The leader of a band was finding it extremely (极度地) difficult to prepare for an important performance, because the members of the band were never all present at any one of the rehearsals (预演) . Then the last rehearsal before the show came, and again some of the members were not there. At the end of the rehearsal, the leader said to all the members of the band who were present, “I have been making a note of those who have been absent from our various rehearsals. Here it is. ” He took a piece of paper out of his pocket and looked at it. “I see that the only man who has been hard-working and faithful enough to be present every time is the drummer(鼓手).”

　　The drummer went very red, stood up and answered, “Well, I thought it was the only right thing to do, as I won' t be able to come to the show tomorrow. ”

1．What was the leader of the band trying to do?

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A．To prepare for a big rehearsal.

B．To find a hard-working and faithful drummer.

C．To get ready for an important show.

2．What was on the piece of paper that the leader of the band had?

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A．The names of people who had been present at rehearsals.

B．The names of people who had been absent from rehearsals.

C．The name of the drummer.

3．How many members of the band had attended every rehearsal?

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A．All of them.	B．One of them.
C．None of them.

4．Why did the drummer go very red?

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A．Because he was proud of what the leader of the band had said about him.

B．Because he was ashamed.

C．Because he was ill.

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(自愿) 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'll 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.

(　 )56. Young people in the USA volunteer to spend 　　　 helping others.

A. school holidays 　B. weekdays　 　C. every morning　 D. every afternoon

(　 )57. 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.

(　 )58. From the passage, we know that Special House Program helps 　　 .

A. children in poor families　　　　　　　　　　 B. workers who build houses

C. poor families that can't afford houses　　　　　 D. build hiking paths

(　 )59. 　　　 wants to be a teacher.

A. Alice Hamilton B. Jason Moore　 C. Trish Anderson D. none of them

(　 )60. Which is the most possible title for this passage?

A. Reading for Life　　　　　 　 B. Special House Program

C. The Forest Centre　　　　　 D. Young American volunteers