Become a volunteer and help those who need your help in your community ( 社区 )！ Volunteer work includes helping the poor, helping the families whose houses were destroyed by natural disasters ( 灾害 ) or creating green space for neighborhood families. Whichever service activity you choose, you have the “ power of one” to make a difference and create a real change in the community!

1. Our holiday volunteer jobs are open to all Americans. You don’t need any special skills to join and there are no age limits ( 限制). With biosphere Expedition ( 生物探险 )， you can be a wildlife and environmental volunteer for anywhere from two weeks to two months. You’ll work with local scientists, and the leaders from Biosphere Expedition will be by your side.

2. We need students at the age of 16 and up who study at school and want a chance to use their talents, skills and knowledge to help the little kids. Most of them have enough patience and are warm—hearted. Join the Volunteer Service Center Today !

Volunteers are the greatest people in the world. Let’s work together to make the world a better place.

1. The volunteers can ________ in the community.

A. look after pets                 B. help the poor people

C. buy houses for the homeless      D. Clean up the yards

2.The Biosphere Expedition is probably held ________.

A. for three months           B. in summer vacation

C. only by local scientists      D. between America and China

3.If Wu Dong is ________ years old, he may join the volunteer Service Center.

A. 11       B. 13        C. 15      D. 16

4.Which of the following is True?

A. The volunteers should create green space for all the families.

B. The volunteers can choose any service activity in the community.

C. To do the holiday volunteer work, special skills are needed.

D. A boy who doesn’t study at school can be a volunteer to help the little kids

5. What is the best title for these three ads?

A. Volunteers Wanted        B. A Job Interview

C. An Expedition Club       D. Education Service

 

根据句意，用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空

1.We know that they are two____ (policewoman) from their uniforms.

2.Kang Wei is____ (interview) a firefighter.

3. When the gatekeeper saw a man ____ (hide) in his room, he called the police.

4. Please call this number if you ____(require) any further information about new clothes.

5. I’m not ____ (allow) to go to the fashion show because I didn’t pass the English exam.

 

Every morning, the newspaper chief editor(主编) holds a meeting with the reporters. They discuss the main events(事件) of the day. Reporters are then sent to cover the events.

As soon as the reporters know what to write about, they get down to work. They telephone people and fix a time for a face-to-face interview with them. Sometimes they do telephone interviews. Checking information is very important. They go to the newspaper’s own library to look up any information that they need. This is called “doing one’s homework”.

At the same time, the picture editor decides which photographs will be used for the next day’s paper. All the people who work on a newspaper must be able to work fast. Reporters have to stop working on one story and start working at once on the important new one. They must find out the new information as quickly as possible. Later in the day, everything is put together at the news desk. Reporters return, type their stories into the computer and hand them to the editor.

The chief editor decides which will be the most important story on the front page. Sometimes this will have to be changed if something more important happens late in the day. Other editors read the stories which the reporters have written and make any necessary changes.

Finally, there is no more time left for adding new stories, and the time for printing(印刷) the newspaper has come. This is done on fast-moving printing machines. The newspapers are then delivered(发送) by truck, plane or rail. Speed is important. People want to buy the latest newspaper; nobody wants to buy yesterday’s.

1.What is the work in a newspaper office like?

A．Interesting and confusing	B．Important and patient.
C．Particular and necessary.	D．Fast and busy.

2.According to the passage, the right order for a reporter’s work is ____________.

a. writing stories          b. doing interviews         c. joining in a discussion

d. doing homework        e. handing stories to the editor

A．cbade

B．cdeab

C．cbdae

D．cadbe

3.The front page contents(内容) are decided by ___________.

A．the importance of the events	B．how well the stories are written
C．the knowledge of the chief editor	D．whether they are the latest

4.Word editors’ work is to ____________.

A．help the chief editor with the morning discussion

B．decide when and how the papers can be printed

C．read the stories and make necessary changes

D．get together information from reporters and photographers

5.The best title for this passage is “____________”.

A．How a newspaper is produced	B．How newspapers are delivered
C．What kind of papers readers like	D．Whose work is more important

 

Ang Lee won the Best Director Oscar for his adventure film Life of Pi at the 85th Academy Awards in Hollywood, California February 24, 2013.

　　Life of Pi shows a young Indian named Pi, who finds the world he knows swept away when his family sells their zoo and sets sail for Canada with a few animals. Only Pi escapes from the storm and floats in a lifeboat with a giant Bengal tiger.

