Information for New Members

Welcome to Banktown Bushwalking (丛林徒步旅行) Club! Here are some things you need to know:

Most walks are in faraway places. You need to take enough food and water for a full day of activity on each walk. This is the most important thing to remember.

Wear good lace-up shoes, because you need to do some climbing sometimes.

Each walk has a grade. If you haven’t been bushwalking before, we suggest that you start with an easy walk- Grade 1 or 2. If you have been bushwalking before, then a Grade 3 walk may be suitable.

All beginners need to call or e-mail the leader of an activity 48 hours before the start of the activity. They need to make sure that you are fit and able to finish the activity as planned.

Membership fees(费用) for a year:

$35 for an adult over 18 years old.

If a family joins the club, fees will be lower. $55 for the parents and $10 for each child between the ages of 5 and 18.

1.Before starting a walk, ________ is the most important thing that walkers must remember.?

A. sunglasses????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. money????????????? ????????????? C. lace-up shoes????????????? ????????????? D. food and water

2.A person who hasn’t been bushwalking before should choose a ________ walk.

A. Grade 1 or 2????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. Grade 3????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C. Grade 4????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. Grade 5

3.Eric, his wife and their 16-year-old child want to join the club. They should pay ______ for a year.

A. $35????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. $55????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C. $65????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. $75

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Some of the favorite sports here in America are basketball, baseball, football, soccer, hockey, and more. But, my favorite sport is football. My favorite player in the NFL (National Football League) is Brian Urlacher of the Chicago Bears ( the Bears are my favorite team too).
Americans wear jeans, a shirt, socks, shoes, and sometimes a hat. I usually wear a baseball hat, my favorite pants, and my favorite shirt. My pants have 4 pockets on it, and my shirt has red and black stripes on it.
There is no common agreement in the west about the best method of education. Many views can be found among parents, teachers, and students.
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【小题1】Students in elementary school stay at school for about ________days.

Old age may not sound exciting. But recent findings offer good news for older people and for people worried about getting older. Researchers found that people become happier and experience less worry after they reach the age of fifty. In fact, they say by the age of eighty-five, people are happier with their life than they were when they were eighteen years old.

The researchers asked questions about emotions like happiness, sadness and worry. They also asked about mental or emotional stress. They also found that levels of stress were highest among adults between the ages of twenty-two and twenty-five.The findings showed that stress levels dropped sharply after people reached their fifties.

The study also showed that men and women have similar emotional patterns as they grow older. However, women at all ages reported more sadness, stress and worry than men.

Researchers say they do not know why happiness increases as people get older. One theory is that, as people grow older, they grow more thankful for what they have and have better control of their emotions. They also spend less time thinking about bad experiences.

1.When will people become happier and experience less worry?

A. 18 years old     B. 80 years old     C. 50 years old    D. 25 years old

2.What does the underlined word“emotions”mean in Paragragh Two?

A. 体力           B. 情感          C. 智力         D. 目标

3.Who has the most sadness, stress and worry?

A. a fifty-year-old man             B. a fifty-year-old woman

C. a twenty-five-year-old woman       D. a twenty-five-year-old man

4.According to the last paragraph, why may people be happier at an older age?

A. They are more thankful for what they have

B. They have better control of their emotions

C. They spend less time thinking about their bad experiences

D. All of the above.

Hi! My name is Robert and I live in Chicago. My school is called Parkside Elementary.  It is Jake and Elizabeth's school too.  Michael and Trevor's school is called Lincoln Middle School.  In the USA many students go to elementary school between the ages of 5-10, then middle school between the ages of 11-13, and then a four year high school, and last but not least, many people go to college or vocational school. Our elementary school starts at 8:30 am and ends at 3:20 pm. We go to school on Monday through Fridays and have the weekends off.
Some of the favorite sports here in America are basketball, baseball, football, soccer, hockey, and more. But, my favorite sport is football. My favorite player in the NFL (National Football League) is Brian Urlacher of the Chicago Bears ( the Bears are my favorite team too).
Americans wear jeans, a shirt, socks, shoes, and sometimes a hat. I usually wear a baseball hat, my favorite pants, and my favorite shirt. My pants have 4 pockets on it, and my shirt has red and black stripes on it.
There is no common agreement in the west about the best method of education. Many views can be found among parents, teachers, and students.
【小题1】Students in elementary school stay at school for about ________days.

My grandfather is a teacher. He is the head teacher of a school for boys between the ages of thirteen and eighteen. I know that he is a kind man, because he gives me presents（礼物）, and let me sit on his knees（膝盖）, and tells me stories. But I believe(相信) the boys at his school are afraid of him. At school, when he walks into a room full of boys, they will be quiet at once（立刻）. When he looks at a boy with a certain look in his eyes, that boy’s face goes red, and looks down at his shoes. If a boy brings careless（粗心的）work, my grandfather will pick up the boy’s book and throw(扔) it across the room, shouting（喊）, “Do it all again, and bring it back the first thing in the morning!” if the boy is late, or if he forgets to bring the work, he has to do it again, and again and yet again.

1.My grandfather is ______.

A．a kind teacher

B．a teacher, and he gives presents to his students.

C．the head teacher of a boy’s school

D．a boy at a school. In that school, everyone was afraid of the head teacher.

2.I know my grandfather is kind because_________.

A．he is the head teacher of a boy’s school.

B．he gives me presents and tells me stories.

C．he tells me stories about how kind he is.

D．the boys at his school aren’t afraid of him.

3.When he looks at a boy in a certain way, that boy ________

A．goes red in the face and could not return my grandfather’s look.

B．looks back at my grandfather’s red face

C．looks at his shoes to see if they are dirty.

D．goes red in the face because his shoes are dirty.

4.My grandfather does not like to receive________

A．my poor work

B．the work that the boys can’t do

C．his students’ careless work

D．the most careful work

5.When he receives any boy’s poor work, my grandfather will____

A．shout at him and throw it across the room

B．go red in the face

C．throw his students’ books and shout in the room.

D．throw the book at the boy