Your parents always tell you that a good education is the key to a successful future. For those of you who have or will be graduating from high school, the promise (允诺)you made to finish your schooling has been completed. Another few years in some college classroom just doesn't sound too attractive(有吸引力的) , so what are your choices? Let's see, Choice l- You can live with your parents, leech on to them, and do nothing. Or Choice 2-You could get yourself a job. Of course, there are other choices, but for this little discussion, we'll just suppose that they are not related(相关的).
Okay, so Choice 2 is obviously going to be more useful. You will finally be entering the real world. What would be a good place to start? Well, hopefully high school helped to give you some kind of an idea of what type of job you would like to enter. If not, then it would be a good idea to speak with an advisor or a person working in the field you may be interested in before you jump into a job that you won't like. Getting knowledge on a particular line of work beforehand can be good by helping you in your search to find the job that you will enjoy doing. Another reason to research jobs and get some hands on work is related to the fact that it will also be helpful in providing you with some valued experience. Internships(见习) or volunteering are usually a good place to start.
If you are ready to begin a job after high school, you will clearly be saving money from high college cost and happily making a living in your chosen jobs, From another point of view, jumping into the workforce is sometimes the only way to see for yourself if you are ready to work a 40-hour week yet. If you decide that full time work is not what you are ready for, then this may suggest that you should go back to school and get a degree. Besides, a college degree will usually mean higher pay.The underlined phrase "leech on to" in the first paragraph might mean_______.
| A．deal with | B．care for |
| C．quarrel with | D．depend on |
Which of the following isn't mentioned in helping you find a job?
| A．Ideas about getting a job in high schools. |
| B．Advice from teachers and parents. |
| C．Internships and volunteering. |
| D．Experience from work. |
The advantages of starting work right after high school include the following except______.
A. getting to know if you should go back to school.
B. making sure if you are really ready to work
C, getting higher pay
D. saving moneyThe best title for this passage might be
| A．Going Back to College |
| B．The Place Where I Should Start |
| C．Jumping into Work after High School |
| D．The Advantage of Starting Work Earlier |
“低碳生活，从我做起！”请仔细阅读下列材料，找出以下五种“低碳”行为产生的直接效应。
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Henry often recycles water to clean his room and water the flowers. ▲
Daphne always turns off the lights and the computer as soon as she leaves her office. ▲
Mr. White sometimes goes to work by bus or on foot instead of driving his car. ▲
Li Lei usually uses QQ or e-mail to communicate with his friends instead of paper letters. ▲
Miss Zhang never wears fur（皮草）clothes and she decides to eat less meat. ▲
Do you still remember the terrible earthquake in 2008 in Sichuan, which killed at least 87,000 people and left millions homeless? On the twelfth day after the earthquake, Premier Wen Jiabao said, “A new Wenchuan will rise from the ruins（废墟）.” Now his words have come true. Three years has passed and the worst-hit areas in Sichuan have risen from the ruins. 
So far, 95% of the reconstruction projects（重建项目）have been completed. Nearly 3,000 schools, 1,000 hospitals and more than 5 million homes have been built. Now everyone has been provided with a home, a job and social security（社保）.
Dong Xinjun, a villager in Qingchuan, said volunteers from Zhejiang taught him how to grow mushrooms and now he makes about 3,000 yuan more than before every year.
Zhu Lihu, the headmaster of a village primary school in Qingchuan, told us that teaching equipment had been greatly improved. Now they have new classrooms, a library and a computer room with 20 computers.
On May 8th, 2011, Premier Wen Jiabao made his 10th visit to Sichuan Province after the earthquake. He visited a lot of middle schools and neighborhoods. At Beichuan Middle School, Premier Wen embraced a student named Zheng Haiyang, who lost both of his legs in the earthquake. The students told Premier Wen that their new school was very beautiful. And they would never forget that it was built with the hearts and strength of people across the whole country.
Premier Wen believes that the people in Wenchuan have a “strong will” and a “bright future”. They will never back down, but stand bravely on this land. What is NOT provided for everyone in the earthquake-hit areas?
| A．A home. | B．A job. | C．A computer. | D．Social security. |
Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
| A．Nearly 1,000 schools have been built. |
| B．Dong Xinjun makes about 3,000 yuan every year. |
| C．Zhu Lihu’s new school has a new large gym. |
| D．Zheng Haiyang is a student of Beichuan Middle School. |
How many times has Premier Wen visited Sichuan since the earthquake happened?
| A．5 times. | B．8 times. | C．10 times. | D．12 times. |
What does the underlined word “embraced” mean in Paragraph 5?
| A．Put arms around him in a loving way. | B．Shook hands with him in a friendly way. |
| C．Bowed to him in a very polite way. | D．Smiled at him in a very kind way. |
How does the passage show us “Wenchuan has risen from the ruins”?
| A．By giving facts and examples. | B．By comparing different places. |
| C．By describing people’s looks. | D．By using volunteers’ words. |
Helping your children to read and write at home will improve their skills and confidence—it will also make them get ready for learning in the classroom environment.
are needed by every child in every subject in every year of their life in or outside school. Students who improve their reading and writing skills will increase their vocabulary and their ability（能力）to use the English language correctly. As parents, you can play an important role in improving your children’s literacy（读写能力）. You can make a difference by listening, asking questions, giving information, and reading with your children outside school hours.
