Are you bored with your daily life? Here are some things you should try before you are 18, because after that it’s too late.
Learn to swim
Seriously, this is so important that it can save your life. If you can’t swim well, you won’t be able to do water sports like waterskiing, surfing and diving. Even taking a boat trip will be dangerous for you. Make sure you do it.
Try at least one kind of team sports
Being a good team player is an important skill in life. You can’t just think of yourself, but have to work well with other people. Basketball, football and baseball are team sports that keep you fit and healthy. And they are also of great fun. Teams usually have a good social life too – you’ll go to lots of parties and make many friends.
Collect something
One of the best hobbies for under 18 is collecting things. You could collect kinds of stamps, or you could collect things that make you remember what you have done, like cinema tickets for films you have seen or emails from friends. The best way to collect is to have a special album to put your collection in and to write what each thing means to you. That way you won’t forget.
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| learn to swim |
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| try at least one kind of team sports |
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China is a large country．The population is over 1.3 billion．It has a special culture with a very long history．
Chinese food plays an important role for Chinese families．Different foods have special meanings．The main difference is that Chinese people eat their meals with chopsticks．One of the main foods in Chinese culture is rice．Tea is a favorite drink and it is popular in the market．
Chinese calendar is different from the one used in western countries．New Year's Day is in late winter．It is also called the Spring Festival．It has a big celebration of ringing out the old and ringing in the new．It has special foods and traditions．For example，sweeping the floor before New Year's Day sweeps away all the old year's bad luck．
The Chinese zodiac （生肖），known as Sheng Xiao，follows a twelve﹣year eyele．Each year is named for an animal．These animal signs are the rat，ox，tiger，rabbit，dragon，snake，horse，sheep，monkey，rooster，dog and pig．For example，the year that begins in 2016is the year of the monkey．
Chinese is a complex （复杂的）language．Chinese writing developed almost 4000years ago and may even be older．Chinese writing has thousands of characters．A character stands for a word and also a meaning．Besides Putonghua，Chinese people speak six other forms of the language，and there are many kinds of dialects．
46．What's the population of China？
A．Almost 4000
B．More than 1.3billion
C.12million．
47．The underlined"dialects"probably means" "in Chinese．
A．交际
B．对话
C．方言
48．According to the passage，what's one of the main foods in China？
A．Tea
B．Rice
C．Meat
49．The year that begins in 2016isn't the year of the monkey，is it？
A．Yes，it is
B．No，it isn't
C．I don't know
50．What's the main idea of the passage？
A．Different foods have special meanings in Chinese culture．
B．Chinese is a popular language．
C．Chinese culture．
Reading is a good hobby for all kinds of reasons．First，reading is fun．You can always keep yourself happy if you like reading．If you like reading，you will never feel bored or tired．
Next，you can read a book almost anywhere：in a car，on a plane，or even in the bathroom．All you need is a book!
Another good reason for reading is that it is useful．If you read as a hobby，you will get better and better at it．And you will read faster and find it easier to understand what you read．As you reading skills improve，you will probably find your schoolwork becomes much better．
Some people say that reading is out of date．This is not true．You can read on computers，and the better you read，the better your computer skills will be．
Good readers may become writers，too．They always have more things to write about．
Reading is a wonderful hobby．Why not start reading right now？
41．According to the passage，reading can keep you bored an tired．
42．You can read a book almost everywhere．
43．If your reading skills improve，your schoolwork will become much better．
44．It is true that reading is out of date．
45．Good readers may become writers． ．
Do you often throw away things you don't need anymore？Have you ever thought about how these things can actually be put to good use？Nothing is a waste if you have a creative mind．We should rethink，reuse，recycle!We should save the earth!（45words） Savetheearth ．
英汉互译，阅读下面的短文，将划线部分的句子译成汉语或英语．
A rich man was trying to find his daughter a birthday gift when he saw a poor man with beautiful white horse．（71）He told the man that he would give him﹩500 for the horse．
The poor man answered．"Sir，it doesn't look so good．"And he walked away．
The next day the rich man came back．He would give the poor man﹩1，000 for the horse．
The poor man said again，"Sir，it doesn't look so good．"
（72）在第三天，the rich man took out ＄2，000 for the horse．
He said he wouldn't take no for an answer．The poor man said OK．
（73）Then the rich man took the horse home．
（74）富人的女儿很喜欢这个礼物．She climbed onto the horse，but then the horse ran into a tree．It turned out that the horse was blind．The rich man ran to see the poor man．He asked for a reason．The poor man said，"I told you．（75）It doesn't look so good．"
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Yao Ming，Wang Zhizhi and Yi Jianlian…these are the great Chinese basketball players who have played in the NBA，but there are not very many others．Well now，one young Chinese man is knocking on the door of the world's most popular basketball league（联赛）．His name is Zhou Qi．
Zhou，20，entered the NBA draft （选秀）in April，2016．Every year，the 30 NBA teams pick skilled young players from around the world during the draft．So if Zhou is lucky，he could play in the NBA soon．
Zhou has long arms and quick feet．He is good at making long﹣range shots （远射）．Although he is young，he is calm on the court （球场）．
But his problem is he's too thin．Zhou is 2.18meters tall，but he only weighs 95kg．He doesn't seem strong enough to play against those big NBA players．
But who knows？Zhou is still young and has a lot of room to improve．The bigger stage （舞台） of the NBA is waiting for him，and his future is bright．
56．Where does Zhou come from？
57．When did Zhou enter the NBA draft？
58．What's the problem of Zhou？
59．Does Zhou do well in making long﹣range shots？
60．What do you think of Zhou's future？
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