Finding Paradise （天堂） and Success in Retirement

Ivy Singh and her husband had their retirement all planned out. They wanted to have a place with enough land to grow plants. The couple successfully found a proper place and turned it into a farm called Bollywood Veggies. "We came and had a look and we found paradise. We started Bollywood Veggies there and then," she says.

The basic idea of starting the farm was to keep themselves busy in retirement. Mrs. Singh says it was never begun as a business. "We started this as a lifestyle project for retirement." The farm's produce includes beans, cabbage and other crops. Soon, more people found out about the farm. Visitors often asked whether the farm offered any food or drinks. So the couple started a restaurant and a food museum on the farm.

As the farm changed from a retirement to a commercial project, Mrs. Singh sought new business opportunities. A key area was growing bananas. Given the popularity of bananas and their use in a range of food products, she saw great potential. The farm uses its crop to make products such as banana chips and bread.

Mrs. Singh, driven by the success of the project, now wants to open a retirement home on the farm. She says the farm is a nice place for people who have retired.

Mrs. Singh says she does not care much about the profit, because she is getting to live her dream while making a difference to society.

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Fed was a consultant（咨询师）and Guido a wine maker. They started their gelato （意式冰激凌） business with no food industry experience. "We wanted to make the best gelato in the world and we didn't know how to make any gelato!" Fed recalls. That did not stop them though and the business has become more and more successful.

The word gelato means "frozen" originally. Since ancient Rome, people have been enjoying cold desserts. Many think gelato is just an Italian name for ice cream. But actually it is a different product. According to Fed and Guido, the difference between ice cream and gelato is the amount of fat in the product. In ice cream you have an average of 17-18% of fat, but with Italian gelato you have 10%.

It was Guido who first came up with the idea. He thought that if they got the best materials, they could make top quality gelato. Fed then put a business plan together and the two decided to go for it. The only rule they had when they started out was to stick to their guiding principle—to try to create the world's best gelato. Their efforts paid off. Sales of their gelato have doubled in Italy every year since 2008. It outpaced （超过）the growth of every other type of iced dessert by some way. The company grows from two employees in 2003 to nearly 700 employees today.

According to a market analysis, Italians' love for gelato will last for the next few years. These two will be happy to learn the news.

A.used to be wine makers

B.knew how to make gelato

C.had no experience in food industry

D.planned to create a new dessert

A.Fed and Guido invented gelato

B.Italians prefer gelato to ice cream

C.gelato is the world's best dessert

D.gelato has less fat than ice cream

A.using secret materials

B.sticking to their business plan

C.making top quality gelato

D.hiring the best employees

A.remained the same

B.reached record high

C.grown as fast as other desserts

D.increased steadily

A.the World’s Best Gelato

B.Italians' Love for Gelato

C.The History of Gelato

D.Gelato Shops in Italy

Newspapers in the Classroom

①Creating a classroom newspaper will be a great fun. First of all, decide who is going to work on what section of the newspaper. For example, one group could handle the Sports section, and another could take care of the Arts. All students should have some say as to which news stories will be included.

②Next, before you begin any work, it's a good idea to have a look at a few different examples. Collect some from home, or find them at your local or school library. As you are reading through your newspapers take note of what parts of the newspaper impress you the most. If the newspapers you have are old and no longer being used by anyone, cut some of your favorite sections and pictures out. They can be used later on.

③Keep track of your ideas by separating them into sections, much the same as a real paper is in sections. Do you want a sprats section? An arts page? A science section? These are the things you need to decide.

④One really wonderful way to decide what kind of feeling your newspaper will have is to carry out a survey, either in the classroom or the entire school. Questions you could ask include: What do you like reading about? Do you prefer pictures or stories? And what do you like best in the newspapers you read?

⑤When you are set with your ideas, you will have to think about the next step which is actually putting the newspaper together. Decisions to be made include: How many pages will your newspaper have? Who will write the articles, draw the pictures and/or take the photos? How many articles will the newspaper have?

A. Conducting a survey

B. Finding examples

C. Assigning tasks

D. Secking teachers' advice

E. Designing the newspaper

F. Deciding on sections

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Boxing for Fitness （健身）

When it comes to boxing, most people think of two strong athletes in a ring trying to destroy each other with their fists. _____（1） It is a sport that people can get a great exercise from.

Boxing for fitness is fast becoming a popular way to exercise. It is easy to understand when you consider all the benefits of the sport. You will gain increased speed, skill and strength. _____（2） You will learn the basic attack skills and how to combine them effectively.

So you may wonder how I got started in boxing. I was already at the gym quite often, doing weight training. _____（3）But I was still soft around the midsection （上腹部）.After a conversation with my boss at lunch one day he suggested I come to a boxing class with him. He is a very fit man in his 40s._____（4）And he told me all I needed to bring was a bottle of water and a towel.

If I have learnt anything from the experience, it is not to be afraid to try something new. No matter what your skill or fitness level is, boxing is good for you. The reason is that this exercise can be modified to suit you. _____（5）

Road Building

People of early civilizations built roads of a sort. However, the first good road _____（1） were the Romans. They built the earliest network of hard-surfaced roads. The Romans _____（2） their road building about 300 B.C. and continued for about five hundred years.
Roman roads were good because the people _____（3） how to lay a solid, thick base. On top of this, they put a pavement （路面）of flat _____（4） . Their roads were a bit _____（5） in the center than on the sides. Along the sides ran ditches （沟渠）so that the _____（6） could run off. These roads were also very _____（7）. They went over most of the hills instead of around them.
The Roman roads were used _____（8） by soldiers. At first, these roads went through Italy. Then, as the Roman Empire spread, roads were built in other _____（9） of Europe. In all they laid about 50,000_____（10）of roads.