A volunteer is someone who offers to perform a service out of his own will, often without payment.
The year 2001 wasthe International Year of the Volunteer. 2005 was the UK Year of the Volunteer. Some
volunteer for clinical trails (临床试验) or other medical research.
      Some may even donate their bodies to scientific research after their death.
      An online volunteer is a person who spends time and effort with an organization through an online
connection, rather than in person. A great number of people from around the world are online volunteers.
Online volunteers can provide help in many fields. The practice of offering online help goes by other names.
      (A)There are many opportunities for people to donate their services using the internet. (B) Online
volunteers can do different kinds of tasks. Young or old, anyone can spend his spare time online offering
some help as an online volunteer. Are you ready to be an online volunteer?
1. What is a volunteer?
                                                                                                     
2. Where may some donate their bodies to after their death?
                                                                                                     
3. How can an online volunteer work? 
                                                                                                     
4. 写出(A)句的同义句。 
                                                                                                      
5. 将(B)句改为被动语态。 
                                                                                                       

     Do you think animals can predict (预报) the weather or other natural events? Farmers living in the
countryside think so. For hundreds of years, they have observed animals. They think animals' behavior
(行为) can be connected to future weather conditions or events. For example, if swans fly into the wind,
a hurricane is coming. Or, if cows lie down, a rainstorm is coming. There are many traditional stories
connecting animals and natural events. Many people think that these stories are just folklore, traditional
stories and beliefs without scientific evidence (证据). Scientists, however, are beginning to take another
look at some of these ideas.
     Kiyoshi Shimamura is a Japanese earthquake researcher. He noticed an increase in dog bites a short
time before earthquakes hit. Then, he did an investigation (调查) of twelve public health centers in Kobe,
Japan. These health centers treated people after the 1995 earthquake. He noticed some interesting
information about the month before the big earthquake. Treatment for animal bites had increased. In fact,
aggressive (冒犯的; 侵略的) behavior in dogs, such as biting and barking loudly, jumped (猛增) 60
percent!
     People noticed other changes in animal behavior before the earthquake as well. For example, fish began
swimming together in large groups, only in the middle of the water and not near the edges. Also, birds flew
away from their nests for many days, leaving their eggs unprotected. The animal behavior suggests that
animals may be able to predict natural events better than people.

1. What is the main idea of the passage?

A. What animals do during earthquakes
B. Many earthquakes of Japan
C. Effect (影响) of natural events on animals' actions
D. Folklore and other stories about animals

2. How do dogs begin to behave just before an earthquake?

A. They lie down in grass.
B. They stay together in large groups.
C. They leave their homes.
D. They hurt people.

3. What other animals behave strangely before an earthquake?

A. Pigs
B. Birds
C. Cows
D. All of the above

4. What did Kiyoshi Shimamura look at during his investigation?

A. Animal clinics treating dogs
B. The number of patients with bites
C. The number of earthquakes a year
D. Places dogs go during earthquakes

    Are you able to send a letter with pictures and sounds to someone anywhere in the world without putting a
stamp on it? W_______(1) e-mail you can just do that. Using a c_______(2) you can send e-mail quickly and
easily.The post (邮局) is much s_______(3) than e-mail. E-mail can send i________(4) message to the other
side of the world in seconds. E-mail is easy to use and it s________(5) time and money. The differences in
time in different parts of the world do not matter w________(6) you send e-mail.It is twenty-four-hour
service (服务) that you can send e-mail at anytime of the day or n________(7). No one has to be there to
r________(8) e-mail. It d________(9) matter if your friends are in bed when you send an e-mail to them, or
you are seeing a f________(10) at the cinema when they send an e-mail back.

　　A good way to pass an exam is to work hard every day in a year.You may
fail in an exam if you are lazy for most of the year and then work hard only a few
days before the exam.If you want to be good at English,you have to read stories
in English and speak English as much as possible.A few days before the exam
you should go to bed early.Do not stay up late(熬夜)for the exam.Before you
start the exam,read carefully over the question paper,try to understand the exact
meaning of each question.When you have finished your exam at last,read over
your answers.Correct the mistakes if there are any and be sure that you have not
missed anything out.

