If you want to find a parttime job or learn something different during your spare time, you can have a look at the following jobs offered by the DC Public Library.
Teens of Distinction Program
The DC Public Library offers parttime jobs for teens through the Teens of Distinction Program. Teens work 1012 hours per week all year long, helping the library with important tasks and projects. The Teens of Distinction Program is now hiring! To apply, you have to：
● be a DC resident
● have and maintain at least a 2.5 grade point average
● be 16 to 18 years old
● be able to work 1012 hours per week
● be able to work for DCPL for at least 9 months
Oh, and of course you have to impress us with your wonderful personality!
Teen Volunteer Opportunities
If you want to earn community service hours for school, Youth202 is a good choice.
Youth202 is a radio program created by youth and for youth. You can learn radio production skills, interview people around you, and help keep other teens to learn news, events, and anything else you think is important.
Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP)
Every summer, teens can work here to help library customers organize books and learn lots of new skills, such as program planning, writing and media production.
On Friday, January 25 at 12：15 p．m., the application for the 2014 SYEP will be open to teens between the ages of 14 and 21.
Applications will be processed on a firstcome, firstserved basis. Space is limited this year, so teens are encouraged to apply early, and remember not to miss the deadline, Saturday, February 16.
1.Working for the Teens of Distinction Program, teenagers will ________．
①become a DC resident
② work 1012 hours per week
③ work for DCPL for at least 9 months
④ have a wonderful personality
A. ③④ B. ①②③
C. ②③ D. ①③④
2.If a teenager wants to interview people around him, he should apply for a job at ________．
A. Teens of Distinction Program
B. Youth202
C. Teens Library
D. Summer Youth Employment Program
3.What can’t teenagers get in Summer Youth Employment Program?
A. Community service hours.
B. Program planning skills.
C. Writing skills.
D. Book management skills.
4.Who has the biggest chance to work for the 2014 SYEP?
A. A teenager who is smart.
B. A teenager who is popular.
C. A teenager who applies early.
D. A teenager who gets high grades in exams.
5.The aim of the text is to ________．
A. introduce the DC Public Library
B. describe the job of library workers
C. teach how to apply for parttime jobs
D. offer teenager parttime jobs in the DC Public Library
Dear boys and girls,
I feel honored to speak here on behalf of all your teachers .I’m really sorry that it will be only three months 1. you graduate from high school .We have spent an unforgettable time in the past three years, during 2. I have been greatly impressed by your good qualities such as honesty, diligence, co-operation and so on. 3. in my teaching career have I met such wonderful students 4. you.
We have an endless journey in pursuit of knowledge. Graduation only marks a stage of one’s education .Set a high goal 5. you’ll achieve more in your future life.
I do believe that all your efforts will eventually pay 6. .I as well as your other teachers 7. praying that every one of you will be admitted to 8. ideal college.
Yours,
English teacher
With his leg lame and his teeth uneven, a boy thought of himself as the most unfortunate child in the world. He seldom played with his classmates, and when asked to answer questions, he always his head without a word.
One spring, his father brought home some saplings (树苗). of his children would plant a sapling and he promised, “Whoever grows his sapling best shall get a gift.” The boy certainly wanted to get the gift.But seeing his brothers and sisters watering the trees, he an idea: he hoped the tree he planted would die soon. So watering it once or twice, he never it.
Several days later, he was surprised to find it didn't die, but grew so many fresh . Compared with those of his brothers and sisters, his appeared greener. His father kept his ，bought the boy a gift and said he would become an outstanding after growing up.
From then on, the boy slowly became optimistic and confident. One evening, he suddenly his biology teacher once said that plants generally grow at night. Why not go to see the tree?
When he came to the courtyard, he found his father working near the tree! Instantly he ：Father had been secretly watering his tree! He returned to his room, tears in his eyes.
Decades passed. The boy didn't become a botanist. , he became the U．S. President. His name was Franklin Roosevelt.
is the best nourishment (滋养品) of life. Even though it is just a bucket of water, it can make the tree of life grow well!
1.A. held B．raised C．lowered D．covered
2.A. Both B．None C．One D．Each
3.A. cared for B．got rid of C．hit upon D．put on
4.A. appealed to B．attended to C．adapted to D．turned to
5.A. roots B．leaves C．branches D．seeds
6.A. word B．balance C．agreement D．opinion
7.A. teacher B．gardener C．president D．botanist
8.A. believed B．recalled C．repeated D．knew
9.A. remembered B．understood C．wondered D．admitted
10.A. welling B．falling C．dropping D．crying
11.A. Therefore B．Besides C．Moreover D．Instead
12.A. Love B．Water C．Disability D．Father
I have already forgotten ______ you bought the computer.
A. that it was when B. that it was what
C. what it was that D. when it was that
With five professional hands ______ them next month, these students are sure to complete the experiment on time.
A. helping B. help
C. to helping D. to help
_______ is announced in today’s newspaper, we have launched another man-made satellite.
A.That B.Which
C. As D. What
