Young people and older people do not always agree. They sometimes have different ideas about living, working and playing. But in one special program in New York State, adults and teenagers live together in a friendly way.
Each summer 200 teenagers and 50 adults live together for eight weeks as members of a special work group. Everyone works several hours each day. They do so not just to keep busy but to find meaning and fun in work. Some teenagers work in the forests or on the farms near the village. Some learn to make things like tables and chairs and to build houses. The adults teach them these skills.
There are several free hours each day. Weekends are free, too .During the free hours some of the teenagers learn photo-taking or drawing. Others sit around and talk or sing. Each teenager chooses his own way to pass his free time.
When people live together, they should have rules. In this program the teenagers and the adults make the rules together. If someone breaks a rule, the problem goes before the whole group. They talk about it and ask, “Why did it happen? What should we do about it?”
One of the teenagers has said something about it: “You have to stop thinking only about yourself. You learn how to think about the group.”
【小题1】In one special program in New York State, young and older people_________.

A.don’t work well together
B.live together like friends
C.teach one another new ways of building houses
D.spend eight weeks together, working as farmers
【小题2】All the members work some time every day mainly to_______.
A.lead a busy life
B.learn new skills of farming
C.get used to the life on the farms
D.find useful things and pleasure in work
【小题3】 Living together__________.
A.the teenagers don’t have to obey the rules
B.the members have to obey the rules the adults make
C.the members have no free time but on weekends
D.the members should not break the rules they make together
【小题4】 The last paragraph shows that the teenager thinks this the program is_________.
A.unpleasant
B.tiring
C.helpful
D.boring
【小题5】The best title for the passage is ____________ .
A.The Rules of Living Together
B.Life in New York State
C.Teenagers and Adults Together
D.Free Hours in the Special Work Group

Both the young and the old may feel lonely. A three-year-old child will feel lonely when it is left alone, and an old man over eighty years old is often afraid to live alone, too.
Some people feel lonely because they may not have enough time to make friends. Not only the quiet, shy people may feel lonely. Some people are active and outgoing, but they are sometimes afraid to talk and make friends with others. They always try to hold other people away from them. They may seem to have lots of friends, but inside they are hurting.
Are you lonely? If your answer is “yes”, you may need to work hard enough! Here are some tips to think about:
To be wanted and needed is a big answer to loneliness. Is there any way you can help other people? Try to do something helpful for others even if you are very busy. By helping other people, we find friends and lose loneliness.
Do you have an interest or hobby? Find a group of people with this interest and join them.
Live in the real world! The world on the Internet is not a real world and it is very different from the real life. The students asleep in class are mostly those who often surf the net through the night. As a result, they’ll get lost in the real world.
Don’t wait for someone to phone, or write, or email you, you call them. And if they seem too busy, it doesn’t mean you are not welcome. Try another time!
When you’ve done anything wrong to other people, don’t be too proud to say sorry. You must do that even if you find it hard to open your mouth.
【小题1】The main topic of this passage is about ____________.

A.happinessB.friends
C.lonelinessD.sickness
【小题2】According to the passage, some people feel lonely because ___________.
A.they stay at home all day
B.they have too many friends
C.they have too much time to meet friends
D.they don’t have enough time to make friends
【小题3】If you have done something wrong, you should ___________.
A.say sorry to othersB.do it again
C.open your mouthD.leave at once
【小题4】If you don’t want to be lonely, you should __________.
A.never help others
B.find some people with the same interest and join them
C.surf the net all the time
D.wait for someone to call you

Scientists find that hard-working people can live longer than idle(不工作的) people. Career women are healthier than housewives. Evidence shows that the jobless are in poorer health than the job-holder. A report shows that whenever the unemployment rate(失业率) increases by 1%, the death rate increases by 2%. All this comes down to one point: work is helpful to health.

