On one hand, school holidays allow families to spend time together. Many American parents take time off from work during June, July or August to travel with their children on vacation either in the US or in a foreign country. On the other hand, schoolchildren get much more time off school than parents get vacation time. This means that parents with young children may have to pay more in babysitting(托婴服务) or daycare costs. As well, the long summer holidays mean that students sometimes get bored.
Besides going on trips with their parents, American students enjoy taking part in different kinds of activities during the holidays. For example, some kids enjoy summer camps and outdoor adventure (冒险) holidays. Such trips are great for adventurous students. They also have a lot to offer students who aren’t usually interested in traditional PE activities. You can do courses in survival skills, for example, students learn how to make a camp in the forest, which wild food they can eat and how to find their way back to the center.
Students who are not excited about summer camps and outdoor adventure may take part in courses in computer game design, film-making and photography during the holidays. Finally, the traditional school trip to foreign countries is always popular. Students can practice their foreign language skills and experience everyday life in a different culture.
1. How long are kids in the US at school every year?
| A．About 180 days. | B．About 200 days. |
| C．About 280 days. | D．About 300 days. |
| A．Parents. |
| B．Different traditional PE activities. |
| C．Some kids. |
| D．Summer camps and outdoor adventures. |
| A．日常 | B．原始 | C．生存 | D．奇特 |
| A．Both parents and students think school holidays are perfect. |
| B．Parents can take care of their young children during all the holidays. |
| C．Students enjoy taking part in different kinds of activities during holidays. |
| D．Students don’t like to have school trips to foreign countries during holidays. |
| A．School trips in the US. |
| B．School holidays in the US. |
| C．School activities in the US. |
| D．Outdoor adventure in the US. |
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American children love to watch TV a lot and they usually watch it for long hours every day.
Most of them enjoy watching cartoons.
Quite a few children love watching game shows.
However, to keep healthy, some experts say children shouldn’t spend too much time on TV shows.
| A．The game shows are always interesting. |
| B．What are their favorite TV shows? |
| C．Although soap operas are boring, some children still enjoy watching them. |
| D．Cartoons are usually easy and fun. |
| E．Some children think talk shows are wonderful. |
| F．Cartoons are not popular in the world now. |
【推荐2】One day in Overtown, Florida, 3.7 million dollars fell from the sky! It happened when a truck turned over. There was money everywhere! One man said, “The streets were like gold.” Some people took off their shirts and filled them with money.
Police officers went from door to door in the neighborhood. They asked people to return the money. After six hours, the total returned: zero.
No one in Overtown was surprised. Many people in this town are poor. They need the money to buy food for their children. They think that God sent the money to them.
The police say this is a serious crime. “People took thousands of dollars. It’s not their money, and they have to return it.” The police also say it’s dangerous to keep the money because everyone knows the story from the news. People have money in their pockets and their backyards, and other people will try to steal it.
So far, only one person has returned some money. He is a firefighter. He found 300,000 dollars in a bag and gave it to the police. The people of Overtown still have the rest of the money.
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。1. People filled their shirts with the money from ________.
| A．the sky | B．a truck | C．a bank | D．a shop |
| A．金钱 | B．德行 | C．损失 | D．犯罪 |
| A．In their kitchens. | B．In their bedrooms. |
| C．In their backyards. | D．In their sitting rooms. |
| A．3.7 million dollars. | B．300,000 dollars. |
| C．3.4 million dollars. | D．700,000 dollars. |
| A．Money from the Sky | B．Police and Money |
| C．A Truck of Money | D．Poor people and Money |
Waste can bring a lot of problems. Although China is rich in some resources（资源）, we are short of（缺乏） others, for example, fresh water（淡水）. It is reported that we will have no coal（煤） or oil to use in 100 years. So if we go on wasting our resources， what can we use in the future and where can we move？Think about it. I think we should say no to the students who waste things every day. Everybody should stop wasting as soon as possible.
In our everyday life，we can do many things to prevent waste from happening， for example， turn off the water taps（水龙头） when we finish washing， turn off the lights when we leave the classroom， try not to order more food than we need， and so on. Little by little， everything will be changed. Waste can be stopped one day， if we do our best.
1. From the passage we know that some students often _______ in the school.
| A．eat too much | B．don’t work hard |
| C．waste things | D．throw rubbish everywhere |
| A．Fresh water | B．Forest. |
| C．Oil. | D．Coal. |
| A．We may still have enough oil. | B．We may still have enough coal. |
| C．We may have a little oil. | D．We may have no coal or oil to use. |
| A．Waste brings problems. | B．Waste can bring no problem. |
| C．China is rich in fresh water. | D．Students never waste things. |
| A．Stop Wasting | B．School life |
| C．Waste in the School | D．Rich Resources in China |