　　“I really want to thank you for believing this story and sharing this unbelievablejourney with me,” Lee said in his speech. The film also won three other Oscars, for best original music, best cinematography(电影艺术) and best visual(视觉) effects. It won more awards than Lincoln and Argo which were also among the hottest nominees.

　　Coming from China's Taiwan, the 58-year-old Lee won an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 2001 for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and another for Best Director in 2006 for Brokeback Mountain. He is the only person of Asian to win the directing award and one of the rare people who won that award more than once.

In an after-ceremony interview, Lee said he believed Asian films would come to the main stage of the world sooner or later. "I was born in Asia and grew up with Chinese education. It is natural for me to put Asian thinking into Western things." The film, which cost 120 million U.S. dollars, has earned nearly 600 million dollars worldwide. Lee said most of the earnings came from outside China. Lee said he felt warm that he won the award on the day of the Lantern Festival, a Chinese traditional festival on which families get together to solve puzzles on lanterns and eat Tang Yuan. He wished everyone a happy new year of the snake and everybody gets lucky.

1.What kind of film does Life of Pi belong to?

A．Comedies.                             B．Tragedies.

C．Detective films.                         D．Adventure films.

2.So far, how many Oscar directing awards has Ang Lee won?

A．One.                                 B．Two.

C．Three.                                D．Four.

3.How do Chinese people celebrate the Lantern Festival?

A．Families get together and have rice dumplings.

B．Children make lanterns out of big orange pumpkins.

C．People solve puzzles on lanterns and enjoy Tang Yuan.

D．Children go to the display of lanterns and receive red packets.

4.What can we know from the passage?

A．The 85th Academy Awards was held in Hollywood, California this year.

B．Pi was a young American who had an adventure trip with a tiger in India.

C．Lincoln and Argo won more awards than Life of Pi.

D．Asian films have come to the main stage of the world.

5.Which of the following about Life of Pi is true?

A．It was a great success as it won four Oscars.

B．It earned nearly 600 million dollars in China.

C．It describes Pi’s escape from a terrible earthquake.

D．It is the only successful film Ang Lee has ever made.

 

Amy Chua, well-known as the Tiger Mother, has held the attention of parents all across the US. She told Reader’s Digest that she’s a little strange about how her book struck so many nerves in the US. The reporter of the magazine is sharing the interview with us.

Reader’s Digest: Did you want your book to be controversial (有争议的)?

Amy: I don’t think it would have been controversial at all if it wasn’t for the Wall Street Journal headline that was called, “Why Chinese Mothers are Superior”.

Reader’s Digest: What’s your view on your parenting?

Amy: My children grew up with one Western parent. My husband doesn’t believe in raising his voice with the kids and we don’t spank (打小孩). They were really raised in a half Asian family. My book’s message is that we should try to find the balance. I believe that when children are little, you should restrict (限制) their choices. I like the traditional Chinese way. Respect authority (尊重权利) and don’t just let them watch TV all the time. I don’t think kids under the age of ten can make good choices. But once they start to get older, the lesson I learnt with Lulu (Amy’s second daughter) is that you have to start listening to them. You have to start giving them more choices and more freedom. I really think it’s important to find a balance.

I like the strict Chinese way of discipline (行为准则) and hard work when children are young. But when they’re older, you have to send love to your child, you have to listen to your child and really achieve the balance between creativity, choice and freedom on the one hand, which the west is very good at, and on the other hand, hard work and self discipline, which I think traditional Chinese parenting is very good at.

1.Where can we find the passage?

A．In a novel.         B．In a magazine.      C．In a comic book.    D．In a history book.

2.The Tiger Mother thinks the reason her book became controversial is that ______.

A．she is very famous

B．parenting is such a common topic

C．traditional Chinese parenting is too strict

D．the Wall Street Journal headline was called “Why Chinese Mothers are Superior”

3.Which of the following is TRUE according to Amy’s view on parenting?

A．We should control all of the children’s choices.

B．Spanking is necessary during children’s growth.

C．Children should be raised in half Asian families.

D．When children get older, parents should listen to them.

4.According to the passage, we can see ______ in the west.

A．children respect their parents because of authority

B．all kids under the age of ten can make good choices

C．some parents don’t believe in raising their voice with the kids

D．children do all of the things according to their parents’ orders

5.What is the main idea of this passage?

A．The book that the Tiger Mother wrote is very controversial.

B．Traditional Chinese parenting is much better than that in the west.

C．The Tiger Mother shows some of her ideas about her book and parenting.

D．Parents should achieve the balance between creativity, choice and freedom.