In America, many teenagers have a part-time job. A part-time job is one that you do a few hours each week to make money. Do you have a part-time job?
Teens can have many different kinds of part-time jobs. Some teens work in groceries (杂货). Others may work in other local business such as the clothes store. You may have friends who work in a fast food restaurant. They may make the food, or keep the restaurant clean. Many teens make money by looking after younger children in the neighborhood. Some teens even have their own business. They cut grass and take care of pets in their neighborhoods while other people are on vacation.
Most teens who have part-time jobs work only a few hours after school, maybe two or three times a week. They often have to work all day on Saturday.
Having a part-time job has many advantages. The job teaches you new skills that you can use as an adult. The job also teaches you responsibility (责任). The person who paid you for the job expects you to be there. The job also pays you money that you can use for many different things. Your family might need the money to help with the family budget (预算). If you're lucky, you could use the money to buy music and videos. You might want to save the money to buy a new bicycle or maybe even a car.
In some families, teens have part-time jobs to help make money to go to college. Going to college is very expensive. Many parents cannot pay for their child's education without help from the child. In some families, at least half of what a teen makes at a part-time job goes into a college savings account (账户). The teen can spend the rest of the money on what he or she needs or wants.
Many teenagers have part-time jobs and still have time for their friends and families. Many still belong to clubs at school and even have time to play sports. If you have a part-time job，you need to have a good plan to help you do everything you want and have to do. Do your homework and chores as soon as you can. Don't let the work wait and pile up (堆积). Make sure you get to your job on time. Do the things that are most important to you. Spend time with the people you care about most.
根据短文内容完成句子填空(每空限填一个单词)。
1.From the second paragraph of the passage, we know the American teenagers do ____________ kinds of part-time jobs to___________ some extra money.
2.根据短文内容完成句子填空(每空限填一个单词)。
In some families, the parents____________ the money made by their child to ____________to send their child to college.
3.根据短文内容回答问题。
According to the passage, what can the teenagers learn from doing part-time jobs?
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4.把短文中画底线的句子译成汉语。
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5.根据短文内容用一个完整的英文句子(限15个词以内)回答问题。
What is the main idea of the passage?
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Have you ever asked your relatives or friends if there is Wi-Fi in their houses? Have you ever searched for Wi-Fi when you are at restaurants or hotels? The answers will probably be "Yes". Most of us want Wi-Fi everywhere as if we can't live without it. But we can only use free Wi-Fi in some public places. We still have to spend some money accessing (连接) the Internet at most time. Here comes a piece of good news.
A rich, powerful organization in the USA called the Development Media Investment Fund (MDIF) has decided to change the age of online computing (计算) completely by giving free Wi-Fi to every person on Earth. They will send up hundreds of satellites into low Earth orbit (轨道) in 2015.
This is because they have made a survey and found that only 60% of the world's population have been able to get information on the Internet. And this is also because many countries are unable to offer people the necessary infrastructure (基础设施) to access the web.
We can expect to use free Wi-Fi everywhere in the near future.
任务一、阅读以上信息，用恰当的词完成下面的表格。（每空1分）
Present situation | ●Many of us want Wi-Fi everywhere as if we can't live without it. ●Accessing the Internet __1.___ us some money. |
What the organization will do | ●MDIF has made a decision to send up hundreds of satellites into low Earth orbit in 2015 so that there will be free Wi-Fi almost __2. on the earth. |
_3.___ | ●Only __4.__ of the world's population have been able to get information on the Internet. ●Many countries can't 5. people the necessary infrastructure to access the web. |
What we can expect | ● We will use free Wi-Fi everywhere __6.___. |
7.写出划线单词free的汉语意思。（1分）
8.请将划线句子Most of us want Wi-Fi everywhere as if we can't live without it. 译为汉语。（2分）
短文填空 选择恰当的单词填空，每词限用一次。（有两个多余的选项）
first, coming, idea, last, more, stronger, make, couldn’t, asking, could
One day James Watt was sitting at the fire in his grandmother’s home. He was watching the fire and thinking about things. A teapot was over the fire. Soon the lid (盖子) began to move up and down “What makes it move up and down?” the boy asked himself. He looked under the lid, but he ___1.___see anything. “Grandma, what’s in the teapot?” he asked. “Water, my child, nothing ___2.___water.” “But I know there is something more. And what makes the lid up and down?”
