Cars are very popular in America．When the kids are fourteen years old．They dream of having their own  16 ．Many students work after school to  17 a car．In most places  18 people learn to drive in high school．They have to take a  19 test to get a licence．Learning to drive and getting a driver’s  20 may be one of the most exciting things in their lives．For many，that piece of paper is an important symbol（象征）that they are now grown-ups．
Americans seem to love their cars almost more than anything else．People almost never go to see a doctor when they are  21 ．But they will take  22 cars to a “hospital” at the smallest sign of a problem．At weekends，people  23 most of the time in washing and waxing（打蠟）their cars．For some families it is not enough to have  24 car．They often have two or even three．Husbands need a car to go to work．Housewives need a car to go shopping or to take the children to school or  25 
activities．

Coaches Wanted!

The Children’s Palace of Yong Long City needs two swimming coaches（教練）for elementary school students during the summer vacation．

One is male（男性），and the other is female．

You must:

--be kind and warmhearted

--be good with kids

--be good at teaching

--be over 25 years old

--spend much time with kids every day

--be able to do the backstroke, sidestroke and breaststroke

All the kids will learn to swim for free. And you are volunteers. You won't get any pay. The time is 7:00---12:00 am, 1:00---6:00 pm.

（   ）1．The Children's Palace wants _________swimming coaches.

A．one                 B．two                C．three                 D．four

 （   ）2．_______ can go to the Children's Palace to learn to swim.

A．The kids                                 B．The adult

      C．Teenagers                             D．People over 25 years old

（   ）3．The Chinese for "backstroke" is ________.

    A．側(cè)泳                   B．仰泳                    C．自由泳                   D．蛙泳

（   ）4．The coaches need to work _________hours a day．

    A．eight                    B．nine                     C．ten                      D．eleven

　　Go on and play. It will be fun. But while you’re playing, make sure you stay (6) Summer is a lot of fun, (7) it’s also an (8) time to get hurt. And if you fall down, it won’t be as funny (9) it is if it happens in a cartoon show. There (10) no stars around your head. You’ll just (11) a lot of pain（疼痛）!

　　A study (13) that half of all accidental injuries（意外傷害）or deaths（死亡）happen in the (14) months. July is the (15) month. That is when 12 percent of accidental deaths happen.