Are you looking for something fun and would you like to help others in your spare time? Then join us to be a volunteer! We’re a non-profit organization. We have volunteer jobs of all ages. Anyone, from twelve-year-old children to people in their seventies can become a volunteer.
You can help people in many ways. Schools need help with taking care of children while parents are working. Hospitals need volunteers to look after children while their parents are seeing a doctor. Animal lovers can help take care of those dogs and cats without homes. There is something for everyone.
“As a volunteer, I don’t want to get anything. Seeing the children’s happy faces, I’m happy, too.” Said Carlos Domingo, an old woman of 62. “I often played computer games in my spare time before. Now I help older people learn how to use computers.” said another volunteer at the age of 18.
If everyone helps out a bit, we’ll have a better world to live in. Interested? Call us 1-800-555-5756 or visit our website: www.activol.com.__When do the volunteers help others?
| A．In their spare time. | B．At weekends | C．On weekdays. | D．In the evenings. |
_______ can be a volunteer.
| A．Children | B．Old women | C．Anyone aged 12-70 | D．Young people |
__Volunteers want to get _______ when they help others.
| A．money | B．computers | C．everything | D．nothing |
__Carlos Domingo does volunteer work with ______.
| A．animals | B．children | C．computers | D．older people |
__We can read such a passage ______.
| A．in a newspaper | B．in a storybook | C．in a picture book | D．in a textbook |
News 1 : Have you ever thought of being able to fly around the world in a few hours though it is about 40,000 kilometers? One day，maybe you can. Last Saturday，the American X－43A airplane made its first flight. It reached a speed of 8,000 kilometres an hour. This makes it the fastest plane in the world. The X－43A is only three to four metres long，but it's very heavy：it weighs（重）1,270 kilogrames.
News 2 : Have you ever got angry at books that are full of mistakes? Don't worry，things will get better soon. Last week，China started checking textbooks，dictionaries and children's books all over the country. The government（政府）said the results of the checking would come out at the end of June.
News 3 : There will be a new “star” in the sky soon. China plans to send a satellite(人造卫星) into space by December 2006. It will stay in space for one year. It will go around the moon and take pictures. It must be very expensive，right? That's for sure－1. 4 billion yuan！
News 4 : Floods（洪水）across the northern Mexican(墨西哥的) state of Coahuila killed at least 32 people and left100 more missing. It was reported on Monday. The heavy rain hit the state all night last Friday，so some banks of the river were broken. Along the river about 3，000 families were seriously affected（受影响）.If the X-43A goes around the earth，it will take about _____ hours to finish the trip.
| A．3 | B．5 | C．8 | D．12 |
Which of the following about News 2 is TRUE?
| A．There are many mistakes in most of the textbooks，dictionaries and children's books. |
| B．All the students have to use the books full of mistakes till the end of June. |
| C．After the checking books will become better and better. |
| D．A few mistakes are not serious for children. |
Which of the following about the new “star" is NOT TRUE?
| A．It will help us know more about the moon. |
| B．It will go around the earth for one year. |
| C．It will cost 1. 4 billion yuan. |
| D．It will be sent up by the year 2006. |
Many families were affected because of ______.
| A．the heavy rain on Monday | B．the broken banks of the river |
| C．the floods across Mexico | D．the death of 132 people |
①Have you ever wondered what goes through your mind when you choose where to sit in a new classroom? Or in a waiting room full of strangers? Or on a bus? Researchers have found out some interesting facts.
②Girls sit by girls and boys sit by boys. Adults sit together and young people choose another young person to sit near. But it goes further than this. We even choose to sit near someone who looks like us. People with glasses are more likely to sit near other people with glasses. People with long hair sit closer to other people with long hair.
③We seem to believe that people with similar habits or hobbies will share similar experiences and we are more likely to be accepted by people like ourselves or even, we think we may be safer with people who look like us. Sometimes that’s true but it’s a pity if we always stay with the same people, the same group. The danger in always staying in our comfort zone (舒适区)is that we just recycle the same opinions, the same tastes and the same ideas. We lose the chance to learn something new, find out about interesting things, hear funny stories and discover difference.
