This might seem crazy, because many students in the United States do job being paid! Yes, they volunteer. And they it, too! Many girls volunteer to work in hospitals. Other kids volunteer to work at zoos or dog houses where lost are kept in._ they don't get paid, they get to _ their days with animals. There's also a Big Brother Foundation in the US. Older kids can _ younger kids and them with their homework.
Maybe you don't have _ chances in China to volunteer as kids in the US have. So be creative and try to _ _ some ideas! Volunteer to help people in _ _ way you can think of. You can volunteer to help at a hospital, you can help old people, or you can volunteer to clean up trash on the ground.
_ _ volunteer? Because it can give you a good _ _.It might help you get a job in the future. Doing volunteer work shows that you care about other__ _ and you are generous with your time. Bosses like people _ _ do these things. Volunteering not only helps you in the future, but also makes you feel _ _ now. Try it! It could be the best improvement to _ _ vacations.
A．with B．without C．have D．has
A．hate B．like C．give up D．stop
A．things B．bags C．pets D．money
A．even though B．but C．because D．so
A．pass B．spend C．take D．cost
A．teach B．hurt C．study D．learn
A．much B．plenty C．the same D．different
A．show up B．give up C．come up with D．come back
A．some B．all C．both D．any
A．how B．what C．where D．why
A．money B．job C．time D．experience
A．teenagers B．people C．kids D．adults
A．who B．whom C．which D．where
A．sadder B．happier C．more worried D．older
A．her B．their C．your D．its
The United States is full of automobiles (机动车). There are still many families without cars. But some families have two or more cars. However, cars are used for more than pleasure. They are a part of life.
Cars are used for They are driven to offices and factories by workers who have no other way to their jobs. When salesmen are sent to parts of the city, they have to drive in order to their products.
Farmers have to drive into the city in order to shop for necessities.
Sometimes, small children must be driven to. In some cities, school buses are used only when children more than a mile from the school. When the children are too to walk that far, their parents take driving them to school. One drives on Mondays, taking her children and the neighbors' children as well.
Another mother drives on Tuesdays, another on Wednesdays and so on. This is forming a car pool (拼车).
Working people also form car pools, with three or four people taking turns driving to the place they work.
More car pools should be formed in order to put cars on the road and to use less oil. is a great problem, and so is the traffic in and around cities. Too many cars are being driven. Something should be done about the use of cars.
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There are many ways for us to reduce (减少) waste. For example, we can reuse paper and plastic bags. We can also recycle newspapers, glass, and cans (易拉罐) new things. Here are some useful to reduce waste.
Write on both sides of paper
Many people write on only one side of their paper. Why not try using both sides? Some students only use half the pages of their before getting new ones. Try to use up all the paper. People often give cards on birthdays or festivals. How about trying to e-cards (电子贺卡) instead?
Don’t throw away your old batteries (电池)
Maybe you do not know that old batteries make the soil . This is because they have poisonous (有毒的) parts in . So, don’t throw away batteries. them together. Try to use rechargeable (充电的) batteries for your games and CD players.
Give all your unwanted clothes
There are many poor families in China. You may ask your mother to keep your unwanted clothes. Then you can pass them on to those poor children. You will feel happy that you are someone else. Also, you can see your friends or relatives (亲戚) want them before throwing them away.
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The bicycle is one of the simplest yet most useful inventions in the world. What is most surprising is that it was not _____ earlier, although the great inventor Leonardo Da Vinci had drawn pictures for bicycles and also for flying machines and some other things. Those things were not produced______ long after he died.
A person riding a bicycle uses ______ energy to make the bicycle move, and there is no pollution at all when you are riding. Even so, in developed _______, most people don’t travel to work by bicycle. It is not because the bicycles are expensive or people feel_______ if they ride to work. It’s because _____ cars on the roads becomes larger. It certainly becomes ______ to ride a bicycle. As a result, more people put their bicycles away and go to work ______ their cars , and in this way, the situation is made more serious._____ the best way to make riding safer and more popular is to create paths (开设通道) only for bicycles, and to make ______ so difficult and expensive for drivers to take their cars into the city that they will go back to use their bicycles.
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One of the most remarkable things about the human mind is our ability to imagine the future. In our minds we can see what has not yet happened. For example, while we are looking forward to _____a new place or country, we _____what it will be like. We predict( 预料) the habit people will eat, dress and act. Of course, we do not always predict things _____. Things are often very different from the way we _____them to be.
One of the____ dreams in history is the dream of the German scientist, Kekule, who had been _____ to work out a very difficult problem in physics. He had studied and analyzed(分析) the problem from every angle(角度) for days, but there _____ to be no way of_____ out the answer. Then one night he went to bed and dreamed. When he_____ up, he realized that he knew the answer. He had solved the problem in his._____.
The hypnotist(催眠者) sat in the chair opposite him and spoke _____: I want you to concentrate on my voice. Think about _____. You know nothing but my voice. And as you pay attention to my voice, your ____ will get heavier. Soon you’ll be asleep.
You will hear my voice and understand my words, but your body will be asleep, your eyes are too heavy. You are almost asleep, and when you wake up you will _____ nothing.
You will forget everything. Now I am going to ____ slowly from one to five. One, two, three, four, five.
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Big schoolbags have been a big problem for students for a long time. Maybe your schoolbag is too to carry, and it troubles you a lot you want to find out a book to read. Now e -textbooks will you.
It is said that many Chinese middle schools are going to use e - textbooks. An e - textbook, in fact, is a small for students. It is much lighter than a usual schoolbag and to carry. Though it is as as a book, it can hold (容纳) everything for study. The students can read the text page by page on the , take notes 8the pointer (屏写笔) ,or even "hand in" their to their teachers by sending e - mails. All they have to do is to press a button ( 按开关).
Some people say e- textbooks are good, but some say they may be for the students' eyes. What do you think of it.?A. expensive B. heavyC. light
A. tillB. afterC. when
A. troubleB. helpC. solve
A. TVB. radioC. computer
A. easyB. difficultC. hard
A. smaller B. smallC. harmful
A. paperB. keyboardC. screen
A. withB. inC. by
A. computer B. homeworkC. e - textbooks
A. badB. dangerousC. good