Summer vacations should be relaxed for students. However, many of them use the opportunity to take part in summer project. 
Xu Dan,a 15-year-old girl , loves vacations because it means she can spend more time volunteering. She believes that volunteering has cts instead. changed her life and made her a better person.
Two years ago, Xu was a shy girl. One day, she saw a group of volunteers picking up trash in the street. Since she had no plans for the summer vacation and wanted to make some friends, she decided to join them.
“I used to think volunteering was nothing more than picking up trash. Now I know that the aim of volunteer work is helping others and gaining self-esteem(自尊),”Xu says. Her volunteering schedule is full: teaching migration workers’(外来务工人员) children English from Mondays to Fridays, picking up trash on Saturdays, and visiting old people on Sundays.
For Xu, visiting old people is the most meanful activity. “I help them clean their homes and cut their hair. I talk to them and listen to their life stories. These are just small things, but every time I help others I feel more confident about myself,” Xu says.
According to Xu, the positive energy(正能量) from volunteering influences the way she deals with people and sees the world. “I can see things from other people’s point of view and look at things more positively. I think I’m going to hold on to it all my life.” she says.Xu Dan loves to spend more time_______ during vacations.
| A．studying | B．reading | C．traveling | D．volunteering |
When did Xu Dan start volunteering?
| A．When she was 14 years old. | B．When she was 15 years old. |
| C．Two years ago | D．Three years ago. |
Why did Xu Dan decide to join volunteers at first?
A. She didn’t have any plans for the summer vacation
B. She wanted to make some friends
C. She wanted to get more experiences.
D. Both A and B.What does Xu Dan do on Sundays according to her volunteering schedule?
| A．She visits sick people. |
| B．She visits old people |
| C．She picks up trash . |
| D．She teaches migration workers’ children English . |
Which of the following is NOT ture according to the passage?
| A．Xu Dan believes that volunteering has changed her life. |
| B．Xu Dan used to think volunteering was just picking up trash. |
| C．Xu Dan thinks teaching English is the most meanful activity. |
| D．Xu Dan will continue volunteering. |
If you think you’re too shy and want to be a little bit brave, try the following:
You can make it. Tell people you’re shy. There’s no need to hide it. When they get to know you’re a shy kid, they’ll understand you better. This also helps you feel more relaxed in talks.
Try to smile more. When you smile, people think you’re friendly and easy to talk to. Remember that other people have feelings too and most people will stay away from an angry-looking face.
Learn to be a good talker. If you find it hard to start talks, say something nice about people around you. Think about how great you feel when someone says something nice to you. Doesn’t it make you want to keep talking to that person?
Get your attention elsewhere（在别处）. Think more about ways to enjoy parties or games. Don’t waste time worrying about your look or whether people like you or not.
Take one small step at a time. Each time when you say “Hi” or smile at someone, say to yourself “You did it”. Keep trying and one day you’ll never feel shy when you talk about yourself.How many pieces of advice does the passage give us?
| A．Four. | B．Five. | C．Six. | D．Seven. |
If you find it hard to start a talk, you can.
| A．say nothing but smile |
| B．say something nice about others around you. |
| C．look others up and down. |
| D．say to yourself “You did it” |
Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
| A．Ask yourself to smile more. |
| B．If you say something nice about people, you will get a bad feeling. |
| C．Think less about ways to enjoy parties. |
| D．One day you’ll never feel shy when people talk to you. |
What is the best title for this passage?
| A．Change your life very day |
| B．Keep up your mind till the end |
| C．Keep trying to say something nice |
| D．How to make you not be shy |
Online shopping is growing fast in China, and more and more Chinese are buying books online. At the same time, traditional bookstores are facing new challenges. A bookstore in Beijing is going out of business（生意）. All of its books are on sale. Bookstore owner Wang Jian says hot sales of books on the Internet pushed him to change the way he did business.
China has the highest online book buying rate（率）in the world. More than years ago, dangdang.com became the first online bookseller, and now becomes very important in the Chinese online book market.
Facing this challenge, the Xinhua Bookstore also built its online store a few years ago. Zhang Jian, CEO of the Xinhuabookstore.com, says now they are enlarging their online services.
A “price war（战争）”is taking shape between traditional bookstores and online bookstores. Faced with the low-cost advantage of online bookstores, traditional ones can do nothing but lower their prices. At the same time, online bookstores are also starting price wars between each other.
