There are four seasons in most of the countries. But the weather is not always the same. In England, winter is not very cold and summer is not very hot. There is not a great __31___between summer and winter. Do you know why?
England has a warm winter and a cool summer because it is an ___32___country.In winter the sea is warmer than the land. The winds __33___the sea bring __34___air to England. In summer the sea is cooler than the land. The winds from the sea bring cool air to England. The west winds blow over England all the year around. They blow from the southwest. They are wet winds. They also bring ___35___to England. So England has ___36___rain all the year .Sometimes it rains heavily. The west of England is wetter than the east.
In Canada they have four seasons, too. But the average( 平均 )temperature is very low. Spring is usually very ___37___in most part of the country. It comes in February. People can still go skating in some places. Summer is usually very cool. Early in the morning the weather is so cold that people usually wear sweaters. Autumn comes ___38___summer. Canadians like to watch maples(枫叶) in the park or on the hills. They are really
beautiful. Winter is the__39___ season of the year. It’s often freezing cold. There is thick ice on the river or lake. Children like to go skating there. Of course, they should wear warm, thick coats, __40___they will catch a cold.

Children in England are not allowed to work until they are 13 years old. They need to have a work permit(许可证) to start working.

The jobs teenagers can do:

Delivering newspapers: Many teenagers get up early to deliver newspapers to houses in their local area before going to school. They are known as paper boys or paper girls.

Babysitting: Looking after young children in their houses when their parents go out for the evening is a popular job for teenagers, as they get paid for watching children and television at the same time!

Helping the milkman: From the age of 14, some teenagers can help the milkman deliver milk to houses.

Other popular jobs: Working in a shop, office work, washing cars, working in a café or restaurant

The hours teenagers can work:

School days: Not more than 2 hours in one day

Saturdays: Up to 5 hours between 7am and 7 pm

Sundays: up to 2 hours between 7 am and 11 am

Term time: Up to 12 hours a weeks (including weekends)

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(　 ) 61. How old do children have to be when they can work in England?

　　　 A. 8　　 　　　　B. 9　　 　　　C. 10　 　 D. 13

(　 ) 62. Paper boys and paper girls deliver newspapers __________.　

　　　 A. early in the morning　 　　　B. at noon　 　　

　　 C. in the afternoon　 　　　　　　　 D. in the evening

(　 ) 63. Teenagers in England can do all of the following jobs except ________..

　 　A. work in an office　 　　　　　　 B. work in night club 　

　　 C. look after young children　 　　 D. deliver newspaper

(　 ) 64. Teenagers in England can work ______ on Sundays ?

　　 A.　　 until 8pm　　　　　　　　　　 B. at least 5 hours

　 C. between 8 am and 10 am　　　　　 D. between 7 am and 7 pm

(　 ) 65. Tom is a 14-year-old British boy. He is working in a café now. How many hours a week can he work during the term time?

　 A.13　 　　　　　 B. 15　　 　 C. 12 　　　　 D. 20

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To most of us, school means classes, teachers, schedules, grades and tests. But for the children at Sudbury Valley School in Massachusetts, school is very different.

Firstly, there are no lessons. All the children, aged between 4 and 19, do whatever they want. There are no teachers, only “staff members”. The idea behind this is that you do not need to make children learn, because children want to learn anyway. “You do not need to say to a three-year-old, ‘Go explore your environment.’ You can’t stop them!”says Daniel Greenberg, a founder of the school. “But if you make children do what you want all day… they will lose all taste of learning.” At Sudbury Valley School, you will find children talking, reading, painting, cooking, working on computers, studying French, playing the piano, climbing trees, or just running around. Two boys spent three years just fishing!

The other way that Sudbury Valley School is different is that the children can decide the rules. Every week, there is a school meeting where both children and staff have one vote (投票)each—even the four-year-olds. They decide the school rules, how to spend the school money, and even which staff they want and do not want anymore.

When the school first opened in 1968, people said it would never work. But today, the school has 200 students, and 80% of its students go on to college. Even the two boys who went fishing all the time have successful careers today. One of them is a musician and the other is a computer scientist.

1.What's special about the school?

A. There is nobody but students there.

B. All the students are of the same age.

C. There are no classes for the students.

D. There are no rules in the school.

2.What do the students do in the school?

A. They learn everything there from the staff members.

B. They grow up there without learning anything.

C. They spend all the time with their parents.

D. They do whatever they are interested in.

3.The school seems to believe that children________.

A. learn best when they are doing what they want

B. are too young to learn anything by themselves

C. can look after themselves without any help

D. can't go to college without any hard work

4.The last paragraph wants to tell us that_          .

A. the writer doesn't like the idea of the school

B. the school is quite successful in its work

C. most of the parents don't believe in the school

D. younger students learn better there than older ones

5.The underlined word career in the last paragraph most probably means_.

A. family   B. money    C. lifestyle    d. job