How do students spend their spare time after finishing their homework？Here's a good example.

    Tim and Kerry Meek are both teachers.They live in the UK with their two daughters: eleven­year­old Amy and nine­year­old Ella.Recently，the Meek family has become the focus of the whole country after they completed 100 different outdoor activities in one year.

    The Meek couple didn't want their children to spend all their free time in front of the TV and become "couch potatoes"．So they set 100 tasks for the two girls to do outside and they took part in all the activities to encourage their daughters.

    Every holiday and weekend，whether it's sunny，rainy or snowy，the Meeks would set off to try the activities on their list，including hiking，sailing，climbing，skiing，and so on.The two little girls not only had a wonderful time，but also learned a lot of skills from the activities.They were even able to stand up in front of the whole school to give a talk for charity."Our friends spend a lot of their free time doing things which are harmful to their health. Luckily we'vehadthechancetoexperiencesomethingdifferent."

⑴题完成句子；⑵-⑶题简略回答问题；⑷题用自己的话总结文章主旨大意；⑸题将文中画线句子译成汉语。

    Americans with small families have a small car or a large one. If both parents are working, they usually have two cars. When the family is large, one of the cars is sold and they will buy a van(面包车).

    A small car can hold four people and a large car can hold six people but it is very crowded(拥挤的). A van can hold seven people easily, so a family with three children could ask their grandparents to go for a holiday. They could all travel together.

    Mr Hagen and his wife had a third child last year. This made them sell a second car and buy a van. The sixth and seventh seats are used to put other things, for a family of five must carry many suitcases when they travel.

    Americans call vans motor homes. A motor home is always used for holidays. When a family is travelling to the mountains or to the seaside, they can live in their motor home for a few days or weeks. All the members of a big family can enjoy a happier life when they are travelling together. That is why motor homes have become very popular. In America there are many parks for motor homes.

Environmental protection is one of the hottest topics nowadays. It was also something that ancient Chinese paid great attention to. In fact, the world's earliest environmental protection idea, ministry （部门） and law were all born in China. How did the ancient Chinese protect the environment?

The world's earliest idea of "managing state affairs（政事）through environmental protection"

Xunzi, a famous thinker in the Warring States Period, came up with the idea of "managing state affairs through environmental protection". He wrote in his book that vegetation（植被）should be protected well by humans.

Guan Zhong, a government officer 400 years ahead of Xunzi, was also an environmental protection expert. He said "a king who cannot protect his vegetation is not doing a good job".

The world's earliest environmental protection ministry"

Nine ministries set up by Shim, an ancient Chinese emperor, included "Yu"（虞） , an environmental protection ministry. Hie first " Yu'' leader was Boyi, an environmental protection expert. He invented wells so people could drink clean water. He knew a lot about animals and also called for animal protection.

The world's earliest "environmental protection law"

Over 4, 000 years ago, Dayu, an ancient Chinese water-control expert and also an emperor, made a rule, not allowing people to cut down trees in March or catch fish in June, because it was the time when they grew quickly.

Almost 3,000 years ago, Tianlv, the first environmental protection law, appeared in Qin. It recorded many ancient environmental protection rules. Two of them were interesting: firstly, rivers should not be blocked（堵塞）; secondly, grass and trees should not be burned to be fertilizer （肥料）except for summer. The second one is inspiring even for today. It can help to keep air clean and fresh.

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