American schools do not have separate classes for boys and girls. If boys want to cook or to sew, they can learn these things in classes that are no longer just for girls. If girls want to repair cars, they can now learn this in school. Most students like to have boys and girls on the same baseball team.
Many boys and girls dress alike in school. They were blue jeans and sport shirts. Some have long hair and some have short hair. Sometimes a boy has longer hair than a girl.
Even the language is different. Students learn to say fire fighter instead of fireman, police officer instead of policeman, and letter carrier instead of mailman. A person does not need to be a man to fight a fire or to deliver the mail.
Most people think that these changes are good. They give all people an equal chance to be happy and to do what they want to do with their lives. Fathers like to tell their sons that they can grow up to be president. Today, mothers can tell the same things to there daughters.Students in American schools learn to say police officer instead of policeman because____.
| A．boys don’t like to be a policeman |
| B．girls don’t like to be a policeman |
| C．police officer sounds better than policeman |
| D．a police officer can be a policeman or policwoman |
We may infer from the text that in the past in American schools____.
| A．there were many differences between boys and girls |
| B．boys could do everything but girls couldn’t |
| C．boys and girls were the same in everything |
| D．girls only learned how to sew and cook |
The underlined word “ They” in the last paragraph refers to ____.
| A．American schools | B．these changes | C．most people | D．American students |
What does “mailman” mean?
| A．Milkman | B．Postman | C．Writer | D．Reporter |
What do most people think of the changes in American schools?
| A．Surprising | B．Strange | C．Good | D．Bad |
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A beggar followed a lady and asked her for some money. She refused, so he turned away sadly and said he must do what he had made up his mind to do.
At this word, the lady was greatly frightened for she was afraid for his life. So she called him back and gave him a dollar. The beggar took the money, put it into his pocket, and thanked her a great deal. “You have saved me from a terrible fate,” he said. The lady asked him what he meant. The beggar replied, “Madame, I have been begging all day, but only you have taken pity on me. Without this dollar you gave to me, I should have had to go to work now.
1. Before meeting the lady, the beggar ________.
A. had already received some dollars already
B. had been thinking of taking his own life
C. had received no money for that day
D. had acted as if he was looking for a job
2. If the woman had understood the beggar’s words correctly, she would probably _____.
A. have given him one more dollar
B. have persuaded him to give up begging
C. have gone away without giving him any money
D. have offered him some work
3. In the story, “a terrible fate” means _______
A. to beg B. to go to work C. to die D. to live a hard life
4. The best headline(标题) for the story is ______.
A. How to Beg B. Money before Everything
C. Anything except Work D. Work for Money
| TV PROGRAMMES |
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| Channel 1 |
Channel 2 |
| 18:00 Around China 18:30 Children’s programme 19:00 News 19:30 Weather report 19:40 Around the world 20:10 TV play: Sisters 21:00 English for today 21:15 Popular music 21:55 Talk stow |
17:45 Computers 18:10 Foreign arts 18:30 English classroom 19:00 Animal world 19:25 China’ 99 20:20 Sports 21:00 Guo Lanying 21:45 English news 22:05 On TV next week |
1 If you want to watch a football game, the best programme for you would be ____ .
A. TV play B. Sports C. Around the world D. Talk show
2 The programme of _____ will let you know much about western countries.
A. Sisters B. Around China C. Around the world D. On TV next week
3 If you want to know something about tigers, elephants and monkeys, the best programme for you is___.
A. Around China B. Animal world C. TV play D. Foreign arts
4 English classroom is a programme that___.
A. lets you know something about classrooms.
B. tells you something about students
C. lets you know something about school life
D. teaches you English
In the United States, teaching is very important. If teachers do not teach well, students complain. If many students do not understand, people think that the teacher does not do a good job. The teacher has big responsibility to make sure students understand. In a sense, students are consumers and the teacher is offering services.
Students have the right to evaluate their teachers, and they usually do so at the end of each course. That evaluation includes lots of aspects of teaching, such as explanation, preparation, using good examples, answering questions, and organization of classes.
Students are supposed to read required textbooks and recommended books before classes. Without reading them, they will find it very difficult to understand the class. Basic courses on doing research and writing papers are taught at the beginning of the program. They teach things very concretely(具体地) and clearly. Students are expected to apply what they have learned to their studies.
