Understand what you like, what you value and what you want to be. In studying yourself, you check your strength and weakness. Find out what you need to prepare for your dream job.

Secondly, write down your plan. When writing, you can try using Mind Maps (思维导图).     3    And you may find a proper way to work out your plan.

Thirdly, go over your plan with your teachers, parents or friends.     4    . Think carefully about their advice and make some changes to your plan if necessary. Then you can go on with it.

Finally, work hard to realize your dream. For example, if you want to be an English teacher, you should learn more alout Engish culture and practice your listening and speaking from now on.     5    .

A．Firstly, study yourself

B．They may give you some advice

C．You may find it difficult to make the plan now

D．It is a good way to help you to think more clealy

E．Through hard work you can make your dream come true

7 . Lifestyle Changes to Make You Healthier and Happier

All people want to stay healthy and happy, but most of our focus is on sick-care, not healthcare.    1    

Food for health

Everyone knows we should eat certain amount of fruit and vegetables a day,     2     Make the effort to eat just a little more a day and go for different colors to ensure a variety of nutrients (养分).

Do exercise

    3     Another study finds walking an hour or more a day will add 1.4 years for men and 1.2 for women. If you can’t afford so much time, just remember: Anything is better than nothing.

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Getting less than five hours’ sleep a night doubles the risk of death from heart disease, according to a study, and other studies have shown that it speeds up ageing. And it plays a big part in our mental health, too.

Friends for life

    5     Besides, they reduce blood pressure and other health risks. So pick up the telephone or chat online to see if there is a game you can share with a friend or family member.

A．Research shows 15 minutes’ exercise a day could add 3 years to your life.

B．Here’s how you can start to improve your health and happiness.

C．Friendships actually change our body chemistry.

D．yet only 28% of adults are hitting this target.

E．Sleep well

8 . We are living in an unusual time in the history of the media.     1    , things have changed greatly in recent years.     2     In the past people bought newspapers or watched TV; they now simply open an app on their mobile phone or use their computer to access the news immediately. And mobile phones also mean that everyone can now be a reporter.     3    .     4     It’s common for people to engage in activities such as microblogging where they can share their ideas and opinions on whatever topic they choose. While there has been lots of advantages for readers,    5    Despite this, they are adapting to this new world and many newspapers now have websites, digital copies and other ways to connect to readers.

A．For example, people can upload videos of events they believe are of interest to others

B．While traditionally, large corporations have been the ones to produce and report on the news

C．The widespread use of the Internet has made impact on the media

D．TV stations and especially newspapers have been negatively affected, as fewer companies choose to pay to advertise through them

E．Another way that news has become interactive is through the popularity of commenting on stories, sharing and discussing them

9 . Spare the rod, spoil the child (不打不成器). Many parents believe it.     1     and that it might result in violence (暴力).

“We are not saying that spanking (打屁股) children must cause violence, but parents are taking it as an example for their children.     2    , they may think that spanking children is a right way and they may carry that forward and get in trouble at last,” said Jeff Temple.

In the study, Temple’s group interviewed 758 persons. About 69 percent said they were spanked during childhood, and     3    . Spanking makes children have poor relationships with their parents later in life.     4    , but in order to avoid the punishment, they may tell a lie.

Parents are the most important people to children and     5    .

A．children learn nearly everything from them

B．they thought spanking was nature and that no one was perfect

C．A new study showed that physical punishment was not good for children

D．Spanking may be useful in the short-term for children

E．When children who were spanked grow up

10 . Last month we asked our students about their free time activities.Our questions were about exercise,use of the Internet and watching TV.    1    

We found that only fifteen percent of our students exercise every day.Forty-five percent exercise four to six times a week.Twenty percent exercise only one to three times a week.

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We all know that many students often go online,but we were surprised that ninety percent of them use the Internet every day.The other ten percent use it at least three or four times a week.Most students use it for fun and not for homework.

    3     Only two percent of the students watch TV one to three times a week.Thirteen percent watch TV four to six times a week.And eighty-five percent watch TV every day!Although many students like to watch sports,game shows are the most popular.

It is good to relax by using the Internet or watching game shows,     4     It is healthy for the mind and the body.Exercise such as playing sports is fun,and you can spend time with your friends and family as you play together.And remember,“Old habits die hard.”

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A．So start exercising before it’s too late!

B．And twenty percent do not exercise at all.

C．but we think the best way to relax is through exercise.

D．Here are the results.

E．The answers to our questions about watching television were also interesting.