Every year thousands of young people in England finish school and then take a year off before they start work or go to university. Some young people go to other countries and work as volunteers. Volunteers give their time to help people. For example, they work in schools or hospitals, or they do something helpful for the environment.
Pauline Jones, 18, lives in Cardiff, Wales. Next year she wants to go to university to study Chinese, but now she’s living in Belize. Pauline says, “I’m working with other people here to save the coral reefs (珊瑚礁) in the sea near Belize. The reefs here are beautiful, but if the sea water is very polluted, the coral dies. I’m helping to do research on the coral and the fish that live around the reefs. All over the world, coral reefs are dying. We need to do something about the problem before it’s too late.”
“I’m staying with a family here and I help do some housework. I don’t get any money, but that’s OK. I love my work here, and I’m learning a lot about the people of Belize—and myself! When I finish my work, I want to stay here for another three months. I want to travel around Belize and Central America.”
47. 1.Some young people from England _______ after they finish school.
A. go to university abroad
B. spend one year abroad as volunteers
C. go to work for money
2.Pauline Jones, an eighteen-year-old girl, is living in _______ now.
A. England B. China C. Belize
3.Pauline Jones is _______ with other people.
A. studying Chinese in a university
B. working to save the coral reefs
C. doing some research in Wales
4.From the passage, we know that the coral reefs ______.
A. will die because of the pollution
B. are not as beautiful as before
C. cannot live without fish in the sea
5.Pauline Jones wants to after she finishes her work as a volunteer.
A. stay there for another year
B. travel around Central America
C. go back home to start work
The hole in the road
There was once a farmer. He lived near a road. It was not a busy road, but from time to time, cars passed the farm.
Near the farm gate, there was a large hole in the road. This road was always full of water, and the drivers of the cars could not see how deep the hole was. They thought it was not deep. Then when they drove into the hole, they could not drive out because it was too deep. The farmer did not spend much time working on his farm. He spent most of it watching the hole. When a car drove into it, he pulled the car out with his tractor and the driver gave him a lot of money for doing this.
One day, the driver of a car said to him, “You must make a lot of money pulling cars out of this hole night and day.” “Oh, no,” the farmer said. “I don‟t pull cars out of the hole at night. At night I fill the hole with water.”
1.The farmer lived ________.
A. in a hole in the road
B. near a road
C. in a large car
2.Many cars went into the hole because the drivers ________.
A. were going too fast to stop
B. did not see the hole
C. did not know the hole was very deep
3.The farmer ________ at night.
A. pulled cars out of the hole in the road
B. filled the hole with water
C. worked on his farm
4.The farmer made money from ________.
A. giving things
B. filling the hole with water
C. pulling cars out of the hole
5.From this story we know that ________.
A. the drivers like the hole
B. the farmer is busy working on the farm
C. the farmer was not kind-hearted
完形填空:从A、B、C中，选出一个最佳答案,使短文意思完整。
Traffic rules help to keep order(秩序) on the road. They also help to keep people _________ . The pedestrian(行人) has as many rules to _________ as a driver of a car. You should walk on the sidewalk(人行道) or at the side of the road. Always look _________ before you walk across the street. If you like riding a bike, don’t ride in the middle of the road or run _________ red traffic lights. When you ride a bike with a friend, don’t look around or talk. If you drive a car, you should _________ at the traffic lights. You must always _________ a seat belt(安全带). Without belts _________ the driver and the passengers(乘客) may be badly hurt in a sudden accident.
You may not need to take a bus, but take care if you have to travel on one. _________or get off a bus only when it comes to a _________. When it is full, don’t try to get inside _________ you may fall off. Do remember these rules and we can keep safe on the road.
1.A healthy B. safe C. happy
2.A. follow B. make C. break
3.A. early B. happily C. carefully
4.A. through B. under C. in
5.A. go quickly B. come quietly C. drive slowly
6.A. dress B. wear C. bring
7.A. either B. neither C. both
8.A. Get up B. Get on C. Get to
9.A. sign B. stop C. street
10.A. and B. so C. or
---Shall we go fishing at six o’clock?
--- . Will seven o’clock be OK?
A.Sure, it’s up to you
B. Sure, no problem
C.Sorry, I can’t make it.
Don’t worry. I’m sure you’ll ________ your classmates if you are kind and friendly.
A.catch up with
B. get on well with
C. agree with
—— Come in, please, kids. Make ______ at home.
—— Thank you, Mr White.
A.yourself B. you C. yourselves