His grandmother laughed and said “Oh, that’s only steam (蒸汽). You can see it___3.__ out of teapot”. “Why my dear, it comes out of the hot water. The hot water makes it.” The grandmother began to think that the boy was __4.___ too many questions. “The steam must be very strong to __5.___ the heavy lid move up and down” said the bright boy to himself. “Well, if the steam comes from a lot of water it must be much __6.___. Why can’t we use steam to work for us?” The __7.___ grew with him as he grew up. He tried out his idea and failed, then tried again, failed again. But each time he learned something new. Some people laughed at him.
“ Don’t be foolish (愚蠢的)”, they said. But he went on trying and at last he reached his goal and gave the world the __8.___ team engine (蒸汽机).
根据所给汉语和句意，用适当形式填空。
1.Don’t worry, The CCTV news says the plane has landed __________(安全)。
2.People are afraid of ___________(狼) because they’re scaring.
3.“Excuse me, do you know when the bus leaves?” sounds __________(礼貌) than “when does the bus leave?”
4.His mother listened to him ____________（沉默）and said nothing.
5.He’s very kind to others. He treats everyone with ______________ (温暖) .
6.The more __________________ (建议) the teachers give us, the more progress we’ll make.
用所给动词的适当形式填空，每词限用一次。
encourage, master, boil, prevent, perform, talk back
1.Nobody ____________ waster water from polluting the river unless something is done.
2.My friend Tom ___________ about 1,000 Chinese words in the past 3 months.
3.Tom regretted ______ to his teacher.
4.--- Where’s your mom, Mary?
--- Sorry, I don’t know. Maybe she _________ some soup in the kitchen.
5.Studying is the most important to teenagers. They shouldn’t ______ to work part-time.
6.The actor __________ a funny comedy and made us all laugh.
On the first day of school our teacher introduced himself and challenged us to get to know someone we didn’t already know. I stood up to look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder. I turned around to find a little old lady with a warm smile. She said, “Hi, handsome. My name is Rose. I’m eighty-seven years old.”
“Why are you in university at such a YOUNG age?” I asked. She replied, “I’m here to meet a rich husband, get married, have a couple of kids, and then retire and travel.” I knew she was joking. I was curious (好奇) what might have encouraged her to be taking on this challenge at her age. “I always dreamed of having a university education and now I’m getting one!” she told me. We became friends. Every day we would talk nonstop after class. I always enjoyed listening to this “time machine” as she shared her wisdom (智慧) and experience with me. And Rose easily made friends wherever she went.
At the end of the term we invited Rose to make a little speech. She cleared her throat and began, “We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow old because we stop playing. I’ve learned a few secrets to staying young, being happy, and achieving success. You have to laugh and find humor every day. You’ve got to have a dream. When you lose your dreams, you die.”
“There is a huge difference between growing older and growing up. Anybody can grow older. That doesn’t take any talent or ability. The idea is to grow up by always finding the opportunity in change...”
1.When the author and Rose first met, they began their conversation in a ________ way.
A. terrible B. impolite
C. serious D. humorous
2.Rose went to the university in order to _______.
A. meet a rich husband B. make new friends
C. get a better job D. get a university education
3. The writer considered Rose as a “time machine” because she ________.
A. always came to class on time
B. made friends easily at university
C. enjoyed a long life and had lots of wisdom and experience
D. knew the difference between growing older and growing up
4. The word“That”in Paragraph 4 refers to (指)________.
A. growing older B. growing up
C. staying young D. being happy
5.. From this passage we know Rose believed ________
A. “Easier said than done.”
B. “Well begun is half done.”
C. “It is never too late to learn.”
D. “Reading makes a full man.”
