Naturally, American schoolchildren love holidays. And they get a lot of them each year. Besides having national holidays such as Thanksgiving and Presidents’ Day off from school, students get longer breaks in the spring and during the summer holidays. In fact, kids in the US only go to school for about 180 days a year. To students, holidays are perfect. However, parents think there are advantages(益处) and disadvantages.
On one hand, school holidays allow families to spend time together. Many American parents take time off from work during June, July or August to travel with their children on vacation either in the US or in a foreign country. On the other hand, schoolchildren get much more time off school than parents get vacation time. This means that parents with young children may have to pay more in babysitting(托婴服务) or daycare costs. As well, the long summer holidays mean that students sometimes get bored.
Besides going on trips with their parents, American students enjoy taking part in different kinds of activities during the holidays. For example, some kids enjoy summer camps and outdoor adventure (冒险) holidays. Such trips are great for adventurous students. They also have a lot to offer students who aren’t usually interested in traditional PE activities. You can do courses in survival skills, for example, students learn how to make a camp in the forest, which wild food they can eat and how to find their way back to the center.
Students who are not excited about summer camps and outdoor adventure may take part in courses in computer game design, film-making and photography during the holidays. Finally, the traditional school trip to foreign countries is always popular. Students can practice their foreign language skills and experience everyday life in a different culture.
1.How long are kids in the US at school every year?
A. About 180 days. B. About 200 days.
C. About 280 days. D. About 300 days.
2.What does the underlined word “They” refer to (指) in Paragraph 3?
A. Parents.
B. Different traditional PE activities.
C. Some kids.
D. Summer camps and outdoor adventures.
3.The underlined word “survival” means “________” in Chinese.
A. 日常 B. 原始 C. 生存 D. 奇特
4.Which of the following is TRUE?
A. Both parents and students think school holidays are perfect.
B. Parents can take care of their young children during all the holidays.
C. Students enjoy taking part in different kinds of activities during holidays.
D. Students don’t like to have school trips to foreign countries during holidays.
5.What would be the best title for the passage?
A. School trips in the US.
B. School holidays in the US.
C. School activities in the US.
D. Outdoor adventure in the US.
Almost every Chinese person can recite the two lines of the famous poem, “Every grain on the plate comes from hard work (谁知盘中餐，粒粒皆辛苦).” But sadly, many of us don’t actually get the real meaning of these lines: Don’t waste food.
A CCTV program, News One Plus One, reported that the food Chinese people throw away every year is much enough to feed 200 million people for a year.
Do we have too much food? Of course not. According to the UN World Food Program, there were 925 million hungry people around the world in 2013, especially in developing countries. Six million children die of hunger every year.
Chinese people are famous for being hospitable(好客的) and generous. Many even feel that they lose face if their guests have eaten all the food on the table.
Luckily, a number of people have got to know the importance of saving food. Last November, Li Hong, a waitress in a restaurant in Nanjing, got fired(解雇) because she took some leftover(剩余的) food home for her son. Many people stood by her and criticized(批评) the waste of food.
What should we do in our daily lives to waste less food? Here are some tips:
1. Do not order too much in a restaurant. Only order as much as you want to eat. If you cannot eat all the food you ordered, take the rest of it home.
2. Don’t be too picky(挑剔的) about food. Some food may not taste great, but your body needs it.
3. Keep an eye on what food you have at home. Don’t buy too much, especially for vegetables and fruit.
1.How many people were hungry around the world in 2013 according to the UN World Food Program?
A. 200 million. B. 6 million.
C. 925 million. D. 952 million.
2.What does the writer want to show us through Li Hong’s story?
A. Many Chinese restaurants waste a lot of food.
B. Many Chinese people are kind and ready to help the weak.
C. Chinese people feel that they lose face if their guests eat all the food.
D. Many Chinese people don’t agree with the behavior(行为) of wasting food.
3. According to the article, we shouldn’t waste food because .
A. food comes from hard work
B. Chinese are hospitable and generous
C. there is enough food to feed all the people
D. six million children die of hunger every day
4.Which of the following is a good way to save food?
