Are you thinking about traveling alone? You must have a million questions: What should be the first destination? Will there be someone to talk to? How can it be safe? In fact, travelling alone is not as scary as it seems. Here are some good tips.
It is true that traveling alone for the first time is more about the experience than the destination. So choose a place that you feel comfortable with. It could be somewhere close to home or somewhere you have been with your friends.
This can make you less nervous when you’re travelling alone for the first time. Besides, when you book your hotel, ask if they will send a driver to pick you up.
Talk to people
If you’re going to a tourist place like Thailand, there are lots of other people who are traveling alone. Most likely, they’ll be easy to talk to and they’ll want to communicate. They might also ask you to join them for dinner or a beer. That happens a lot.
Your family and friends love you and probably worry about you every day, so text them and let them know what you’re up to throughout your trip. That will make you and them feel safer. And in case something did happen, they’ll know where you are.
A. Book hotels ahead of time.
B. Choose a safe and comfortable place.
C. Let someone know where you are.
D. Find your own way of traveling.
True friends are hard to find. You often think you can believe in someone, but later he or she may let you down. However, always be a good friend yourself and you may change the situations.
Part of being a friend is being prepared to devote your time and energy to helping out your friend. If your friend needs a shoulder to cry on, just be there for him or her. You will attract those who value your loyalty.
When you say you will do something, do it. When your friend tells you a secret, keep it secret from others. Be someone that people know that they can rely on. If you show this quality to your friend, he or she will appreciate it and will be reliable in return.
Be a good listener.
Many people think they have to appear very interesting. Far more than that, however, is your ability to show that you’re interested in others. Listen carefully to what people say, remember important details about them, ask questions about their interests, and take time to learn more about them.
Show others what makes you stand apart from the crowd. Talk about interests and hobbies. Everyone has interesting stories to tell—don’t be afraid to share yours. Besides, a little humour always keeps a conversation light and happy. People love to be around someone who makes them laugh.
A. Be a reliable friend.
B. Be loyal to a friend.
C. Stress your good qualities.
D. Tell your secret to your friend.
Man did not have to think about the protection of his environment in the past. There were not many people on the Earth, and natural resources seemed to be unlimited.
Today, things are different.
Everyone realizes today that if too many fish are taken from the sea, there will soon be none left.
We realize that if rivers are polluted with waste products from factories, we will die. However, in most countries, waste products are still put into rivers or into the sea, and there are few laws to stop this.
We know, too, that if the population of the world continues to rise at the present rate, in a few years, there will not be enough food.
If we eat more vegetables and less meat, we will easily get more food. Land that is used to grow crops can feed five times more people than land where animals are kept.
The world population will not rise so quickly if people use modern methods of birth control.
How to Be Able to Study Well
If you have an exam coming up but are faced with so many distractions, and you just don’t know how to carry out your revision, the following tips can help you.
Choose a place with enough space where you can organize your books and papers and spread them out as much as you need to. Make sure you have everything you need—books, notes, paper and pencils. If you are in your room, consider hanging a sign on the door such as “No interruption please.”
There are varieties of ways you can use to commit the information to memory. For example, create flashcards. Writing flashcards will help you remember, and ask another person to quiz you about the information with your flashcards or notes. Or offer to teach someone about the subject matter.
You can break a snack into several mini-rewards. For example, “For each paragraph I translate, I’ll eat one apple slice.” Thus, if your stomach tells you to get that food again, you’ll have to finish something small first. Parents may be willing to offer rewards as well. If you love your dad’s milkshakes(奶昔), you can strike a deal to get one if you memorize your English expressions by the target time.
A. Create reading cards to teach young children.
B. Find a quiet, comfortable place to study.
C. Consider choosing a reward to motivate (激励) yourself.
D. Use different study techniques to learn the information.
5 . Ismael Esteban, in third place, was just ahead of his competitor, Agustin Navarro, with only 300 metres to the finishing line. Esteban had been cycling as hard as he could for hours and with the finishing line in sight all the cyclists began to speed up to cross it. Then, suddenly Esteban got a puncture. What should he do? Give up or continue? Esteban threw his bike over his shoulders and raced towards the finishing line.
