Are you looking for something fun? Would you like to help other people in your free time? Then join us and be a volunteer（自愿者）.
We have volunteer jobs for people of all ages. Anyone, between the age of 12 and 80, can become a volunteer.
You can help people in many ways. Nursing homes need volunteers to take care of old people. Hospitals need volunteers to look after children while their parents see a doctor. Animal lovers can help take care of those dogs and cats without homes. There is something that out volunteers want to tell you.
“As a volunteer, I don’t want to get anything. Seeing the children’s happy faces, I am happy, too.” said Carlos, an old woman of 62.
“ I often played computer games in my free time before. Now I help middle-aged people learn how to use computers.” said another volunteer at the age of 18.
If everyone gives a hand, we’ll have a better world to live in.
Interested? Call us on 1-800-555-5756 or visit our website: www.active.com.What kind of person can become a volunteer?
| A．A 10-year-old boy | B．A 46-year-old woman |
| C．An 11-year-old girl | D．All babies |
____ need volunteers.
| A．Animals without homes |
| B．Old people in nursing homes |
| C．Children while their parents see a doctor |
| D．All the above |
Carlos ______.
| A．wants to get something as a volunteer. |
| B．likes playing computer games. |
| C．like her work as a volunteer very much. |
| D．Is helping middle-aged people learn how to use computers. |
What does the phrase “give a hand” mean? It means “ ____”
| A．offer help | B．have an interest | C．give money | D．get something |
This passage is ______.
| A．a story | B．a play | C．an ad(广告) | D．a joke |
There is a traditional toy called taiping nijiaojiao. It is a clay toy and also a whistle (哨子) in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu. It has a history of over 1,000 years.
Taiping nijiaojiao is made of the mud from the local mountain. It takes more than ten steps to make the clay toy, and the key step is to knead (捏) it with your hands. You can knead the clay toy into anything, like animals and plants. The blowhole is the most difficult part to make, for the size of the blowhole makes a difference to the sound. While coloring, you can use traditional cultural elements (元素) that carry good meanings. It’s hard to make taiping nijiaojiao. But when you finally make it, you will feel proud of yourself.
Zhou Baokang, a lover of folk art, learned how to make the clay toy from local artists about 20 years ago. He wants more people to know about it, so he has opened a museum to introduce the clay toy. He teaches kids how to make the clay toy, too.
There are many traditional art forms in China, but some of them have been lost. Luckily, the traditional clay toy taiping nijiaojiao is kept to this day.
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。
（1）What is taiping nijiaojiao?
| A． |
A toy. |
B． |
An animal. |
C． |
A plant. |
D． |
A museum. |
（2）What does the underlined word “mud” mean in Paragraph 2?
| A． |
Soft silk. |
B． |
Clean water. |
C． |
Wet earth. |
D． |
Dead wood. |
（3）What is the key step when you make taiping nijiaojiao?
| A． |
Choosing the elements. |
B． |
Kneading the clay toy. |
| C． |
Making the blowhole. |
D． |
Coloring the clay toy. |
（4）Who does Zhou Baokang teach to make taiping nijiaojiao?
| A． |
Artists. |
B． |
Kids. |
C． |
Masters. |
D． |
Teachers. |
（5）What’s the best title for the passage?
| A． |
Shapes of the Clay Toy |
B． |
A Lover of Folk Art |
| C． |
Ways of Making a Clay Toy |
D． |
A Traditional Clay Toy |
Jilin Province lies in the northeast of China. It’s a good place to visit. Come and have fun!
