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 (赢利的) 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 |
Thanksgiving Day was near. The first grade teacher gave her class some fun homework-- to draw a picture of something for which they were thankful.
Most of the class drew a turkey or other traditional things. But Douglas drew a different kind of picture. He drew a hand. Just an empty hand.
Douglas was a different boy. He was poor and unhappy. As other children played, Douglas was likely to stand close by the teacher’s side.
His classmates were surprised at his picture. One child guessed it was the hand of a farmer, because farmers raise turkeys. Others guessed it was the hand of God, for God feeds us.
The teacher asked him whose hand it was. The little boy said in a low voice, “It’s yours.”
She remembered the times she had taken his hand and walked with him here and there. She often said, “Take my hand, Douglas, we’ll go outside.” Or, “Let me show you how to hold your pencil.” Or, “Let’s do this together.” Douglas was most thankful for his teacher’s hand.
Tears came into the teacher’s eyes.The underlined word “raise” , means”______”
A. 种 B. 饲养 C. 做饭Douglas drew a hand of _______.
A. a farmer B. god C. the teacherWhen other children played, Douglas _______
A. played with other children
B. sat in the classroom quietly
C. stood quietly by the teacher’s side.When the teacher knew the truth, she felt ____
A. sad B. worried C. moved Douglas drew the picture of a hand because _______
A. Douglas only liked drawing the hand.
B. the teacher asked the students to draw a hand.
C. Douglas was most thankful for his teacher’s hand.
When you want to go shopping，decide how much money you can spend for new clothes.Think about the kind of clothes you really need.Then look for those clothes on sale.
There are labels inside all new clothes.The labels tell you how to take care of your clothes.The label for a shirt may tell you to wash it in warm water.A sweater label may tell you to wash by washing in cold water.The label on a coat may say “dry clean only.” Washing may ruin（损坏） this coat.If you do as the directions say on the label，you can keep your clothes looking their best.Many clothes today must be dry cleaned.Dry cleaning is expensive.When buying new clothes，check to see if they will need to be dry cleaned.You will save money if you buy clothes that can be washed.
You can save money if you buy clothes that are well made.Well-made clothes last longer.They look good even after they have been washed many times.Clothes that cost more money are not always better made.They do not always fit better.Sometime less expensive clothes look and fit better than more expensive clothes.If you want to save money you can buy clothes that_____.
| A．don't fit you | B．don't last long |
| C．need to be dry cleaned | D．can be washed |
The label inside the clothes tells you______.
| A．how to keep them looking their best |
| B．how to save money |
| C．whether they fit you or not |
| D．where to get them dry cleaned |
The first thing for you to do before you buy clothes is___.
| A．to look for well-made clothes |
| B．to see how much money you can pay |
| C．to know how to wash them |
| D．to read the labels inside them |
We learn from the reading that cheaper clothes______.
| A．are always worse made |
| B．must be dry cleaned |
| C．can not be washed |
| D．can sometimes fit you better |
The best title（标题） for the reading should be______.
| A．Buying Less Expensive Clothes |
| B．Taking Enough Money When Shopping |
| C．Being a Clever Clothes Shopper |
| D．Choosing the Labels inside New Clothes |
A teacher from a western country visited a school in an eastern country.In one class，she watched sixty children learn to draw a cat.The teacher drew a big circle on the blackboard, and sixty children copied it on their paper.The teacher drew a small one on the top of the big one and then put two small triangles(三角形)on the top of it.The children drew in the same way.The lesson wept on until there were sixty-one cats in the classroom.Each student’s cat looked exactly the same as that on the blackboard.
The visiting teacher watched the lesson and was surprised because the teaching methods were different from those in her country.A children’s art lesson in her country produced a lot of pictures，and each one is quite different from the others.Why? What makes this difference in educational methods? In a classroom in any country, a teacher teaches more than art or history or language.
In a country such as the United States or Canada，students are asked to work and find answers by themselves.The students are helped to learn to have their own ideas.In countries such as China and Japan，students often work together and help each other in the classroom，but the teachers teach，and the students listen.The students are asked to memorize a lot.They have to learn the same textbook；do the same homework and give the same answer.
