Hello! I am Joy. I’m a girl. I’m eleven. I’m in Class Eight, Grade Seven. This is my friend, Joan. She is twelve. She is a high school student(中学生). She is in Class Seven, Grade Eight. My English teacher is Miss White, but her English teacher is Miss Green. Look(看)！That’s my mom. She’s a Chinese(语文, 中文) teacher. ____ is in Class Eight, Grade Seven.
A. Joan B. John C. JoyJoan is Joy’s(乔伊的)____.
A. teacher B. friend C. student Joan is ____.
A. eleven B. twelve C. thirteen Joy’s (乔伊的)English teacher is ____.
A. Miss White
B. Miss Green
C. Joy’s mom Joy’s mother is ____.
A. a student
B. a friend
C. a Chinese teacher
The high school diploma (文凭) is losing its value quickly, as a growing number of students graduate (毕业) from school without the math and reading skills that colleges and companies require, according to a new report.
The high school graduation exams that most states (州) require students to pass before they graduate remain far too easy. Most of the exams generally test eighth-or ninth-grade level work.
Today, even high school graduates who are going to have blue-collar (蓝领) jobs need to study the math, research and writing courses. But in high school, only students who are going to college are now required to take these courses.
“If you want a good job with a good pay, it’s a high-skill job,” said Michael Cohen, a leading member of the America Diploma Project.
The project suggests that all graduates master a wide range (范围) of skills. “A high school diploma should mean something to a company and university,” said Ohio Gov. Bob Taft, who is Achieve’s co-chairman.
In Taft’s state, about 30% students who go directly to college from high school have to take remedial classes of English or math, he said. It’s easy to see that the present high-school graduating standards are not preparing students for college education.
And with high-skilled jobs increasingly headed overseas to places like India and Ireland, states need to act, he said.
To prove why math and reading skills matter, the report includes real-life examples of problems students meet in college and that workers must solve each day on the job.
Some states are taking actions to upgrade the high school diploma. In Texas, all high school students, starting with the 2008 graduating class, will have to take the college-prep curriculum (大学预备课程) - unless a parent agrees to an easier course load. Other states are planning similar moves.
The report includes examples of reading and math skills that high-school students should have. Project leaders say they hope parents will use those examples to judge (评定) the coursework at their kids’ high schools.Why is the high school diploma losing its value quickly?
| A．Because the number of high school students is growing fast. |
| B．Because high school students fail to reach the standards. |
| C．Because the graduation tests are easier than it should be. |
| D．Because difficult courses are not required in high schools. |
Remedial classes in Paragraph 6 mean classes____.
| A．for good learners to study quickly and better |
| B．for slower learners weak in the subject |
| C．for learners to be taught one by one |
| D．for learners to reach a higher standard |
What can we learn from the passage?
| A．Colleges require higher math and reading skills than companies. |
| B．It is easier for companies to find high-skilled workers in India. |
| C．Math and reading skills help little for workers to solve daily problems. |
| D．Parents ask high schools to offer college-prep curriculum in Texas. |
What can be the best title for the passage?
| A．High School Diploma Means Little |
| B．Give Students More High-skill Jobs |
| C．Math and Reading Skills Really Matter |
| D．Judge Coursework at High Schools |
Dolores Huerta has worked hard most of her life to help other people. She has helped change things so that farm workers can have a better life.
Dolores grew up in California. She was a good student and liked school. After she finished high school, she went to college and studied to be a teacher. After she became a teacher, Dolores noticed that many of her students were not getting enough food to eat. Some of them wore very old clothes. Dolores wondered how she could help them.
Dolores decided to stop teaching so that she could spend more time helping the farm workers and their families. One thing she wanted to do was to get more pay for farm workers so they could buy their children the things they needed.
Dolores knew that many farm workers moved often from one place to another to help pick different kinds of fruits and vegetables. She began talking and writing about these workers. Even people who lived far from California read what Dolores wrote.
Getting higher pay for the farm workers was not easy. Dolores worked hard to make sure that farm workers got good pay for their work. She knew that nothing would change unless people made new laws to help the workers. Through all her hard work, new laws were made that gave farm workers good pay.
Dolores Huerta has worked for more than 30 years in many different ways to make life better for working people. She has shown how much one person can change things.Dolores became a ____ after she left college.
| A．farmer | B．teacher | C．worker | D．lawyer |
Dolores gave up her first job because ____.
| A．she found it was too boring for her | B．the work condition was too bad |
| C．she wanted to do more for others | D．she got little pay for her work |
How did Dolores help farm workers?
| A．She gave them food and clothes. | B．She helped them teach their children. |
| C．She helped them got more pay. | D．She made new laws for them. |
This is part of a book’s table of contents.
