Every year many young people leave school for a few weeks or months and enjoy an unusual type of educational program. They learn new skills by living in a different country and doing unusual jobs. There are several organizations. They help students to find the experience they are looking for. The table below shows a few possibilities for students.
One interesting possibility is helping elephants in Thailand. Most people think o elephants as animals in zoos. In fact, many elephants in Thailand are no longer kept in cages. Now, hundreds of them are homeless. They don’t have owners to care for them. Although they may look well, they are often in poor health and don’t have enough to eat.
One centre in Thailand cares for these elephants. It gives them a safe and natural living space. When they are at the centre, they stay in a building but are free to walk around. Students come from all over the world to help here. The student helpers work with the elephant keepers. These keepers train the students in caring for the elephants. In the morning, they go to the forest together and lead the elephants to the centre. They clean them and give them food. In the afternoon, they take the animals back into the forest for the night. Helping at the center is interesting and the young people learn a lot.
1.Which country can you choose if you want to prepare yourself for a medical career?
A. India B. Ghana C. Thailand D. New Zealand
2.Which job might be suitable for the students who love children and arts?
A. Teaching young children B. Health care work
C. Saving elephants D. Teaching Chinese
3.What does the underlined word “they” in the last paragraph probably refer to?
A. The keepers B. The doctors
C. The students D. The elephants
4.What does the writer think of the unusual educational program?
A. It is amazing B. It is boring
C. It is helpful D. It is expensive
1.Where can you probably find the passage？
A. At the end of a magazine. B. At the top of a map
C. At the beginning of a book. D. At the bottom of a guidebook.
2.The underlined word “prediction” probably means ____________.
A. the place you are going to visit
B. the vocabulary you find in a notebook
C. the time you have spent in reading
D. the thing you think is going to happen.
3.In the Review Units you can _________.
A. watch the videos at home
B. discover many interesting topics
C. practice reading skills and vocabulary
D. enjoy the photos, charts and maps
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
When I was nine years old, I used to go to the post office with my mother, sending greeting cards to my aunt in Singapore. To me, these trips were really 16 memories. And receiving mail through a mailbox outside our gate was just as exciting. My small hands could 17 get the mail without using a key! I always couldn’t wait to see how much I was 18 . Oh, a letter! From Singapore! I would run back home and show it to my 19 . When there was a letter for me, I wouldn’t run—I would open it right there.
After my family moved back to Singapore, I 20 going to the post office. Years later, my company sent me to Shanghai, and the post office found me again. Two years ago I celebrated my 21 with five friends on top of the mountain in Longsheng, China. At sunrise we 22 up to a beautiful view from the mountain top. Later in the afternoon, as we were going 23 the mountain and returning from the sunrise viewing place, a 24 shop caught our attention. It only sold noodles, coffee and had a China 25 sign.
We asked the owner if she could really send mail. She happily said yes. It seemed hard to believe, 26 we were at the highest top of the mountain. I picked one postcard out and asked my friends to write 27 a birthday note. We bought a stamp, wrote some notes and gave the shop owner the postcard.
Three weeks later, I arrived home and 28 my mailbox: Hello, postcard! I broke into a big smile.
That birthday postcard attracted me again to the post office and all its delights. I had 29 the post office all these years. Today I 30 send postcards to friends. And every time I am at the post office buying stamps, I cannot help but smile—how one postcard will make its way across the world and brighten up someone’s day.
1.A. bad B. poor C. good D. short
2.A. easily B. simply C. hardly D. specially
3.A. weighing B. getting C. selecting D. accepting
4.A. friend B. aunt C. mother D. owner
5.A. enjoyed B. stopped C. hated D. considered
6.A. wedding B. return C. success D. birthday
7.A. broke B. woke C. grew D. stood
8.A. around B. over C. up D. down
9.A. cold B. dirty C. small D. modern
10.A. Traffic B. Life C. Police D. Post
11.A. because B. though C. while D. when
12.A. him B. me C. her D. them
13.A. bought B. repaired C. painted D. opened
14.A. missed B. influenced C. studied D. visited
15.A. just B. seldom C. still D. never
—Thanks for taking my friends and me out tonight.
—_________.
A. Don’t worry B. You are welcome
C. That’s a good idea D. I’m afraid not
Learning to write is learning to think. You don’t know things clearly _______ you can write them down.
A. unless B. if C. since D. whether
I thought the actor was famous, _________ none of my friends has ever heard of him.
A. and B. or C. so D. but
