1 . 短文选词填空

be; give; kind; poor; can; change; never; money; night; I

Jackson used to live on the streets of Chicago. He was     1     and had to beg (乞讨) for a living. Most people didn’t give him money. But a mother     2     always kind to him. She’d give him a few dollars, and stop to ask him about his day.

But last year, things began to     3     for this kind woman. She lost her job and couldn’t pay for her house. A social worker gave her enough money to spend a few     4     in a hotel. She wasn’t sure what to do next until Jackson showed up to help.

Because the woman was so     5     to him when he needed help, Jackson wanted to help her. Every night he showed up to give her the     6     he’d collected.

“All I can do is to put a cup in my hand and ask people to help     7     out. And I give her everything I get except something to eat,”said Jackson. Since December, he has     8     $9,000 to help her.

The mom was happy that Jackson     9     come to help her. “I’ve helped other poor families. But I     10     imagine I would be in this situation.” she said, “I am lucky to get the help.”

2 . 从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空，使短文完整、通顺。每空不超过两个词。

when     everyone     become     its     skill     help     because     encourage     in       easy

My best friend Ally and I spend a few hours every week as volunteers for Buddy Ball. This program     1     special kids do sports and make new friends.

What is a “buddy”?     2     meaning is a friend. At the moment, I am a buddy for Tom. He is an eleven-year-old boy. Now he is in a wheelchair and he is a good basketball player. Just like other kids, he is upset     3     he doesn’t win a game. He will be sad and doesn’t want to play. Sometimes he even plans to give up. As his buddy, I try my best     4     him. Now we’re working on our basketball skills together. It is great to see how he has improved and doesn’t get upset so     5    .

Ally is a buddy for Clara. Clara is a shy girl. She has few language     6    . Ally has learned how to work with Clara and how to get her to take part in the games. Next week she will play     7     a team. Her parents are really happy about Buddy Ball. They say that Clara     8     more outgoing and confidence (自信) since she joined the program.

Buddy Ball is great and helpful for     9    . I realize that we’re all just kids who love sports. I love volunteering for the program     10     I know I’m doing something meaningful.

3 . 听下面一段对话，完成下面小题。
1. What is the survey on?

A．The police service.

B．The library service.

C．The restaurant service.

2. What does the woman think of the service?

A．Perfect.

B．Good.

C．Just so-so.

4 . 假如你是李华，你校英文杂志“Voice of School-leavers”专栏向你约稿，请你以”My favourite friend”为题，用英语向大家介绍你最喜欢的朋友 (Tom/Helen)。

写作要点：
1.他 (她) 的性格特征；
2.他 (她) 在慈善机构做志愿者情况；
3.他 (她) 的阅读习惯及旅游的爱好；
4.你对他 (她) 的看法。
写作要求：
1.内容必须包含写作要点中的所有信息；
2.结构完整，语句流畅，意思清楚、连贯；
3.使用正确和较丰富的词汇和语法结构，书写规范；
4.文中不得透露Tom/Helen以外的真实人名信息，否则不予评分；
5.词数80左右 (短文首句已给出，不计入总词数)。

My favorite friend

It’s important for everyone to have a good friend.

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6 . If you have no special plans for your holidays, why not spend your time helping others?

Don’t listen to people who say the young people today often think only of themselves. It’s not true at all. More and more people in the USA volunteer to spend their school holidays working for others. And they don’t do it for money. Here are some of their stories.

Alice Hamilton, 17

I’m going to help the Forest Centre build new hiking paths in the mountains. It’s going to be terrific—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’ll be a nice sport, and I’ll be able to do something good at the same time.

Jason Moore, 18

This summer, I’m going to volunteer with 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’ l help people and also have a chance to learn how to build houses.

Trish Anderson, 16

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 and reading, so this is going to be a great experience for me.

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

A．school holidays

B．Weekdays

C．every morning

D．every afternoon

2. What does Alice volunteer to do in summer?

A．To breathe the clean mountain air.

B．To spend the whole summer living in the tent.

C．To sleep under the stars.

D．To help build new hiking paths in the mountain.

3. From the passage, we know that Special House Program helps ________.

A．children in poor families	B．workers who build houses
C．poor families can’t afford houses	D．build hiking paths

4. ________ wants to be a teacher.

A．Alice Hamilton

B．Jason Moore

C．Trish Anderson

D．none of them

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

A．Reading for life	B．A Special House Program
C．The Forest Centre	D．Young American Volunteers

7 . 你将听到一篇短文，请根据短文内容，选出每个问题的最佳答案。短文读两遍。
1. Where did Lily do the volunteer activity?

A．In a hospital.

B．In a park.

C．At school.

2. Which group was Lily in?

A．Group 1.

B．Group 2.

C．Group 3.

3. How did they go to the volunteer place?

A．By bike.

B．By bus.

C．On foot.

4. What did the students in Lily’s group do?

A．They watered the flowers.

B．They watered the trees.

C．They picked up the rubbish.

5. How long did they do the volunteer work?

A．For three hours.

