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
Mr Brown is one of my friends. He can run very fast and likes to show people how fast he can run. One day, a thief（小偷）got into his house, took some of his things and ran out of the house fast. Mr Brown found it and ran after him, and shouted, “Hey! Don’t you know you can’t get away from me.”But the thief ran much faster, Mr Brown got angry and ran faster, too. He was soon a few kilometers away from his house, he was running hard when he met me. “Why are you running so fast?” I asked. “I want to catch a thief,” said Mr Brown. “But where is the thief?” I asked. “Kilometers and kilometers behind,” said Mr Brown proudly, “He thought he could run faster than me, but you see he is wrong.”
1.Did the thief steal（偷）anything from Brown’s house?
A. Yes, he has. B. No, he wasn’t.
C. Yes, he did. D. No, he didn’t.
2.Who ran faster, Mr Brown or the thief?
A. No one. B. The writer. C. Mr Brown. D. The thief.
3.Did Mr Brown catch the thief?
A. Yes, he did. B. No, he didn’t.
C. Yes, but he let him go away. D. No, but his friend did.
4.What did Mr Brown do when he found the thief?
A. He ran after him. B. He was angry with him.
C. He caught him. D. He stayed far behind him.
5.What does the underlined word “proudly” mean? It means __________.
A. 自豪地 B. 难过地 C. 兴奋地 D. 不慌不忙地
A: 选择合适的选项填在括号内。
Mrs Brown had a small garden in front of her house. She ______ some vegetables in her garden and ______them well. When summer came, the _____look very nice. One evening Mrs Brown says to her son, “Tomorrow I am going to______ the vegetables for you.”
But the next morning she____that her neighbor's ducks _____her vegetables. Mrs Brown ____ and was ______ with her neighbor. Her neighbor was very sorry for that. On Christmas Day, the neighbor _____ Mrs Brown a beautiful, fat roast duck, and said, “Mrs Brown, please _____ your vegetables now.”
1.A. planted B. put C. took D. sent
2.A. watched B. cared for C. looked at D. kept
3.A. ducks B. gardens C. vegetables D. houses
4.A. sell B. cook C. water D. pick
5.A. found B. knew C. watched D. looked
6.A. was picking up B. was eating up C. was taking off D. was pulling up
7.A. shouted B. smiled C. spoke D. talked
8.A. sorry B. happy C. surprised D. angry
9.A. borrowed B. brought C. showed D. threw
10.A. cook B. pick C. enjoy D. grow
A:Hi, Jimmy! You look unhappy. 1.
B:Hello, Mike. I want to join in some after-school activities.2.
A:Why?
B:3.What should I say to them?
A:I think you can let your parents know you won’t be alone.
B:I have already told them about these.4.
A:5.You can ask a teacher to talk to them about the activities.
B:Good idea! Thank you!
A:You’re welcome.
Don’t get off the bus ____ it has stopped.
A. until B. if C. to D. for
Please remember _____ the lights when you leave.
A. turning down B. to turn down C. to turn off D. turning off
