Summer Camps for Teenagers

There are many types of summer camps for teenagers to attend They're a great way for teens to make friends and learn valuable lessons about life. If you're seeking a good summer camp to attend, the first thing you should do is decide what type of camp would be most suitable to your interests and goals.

Traditional Camps

When you just want the sort of camp in classic films, a traditional overnight camp might be just what, you need to grow, learn, and relax this coming summer. These sorts of camps offer more vigorous outdoors activities. yet often allow campers to customize their camping experiences.

Chewonki Camp

As one of the best summer camps in the country by Boston Magazine, this camp aims to help teens learn about natural history, and ecology, and the campers get treats like sailing trips and hiking excursions, besides formal instruction in such things as kayaking, swimming, ficid sports, and photography:

Camp Wicosuta

As a top-rated, traditional four-week sleep away camp especially for young ladies, Camp Wicosuta has more than 30 different activities to help teens learn to cook and wash themselves, which aim to help young girls focus on building their self-confidence.

Academic Camps

Many teens like to advance their education during the summer months while also having fun. There are hundreds of academic camps for them to choose from that specialize in various academic subjects like journalism, languages, law, computers, and sciences.

1.   You should decide what camp to attend according to        .

A.   camping time and place                      B.   your values and customs

C.    items and activities                                   D.   personal interests and goals

2.   Which can be the most suitable for a person who likes sailing and hiking? 

A.   Traditional Camps.                                 B.   Chewonki Camp.

C.   Camp Wicosuta.                            D.   Academic Camps.

3.   What is the purpose of the activities that teach teens to cook themselves?

A.   To let teens learn and get relaxed.             B.   To help girls learn practical skills.

C.   To help girls build self-confidence.       D.   To make teens focus on science.

University — the best days of my life! I made lots of friends in my student dorm, went to great parties, joined the debating society... and, well, I did some work too — but I must admit that my lecturers were very patient with my tardiness（拖沓）．

It's easy to look back at our university days in good ways but the truth is that when we first arrived on campus, most of us were out of our comfort zone, In fact, a survey of students at Imperial College London has revealed that 3 out of 4 students experience high levels of stress, or a mental health condition, during their time at college. The survey, completed by over a thousand students, also found that 70% of those that experience stress do so at least once a week, and 9% of them feel stressed constantly.,

Kristy, a student at Exeter University, didn't enjoy her first days in college. She says: "When I first got to university I don't think I'd realized that I'd forgotten how to make friends, I'd been with the same school friends for seven years, and so I was trying to balance social success with academic success while learning how to look after myself at quite at a young age."

Dr. Ruth Caleb of the counseling service at Brunei University in London has some tips that should make life easier for students before they set off for university. She says: "Certain things that I think it would be very helpful for students to have put in place are an ability to do the practical things of life — to do the washing, to do the cleaning and so on — being able to cook. Budgeting is extremely important in university life." And Caleb adds: "You should learn how to spend time on your own comfortably."

I graduated and learnt how to take care of myself the hard way. I hope that new students these days remember to acquire some life skills before they make the big jump.

4.   How does the writer feel about his university life?

A.    Challenging but wonderful.                           B.    Busy and tiring.

C.    Dull and stressful.                                         D.    Boring but successful.

5.   Which is true about students who first enter university?

A.   They feel as comfortable as they expect.

B.   They find it hard to manage their life.

C.   They fail to balance social and academic life.

D.   Most of them suffer from constant stress.

6.   Dr. Ruth Caleb thinks budgeting is of great importance because it        .

A.   helps students put everything in place

B.   helps students live independently

C.   makes students' university life easier

D.   does good to students' social relationships

7.   Which is closest in meaning to the underlined part in the last paragraph?

A.    Become very successful.                           B.    Make great progress.

C.   Get used to university life.              D.   Go to university.

In 1974, when I was 18,1 took up hang-gliding and paragliding. Today I'm a professional hang-glide instructor, but at the time I was one of only about a dozen in the country doing it. I was lucky to survive: the sport was so new and dangerous then. In 1997 I heard about the Birdman competition, in which participants(参与者) compete to fly the furthest distance; I thought it sounded like fun. I felt that a hang-glider, which usually travels around 90 metres, could go as far as 100 metres one day. The first leap was frightening: a huge crosswind meant I had to take off at almost 90 degrees and it was difficult to manage. But I came back, and now participate in the various Birdman competitions that take place across the country, attracting serious and silly competitors alike .

