Ted, my little brother, is in Grade One. Last Friday he came back from school with a letter. The letter was from his teacher. "I got a red flower today. Could you please sign签字 this note?" he said to Mum. The note showed that he had been talking in class.
Ted hardly gets top scores in his school work. The best he gets is "OK", but often he gets "You can do better than this." Mum knows what it means. She tells me "You can do better than this" means "Extremely bad" in China.
In the USA, teachers never say anything too bad about their students, even if the students are making trouble in class or not working hard enough. The worst they might say is "Please be nicer tomorrow". Many parents are satisfied with对---满意 a B-grade for each subject.
But things in Chinese schools are quite different. Parents have high expectations for their children. I sometimes felt that my second-grade cousin spent more time on homework than I did when I was a 6th grader in the USA! Yet his parents and teachers didn't think he worked hard enough.
Is it too strict in China? Or is it not strict enough in the USA? Maybe both are true.Why did Ted come home with .a letter last Friday ?
| A．Because the teacher wanted to visit his mother. |
| B．Because he did something wrong. |
| C．Because the teacher was happy with his progress. |
| D．Because the teacher thought he was too lazy. |
If a student in the USA gets "OK" in his school work, it means .
| A．he gets top scores |
| B．he gets medium scores |
| C．he gets extremely bad scores |
| D．he gets the worst scores |
American parents will be when their children get a B-grade in their school.
| A．excited | B．sad | C．angry | D．happy |
The underlined words "high expectations" in this passage means .
| A．很高的待遇 | B．很多的自由 | C．很高的期望 | D．很多的关爱 |
The writer mainly wants to tell us .
| A．the differences between Chinese education and American education |
| B．Chinese students are better than American students |
| C．American parents are not strict enough with their children |
| D．what the best way to educate children is |
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| A．a newspaper | B．a story book | C．a science book | D．a guide book |
If you like children and have two days free, you can call at ____ for a job.
| A．556779 | B．558366 | C．766588 | D．633800 |
If the owner of the large house asks a cleaner to tidy his house twice(两次) a week, how much will the cleaner get in a month?
| A． $120 | B． $160 | C．$200 | D．$240 |
____ are needed in AL Hotel.
| A．Cleaner | B．Baby-sitters | C．Reporter | D．Waiter |
If you're a college student of English and you enjoy writing, you will want the job in ____ during your summer holidays.
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One day Mr Li and Mr King go to London to see a friend. They don’t know much English and London. They can’t find their friend’s home. They walk in the street for a long time. Then they see a man near a bus stop. They go up to him and ask the way. The man smiles but says nothing. Then he puts his hand into his pockets（口袋）and takes out a book. He opens the book and reads, “I’m sorry. I don’t speak English.” In the evening they find their friend’s home with the help of a policeman.Mr Li and Mr King know much about London.
They can’t speak much English.
The man near the bus stop helps them find their friend’s home.
They don’t see any policeman in London.
The man near the bus stop can’t speak much English like Mr Li and Mr King.
My name is Li Li. I’m eleven. I’m from China. My mum and dad work in a big factory. They go to work every day but rest two days. I have a sister. We look like each other very much and we like to help each other. She is a middle school student and comes home in the afternoon. Everyone in my family likes to look after me.
My sister and I are in the same school. I’m a good student in my class. There are forty-two students in our class, twenty boys and twenty-two girls. We have our lessons from eight o’clock in the morning to four o’clock in the afternoon. My teacher of English, Miss. Green is from England. She is a good teacher. We go to school from Monday to Friday .We have five English classes a week. Now we can say a hundred words, and play games in English. We like English. We like our English teacher.Li Li’s family has people.
| A．three | B．four | C．six | D．five |
Li Li’s father and mother work a week.
| A．seven days | B．five days | C．six days | D．four days |
Li Li’s English teacher is
| A．an American | B．a Japanese | C．an English woman | D．a Chinese |
Li Li’s sister is
| A．a good teacher | B．a nice girl | C．a bad student | D．a good worker |
We have a day.
| A．one English class | B．six English classes |
| C．no English class | D．five English classes |
Is your schoolbag too heavy to carry? The e-schoolbag will help you. In fact, the e-schoolbag should perhaps be called an e-textbook. It is a small computer for students. Heavy schoolbags have been a serious problem for them for a long time. But the e-schoolbag will change everything.
It is much lighter than a usual schoolbag. Also, it is as small as a usual textbook, an exercise book and so on. They can be made into chips that are as small as a stamp. The students can read the text page by page on the “screen”, take notes, or even send e-mails to their teachers. All they have to do is to put the right chip into the e-schoolbag and press the button.
It is said that e-schoolbags have been put into use in some Chinese middle schools. In 2012, some students in Shanghai started to use e-schoolbags in the new term. Some say that e-textbooks can be easily broken. Some say it is not good to students’ eyes. But only time will tell us all.An e-schoolbag is _____.
| A．a kind of computer chips | B．a small computer |
| C．bigger than a textbook | D．much heavier than a usual schoolbag |
We can use e-schoolbags for _____.
| A．our study | B．our work | C．the buttons | D．stamps |
Students can’t _____ when they use e-schoolbags.
| A．send e-mails | B．read the text |
| C．take notes | D．play computer games |
The underlined word “chips” means _____ in Chinese.
| A．薯条 | B．芯片 | C．屏幕 | D．电池 |
What’s the best title of this passage?
| A．To Put the Right Chips In. | B．The Big Problems. |
| C．A New Kind of Schoolbag. | D．How to Use the E-schoolbag? |
I still remember my first night as a young policeman.
It was a cold and wet night. Over the radio came the message to deal with an accident in one of the side streets of the city. The scene of the accident wasn’t far away and we arrived after 10 minutes. Two cars had crashed. Two women were lying on the street and one driver was still in the car. The driver was quite drunk(喝醉) and kept shouting to us. He didn’t get badly hurt. A young woman died at once when the two cars crashed. I was holding the other woman and tried to stop the bleeding, but at last I had to watch her die in my arms.
Three months later, I saw the driver in court and found him to be a normal person. He was sorry for his actions. In the end, he was put into the prison for several years. A man isn’t a man if he drinks 10 beers in an hour. A man is a man when he knows his limit and takes responsibility(责任). When he can stay away from wine, he can drive more safely.What was the writer asked to do on his first night as a young policeman?
| A．To drink with friends. | B．To tell a story on the radio. |
| C．To meet two women. | D．To deal with a traffic accident. |
We know _____ died in the accident.
| A．the man | B．one woman | C．two women | D．nobody |
At that time, the man driver was_____.
| A．drunk | B．badly hurt | C．happy | D．singing |
At last, the driver _____.
| A．went home | B．was put into the prison |
| C．took the two women to hospital | D．died in the accident |
In the writer’s opinion, a man can’t drive _____.
| A．with two women | B．after drinking wine |
| C．on a cold and wet night | D．if he doesn’t drink 10 beers in an hour |