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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| Three Things to Do Before You Are 18 |
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| What to do |
Reasons |
| learn to swim |
Swimming is so important that it can It may be |
| try at least one kind of team sports |
If you want to be a good team player, you must work well with Team sports can not only keep you healthy but also give you You can have a good social life and make many |
| collect something |
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Not everyone has a chance to be a detective（侦探）, but I got one when I was 13 years old. It happened in 1994.
One afternoon, I was walking down the street when I saw my father’s new car. I expected(期望) to see my father in the driver’s seat. But to my surprise, I saw a young woman driving instead, “She has stolen my father’s car,” I thought. So I quickly stopped a taxi and got in. I said to the driver, “Follow that new car in front,” I told him why.
The taxi driver had a car phone, so I asked him to call the police. Soon we heard the sound of a police car. The police told the woman to stop the car using a loudspeaker. The taxi came to a stop, too. I got out right then and said to the woman, “This is not your car. It's my father’s car.”
The woman smiled and said, “Oh. You’re Mr. Johnson’s son, right? I've seen your photo in your father’s office.”
Before I could say one word, the woman explained that she was my father’s new assistant（助手）. My father had asked her to take his computer to the shop to have it repaired. He lent her his car. After hearing this, I called my father and he told us what the woman said was right. The police and the taxi driver laughed. I felt very sorry. It was both the first time and the last time I worked as a detective. When did the story take place?
| A．Thirteen years ago. | B．Twenty years ago. |
| C．Thirty years ago. | D．Before 1994. |
What did the writer see one afternoon on a street?
| A．He saw his father driving a new car with a young woman. |
| B．He saw a young woman driving a new car with his father. |
| C．He saw a young woman trying to steal his father’s new car. |
| D．He saw a young woman in his father’s new car. |
How did the writer manage to get his father’s car to stop?
| A．He had his father call the young woman. |
| B．He asked the taxi driver to stop his father's car. |
| C．He got the help of the police. |
| D．He called the young woman. |
How did the writer feel when he found out the truth?
| A．He felt good about himself. | B．He felt sorry. |
| C．He felt very happy. | D．He felt excited. |
The Winter Olympics is also called the White Olympics．At this time，many colorful stamps are published to mark the great Games．The first stamps marking the opening came out on January 25th，1932 in the United States for the 3rd White Olympics. From then on，publishing stamps during the White Olympics became a rule.
During the 4th Winter Olympic Games a group of stamps were published in Germany in November l936. The five Olympics rings were drawn on the front of the sportswear．It was the first time that the rings appeared on the stamps of the White Olympics．
In the 1950s，the stamps of this kind became more colorful．When the White Olympics came，the host countries(主办国) as well as the non-host countries published stamps to mark those Games．China also published four stamps in February 1980 when the Chinese sportsmen began to take part in the White Olympics．
Japan is the only Asian country that has ever held the White Olympics．Altogether 14,500 million stamps were sold to raise money for this sports meeting．
Different kinds of sports were drawn on these small stamps．People can enjoy the beauty of the wonderful movements of some sportsmen.The White Olympics and the Winter Olympics_________．
| A．are the same thing | B．are different games |
| C．are not held in winter | D．are held in summer |
The world made it a rule to publish stamps to mark the great world games_______．
| A．after the year 1936 | B．after the 3rd White Olympics |
| C．before the 3rd White Olympics | D．before the year 1932 |
Which of the following is TRUE?
| A．Only the host countries can publish stamps to mark those Games． |
| B．Only the non-host countries can publish stamps to mark those Games． |
| C．All the countries can publish stamps to mark those Games． |
| D．Japan can’t publish stamps to mark those Games |
What may appear on the stamps of the White Olympics?
