Every year many young people leave school for a few weeks or months and enjoy an unusual type of educational program. They learn new skills by living in a different country and doing unusual jobs. There are several organizations. They help students to find the experience they are looking for. The table below shows a few possibilities for students.
One interesting possibility is helping elephants in Thailand. Most people think o elephants as animals in zoos. In fact, many elephants in Thailand are no longer kept in cages. Now, hundreds of them are homeless. They don’t have owners to care for them. Although they may look well, they are often in poor health and don’t have enough to eat.
One centre in Thailand cares for these elephants. It gives them a safe and natural living space. When they are at the centre, they stay in a building but are free to walk around. Students come from all over the world to help here. The student helpers work with the elephant keepers. These keepers train the students in caring for the elephants. In the morning, they go to the forest together and lead the elephants to the centre. They clean them and give them food. In the afternoon, they take the animals back into the forest for the night. Helping at the center is interesting and the young people learn a lot.Which country can you choose if you want to prepare yourself for a medical career?
| A．India | B．Ghana | C．Thailand | D．New Zealand |
Which job might be suitable for the students who love children and arts?
| A．Teaching young children | B．Health care work |
| C．Saving elephants | D．Teaching Chinese |
What does the underlined word “they” in the last paragraph probably refer to?
| A．The keepers | B．The doctors |
| C．The students | D．The elephants |
What does the writer think of the unusual educational program?
| A．It is amazing | B．It is boring |
| C．It is helpful | D．It is expensive |
We all have our own ways of sharing our life experiences with others.
Photographers use cameras, artists use brushes, musicians use songs and writers use stories.
Spencer Johnson’s story Who Moved My Cheese? Shows changes exist in (存在于) our life. Life changes and so we do. We must change ourselves to face the changing environment, or we will fail.
Just look at the cycle (循环) of the seasons. Trees bud (发芽) in spring and in summer their leaves turn green. In autumn, their leaves start to fall onto the ground. When winter arrives, there are no leaves on trees. Next spring the cycle begins again. Since we know there are cycles in nature, we can prepare for them. We know it is colder in winter and hotter in summer, so we can dress properly.
Since we accept the cycles of nature, we should also accept the changes in our life.
We can prepare ourselves for changes by becoming more flexible(灵活的). We can regard the changes in our life as chances. As we keep changing ourselves, we can keep up with the changes in our life.
What do writers use to share their life experiences?
| A．Stories | B．Newspapers |
| C．Basketballs | D．Pianos |
Who Moved My Cheese? Tells us that _________________.
| A．changes exist in our life |
| B．we should move other’s things |
| C．we should use books to share our life experiences |
| D．there are difficulties in our life |
The cycle of the seasons means______________.
| A．we should wear warm clothes in winter |
| B．we should accept the changes in our life |
| C．we should prepare for the weather |
| D．leaves turn yellow in autumn |
If you fail a test, what should you think according to the passage?
| A．I have no chance to pass the test. |
| B．Exams are hard for me. |
| C．I have bad luck. |
| D．It’s good for me because I know there are more to learn. |
What’s the main idea of this passage?
| A．Weather changes in different seasons. |
| B．Who Moved My Cheese? is a good book. |
| C．We should change ourselves when life changes. |
| D．We should not lose heart when meet with difficulties. |
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Chinese writer Mo Yan won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2012. Mo, who was born in 1955 into a farmer’s family in Gaomi County in Shandong Province, is the first Chinese national to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. In his early years, life was not easy and he experienced hunger（饥饿）. These things have influenced Mo Yan’s later writings. |
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60-year-old Park Geun-hye(朴槿惠)was elected（选举）the new President of South Korea in December, 2012. She becomes the country’s first female head of state and her term will last five years from 2013. “I will become a president who puts people’s living before anything else,” she told the cheering Peopl in central Seoul as she accepted her win. “I will keep my premises.” |
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Barack Obama ( born in Hopolulu, Hawaii in 1961), who was elected the 44th President of the United States in 2008, has been elected again to a second term, fighting against Republican chllenger Mitt Romney. Obama is a graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School. His father was from Kenya. And his mother was born in Wichits, Kansas. |
When Mo Yan was young, his family might be .