Just a few seconds later, fourth-placed Navarro caught up with him. Surely, he could simply overtake Esteban and come third. But Navarro slowed down and let Esteban run ahead of him. The two cyclists reached the finishing line with Esteban ahead on foot, Navarro just behind him. Navarro had let Esteban finish in third place, while he came fourth. The audience was amazed at his show of sportsmanship and cheered and clapped for the cyclists. After the race, Navarro said, “I didn’t want to win that way.” Later, Esteban, who won the bronze medal, tried to give his medal to Navarro. However, Navarro refused and his response was: “Offering me the prize was worth more than what I did for him.”
1. What can show the cyclists’ sportsmanship?| A．Esteban offered Navarro his medal. | B．Navarro refused to overtake Esteban. |
| C．Esteban refused to accept the medal. | D．Navarro sped up to catch up with Esteban. |
| A．Support the teammates. | B．Respect the rules of the game. |
| C．Practice leads to perfect performance. | D．Don’t take advantage of others’ troubles. |
1. /ˈmʌŋki/
2. /təˈdeɪ/
3. /ˈregjʊləli/
4. /ekspekˈteɪʃən/
Principles of Running
·Do the right amount.
·Keep running.
·Cool down properly.
① A warm-up gets your blood flowing and prepares your body before you exercise.
② Draw up a training plan that suits you. Make sure you are not running too much so that your heart, muscles and bones don’t get hurt.
③ A thirty-minute run will provide relief from aches or tension that you may be suffering due to stress.
④ Jog slowly for ten minutes after a long run, then walk for five minutes. Such kind of exercise relaxes your body.
⑤ There will be times when you want to give up. But hang in there and tell yourself that it will get easier with time.
| A．①④⑤ | B．②④⑤ | C．②⑤④ | D．③⑤④ |
8 . Some city people think country life is lonely because you’re cut off from the outside world. They don’t know how peaceful it is to be away from crowded streets and busy shopping centres. They also don’t know how friendly people in country towns and villages can be. If anything, people are more likely to be lonely in a big city. I made more friends in a week in the country than I made during my first three months in London!
So which is better — the city or the country? It’s hard to say. I think it isn’t about where you live — it’s about how you live. I live in a city for now, but thanks to our island holiday, I’m sure I could be just as happy living in the country.
What might the author agree about city life and country life?| A．City life is better. | B．Country life is better. |
| C．Making friends is easier in the city. | D．Making friends is easier in the country. |
① I like reading books of all kinds.
② I have a top 10 reading list and I try to keep it updated.
③ It always makes me excited to work hard and achieve a team goal together.
④ Meanwhile, I’m an active member of my school’s long-distance running team and volunteering club.
| A．③②①④ | B．①②④③ | C．①②③④ | D．②①④③ |
| A. Be a critical reader. B. Choose the parts you like. C. Go directly to the part you like. D. Find out different types of articles. |
What do you do when you begin to read an English newspaper? Why not try the following?
1.You’d better know how many parts there are. Usually, there is international news, business, science and technology, or sports. You can choose your favourite parts to read carefully.
Then, you come to the article itself. If you don’t have time to read the whole article, the headline and the photo give you a general idea of the story.
2.A news article includes the body text and a photo with a short piece of text under it. It usually puts the most important information in the very beginning. If you don’t have much time to read the story, just have a look at the first paragraph. A feature article is usually a report which covers details about an event or a person. It usually has an interesting start. You get to know the idea of the article as you read. Another kind of article is an opinion article.
Usually, people who are well known all over the world share their own opinions in a fun way about important events. Opinion articles are different from news stories that are all facts.
3.There are advertisements in newspapers. They can provide useful information about products, places, food or jobs. Remember that people make some advertisements to sell you things. You don’t have to do everything advertisements tell you to do. You should be critical enough to decide which advertisements are useful and which are not.
