Naturally, American schoolchildren love holidays. And they get a lot of them each year.
Besides having national holidays such as Thanksgiving and Presidents’ Day off from school, students get longer breaks in the spring and during the summer holidays .In fact, kids in US only go to school for about 180 days a year .To students, holidays are perfect .However, parents think there are advantages and disadvantages.
On the one hand, school holidays allow families to spend time together. Many American parents take time off from work during June ,July or August to travel with their children on vacation either in US or a foreign country. On the other hand, schoolchildren get much more time off school than parents get vacation time. This means that parents with young children may have to pay more in babysitting or daycare costs. As well, the long summer holidays mean that students sometimes get bored .
Besides going on trips with their parents, American students enjoy taking part in different kinds of activities during the holidays. For example, some kids enjoy summer camps and outdoor adventure(冒险) holidays. Such trips are great for adventurous students. They also have a lot to offer students who aren’t usually interested in traditional PE activities. You can do courses in survival(生存) skills, for example. Students learn how to make a camp in the forest, which wild food they can eat and how to find their way back to the center.
Students who are not excited about summer camps and outdoor adventure may take part in courses in computer game design, filmmaking and photography during the holidays. Finally, the traditional school trip to foreign countries is always popular. Students can practice their foreign language skills and experience everyday life in a different culture.
【小题1】How long are kids in the US at school every year?

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Language is always changing and developing. This isn’t a bad thing. If English hadn’t changed for a long time, we won’t have words to describe telephones, washing machines, computers or some other new things.
Language changes for several reasons. First, it changes because the needs of its speaker change. New technologies, new products, and new experiences need new words to express them clearly. Another reason for change is that different people have different language experiences. People use different sets of words and expressions, because they have different ages, jobs, education levels(水平) and so on.
How does language develop then? On the one hand, many of the languages changes begin with young people. When young people communicate with others of their own age, their language grows in grammar, words and expressions that are different from the older people’s. Some have a short lifetime but others can influence the language for long. On the other hand, we get new words in many different ways. We borrow them from other languages, we create them by making words shorter or combining words and we make them out of proper names.
Languages that don’t change over time are considered dead languages. The fact that English changes so much shows that it is alive and well.
【小题1】What does the writer think of the change and development of language?
He thinks it is                       .
【小题2】Why do people use different sets of words and expressions according to the passage?
Because their          and education levels are different.
【小题3】How many reasons for language change are mentioned in this passage?
The writer mentions          reasons.
【小题4】How do young people help develop language?
They do it when they                  others of their own age.
【小题5】 What is considered a dead language according to the passage?
The one that                   over time is considered a dead language.

根据句意和提示写出单词完成句子。

1.I have __________ (两个) new friends. What about you?

2.The dog and its _________ (主人) often have a walk after supper.

3.My_________(姐姐)is a very good student in her class.

4.The _________(警察)in the street are my brothers.

5.There is a _______________(图书馆）in our school.

6.This is a _________________(游泳)pool

7.Who___________（有）a pet in your class?

8. I am in Class 1,__________ (年级)7 at Sunshine Middle School.

9.We are all in Class 3, so we are __________（classmate）.

10.Mary, please _______(fly) kites in the park.

11.There are five classrooms on the ___________ ( one ) floor.

12.________(who) blouse is this?

13.We all know Yao Ming is a basketball _________(play).

14.Don’t take these _____________ ( watch) , please.

15.His father is a kind man. He often helps others. He is very _____________(help).