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（自愿）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.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.
2.From the passage, we know that Special House Program helps____.
A.children in poor families
B.workers who build houses
C.poor families that can’t afford（负担得起）houses
D.build hiking paths
3.Which is the most possible title for this passage?
A.Reading for Life B.Special House Program
C.The Forest Centre D.Young American volunteers
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1.If you want to eat Chinese food, you will go to the restaurant in ________.
A.Fairview Hotel B.First Hotel C.Orchard Hotel D.Osaka Hotel
2.If a Japanese traveler likes to eat in a French restaurant, _______ is the right place for him to go to.
A.233 Edward Road B.1264 Venning Road C.222 Edward Road D.129 North Road
3.If you want to book a room in the hotel with a garage, you should telephone ________.
A.591— 5620 B.414— 6433 C.641— 6446 D.643— 8200
At the present time, more and more people love travelling. It's a very good______of getting to know new people and cultures and acquiring (获得) experiences. It helps travelers ______a lot. Travel can make our minds become ______.
But travel does more than all that. It can also make us more creative. In recent years, some professors have been doing research on what many people have already learned from travel experiences. They believe that spending time abroad has the______ to affect (影响) people's mind. For example, they found that the students who lived abroad for a longer period were better at ______ problems creatively than those who did not. If you stay in ______ place, you can't experience new sights, new smells, new sounds and new cultures. All these can wake up your mind and make it more active.______, that doesn't mean the more places you've been, the more creative you'll become. Another group of professors have been doing ______ research. They found the people who often travelled from one place to another didn't have enough ______ to immerse (使......沉浸) themselves in a new place and a new culture. They weren't as creative as the people who spent the time ______ getting to know a place. You have to interact (相互影响) with the places you go to and then you can benefit (得益) from it.
If you go travelling, which do you prefer, staying in a place for a certain period or rushing all the way?
1.A.way B.area C.sign D.state
2.A.present B.produce C.get D.check
3.A.thicker B.smoother C.wider D.healthier
4.A.ability B.possibility C.personality D.difficulty
5.A.solving B.causing C.controlling D.spreading
6.A.different B.the same C.other D.another
7.A.Instead B.Otherwise C.Moreover D.However
8.A.secret B.rapid C.common D.similar
9.A.interest B.money C.time D.quality
10.A.nearly B.probably C.hardly D.really
—Do you mind telling me how to restart the computer?
—______. It’s simple. Just press the button here.
A.Yes, I do B.Surely C.Of course D.No, not at all
— The changes are good for people.
— ________. I like the transport but I can’t stand the pollution.
A.Yes, I agree with you. B.No, you are wrong.
C.In some ways, I agree with you. D.No, I agree with you.
— Where’s Mr Li? I haven’t seen him recently.
— He ________ Qingdao for a meeting. He will be back in a few days.
A.have been to B.have gone to C.has been to D.has gone to
