In every. country, there are thousands of people who want to help out. Many join organizations run by their governments, for example, the Peace Corps in the United States and Voluntary Service Overseas in Britain. Since the powerful （猛烈的） earthquake took place in Sichuan, more than 200 thousand volunteers （志愿者） across China have been helping there! They do all kinds of work or come up with ways to help improve life. Some offer their professional skills for free. Others have no qualifications （資格）, but they love to work hard to help.

One of the most famous volunteers in the world was Mother Teresa. She could be the best volunteer because she gave her" life to helping the poorest people of Calcutta. She helped the homeless, cared for the sick, gave out food, and became the mother of those without families.

Now more and more teenagers actively look for volunteering opportunities, too. They volunteer because they think it will be fun or they will learn something. They also like the idea of being helpful to others, even if it is just handing out books for the teacher. As they get older, these reasons are still the same, but there are other important reasons for volunteering such as learning on-the-job, getting work experience, and improving their social life.

All volunteers bring joy to the people they help in so many ways. They might read books to the blind, fix up broken homes, find ways to get water for villages. Could you be a volunteer? What kind of volunteer work could you do? There is someone in the world who needs you.

（   ） 1．The Peace Corps is______ in the United States.

      A．a(chǎn) city             B．a(chǎn)n organization      C．a(chǎn) volunteer           D．a(chǎn) school

（   ） 2．The word those in the passage means_______．

A．the homeless       B．the sick            C．the poor           D．the kids

（   ）3．The following are all reasons for teenagers to be volunteers except _____ according to the passage.

A．They want to make more friends.            B．They want to be helpful.

      C．It helps them get work experience.           D．It can improve their social life.

（   ）4．Which of the following is true according to the passage?

      A．Volunteers need qualifications.               B．Volunteers offer help without any pay.

C．Young kids can't be volunteers.              D．Some volunteers bring joy to others.

（   ） 5．What is the main idea of this passage?

A．The world needs volunteers.                 B．Mother Teresa was a great volunteer.

      C．Volunteers do all kinds of work.                  D．There are different ways of volunteering

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【小題1】From the first paragraph we can know that ­________.
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B．Macao is too crowded
C．the world is too crowded
D．the world is not too crowded
【小題2】The population is increasing fast partly because ________.
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C．medicine is developing faster than before
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China's large economy brings good things. People in China have more jobs and money. We also have more influence (影響) in the world.

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2.Why isn't China as rich as the US and Japan?

                                                     

3.How many people in 100 can use the Internet in China?

                                                     

4.Who can get bigger pieces of cake, Chinese or Americans?

                                                        

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B．Football

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D．Spelling bees

2.The underlined word “bees” in the passage means__________.

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C．guess

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D．When they want to have a long victory

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B．It’s all part of celebration

C．It’s the golden rule of sports

D．It’s know to stay cool

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Helping your children to read and write at home will improve their skills and confidence—it will also make them get ready for learning in the classroom environment.

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²  trying to ask more “wh-” questions instead of easy “yes” or “no” questions

²  encouraging your children to talk about events you don’t know

²  reading to your children each night

²  listening to your children read

²  teaching your children how to use dictionaries

²  talking about your children’s writings

²  practicing filling in forms, writing letters, sending cards or emails

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2.__________ is the best for the missing part in Paragraph 2.

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C. “Listening and writing skills”               D. “Reading and listening skills”

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5. Parents can help children to write by encouraging them to__________.

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   3    They wear the ring on the fourth finger of their left hands.

At the wedding, as soon as the man and the woman are married, their friends often throw rice or very small pieces of paper over them.    4     The bride often carries flowers, and after the wedding she throws them up in the air. People believe that the woman who catches the flowers is lucky enough. The bride and the groom（新郎）, their friends and family then have a party. After that the bride and the groom go on holiday together. This is called “the honeymoon”.

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B.  Many married people in western countries wear a ring to show that they are married.

C.  Some brides wear the dress their mothers or even their grandmothers wore at their weddings.

D.  They believe this will bring them good luck and that they will have many children.

(     )5. The passage mainly talked about ________.

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C. the rings for the married people        D. the wedding customs in the countries

 

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