An English teacher has introduced a play to her class.

Characters:

Benny, student, 14 years old

Jerry, student, 15 years old

Susie, student, 14 years old

Grace, student, 14 years old

Time: One Sunday afternoon.

Place: By the river near their houses.

(The four teenagers have just finished the picnic. They are tidying up.)

Benny: Wow! That was a great picnic. I’m so full that I can hardly move.

Grace: That’s no excuse for not tidying up, Benny. Come over here and help me pack(包装) up the leftover food. Jerry, can you put out the fire, please? And clean up the place.

Jerry: (Speaking unhappily to himself.) How can I always get the dirty and difficult jobs? It’s not fair.

(Jerry throws a bit of water on the fire. Then he picks up the ashes (灰烬) with an old newspaper and wants to throw them into the long grass.)

Susie: (Sounding surprised) What are you doing, Jerry? That’s d....

Jerry: Whoops ... the paper has caught fire.

Susie: And the grass ... Benny, Grace, help! Help!

(Benny and Grace come over quickly. They help put out the fire completely.)

Jerry: Oh, no. Oh, no! What have I done?

Grace: You know that we should do everything carefully, don’t you?

Jerry: (With his head in his hands.) Yes. What have I done? What have I done?

1.How does Jerry feel about his jobs?

A.Clean and easy. B.Dirty and difficult.

C.Great and interesting. D.Helpful and careful.

2.What word do you think Susie would say in the sentence “That’s d....”?

A.dirty B.difficult C.different D.dangerous

3.What are the four teenagers doing in the play?

A.They are tidying up after they have had the picnic.

B.They are reading the play after their teacher has introduced it.

C.They are having a picnic together after they have put out the fire.

D.They are helping put out the fire after they have had the leftover food.

Xu Rujun with his classmates in Shanghai did something special this year. They worked in groups with traffic police at different crossroads in the city. Holding small red flags, the students helped keep order and stopped people from jaywalking (乱穿马路).

As part of the school project, Xu’s school has told its students to do more community work.

After the half day of exhausting (筋疲力尽的) work, Xu told himself not to jaywalk any more. “I think through community work, we get to help others and more importantly, we grow a sense of responsibility (责任感),” he said.

Community service is an important part of education for teenagers around the world. In the US and Canada, high school students need to finish 40 hours of community service before graduation (毕业). For those Americans who have finished 1,400 hours of community work. They can be awarded (奖励) nearly ¥5,000(33,000 yuan).

Chinese students today do more community work, too. For example, starting from 2010. Sichuan high school students have been asked to do 10 days of community work. It will become part of their school grade.

Qian Lijun, 16, and her classmates in Suzhou, Jiangsu went to a local elder care home this winter. They put Spring Festival couplets (对联) on the walls and cheered up the people living there.

Li Xiaotian, 15, of Anshan said he used to clear flyers(小广告) from telephone poles(电线杆)with his classmates. They brought tools, towels and buckets and worked for three hours under the summer sun. “It was tiring, but seeing the clean poles without ugly ads-we really felt proud,” he said.

1.What was the special thing Xu Rujun did this year?

A.He became a cleaner to work in the street.

B.He helped the traffic police at a crossroad.

C.He became a policeman.

D.He stopped people from talking.

2.From this passage we know that

A.Xu Rujun’s school is in the middle of a big city.

B.Xu Ruiun and his classmates do some community work every day.

C.Xu Rujun and his classmates often hold small flags when they cross the roads.

D.Xu Rujun and his classmates think it is good for them to do some community work.

3.Which of the following is TRUE about community service?

A.It has become a very important art of education only in China.

B.It is very important in school education in some foreign countries.

C.It is the only part of the school project for teenagers around the world.

D.It needs students to finish at least 1,000 hours of community work.

4.Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage?

A.The students in Shanghai helped people to keep the traffic rules.

B.The students in Suzhou visited the old people’s home.

C.The students in Anshan cleaned the telephone poles under the summer sun.

D.The students in Sichuan sent Spring Festival couplets to the old people.

5.Where can we probably find the passage?

A.In a textbook. B.In a diary. C.In a newspaper. D.In a novel.

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