1 . Toy kitchen is hugely popular with young children. It can be a great base for creative and imaginative role playing for children and their parents.
Solo (独自的) freestyle play is what a child plays on their own with the toy kitchen. It is a source of amusement for parents to see their children imitate (模仿) many of their sayings and phrases during this sort of play. You may discover some phrases you didn’t know you had! Children will often cook and create food for their toys to eat. Joining in freestyle play while allowing the child to take charge is fun for the child as well as adults. There are many ways to turn this type of play into something more educational. Parents can demand a certain number of vegetables on their plate and the child can use their knowledge of what’s a fruit and what’s a vegetable, as well as their counting skills to carry out this simple task.
You can also play the sorting game. Asking a child to sort out the fruit and vegetables into different piles is fun and will get easier for the child each time. Always reward children with praise when they do well, and encouragement when they don’t do quite well.
Counting is an obvious game. You can start the basics of maths in the kitchen play with adding, subtracting (减) and even dividing! Your child can use the toy food to work out sums and enjoy counting! They will be picking up good basic number skills during this type of play.
You can also bring up healthy eating subjects asking them which fruit is their favorite and asking which ones they want to try for their next snack. This type of game can continue in the supermarket and be used as a method of introducing new foods to their diet.
1. Games using a toy kitchen can develop children’s ________.| A．health and habit | B．creation and imagination |
| C．counting skills and honesty | D．number skills and good manners |
| A．it difficult for children to sort out the fruit and vegetables |
| B．it fun for children to cook and create food for themselves to eat |
| C．some words and expressions you forgot using before |
| D．children pick up good basic number skills by using the real food |
| A．enriching healthy eating | B．training working ability |
| C．counting | D．sorting |
| A．Parents. | B．Teachers. | C．Children. | D．Experts. |
1. Why didn’t the woman go climbing?
| A．She was worn out. |
| B．She lost touch with others. |
| C．She loved the scene at the bottom. |
| A．Relaxing on the beach. |
| B．Sailing in a boat. |
| C．Diving. |
| A．Her health. | B．Her fear. | C．Equipment problems. |
| A．Taking photos. | B．Visiting the caves. | C．Playing with the dolphin. |
3 . What do you do when you have a few minutes to spare? If you’re like many people, you seize the opportunity to do puzzles on your phone.
Word puzzles
One of the most popular word puzzles — the crossword — has been around for nearly 110 years. Crosswords can be done with paper and pencil or online. Sometimes word puzzles involve finding new words within a large group of letters. This type of word puzzle is called a word search. Word puzzles usually test your vocabulary.
Mechanical puzzles
Mechanical puzzles have pieces that must be arranged in some way. The world’s best-selling puzzle, the Rubik’s Cube, is a mechanical puzzle. As of 2020, over 450 million Rubik’s Cubes had been sold.
Jigsaw puzzles also fall into this type.
Logic puzzles
Math puzzles
Math puzzles involve numbers, words or objects and the use of math. Surprisingly, the ever–popular Candy Crush is classified as a math puzzle.
There are many other kinds of puzzles. But no matter which you prefer, puzzles are a great way to spend your time.
| A．People have been interested in puzzles for many reasons. |
| B．They typically involve putting pieces in the right place to form a picture. |
| C．Additionally, they have something in common: they test your skills or knowledge. |
| D．Knowing the language that the game is designed in is required for success, however. |
| E．Figuring out the solution to such a puzzle requires careful thought rather than guessing. |
| F．Calculation skills are required for players to successfully move and match colored candies. |
| G．There are thousands of puzzles to choose from that can be worked on at your convenience. |
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A Pleasant Beach Day
The day was beautiful! Janice and Jake’s mom decided to take them to the beach. She even told them that since they had finished their chores without complaining, they could each bring a friend. Janice and Jake were excited! They loved the beach.
