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Young people and older people don’t always agree. They sometimes have different ideas about living, working and playing. But in one special program in New York State, adults and teenagers live together in a friendly way.
Each summer 200 teenagers and 50 adults live together for eight weeks as members of a special work group. Everyone works several hours each day. They do so not just to keep busy but to find meaning and enjoyment in work. Some teenagers work in the woods or on the farms near the village. Some learn to make things like tables and chairs and build houses. The adults teach them these skills.
There are several free hours each day. Weekends are free, too. During the free hours some of the teenagers learn photo taking or painting. Others sit around and talk or sing. Each teenager chooses his own way to spend his free time.
When people live together, rules are necessary. In this program the teenagers and the adults make the rules together. If someone breaks a rule, the problem goes before the whole group. They talk about it and ask, ＂Why did it happen? What should we do about it?＂
One of the teenagers say about his experience, ＂You stop thinking only about yourself, You learn to think about the group.＂
根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
1. In one special program in New York State, young and older people _________________.
A. don’t work well together
B. are not friendly to one another
C. teach one another new ways of building houses
D. spend eight weeks together
2. All the members work some time every day mainly to _________________.
A. lead a busy life
B. learn new skills of farming
C. get used to the life on the farms
D. find value and pleasure in work
3. Living together, _________________.
A. the teenagers don’t have to obey the rules
B. the teenagers have to obey the rules the adults make
C. the members have no free time on weekends
D. the members are not allowed to break the rules they make together
4. The last paragraph shows that the teenager thinks his experience in the program is _________________.
A. unpleasant B. tiring C. helpful D. boring
5. The best title for the passage is _________________.
A. The rules of living together B. Life in New York State
C. A special program D. Free hours in the special work group
完形填空（10小题，每小题1分，共10分）
先通读短文，掌握其大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个可以填入相应空白处的最佳答案。
Now more than 40 million (百万) foreigners around the world are learning Chinese, according to a report. The relationship (关系) between the United States and China is becoming 1 . It has really 2 the growth of Chinese language learning in the US.
I am Chris from the US. I am one of the many people learning 3 . I am studying at a Confucius institute (孔子学院) in New York. There are 10 4 in our class. Some are over 30 years old. Some are middle school students. Our Chinese teacher 5 Beijing. He often tells us some interesting things in China.
I think Chinese is 6 to learn. The biggest challenge for American learners is the writing. Chinese is 7 different from any other language in the world.
It will 8 me a lot of time to learn enough Chinese characters (汉字). But I think there are many advantages of spending time 9 the language. One big advantage is that it makes me see things from a different point of view, 10 Chinese is such a different language from English.
I think for American students the most important advantage is that learning a different language can open up their mind.
1.A. worse B. poorer C. friendlier D. politer
2.A. stopped B. practiced C. started D. influenced
3.A. English B. Chinese C. French D. Japanese
4.A. students B. workers C. teachers D. volunteers
5. 20. A. comes to B. leaves for C. goes around D. comes from
6.A. easy B. surprised C. difficult D. boring
7.A. slowly B. quickly C. easily D. completely
8.A. get B. take C. spend D. waste
9.A. on B. in C. at D. with
10.A. if B. because C. while D. when
—Oh, dear! Your room is untidy.
—Sorry, Mom. I’ll _________________.
A. set it up B. clean it up C. put it up D. look it up
The _________________ news made me _________________.
A. exciting；exciting B. exciting；excited
C. excited；excited D. excited；exciting
Ann is a careful girl. She always checks her exercises to _________________ there are no mistakes.
A. look for B. find out C. make sure D. think about
Hou Yi was _________________ sad _________________ he called Chang’e’s name to the moon loudly every night.
A. too；to B. so；that C. enough；to D. such；that
