If you have no special plans for your holidays, why not be a volunteer with us? Being a volunteer, you don’t think only of . You work, and you don’t get money. your helping hands can make both others and yourself happy. More and more young people are ready to us. Let’s share some of their stories and plans.

Mary, 17

I visited the forest park with Mr Cao last week. I found there were not enough there. I’m going to help the Forest Centre build new hiking paths in the mountains. It’s going to be great —I’ll spend seven days living in a forest and enjoying the clean mountain air. I’m going to with friends in the day and then sleep under the moon and stars. It will be a nice sport, and I’ll be able to do good at the same time.

Andy, 18

This summer, I’m going to volunteer with Loving Pets Program. I my neighbours’ pets last summer. And I fell in love with dogs and cats. This summer, I will work in the centre and my kindness and love to more pets. I am sure to make friends with more !

Haitao, 16

Some children find reading . They have problems with reading. They need our help. I’ll work for a called Reading for Life. Every day, I’m going to help them choose and read books they like. I want to be a when I grow up, and I love children and reading, so this experience will help me in many ways.

1.A. himselfB. yourselfC. herselfD. ourselves

2.A. And B. SoC. ButD. Or

3.A. join B. inviteC. helpD. share

4.A. trees B. animalsC. riversD. paths

5.A. fun B. dangerC. newsD. advertisement

6.A. jogB. hikeC. workD. shop

7.A. anything B. somethingC. nothingD. everything

8.A. looked forB. looked atC. looked aroundD. looked after

9.A. sportsB. youthC. animalD. art

10.A. takeB. showC. provideD. lend

11.A. petsB. girlsC. patientsD. teachers

12.A. interestingB. importantC. excitingD. hard

13.A. schoolB. hospitalC. programD. restaurant

14.A. whoB. whatC. whoseD. that

15.A. doctorB. teacherC. nurseD. director

1. The writer wrote this poem to ________.

A. their new friendB. their own son

C. the new master of their dogD. their pet dog

2.. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. The dog lived in a small hutch before.

B. The writer and the dog loved each other.

C. The dog came back with his bell.

D. The dog no longer lives with the writer now.

3.. How did the writer feel when he was writing the poem?

A. Sad.B. Happy.

C. Excited.D. Nervous.

Alice Munro was born in Wingham, Ontario. Her father, Robert Eric Laidlaw, was a fox and mink (貂) farmer, and her mother, Anne Clarke Laidlaw, was a school teacher. Munro began writing as a teenager. Her first story, The Dimensions of a Shadow, came out in 1950 while she was studying at the University of Western Ontario. During this period she worked as a waitress, a tobacco picker, and a library clerk (职员).

Munro’s first collection of stories, Dance of the Happy Shades (1968), won the Governor General’s Award, Canada’s highest literary (文学的) prize. That success was followed by Lives of Girls and Women (1971), a collection of interlinked (相互关联的) stories sometimes incorrectly described as a novel. In 1978, Munro’s collection of interlinked stories Who Do You Think You Are? was published. This book earned Munro a second Governor General’s Literary Award. From 1979 to 1982, she toured Australia, China and Scandinavia. In 1980, Munro held the position of writer in residence (住校) at both the University of British Columbia and the University of Queensland. Through the 1980s and 1990s, she published a short-story collection about once every four years.

On 10 October, 2013, Munro was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. She is known as a “master of the contemporary (当代的) short story”. She is the first Canadian and the 13th woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.

To many students, joining social media (社交媒体) “circles” is now more important than making new friends in real life.

And it’s easy. If you have a cell phone, you can download apps (应用程序) such as Sina Weibo, WeChat (微信) and QQ.

“I love to check my friends’ updates (更新). I also enjoy news and humor shared on social media,” Said Ou Wei, 14, from Hongling Middle School in Shenzhen. Because of enjoying these, Ou distances himself from real life. “I love playing the plane-shooting game on WeChat, but have no interest in playing flying chess with my classmates,” said Ou.

Deng Yunyun, 14, from Jianfeng Middle School in Shanghai, said that social media had influenced their life. Recently his school held a basketball match, and a student hurt his leg. Instead of giving him some help, students were busy with updating micro blogs about the accident.

“I think they need to learn to balance their real and online lives,” said Deng,

What makes parents and teachers worried is safety. “Many students are happy to tell their interests and personal information to their social media “friends”. Such information could bring them danger,” said Han Songjun, a teacher at Hongling Middle School.

For example, WeChat’s shake-shake function allows users to connect to other users close by. But the police warn about the danger of socializing in this way.

