If you have no special plans for your holidays， why not spend your time helping others?

Don’t listen to people who say the young people today often think only of themselves. It’s not true at all. More and more people in the USA volunteer(志愿) to spend their school holidays working for others. And they don’t do it for money. Here are some of their stories.

Alice Hamilton， 17

I’m going to help the Forest Centre build new hiking paths in the mountains. It’s going to be terrific—I’ll spend the whole summer living in the tent and breathing the clean mountain air. I’m going to sleep under the stars. It’ll be a nice sport， and I’ll be able to do something good at the same time.

Jason Moore，18

This summer， I’m going to volunteer with Special House Program. They build good， low-cost houses and sell them to families that are not very rich. They’ll teach me what to do， so I’ll help people and also have a chance to learn how to build houses.

Trish Anderson， 16

I’m going to teach kids who have trouble reading. I’ll work for a program called Reading For Life. Every day， I’m going to help kids 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.

1.Young people in the USA volunteer to spend ___ helping others.

A. school holidays  B. Weekdays

C. every morning    D. every afternoon

2.What does Alice volunteer to do in summer?

A. To breathe the clean mountain air

B.To spend the whole summer living in the tent

C. To sleep under the stars

D. To help build new hiking paths in the mountain

3.From the passage， we know that Special House Program helps     .

A. children in poor families

B. workers who build houses

C. poor families can’t afford houses

D. build hiking paths

4.______ wants to be a teacher.

A. Alice Hamilton      B. Jason Moore

C. Trish Anderson     D. none of them

5.Which is the most possible title for this passage?

A. Reading for life

B. A Special House Program

C. The Forest Centre

D. Young American Volunteers

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On the first day of school our teacher let us know someone. Looking out， we found an old woman appeared at the door. She said， "Hi， my name is Susan， I'm seventy years old." While we were_________ what made her take this challenge (挑战) at her age， she said with a smile， "I’m here to meet a rich husband， get       ， have two children and travel together. "Hearing this， all of us laughed. "In fact，" she went on， " I always  _________  of having a college education， and now I'm getting one!"

After class we had chocolate and milk together. We became good _________ . I often listened to this "time machine" as she shared her study with me.

At the end of the term we invited Susan to give us a_________. When she was stepped up to the front， suddenly she found she took the wrong paper. She felt a little frustrated (沮丧的) and said， "I'm sorry. I'm so nervous that I can't get my ready talk back ， so I have to tell you _________ I know. "In her speech she told us， "We don't stop playing as we are old， we grow old because we stop playing. The secret of staying_________， being happy and getting success is that we should laugh and find something_________ every day. I think there is a great_________  between growing old and growing up. I am seventy now. If I lie in bed for one full year and never do anything， I'll become seventy - one. Since anybody can grow older， my idea is to grow up by always finding the chance in change. Growing older can't be avoided， growing up can be_________， It's never too late to be all you can be possible. "

During the four years' study， it was so easy for Susan to make friends wherever she went. In the end， the wonderful woman got a college degree.

1.A．finding     B．getting C．wanting     D．wondering

2.A．married     B．worried  C．excited    D．relaxed

3.A．liked       B．made      C．knew        D．dreamed

4.A．teachers   B．friends C．students   D．neighbours

5.A．lesson    B．present   C．talk        D．story

6.A．which       B．how     C．what        D．why

7.A．old         B．young     C． clear       D．awake

8.A．natural     B．difficult C．interesting D．possible

9.A．difference B．chance    C．pleasure   D．confidence

10.A．noticed    B．chosen    C．thought     D．mentioned

--She’s never been to Hainan， ___?--_____. She went there last week for the first time.

A．has she； Yes， she has

B．has she； No， she hasn’t

C．hasn’t she； Yes， she has

D．hasn’t she； No， she hasn’t

Nobody except Tom and Millie ____ that park before. Only they can be our guides.

A．have been to    B．has been to

C．has gone to     D．have gone to

--- What a beautiful car! When ____ you ________ it?--- I ________ it for two years.

A．did； buy； have bought

B．did； buy； have had

C．have； bought； have bought

D．have； bought； have had

---Have you cooked supper _________?--- I have _________finished it.

A. already， yet        B. yet， already

C. already， already     D. yet， yet

Excuse me. I _______ I was blocking(挡) your way.

A．didn't realize   B．don't realize

C．haven't realized D．wasn't realizing

His father _____ to Nanjing. He _____ back next week.

A. has been， is    B. has been， will be

C. has gone， is   D. has gone， will be

That’s a bad habit of learning. _____， it is never too late to get out of it.

A. Instead         B. Anyway      C. Finally      D. Similarly

He got married _________ 1998 and he has had a happy life _________ 1998.

A. in， in            B. in， since

C. since， since      D. since ， in