Young people and older people don’t always agree. They sometimes have different ideas about living, working and playing. But in one special programme in New York State, adults and teenagers live together in a friendly way.
Each summer 200 teenagers and 50 adults live together for eight weeks as members of a special work group. Everyone works several hours each day. They do so not just to keep busy but to find meaning and enjoyment in work. Some teenagers work in the woods or on the farms near the village. Some learn to make things like tables and chairs and build houses. The adults teach them these skills.
There are several free hours each day. Weekends are free, too. During the free hours some of the teenagers learn photo taking or painting. Others sit around and talk or sing. Each teenager chooses his own way to spend his free time.
When people live together, rules are necessary. In this programme the teenagers and the adults make the rules together. If someone breaks a rule, the problem goes before the whole group. They talk about it and ask, “Why did it happen? What should we do about it?”
One of the teenagers has this to say about his experience, “You stop thinking only about yourself; you learn to think about the group.”In one special programme in New York State, young and older people _______ .
| A．don’t work well together. |
| B．are friendly to one another. |
| C．teach one another new ways of building houses. |
| D．spend eight weeks together, working as farmers.. |
All the members work some time every day mainly to _______ .
| A．lead a busy life. |
| B．learn new skills of farming; |
| C．get used to the life on the farms |
| D．find value and pleasure in work |
Living together, _________ .
| A．the teenagers don’t have to obey the rules |
| B．the teenagers have to obey the rules the adults make |
| C．the members have no free time on weekends |
| D．the members are not allowed to break the rules they make together |
The last programme shows that the teenager thinks his experience in the programme is ____ .
| A．unpleasant | B．tiring | C．helpful | D．boring |
The best title for the passage is __________ .
| A．The rules of living together |
| B．Life in New York State |
| C．Teenagers in the special group |
| D．Free hours in the special work group |
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| I grew up in a hard neighborhood. It was very noisy－the streets were always full of people! The traffic was terrible, and parking(停车) was a big problem! I could never park on my own street. Several robberies(抢劫) happened here five years ago. But now the living conditions have improved a lot. ——Noel |
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| I live in the village, and it’s just very quiet! There aren’t many shops, and there are no clubs or theaters, but there is a park and a good school. I really love to live here. It used to be under poor conditions. Most people lived in low houses; a family of five even lived in a small room. Few children could go to school. Luckily, our living conditions are changing all the time. ——Jeff |
Noel lives in a hard neighborhood all the time.
There used to be some robbers in Noel’s neighborhood.
Parking was a big problem for Noel in the past.
There is a park and a good school in Jeff’s village.
In the past, there were many students in Jeff’s village.
The favorite food in the United States is the hamburger. The favorite place to buy a hamburger is a fast food restaurant. At fast food restaurant, people order their food, wait a few minutes, and carry it to their tables themselves. People also take their food out of the restaurant and eat it in their cars or in their homes. At some fast food restaurant, people can order their food, pay for it and pick it up without leaving their cars. There are many kinds of fast food restaurant in the United States. The greatest in number sell hamburger, French fries and so on. They are popular among Americans. Besides, fast food restaurant that serve Chinese food, Mexican food, Italian food, chicken, seafood and ice-cream are very many. The idea of a fast food restaurant is so popular that nearly every kind of food can be found in one.
Fast food restaurant are popular because they reflect(反映) American life style. Customer can wear any type of dress when they go to a fast food place. Second, they are fast. People who are busy do not want to spend time preparing their own food or waiting while someone prepares it. In fast food restaurant, food is not expensive. Therefore, people often buy and eat at a fast restaurant, while they may not be able to go to a more expensive restaurant very often.In the United States the favorite food is ____.
| A．Chinese food | B．Mexican food |
| C．French fries | D．the hamburger |
Americans like to fast food restaurant because_____.
| A．they can easily find fast food restaurant |
| B．they like to eat hamburger and French fries |
| C．they are too busy to want to spend time preparing or waiting |
| D．they are so rich that they don’t want to do cooking themselves |
_____ of fast food restaurant sell hamburger, French fries.
| A．All | B．Most | C．Few | D．None |
The food in fast food restaurant is ____ ready before the customers order it.
| A．always | B．usually | C．seldom | D．never |
The best title for the passage is _____.
A. The Fast Food Restaurant in the U.S.A.
B. The Hamburger in the U.S.A.
C. American Life Style
D. All Kinds of Food in the U.S.A.
One day a farmer walking along a road with his son Thomas , the father said, “look! There’s a horseshoe, pick it up and put it in your bag.” Thomas said, “It isn’t worth (值得)the trouble.” His father said nothing but he picked it up himself. When they got to nearby town, they had a rest. There the farmer sold the horseshoe and with the few money he bought some cherries(樱桃).