“Be careful. Do not use the locating (定位) function in any app, do not give your name, and do not post the photos of your residential area (小区),” said the police.

1. What is the possible meaning of the underlined word “distances” in Paragraph 3?

A. 接近B. 疏远

C. 超过D. 破裂

2.The example (the basketball match) in Paragraph 4 is given to show _______.

A. Deng Yunyun’s school held a basketball match

B. the students in the school are not friendly

C. students are very busy

D. social media have influenced the students’ life

3. The police give many suggestions except “_______”.

A. Do not share any news on social media

B. Do not use the locating (定位) function on social media

C. Do not give your name on social media

D. Do not post the photos of your residential area

4. What does the writer want to tell us?

A. Many students are using WeChat.

B. Social media makes our life more interesting.

C. Social media is very popular.

D. Social media can be bad and dangerous.

1.Zhang Ming’s cousin will celebrate his __________ (第十二) birthday this coming Friday.

2.The runner’s dream is to break the world ___________ (记录) of the 100-metre race.

3.Lin Tao always speaks to the elderly ___________ (礼貌地) and they all like him.

4.The Palace Museum is __________ (of value) to not only China but also the world.

5.Some people don’t _________ (get to know) the importance of health until they have lost it.

根据句意，用括号中单词的适当形式填空。

1.—I want to study abroad but I’m afraid I won’t get used to the lifestyle there.

—It’s really a difficult __________ (decide) to make.

2.Miss Li has a strange way of making her class _________ (live) and interesting.

3. If you are _________ (honest), no one will make friends with you.

4.Some colourful activities are usually held in our school on __________ (woman) Day.

5.With everyone’s effort, Suqian is becoming ___________ (beautiful) than before.

根据句意，用所给动词的适当形式填空。

1.—The jeans look so nice. Do you mind me ___________ (try) them on?

—Of course not. Go ahead.

2.My watch doesn’t work and it needs ___________ (repair) as soon as possible.

3. When something __________ (worry) her, she always goes to her friends.

4.—How are you getting along with your homework?

—I __________ (finish) it already.

5. When the teacher came in, Lily ___________ (chat) happily with her classmates.

1.我妈妈对孙俪演的电视剧痴迷。

My mother _____________________ the TV series that Sun Li acts in.

2.每个周末，我们打篮球、听音乐，过得很开心。

Every weekend, we __________________ playing basketball and listening to music.

3.我们应该帮助残疾人而不是嘲笑他们。

We should help the disabled people instead of __________________ them.

4.世界杯将于今年六月十三到七月十三之间在巴西举行。

The World Cup will _____________________ in Brazil between June 13th and July 13th this year.

5.当我们到达电影院时，电影已经开始5分钟了。

When we got to the cinema, the film ____________________ for five minutes.

Camping in your backyard is full of fun. It makes us relaxed. It offers chances to enjoy the night sky and we needn’t be as quiet as usual. It makes us close to the outside world. It also lets us have many friends to stay with us! Follow these instructions and you’ll have a night you’ll never forget!

Put up your tent.

How many family members and friends will join? It decides how many tents you need. Tell your friends to bring their tents if needed. Remember to learn about how to put up a tent on the Internet.

Prepare your bedding.

Put something soft to lie on on the floor. An air mattress (床垫) may work well. Fill the tent with soft toys and blankets. Have sleeping bags and cotton blankets. They are important if it gets too cool in the night.

Prepare a seating area.

A picnic table is the best. Or you can set up a few chairs and a small table to put drinks and food on. You can also lay out (铺开) a blanket in the sun. Be sure the grass isn’t wet!

Make memories.

Plan some activities. You’re camping in the backyard, so it’s time to make memories of being outdoors. Have a camera to take photos of them. Take one large group shot with everyone smiling and laughing. Be sure to make copies for all of you.

There are many TV programs on Chinese cooking. However, few programs are like A Bite of China (舌尖上中国). It tries to bring something new by introducing more cultural features (特征) of dishes, such as eating habits and wonderful stories about1.f .

It’s said that more than 1002. m Chinese people are watching the program. Most Chinese people see this program as more than just the regular food shows. They see it as an amazing documentary providing a special view of Chinese and the relations3. b people and food and between people and society.

To get enough good stories, the production team 4.s three months doing research and interviews in about 60 cities before they started making the documentary. Filming lasted about nine months.

Liu Wen, the director, said “As CCTV-9 serves as a window, allowing the world to better understand China, the documentary aims to help the world not only enjoy the beauty of Chinese cooking, but also 5.l about Chinese customs (风俗).”