题目内容
Student Band Rocks far Charity
Teenagers like to sing,dance and play musical instruments? but most of them do it for fun. There is a group of young American teenagers doing it for charity.
Last year,Julien Harris,14, of New York,USA. organized a rock band to raise money for charity foundations. She invited a couple of her 8th-grade friends to join her band ? Word of the Day. “ We ’ re all music lovers and we can each play a musical instrument ? so we want to do something to help society through our band ,” said Harris. She plays the guitar and sings for the band,which mainly plays rock and pop.
In the past few months,the band has raised money for Forever 9 ,a charity to help give equipment for children ’s sports teams. On May-2,it played for another foundation,2-Day Walk ? to right breast cancer.
“It's wonderful. Children with good lives need to know to give back ,” says Lori Lefkowitz. She is proud of her son Matt ? 15 ? who plays for the band.
These days,Word of the Day has been practicing hard for their June 5 concert. It's their second show for the 2-Day Walk. u The hardest part is to keep the beat and play the right Chords," says Harris.
Members know that what they are doing is meaningful. They hope the concert can help people who are dealing with breast cancer. “ We ’ re doing what we love,and we ’ re doing it for a good cause. That makes it much better,” says Asa Lieberman,14.
A) Answer the following questions according to the passage.
1. Why did Julien Harris organize a rock band last year?
2. What's the name of her band?
3. What does Julien Harris do in the band?
4. What kind of foundation is Forever 9 ?
5. What is Julien Harris’s recent concert for?
6. What can you learn from Julien Harris and her band?
B) Fill in the blanks according to the passage.
l. A group of young American teenagers sing ? dance or play musical instruments not for fun ? but .
2. Julien Harris organized a rock band and invited a couple of to join her band.
3. Lori Lelkowitz says that children with good lives need to know to .
4. On May 2 the band played for another foundation, ,to fight breast cancer.
A) 1. To raise money for charity foundations.
2. Word of the Day.
3. She plays the guitar and sings for the band.
4. It is a charity to help give equipment for children ’ s sports teams.
5. To help people who are dealing with breast cancer.
6. Children with pretty good lives need to know to give back and do something to help our society.
B) 1. for charity 2. her 8th-grade friends 3. give back 4. 2-Day Walk
The First siack Present in u.s. History
Ten-year-old Barack Obama was one of the only three black students at his
school in Hawaii,US. He felt very different from most other students. White girls wanted to touch his hair. A white boy asked him whether his father ate people.
“l lied to them that my father was a Kenyan prince. But I kept asking myself who I am ? ”said Obama.
However,37 years later,the boy made history. In 2008,Obama became the first black president in US history.
Obama was bom in 1961,to an African father and a white American woman from a small town in the US. He grew up in Indonesia and HawaⅡ. This unusual background made him wonder who he was. He once turned to alcohol to help forget this question.
With the help from his friends ? Obama finally turned his life around at college. His hard work made him a star at Harvard. Later,he became the third black senator in US history.
During his race to the highest post in the US,Obama talked about his background. He called for a United States of America ? rather than a white America or a black America.
“Obama's success has made Martin Luther King's dream come true. That is: A man should not be judged by the colour of his Skin ? but by the content of his character ?wrote ABC News.
A) Choose the best answer according to the passage.
() l. Barack Obama was in 2008.
A. 37 B. 47 C. 57 D. 27
() 2. When he was a child,Obama at school.
A. was popular B. looked different
C. felt uneasy D. was hard-working
() 3. “This unusual background” refers to the fact that .
A. 10-year-old Obama was one of the only three black students in his school in Hawaii
B. Obama became the first black president in US history
C. he comes from a mixed-race family and grew up in different countries
D. Obama became the third black senator in US history
() 4. Which fact about Obama is NOT true?
A. He graduated from Harvard University.
B. He thinks hard work was the key to his success at college.
C. He lied to his classmates that his father was a Kenyan senator.
D. He called on blacks and whites to come together.
B) Fill in the blanks with fhe right??hrases.
lie to,grow up,keep asking,feel different from,come true |
1. His sister herself why she couldn, t work out the problem.
2. My brother wants to be a singer when he .
3. My dream with the help of my teacher.
4. Do you the others?
5. I don’t believe in Peter. He always us.