Are you looking for something fun and would you like to help other people in your spare time? Then
join us and be a volunteer!
     We are a  non-profit  organization. We have  volunteer jobs  for people of  all  ages.  Anyone,  from
twelve-year-old children to people in their 80s, can become a volunteer.
     You can help people in many ways. Schools need help with taking care of children while parents are
working.
     Hospitals need volunteers to look after children when their parents see a doctor. Animal  lovers  can
help take care of those dogs and cats without homes. There is something for everyone.
      " As a volunteer, I don't want to get anything. Seeing the children's happy faces, I am happy, too," said Carlos Domingo, an old woman of 42.
      "I often played computer games in my spare time before. Now I help the elderly learn how to use
computers," said another volunteer at the age of 18.
      If everyone helps out a bit, we'll all have a better world to live in. Interested? Call us on 1-800-5756, or visit our web-site : www. activol. com.

1. What kind of people can become volunteers? 

A. Only teenagers.
B. People from 12 years old to 80.
C. Only old people.
D. Only students and teachers.

2. __________need( s) volunteers in the passage.

A. Animals without homes
B. Doctors
C. A non-profit organizations
D. Everyone

3. Volunteers want to get __________ when they help others.

A. everything      
B. money
C. nothing          
D. computers

4. Carlos Domingo does volunteer work with____________

A. children        
B. cats
C. old people      
D. dogs

5. What's the meaning of "website"? It means "__________" in Chinese.

A.联络            
B.公司
C.网址            
D.地址

1. The teachers and classmates like Jack because______.
A.he does well in his 1essons
B. he's polite to everybody
C. he's a bad boy
D. A and B
2. Henry thinks______, so he looks down upon any other child.
A. he plays well
B.his father is a dentist
C. he's very clever
D. his family is the richest
3. Henry has few friends because______.
A. he is weak in his lessons
B. he often laughs at others
C. he doesn't study hard
D. he always stays at home
4. One day, Henry laughed at Jack because.
A. Jack's sister didn't wear shoes
B. Jack's sister had to work
C. Jack had to help his father
D. Jack's father was.a shoe-maker
5.We can know from the passage that______ .
A. Jack didn't help his father do housework
B. Jack was helpful to his family
C.Henry did well in all his lessons
D. Jack's family was very rich

     Sandra usually gets up at six in the morning. She usually has breakfast at six thirty. She goes to school
at around seven o'clock. School starts at seven thirty.
     Sandra learns many subjects at school: math, English, science, history, art, music and PE. Her favorite
subject is music. It's relaxing, and the music teacher is fun.
     Sandra has four classes in the morning. At eleven forty she comes home for lunch. She has lunch with
her grandmother. In the afternoon, she isn't very busy. She has only two classes. After school she does
her homework and plays with other kids.
     In the evening, Sandra's parents come home from work at five o'clock. The family have dinner at six.
After that they usually listen to music or watch TV. Sandra goes to bed at nine thirty. Her grandmother
goes to bed at nine, and her parents go to bed at around ten o'clock.
1. Sandra goes to school at _________.
A. 6:00            
B. 6:30          
C. 7:00          
D. 7:30
2. Sandra's favorite subject is _________.
A. math            
B. music          
C. history          
D. art
3. Sandra has _________ classes every day.
A. four            
B. six            
C. seven            
D. eight
4. Sandra usually does homework _________.
A. after dinner     
B. in the morning    
C. before breakfast      
D. in the afternoon
5. The family don't _________ in the evening.
A. play chess        
B. watch TV      
C. go to bed            
D. listen to music

     One day Mr Brown sees a young woman in thestreet with children. He is very surprised becauseall the children are wearing the same clothes.White caps, blue coats and yellow trousers.    
     "Are all these children yours?" he asks thewoman.    
     "Yes, they are," she answers.  
     "Do you always dress them in the sameclothes ?" asks Mr Brown.    
     "Yes, " answers the mother. When we havefour children, we dress them in the same clothes be-cause we don't want to lose any of them. It is easyto see our children among other children becausethey are all
wearing the same clothes. And now wehave ten, we dress them like this because we don'twant to take
other children home by mistake. Whenthere are other children among ours, it is easy to seethem because
their clothes are different. "

1. Mr Brown sees_____people in all.
A. ten
B. eleven
C. four
D. ten children
2. Why is Mr Brown surprised?
A. Because all the children are boys.
B. Because all the children are in the same clothes.
C. Because all the children are lovely.
D. Because all the children are wearing the same trousers.
3. Why does the woman dress her children in the same clothes?
A. Because she has so many children.
B. Because she loves her children.
C. Because she doesn't want to take her children home.
D. Because she wants to see her children easily among others.
4. What kind of clothes are the children wearing when Mr Brown sees them?
A. White caps, blue coats and yellow trousers.
B. Blue caps, yellow coats and white trousers.
C. Yellow caps, white coats and blue trousers.
D. White caps, yellow coats and blue trousers.
5. We don't want to take other children home by mistake.
   这句话的汉语意思是__________________________.             

