If you have no special plans for your holidays , why not spend your time helping others?
More and more young people in the US volunteer to spend their school holidays working for others. And they don’t do it for money . Here are some of their stories.
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Alice Hamilton, 17 I’m going to help the forest Center build new hiking paths in the mountains. It’s going to be terrific . I will spend the whole summer living in a tent 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! |
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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. |
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Trish Anderson , 16 I’m going to teach children choose and read books that they like . I want to be a teacher . 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 . |
What does Alice volunteer to do in summer ?
| A．To sleep under the stars . |
| B．To help build new hiking paths in the mountains . |
| C．To be house designer. |
| D．To spend the whole summer living in a tent . |
From the passage , we know that Jason Moore .
| A．is 18 years old | B．likes reading |
| C．isn’t very rich | D．likes children |
wants to be a teacher .
| A．Alice Hamilton | B．Jason Moore |
| C．Trish Anderson | D．The writer |
Mr and Mrs Smith come from America. They teach English in Yangzhou. They like their jobs. They have a son, Tom and a daughter, Mary. They are all in China now. Mr Smith can speak Chinese. He likes swimming and singing. Mrs Smith likes swimming and running. Tom and Mary like playing chess. They often play games with Chinese boys and girls.
Mr and Mrs Smith like Chinese food very much, but Tom and Mary don’t like it. They like French fries and hamburgers. Mrs Smith wants them to eat more vegetables and fruit. One day, Mrs Smith cooks some vegetables for them. Tom sees them and says, “ I am full（饱的）.” And Mary says, “I have something to do.” And she runs away. Mr and Mrs Smith are from ____.
| A．America | B．China |
| C．England | D．France |
Mrs Smith is a（n） ____ teacher.
| A．Chinese | B．P.E |
| C．English | D．French |
What does Mr Smith like?
| A．Playing sports. | B．Swimming and singing. |
| C．Playing chess. | D．Swimming and running. |
Why don’t Tom and Mary eat the vegetables Mrs Smith cooks one day?
| A．Because they don’t like them. |
| B．Because they like Chinese food. |
| C．Because they are full. |
| D．Because they are busy. |
Today is Sunday, March 20. We, sixteen boys and seventeen girls, go to school early, but we have no lessons. Our teacher takes us to the zoo. We are very excited about the trip. We get on a bus, it goes fast and at half past nine we get there. How beautiful the zoo is! There're a lot of trees, some hills, and a big lake. The sun is shining and the flowers are coming out. There are all kinds of animals in it, elephants, monkeys, birds, fishes and many other animals. The birds are singing in the trees and the fishes are swimming in the lake. We like to watch monkeys. They are playing on the hill or having oranges, apples and bananas. There are many rules in the zoo. We mustn't do this and we mustn't do that. But we all have a good time. At one in the afternoon we leave（离开） the zoo.The weather is ______ today
| A．sunny | B．cloudy |
| C．rainy | D．windy |
_______ students and a teacher go to the zoo by bus
| A．Sixteen | B．Seventeen |
| C．Thirty-three | D．Thirty -four |
We stay in the zoo for ____ hours.
| A．four and a half | B．three and a half |
| C．four | D．five |
Early rising (早起)is helpful in more than one way. We all need fresh(新鲜的) air. But air is never so fresh as early in the morning. Besides, it is useful to do morning exercises.
Secondly, early rising can give a plan to our work for the day. We can not work well without a good plan.
Thirdly, early rising gives us enough time to get ready for our work, such as to wash our hands and faces and eat our breakfast.
Late risers may find it very difficult to form(形成) the habit(习惯) of early rising. They have to make an effort(努力) to do so. As the English proverb（谚语）says, “Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.” Doing morning exercises_________.
| A．helps us to remember what we learn |
| B．is good for our health |
| C．gives us enough time to study |
| D．makes us tired and sleepy |
Early rising gives us enough time _________.
| A．to get ready for our work | B．to wash our faces |
| C．to brush our teeth | D．to eat our breakfast |
Late risers should try their best _________.
| A．to form the good habit of early rising |
| B．to remember the English proverbs |
| C．to sleep as many hours as possible |
| D．to get up earlier than everyone else |
People travel a lot with Bel Air because they know they will get what they want.
They want to go quickly and safely across the country, across the sea or right across the world, and they know Bel Air will take them where they want to go, when they want to go. Bel Air flies all the newest and fastest planes to more towns and cities, in more countries of the world than any other airline. (航空公司)
Do you want to go to Paris, Washington DC, Tokyo? Bel Air will take you there, at all times of the day and night, right through the week. But Bel Air flies not only to the biggest cities, in the rich counties---we fly two or three times a week to towns and cities in the centre of Asia, Africa and South America.
People who travel a lot fly with Bel Air, because they know they will leave on time and arrive on time. They know that they will receive the best food and watch the best films.
Bel Air is second to none. When you fly, fly with Bel Air. Bel Air is ______.
| A．the name of a plane | B．the name of an airline |
| C．an air lab | D．a radio programme |
The airline flies planes to cities like Paris .
| A．day and night, through the week |
| B．two or three times a week |
| C．at any time of the day |
| D．at any time of the night |
The reasons why people fly with Bel Air are the followings except .
| A．they provide best food | B．people can enjoy best films |
| C．they can arrive on time | D．the price is not high |
“Second to none ” may mean ________.
| A．the second | B．the last |
| C．the best | D．the worst |
What do you think is the best way to pass an examination? The only way out is to work hard every day in the school year. If you are lazy(懒的) for most of the year and work hard at your lessons only a few days before the exam, you are sure to fail. If you want to get good marks(分数) in the English exam , try to read stories in English every day. Speak English whenever you can. Before you start the exam, read carefully the question, try to understand the exact(确切的) meaning of each. When you have finished your exam at last, read over your answers, correct(纠正) the mistakes if there are any and be sure that you have not missed anything out. How can we do well in an exam?
A. We should study hard in the school year.
B. We’d better go to bed a bit earlier before the exam.
C. We should read over the papers before handing them in.
D. We must do A、B and C.. Make sure that you ______before you give the papers to the teacher.
| A．remember the rules of grammar |
| B．have thought over and over again. |
| C．have answered all the questions |
| D．have read many stories in English |
What the writer said is ______.
| A．not useful | B．mistaken |
| C．helpful | D．hard to understand |