Chinese are very generous in educating their children. Not caring about the money, parents often send their children to the best schools or even abroad to England, the United States and Australia. They also want their children to take extra-course activities such as musical instrument learning or ballet classes, or other classes. They think these will give them a good future. The Chinese believe that the more expensive an education is, the better it is. So parents will spend much unreasonable money on education. Even poor parents will buy a computer for their son or daughter.
However, most parents don’t understand that the best early education they can give their children is usually very cheap.
Parents can see that their children are very good in some areas while poor in others. Parents can also see some children are good at these skills and others do well in others. Most parents don’t realize that today’s children lack self-respect and self-confidence.
The problem is that parents are only educating their children on how to take tests and how to study well, but parents are not teaching them the most important skills that they need are to be confident, happy and clever.
Parents can achieve this by teaching skills like cooking, sewing and doing other housework. Teaching a child to cook will improve many of the skills that he will need later in life. Cooking needs patience and time. It is an enjoyable but difficult experience. A good cook always tries to improve his cooking, so he will learn to work hard and finish his job successfully. His result, a well-cooked dinner, will give him much satisfaction and lots of self-confidence.
Some old machines, such as a broken radio or TV set that you give your child to play with, will make him curious(好奇的) and improve his interest. He will spend hours looking at them, trying to fix them. Your child might become an engineer when he grows up. These activities are not only teaching a child to read a book, but rather to think, to use his mind. And that is more important.We know from this passage parents in China .
| A．are too strict with their children |
| B．are too rich to educate their children |
| C．are too poor to educate their children |
| D．have some problems in educating their children correctly |
We learn from the passage that .
| A．the cheaper an education is, the better it is |
| B．children today should learn difficult skills |
| C．practical skills are helpful to children’s growth |
| D．school education can’t meet parents’ expectations |
Doing some cooking at home helps children .
| A．benefit (有益于) from it and prepare themselves for the future |
| B．learn how to serve their parents |
| C．learn how to become strong and fat |
| D．make their parents believe that they are clever |
What is the main idea of the last paragraph?
| A．Broken things are useful for children |
| B．Interest is necessary for everything |
| C．Learning to think is very important. |
| D．Using hands helps improve thinking ability |
Father’s Day has a very short history. It started because there was a Mother’s Day, and just because some Americans thought that if we had a Mother’s Day, we should also have a Father’s Day. Father’s Day has become important in North America. And businesses(商人) found it was a good way to get people to buy a present for their fathers, a present from their shops.
By the way, very few countries have a Father’s Day, though（虽然） some have a Children’s Day, or a special day for boys and another for girls. More and more countries are having Mother’s Day, so maybe Father’s Day will also become popular before long. Now, what do people in North America do on Father’s Day? The newspapers, radios, and TV tell children what they should do --- buy, buy, buy, buy, buy a Father’s Day present for your father. They even tell a wife to buy, buy, buy, and buy a Father’s Day present --- not for her father but for her husband, even if（即使） he is not yet a father. And they tell grandchildren to buy, buy, buy and buy a Father’s Day present for their grandfathers.
The important thing to remember about Father’s Day is that American children can show their love to their fathers in a more open way.
阅读短文，判断正误，正确的用“T”，错误的用“F”：Father’s Day started just because businesses wanted to get a lot of money.
The word “special” in the second paragraph means “not usual”.
In America, people have a Father’s Day to show their love for their fathers.
On Father’s Day, businesses always want people to buy as many as presents.
It can be learned from the passage that Father’s Day will become more important than Mother’s Day.
Like schools in China, American schools begin in September after a long summer vacation. There are two terms in a school year. The first term is from September to January and the second is from February to June. Usually American children begin to go to school when they are five years old. Most students are seventeen or eighteen years old when they finish high school.
But unlike middle school students in China, high school students in America take only four or five subjects each term. They usually go to the same classes every day and have homework for every class. After class they do all kinds of interesting things.
