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What to go on holiday, but don’t have enough money for luxury (豪华的) hotels and expensive trips? Backpacking might be right up your street.

Backpacking is a very cheap kind of travel. European and American students and young adults who may not have all that much money often do it. It is called backpacking because, instead of using a suitcase (手提箱), people put all their things in a large backpack. A backpack sits on your back, and you pack all your clothes inside.

The most popular places for backpacking are Southeast Asia and South America. These countries aren’t very expensive, and are also very hot for most of the year. India and Australia are also very popular. In 2002, over 400,000 backpackers hit Australia. Sometimes, backpacking can be dangerous. A British backpacker was recently shot dead at a beach party in Thailand, and every year similar things happen.

Backpacking, in fact, is much more than a holiday—for young people in Europe, it is seen as a way of learning about the world.

Backpackers often travel alone for many months, as this is seen as more of an adventure and challenge. Beyond finding new words, backpacking, people say, is all about “finding yourself”.

1.Is backpacking an expensive kind of travel?

                                                                                    

2.Why is it called backpacking?

                                                                                     

3.Where are the most popular places for backpacking?

                                                                                  

4.How many backpackers traveled to Australia in 2002?

                                                                                

5.What do people think of backpacking?

                                                                                      

 

在下列各句的每个空格内填上一个适当的完整的单词，该词的首字母已给。

1.Your answer is wrong. Who has the c______ answer to the question?

2. Everybody is laughing at her. She c______ her red face with her hands.

3.There are four o_______ in the world and among them the Pacific is the greatest.

4.The story i______ is interesting, but there are too many new words.

5.He got up earlier than usual so that he could c______ the early bus.

 

The English-Chinese dictionary helps me a lot. I often _____ new words in it.

A．put up            B．pick up           C．catch up          D．look up

 

When you are reading something in English, you may often meet with a new word. What’s the best way to know it?
You may look it up in the English-Chinese dictionary. It will tell you a lot about the word: the pronunciation, the Chinese meaning and how to use the word. But how can you know where the word is ? How to find it in the dictionary both quickly and correctly?
First, all the English words are arranged(安排) in the letter order. In the dictionary you can first see the words beginning with letter A, then B, C, D…. That means, if there are two words “desert” and “pull”, “desert” will be certainly before “pull”. Then if there are two words both beginning with the same letter, you may look at the second letter. Then the third, the fourth… For example, “pardon” is before “plough”, “judge” before “just”, etc. Do you understand how to look up in the dictionary? The dictionary will be your good friend. I hope you’ll use it as often as possible in your English study.
【小题1】This passage is about______.

A．new words in writing	B．different dictionaries
C．the best way of reading	D．using an English-Chinese dictionary

【小题2】In the dictionary you may not find_______.

A．how to pronounce the word	B．the spelling of the word
C．who used the word first	D．how to use the word

【小题3】In an English-Chinese dictionary, the last word______.

A．begins with Z

B．begins with A

C．is a short one

D．is not often used

【小题4】Which group of words is in the right order in an English-Chinese dictionary?

A．perhaps, produce, plenty	B．straight, subject, surprise
C．century, center, business	D．foreign, entrance, headache

【小题5】In the passage the writer tries to tell us _______.

A．we have to use a dictionary when we read something in English

B．an English-Chinese dictionary can tell us everything about a word

C．how to look up a word in a dictionary.

D．all English-Chinese dictionaries are the same

This is Li Gang’s English self-schedule(自学计划)for one week.

Monday	Review some English spelling rules.
Tuesday	Study prepositions（介词）to show place.
Wednesday	Read the useful sentences used in a telephone conversation. Write a simple conversation.
Thursday	Review the prepositions that I have learned. Practice them in the evening.
Friday	Listen to the English radio program for one hour. Write nothing down. Just listen.
Saturday	Review all of the new words I have learned this week. Write a story with the new words.
Sunday	Read an English story. Do exercise. Summarize（概述） the story in my notebook.

1.Li Gang will read the useful ________ used in a telephone conversation on Wednesday.

A．sounds           B．numbers          C．sentences         D．words

2.Li Gang will review the prepositions to show place on ________.

A．Monday          B．Tuesday           C．Wednesday        D．Thursday

3.Li Gang will improve his _______skills on Friday.

A．listening          B．speaking          C．reading           D．writing