You want to know about my staying in America, right? Well, to tell you the truth, it is really an eye-opening experience to study here.
In China, I had English classes five times a week since fifth grade. However, I didn’t know how different textbook English could be from everyday English until I came to Hotchkiss School, Connecticut.
When I first studied English, I was told to say, “I am fine” when people say “How are you?” But in the US, I found that people say, “I am good” or “I’m tired”.
One day, someone greeted me with “What’s up?” It made me confused . I thought for a moment and then smiled because I didn’t know what to say.
Since then, I have discovered more and more differences between Chinese and US cultures.
To my surprise, US girls spend a lot of time in the burning sun to get a tan(晒黑). However, in China, girls try every possible way to get their skin paler, or “whiter”.
I was also surprised by how hardworking US students are.
In China, schoolwork is almost everything, so we study hard and that’s it. But here, a “good” student gets good grades, does a lot of for the public and plays sports or music.
The kids here are so talented, I am starting to be sorry that I gave up playing the piano at an early age and that I have never thought about sports. According to the writer, textbook English is ________ everyday English.
A. quite different from B. the same as C. more difficult than What does the word “confused” in the fourth paragraph mean in Chinese ?
A. 困惑 B. 憧憬 C. 悲痛 A good US student spends his / her time __________ .
A. only in doing homework
B. only on sports or music
C. on studies, sports or music and public workWhich of the following is NOT true ?
A. The writer is now in US.
B. American girls love to have white skin.
C. American students are talented and hard working. Which is the main idea for this passage ?
A. My Travel in America.
B. My Studying in America.
C. My Opinion about America.
In 1620, about half the USA was covered by forests. Today the forests have almost gone. A lot of good land has gone with them, leaving only sand. China doesn’t want to copy the USA’s example. We’re planting more and more trees. We’ve built the " Great Green Wall" of trees across northern part of our country. The Great Green Wall is 7,000 kilometres long, and between 400 and 1,700 kilometres wide. It will stop the wind from blowing the earth away. It will stop the sand from moving towards the rich farmland in the south. More "Great Green Walls" are needed. Trees must be grown all over the world. Great Green Walls will make the world better.
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。The Great Green Wall in China is ______.
| A．7,000 kilometers long | B．1,700 kilometers long |
| C．7,000 meters long | D．400 kilometers long |
Trees must be grown in ______.
| A．China | B．the USA | C．some countries | D．every part of the world |
Which of the following statements is not true?
| A．The Great Green Wall will stop wind from blowing the earth away. |
| B．The Great Green Wall will make our life better. |
| C．We don’t need to plant more trees. |
| D．The Great Green Wall will stop the sand moving towards the rich farmland. |
We are learning English, but how can we learn English well ? A student can know a lot about English, but maybe he can’t speak English.
If you want to know how to swim, you must get into the river. And if you want to be a football player, you must play football. So, you see, you can learn by using it. You must listen to your teacher in class. You must speak English to your classmates every day and also you must write something in English. Then one day you may find your English very good . You know a lot about English, but maybe _______.
| A．you can speak it | B．you can study it |
| C．you can’t speak it | D．you can’t study it |
You must get into the water _____.
| A．to learn how to swim | B．to skate | C．to jump | D．to play |
If you want to study English well, you must often _______ .
A. speak English to your classmates B. write something in English
C. listen to your teacher in class D. A, B and C. Which of the best title(标题) for this passage ?
| A．How to study swim | B．To be a good player |
| C．How to study English well | D．To learn English well is important（重要） |
| Name |
Personal information |
Norman Bethune |
1. Born in 1890 in Canda 2. A doctor 3. Died in 1939 in China 4. Came to China in 1938 |
| Celine Dion |
Born in Montreal, Canda In 1997, sang My Heart Will Go On for the film Titanic A singing star |
| Bill Gates |
Born in 1847, Kentucky, the USA Wrote Business @ the speed of Thought Owns Microsoft Company |
| Mark Twain |
Born in 1835 in the USA A writer Died in1900 Wrote Tom Sawyer |
Dr. Bethune worked in China for ___________.
| A．2 years | B．4 years | C．6 years | D．8 years |
My Heart Will Go On is the name of a ________.
| A．book | B．song | C．story | D．film |
Who is a writer? __________
| A．Norman Bethune | B．Celine Dion |
| C．Bill Gates | D．Mark Twain |
Mrs. Green has much work to do at home ,so she doesn’t like sports. Her mother is coming this afternoon and she goes to meet her. Near the school she looks at her watch. She has some time. So she goes into the school. Her son isn’t in the classroom. She asks a boy and knows they’re behind the school. She sees some boys playing there. Her son is there, too. She watches them playing and soon is angry. She takes her son to the wall.
“Go home with me, Richard,” says she. “Don’t play with them. I can buy a nice ball for you. Then you don’t need to scramble for（抢夺） the ball.”
1. Mrs. Green doesn’t like sports, because____________.
A. she is at home B. she doesn’t know about balls
C. she has much work to do D. she thinks she is well
2. Mrs. Green goes to ____________.
A. see her son B. watch her son play
C. meet Richard’s grandma D. meet her grandma
3. Richard is a ____________.
A. schoolboyB. schoolgirl
C. teacher D. driver
To be a good teacher, you need some of the gifts of a good actor; you must be able to hold the attention and interest of your audience; you must be a clear speaker, with a good, strong, pleasant voice which is fully under your control; and you must be able to act what you are teaching, in order to make its meaning clear.
Watch a good teacher, and you will see that he doesn’t sit still before his class; he stands the whole time he is teaching; he walks about, using his arms, hands and fingers to help him in his explanations, and his face to express feelings.
There are very important differences between the teacher’s work and the actor’s.
The actor has to speak words which he has learnt by heart; he has to repeat exactly the same words each time he plays a certain part, even his movements and the ways in which he uses his voice are usually fixed beforehand(预先).What he has to do is to make all these carefully learnt words and actions seem natural on the stage. A good teacher works in quite a different way. His audience take an active part in his play: they ask and answer questions, they obey orders, and if they don’t understand anything, they say so. The teacher can’t learn his part by heart, but must invent it as he goes along.
I have known many teachers who are fine actors in class but are unable to take part in a stage-play because they can’t keep strictly to what another has written. What does the underlined word “gifts” mean?
| A．presents | B．knowledge |
| C．skills | D．advantages |
Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
| A．A good teacher should speak clearly. |
| B．A good teacher should sit still before his class and speak with his body language. |
| C．A good actor should speak as others have asked him to do. |
| D．A good actor should repeat exactly the same words each time he plays a certain part. |
The skills of a good teacher are .
| A．draw his students’ attention. | B．change his voice when needed. |
| C．act out what he is teaching | D．all the above |
From the passage, we know .
| A．a good teacher should be a good actor | B．a good teacher may be unable to act well on the stage |
| C．a good actor should be a good teacher | D．a good actor may act well in class |
The title of the passage is .
| A．How to be a good teacher | B．How to be a good actor |
| C．A good teacher’s knowledge | D．A good actor’s behaviour |