Young people and older people do not always agree. They sometimes have different ideas about living, working and playing. But in one special program 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 fun in work. Some teenagers work in the forests or on the farms near the village. Some learn to make things like tables and chairs and to 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 drawing. Others sit around and talk or sing. Each teenager chooses his own way to pass his free time.
When people live together, they should have rules. In this program 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 said something about it: “You have to stop thinking only about yourself. You learn how to think about the group.”
【小题1】In one special program in New York State, young and older people_________.
A.don’t work well together
B.live together like friends
C.teach one another new ways of building houses
D.spend eight weeks together, working as farmers
【小题2】All the members work some time every day mainly to_______.
A.lead a busy life
B.learn new skills of farming
C.get used to the life on the farms
D.find useful things and pleasure in work
【小题3】 Living together__________.
A.the teenagers don’t have to obey the rules
B.the members have to obey the rules the adults make
C.the members have no free time but on weekends
D.the members should not break the rules they make together
【小题4】 The last paragraph shows that the teenager thinks this the program is_________.
A.unpleasant
B.tiring
C.helpful
D.boring
【小题5】The best title for the passage is ____________ .
A.The Rules of Living Together
B.Life in New York State
C.Teenagers and Adults Together
D.Free Hours in the Special Work Group

What is the sky? Where is it? How bright is it? What lies above it? These questions are difficult to answer, aren’t they?

  Is the sky blue? The sky has no color. We know that there is air around the world. When planes fly, they need air to lift their wings. Planes can’t fly very high because the air gets thinner when they go up higher. If we go up about 1,200 kilometers from the earth, we’ll find no air there.

  When we talk about the sky, we usually mean the atmosphere around the earth. It is like a very thick “cover” over the earth and keeps it warm. Without the “cover”, the earth would be a very cold place and nothing could live on it.

  Looking up above us, you will see the blue sky with white clouds. It is usually light blue, but the sky would be dark blue if you go to the top of the highest mountains. And you will see fewer clouds between you and the sun.

  And if you sit in a spaceship high above the earth, there is no air at all. The sky would be so dark that its color would be black.

  Sometimes the sky doesn’t look blue. When the sun rises and falls, you will see red, orange, and other colors in the sky. These are the most beautiful moments of the day.

  Now you may understand that we see colors because the air scatters (散射) the sunlight. Light travels through the air. Without air, there would be no light and no colors.

1.Planes can’t fly very high because ____________.

A.there is air around the world

B.the air gets thinner when they go up higher

C.it’s warmer in the sky

D.the air gets thicker when they go up higher

2.We can see colors of the sky because ____________.

A.the sun rises and falls every day

B.the sky has lots of colors

C.the air scatters the sunlight

D.the sunlight has many colors

3.Which of the following is TRUE?

A.There is little air without light and colors in the sky.

B.The sky will look red, orange and other colors at noon.

C.The sky has only one color when the sun rises and falls.

D.The sky is dark blue if you go to the top of the highest mountains.

 

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