④When we always stay with the same people, how can we break down the barriers（屏障，障碍）which prevent us from getting to know people with different ideas? And how can we avoid the ignorance (无知)? If you want to live in a society that opens to changes, new things and different opinions, be the cat among the pigeons（鸽子）.
⑤Move out of your comfort zone. Go and sit next to someone different. And don’t just sit there in silence. Say hello. Ask a question. Start a conversation. That’s how we make friends. That’s how we learn about people. That’s how we open our minds to new ideas. That’s how we live an exciting life.From the passage, we know that people prefer sitting by someone who .
| A．is like themselves | B．has a sense of humor |
| C．is open-minded | D．lives an exciting life |
The sentence “Unsurprisingly, we prefer to sit closer to people like ourselves.” should be placed at the beginning of __________.
| A．Paragraph 1 | B．Paragraph 2 |
| C．Paragraph 3 | D．Paragraph 4 |
What is the purpose of the passage?
| A．To tell us just to be ourselves in social life. |
| B．To introduce ways to learn about the world. |
| C．To explain how people communicate with others. |
| D．To encourage us to meet people of different kinds. |
阅读下面的三篇短文，根据短文内容，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、 D四个选顶中，选择最佳选项。
Apple’s logo is one of the most familiar icons(图标)around the world.
But what’s the story about the Apple logo? The image of the apple is obvious，because that’s the name of the company. What about the bite? The famous story is that the logo shows respect and honour for Alan Turing. He was the father of computer science. He researched artificial intelligence(人工智能)and unlocked German wartime codes(密码). However，after the war，he was put into prison(监狱)，because of his beliefs（信念，信条）. He could not stand the looking down and chose to bite a poisoned apple to end his life in the prison.
However，Rob Janoff，who designed the famous Apple logo，said，“It’s not the truth, but only a legend. The real reason why I designed it with a bite is very simple. I wanted people to get that it was an apple not a cherry. When I go to markets to buy apples，I always mistake apples for cherries. It really has nothing to do with the scientist. ”
Are you kidding? An apple is much bigger than a cherry. It’s very easy to tell. But if you use an apple to design a logo, some people may mistake it for a cherry.
Both the apple and the cherry are almost the same actually in________.
| A．shape | B．size | C．colour | D．weight |
According to the passage，Alan Turing________.
| A．died in the prison |
| B．used an apple to design a logo |
| C．was put into prison during the war |
| D．was the father of a computer company |
What’s the purpose of writing the passage about the apple logo?
| A．To introduce its designer. |
| B．To tell us a legend （传说）about it. |
| C．To try to find the truth of it. |
| D．To explain its market research. |
Hello, everyone. My name is Tom . I’m a middle school student. I am a soccer fan (迷). I play soccer after school every day. This is my father, His name is Mike Smith. He is a soccer fan, too. He plays soccer very well. I like playing soccer with my father very much. We have a great collection(收藏品） of 15 soccer balls. This is my mother . Her name is Linda Smith. And this my sister Mary .But my mother and my sister don’t like soccer. They only watch TV at home. They say many TV programs (节目) are very interesting.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。What sport do Tom and his father like playing?
| A． Soccer | B．Basketball | C．Tennis | D．Ping-pong |
What’s Tom’s family name?
| A．Tom. | B．Mike | C．Tom Smith | D．Smith |
_________ plays soccer very well.
| A．Tom | B．Tom’s father |
| C．Tom’s mother | D．Tom’s sister |
How many (多少) people are there in Tom’s family ?
| A．3 | B．4 | C．5 | D．We don’t know. |
Do Tom’s mother and sister like soccer?
| A．Yes, they do. | B． No, we don’t. |
| C．No, they don’t. | D．We don’t know. |
Family Tree
Frank is Linda’s .
| A．father | B．uncle | C．grandfather | D．brother |
Gina is Mike’s .
| A．grandmother | B．mother | C．aunt | D．cousin |
Kate and Mary are Dale’s .
| A．cousins | B．sisters | C．brothers | D．daughters |
John is Mike and Linda’s .
| A．brother | B．son | C．uncle | D．cousin |
Ruth is Sally and Dale’s .
| A．mother | B．grandmother | C．daughter | D．aunt |