Every year many young people leave school for a few weeks or months and enjoy an unusual type of educational program. They learn new skills by living in a different country and doing unusual jobs. There are several organizations. They help students to find the experience they are looking for. The table below shows a few possibilities for students.

One interesting possibility is helping elephants in Thailand. Most people think o elephants as animals in zoos. In fact, many elephants in Thailand are no longer kept in cages. Now, hundreds of them are homeless. They don’t have owners to care for them. Although they may look well, they are often in poor health and don’t have enough to eat.

One centre in Thailand cares for these elephants. It gives them a safe and natural living space. When they  are at the centre, they stay in a building but are free to walk around. Students come from all over the world to help here. The student helpers work with the elephant keepers. These keepers train the students in caring for the elephants. In the morning, they go to the forest together and lead the elephants to the centre. They clean them and give them food. In the afternoon, they take the animals back into the forest for the night. Helping at the center is interesting and the young people learn a lot.

1.Which country can you choose if you want to prepare yourself for a medical career?

A. India           B. Ghana             C. Thailand           D. New Zealand

2.Which job might be suitable for the students who love children and arts?

A. Teaching young children                B. Health care work

C. Saving elephants                      D. Teaching Chinese

3.What does the underlined word “they” in the last paragraph probably refer to?

A. The keepers     B. The doctors

C. The students        D. The elephants

4.What does the writer think of the unusual educational program?

A. It is amazing    B. It is boring

C. It is helpful         D. It is expensive

综合填空.

In August, it is very hot and wet in the southern part of the United States. People there have heart disease and other kinds of health （1）p___ during this month. In the Northeast and Middle West, it is very hot at some times and very (2) c___ at other times. People in these places may have heart disease after the weather (3) c___ in February or March.

The weather can also influence intelligence(影响智力). For example, in a 1982 study by scientists, the IQ scores of a group of students were very high during a storm, but (4) a___ the storm their IQ scores were lower than usual level. So storms can influence intelligence. However, very hot weather can (5)l___ it. Students in the United States often do (6) b___ on exams in the hot months of the year.

Weather also has a strong influence on people’s (7) f___. Winter may be a bad time for (8) t___ people. They usually feel cold during these months and they may feel unhappy during cold weather. In hot summer weather, on the (9)o___ hand, fat people may not feel comfortable. The hot weather may make them tired and they are easy to (10) t___ angry.

Are you feeling tired, sick, sad, or very intelligent today? The weather may be the cause.

阅读理解

　　Dick was a sailor on a big ship. It went to Japan and Australia, so Dick was often on the ship for several months at a time. When he woke up in the morning and looked out, he only saw the sea, or sometimes a port.

　　When he was twenty-six, Dick got married and bought a small house with a garden in his wife's town. It was away from the sea, then he had to go back to his ship and he didn't come home for two months. Two months later, he went from the port to town by bus, and was very happy to see his wife again.

　　The next morning he slept until 9 o'clock Then he woke up suddenly and looked out of the window. There were trees a few feet away. He was very frightened and jumped out of bed, shouting, “we've hit land!”

1．Dick's ship ________.

[　　]

A．made long trips

B．went to Japan and China

C．went to Japan but not Australia

D．was a French ship

2．During these trips. Dick ________.

[　　]

A．never saw the land and the sea

B．always saw the land

C．saw the sea and ports

D．saw trees around him

3．Dick bought a house ________.

[　　]

4．He left his wife for two months and when his ship came back, he ________.

[　　]

A．stayed in his ship

B．went to a garden in the town

C．went home

D．went to a hotel in the town

5．When he woke up the next morning, he thought ________.

[　　]

A．he was on the ship and the ship had hit land.

B．he had a terrible dream

C．he had a good sleep

D．the house had been hit by a ship

Every year many young people leave school for a few weeks or months and enjoy an unusual type of educational program. They learn new skills by living in a different country and doing unusual jobs. There are several organizations. They help students to find the experience they are looking for. The table below shows a few possibilities for students.

One interesting possibility is helping elephants in Thailand. Most people think o elephants as animals in zoos. In fact, many elephants in Thailand are no longer kept in cages. Now, hundreds of them are homeless. They don’t have owners to care for them. Although they may look well, they are often in poor health and don’t have enough to eat.

One centre in Thailand cares for these elephants. It gives them a safe and natural living space. When they  are at the centre, they stay in a building but are free to walk around. Students come from all over the world to help here. The student helpers work with the elephant keepers. These keepers train the students in caring for the elephants. In the morning, they go to the forest together and lead the elephants to the centre. They clean them and give them food. In the afternoon, they take the animals back into the forest for the night. Helping at the center is interesting and the young people learn a lot.

19. Which country can you choose if you want to prepare yourself for a medical career?

A. India           B. Ghana             C. Thailand           D. New Zealand

20. Which job might be suitable for the students who love children and arts?

A. Teaching young children                B. Health care work

C. Saving elephants                      D. Teaching Chinese

21. What does the underlined word “they” in the last paragraph probably refer to?

A. The keepers     B. The doctors         C. The students        D. The elephants

22. What does the writer think of the unusual educational program?

A. It is amazing    B. It is boring          C. It is helpful         D. It is expensive