1. If students want to do well in an exam,they have to work hard________.

A. for most of the month
B. every day of the year
C. for only a few days
D. late at night

2. If students want to learn English well,they________.

A. only need to learn grammar
B. must often practise (练习)English
C. have to go to England
D. should go to bed early

3. It's important to ________a few days before the exam.

A. play too much
B. have a good sleep
C. read the questions papers
D. have a good drink

4. When students have finished the exam,they should________.

A. stand up and leave the classroom at once
B. check your answers with the other students in class
C. make sure they haven't missed anything out
D. ask the teacher for the right answers in class

5. The best title for this passage is ________.

A. An Important Exam
B. How to Pass An Exam
C. The Importance of English
D. Ready for An Exam

     Modern technology helps us do many things we want to do. But
technology can also cause problems. Take television for example. It serves
as a window to the outside world. We can learn about what is happening at
home and abroad. Besides we can enjoy ourselves, watching our favorite
TV plays, sports games, and talk shows and so on.But if we spend too much
time in front of TV it will do harm to our health, especially to the young
persons.First，one way communication does harm to the development of
children's thinking and language ability.Second, watching TV for a long
time every day will damage(破坏)one's eyesight. Therefore we must learn
to use technology in a wise way.

(     )1. Modern technology is always good for people.
(     )2. Watching too much TV will not damage our eyesight.
(     )3. Modern technology gave us great help.
(     )4. We should use technology in a wise way.

　　Have you ever been to the forest alone or with your friends during your holiday? If you go into the
forest with your friends, stay with them. If you don't, you may get lost. If you really get lost, this is what you
should do.
　　Sit down and stay where you are. Don't try to find your friends-let them find you by staying in one
place. There is another way to help your friends or other nearby people to find you. Give them a signal
(信号) by shouting or whistling(吹口哨) three times. Stop. Then shout or whistle three times. Any signal
given threetimes is a call for help.
　　Keep up the shouting or whistling, always three times together. When people hear you, they will
know that you are not just making noise for fun. Theywill let you know that they have heard your signal.
They will give two shouts, two whistles or two gun shots(枪声). When someone gives such a signal, it is an
answer to a call for help.
　　If you don't think that you will get help before night comes, try to make a little house with branche
(树枝). Make yourself a soft bed with leaves and grasses. What should you do if you get hungry or need
drinking water? You would have to leave your little branch house to look for a river. Don't just walk away.
Pick off small branches and drop them as you walk so that you can find your way back.

1. If you get lost in the forest, you'd better              .

A. try your best to find the right way out
B. walk around and try to find somebody else
C. stay in one place to wait somebody for help
D. stay in one place and give signals for help

2. You keep up the shouting or whistling three times together              .

A. to make sure someone else could hear you
B. because you can let others follow you
C. to let people believe that you need help
D. because it is an answer to a call for help

3. If you want to help the people who lost in the forest when you              , you should give two shouts,
two whistles or two gun shots for answer.

A. try to find them as soon as possible
B. hear three shouts or whistles
C. give three shouts or whistles as an answer
D. shout first then whistle and shoot at last

4. If you are not sure that you can get help before night comes, you should             

A. make a little house to stay
B. try to find something to eat
C. make a soft bed with leaves and grass
D. try to find a river to get some water

5. This passage mainly tells us             

A. what to do when you get lost in the forest
B. how to make signals to others in the forest
C. what you should eat while in the forest
D. how to make a simple house in the forest

     There are many rules in my school. We must wear school uniforms when in school. We have to get
to school before seven o'clock in the morning. In class, we mustn't eat or drink. During  the breaks, we
mustn't run in the hallways. But we can listen to music in the hallways. We also  can't leave school until
we finish (完成) our homework. I don't like school.
     So my favorite days are Saturday and Sunday. How about you?

(     )1. The writer can wear what she likes to school.                  
(     )2. The writer has to arrive at school before seven in the morning.
(     )3. Eating in class is allowed (允许).                            
(     )4. Listening to music in the classroom is allowed.                
(     )5. All homework must be finished before one can leave school.