“Am I my brother’s keeper?” The question comes from the Bible(圣经). In the Bible, Cain kills his brother Abel. When God asks Cain where Abel is, he replies, “I don’t know. Am I my brother’s keeper?” by which he means, “Am I responsible (有责任心的) for my brother—his safety and health?” The answer, of course, is “Yes, you are.”
This sense of responsibility for others is basic to all good societies. And also it is basic to what we call “civil(文明的) society”. China is now working on building a civil society and the high schools in Shanghai want students to take part in that through volunteering. They are supposed to do sixty class hours of volunteer work before graduation. This is something new in China, but it is not new in other countries.
In the Canadian province of Ontario, high school students are required to do forty hours of volunteering. In some American states, the volunteering requirement is one hundred hours. These students spend about an hour a week during the school year and summer vacations, helping the poor, the sick and the old. They also teach young children to read and help to clean up the environment. And studies have shown that this volunteering experience influences students a lot after graduation.
Some of you may be thinking, “Gee, sixty class hours is a lot. How can I find the time?” In fact, if you finish it in three years, you only need to do the work about three class hours a month. And the time is well spent if it helps you realize that “being your brother’s keeper” makes you a better person and makes society a better place for everyone.A Shanghai high school student should finish class hours of volunteer work before graduation.
| A．thirty | B．forty | C．sixty | D．one hundred |
The underlined word “that” in Paragraph 2 refers to “ ”.
| A．building a civil society | B．reading the Bible |
| C．doing the volunteer work | D．playing more sports |
According to the writer, “being your brother’s keeper” means “ ”.
| A．being a good school student |
| B．being responsible for others |
| C．taking good care of your brother |
| D．doing volunteer work with your brother |
The main purpose of the writing is to .
| A．tell students where to do volunteer work |
| B．give advice on how to be a good volunteer |
| C．encourage students to do more volunteer work |
| D．introduce volunteer work in different countries |
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Are you good with children? We need two people to volunteer your time at Sunnyview Children’s Hospital. You need to be friendly and cheerful—the children are sick and you need to cheer them up. Your job is to set up a play group with fun games for the children. If you can spare an hour three times a week, come and join us! Please call Mrs Chan at 555-9879. Thanks! |
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Are you interested in repairing things? We have set up a group, Home Love, to help older people who need to fix up their homes. If you have repair skills, join us for eight hours a month. Call Home Love at 555-4663. |
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Do you love clean beaches? We need people who are strong and can help clean up Blue Water Beach. We don’t want to put off this job till summer. We need your help to collect and carry rubbish. If you are available for six hours this Saturday, call at 555-6668 or 555-6669. |
If you’re good with children, you can go to .
| A．Sunnyview Children’s Hospital | B．Home Love |
| C．Blue Water Beach | D．All the above |
You like repairing things, so you could call at .
| A．555-9879 | B．555-6669 |
| C．555-6668 | D．555-4663 |
What can you do on Blue Water Beach?
| A．Cheer up sick children. | B．Clean up the beach. |
| C．Play games with others. | D．Fix up old buildings. |
--Would you please give me a hand and take the bookcase upstairs?
-- _____.
| A．Go ahead | B．With pleasure |
| C．Of course I do | D．Yes．That’s all right |
The plane from Shanghai to Paris will __________ in an hour.
| A．get off | B．take off |
| C．turn off | D．put off |
“Red envelope” fever on WeChat_ _ the country since January 26, 2015.
| A．swept | B．has swept |
| C．sweeps | D．will sweep |
The teacher encourages her students ____ English as much as possible.
| A．to speak | B．speaking | C．speak | D．spoke |
--Wow, so many new buildings! But it used to be a poor village.
--Yes, ___ has changed in our hometown.
| A．Nothing | B．Nobody |
| C．Everything | D．Everybody |
My brother can work out problems_ _ than any other student in his class.
| A．quickly | B．quick |
| C．more quickly | D．quicker |
A： Is that your physics teacher?
B： That can’t be Mr. Lin. He to Hangzhou with his wife.
| A．has been | B．had gone | C．went | D．has gone |
—What a nice meal! It's really kind of you to invite us.
— I'm glad you liked it.
| A．Not at all | B．Sounds good |
| C．Well done | D．Never mind |
Leave the reference books behind, _____ you won’t be able to think independently.
| A．or | B．and | C．so | D．but |
liu Xiang announced the retirement（退役）in Shanghai _____May 17, 2015.
| A．in | B．on | C．at | D．since |
补全对话（每小题1分，共5分）
A：Dad, we were told to collect some information about Fuzhou Subway.
B：Sure. It’s reported that Subway Line 1 will have its test run at the end of this year.
A：Great! ．
B：It has a total length of 29.2 kilometers.
A：How many stations are there?
B： ．And it connects four main areas of the city from the north to the south.
A：Then how about the ticket price?
B：Well, it still remains unknown.
A：Hope not.
短文改错（共10小题，每小题1分；满分10分）
下面短文有10处错，每处错皆用底线标出，请将正确答案写在右边相应的横线上。（每小题只填一词，不得改变原句意思）
Do you know something about the holiday camps(露营) in Hong kong? The students in Hong kong used to took part in an English holiday camp in their holidays. And their parents weren’t with them though they
are very young. Now they still enjoy taking part in many
kind of holiday camps without their parents. Many parents let their children take part in holiday camps in order to
learning some practical know ledge in their life. And also learn some knowledge about living skills, science, reading and writing … The
more important for the children is to learn to look after
himself . Holiday camps in Hong kong are not expensive. Most of families can afford to send their children there for further study, for
make their bodies
strongly … And the government never charges for them. It
saying that students in Hong kong have much knowledge about many things.
May be it has something with kinds of holiday camps.
Notice
No better season than spring, so let’s enjoy ourselves in the best time of the year!
Grade Date Destination
Junior 1May 5th Fantawild, Zhuzhou
Junior 2 May 6th Fantawild, Zhuzhou
Junior 3 May 5th Baile Land, Wangcheng（in the northwest of Changsha）
Price: RMB￥205(Baile Land) / RMB￥ 245 (Fantawild)
Parking Place: Coaches for Wangcheng Southern Gate
Coaches for Zhuzhou Northern GateWhere should the students in Grade 8 gather?
A. Southern Gate
B. Northern Gate
C. ZhuzhouIt's true that ________.
A. the whole school will take a trip on different days.
B. Fantawild must be much more interesting than Baile Land.
C. the students in Grade 9 won’t go out of Changsha.
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