If you have no special plans for your holidays, 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.
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Alice Hamilton, 17 I’m going to help the Forest Center build new hiking paths(小道) in the mountains. It’s going to be terrific(棒极了). I will spend the whole summer living in a tent(帐篷) and breathing the fresh mountain air. I’m going to sleep under the stars. It will be a nice sport, and I will be able to do something good at the same time! |
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Jason Moore, 18 This summer, I’ll volunteer with Special House Program. They build good, low-cost houses and sell them to the poor. They’ll teach me what to do, so I am going to help people and also have a chance to learn how to build houses. |
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Trish Anderson, 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 children 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?
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A．To sleep under the stars. |
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B．To spend the whole summer living in a tent |
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C．To help build new hiking paths in the mountains. |
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D．To be a teacher |
2.From the passage, we know that Jason Moore _____.
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A．likes reading |
B．is 18 years old |
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C．isn’t very rich |
D．likes children |
3.________ wants to be a teacher.
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A．Alice Hamilton |
B．Jason Moore |
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C．Trish Anderson |
D．The writer |
A little boy invited his mother to attend his school’s first teacher-parent meeting. To the little boy’s disappointment,she said she would go. This 16 be the first time that his classmates and teacher 17 his mother and he felt ashamed of her 18 . Although she was a beautiful woman, there was a scar(疤痕)that 19 nearly the right side of her face. The boy never wanted to 20 why or how she got the scar.
At the meeting, the people were impressed by the kindness and natural beauty of his mother in spite of the scar, but the little boy was still 21 and hid himself from everyone, 22 a conversation between his mother and the teacher.
The teacher asked 23 ,“How did you get the scar on your face?”
The mother answered,“When my son was a baby, he was in a room that caught fire. Everyone was 24 afraid to go in because the fire was 25 ，so I went in. As I was running toward his bed, I saw a piece of wood coming down and I placed myself over him trying to protect him. I was knocked senseless but 26 , a fireman came in and saved both of us.” She touched（摸着） the 27 side of her face. “This scar will be 28 ,but to this day, I have never regretted what I did.”
At this point, the little boy came out running toward his mother with tears in his eyes. He held her mother in his arms and 29 a great sense of the sacrifice(牺牲)that his mother had made for him. He held her hand tightly for the 30 of the day.
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—Do you mind________ here?
—________.
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A．me to smoke, Not at all |
B．my smoking, Yes, please. |
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C．me to smoke, Yes, you’d better not |
D．if I smoke, No, of course not. |
________ little children can only do________ little work.
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A．Such, such |
B．Such, so |
C．So, so |
D．So, such |
This kink of milk________ well . It________ out soon.
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A．is sold, sells |
B．sells; is sold |
C．is sold, will be sold |
D．sells, will be sold |
I don’t know if she ________ married whether she ________ me know.
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A．is, lets |
B．gets, will let |
C．will get, lets |
D．will get, will let |