Janice decided to ask Hayley to go since Hayley had just had her over to play last week. Jake asked his friend Charlie—they went everywhere together. Once both friends had arrived, it was time to load up the van. The kids packed some beach toys they might want-shovels, buckets, beach balls, and flippers. Mom packed a cooler with sandwiches and drinks, towels, sunscreen, and a chair for herself.
On the way to the beach, Jake and Charlie groaned. They had forgotten their boogie boards (小型冲浪板). Oh well! At least they had buckets and shovels they could use to build a huge sandcastle. Jake and Charlie loved to see how big they could make a sandcastle. They even liked to add roads and moats (壕沟) and lots of other details.
Once they reached the beach,
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5 . Most of us think we have very little time, but the truth is we actually have a lot — on average, five hours 49 minutes each day, which means we typically have somewhere between 36 and 40 hours available to be spent every week however we want. So why don’t we feel time — rich?
One is that we earn more, so time feels more expensive. Then there’s the way we’ve come to see busyness as a status symbol: important people are busy, so we want to be busy, too. Add to that the flood of incoming emails and texts, along with the endless ocean of possibilities, and it’s easy to see where time goes.
A second factor is the comparison we make between what we can do and what others are doing, making us anxious.
We’re also addicted to our devices. In 2007, the amount of leisure time we spent on devices like smart-phones could be measured in minutes. Now, we spend on average 3.5 hours a day online.
You might be wondering why you need help deciding how to spend your free time — after all you know the sort of things you enjoy, so what could be so difficult? Psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi has a surprising opinion on it. “The popular assumption is that no skills are involved in enjoying free time, anybody can do it. Yet the evidence suggests the opposite; free time is more difficult to enjoy than work.” Worryingly, scientists have found that people are often no happier after a holiday than if they’d never taken one.
| A．So we try to push back the tide and keep up by multi-tasking. |
| B．No wonder people say they’re too busy to see friends, exercise or sleep. |
| C．Would it surprise you to hear that we have more leisure time today than ever? |
| D．How can we learn to spend time in a way that’s more likely to lead to happiness and success? |
| E．It’s something that economist have been puzzling over and they’ve identified several reasons. |
| F．Then you will have fewer empty experiences and far ore that are worthy of your precious time. |
| G．This is something sociologists call “polluted time”. |
1. What does the woman say about scuba masks?
| A．They help divers breathe underwater |
| B．They help divers hide their identities |
| C．They help divers see clearly in the water |
| A．Peaceful. | B．Noisy. | C．Dark. |
| A．Traveling to new places. |
| B．Watching dangerous animals. |
| C．Seeing the underwater landscape. |
Zipping Out Of Fear
“Breakfast time!” I quickly put on my clothes and rushed down the stairs.
“Come on, we don't want to be late!” My mom said. The aroma of pancakes filled the kitchen, making the room warm. I looked out of the window. The sun was out, making a warm and brightmorning.
“Today's the day,zip lining” My dad said, sounding very enthusiastic early this morning.
Today we would go zip lining. Theexcitementbuilt up inside of me as breakfast went on. After breakfast, we set out in my dad's car. Half way through the ride, the sun grewhot, and the leather on the seats burned my legs. I thought about the trip, how myparentswent but not me. It was my first time experiencing something like this. I also thought about myfearof heights, one thing I tried to get rid of multiple times. It got in the way of so many fun activities, like roller coasters at Kings Island.
We were basically there by now, the sun still blazing hot. We pulled up to a big sign where ourinstructorwaited for us.
“Hi y'all!” said our instructor cheerfully.
“So, have y'all done this before?”
My parents nodded but I shook my head. Our instructor went over safety instructions while we each put on a safetyharness. I started to get nervous. A never ending roller coaster of excitement and anxiousness built inside of me. I looked down thecliff. My heart skipped a beat when thewindhowled, blowing leaves and twigs in the trees. My legs started to shake.
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“Alright y'all, time to hit the trails!” said the instructor with too much enthusiasm.
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My turn finally came.
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