Classes are usually divided into lectures and seminars. There are some lecture classes, where the teacher just gives a lecture, and students ask questions at the end. Most graduate level classes are lectures and discussions. Participating in discussions is very important. Higher level classes involve very little lecturing. They emphasize discussion and presentation by the students.
1According to the passage, good teachers should ___________.
A．try to please their students
B．treat their students as consumers
C．understand their students well
D．made sure their students understand
2What are students expected to do before attending a class?
A．Go over the lessons thoroughly.
B．Understand the textbooks well.
C．Do the reading assignments.
D．Prepare on outline for discussion.
3When a program starts, students should first __________.
A．learn how to do research and write papers.
B．have some learning experience
C．learn about the course concretely and clearly
D．know how to participate in discussions.
4Higher level classes are taught mainly through ________
A．giving a lot of lectures to students
B．involving students in discussions
C．asking students questions in class
D．answering students’ questions in class
During the summer holidays there will be a revised（修改过的）schedule（时刻表）of services for the students . Changes for dining-room and library service hours and for bus schedules will be posted on the wall outside of the dining hall . Weekly film and concert schedules which are being arranged will be posted each Wednesday outside of the student club .
In the summer holidays , buses going to the town center will leave the main hall every hour on the half hour during the day . The dining room will serve three meals a day from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. during the week and two meals from noon to 7:00 p.m. on weekends the library will continue its usual hours during the week but have shorter hours on Saturday and Sundays . The weekend hours are from noon to 5:00 p.m.
All students who want to use the library borrowing services must have a new summer card . This announcement will also appear in the next week’s student newspaper .
1 The main purpose of this announcement is to .
A. tell students of important schedule changes .
B. tell students of new bus and library services .
C. show the excellent services for students .
D. ask students to renew their library cards .
2 At which of the following times will the bus leave the main hall ?
A. 8:00 , 9:00 , 10:00, 11:00 B. 8:30 , 9:30 , 10:30 , 11:30
C. 8:30 , 9:00 , 9:30 , 10:00 D. 8:00 , 9:30 , 11:00 , 12:30
3 Times for films and concerts are not listed in this announcement
because .
A. they are not to be announced B. they are hard to arrange
C. the full list is not ready D. the full list is too long
4 In the summer holidays , the library will have .
A. no special hours B. special hours on weekdays
C. special hours on weekendsD. special hours both on weekdays and weekends
People who speak or perform before the public sometimes may suffer from “Stage Fright. ” Stage fright makes a person nervous. In the worst case(情况) it can make one's mind go back and forget what one ought to say, or to act. Actors, musicians, dancers, lawyers, even radio show hosts(节目主持人) have suffered from stage fright at one time or another.
Diana Nichols is an expert in helping people free from stage fright at a medical centre in New York City. She helps actors learn to control themselves. Miss Nichols says some people have always been afraid to perform before the audience. Others, she says, develop stage fright after a fearful experience.
She offers them ways to control the fear. One way is to smile before going onto the stage. Taking two deep breaths also helps. Deep breathing helps you get control of your body.
Miss Nichols persuades her patients to tell themselves that their speech or performance does not have to the perfect. It's all right to make a mistake. She tells them they should not be too cautions(谨慎的) while they are performing. It is important that they should continue to perform while she is helping them. After each performance, they discuss what happened and find out what advice helped and what did not. As they perform more and more, they will fear less and less as much as 50%. Miss Nichols says the aim is only to reduce stage fright, not to eliminate it completely. This is because a little stage fright makes a person more cautious, and improves the performance.
1 One who is suffering stage fright may .
A. forget one's part before the audience
B. smile all the time on the stage
C. make a speech fast than ever
D. be cautious to improve his performance
2 The underlined word “eliminate” in the last paragraph means .
A. keep B. reduce C. change D. get rid of
3 The wrong way to overcome stage fright is .
A. to smile before going to the stage.
B. to take two deep breaths to calm oneself
C. to pay less attention to one's mistakes in performance
D. to perform less and to watch more
4 Which of the following statements is right?
A. We can get rid of stage fright completely.
B. A little stage fright can make actors perform better.
C. We can reduce stage fright as much as one third.
D. A little stage fright leads to complete failure.