It's taken 17 years to break the 100 metre barrier, and I was the first to do it. When I broke the world record in 2014, I took off from Worthing pier(码头) and didn't touch down for 20 seconds. It was the longest ever flight from a pier, carrying me 159.8 metres until I touched the water. Twenty seconds is a long time when you're doing 45 miles an hour, flying over the waves. Though I still hold the distance record, I didn't Win the 2015 Birdman competition. This past year has been more difficult. I'm nearly 60 now. Competitors have always joked about how they'll probably be throwing me off the pier. I had operations on my knees, and then three weeks before this years competition at Bognor Regis, I had a mild heart attack. I managed to compete again, but I didn't feel right. My wife was obviously very concerned, but I keep fit. As long as I don't overwork myself; and prepare properly for the event, there's no reason I can't do it for the next 12, 13 years. Next year, I'm going to win it again.

8.   The passage mainly talks about the writer's        .

A.    enthusiasm about a sport                           B.    knowledge about hang-gliding

C.    difficulties in his career                               D.   records in Birdman competitions

9.    What can be learned about hang-gliding in 1974?

A.    It was quite popular.                             B.    It was full of risks.

    C.   It had a record of 100 meters.                    D.   It had about 12 instructors.

10.        The writer failed to win the competition in 2015 because he        .

A.   didn't take it seriously enough             B.    was too proud of his record

    C.   was thrown off the pier by others                D.    was in a poor physical condition

11. Which of the following best describes the writer?

A.    Considerate.    B.    Humorous.        C.    Determined.      D.   Patent

You've heard of Charles Darwin, right? The famous scientist who put forward a tkeory of evolution. You might have just also heard of Alfred Russel Wallace, who worked together with Darwin on the revolutionary work On the Origin of Species published in 1859. But what about Patrick Matthew? "Patrick who?" you might ask. Well, Darwin and Wallace got the fame but Matthew did the legwork too.

This British horticulturalist（园艺种植家）actually thought about evolution first, as Dr．Mike Weale, geneticist at King's College London, explains. He says: "Matthew published a brief outline of the idea of species being able to change into other species through natural selection. And he die that 27 years before Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace. And they recognized that he did so but other people since have simplified the story and tended to concentrate just on Darwin."

So Patrick Matthew's relative obscurity（默默无名）may simply be down to us — the general public — wanting to simplify things. But Dr. Patricia Fara, senior tutor at Clare College Cambridge, points out that Darwin's work might have received more attention because he had powerful friends.

Dr. Patricia Fara explains that "Darwin had the most famous, most outstanding members of the scientific society in Victorian times, who were pushing on his behalf. Having a scientific theory being accepted is not just a matter of whether the theory's right.”

Maybe it is time for us to remember Patrick Matthew, a pioneer of the story of survival through adaptation that is at the heart of evolution.

12.        What makes Darwin and Wallace famous?

A.    Their great relationship.                             B.    Their work with Matthew.

C.    Their extraordinary theory                      D.   Matthew's legwork.

13.  What did Matthew do before the book On the Origin of Species was published?

A.    He worked with a horticulturalist.                 B.    He published the idea of evolution.

C.    He simplified a story.                            D.    He concentrated on Darwin.

14.  According to Dr. Patricia Fara, Matthew's obscurity was the result of        .

A.    his lack of powerful friends                         B.    his lack of people's attention

C.    his special characteristics                    D.    people's tendency of simplification

15.        What does the underlined sentence suggest?

      A.   Friends help Darwin's theory get accepted.

      B.    A theory will be accepted if ifs right.

      C.    People know very little about Matthew.

      D.    We should try to remember Matthew.

Bad breath can be a major problem. The good news is that it can often be prevented           some simple steps.

Bad breath is caused by certain bacteria that grow in the mouth. When you don't brush regularly, bacteria accumulate in your mouth and between your teeth.    16    Certain foods, especially ones like garlic and onions that contain pungent(辛辣的) oils, can contribute to bad breath because the oils are carried to your lungs and out through your mouth.    17    Some people think that as long as you brush your teeth, you shouldn't have had breath.    18               That, however, just doesn't remove the smell. To sufficiently clean all the surfaces of your teeth, you should brush for at least 2 minutes at least twice a day.

Many people believe that if you breathe into your hand, you'll know when you have bad breath. But it's wrong!    19    When you talk, you tend to bring out the smell from the back of your mouth(where bad breath starts), which simply breathing doesn't do．Also, because we tend to get used to our own smells, it's hard for a person to tell if he or she has bad breath.

If you're concerned about bad breath, make sure you're taking care of your teeth and mouth properly. If you brush properly and visit your dentist for regular cleaning but your bad breath persists, you may have a medical problem.    20    They can figure out if something else is behind your bad breath and help you take care of it.

A.   These bacteria make your breath smell. 

    B.    In that case, call your doctor or dentist.

C． Smoking is also a major cause of bad breath.

D.   Remember to brush your tongue, too — bacteria love to hang out there.      

E.    The truth is that most people only brush their teeth for 30 to 45 seconds.

    F.    When you breathe, the smell bounced back by your hand can be easily sensed.

    G.    When you breathe, you don't use your throat the same way you do when you talk.