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“Red Trip” in Tonghua Tonghua is a good choice to have a “red trip”. It is a place full of “red stories”. The well-known national hero Yang Jingyu once fought here. Experience the “red spirit”! |
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Mount Changbai Mount Changbai is a famous mountain at home and abroad. There is a mysterious (神秘的) lake—Tianchi, a national park and some beautiful waterfalls. Enjoy the beauty of nature! |
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Jilin Rime (雾松) The rime dresses up the winter of Jilin City. Tourists walk along the Songhua River to enjoy the fantastic rime. Leave your footmarks on the wonderland! |
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Yanbian Food Yanbian is famous for the local food. Tourists can find the special food like cold noodles and rice cake here. For foodies (美食家), Yanbian is the best place to visit. Just have a taste! |
根据表格内容，选择正确答案。
（1）We will learn about the ________ in Tonghua.
| A． |
special food |
B． |
“red spirit” |
C． |
fantastic rime |
D． |
beautiful waterfalls |
（2）There is a mysterious ________ in Mount Changbai.
| A． |
lake |
B． |
river |
C． |
park |
D． |
waterfall |
（3）If tourists want to enjoy the rime, they can go to Jilin City in ________.
| A． |
spring |
B． |
summer |
C． |
autumn |
D． |
winter |
（4）For foodies, ________ is possibly the best place to taste the local food.
| A． |
Mount Changbai |
B． |
Jilin City |
C． |
Yanbian |
D． |
Tonghua |
（5）The passage above probably comes from a ________.
| A． |
medical report |
B． |
thank-you note |
C． |
travel magazine |
D． |
science fiction |
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
When I was little, I was really little. But my dream was big. I dreamed of being a basketball player. I tried out for the teams at school, but I was never given a chance.
As I got older, I did grow a little bigger, but not a lot bigger. On my 12th birthday, I decided to try a new sport: running. I told Grandpa. “I’m going to be an athlete.”
“Dave.” Grandpa began gently, “if you can’t be big, you can do something big.”
I ran 12 miles on my 12th birthday. On my 13th birthday, I did it again, but I added an extra mile. On my 14th birthday, I ran 14 miles. 15 on my 15th, 16 on my 16th, and you guessed it—17 miles on my 17th birthday.
All this running inspired（激发）another big dream. Someday, I’d run the Boston Marathon（波士顿马拉松赛）. I told Grandpa about my decision.
“But, Dave, you haven’t trained for the marathon. Are you sure you’re ready?” Grandpa asked. But he still promised to walk over and cheer me on.
I ran fast that day, But I fell at Mile 18 and was driven to the hospital. Later that night, I called Grandpa and told him I failed.
“No,” he said calmly, “you didn’t fail. You discovered something.”
“I did?” I asked.
“Yes, you discovered that big dreams don’t just come true. They take work. If you train and work hard, I promise to wait for you next year and cheer you on.”
I trained every day, running miles and miles. Sadly, just two months into my training, Grandpa died. He wouldn’t be waiting for my second Boston Marathon. I decided I’d run for him.
That day, I ran fast. “Keep going! You can do it!” His words filled my head as I forced my legs to make each painful step. As I crossed the finish line, I threw my arms in the air and cried, “Grandpa, we did it!”
（1）Why did Dave fail to join the school basketball team?
| A． |
He couldn’t run fast. |
B． |
He didn’t work hard. |
| C． |
He was not tall enough. |
D． |
He wasn’t a quick learner. |
（2）What does the underlined word “it” in paragraph A refer to?
| A． |
Adding an extra mile. |
B． |
Running on his birthday. |
| C． |
Training for the marathon. |
D． |
Trying out for the basketball team. |
（3）Which of the following words best describes Grandpa?
| A． |
Creative. |
B． |
Modest. |
C． |
Generous. |
D． |
Encouraging. |
（4）What is the best title for the text?
| A． |
Dream Big |
B． |
The Boston Marathon |
| C． |
Think Twice |
D． |
The Story of Grandpa |
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
All aboard! Let’s take a ride on the world’s highest railway—the Qinghai-Tibet Railway（青藏铁路）. Sit back and enjoy the journey. Get ready for the trip of a lifetime.
