Camping in your backyard is full of fun, whatever your age. It's great for keeping us relaxed. It offers chances to check the night sky and to be noisier than usual. It lets us have friends over to stay who might not fit inside the house! Follow these instructions and you'll have a night you’ll never forget!

Put up your tent.

    Depending on the number of family members and guests, you may need more than one tent. Tell your friends to bring their tents if needed. Follow the instructions or check out the articles on how to put up a tent on the Internet.

Prepare your bedding.

     You'II want your guests to be able to relax in comfort. Put something soft to lie on on the floor: A blow-up air mattress or thick comforters may work well. Fill the tent with soft toys and  blankets (毯子). Have lightweight sleeping bags or cotton blankets. They are especially important if you live where the night temperatures drop greatly.

 Prepare a seating area.

     If you have a picnic table, that would work best. If not, set up a few chairs and a small table to set out drinks and food. A simple choice is to lay out a blanket in the sun,  so that your friends can eat and talk. Be sure the grass isn 't wet!

Make memories.

    Plan some activities. You're camping in the backyard, so it's time to make the most of being outdoors.

    Have a camera nearby to take silly photos of you, your family members, and your friends. Take one large group shot with everyone smiling and laughing. Be sure to make copies for everyone!

1.Is camping in the backyard great fun?

2.What can we do to help relax our guests?

3.What is a simple choice to prepare a seating area?

4.How do we make memories?

5.What is the passage mainly about?

 

When women sit together to watch a movie on TV, at the same time they usually talk about a lot of subjects, including children, men, careers and what’s happening in their lives. When groups of men and women watch a movie together, the men usually end up telling the women to shut up. Men can either talk or watch the screen---they can’t do both---and they don’t understand that women can. Besides(此外), women think that the point of all getting together is to have a good time and develop relationships--not just to sit there like couch potatoes staring (盯著) at the screen.

During the ad breaks, a man often asks a woman to explain the plot(the story that is told in a novel or play or movie etc.) and tell him where the relationship between the characters is going. He is unable, unlike women, to read the small body language signals that show how the characters are feeling emotionally(情緒上). Since women originally spent their days with the other women and children in the group, they developed the ability to communicate successfully because they want to keep relationships. For a woman, speech continues to have such a clear purpose: to build relationships and make friends. For men, to talk is to connect to the facts.

Men see the telephone as a communication tool for sending facts and information to other people, but a woman sees it as a way of keeping relationship. A woman can spend two weeks on vacation with her girlfriend and, when she returns home, telephone the same girlfriend and talk for another two hours.

There is no convincing(令人信服的)evidence that social conditioning, the fact that girls’ mothers talked them more, is the reason why girls talk more than boys. Psychiatrist Dr. Michael Lewis, author of Social Behaviour and Language Acquisition, conducted experiments that found mothers talked to and looked at baby girls more often than baby boys. Scientific evidence shows parents reply to the brain differences of their children. Since a girl’s brain is better organized to send and receive speech, we talk to them more. As a result, mothers who try to talk to their sons are usually pointed to receive only short complaints in reply.

1.While watching TV with others, women usually talk a lot because they ___________.

A．a(chǎn)re afraid of silence with their families and friends

B．can both talk and watch the screen at the same time

C．think they can have a good time and develop relationships

D．have to explain the plot and body language to their husbands

2.After a vacation with her girlfriend, a woman would talk to her again on the phone for hours so as to ___________.

A．experience the happy time again

B．keep a close tie with her

C．recommend her a new wonderful place

D．remind her of something forgotten

3.What does the writer want to tell us most?

A．Women’s brains are better organized for language and communication.

B．Women love to talk because they are more sociable than men.

C．Men do not like talking because they believe more in facts.

D．Social conditioning is not the reason why women love talking.

4.Which of the following would be the BEST title for the passage?

A．Women Are Socially Trained to Talk

B．Talking Keeps Relationships

C．Women Love to Talk

D．Men Talk Differently from Women

 

Last month we made a survey among 300 students at our school. The questions we asked were: “Who would you talk with when in trouble?” and “why?” Here are some answers for them.
I would talk with my parents or teachers when in trouble. They are older than I and have more experience of life. They always listen to me carefully and give me helpful ideas. I believe them. Zheng Hao	Life is full of small troubles but I’m never afraid of them. I would talk with my friends when in trouble because we understand each other and they always give me good suggestions. I won’t feel worried. Chen Lei	I am a quiet girl. I like to keep my secrets. I think nobody can really understand me except myself. So I never tell others when I’m in trouble. Li Yan

【小題1】Zheng Hao likes to talk with his         when in trouble.

A．parents

B．classmates

C．friends

D．brothers

【小題2】Chen Lei likes to talk with his friends when in trouble because         .

A．they are older than he	B．they always give him good suggestions
C．he likes to keep secrets	D．they have more experience of life

Time Temp Glasses

Are you a person who wants to know the time and temperature during the day? You might like Temp Glasses. These special glasses show the time above your right eye and the temperature your left eye. It is surely easier than wearing a wristwatch, and you never have to guess the Tature.

Alarm() Fork

Do you eat too quickly? Do you eat too much? How can the Alarm Fork help you? Aren't you is (好奇的)? Well, this special fork has two lights: one green and one red. When the green is on, it's OK to eat a piece of food. The fork "knows" when you eat a piece, and soon the red goes on. Wait for the green light before you eat another piece.

Smell This

Sow do you know if your breath smells nice, or if it smells bad? It's difficult It) know, because it’s very hard to smell the air that comes out of your own mouth. Smell This is useful for this ion. Smell This covers your nose and your mouth. Docs your breath smell nice, or do you need a piece of gum(口香糖)?

Banana Suitcase(手提箱)

Has this ever happened to you? You put a banana in your bag lunch in the morning, and when pen the bag at noon, the banana looks like someone drove a car over it. If you put your banana Banana Suitcase, this will never happen. It keeps a banana safe, delicious, and looking like a m!

1.The writer thinks that the four inventions are_.

A. dangerous          B. useless        C. unusual         D. expensive

2.A person who wants to lose weight may be interested in_.

A. Time Temp Glasses        B. Alarm Fork       C. Smell This  D. Banana Suitcase

3.Which invention is most helpful for someone waiting for a train?

A. Time Temp Glasses.       B. Alarm I ink.       C. Smell This.        D. Banana Suitcase.

4.If you want to know how your breath is. you may buy _.

A. Time Temp Glasses        B. Alarm Fork       C. Smell This D. Banana Suitcase

5.Who might use the Banana Suitcase?

A. A person who eats bananas only at home.

B. Someone who needs to throw away a banana.

C. A person who has little interest in eating bananas.

D. Someone who loves bananas and brings lunch to school every day.