If you have no special plans for your holidays, why not spend your time helping others?
Don’t listen to people who say that young people today often think only of themselves. It’s not true at all. More and more young people in the USA volunteer to spend their school holidays working for others. And they don’t do it for money. Here are some of their stories.
| Alice Hamilton, 17 I’m going to help the Forest Center build new hiking paths(小道) in the mountains. It’s going to be terrific(棒极了). I will spend the whole summer living in a tent(帐篷) and breathing the fresh mountain air. I’m going to sleep under the stars. It will be a nice sport, and I will be able to do something good at the same time! |
| Jason Moore, 18 This summer, I’ll volunteer with Special House Program. They build good, low-cost houses and sell them to the poor. They’ll teach me what to do, so I am going to help people and also have a chance to learn how to build houses. |
| Trish Anderson, 16 I’m going to teach children who have trouble in reading. I’ll work for a program called Reading For Life. Every day, I’m going to help children choose and read books that they like. I want to be a teacher, and I love children and reading, so this is going to be a great experience for me. |
Young people in the USA volunteer to spend ____ helping others.
A. school holidays B. weekdays C. every morning.What does Alice volunteer to do in summer?
A. To sleep under the stars.
B. To spend the whole summer living in a tent
C. To help build new hiking paths in the mountains.From the passage, we know that Jason Moore _____.
A. likes reading B. is 18 years old C. isn’t very rich________ wants to be a teacher.
A. Alice Hamilton B. Jason Moore C. Trish AndersonWhich is the most possible title for this passage?
A. Reading for Life. B. The Forest Center C. Young American Volunteer.
This is Hong Kong Middle School. It is very big and beautiful. There are 34 classes, 300 teachers and 3, 500 students in the school. In the middle of the school there is a tall building. It’s for us to have classes. All the classrooms are there. There are some small rooms, too. They are offices for the teachers to work. All the teachers get ready for their lessons there.
In front of the tall building, there is a small one. It is the library. There are many books there. The teachers and the students like to read books in it. Sometimes they borrow(借)books from it.
There is a dining hall behind the tall building. Some of the students have lunch in it.
I like my new school very much.
| A．small | B．big | C．beautiful | D．B and C |
| A．3, 200. | B．3, 500. | C．3, 800. | D．4, 000. |
| A．read books | B．play games |
| C．have classes | D．have lunch |
| A．the classrooms | B．the library |
| C．the dining hall | D．the offices |
| A．behind | B．in front of |
| C．in the front of | D．next to |
My name is Eve Smith. This is a photo of my family. There are five people in the photo. Look! The old woman is my grandma. She is seventy years old. The woman in red is my mother. She is a doctor in a hospital. The man in a black coat is my father. He is a teacher in a middle school. This tall man is my uncle. He is my mother’s brother. He is next to my mother. I’m in yellow.
We live in this house. Look here, please! In front of our house, there is a small garden. It’s very nice. There are many beautiful flowers and some small trees in the garden.
| A．Three. | B．Four. | C．Five. | D．Six. |
| A．67. | B．70. | C．78. | D．80. |
| A．Eve’s brother. | B．Eve’s father. |
| C．Eve’s grandfather. | D．Eve’s uncle. |
| A．park | B．school | C．garden | D．shop |
| A．This is a photo of Eve’s family. |
| B．The woman in black is Eve’s mother. |
| C．There are many flowers and some small trees in the garden. |
| D．Eve’s father is a teacher in a middle school. |
Hi! I’m Betty. Look! This is a photo of our classroom.
There is a blackboard on the front wall. A big new desk is near it. It is for our teachers. There are some flowers on the teacher’s desk. Under the teacher’s desk, there are two basketballs and a football.
There are some green desks and chairs in the room. They are for us. There are twenty-six girls and twenty-nine boys in our class. Our classroom is very nice. I like itvery much.
阅读短文, 判断正误(正确T/错误F)。There are some flowers on the teacher’s desk.
We have some yellow desks and chairs.
There are fifty students in our class.
I like our classroom very much.
Do you hope to do a lot of homework every evening? Are you interested in your English classes? Who do you want to teach you? Maybe you have lots of questions in your mind before school starts.
Well, I want to give you some good advice on these problems.
First, keep calm(平静). Don’t worry about all the problems you have. Put your heart into learning, and you can find something you are interested in. Do it actively.
Second, try your best to finish your homework quickly. Don’t spend a lot of time on it. Do more reading or writing in English. Think about the problems you have and solve them at once. Don’t stay up(熬夜) late, or you can’t study well the next day.
Third, invent something instead of copying or repeating. If you can remember the words in your way, you can tell your teachers you don’t like the way of copying them again and again. Be sure, you must pass the test. I think your teachers will agree with you. And they can give you some interesting work to do.
School is really a good place for us to learn. Believe in your teachers and yourself. You are the best one and you can do everything well.The writer writes this article in order to (为了)_________.
| A．ask students not to do their homework |
| B．tell students what a good teacher and a good school are |
| C．give students some good ways of learning |
| D．ask the students not to listen to the teacher carefully |
How many pieces of advice does the writer give us?
| A．Three | B．Four | C．Five | D．Six |
What does the writer tell students to do about their homework?
| A．They should spend much time on it. |
| B．Do the homework quickly. |
| C．They should do more reading or writing in English. |
| D．They should stay up late doing their home-work. |
What’s the third piece of advice about?
| A．Study in your own way. |
| B．How to get high marks. |
| C．How to get on well with the teachers. |
| D．What kind of schoolwork is better for students. |
According to (根据) the passage, students should believe in _________.
| A．themselves and their parents |
| B．their parents and teachers |
| C．their classmates and their friends |
| D．themselves and their teachers |
Tom walked into a shop. It had a sign outside:“ Second-hand clothes bought and sold.(卖)” He was carrying an old pair of trousers and asked the owner of the shop.“ How much will you give me for these?” The man looked at them and then said, “Two dollars（美元）.” "What!” said Tom. "I had guessed they were worth(值...价钱) at least five."
"No," said the man, "they aren't worth a cent(美分)more than two dollars."
"Well," said Tom. Taking two dollars out of his pocket, "Here's your money. These trousers were hanging outside your shop. The list price of them was six dollars and a half. But I thought that was too much money, so I wanted to find out how much they were really worth. "
Before the shop owner could think of anything, Tom walked out of the shop with the pair of trousers.At first the owner of the shop thought that Tom _____.
| A．Was trying to fool him |
| B．was trying to steal the trousers |
| C．wanted to sell the trousers |
| D．wanted to buy the trousers |
The owner of the shop _____ for the old trousers.
| A．would give Tom two dollars |
| B．would pay three dollars |
| C．would pay five dollars |
| D．would give Tom six dollars and a half |
The shop owner insisted(坚持) that the trousers were worth only two dollars because____.
| A．he wanted to sell them cheaply |
| B．he wanted to buy them cheaply |
| C．he didn't like the trousers |
| D．they were old and dirty |
In fact, the trousers _____.
| A．were hanging inside the shop |
| B．were stolen by Tom from the shop |
| C．had been the shop owner's |
| D．had been Tom's |
From the story we know that ___ cheaper than the list price.
| A．the owner sold the trousers two dollars |
| B．Tom sold the trousers one dollar and a half |
| C．the owner bought the trousers three dollars |
| D．Tom bought the trousers four dollars and a half |