The father and the son continued (继续)their way. The sun was well up in the sky, and there wasn’t a house or even a tree where they could have a rest. Thomas felt too thirsty to walk. At this time, his father dropped(掉落) a cherry on the ground and Thomas picked it up quickly and ate it, after a while , his father stopped another cherry and once again, his son was busy picking it up and putting it in his mouth.
And so they went on. The old farmer dropped the cherries and the son picked them up. When Thomas had eaten up all the cherries, his father said to him, “My dear son, if you bent（弯腰） down early to pick up that horseshoe, it would not have been necessary for you to bend so many times for the cherries. Always remember the lesson that he who does not worry about the things will find that he cannot do the great things.”Who picked up the horseshoe at last?
| A．the son | B．The father |
| C．both the father and the son | D．Neither the father or the son |
The farmer bought ___ with the money after he sold the horseshoe.
| A．some bread | B．some water | C．some cherries | D．some pennies |
When the son refused(拒绝)to pick up the horseshoe, the father___
| A．beat(打) the son | B．said nothing |
| C．felt very happy | D．became very angry |
The father dropped the cherries one by one, because_____
| A．he wanted to teach his son a lesson. |
| B．he wanted his son to do more exercise. |
| C．he wanted his son to eat them all. |
| D．he wanted to laugh at his son. |
From the story, we can learn that____
| A．cherries are so delicious that most of us like to eat them. |
| B．a horseshoe is so expensive that it can bring us a lot of money. |
| C．if we want to eat cherries, we must pick up a horseshoe. |
| D．if we don’t worry about the little things, we cannot do the great things |
Children always did not do what their parents wanted them to do. They did the things in their own ways. But they always made their parents very happy. Old Mr. Brown had a little son named Tom. He was ten years old. He was very happy when his father wanted him to buy something for him. One day at five o’clock in the afternoon, Mr. Brown gave him two pounds and let him buy some stamps in the post office. Tom was very excited, because for a long time he did not have so much money. Mr. Brown told him clearly where the post office was. He expected(期待,预料) that he would come back in twenty minutes. But nearly two hours passed, Tom did not return. Mr. Brown was surprised(吃惊的). “He lost his way?” he thought to himself.
At seven in the evening, Tom came back with a box. He was very tired. When he saw his father, he said, happily, “Daddy, I ran out all of your money to buy a box of chocolates. It was very sweet(甜的), but didn’t you think a box of chocolates was quite heavy for a little boy?”Tom ______with the two pounds.
| A．bought some stamps | B．bought a box of chocolates |
| C．had a good meal | D．bought a ticket to a film |
Why was Tom glad when his father gave him two pounds?
| A．Because his father wanted him to buy some stamps. |
| B．Because his father wanted him to buy a box of chocolates with the money. |
| C．Because he didn’t have so much money for a long time. |
| D．Because the money would not belong to（属于） him. |
It took Tom ______ to buy the “stamps”.
| A．two hours | B．three hours | C．six hours | D．over seven hours |
______, so he returned home so late.
| A．Tom lost his money and he didn’t dare to return early |
| B．The post office was very far from his home |
| C．The post office did not have stamps |
| D．He enjoyed his chocolates on the way home |
Which of the following is TRUE?
| A．The post office was very far from Mr. Brown’s house. |
| B．Tom spent all the money. |
| C．Tom often went to the post office to buy stamps. |
| D．Tom’s father was very angry when Tom got home. |
| Channel（一频道） |
Channel 2 |
| 18:00 Around China |
17:45 Computers today |
| 18:30 Children’s programme （节目） |
18:10 Foreign arts |
| 19:00 News |
18:30 Modern English |
| 19:30 Weather report |
19:00 Animal world |
| 19:40 Around the world |
19:25 In Asia |
| 20:10 TV play :Sisters |
20:20 Sports |
| 21:00 English for today |
21:00 Sports player: Yao Ming |
| 21:15 Pop music |
21:45 English news |
| 21:55 Talk show |
22:05 On TV next week |
If you want to know something about Yao Ming, the best programme for you is _____.
| A．Talk Show | B．Sports | C．Sports player | D．TV play |
You’ll know something about _____ at 19:00 on Channel 2.
| A．animals | B．news | C．foreign | D．Asia |
If you want to watch NBA, the best programme for you would be ______.
| A．Sports | B．Around the world | C．foreign arts | D．English news |
If you like music very much, the best programme is _______.
| A．at 21:45 on Channel 2 | B．at 21:55 on Channel 1 |
| C．at 21:00 on Channel 2 | D．at 21:15 on Channel 1 |
You can learn English at_______ on Channel 1.
| A．21:00 | B．18:30 | C．21:45 | D．19:00 |