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 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.

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

A. school holidays  B. Weekdays  C. every morning    D. every afternoon

2 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

3 From the passage, we know that Special House Program helps     .

            A. children in poor families 

B. workers who build houses

C. poor families can’t afford houses    

D. build hiking paths

4______ wants to be a teacher.

A. Alice Hamilton   B. Jason Moore   

C. Trish Anderson    D. none of them

5Which is the most possible title for this passage?

A. Reading for life                   B. A Special House Program          

C. The Forest Centre               D. Young American Volunteers

Mr. and Mrs. Turner live outside a small town. They have a big farm and they are always busy working on it. Their son, Peter, studied at a middle school. The young man studied hard and did well in his lessons. It made them happy.
　　Last month Peter finished middle school and passed the entrance examination (升学考试). Mrs. Turner was very happy and told the farmers about it.
　　Yesterday morning the woman went to the town to buy something for her son. On the bus she told one of her friends how clever and able her son was. She spoke very loudly. All the people in the bus began to listen to her.
　　“Which university (大学) will your son study in?” a woman next to her asked.
　　“In the most famous university in our country!” Mrs. Turner said happily.
　　“The most famous university?”
　　“Oxford University (牛津).”
　　Most of the passengers (乘客) looked at her carefully. Some of them said to her, “Congratulations!”
　　A woman said, “I'm sure he'll know Fred Smith.”
　　“Who's Fred Smith?”
　　“He's my son.”
　　“Does he study in the university, too?”
　　“No, ”said the woman. “He is one of the professors.”

1 The story happened in ________.

   A. America    　 B. France C. Germany D. England

2  Mr. and Mrs. Turner were happy because ________.

A. their son did well in his lessons  

B. they have a big farm

C. they have a good harvest       

D. their son studied at a middle school

3  Mrs. Turner wanted everyone to know ________.
A. her son finished middle school   

B. her son was handsome

C. her son was going to study in a university

D. her son was very friendly to others

4  Mrs. Turner spoke so loudly in the bus that __________.
A. her friend could hear her   

 B. all the people could hear her

C. she hoped to make all the people happy
D. she hoped they would say congratulations to her

5  Which of the following is true? __________.
A. The woman wasn't interested in Mrs. Turner's words
B. Mrs. Turner knew nothing about the famous university
C. The woman wanted to stop Mrs. Turner from showing off (炫耀)
D. The woman next to Mrs. Turner wanted to show off her son, too

--We could ask Jim to sing a song for the party.

--_____________ He isn’t good at singing.
A. That’s a good idea.    B. I’m afraid not.   C. Why not?   D. I hope so.

--- Is there ______ he’d like to share with us about this kind of disease?

--- He says we are ______to see it can be cured today.

A. something else, lucky enough  B. anything else, enough lucky

C. anything else, lucky enough    D. something else, enough lucky

I'm new here. Could you please tell me ________?

A. what is the building used for            B. when does the first class begin

C. where is the dining hall                D. how many classes our school has

It is _______ news that we are all interested in it.

A. such an interesting     B. so an interesting 

C. so interesting           D. such interesting

Mr. Dong _______ live in Starlight Town in the past. Now he ______ the life in the new town.

          A. used to,  is used to                 B. was used to, is used to

         C. is used to, used to                         D. used to, was used to

---Mary hasn’t bought the school things, has she?

----____. Her mother will buy them for her.

       A. Yes, she has     B. No, she hasn’t    C. Yes, she did    D. No, she didn’t

 ________people, there ________for wildlife.

       A. Because; are more and more spaces     B. Because of; is less and less space   

C. Because; are many and many room     D. Because of; is little and little space

 Who will ________ to ________ at tomorrow’s meeting by the teacher?

       A. be told; say         B. be asked; speak    C. be told; talk       D. be asked; tell