根据短文内容，选出最佳选项。The visiting teacher comes from .
| A．an Eastern country | B．China |
| C．a Western country | D．South Africa |
What did the students do in the art lesson?
| A．They drew sixty-one cats in all. |
| B．The cats that the students drew were different from the teacher. |
| C．The children drew in the same way the teacher did. |
| D．They drew the cats that don’t look the same. |
Why was the visiting teacher surprised when she watched the art lesson?
| A．Because it was her first time to watch an art class in a Western country. |
| B．Because she found there were so many children in one class. |
| C．Because she had never seen such a beautiful cat as the teacher drew before. |
| D．Because she found all the cats students drew looked the same. |
According to the passage，_____in China.
| A．students are asked to work by themselves |
| B．students are expected to have different ideas |
| C．students are encouraged to learn knowledge by themselves |
| D．students are asked to memorize a lot and do the same homework |
What’s the best title of the passage?
| A．Different ways of teaching |
| B．Differences between the East and the West |
| C．An art teacher |
| D．Education in the United States |
阅读理解
Mrs. Smith is an unusual teacher. Once she told each student to bring along a few potatoes in plastic bag. On each potato the students had to write a name of a person that they hated And the next day, every child brought some potatoes. Some had two potatoes；some three；some up to five.
Mrs. Smith then told the children to carry the bags everywhere they went, even to the toilet, for two weeks. As day after day passed, the children started to complain(抱怨)about the awful smell of the rotten（腐烂的）potatoes.
Those children who brought five potatoes began to feel the weight trouble of the bags. After two weeks, the children were happy to hear that the game was finally ended. Mrs. Smith asked, “How did you feel while carrying the potatoes for two weeks?” The children started complaining about the trouble loudly.
Then Mrs. Smith told them why she asked them to play the game. She said, “This is exactly the situation when you carry your hatred（仇恨）for somebody inside your heart. The terrible smell of the hatred will pollute your heart and you will carry something unnecessary with you all the time. If you cannot stand the smell of the rotten potatoes for just two weeks, can you imagine how heavy it would be to have the hatred in your heart for your lifetime? So throw away any hatred from your heart, and you’ll be really happy.
根据短文内容，选出最佳选项。Mrs.Smith asked her students to write _____on the potatoes.
| A．numbers | B．names | C．time | D．places |
How did the students feel while carrying the potatoes for two weeks?
| A．Unhappy. | B．Happy. | C．Hungry. | D．Embarrassed |
The children complained about _______besides the weight trouble.
| A．their classmates | B．the plastic bag |
| C．the smell | D．their parents |
Which of the following is True according to the passage?
| A．The teacher just wanted to play a game with her students. |
| B．If a kid hated four people, he or she had to carry four potatoes. |
| C．The kids ate all the rotten potatoes. |
| D．The game went on for two months. |
We can learn from the passage that we should＿＿＿＿.
| A．forget the names of those we hate |
| B．complain about the names of those we hate |
| C．throw away the rotten potatoes |
| D．throw away the hatred inside |
阅读理解
As a volunteer teacher, I traveled a long way to a small village school in Longzhou, Guangxi. On my way there, I thought about the village, the school, and the children there. However, my heart sank when I arrived there. It wasn't what I expected. It didn't look like a school at all! The school had only three rooms, one for Grades 1, 2 and 3, and another one for Grades 4, 5 and 6. The third one was for me.
The children welcomed me warmly on my first day. They asked me a lot of questions, and I told them stories about myself and my life in Shanghai. The next day, I gave them a test to find out their level. Though the test was very easy, over half of the students failed it, yet they all wanted to learn new things. I knew they needed me.
I was busy preparing lessons, reading test papers every night. I enjoyed teaching these lovely and hardworking children, and I could see that they were making progress with my help. I have also learned a lot from them. I understand their lives better, and we are now good friends.
I have worked in Longzhou for a year so far. I’m very happy, and the experience has been very useful for me. I love the small village school and the children. In fact, I would like to continue working here.From the first paragraph, we know the school is very _________.
| A．beautiful | B．big | C．interesting | D．small |
In the passage, “my heart sank…” means that the writer ________
| A．felt excited | B．was happy | C．got angry | D．was sad |
The writer came from _________.
| A．Longzhou | B．Guangxi | C．Shanghai | D．Beijing |
What does the writer think of working in the school?
| A．Very awful | B．Very useful. |
| C．Very careful | D．Very boring. |
According to the passage, the writer _________.
| A．was pleased with the poor school when he got there |
| B．worked hard to teach the children |
| C．didn't want to work in the school |
| D．left the school in a short time |