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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.

(  )56. Young people in the USA volunteer to spend     helping others.

A. school holidays  B. weekdays   C. every morning  D. every afternoon

(  )57. 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.

(  )58. 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 houses      D. build hiking paths

(  )59.     wants to be a teacher.

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

(  )60. 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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Computers are good tools(工具).The Internet is also good. But some people spend too much time online. They can’t stop. Doctors say this is a new sickness. They call this sickness Internet Addiction Disorder (互联网成瘾症)(IAD).

People with IAD are online a lot. They spend hours chatting to their friends or playing online games. Many people with IAD spend more time on the Internet than with family or friends. Some people with IAD even quit(辞掉)their jobs!

Do you have IAD? Think about these questions:How many hours a day are you online? Is it a lot or a little? When you are not online,are you thinking about playing a computer game or checking your messages? When you are online,do you forget the time? Do you get angry when you can’t play a game?

If you have IAD,what can you do? Dr. Ivan Goldberg and Dr. Kimberly S.Young have some ideas. First,ask yourself “Why am I online a lot?” Then try to take a break. For example,use the computer or play games twice a week,not every day. In this way,you can have a good social life with other friends.

1.The passage is mainly about________

A.a new sickness

B.an online game

C.messages

D.computer jobs

2.If you have Internet Addiction Disorder (IAD),you are_______

A.online for an hour a week

B.send e-mall messages at work

C.are on the Internet more than with friends

D.never use the computer

3.According to the passage,which is NOT a sign of IAD?

A.Quitting your job to spend more time online.

B.Spending time with family and friends.

C.Forgetting the time when you are online.

D.Getting angry when you can,t play a game.

4.Ivan Goldberg and Kimberly S. Young_______

A.quit their jobs

B.are online a lot

C.have IAD

D.help people with IAD

 

阅读下面短文,掌握大意,然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。

Miracles(奇迹)will happen if you don't give up trying. Even if you have  31 for one hundred times, you may succeed when you try for the 10lst time.

When I was born, my doctor told my mother that there was something wrong with my 32 .  They were too soft to be able to walk. Although the news was bad, my mother didn't become  33 . She didn't believe what the doctor said  34  she started to look for other ways.

My mother kept looking for other doctors for me, and finally she  35 . The doctor and his team in the hospital did   36 they could to help me. They also asked my parents to teach me to do some  37 to help me walk. One day when my mother came to pick me 38   .I crawled(爬) towards her. She was so surprised and happy that she couldn't believe  39  eyes. Crawling was not walking, but it was a good  40 . Day by day, I could walk by myself.

When I grew up, my mother   41  told me these stories. She said that if I thought of what she said whenever I met   42 , I could do anything successfully. I have been working hard and I have turned out to be a very   43  person. I get best   44 in school and I am a good dancer and swimmer.   45  my mother's strong resolution, I live a happy life now. What the story tells us, as my mother always says, is: Never give up.

1.                A.achieved       B.failed          C.suggested D.told

 

2.                A.legs           B.hands          C.arms D.eyes

 

3.                A.patient         B.confident       C.frustrated D.proud

 

4.                A.or             B.and            C.if    D.because

 

5.                A.forgot          B.changed        C.succeeded    D.worked

 

6.                A.nothing         B.somewhere      C.anywhere D.everything

 

7.                A.time           B.exercise        C.medicine D.shopping

 

8.                A.away           B.from           C.into  D.up

 

9.                A.her            B.my            C.his  D.its

 

10.               A.advice         B.end           C.chance    D.start

 

11.               A.hardly         B.never          C.always D.nearly

 

12.               A.dreams         B.experiments     C.jobs  D.difficulties

 

13.               A.excellent       B.dangerous      C.busy  D.special

 

14.               A.presents        B.friends         C.books D.grades

 

15.               A.According to    B.Instead of       C.Thanks to  D.Together with

 

 

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