Now some traditional bookstores are trying their best to attract buyers in their own way. They exhibit books better and provide(提供) a very relaxed reading environment in the bookstore. Even though, traditional bookstores can hardly compete with some of the advantages of online bookstores, for example 24-hour service.What is the passage about?
| A．The development of online bookstores. |
| B．The disadvantages of traditional bookstores. |
| C．The great advantages of online bookstores. |
| D．The challenges traditional bookstores face. |
What made Wang Jian change the way he did business?
| A．The small sales of his books. |
| B．The tiring work of selling books. |
| C．The high cost of running the bookstore. |
| D．Competition with other traditional bookstores. |
To attract buyers, traditional bookstores and online bookstores both choose to .
| A．lower the prices of books |
| B．provide 24-hour service |
| C．provide relaxed reading areas |
| D．exhibit books in a better way |
We can know from the passage that.
| A．traditional bookstores will break up sooner or later |
| B．dangdang. com is the first website selling books in China |
| C．more and more people will start bookstores on the Internet |
| D．most of the buyers who buy books online are young students |
This story is about a young man. He worked hard at his lessons. He was too busy. He didn’t have time to rest, so he was ill. Every night, when he went to bed, he closed his eyes and tried to sleep（睡觉）. But he couldn’t. He thought: “I must go to see the doctor.” He said to the doctor. “I can’t go to sleep at night.” “Try counting numbers. When you reach one thousand, you’ll be asleep.” The next day the man came back to the doctor’s office. “Well,” said the doctor, “How are you today?”
“Yes, he said,” I tried counting one, two, three. . . up to （直到）one thousand. But when I reached five hundred and sixty-nine, I began to feel sleepy (感到困倦). I had to get up and drank some tea. Then I went on counting up to one thousand. But I still couldn’t fall asleep. The young man couldn’t go to sleep because ________ .
| A．he didn’t finish his lessons |
| B．he worked too hard and was ill |
| C．he was worried about his homework |
| D．there was a lot of housework to do and he couldn’t have a good rest |
The doctor asked the young man ________ .
| A．to count numbers before he went to bed |
| B．to put all numbers from 1 to 1000 together |
| C．to count numbers while he was lying in bed |
| D．to go to bed earlier |
The young man came back to the doctor’s office the next day because ___ .
| A．he wanted to thank the doctor |
| B．he was better |
| C．he wanted to ask the doctor how to count the numbers |
| D．he still couldn’t go to sleep at night |
The young man ________ .
| A．counted from 569 to 1000 |
| B．counted from 1 to 569 and fell asleep |
| C．counted from 1 to 569 and got up to drink some tea |
| D．counted from 1 to 1000 and fell asleep |
The young man ________ in fact.
| A．didn’t understand the doctor’s words. | B．couldn’t count numbers |
| C．didn’t try to sleep | D．wasn’t ill at all |
Bob was cutting a branch（树枝） off a tree in his garden. While he was sawing（锯）, another man passed in the street. He stopped and said, “ Excuse me, but if you continue (继续)to saw（锯） that branch like that, you will fall down with it.” He said this because Bob was sitting on the branch and cutting it at a place between himself and the trunk（树干） of the tree.
Bob said nothing. He thought, “ This is some foolish（愚笨的） person who has no work to do and goes about telling other people what to do and what not to do.”
The man continued on his way. Of course, after a few minutes. The branch fell and Bob fell with it.
“My God!” he cried. “That man knows the future!” and he ran after him to ask how long he was going to live. But the man had gone. One day Bob was cutting a branch_______a tree in his garden.
| A．on | B．in | C．at | D．off |
While Bob was sawing, another man_______.
| A．told him to stop working | B．told him he would fall down |
| C．would borrow something from him | D．would help him saw that branch |
After hearing the man’s words, Bob thought that________.
| A．that was a foolish person. | B．that was a wise person |
| C．that was a proud person | D．that fellow cheated him |
What happened to Bob after a few minutes?
A. The branch fell. B. Bob fell down to the ground.
C. Bob was hurt himself. D. Both A and B. This story is about ________.
| A．a foolish man | B．a wise man | C．cutting a tree | D．that we need to take good advice |
Mount Kilimanjaro is the highest mountain in Africa and one of the largest free-standing mountains in the world, and some say, the most beautiful place on the earth!
The mountain towers 15,000 feet above the plains. Mount Kilimanjaro is in Tanzania and it covers an area of 60 miles long and 40 miles wide. Kilimanjaro is an extinct volcano(死火山), with 3 peaks. Kibo is the highest one in the center.
Because of Kilimanjaro’s great height, the mountain influences its own weather. Winds incoming from the Indian Ocean are stopped upward by the mountain and drop their moisture(湿气) as rain and snow. People have planted coffee, corn, and other crops on the lower slopes(斜坡).
Mount Kilimanjaro now attracts many thousands of walkers each year. Because of a temperature rise in recent years, the beautiful snow cap of Kilimanjaro is retreating(消退)fast. A research said that the white snow on the mountain might be gone in 15 years. What a pity!The writer is worried about Mount Kilimanjaro’s ________.
| A．great height | B．extinct volcano | C．rainforests | D．white snow cap |
Mount Kilimanjaro is __________
| A．the highest mountain in the world | B．an active volcano |
| C．a free-standing mountain | D．15,000 feet above the sea level |
The snow on the mountain comes from ________.
| A．the Indian Ocean | B．the Pacific Ocean |
| C．the Atlantic Ocean | D．the Red Sea |
_________ influences the mountain’s own weather.
| A．Rain and snow | B．Its great height | C．Crops | D．The moisture |
People should _______ to stop the mountain’s snow cap from melting.
| A．save the water of the Indian Ocean | B．protect the environment |
| C．not visit Kilimanjaro | D．not plant crops on the mountain |