Teens Reading

British children are encouraged to read more

1. What problem do children in Britain have with reading? ______.

A. They read at a low speed.

B. They don’t have time to read books.

C. The books they read are in poor state.

D. They don’t read enough books.

D

• 2. All of the following contribute to the reading problem of British children EXCEPT that _____.

A. parents do not encourage their children to read.

B. children spend a lot of time watching TV.

C. the Internet provides more books for children to read.

D. playing computer games takes up much of children’s spare time.

C

• 3. “Quest Seekers” is _____.

A. a reading activity to develop children’s love for reading

B. an organization set up by the government

C. an adventurous trip planned by “Reading Champions”

D. a bicycle ride into a mysterious and wondrous land.

A

• 4. From the last paragraph, we can learn that the author thinks reading is ______.

A. interesting but time-consuming

B. necessary but boring

C. necessary and fun

D. boring and demanding

C

SEALs save the day• 1. Please list three kinds of training a

SEAL needs. (Answer within 10 words)

(1) _______________________________

(2) _______________________________

(3) _______________________________

Navy basic training

basic SEAL training

SEAL qualification training

• 2. Which of the following might not be the job of SEALs? ______

• A. Rescuing lives in danger.

• B. Shooting threatening gangsters.

• C. Handling terrorists’ bombs in the UN.

• D. Operating on a patient with heart disease.

D

• 3. The word “SEAL” in the text _____.

• A. might be the short form of “sea, air and land”

• B. refers to a certain sea animal called a seal

• C. means a special navy force trained for shooting

• D. comes from SEAL training a cruel training

A

• 4. The US Navy SEALs are regarded invaluable because ______.

• A. they bring in a large sum of money

• B. their work greatly benefits America

• C. it takes a long time to train a SEAL

• D. training them costs large amounts of money

B

Vocabularyexpose imaginable target nonstop qualification

1. To such poor people, the idea of having a choice of food is barely __________.

2. We took a ________ flight to Los Angeles.3. These drawings must not be ________ to the air.4. What's the ________ readership of this

newspaper?5. Only one ___________ is required—fabulous

sense of humor.

imaginable

exposed

target

nonstop

qualification

• 特种部队：• 狙击手：• 海盗：• 人质：• For days in a lifeboat, he was tied up an

d had a gun pointed to the back of his head.

special forces

sniper

pirate

hostage

Challenging Day Could you

successfully live without technology for a day?

Good Week• 1. Safina is No 1

______ tennis player Dinara Safina will _____ Serena Williams as world No 1.

Her move up the rankings _______ the first time a brother and sister have been number one in the world.

Russian

replace

represents

Bad Week• 2. Bolt used marijuana

Bolt _____ last week that he smoked marijuana when he was young, …it caused a storm of _______.

“ I would also like to _____ the upcoming stars to _________ any kind of drugs, as it is not _________ to them or the sport you __________. ”

admitted

criticism

urge

stay away from

of any value

participate in

Lewis Loses His Integrity• F1 ，中文名称为“一级方程式锦标赛”，是英文 Formula

1 Grand Prix 的简称，目前这项比赛的正式全名为“ FIA Formula 1 World Championship” 一级方程式赛车世界锦标赛。

• 　 至于为何叫做 Formula （方程式）赛车呢？“方程式”其实就是“规则与限制”的意思，因为 F1 比赛是在 FIA 所制订的规格与规则下制造赛车以及进行比赛，所有参加的队伍都必须遵守这套如方程式般的准则。

• 　 除了 F1 之外，还有其它不同等级的方程式比赛，如 F3 、F3000 、 Formula Ford 、 Formula Renault 等，他们都属于方程式赛车的一种，只是各自的规范不同，而 F1 是 FIA 所制订的方程式赛车规范中等级最高的，因此以 1 命名。

• 　

• “Success at all costs is a seductive mantra but it does not ensure universal admiration and lifelong respect. There is nothing more effective than sport for revealing inner character…True champions, like it or not, are not purely measured by weight of silverware. The best have a humanity and generosity of spirit which defines them more surely than anything else.”

As a pop star, what good qualities

should he/she have?

White House welcomes its new resident

Would you like to keep a pet? If so, what animal would you like to keep?

raccoon

teddy bear

Portuguese water dog pet alligator

grizzly孟菲斯灰熊队

Read “Building a bridge of love” and write an essay about your comments on it.