After high school, many students go to college. They may go to a small or a large one. They usually have to pay a lot for their higher education. So lots of students work after school to make money for their studies.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案： In America, summer vacation lasts ____.
| A．one month | B．two months |
| C．three months | D．more than three months |
Students only stay at school for about ____ years before they go to college.
| A．five | B．six | C．twelve | D．fourteen |
The underline word “vacation” means _________ in Chinese.
| A．休闲 | B．假期 | C．时光 | D．生活 |
Many American students work after class, because they _____.
| A．want to see interesting things |
| B．have to help the other people |
| C．want to make more friends |
| D．have to get money for their studies |
The article is mainly about ___________.
| A．the differences between schools in China and in America. |
| B．schools in China. |
| C．schools in America. |
| D．American students’ school life. |
Mike is a middle school student. He is 16. He had a bad cold last night. He felt bad and couldn’t eat anything. So he went to see a doctor. The doctor gave him a bottle of medicine. These are the instructions(用法说明):
阅读短文以及表格内容，选择最佳答案：Mike should take ______a day.
| A．6 teaspoonfuls | B．4 teaspoonfuls |
| C．2 teaspoonfuls | D．1 teaspoonful |
Mike can keep the medicine in _______.
| A．any place | B．hot water |
| C．a cool place | D．the sun |
Mike should _________ before he takes the medicine.
| A．shake the medicine | B．eat nothing |
| C．do more exercise | D．drink a cup of tea |
Which child can’t take this medicine?
| A．Tom, 6 years old. | B．Jack, 10 years old. |
| C．Lucy, 15 years old. | D．Joe, 2 years old. |
Mike should ______ after December 1st, 2011.
| A．take the medicine |
| B．not take the medicine |
| C．take the medicine twice a day |
| D．take the medicine four times a day. |
Mary and Lily are sisters. They share(合用)a room. This is their room. It’s not a big one. You can see two beds in the room. Mary’s bed is yellow and Lily’s bed is red. Their schoolbags are now on the beds. You can’t see their shoes. They are under the beds. The two sisters have only one desk. It’s a big desk. Their alarm clock, books and dictionaries are on the desk. They often do their homework there.
What room is it?
A. It’s a classroom. B. It’s a big room.
C. It’s a meeting(会议) room. D. It’s a bedroom.
Which one is Lily’s bed?
The yellow one. B. The red one.
C. The white one. D. The green one.
3. Where are their schoolbags?
A. They are on the wall. B. They are behind the chair.
C. They are under their beds. D. They are on the beds.
4. Where are their shoes?
A. They are under their beds. B. They are on the beds.
C. They are lost. D. We don’t know.
5. Which one is RIGHT(对的)?
A. Lily’s jacket is on the desk. B. Mary and Lily are cousins
C. Lily’s shoes are under the desk. D. Two beds are in the room.
Mr. King goes to a dinner party. He is wearing old clothes. He comes into the room. But people in the room do not look at him. They don’t ask him to sit at the table.
Mr. King goes home and puts on his good clothes. He goes back to the party. Everyone in the room stands up and smiles(微笑) at him. They give him the very good food to eat..Mr. King takes off his coat, and puts it in the food and says, “Eat, coat!”
The other people ask, “What are you doing?” He answers, “I’m asking my coat to eat the food. I am wearing my old clothes. You do not look at me. You do not ask me to sit down. Now, I am in these clothes. And you give me very good food. Now I see, you give the food for my clothes not for me!”
11.Mr. King goes to the dinner party, but people in the room don’t look at him,
because ________.
A. he doesn’t come by car B. he is wearing his old clothes C. he is old
12. Mr. King goes home to_______________
A. put on his good clothes B. take off his good clothes C to buy good clothes.
13. Mr. King goes back to the party. People in the room stand up and smile at him
because ___________.
A. he is wearing his old clothes B. he is wearing his good clothes
C. he comes back in a good car
14. Mr. king takes off his coat, and______________.
A. eats the good food B. asks it to eat the good food
C. asks the other to eat the food
15. Now Mr. King sees the good food is _________
A. for his clothes B. for him C. for his good car