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 photo taking 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.”
【小题1】In one special programme in New York State, young and older people _______ .

 根据句意或中英文提示写出所缺单词。

1. Water covers about three quarters of the earth’s ____________.(表面)

2. _____________(though) he is very clever, he doesn’t work hard at his lessons.

3. Are you ___________ (sure) Mr Wang will come to our meeting?

4. ______________ with life on Earth, life on Mars will be better in many ways.(比较)

5. The Great Wall is one of the ____________ (unusual things that fill people with surprise) in the world.

完形填空(10分)
Water is the "life blood" of our earth.Like air and sunshine, it is very important  1  living things.Without water, there can be   2 life on the earth.All animals and plants need water.Man also needs water.We need water to drink, to cook and to clean   3  .It even   4   the greater part of our bodies.Water is almost everywhere.Even in the  5   places of the world, there is water in the air.However, we can drink not seawater but fresh water.To make things even   6 , people often   7  to keep the water clean.They throw rubbish into rivers, lakes or seas.So not all the fresh water is   8 for us to drink.We're short   9 water.Something must be   10 to stop this.

用所给词的适当形式填空(10分)

1.___________, life on Mars will be better in many ways.(hope)

2.Tomorrow is Mr. Wang’s_________(40) birthday but he looks in his thirties.

3.They have a lively ____________ (discuss)after the scientist’s excellent talk .

4._____________ (compare)with the cars made in Japan, I like the one made in Germany better.

5.The big prize belongs to one of the most famous_____________(invent).

6.I don’t think man will have robots______________(control) computers in the future.

7.Are you certain meals in the form of pills are even___________(taste)?

8.How many___________( spacecraft) have been sent up to the space?

9.They will have to wear special boots ______________(prevent) people jumping too high,.

10.When I got home, the coins_______________ (spread) all over the floor.

根据学过的课文，判断正（T）误（F）

The Earth is a planet and it goes around the Sun．Seven other planets also go around the Sun．None of them has an environment with air，so people and things cannot grow．The Sun and its planets are called the solar system．The solar system is a small part of our galaxy．

The stars we see at night are the suns in other solar systems．There are more than 200 billion stars in our galaxy，called the Milky Way，and our Sun is only one of them．

But scientists have discovered many other galaxies in the universe．They are a long way away and their light has travelled for many years to reach us．It is hard to understand how large the universe is．

Scientists have sent lots of spacecraft to look at other planets in our solar system，and some spacecraft have gong beyond the solar system．However，no one has discovered any life in space yet．

But why has no one from other planets sent us a message？Have they tried to send information to us？With so many stars in the universe，are we alone，or is there life out there in space？We don’t know．．．yet．

1.The Sun is one of the Earth planets．

2.There is more than one galaxy in our solar system．

3.．There are more than 200 billion stars in the Milky Way．

4.．Scientists have found life on other planets．

5.They’ve received no messages from space．