Why is work good for health? It is because work keeps people busy, away from loneliness. Researches show that people feel unhappy, worried when they have nothing to do. Instead, the happiest are those who are busy. Many high achievers who love their careers feel that they are happiest when they are working hard. Work serves as a bridge between man and reality(现实). By work, people come into contact with each other. By taking part in some activities, they find friendship and warmth. This is helpful to health. The loss of work means the loss of everything. It affects man in spirit and makes him easy to get ill.

Besides, work gives one a sense of fulfillment(充实感) and a sense of achievement. Work makes one feel his value in society. When a writer finishes his writing or a doctor successfully operates on a patient or a teacher sees his students grow, they are happy beyond words.

From the above we can come to the conclusion that the more you work, the happier and healthier you will be. Let us work hard and study well and live a happy and healthy life.

1.Who can live longer, hard-working people or idle people?

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2.How do people feel when they don’t have anything to do?

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3.How can we find friendship and warmth in our daily life?

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4.Why can career women be healthier than housewives? (请根据文章内容,自拟1句话作答)

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5.What do you think hard work can bring us? (请根据自己的想法,自拟1-2句话作答)

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The earth is our home and we must take good care of it. That is to say we must   1   the land, air and water clean. But man    2  a lot of pollution on earth since he first made fire, washed his clothes in the river and threw rubbish on the ground. Many years ago, pollution was not so serious   3    there were not so many people.

There were enough    4   air, land and water. When the land or the river was dirty in one place, man moved to    5   place. Man is    6   the whole world now. So there is   7    enough clean air, nor clean land, nor clean water now. The more people there are in one place,    8    environment they maybe have.

Perhaps you are afraid     9   is endless(无休止的) for people to produce pollution.

    10  , we are glad to tell you that people have come to know the danger of pollution. And you can find more and more people are working hard to protect our earth.

1.                A.have           B.take           C.watch    D.keep

 

2.                A.produced       B.has produced    C.is producing   D.will produce

 

3.                A.so             B.if              C.because  D.but

 

4.                A.clean          B.old            C.dirty D.new

 

5.                A.other          B.the other       C.another  D.others

 

6.                A.pollute         B.polluting        C.clearing  D.clear

 

7.                A.neither         B.both           C.either    D.none

 

8.                A.the worst       B.the worse       C.the bad   D.worse

 

9.                A.that           B.this            C.what     D.it

 

10.               A.Quickly         B.Especially       C.Luckily    D.Anyway

 

 

Young people and older people don’t always agree. They sometimes have different ideas about living, working and playing. But in one special programme in New York State, adults and teenagers live together in a friendly way.

Each summer 200 teenagers and 50 adults live together for eight weeks as members of a special work group. Everyone works several hours each day. They do so not just to keep busy but to find meaning and enjoyment in work. Some teenagers work in the woods or on the farms near the village. Some learn to make things like tables and chairs and build houses. The adults teach them these skills.

There are several free hours each day. Weekends are free, too. During the free hours some of the teenagers learn phototaking or painting. Others sit around and talk or sing. Each teenager chooses his own way to spend his free time.

When people live together, rules are necessary. In this programme the teenagers and the adults make the rules together. If someone breaks a rule, the problem goes before the whole group. They talk about it and ask, “Why did it happen? What should we do about it?”

One of the teenagers has this to say about his experience, “You stop thinking only about yourself, You learn to think about the group.”

1.In one special programme in New York State, young and older people _______ .

A.don’t work well together.

B.are friendly to one another.

C.teach one another new ways of building houses.

D.spend eight weeks together, working as farmers.

2. All the members work some time every day mainly to _______ .

A.lead a busy life.

B.learn new skills of farming;

C.get used to the life on the farms

D.find value and pleasure in work

3. Living together, _________ .

A.the teenagers don’t have to obey the rules

B.the teenagers have to obey the rules the adults make

C.the members have no free time on weekends

D.the members are not allowed to break the rules they make together

4. The last programme shows that the teenager thinks his experience in the programme is ____ .

A.unpleasant

B.tiring

C.helpful

D.boring

5.The best title for the passage is __________ .

A.The rules of living together

B.Life in New York State

C.Teenagers in the special group

D.Free hours in the special work group

 

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