A. Taking restaurant leftover food home.
B. Not eating the healthy food you don’t like.
C.Ordering more than you need at a restaurant.
D. Not knowing what you already have at home when shopping.
Once upon a time there was a man in a small town. He had two children, a
boy and a girl. The boy was good-looking but the girl was not.
One day they found a mirror (镜子) for the first time and they saw what they looked like. The boy was very happy and he said to his sister, “How handsome I am! I look much nicer than you!”
The girl did not like what her brother said and gave him a hard push(推). “Go away!” she said. Their father saw what was taking place. He went up to them and said to the boy, “You must always BE good as well as LOOK good.” Then to the girl he said, “my dear, if you help everyone and do your best to make him happy, everyone will love you. It does not matter that you are not as good-looking as your brother.”
1.The boy was happy because he _______.
A. found a mirror
B. was handsome
C. had a pretty sister
D. knew he looked as nice as his sister
2.The girl gave the boy a hard push because ________.
A. she played a trick on him
B. what her brother said was wrong
C. she was not happy with her brother
D. her father loved her brother more than her
3. What can we learn from this story?
A. If you are good-looking, everyone will love you.
B. If you often help people, you will become more and more beautiful.
C. If you want to make yourself good-looking, you must be kind to people.
D. If you want people to love you, you can help them and make them happy.
Bob is 17 years old. He has many friends. They look different and they have different personalities, but they are all kind and helpful. He’d like to introduce some of them to us.
Name | Age | Looks and hobbies |
Ann (volleyball player) | 17 | She is very tall (1.87 meters)! She has a baby face. Her fans say she’s very beautiful. She likes listening to pop songs and drawing. |
Jim (skier) | 18 | He is always smiling, so people say that he is a “sunshine boy”. He is a “black horse”. He won the first gold medal（金牌）for his city this year. He likes reading and playing computer games. |
Lily (singer) | 16 | People call her “Angel”. She’s a cool girl with black glasses and short hair. She likes wearing men’s clothes, so she looks like a boy. She likes singing, of course. She is good at playing basketball. |
1.________ is the youngest one among these people.
A. Bob B. Ann C. Lily D. Jim
2.Ann likes ________.
A. playing basketball
B. reading
C. playing computer games
D. listening to pop songs
3.People say Jim is a “sunshine boy” because he ________.
A. likes reading B. is a skier
C. is always smiling D. likes playing computer games
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阅读下面短文，从各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Mark was walking home from school one day when he saw a boy in front of him. The boy ________ all of the books he was carrying, along with two sweaters, a baseball bat and a glove. Mark________ the boy pick the things up and they walked home together. As they walked, Mark learned that the boy’s name was Bill. Bill loved video games, baseball and history, ________ he was having trouble with some of his subjects in school.
They arrived at Bill’s home first. Bill________ Mark in for a drink and to watch some television. The afternoon passed ________ with some laughs and small talk. Then Mark went home.
They went on to see each other around school, had lunch together once or twice, then both graduated(毕业) from high school. Three weeks before graduation, Bill asked Mark if they could have a talk. Bill talked about the day years ago when they had________ met. “Did you ever want to know ________ I was carrying so many things home that day?” asked Bill. “You see, I cleaned out my locker(储物柜) because I was going home to kill ________ . But after we spent some time together talking and laughing, I got to know that if I had died, I would have missed out on (失去) many good ________ . So you see, Mark, when you picked up those books that day, in fact, you ________ my life. I want to say ‘thank you’ to you, my dear friend.”
1.A. lost B. dropped C. gave D. took
2.A. asked B. taught C. helped D. wanted
3.A. but B. instead C. otherwise D. because
4.A. chose B. offered C. caught D. invited
5.A. easily B. happily C. sadly D. clearly
6.A. first B. almost C. never D. already
7.A. what B. how C. why D. when
8.A. us B. you C. me D. myself
9.A. times B. games C. books D. lunches
10.A. colored B. saved C. cared D. decorated
— I am sorry that I can’t go with you to watch the football match.
— Really? ______
A. What a pity! B. No problem.
C. That’s wonderful. D. That sounds great.
