Young people and older people do not 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 fun in work. Some teenagers work in the forests or on the farms near the village. Some learn to make things like tables and chairs and to 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 drawing. Others sit around and talk or sing. Each teenager chooses his own way to pass his free time.
When people live together, they should have rules. 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 has said something about it, “You have to stop thinking only about yourself. You learn how to think about the group.”
1. In one special program in New York State, young and older people_______.
A. don’t work well together B. teach each other new ways of building houses
C. are friendly to each other D. spend eight weeks together, working as farmers
2.All the members work some time every day mainly to________.
A. lead a busy life B. find useful things and pleasure in work
C. get used to the life on the farms D. learn new skills of farming
3.Living together, ________.
A. the teenagers don’t have to obey the rules
B. the members have to obey the regulations the adults make
C. the members have no free time but on weekends
D. the members should not break the regulations they make together
4.The best title for the passage is________.
A. The Rules of Living Together B. Teenagers and Adults Together
C. Life in New York State D. Free Hours in the Special Work Group
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Mr Adamson enjoys playing the violin in his spare time. He is often pleased with his own 21 . But it is a 22 time for his neighbors when Mr Adamson plays the violin, as he 23 so badly.
One day Mr Adamson sat by a 24 and began to play the violin as usual. Mr Adamson seemed to be making 25 instead of music, but he was so 26 that he almost forgot what he was doing. Just 27 , some stones were thrown out of the windows under 28 Mr Adamson was sitting, 29 he did not pay any attention to it. The “music” 30 . After a little while, an empty bottle and a worn-out shoe were thrown out of the window, 31 . Only then did Mr Adamson know this was not the place for him to play in. Mr Adamson was very 32 . He thought, “ 33 no living people can understand my music, I should go to a place where people may appreciate my works.” So he 34 to go to a graveyard（墓地）.
He came to a graveyard where there was no other 35 except the church bell. Mr Adamson sat at a grave and thought 36 , “I must do my best to 37 that my music is outstanding.” The more he thought, the more inspired he was, and 38 he began to play his violin. Suddenly a barefoot（赤脚） stretched out from the graveyard and gave him a heavy 39 which sent him flying. His violin also dropped from his hand. Mr Adamson felt very sad 40 his works were not accepted by anyone, not even the dead.
1.A. voice B. noise C. music D. sound
2.A. useless B. terrible C. wonderful D. long
3.A. sings B. shouts C. dances D. plays
4.A. house B. window C. door D. wall
5.A. sound B. something C. voice D. noises
6.A. excited B. angry C. lovely D. disappointed
7.A. that B. right C. now D. then
8.A. where B. it C. that D. which
9.A. and B. although C. but D.as
10.A. stopped B. began C. played D. continued
11.A. together B. again C.either D. too
12.A. happy B. sad C. worried D. pleased
13.A. Unless B. As if C. As D. Before
14.A. decided B. said C. thought D. knew
15.A. voice B. sound C. thing D. building
16.A. something B. his music C. hardly D. a lot
17.A. prove B. confirm C. explain D. mean
18.A. first B. second C. finally D. third
19.A. kick B. boxing C. push D. shoe
20.A. until B. and C. because D. so
—Is Bob still performing?
—I am afraid not. He is said ___ the stage already.
A. to have left B. to leave C. to have been left D. to be left
We have ________ bread.
A. run out B. used out C. run out of D. given out
—Oh, it’s you! I _____ you.
—I’ve just had my hair cut, and I'm wearing new glasses.
A. didn’t recognize B. hadn’t recognized
C. haven’t recognized D. don’t recognize
To their great joy, the day they looked forward to _______at last.
A. coming B. had come C. came D. comes
