Kelly Christopher, a student at Lutheran High School in California, US, loves oranges. One day last week, she used a pole(竿子) to pick oranges off trees and collect them in baskets. It's the first time in her 15 years she's picked fruit from trees.

 "This is quite different from buying oranges in the supermarket," said Christopher. "Every time I eat an orange, I'll remember this experience."

Christopher was one of the 30 student volunteers at Soil Born Farms. She volunteered as part of a project which was set up in 2009 to help homeowners in South Land Park pick oranges and other fruits out of their backyards. Before, the fruit would rot on the ground or get eaten by animals. Now the fruit is donated to those who need it.

"It is good for many people", said Randy Stannard, who works for the project. "The homeowner gets fruit picked and more people can have healthy food."

"Two harvests (收成 ) were organized in 2009 and volunteers picked 3,000 pounds (1,360kg) of fruit", Stannard said. In 2010, the number was 20,000. This year, Soil Born Farms hopes to get 40,000 pounds. They will harvest every weekend from January to April.

Shannon Galloway, Christopher's science teacher, brought her students into the project this year.

"You're making use of a resource that might be wasted," she said. "I think it's meaningful to everyone."

Donato Frazier, 15, always climbs up a ladder(梯子) and gets on the top of the tree.

"Standing on the treetop is pretty cool," Frazier said. "I can see clearly that many baskets are filled up, and even see that many people are eating healthy fruit because of our volunteer work."                                          

1.Christopher and other students went to pick fruits from real trees because they wanted to _____.

A. have some fresh fruit for themselves

B. make some money by selling fruit

C. provide people with more healthy fruit

D. buy some cheap fruit from their neighbors

2.When was the project set up?

A. In 2008.             B. In 2009.     C. In 2010.     D. In 2011.

3.What will happen to the fruit if they don’t help the homeowners pick it?

A. The fruit will rot or be eaten by small animals.

B. People who need the fruit will come to pick it.

C. The fruit will be used as a resource for research.

D. Homeowners will pick the fruit and sell it.

4.What does the underlined word resource mean?

A. 资源             B. 调查         C. 对策         D.  娱乐

5.How do the students feel about their work?

A. It’s interesting and easy.

B. It’s meaningless and hard.

C. It’s meaningful and exciting.

D. It’s tiring and boring.

1.After a long jurney, they got to the top of the montain in the end.

A. at last B. at least

C. by the end D. at first

2. It's a good opportunitity to make my dream come true.

A. thought B. chance C. changeD. job

3.Don’t put your foot in it, you may hurt someone.

A. speak loudlyB. sing happily

C. study hardD. speak carelessly

4.—I’m so hungry. Let’s go and have a big meal.

—Forget it. I’m broke.

A. am surprisedB. have no money

C. am richD. am hungry

5. The way I see it, you should practice speaking English as more as you can.

A. How I know it B. As I know

C. In my opinion D. I can see it

What can you do on the Internet? Many of us like to read the news, buy things and play games. Some students now have a new use for the Internet – helping them with their homework.

Tina, 14, from Shenzhen, Guangdong, often searches online for the answers to her math problems. She said sometimes she and even her parents don’t know the answers to the problems, so she has to turn to the Internet.

“I can see how other people work out these problems and learn from them,” Tina said. “It’s easy and saves time.”

But not all the students welcome this. Leo, 15, from Hangzhou, Zhejiang, thinks it may make students stop thinking.

“We should think over the problems first. Simply copying the answers won’t improve our abilities. ” he said.

In the eyes of Wang Zhaoming, a Shanghai teacher, the success of all this is down to the students. If they use the Internet properly (适当地), it could be a good tool for study, Wang said.

“Students should first think about the problems by themselves. As for the online answers, they should choose the best among different ones. The most important thing is to know the logic (逻辑) behind the answers,” he said. “Don’t be shy to ask teachers and classmates the next day if you don’t understand the answer.”

1.According to the passage, it’s a new use for students to ___________ on the Internet.

A．buy things         B．play games         C．help with homework D．read news

2.The right order to use the Internet to help with our homework is ____________.

① Choose the best answers among different answers online;

② Search the answers on the Internet;

③ Think about the problems by ourselves;

④ Try to understand the logic behind the answer you’ve chosen.

A．①②③④         B．③②①④          C．②③①④         D．④③②①

3.In Leo’s opinion, searching online for the answers may _______________. 

A．make students simply copy the answers instead of thinking

B．help solve the problems between students and their parents

C．be a good tool of study if students use the Internet properly

D．improve the students’ different abilities

4.The best title of this passage is_____________.

A．How to use the Internet                  B．Think before you search online

C．Is Internet bad or good for students         D．Computers or teachers

Long long ago, there was a man whose name was Frank. He loved his  46  very much. A special day was coming. It was his wife’s birthday. Frank decided  47  something for her.

The next day he  48  home and said to his wife, “I bought something  49  you.” “Thank you!” said his wife  50 . “What have you bought for me?” “I’ve bought a gold ring. Here it is.” He took it out for his wife to see. Carelessly, he dropped it onto the ground. He began to look for it on the ground,  51  it was dark in the house and he could not see  52 . Then he went out and began to look for it in the street.

He looked and looked. After a while, a friend came along. “What’s the matter with you?” asked his friend. “I am  53  for my ring. It was for my wife. But I lost it just now.” said the poor man. “  54  did you lose it?” “I lost it in my house.” “You lost your ring in your house, but you are looking for it in the street. How foolish you are!” “Ah,” said the man, “but it is dark in my house. I will never find it there. Anyhow, here in the street, it is much  55 . I can see everything more clearly.” My dear friend, do you think Frank could find his gold ring in the street?

1. A. wife                                                         B. daughter                                      C. son

2. A. to show                                                  B. to buy                                           C. to cook

3.  A. go                                                         B. goes                                              C. went

4. A. for                                                            B. with                                               C. to

5. A. angrily                                                     B. sadly                                             C. happily

6. A. but                                                           B. so                                                   C. because

7.  A. something                                          B. anything                                       C. nothing

8.  A. asking                                                  B. calling                                           C. looking

9.A. Where                                                      B. When                                            C. Why

10. A. darker   B. brighter        C. harder