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
完形填空
Do you have the ability to live cheaply? Now here's a true story of an American girl， Sarah.
Sarah left university， she began to live in New York on her own. She found a job in a publishing house， but the salary(薪水)was $30，000 a year. Her parents thought her life would be hard， but Sarah could live on her salary and still saved $5，000 in a year. How was that ______ in one of the most expensive cities in the world?
Cheap living always starts with keeping the big cost small. For most people， that housing. So Sarah chose to share a flat with three other friends. Her next biggest cost was . When she ate out， she went to cheap restaurants. Once she bought a $9.99 whole chicken at a local restaurant. She then the chicken bones home and made soup out of them. Nowadays young people often a lot of money on entertainment（娱乐）.But Sarah said ，“I enjoy walking in New York City. I love going to museums and parks." Did Sarah feel poor by cheap living? Not really. She even managed to take two trips， one to the Netherlands， to Portland.
“Don't think of saving money as something . It's a kind of game，" said Sarah.
1.A. Until B. Because C. After D. Before
2.A. more than B. less than C. at least D. higher than
3.A. difficult B. possible C. useful D. different
4.A. helps B. becomes C. makes D. means
5.A. food B. rest C. study D. hobby
6.A. prepared B. took C. caught D. picked
7.A. pay B. cost C. spend D. save
8.A. along B. up C. down D. around
9.A. the other B. another C. other D. the others
10.A. hard B. interesting C. easy D. tiny
---I’m always afraid of giving a speech in front of the class.
--- You can do it well.
A. I’m sorry to hear that. B. Take it easy.
C. You are too nervous. D. Good luck.
K. Rowling finished the first Harry Potter book in 1995 but it wasn’t ___________ in the very beginning.
A. great successful B. a great success
C. a great successful D. great success
The twins look the same， but they are really different.
A. at a time B. from time to time
C. by the way D. in some ways
---Someone is knocking at the door. Who may it be?
---It ___________ be Tom. He is still in the school.
A. can’t B. mustn’t
C. couldn’t D. may not