Here are 8 tips on how to help your children to read and write:
having everyday conversations with your children
trying to ask more “wh-” questions instead of easy “yes” or “no” questions
encouraging your children to talk about events you don’t know
reading to your children each night
listening to your children read
teaching your children how to use dictionaries
talking about your children’s writings
practicing filling in forms, writing letters, sending cards or emails
You can also encourage your children to join the Reading Challenge Club and discuss the books they are reading together. In the club, children must read 15 books from the Challenge book list and 5 more books chosen by themselves. There are over 1,000 books on the list. The reading must be done in one year. What’s more, it is a wonderful way to help your children to write. For example, you can encourage them to write diaries or book reviews. Remember to make positive comments as much as possible. This passage is mainly written for __________.
| A．children | B．teachers | C．parents | D．doctors |
__________ is the best for the missing part in Paragraph 2.
| A．“Listening and speaking skills” | B．“Reading and writing skills” |
| C．“Listening and writing skills” | D．“Reading and listening skills” |
__________ is NOT mentioned in the 8 tips above.
| A．“Listening to the radio every day ” | B．“Listening to your children read” |
| C．“Reading to your children each night” | D．“Talking about your children’s writings” |
In the Reading Challenge Club, children have to read __________ in one year.
| A．5 books | B．10 books | C．15 books | D．20 books |
Parents can help children to write by encouraging them to__________.
| A．draw pictures or take photos | B．listen to pop music |
| C．write diaries or book reviews | D．play computer games |
We can see this ad _________.
| A．at a cafe | B．at a library | C．at school | D．at home |
We can go for lunch at _________on Monday.
| A．10:30 | B．11:45 | C．12:30 | D．14:30 |
Mrs. Zhou will spend _________ if she goes for dinner on Friday.
| A．$ 6 | B．$ 7 | C．$ 11 | D．$ 12 |
Mr. Brown and his 8-year-old son had to pay _________ for dinner last Sunday.
| A．$ 7 | B．$ 11 | C．$ 12 | D．$ 17 |
You can _________ according to the ad.
| A．take away the food in one box for $ 8 | B．enjoy all you can eat and barbecue |
| C．get a free bottle of wine with your friend | D．call the Chinese Cafe at 9651 4655 |
Play is the basic business of childhood, and in recent years research has shown the great importance of play in the development of a human being. From earliest infancy（婴儿）, every child needs opportunity and right materials for play, and the main tools of play are toys. The main function of toys is to suggest, encourage and play. To succeed in this, they must be good toys, which children will play with often, and will come back again and again. Therefore, it is important to choose suitable toys for different stages of a child’s development.
In recent years, research on baby development has shown that the standard a child is likely to reach, within the range of his inherited（遗传的）abilities, is largely determined in the first three years of his life. So a baby’s ability to benefit from the right play materials should not be underestimated. A baby who is encouraged, talked to and shown things and played with, has the best chance of growing up successfully.
In the next stage, from three to five years old, curiosity knows no bounds. Every type of suitable toys should be made available to the child, for trying out, experimenting and learning, for discovering his own particular ability: Bricks and jigsaws（七巧板）and construction toys; painting, scribbling（涂鸦）and making things; sand and water play; toys for imaginative and pretending play—the first social games for learning to play and get on with others.
But at the third stage of play development—from five to seven or eight years old— the child is at school. But for a few more years play is still the best way of learning, at home or at school．It is easier to see which type of toys the child most enjoys.
Until the age of seven or eight, play and work mean much the same to a child．But once reading has been mastered, then books become the main source of learning. Toys are still interesting and valuable, which lead up to new hobbies, but their significance has changed to a child of nine or ten years old, toys and games mean, as to adults, relaxation and fun. What does the writer want to tell us in the first paragraph?
Children should choose toys by themselves.
Children like playing, but they don’t need any toys.
Children should be given different toys as they grow up.
Children should be given the same toys as they grow up.
58．According to the passage, we can give the child every kind of toys ________．
| A．when he is two | B．when he is around four |
| C．when he is six | D．when he is eight |
When a child is seven years old, what is the main source of learning?
| A．Toys. | B．Books. | C．Jigsaws. | D．Paintings. |
What is the article mainly about?
| A．The importance of schooling. |
| B．The choice of toys for children. |
| C．The importance of pre-school education. |
| D．The role of play in a child’s development. |