用所给单词的适当形式填空，其中有两个是多余的。

clothes, use, get, pass, do, play, spend, in, money, hard, owner, expensive

         Life used to be fun for teenagers. They used to have money to 66_______, and free time to spend. They used to wear teenage  67_______ and meet in teenage coffee bars and discos. Some of them still do now. But for many young people, life is 68______ now. Jobs are hard to find. There’s not so much  69______. Things are more expensive, and it’s hard to find a cheap place to live 70______. Teachers say that students work harder than they  71______to. They are more interested in 72______ exams. They know that good exam results may 73______ them better jobs. Most young people worry more about money than their parents 74______ twenty years ago. They try to spend less and save more. They want to be able to get home of their 75______ one day.

Have you ever studied abroad? If you come to Australia as a foreign high school student, you can have a lot of fun there, especially on holidays.

     There are many festivals in Australia. The most important one is Christmas. Since it is a long holiday, most foreign students in Australia love to fly back to their home countries to spend the time with their families and friends, but a few students still stay in Australia during the holiday to get part-time jobs. It is quite easy to find a part-time job at Christmas.

    Students often take part in another major social activity. They go to the beach to have fun in the sunshine. The summer in Australia is from December to February, so going to the beach in December is very popular among Australians.

     Easter in March is another important holiday in the year. It actually combines "Good Friday" and "Easter Monday". Almost every shop closes on Good Friday. And people usually go to see Easter Show.

     The Chinese new year is not a public holiday in Australia, so every Chinese student still has to go to school to study and do his or her normal duties.

1.                   is the most important festival in Australia.

A. Easter  B. Christmas    C. The Spring Festival   D. New Year’s Day

2. Most foreign students in Australia often                   during the Christmas holiday.

A. get a part-time job in the restaurants

B. go to the beach to have fun in the sunshine

C. fly back to their homeland to stay with their parents

D. go to school to study

3.                 in December is very popular among Australians.

A. Skiing on an iced lake        

B. Hiking in the mountains

C. Studying in a school library   

D. Going to the beach to enjoy the sunshine

4. From the passage we can see that                        .

A. all the foreign students in Australia will go home during Christmas

B. people in Australia usually go to see Easter Show in March.

C. it’s hard to find a part-time job at Christmas

D. Chinese students in an Australian school needn’t go to school when Spring Festival comes

5.Which is the best title for this passage?

A. Christmas time in Australia    

B. The holidays in Australia

C. Enjoy your visit to Australia    

D. Have you ever studied in Australia?

 

用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，每个单词限用一次，使短文通顺正确连贯。

Young People in Britain

Life used to be fun for “teenagers”. They used to have money to spend, and free time to while away（消磨）. They used to wear teenage clothes, and meet in teenage coffee bars and discos. Some of them still do. But for many young people, life is harder now.   1   are difficult to find. There’s not so much money around. Things are   2  , and it’s hard to find a place to live in. Teachers say that students work harder than they used to. They are less   3   in politics, and more interested in  4 exams. They know that good exam results may bring them better jobs.

Most young people worry more about money than their parents did twenty years ago. They try 5   less and save more. They want to be able to get homes of their own one day.

For some, the answer to unemployment（失业） is to leave home and look for jobs in one of Britain’s big   6  . Every day hundreds of young people arrive in London from other parts of Britain, looking for jobs. Some find jobs and stay.   7   don’t, and go home again, or join the unemployed（失业者） in London.

When you read the newspapers and watch the news on television, it’s   8  to get the idea that British young people are all unemployed, angry and in trouble. But that’s not true. Three quarters of them do more or less what their parents did. They do their best at school, find some kinds of jobs in the end, and get   9  in their early twenties. They get on well with their parents, and enjoy their family life. After all, if they don’t, they  10   be British, will they?