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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（自愿）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.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.

2. From the passage, we know that Special House Program helps____.

A. children in poor families

B. workers who build houses

C. poor families that can’t afford(负担得起)houses

D. build hiking paths

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

A. Reading for Life　　　　　 B. Special House Program

C. The Forest Centre　　　　 D. Young American volunteers

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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（自愿）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.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.

2.From the passage, we know that Special House Program helps____.

A.children in poor families

B.workers who build houses

C.poor families that can’t afford（负担得起）houses

D.build hiking paths

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

A.Reading for Life B.Special House Program

C.The Forest Centre D.Young American volunteers

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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(志愿) 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

5.Which 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

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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（自愿）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.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.

2.From the passage, we know that Special House Program helps____.

A. children in poor families

B. workers who build houses

C. poor families that can’t afford(负担得起)houses

D. build hiking paths

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

A. Reading for Life　　　　　 B. Special House Program

C. The Forest Centre　　　　 D. Young American volunteers

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If you have no special plans for your holidays, why not spend your time helping others？Don’t believe those people who say that young people today often think only of themselves. It’s not true at all. More and more young 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, 17

I’m going to help the Forest Center build new hiking paths in the mountains. It’s going to be great fun — I’ll spend the whole summer living in a forest and breathing the clean mountain air. I’m going to sleep under the moon and stars. It will be a nice sport, and I’ll be able to do something good at the same time!

Jason , 18

This summer, I’m going to volunteer with Special House Program. They build good, less expensive 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 , 16

I’m going to teach children who have trouble in reading. I’ll work for a program called Reading for Life. Every day, I’m going to help them 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.What does Alice plan to work for others in summer？

A. To sleep under the moon and stars.

B. To breathe the clean mountain air.

C. To help build hiking paths in the mountains.

D. To spend the whole summer living in a forest.

2.The writer’s idea in this passage is ______.

A. school students should do some hiking in summer.

B. it’s good to do something good for others in vacation.

C. helping children to choose and read books is a good way.

D. breathing clean mountain air is good for health.

3.Which is the most possible title (标题) for this passage？

A. Reading for Life

B. A Special House Program

C. The Forest Centre

D. Young American Volunteers

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If you have no special plans for your holiday， why not spend your time helping others?

Don’t listen to people who say that young people today often think of only themselves. It’s not true at all. More and more young people in the U.S.A. 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 wonderful. I’ll spend the whole summer living in a tent and breathing the clean mountain air. I’m going to sleep under the stars. It will 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 in 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.More and more young people in the U.S.A. _____________.

A. like to help others on school holidays.

B. want to make money by helping others

C. only think of themselves

D. spend holidays travelling in the mountains

2.Which of the following statement about Jason Moore is RIGHT?

A. He likes reading very much.

B. His family isn’t very rich.

C. He is the oldest of the three.

D. He is good at sports.

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

A. Reading　　 　　　　　　 B. A Special House Program

C. The Forest Centre　　 D. Young American Volunteers

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Young American Volunteers

If you have no special plans for your holiday, why not spend your time helping others? Don’t listen to people who say that young people today often think only of themselves. It’s not true at all. More and more young 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 Center build new hiking paths in the mountains. It’s going to be terrific – I’ll spend the whole summer living in a tent and breathing the clean mountain air. I’m going to sleep under the stars. It will 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 the 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.

根据短文内容选择最佳答案。

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

A. weekdays　 B. every morning

C. every afternoon　 D. school holidays

2.What does Alice volunteer to do in summer? __________.

A. To help build new hiking paths in the mountains

B. To sleep under the stars

C. To spend the whole summer living in a tent

D. To breathe the clean mountain air

3.From this passage, we know that Jason Moore _________.

A. is 18 years old　　　　　　　　　　 B. isn’t very rich

C. is good at sport　　　　　　　　　 D. likes reading

4.________ wants to be a teacher.

A. Alice Hamilton　 B. Jason Moore

C. Trish Anderson　 D. None of them

5.Which of the following is TRUE?　　 _____________.

A. You should believe young people today often think only of themselves.

B. More and more young people in the USA work for others for money.

C. Jason Moore wants to volunteer with Special House Program

D. Trish Anderson likes to teach kids who have trouble listening.

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If you have no special plans for your free time, why not spend your time helping others? Don't listen to people who say that young people today often think only of themselves. It is not true at all. More and more young people in the United States volunteer(志愿,自愿) to spend　 their school　 holidays　 working for others. And they don't do it for money. Here are some of their stories.

