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 young people in the USA volunteer 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 Center build new hiking paths in the mountains. It's going to be great-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 will 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 day D. every summer

2.Alice volunteer to __________ in summer.

A. sleep under the stars.

B. breathe the clean mountain air.

C. spend the whole summer living at home.

D. help build new hiking paths in the mountains.

3.From the passage, we know that Jason Moore __________.

A. likes reading B. is 18 years old C. isn't very rich D. is good at sports

4.__________ wants to be a teacher.

A. Alice Hamilton B. Jason Moore C. Trish Anderson D. None of them

5.Which is the best title for this passage?

A. Reading for Life B. A Special House Program

C. The Forest Center D. Young American Volunteers

Here are three forms of Chinese art.

Calligraphy (书法)

The ancient Chinese thought of writing as an important form of art. Calligraphy is a popular form of writing. To produce Chinese characters one needs a brush, paper, inkstick and inkstone. These are called the “Four Treasures of the Study”. It is necessary to learn these tools in order to learn calligraphy.

Poetry

Poetry was an important part of art, Du Fu, Li Bai and Su Shi are considered among the best ancient poets, and there are five major kinds of ancient poetic styles called Shi, Ci, Ge. Qu and Fu. During the Tang Dynasty, poetry became so important that writing poetry was part of the examinations to work for the government.

Opera

Chinese opera is considered as one of the three oldest dramatic art forms in the world. It is a combination of music, art and literature. During the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Taizong set up an opera school.

1.______ are called the “Four Treasures of the Study”.

A. A pen, a book, inkstick and inkstone

B. A pen, paper, inkstick and inkstone

C. A brush, paper, inkstick and inkstone

D. A brush, paper, inkstick and ink box

2.How many major kinds of poetic styles are there in ancient China?

A. Three. B. Four C. Five D. Six

3.If you waned to wok for the government, you had to learn to write poetry during _______.

A. the Yuan Dynasty B. the Tang Dynasty

C. the Ming Dynasty D. the Qing Dynasty

4.What is a combination of music, art and literature?

A. Opera. B. Painting. C. Calligraphy. D. Poetry.

5.From the passage, we can learn that _______.

A. Calligraphy is one of the three oldest art forms in the world

B. Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty set up an opera school

C. Shi and Qu are the two most important poetic styles in ancient china

D. If you want to learn calligraphy, you must learn the “Four Treasures of the Study”

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