Chapter One: North America The Fox and the Raccoon ..... 1 Song of the Mountains ......... 4 Little Feather Meets Bear ..... 7 Chapter Two: South America Kuma and the Big River......... 10 The Smallest Monkey ............ 12 Three Tree Frogs ................... 15 Chapter Three: Africa Marumbi Saves the Day....... 18 The Jumping Fish ................ 22 Father Lion and His Son ...... 25 |
Chapter One is about ____.
| A．North America | B．South America | C．Africa | D．Asia |
If you want to read The Smallest Monkey, you can turn to page ____.
| A．4 | B．7 | C．12 | D．25 |
If you are reading page 22, which story are you reading?
| A．Song of the Mountains. | B．Kuma and the Big River. |
| C．Three Tree Frogs. | D．The Jumping Fish. |
After my husband died, my world crashed around me. My six children were ten, nine, eight, six, three and 18 months, and I was overwhelmed(不知所措的) with the responsibilities of earning a living, caring for the children and simply keeping my head above water.
I was lucky to find a wonderful housekeeper to care for the children during the week, but from Friday nights to Monday mornings, the children and I were alone, and frankly(坦诚地) I was uneasy. Every unusual noise or any late-night phone call filled me with fear. I felt really alone.
One Friday evening I came home from work to find a big beautiful German shepherd(牧羊犬) on our doorstep. It was obvious he wanted to make the house his home. The children took an instant liking to “German” and asked me to let him in. I agreed to let him sleep in the basement(地下室) until the next day. That night I slept peacefully for the first time in many weeks.
The following morning we made phone calls and checked lost-and-found ads for German’s owner, but with no results. Saturday night he was still with us.
On Sunday I had planned to take the children on a picnic. Since I thought it best to leave German behind in case(以免) his owner came by, we drove off without him. When we stopped to get gas at a local station, we were amazed to see German racing to the gas station after us. He stayed again Sunday night.
Monday morning I let him out for a run while the children got ready for school. He didn’t come back. We thought we’d never see him again. On Friday evening, German was back again. We took him in, and again he stayed until Monday morning, when our housekeeper arrived. It went like this for almost 10 months. We looked forward to his coming. Each Monday morning he left home.
Each week, between German's visits, I grew a little braver, but every weekend I enjoyed being with him . Then one Monday morning we patted his head and let him out for what turned out to be the last time. He never came back. We never saw or heard from German again. I think of him often. He came when I needed him the most and stayed until I was strong enough to go on alone. I believe German was sent because he was needed, and because no matter how abandoned(被放弃的) and alone we feel, somehow, somewhere, someone knows and cares. We are never really alone. What does the underlined part “keeping my head above water” in the first paragraph mean?
| A．trying to keep calm in public |
| B．trying to get attention from other men |
| C．showing her high spirit in the face of trouble |
| D．trying to continue to live |
When the author’s husband died, ______.
| A．she couldn’t raise the six children on her own |
| B．she couldn’t relax at weekends |
| C．The housekeeper only came at weekends |
| D．she was too busy to feel lonely |
Which of the following is WRONG according to the article?
| A．German was fond of living with the family. |
| B．The writer felt safe and protected with German around. |
| C．The dog stayed until the writer was strong enough to go on alone. |
| D．The writer was too busy that weekend to go to find the dog’s owner. |
Which is the best title for the passage?
| A．A homeless dog | B．A friend’s strength |
| C．How to keep a dog | D．Keep up when in trouble |
Taking away a city’s rubbish is a big job. Every day trucks come into a city to collect it. Most rubbish is made up of things we can’t eat or use. If we kept these things we would soon have a mountain of rubbish.
In some cities the rubbish is collected and taken outside of the city to a dump(垃圾站). Often the city dump is placed where the ground is low or there is a big hole. The kitchen rubbish is broken into small pieces and sent into the sewage system. The sewage system takes away the used water from toilets, bathtubs(澡盆) and other places.
To keep mice and flies away, some earth is used to cover the newly dumped rubbish. Later, grass may be planted on the rubbish-filled land. Finally, a house or a school may be built there, and then you’d never know that this had once been an old rubbish dump.
In other cities the rubbish is burnt in special places. The fire burns everything but the metal. Sometimes the metal can be used again in factories where things are made of metal. The food parts of rubbish are put in special piles where they slowly change into something called humus(腐殖土), which looks like black earth. It is rich with kinds of things that feed plants and help make them grow.You can most probably read the passage in _______.
| A．a history book | B．a TV guide |
| C．a science book | D．a telephone book |
The underlined word “sewage” in the passage means_______.
| A．排污 | B．染色 | C．洗涤 | D．吸尘 |
How should we take care of a used metal box according to the passage?
| A．By burning it off. | B．By putting it in water. |
| C．By throwing it away. | D．By reusing and recycling it. |