Alice Hamiton, 17

I'm going to help the Forest Centre build new hiking paths (徒步小道) in the mountains. It sounds terrible. I'll spend the whole summer living in a tent(帐篷) and breathing the clean mountain air. I'm going to sleep under the stars. It will be nice, 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 in 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.

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。

1.Young people in the USA volunteer to help others 　　　　　 .

A. on school holidays　 B. on weekdays

C. every morning　　　　 D. every afternoon

2.From this passage, we know that Alice will volunteer 　　　　　 in summer.

A. to sleep under the stars

B. to breathe the clean mountain air

C. to live in a tent

D. to help build new hiking paths in the mountain

3.From the passage we know Jason Moore 　　　　　　 .

A. likes reading　 　 B. is 18 years old now

C. isn't very rich　 D. is good at sports

4.　　　　　 wants to work as a teacher in the program called Reading For Life.

A. Alice Hamiton 　 B. Jason Moore

C. Trish Anderson　 D. Nobody

5.Which of　 the following is the most possible title of this passage?

A. Reading for Life 　　 B. A Special House Program

C. The Forest Center　　 D. Young American Volunteers

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The French have special meal etiquette(礼仪). If you plan to go on holiday in France, why not read the following tips? They can make you feel good when you visit a French restaurant or are invited to a French house.

Breakfast in France

French meals are quite similar to those in the rest of the western world. The breakfast is lighter than elsewhere. Milky coffee or hot chocolate are also classics. Contrarily (相反地) to what happens in British（英国的） families.

Lunch in France

Lunch was traditionally（传统地） the main meal of the day in France, this is why the French still usually take more than one hour to have lunch. In big cities, lunch looks more like those in the UK or in the USA, being a sandwich or fast-food meal.

Dinner in France

In France, the dinner has become the main meal of the day over the last couple of years, as the lunch is now often made of a simple sandwich or salad.

The French dinner is made up with the starter, main dish, cheese often with salad or fruit, dessert and coffee.

1.Breakfast is not very important in ____________.

A. France　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　 B. the UK　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　 C. the USA　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　

2.Traditionally, __________ was the main meal of the day in France.

A. breakfast　　　　　　　　　 B. lunch　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　 C. dinner　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　

3.Why has the dinner become the main meal of the day now?

A. Because the French want to have more food.

B. Because the French have enough time at noon.

C. Because the lunch is often simple.

4.Which is NOT true according to the passage?

A. French meals are similar to the rest of the western world.

B. Breakfast is more important in the UK than in France.

C. People eat fast-food meals in big cities in France.

5.What is the main idea of the passage?

A. How to make three meals

B. Three meals in France

C. Different kinds of food in France　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　

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The French have special meal etiquette(礼仪). If you plan to go on holiday in France, why not read the following tips? They can make you feel good when you visit a French restaurant or are invited to a French house.

Breakfast in France

French meals are quite similar to those in the rest of the western world. The breakfast is lighter than elsewhere. Milky coffee or hot chocolate are also classics. Contrarily (相反地) to what happens in British families.

Lunch in France

Lunch was traditionally the main meal of the day in France, this is why the French still usually take more than one hour to have lunch. In big cities, lunch looks more like those in the UK or in the USA, being a sandwich or fast-food meal.

Dinner in France

In France, the dinner has become the main meal of the day over the last couple of years(过去几年), as the lunch is now often made of a simple sandwich or salad.

The French dinner is made up with the starter（开胃小吃）, main dish, cheese often with salad or fruit, dessert and coffee.

1.Breakfast is not very important in ____________.

A. France                B. the UK        C. the USA        D. the western world

2.Traditionally, __________ was the main meal of the day in France.

A. breakfast            B. lunch            C. dinner            D. afternoon tea

3.Why has the dinner become the main meal of the day now?

A. Because the French want to have more food.

B. Because the French have enough time at noon.

C. Because the lunch is often simple.

D. Because the dinner is the most delicious in a day.

4.Which is NOT true according to the passage?

A. French meals are similar to the rest of the western world.

B. Breakfast is more important in the UK than in France.

C. People eat fast-food meals in big cities in France.

D. The French people have little time cook dinner.

5.What is the main idea of the passage?

A. How to make three meals

B. Three meals in France

C. Different kinds of food in France

D. The most important meal in France

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