        A taxi hit a truck. A policeman spoke to the taxi driver and the truck driver. He also spoke to Tom.  He was a witness (目击者).  This is what they said.
TRUCK DRIVER: I was driving from the air- port to Newton. A car crossed the road, so I slowed
                             down.  I did not stop. A taxi hit the back of my truck. Nobody was seriously hurt but
                             both cars were damaged(受损害).
TAXI DRIVER: I was driving behind a truck a few kilometers to Newton. The truck stopped suddenly.
                         The driver did not give me a warning (警告). I was driving very slowly. I could not pass
                         the truck because there were two cars coming near to Newton. My taxi hit the truck, and
                           some glass cut my left hand.
TOM: I was watching the traffic about a kilometer from the airport. A truck was going to Newton. It
          was not going very quickly. There was a taxi about two hundred meters behind the truck. It was
          going fast. When the truck slowed down, the taxi hit it. The taxi driver was not looking at the truck.            He was looking out of the window at some-thing else. My friend saw the accident, too. Tom's
          friend spoke to the policeman and agreed with Tom.

1.  How many people are mentioned (提到)  in the story ? 

A. Three.          
B. Four.
C. Five.            
D. Six.

2. The truck was hit on the way __________. 

A. to the airport      
B. to the police station
C. to Newton        
D. home

3. From the story, we know __________didn't tell the truth. 

A. the truck driver      
B. Tom
C. the taxi driver      
D. Tom's friend

4. In fact, Tom's friend was also a __________. 

A. witness            
B. driver
C. policeman          
D. cleaner

5. What's the best title(标题) for this passage?  

A. A Taxi Driver.      
B. A Traffic Accident.
C. A Story of Tom.      
D. A Truck Driver.

     Traveling by train is usually not easy in China. It can be hard to get a ticket. When you're traveling to
the railway station you look at your watch, afraid you will miss your train.
     But there is good news for people traveling between Beijing and Shanghai. Construction (建设) on the
express railway (高速铁路) between the two cities started just before the Spring Festival of 2008. When it
is finished by 2013, taking a train will be as easy as taking a bus.
     "There will be trains every several minutes. Buying a ticket, getting through the checkpoint (检查站) and
taking your seat, will take just 10 minutes," said an engineer.
     There may be high-speed trains running at 350 kilometers an hour. The travel time between the two cities
will decease from 10 to about 5 hours. The trains will carry twice the present number of passengers.
     The new line will be 1,318 kilometers long and go across specially built bridges. It will run along side the
present line. There will be 21 stations in Hebei, Tianjin, Shandong, Anhui and Jiangsu.
     "The cost of traveling by the express railway may be around 800 yuan. That will be more expensive than
an ordinary train, but cheaper than by air." Said Zhang Xiaoling, a Jiangsu government official.
     According to Zhang, the higher price is caused by the large cost of the railway project. At about 200
billion yuan, the project may be even more expensive than the Three Gorges Project (三峡工程).

1. The express railway between Beijing and Shanghai will be finished _______.

A. at the end of this year
B. before the Spring Festival of 2008
C. after 2013
D. in about 5 years

2. Before taking your seat, you should _______ with your ticket.

A. buy a ticket
B. get through the checkpoint
C. pack your things
D. make some friends

3. The word "decrease" in the passage possibly means _______ in Chinese.

A. 延长
B. 缩短
D. 提速
D. 限速

4. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Traveling by train is usually difficult in China because tickets are too expensive.
B. The high-speed trains will have 21 stations in Hebei, Tianjin, Shandong, Hunan and Jiangsu.
C. Tickets for the high-speed trains will be cheaper than those for planes.
D. The cost of the express railway project is as high as that of the Three Gorges Project.

5. What can be the best title of the passage?

A. An enormous project
B. Train tickets will get more expensive
C. Specially built bridges
D. Beijing-Shanghai express railway