| A．big | B．poor |
| C．rich | D．small |
When was Park Geun-hye born?
| A．In 1952. | B．In 1955. |
| C．In 1961. | D．In 1987. |
Where was Barack Obama born?
| A．In Kansas. | B．In Kenya. |
| C．In Columbia. | D．In Hawaii. |
Which of the following is NOT true about the passages?
| A．The writer Mo Yan lived in a big city before he got the prize. |
| B．Park Geun-hye will lead South Korea till the year 2018. |
| C．Obama fought against his challenger Mitt Romney in the election. |
| D．Among the three persons, Park Geun-hye is the oldest. |
The three passages may be from .
| A．an email | B．a letter |
| C．news | D．an ad |
A young man was going to join the army and had to take a medical examination . The doctor was sitting at a desk when he went in. He said to the man, "Take your coat and shirt off, and sit on that chair. "
The young man did so. The doctor looked at him for a moment without getting up from his chair and then said, " All right. Put your clothes on again. "
" But you haven't examined me at all " the young man said in surprise.
"There is no need to do so, " the doctor said with a smile. "When I told you to take your coat and shirt off, you heard me all right, so there is nothing wrong with your ears. You saw your chair, so your eyes are good. You could take your clothes off and sit on the chair, so you must be in good health. And you understood what I told you to do and did it without a mistake, ...."Why did the young man take a medical examination?
| A．He had hurt his ear. |
| B．He hoped to join the army. |
| C．He wanted to get some medicine. |
| D．He wondered if he was in good health. |
The doctor asked the young man to take his coat and shirt off to test_________.
| A．his eyes | B．his arms |
| C．his sense of hearing | D．his sense of touch |
How did the man feel as soon as the medical examination was over?
| A．Bored. | B．Pleased. |
| C．Uncomfortable. | D．Surprised. |
Which of the following can be chosen to complete the underlined sentence?
| A．so I feel sorry for you |
| B．so you are too weak to join the army |
| C．so you need another medical examination |
| D．so you must be clever enough for the army |
The best title for this story is_________.
| A．A Strict Doctor | B．A Special Medical Examination |
| C．A Serious Mistake | D．A Smart Young Man |
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American people sometimes go camping for vocation. Instead of staying in a modern hotels and restaurants，they live in the woods and do everything for themselves for a few days to relax.
When you are camping, you may make all of your own food. Barbeques (烤肉架) are very common while camping.You can bring meat and vegetables to the camp.To make a fire，you can find or bring your own wood and light it with a lighter(打火机)．
Remember to put stones around the fire so that it won’t get too big or dangerous. When the fire is ready，you can cook food over it. Besides meat and vegetables，you can also cook marshmallows(果酱软糖) with the fire.
Children really like this activity at night. The whole family sit around the fire，eat marshmallows，and drink hot chocolate—especially when it is cold outside!
Vacation needn’t mean going to visit faraway places，it could be as simple as setting up a tent in a nearby forest!What do American people do for vocation?
Where do Americans live?
Why do they put stones around the fire?
Do the children really like this activity?
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Mr. Chen is a farmer. He lives in western China w his wife and two sons. One year ago, he found that he had cancer. The doc tor told him that he needed an operation(手术) at once. A
he said the operation would cost thousands of yuan. It was too much money for Mr. Chen and his wife. They had no jobs and both their sons were at school. The s
（局势,状况）seemed hopeless.
Two weeks later, however, Mr. Chen got some (好的) news. A health care project would provide medical treatment for poor patients in western China. They need to pay only half the cost or even less. T
to the project, he was able to receive an operation in time to prevent(防止) the illness from getting
（更糟的）. Now he has returned to his family.
The purpose of this health care project is t improve the situation of poor people in western China. So f
（到目前为止）, the project has h
more than 5,000 people. The Chinese government hopes to
(发展) a new health care model for China. As our country develops, we must remember to care for the weakest members.
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