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Learning English is not an easy job. Almost every student sometimes a  1.  questions like these: Can I really learn English well? Can I really learn it well enough to t  2.  with others?

   The answer is yes. From some studies we know that almost a   3.   can learn a foreign language well if he or she wants to. Some might learn it faster and some might learn it slower. Some might learn it e   4.      and some with difficulty. But anyone can learn it well if he or she has the r    5.     ways. Many students have their own special ways in learning English. The followings are some e     6.  Millie gets up early every morning and the first thing she does is listen to an English radio program. This has really helped make her English in listening b   7. .

    Daniel often p   8.    speaking English in class. At first he was n  9. when he was asked to speak. After trying several times, he found it was not as difficult as he thought. He is more active and now he speaks English best among his classmates.

    Jim likes to watch American movies. He will watch it many times i  10.   it is a good a good film. And he also likes to read English aloud.

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If you have no special plans for your holidays, why not spend your time helping others? Nowadays, more and more young people in America volunteer to spend their school holidays working for others. Here are some of their plans.

1.Young people in the USA volunteer to spend ____ helping others.

2. What does Jim plan to do in summer?

3. From the passage, we know that Susan ____.

4.____ wants to be a teacher.

5.Which is the most possible title for this passage?

If you have no special plans for your holidays, why not spend your time helping others? Nowadays, more and more young people in America volunteer to spend their school holidays working for others. Here are some of their plans.

Jim, 16 I’m going to help the   Forest Centre build new road in the mountains. I’ll spend the whole summer   living in the tent and breathing the clean mountain air. I’m going to sleep   under the stars. It will be a nice sport, and I’ll be able to do something   good at the same time.

 

Susan, 15 This summer, I’m   going to work for Special House Program. They build good, low-cost houses and   sell them to families that are not very rich. They’ll teach me what to do, so   I’ll help people and also have a chance to learn how to build houses.

 

Michael, 17 I’m going to teach   kids who have trouble reading. I’ll work for a program called Reading for Life.   Every day, I’m going to help kids choose and read books that they like. I   want to be a teacher and I love children, so this is going to be a great   experience for me.

1. 1.

   Young people in the USA volunteer to spend ____ helping others

   1. A.
      weekdays
   2. B.
      holidays
   3. C.
      Sundays
   4. D.
      pocket money
2. 2.

   What does Jim plan to do in summer?

   1. A.
      To sleep under the stars
   2. B.
      To spend the whole summer living in the tent
   3. C.
      To help build new roads in the mountains
   4. D.
      To breathe fresh air
3. 3.

   From the passage, we know that Susan ____

   1. A.
      likes reading
   2. B.
      likes children
   3. C.
      is good at sports
   4. D.
      is 15 years old
4. 4.

   ____ wants to be a teacher

   1. A.
      Michael
   2. B.
      Susan
   3. C.
      Jim
   4. D.
      Nobody
5. 5.

   Which is the most possible title for this passage?

   1. A.
      Great Experience in the Forest Centre
   2. B.
      Young American Volunteers
   3. C.
      A Special House Program
   4. D.
      Reading for Life

More than 6000 children were expelled（開除）from US schools last year for bringng guns and bombs to school，the US Department of Education said on May 8．
The department gave a report on the expulsions（開除）as saying handguns accounted for 58 per cent of the 6093 expulsions in 1996—97，against 7 per cent for rifles or shotguns and 35 per cent for other types of firearms．
“The report is a clear sign that our nation’s public schools are cracking down（嚴懲）” on students who bring guns to school，“Education Secretary Richard Riey said in a statement．“We need to be tough-minded（堅強的）about keeping guns out of our schools and do everything to keep our children safe．”
In March 1997，an 11-year-old boy and a 13-year-old using hand-guns and rifles shot dead four children and a teacher at a school in Jonesboro，Arkansas．In October，two were killed and seven wounded in a shooting at a Mississippi school．Two months later，a 14-year-old boy killed three high school students and wounded five in Daducab，Kentucky．
“Most of the expulsions，56 per cent，were from high schools，which have students from about age 13，34 per cent were from junior high schools and 9 per cent were from elementary schools．” The report said．
【小題1】From the first paragraph we can see that in the US schools ____________．

Hundreds of years ago, life was much harder than it is today．People didn’t have modern machines．There was no modern medicine, either．

Life today has brought new problems．One of the biggest is pollution．Water pollution has made our rivers and lakes dirty．It kills our fish and pollutes our drinking water．Noise pollution makes us talk louder and become angry more easily．Air pollution is the most serious kind of pollution．It’s bad to all living things in the world．

Cars, planes and factories all pollute our air every day．Sometimes the polluted air is so thick that it is like a quilt over a city．This kind of quilt is called smog．

Many countries are making rules to flight pollution．Factories must now clean their water before it is thrown away and they mustn’t blow dirty smoke into the air

We need to do many other things．We can put waste things in the dustbin and do not throw them on the ground，there will be less pollution．

Rules are not enough．Every person must help to fight pollution．

1.Hundreds of years ago．life was much harder than it is today because        ．

2.The most serious kind of pollution is         ．

3.From the passage we know that       ．