| A．Basketball． | B．Table tennis． |
| C．Football． | D．Skating． |
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Yuan Zai, the first Taiwan-born baby panda, climbs a wood log inside an enclosure(围栏) as visitors take pictures at the Taipei City Zoo, January 6, 2014. The cub(幼崽), which was born in July last year, made its public debut(公开亮相) on Monday. |
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The Chinese Xue Long icebreaker(破冰船) that saved 52 passengers stranded aboard a Russian ship last week is waiting for chance to save itself from Antarctic(南极) ice, as weather conditions may turn fine on Monday, January 6,2014. |
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Hong Kong media mogul(媒体大亨) Run Run Shaw(邵逸夫)， aged 107, passed away at home on Tuesday morning, January 7, 2014. Shaw was one of the founding directors of TVB in 1967. He did much charity work and donated more than 10 billion HK dollars to support the education in China’s mainland. |
Yuan Zai was born _______.
| A．in July last year | B．on Monday |
| C．in June last year | D．on January 6, 2014 |
Xue Long icebreaker belongs to ________.
| A．China | B．the Antarctic |
| C．Russia | D．America |
Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Run Run Shaw passed away at home in Taiwan.
B. Run Run Shaw was a famous actor in TVB.
C. Xue Long icebreaker saved 52 passengers stranded aboard a Chinese ship.
D. Yuan Zai made its first public debut on Monday.
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Some time ago, an old businessman had a large store in Boston. He wanted a boy to work for him, and he put an advertisement in the newspaper. The next morning, many boys came to the old man’s office, asking for the job.
There was a post（柱子）by his desk, and there was a nail（钉子）in it. He took a walking-stick and said, “Everyone has three chances. If anyone can hit the nail on the head with this stick more than once, I will give him the job. ”
The boy thought it was very easy. They all tried, but nobody could make it. So the old man said, “I’m sorry I can’t take any of you. ” And they left.
He kept the advertisement in the papers, and the next morning many more boys came, and among them he saw a thin boy who had been there the day before. The boy hit the nail successfully for three times. The old man felt surprised and asked how he did that.
“Yes,” said the boy, “I failed yesterday, but I thought that if I kept on trying a while, I could do it. So I went home and practiced hitting a nail with a stick till I could do it, and I got up very early this morning, and tried again. ”
The old man said, “You are the boy for me,” and gave him the job. Whatever the boy had to do, he tried to do his best. It was not very long before he became the best clerk in the store.Did the thin boy get the job at last?
___________________________________________________________What did the old man have in Boston?
___________________________________________________________Where did the boy practice hitting a nail?
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Rachel Carson was born in the USA on May,1907. Her mother, Maria Carson, had been a schoolteacher. She also loved nature. She showed Rachel the beauty of nature. She also taught Rachel a deep love for books. As a quiet child, Rachel liked to read and write stories. At a very early age, she decided she wanted to be a writer some day. Her story first appeared in a children’s magazine when she was ten years old.
Her first books, Under the Sea Wind came out in 1941. In 1948, Miss Carson began working on another book, The Sea Around Us. She always remembered carefully when she wrote. She collected information from more than one thousand places to write The Sea Around Us. When the book came out in 1951, it won the National Book Award. It was No. 1 on the best-seller list for more than a year. The Sea Around Us made Rachel Carson famous.
Rachel Carson’s most famous book, Silent Spring came out in 1962. In this book, she pointed out that the use of some kinds of pesticides(杀虫剂) like DDT would cause the number of birds to decline because it would kill them as well. Finally, in November 1969, the United Sates government decided that the use of DDT must stop in two years.
Rachel Carson has been regarded as a great environmentalist(环保主义者) and writer. She will be remembered by the world.Rachel Carson had a deep love for nature and books because of ____________.
| A．her father | B．her mother | C．her schoolteacher | D．her brother |
Rachel decided that she wanted to be a writer when ___________.
| A．she was very young | B．she was in college |
| C．she became a teacher | D．she became famous |
The Chinese meaning of the word ”decline” in this passage is probably “___________”.
| A．增加 | B．减少 | C．维持 | D．翻番 |
Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
| A．Rachel Carson was a careful and serious writer. |
| B．The Sea Around Us won the National Book Award. |
| C．In Silent Spring Rachel said some pesticides were bad for the environment. |
| D．The use of DDT was stopped as soon as the book Silent Spring came out. |
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