We’re leaving Qinghai Station. The scenery along the way is some of the wildest in all of China. Keep your eyes open as we race through this beautiful land. You might see a rare Tibetan antelope（藏羚羊）from your window.
Before we begin our journey, let’s learn about this amazing railway. It’s truly one of the great engineering wonders of the 21st century. When it was completed on July 1, 2006, the Tibet Railway set nine world records, including the world’s highest railway at 5,072 metres above sea level, the world’s highest tunnel（隧道）at 4,905 metres, and the longest tunnel ever built on permafrost（冻土）.
As we travel higher, the air gets thinner and thinner. Soon there will only be 50 to 60 percent of the oxygen which we are used to breathing. But don’t be afraid. Each rail car has two separate oxygen systems. One system spreads oxygen throughout the train at all times. And each passenger can also get a personal oxygen mask just like those used in planes.
Here are a few more things to think about as our train leaves the station. The designers solved three main challenges when building this great railway. First, the high altitude（海拔）made the task difficult because there was no enough oxygen. Second, much of the railway runs across permafrost, a type of ground that keeps changing as the weather warms and cools. Finally, the railway goes through some of the most sensitive ecology（敏感的生态环境）in China. Great care was necessary to make sure of the smallest possible influence on nature.
All three challenges were met, making our trip possible. All aboard! The train to Tibet is leaving in fifteen minutes.
（1）Where are the passengers?
| A． |
On a bus. |
B． |
On a train. |
C． |
On a ship. |
D． |
On a plane. |
（2）How does the text show the railway is amazing in paragraph 3?
| A． |
By telling a story. |
B． |
By using a designer’s words. |
| C． |
By introducing its world records. |
D． |
By comparing the present with the past. |
（3）How many oxygen systems are there in each rail car?
| A． |
One. |
B． |
Two. |
C． |
Three. |
D． |
Four. |
（4） Which of the following increased the difficulty of building the railway?
| A． |
The changing ground. |
B． |
The polluted air. |
C． |
The dangerous animals. |
D． |
The hot weather. |
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
On warm winter days, Yang Liheng, 89, enjoys sitting by the window and looking through old photos. These photos bring him joy and happiness once more.
For Yang, one of the long-expected activities during the Spring Festival is to take photos with family members. On the early morning of the second day of the Chinese New Year when the whole family reunite, he would dress up and wait for the photo to be taken.
Yang became a photographer in the late 1950s. With his camera, Yang recorded the great changes of his hometown over time. “I had a painful childhood, but I got a chance to be a photographer after the founding（成立）of the People’s Republic of China.” Yang told Beijing Review. “I want to record, in the form of photographs, the local customs, the scenes and people’s brave spirit of fighting against the hard conditions here in my hometown.”
“I used to take pictures for everyone else, but seldom turned my camera at my family members,” Yang said. “My grandson gave me the idea to record the growth and development of my own family.” Taking family photos then became a tradition for Yang’s family. Though now some of his grandchildren are working and living in other cities, they try their best to return home during the Spring Festival and prepare for the special moment.
Last year was an important year for Yang Liheng. Most of his photos were displayed in Yinchuan to show the development of the area over the past sixty years.
（1）What does Yang expect most during the Spring Festival?
| A． |
Wearing new clothes. |
B． |
Having a big dinner. |
| C． |
Taking a family photo. |
D． |
Visiting his relatives. |
（2）What does the underlined word “reunite” in paragraph 2 mean?
| A． |
Get separated. |
B． |
Get much wealthier. |
C． |
Get improved. |
D． |
Get together again. |
（3）What is the main idea of paragraph 3?
| A． |
When Yang was interviewed. |
B． |
Where Yang learnt to take photos. |
| C． |
Why Yang had a painful childhood. |
D． |
What Yang recorded with his camera. |
（4）What do we know about Yang’s family?
| A． |
It is full of love. |
B． |
It is full of mysteries. |
| C． |
It is a rich family. |
D． |
It is having a hard time. |
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