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If you have no special plans for your holidays, why not spend your time helping others? Nowadays, more and more young people in America volunteer to spend their school holidays working for others. Here are some of their plans.

1.Young people in the USA volunteer to spend ____ helping others.

2. What does Jim plan to do in summer?

3. From the passage, we know that Susan ____.

4.____ wants to be a teacher.

5.Which is the most possible title for this passage?

 Have you felt annoyed when a mobile phone rings during the class? Something must be done to stop this. Now in New York City, USA, a rule is carried out* in schools. Students can’t even bring mobile phones to school. Is it a good thing or not?

Anxious* parents say that mobile phones are an important tool* in holding New York City’s families together.

“I worry about it,” said Elizabeth Lorris Ritter, a mother of a middle school kid. “It’s necessary in our everyday life. We have a washing machine*, we have running water, and we have mobile phones. A number of Americans think mobile phones connect* them to children on buses, getting out from subways, walking through unknown* places.

 “I have her call me when she gets out school,” said Lindsay Walt, a schoolgirl’s mother. “No one in New York is going to let their children go to school without a mobile phone.

 What about the mobile phone owners, the students? Most of the students said that mobile phones were necessary and the mobile phone was like an extra* hand or foot for them.

 “I feel so bored,” said May Chom, 14. “There is also no way to listen to music on the way to school without my phone. It will be a really, really boring trip.

1.Elizabeth Lorris Ritter is worried that ______________.

A. students are not allowed to bring mobile phones

B. students spend too much time in listening to music on the mobile phones

C. students bring mobile phones to school and they often ring during the class

D. no rule is carried out to stop students from bringing mobile phones to school

2.____________ American parents disagree with the rule that students can’t bring mobile phones to school.

A.  Some.       B. Many      C. Few     D. No

3.May Chom likes to ______________.

A. go to school without a mobile phone    

B. chat with her friends on the mobile phone on the way to school

C. walk through interesting places with a mobile phone

D. bring a mobile phone to school

4.This writer wants to tell us the __________ in carrying out* the rule not to use a mobile phone in school.

A. importance  B. problem     C. happiness      D. hopeless

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Good morning, ladies and gentlemen !

Today, I am very happy to have a meeting with you.  At the meeting we will talk about the p___1.___ we have these days.  We all know the problems of dogs and the objects falling from windows are getting worse.  We have already r__2.___ lots of letters about such problems.  So it is time for us to look for possible ways to s___3.___ these problems.

Some dog-owners don’t look after their dogs w___4.__ enough, and they let their dogs make mess on roads and in gardens. This makes the environment dirty.  I would like to tell the dog-owners that their b___5.___is too bad, and at the same time they are m___6.___ people feel unhappy.  We should keep the environment pleasant.

It is reported that some people throw rubbish out of windows. It is dangerous b___7.__ falling objects may hurt others.  It is also a___8.___ the law. We should put up a notice (布告、通告) to teach people not to do so.  If it is found, we will record the names and addresses of people who throw objects.  Then, a warning will be given and they will be p___9.___ by law.

A safe and comfortable living environment is important to us. If we t___10.___ our best to care for our community, it will be a good place to live in.

Thank you for your coming.

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Probably you have seen photos of the Grand Canyon. But you must go there    1   to feel its size and beauty. The Grand Canyon is one of the greatest

   2   wonders of the world.

The Colorado River made the Grand Canyon over millions of years. Slowly, the river cut down   3  hard rocks. At the same time, the land was    4  . Today the canyon is very   5   . It’s also very    6  , about 20 kilo-

metres. And    7   its height, there are different kinds of plants and animals on both sides of the canyon.

The canyon looks different at different times of the day, and   8   different seasons and weather. At sunrise, the red, gold, brown and orange colours of the rocks are    9   clear and bright. Whether you see the Grand Canyon from the top or the bottom, it will be a(n)   10   that you will never forget.