If you have no special plans for your vacation, you can spend your time helping others. Many people in the USA spend their school vacation 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 paths for a walk in the mountains. I’ll spend the summer living in the tent and enjoy the clean air there. I’ll sleep under the stars. I’ll do some interesting things.
Jason Moore, 18
This summer, I’ll join in Special House Program. People in this program build some houses and sell them to some families. These families don’t have much money. So these houses are very cheap. They will teach me what to do, so I can learn how to build houses.
Trish Anderson, 16
I’ll teach children in reading. I’ll work for a show called Reading for Life. I’ll help children read books every day. I love children and reading. I want to be a teacher. This show will be great for me.
1.The underlined word “paths” means “ ” in Chinese.
A. 房子 B. 农场 C. 帐篷 D. 小路
2.Special House Program helps .
A. poor families B. large families
C. rich families D. small families
3.What can we learn about the three young people?
A. Alice wants to be a teacher.
B. Jason Moore is 17 years old.
C. Trish Anderson loves shows.
D. All of them like to help others.
Tom and Fred are talking about the year 2050.
“What will _____ be like in the year 2050?” asks Tom.
“I don’t know,” says Fred, “what do you think?”
“Well, no one knows. But it’s _____ to guess,” says Tom, “in the year 2050, everybody will ___ a pocket(便携的) computer. The computer will give people the _____ to all their problems. We all will have telephones in our pockets, ____ . And we can talk to our friends all over the world. Maybe we can ____ them at the same time. Machines will do most of the work, and people will have more _____. Maybe they’ll work only two or three days a week. They can fly to the moon by spaceship and spend _____ holidays there.”
“I’m very _____ to hear that. I hope to fly to the moon. And I also hope I can live ______.” says Fred. “Won’t that be interesting? Just like a fish.”
1.A. our home B. the traffic C. a factory D. the world
2.A. boring B. terrible C. interesting D. relaxing
3.A. have B. bring C. give D. send
4.A. news B. ways C. things D. answers
5.A. either B. again C. too D. also
6.A. call B. see C. look D. hear
7.A. work B. free C. holidays D. times
8.A. his B. her C. their D. our
9.A. sorry B. happy C. tired D. exciting
10.A. on the moon B. in the sea C. on the mountain D. under the ground
Dear Cousin,
As you know, I will graduate (毕业) in a few months and I can’t decide what I should do after graduation. I had planned a two-month trip to Argentina. I’m sure it will be fantastic. But I just found out that I have been accepted for the internship (实习期) at American Airlines. If I work hard, perhaps they will offer me a job at the end of the summer. This happened to another student last summer. Both are great, but I really need your help in making the right decision.
If I travel to Argentina, I can relax and have fun with my friends. I have never taken a vacation with them and this might be the last time we can all travel together. Once I start working, it will be difficult to find so much time for a vacation. As for the internship, if I take it, I probably won’t get any time to relax. I will have to start the day after graduation and I’ll be busy working all the time. It will be very stressful.
Despite (尽管) the stress, it will be a good start for me to work for American Airlines. Although I won’t get paid, I will get experience. However, traveling to Argentina will let me practice my Spanish and I know that many companies (公司) want people with good Spanish skills. I also promised my friends that I would go with them. I really don’t want to let them down.
What should I do? I’m looking forward to your advice.
Yours,
Susan
根据材料内容完成下列任务。1和2小题为任务一：简要回答下列问题。3和4小题为任务二：判断正(T)误(F)。5小题为任务三：选择最佳答案。
1.Has Susan ever had a vacation with her friends?
_________________________________________
2.If Susan chooses the internship at American Airlines, when should she start to work?
_________________________________________
3.If Susan works hard during the internship, she may get a job and some money.
4.The trip to Argentina will help Susan with her Spanish.
5.Susan wrote this letter mainly to _______.
A. say sorry to her cousin
B. offer help to her cousin
C. ask her cousin for advice
D. say thank you to her cousin
书面表达
假如你是你校校报英语专栏的小记者，上周日你参加了你校组织的保护环境的主题活动。请你根据以下表格提示，给校报写一篇报道。
活动地点 | 迎泽公园 |
参与人员 | 八年级全体师生 |
活动内容 | 上午：保护环境的演讲比赛 下午：打扫公园 |
活动感想 | …… |
参考词汇：演讲比赛 speech competition 参加 take part (in ...)
要求：不少于90词，可适当发挥。
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Mrs. Marks bought a printer yesterday. She was h1. because she could print anything she wanted at any time. H2. , after about an hour, she was angry because she couldn’t print the color blue. All the other c3. printed fine, except (除了) blue, which was very unusual.
She d4. to call the after-sales service department (售后服务部) to help her solve the problem. David answered the phone. He t5. everything he could think of to help Mrs. Marks. He asked her to reinstall (重新安装) the program, to reboot (重新启动) the computer and to turn the printer on and off. N6. of these things helped.
After hours of trying, the problem s7. wasn’t solved. Finally, David asked Mrs. Marks if he could go to her h8. and try to solve the problem in person. Mrs. Marks agreed and t9. him her address (住址). When he arrived at her house, she showed him her computer and the printer. David u10. what the problem was right away. He told her, ＂From now on, print on white paper instead of blue!＂
完成句子
根据汉语意思完成英语句子，每空一词。
1.这儿的气温全年在20摄氏度以下。
The temperature here ____ below 20℃ ________ ________ ________.
2.凯特，有几个女孩在等你。
Kate, there are ________ ________ ________ ________ waiting for you.
3.不管刮风还是下雨，鲍勃总是第一个到达学校。
________ it’s windy ________ rainy, Bob is always the first to get to school.
4.我爷爷有丰富的茶艺知识。
My grandpa has rich ________ ________ knowledge.
5.他们过去常常在山里野营。
They used to ________ ________ in the mountains.
