A: How was your day off, Tina?
B: Oh, it was awful.
A: Really?      66
B: Well, we wanted to go camping, but the weather was terrible.      67
A: Oh, that’s too bad. Then what did you do? Did you watch TV at home?
B: No.      68     . It was boring.
A: Sounds terrible, Tina.
B:      69
A: I think I had great fun. I went to the museum and met a famous actor.      70      And I got his autograph.
B: That sounds wonderful.

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If you have no special plans for your holidays, why not spend your time helping others？Don’t believe those people who say that young people today often think only of themselves. It’s not true at all. More and more young people in the USA volunteer to spend their school holidays working for others. And they don’t do it for money. Here are some of their stories.

Alice, 17

I’m going to help the Forest Center build new hiking paths in the mountains. It’s going to be great fun — I’ll spend the whole summer living in a forest and breathing the clean mountain air. I’m going to sleep under the moon and stars. It will be a nice sport, and I’ll be able to do something good at the same time!

Jason , 18

This summer, I’m going to volunteer with Special House Program. They build good, less expensive 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 , 16

I’m going to teach children who have trouble in reading. I’ll work for a program called Reading for Life. Every day, I’m going to help them 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.

1.What does Alice plan to work for others in summer？

A. To sleep under the moon and stars.   

B. To breathe the clean mountain air.

C. To help build hiking paths in the mountains.

D. To spend the whole summer living in a forest.

2.The writer’s idea in this passage is ______.

A. school students should do some hiking in summer.

B. it’s good to do something good for others in vacation.

C. helping children to choose and read books is a good way.

D. breathing clean mountain air is good for health.

3.Which is the most possible title (标题) for this passage？

A. Reading for Life

B. A Special House Program 

C. The Forest Centre

D. Young American Volunteers

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This morning I got a funny feeling. Today I had to give a report in my __1__ , and I had been doing this for a long time!
Mum came into the kitchen asking,” Are you ready,__2__ ?”
“Yes,” I answered quietly. __3__ in fact I wasn’t really ready!”
On my way __4__ school, I could feel my heart beating fast. I hated this.
I went into Mrs. Owen’s class. She is smiling, and saying __5__ to all her students as she did every morning .
“Hi, Sam,” she said to me as I walked __6__ the classroom.
“Hi,” I said and quickly sat in my __7__. I looked at the clock. The class was about to begin. Then Mrs. Owens started , “Sam, it’s time for you to give your speech.” __8__in front of everybody? Oh, no!
I got up slowly, looking __9__ the ground as I walked to the front of the classroom. Then, I looked up , and everyone was looking at me. Mrs. Owens knew I was __10__, so she came beside me, and put her hand on my back.
She said to the class, “Sam has worked very hard on his __11__ and I know it is a very interesting report.” Then she turned to me and asked, “Sam, __12__ did you like best about report on Hawaii?”
I thought about the funny things I had read about surfing , and I started to  __13__. I talked and talked __14__ the whole class, and I was not nervous at all. It was great fun. I wasn’t frightened. The class cheered as I finished and Mrs. Owens was __15__.