B．For two hours.

C．For one hour.

8 . 阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，从所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案，使短文连贯完整。

Last Saturday morning, I had a yard sale with my sister. We gave out notices to tell people that we wanted to raise some money for a student ______ our school. The student ______ ill but her parents didn’t have enough money. Maybe because of our kindness, our sale went very ______. We were very excited because the more old ______ we sold, the more money we could collect for the student. Just then, a boy came to our sale. A ring ______ by him.

“Can you tell me ______?” he asked. “Twenty yuan,” I answered.

Then he asked us, “Could I buy it for 15 yuan? This is all I have.”

I said, “Who do you want to buy it for?”

“My mother. Tomorrow is ______ birthday. I want to give this nice ring to her. At the same time, I can also do something for the student.”

We were moved. ______ we decided to let the boy get it. After saying thanks to us, he went away with ______ ring happily. And we were happy, too.

That day we ______ enough money for the sick student.

1.

A．on

B．in

C．with

D．by

2.

A．are

B．were

C．is

D．was

3.

A．bad

B．badly

C．well

D．good

4.

A．thing

B．things

C．coin

D．coins

5.

A．was picked

B．is picked

C．picked

D．picks

6.

A．how much this is

B．what this is

C．how much is this

D．what is this

7.

A．she

B．her

C．herself

D．hers

8.

A．But

B．If

C．Because

D．So

9.

A．a

B．an

C．the

D．/

10.

A．collect

B．has collected

C．is collecting

D．collected

9 . In April this year, lots of bags full of small change were seen at bus stops in Tianjin. They were made for passengers to turn their notes (纸币) into small change. And such an idea came from four students from Zhongbei Middle School, Tianjin.

“People will surely feel worried when they take a bus without coins. We just want to do something to help them.” said Wang Yongcun, 15, one of the four students.

The four boys spent their whole weekend making the change bags. After that they went to see the number of the passengers at each bus stop near their school, and then chose the top six stops to put the bags.

Many people think that the four boys have really done a good job. But things didn’t go as the boys thought. Two days later, they found that the money was gone, and that even the bags were missing. It really made them sad but they would not give up. Their classmates and teachers came to help them in time. They put their pocket money in bags again. And the teachers also taught them to make better change bags. They tried their best to do it.

The four boys feel very happy because they have done something good for the passengers. Their warm hearts are moving. More and more people are beginning to join in the activity.

1. What does the underlined word “change” mean in Chinese?

A．机会

B．变化

C．替代

D．零钱

2. The idea of small change bags came from ________.

A．four students from Zhongbei Middle School

B．four teachers from Zhongbei Middle School

C．four passengers from bus stops in Tianjin

D．four workers from bus stops in Tianjin

3. What can we know from Wang Yongcun’s words?

A．Where the change came from.	B．Why they made the change bags.
C．How they made the change bags.	D．When they made the change bags.

4. Which of the following is TRUE according to Paragraph 4?

A．Nobody helped the four boys.

B．The four boys didn’t meet any problems.

C．Many people were unhappy with the four boys.

D．The four boys would keep making the change bags.

5. What is the best title for the passage?

A．Practice Makes Perfect	B．Reading Makes a Full Man
C．Helping Brings Happiness	D．All Roads Lead to Rome

10 . In October, I told the students in my class about my Thanksgiving plan. “I’d like all of you to help with housework to make some money,” I said. “Then we’ll buy food for someone who might not have a nice dinner on Thanksgiving Day.” I wanted the children to know that it was ______ to give than to receive.

Early in Thanksgiving week, the students couldn’t wait to go shopping.

I watched them ______ when they ran up and down the supermarket aisles (走廊).

“Flowers!”Amy cried. The group moved very fast towards the holiday ______ .

“It will be great ______ you use the money to buy some food,” I said. “But Mrs. Brown,” the children cried “we want flowers.” Finally I agreed to their ______. They were very happy.

After we got the ______ about a needy grandmother, we drove to her house.

When we arrived, an old woman came to the door to welcome us. My little group carried the food into the old woman’s house. When Amy put the purple flowers on the table, the woman seemed very ______. “She’s wishing it were a bag of rice,” I thought.

One hour later, we walked out of the old woman’s house. ______ the kitchen window, we saw her walk past the food, straight to the flowers. She ______ the flowers, with a happy smile on her face.

The children’s idea was ______. The old woman really liked the flowers. Sometimes a person needs a pot of purple flowers on a dark November day.

1.

A．harder

B．easier

C．better

D．worse

2.

A．carefully

B．easily

C．directly

D．slowly

3.

A．postcards

B．plants

C．desserts

D．activities

4.

A．because

B．before

C．if

D．although

5.

A．request

B．plan

C．condition

D．suggestion

6.

A．course

B．invitation

C．service

D．information

7.

A．bored

B．surprised

C．worried

D．excited

8.

A．For

B．By

C．Through

D．With

9.

A．avoided

B．admired

C．grew

D．picked

10.

A．wrong

B．crazy

C．basic

D．right