Young people and older people do not agree. But in one special programme in New York State, grown-ups and teenagers live together in a friendly way.
Each summer 2000 teenagers and 50 grown-ups 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 villages. The grown-ups 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.
When people live together, rules are necessary. In this program the teenagers make the rules together. If someone breaks a rule, the problem goes before the whole group. They talk about it and ask, “ What should we do about it?”
One of the teenagers has this to say about the experience. “You stop thinking only about yourself. You learn how to think about the group.”
| A. Why did it happen? B. Each teenager chooses his own way to spend his free time. C. They sometimes have different ideas about living, working and playing. D. Old people love young people. E. Some learn to make things like tables and chairs and to build houses. |
How important is your appearance? Although everyone wants to be good-looking , are beautiful people always happier? For example, it must be a problem to be a really beautiful woman, because some people may be more interested in looking at you than talking to you. They think of you as a picture rather than a person. There are also some people who think that women who are exceptionally（格外地）pretty and men who are particularly handsome must be stupid. They believe that only unattractive people can be intelligent.
On the other hand, no one wants to be really ugly, and have a face that even your mother doesn’t want to look at; and no one wants to be plain, either-that is, to be neither attractive nor unattractive, and have a face that is easily forgotten.
Being attractive is like being rich it can help you find happiness, but it doesn’t always make you happy. So maybe the best thing is not to worry too much about how you look, but simply try to be a interesting person .For interesting people have interesting faces, and interesting faces are almost always attractive.
根据短文内容，判断正（T）、误（F）Everyone wants to be attractive.
No one likes to talk to a very pretty woman.
Some people think that handsome men are unintelligent.
A plain face is easily forgotten.
Not many interesting people are also attractive.
Reading is a very good hobby for all the students. You can know much about the world(1) ______ the help of all kinds of books. I’m sure everyone has a favorite subject. For example, some are interested in animals, some in history, and some are interested in literature. Mine is science. I like (2) it because it’s funny and educational. My favourte novel is Around the World in Eighty Days. It was written by Jules Verne, a French writer. Jules Verne was regarded as father of Modern Science Fiction because he devoted(奉献) himself to literature and wrote several ③well–known scientific romances（科幻小说）.The exciting story of Around the World in Eighty Days tells us about an English gentleman whose name is Mr. Phileas Fogg , He travels around the world in eighty days. From the story, we can see the writer’s love for the sea, traveling and adventure(冒险). ④In fact, they played an important part in his life.⑤多亏了the writer’s imagination, language skills and scientific and geographical(地理的) knowledge, we can feel as if we were there when we read the story.根据上下文写出①处所缺的单词。______________
写出②处单词it所指代的内容。_____________
写出③处划线单词well–known的同义词。______________
把④处划线的这个句子翻译成汉语。______________
将⑤处划线汉语“多亏了”翻译成英语。______________
The earth is about 4,600 million years old. Modern man has lived on the earth for only 35,000 years, but during that time, we have changed our planet in many ways. Many of the things that we have done are good, but more are not good for the earth.
Water pollution
A lot of people, birds and fish die each day because of water pollution. Factories have polluted the land and the water. As a result, many rivers and lakes are now dead.
Air pollution
In big cities, factories, as well as cars, trucks and buses are the main cause of air pollution. Many people in cities now have serious health problems. For example, Mexico city used to be a beautiful sunny capital, but today it is always covered by thick brown clouds.
Soil pollution
In order to have a good harvest, most of the farmers use chemicals too much in their fields. That’s bad for the soil. But this kind of pollution is difficult to stop.
Hope for the future
These problems are very serious for our future, so all of us should do something to improve our environment. If we can stop pollution, our planet will become more and more beautiful and our health will be better. Let’s be greener people!
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。_____ have made the earth change a lot.
| A．Human beings | B．Animals |
| C．Plants | D．People in other planets |
There are _____ kinds of pollution in this passage.
| A．two | B．three | C．four | D．five |
Which sentence is NOT true according to the passage?
| A．Most of things that we have done are good for our planet. |
| B．We must stop the factories from pouring waste water into the rivers and lakes. |
| C．Because of water pollution, many rivers and lakes are now dead. |
| D．Water pollution is very serious nowadays. |
Which sentence is TRUE?
| A．Though Mexico city is always covered by thick brown clouds, it’s still a beautiful sunny capital. |
| B．Air pollution can make people sick. |
| C．Now fewer farmers use chemicals in the fields. |
| D．Factories, cars, trucks and buses are the main cause of soil pollution. |
Fire can help people in many ways. But it can also be very harmful. Fire can make water hot and house warm, give light and cook food. But fire can burn (燃烧) things, too. It can make trees, houses, animals and other things catch fire (起火). If some people can't run away from fire, it can kill them. This happens in every country every year.
Sometimes big fire can burn forests. A month ago, a large forest fire broke out in Yunnan Province. It lasted nearly half a month. The forest in Heilongjiang Province and the grassland in Inner Mongolia caught fire in May, 2006. After more than ten days' fight, over 30,000 people and soldiers put out (扑灭) the fire at last.
Nobody knows clearly when people began to make fire, but there are many interesting stories about the first time a man or a woman started a fire. One story from Australia tells about a man who went to the sun and brought fire down a long time ago. Today people know how to make a fire with matches (火柴). Children sometimes like to play with them. But matches can be very dangerous. The match can burn a piece of paper and then it can burn a house. A small fire can become a big fire, and destroy many things. Fire kills many people every year. So you must be careful with fire.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。The main idea of the passage is that _________.
| A．fire is dangerous and harmful |
| B．forest fire can be easily put out |
| C．who started a fire the first time |
| D．every month there is a forest fire in Yunnan Province |
Which of the following is TRUE?
| A．Someone started a fire in Heilongjiang Province. |
| B．Fire was brought down from the sun long, long ago. |
| C．We can only make a fire with a match. |
| D．Playing with fire is dangerous. |
The writer of the passage wants to tell us that ________.
| A．we know when man began to make a fire |
| B．people should use fire carefully |
| C．fire can burn down all things in the world |
| D．all children like to play with matches |
One can get free exams in Health Centre if he is _____.
| A．73 | B．67 | C．35 | D．27 |
How long does Health Centre last every day?
| A．5 hours | B．6 hours | C．8 hours | D．10 hours |
If you want to live in Jundu Tourist Villa, you should pay _____ per night at least.
| A．nothing | B．50 yuan | C．$ 75 | D．480 yuan |