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

The world’s population was about 6.5 billion in 2008. ___46___ three billion people ___47___ Asia now. That’s about half of the world’s population.
China has the ___48___ population in the world, and about one fifth of the people in the world live in China. ___49___ the large population, there is ___50___ living space for each family. And it’s difficult for lots of people to find jobs. A large population also causes many ___51___ for ___52___ nation. For example, we are short ___53___ energy and water. Most cities are more ___54___ than before, and the traffic is much ___55___. The large population ___56___ a serious problem.
So far, our government has taken many measures to control the population. One is know ___57___ the one-child policy. It has worked ___58___ in controlling China’s population. Thanks to the policy, China is developing ___59___ and people’s living conditions are improving rapidly. However, the population problem is ___60___ serious in China. We still have a long way to go.

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Amanda is an American filmmaker and actress. She came to China three years ago to study Performance at Beijing Film Academy. Last month, she m  51  to Japan to study Economics at the University of Tokyo. On June 10th, she r   52   to the USA. She chatted with her parents about the cultural d   53    between the two countries.

“The people in b  54   countries are very friendly to f   55 . But they have different cultures. For example, when I spoke Chinese in China, the people there always showed s  56 on their faces. But when I came to Japan, I found it was o   57   . Most local people there hoped I could talk with them in Japanese, t   58   I was not good at it,” she said.

Amanda thought this might have something to d  59  with the fact that the western group in Japan is o  60   than the one in China. They have stayed in Japan for a long time. And most of them speak Japanese well. But Westerners in China are still quite a new group. They’re usually treated as guests and tourists.

The world’s population was about 6.5 billion in 2008. ___46___ three billion people ___47___ Asia now. That’s about half of the world’s population.

China has the ___48___ population in the world, and about one fifth of the people in the world live in China. ___49___ the large population, there is ___50___ living space for each family. And it’s difficult for lots of people to find jobs. A large population also causes many ___51___ for ___52___ nation. For example, we are short ___53___ energy and water. Most cities are more ___54___ than before, and the traffic is much ___55___. The large population ___56___ a serious problem.

So far, our government has taken many measures to control the population. One is know ___57___ the one-child policy. It has worked ___58___ in controlling China’s population. Thanks to the policy, China is developing ___59___ and people’s living conditions are improving rapidly. However, the population problem is ___60___ serious in China. We still have a long way to go.

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10.A. busy         B. heavy       C. heavily      D. heavier

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