When we talk about village teachers, we often think of difficult conditions, heavy teaching tasks and little income. But there is a village teacher who makes his teaching jobso interesting. His name is Liu Yuesheng who is now called “the most beautiful teacher”, Liu comes from Liugang Village Middle School in Dagang, Tianjin. The school is a rural area middle school. It has only about more than 300 students and teachers. Though the school is small, it is only a village school that takes the municipal (市级的) scientific research projects in Tianjin. Since Liu started to work at Liugang Village Middle School in 1999, he has led his students completing the 300 designs and reportings of national patents (国家专利).
Liu spent three years writing a book called Practice and Invention. In this book, he mostly tells people his teaching experience. The inventions of his students won the silver medal in the national youth science and technology competition. The rural students improve their living skills while they are inventing. Many of the students start their own business after graduation（毕业后）.
Liu also guided his students to make a big 260 Model Airplane. He often takes his students to go to the wetlands (湿地) and take photos during holidays. In order to call on people to pay more attention to protecting environment, he further watches the number of the birds with his students. Today , the wetland aerial(航拍) of his school of has reached the UAV(无人机) level.Liugang Village Middle School is very ________.
| A．poor | B．rich | C．small | D．big |
Liu yuesheng has been teaching Liugang Village Middle School for ______years.
| A．20 | B．18 | C．15 | D．12 |
In his book Practice and Invention , Liu mainly tells ___________.
| A．his inventions | B．his teaching experience |
| C．his students | D．his teaching ways |
Liu and his students tell people to protect environment by _______.
| A．taking photos | B．inventing |
| C．making speeches | D．watching the number of the birds |
From the passage , we know Liu Yuesheng is a __________.
| A．creative and unusual | B．hard-working and serious |
| C．humorous and patient | D．strange and quiet |
Travelling around the world is a dream for many people, but a young couple from China has made his dream come true. They drove along the ancient Silk Road, from China to the UK.
Luo Chang and Ding Jie, a young couple from China’s Guizhou Province, spent two months drving from their home in Shanghai all the way to London. The journey covered about 20,000 kilometer, and they crossed 14 countries and regions(地区).
Ding Jie said, “ People were excited to see two travelers driving a foreign license car, appearing on their streets. We were stopped many times to take photos with them. Sometimes, when we couldn’t understand each other’s language, they would express their ideas with gestures(手势).
During their driving trip, they also spent many nights in local people’s homes. Luo Chang said, “This is an amazing experience. We were driving on a highway or a country road to someone’s home. Someone you’ve never met but was already preparing dinner for you. We feelwe have friends all over the world.
During the trip, Luo and Ding took nearly 10,000 photos and kept diaries to record the beautiful scenery(风景), the friendly people and the different customs on the way.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。The young couple’s dream was _______.
| A．to travel around the world |
| B．to travel around the UK\ |
| C．to travel around China |
| D．to travel around the USA |
The young couple covered about ______ kilometers and crossed _____ countries and regions.
| A．20,000; 15 | B．20,000; 14 | C．10,000; 15 | D．2,000; 14 |
How did the young couple travel?
| A．By train. | B．By ship |
| C．By car. | D．By plane. |
During the trip, the couple recorded the following EXCEPT ______.
| A．beautiful scenery | B．friendly people |
| C．different customs | D．foreign licenses |
From the passage, we can learn that _____.
| A．the couple knew 14 languages |
| B．the couple spent all the nights in hotels |
| C．the couple was welcomed during the trip |
| D．the couple drove along the Silk Road, from China to Brazil |
George was head of an African country. He was going to pay a visit to the USA. He decided to learn some English words so that he might greet Bill Clinton, president of the USA then, in English. So he asked his wife for help because she knew a little English. His wife told, “When you meet Mr. President, just greet him with “How are you”, and he may answer ‘I am fine’. Then you need only to say ‘Me, too’, and leave the rest to your interpreter(口译).”
When his plane landed at the airport, George said to the smiling Clinton, “Who are you?”. This was quite unexpected to the president and surprised him greatly. But he quickly calmed() down. Still with a smile on his face, he answered, “I am Hillary’s husband.” To his reply, George answered back without a moment “Me, too”, and looked at the president’s wife, Hillary, smiling sweetly as well.
根据短文内容判断正误，正确的在答题卡上涂A，错误的在答题卡涂B。George was from Africa.
George’s wife knew a lot of English.
George wanted to learn some English words to greet Bill Clinton in English.
Bill Clinton was very surprised at first when George said “Who are you?” to him.
From the passage we know that George was Hillary’s husband.
Reform the gaokao
The college entrance examination is one of the most important tests in our lives. Now, the big exam has got a big change.
the government announced a reform(改革) plan on Sept 4, 2014. According to the plan, there are only three required(要求的) tests that everyone to take – Chinese, maths and foreign language. Each subject is marked out of 150. Students can take foreign language tests twice.
Students also have to learn six other subject – physics, chemistry, biology, geography, politics and history. They will have a final test after finishing their studies in each subject. They can choose three to hand in when applying for(报考) universities.
Nowadays, liberal arts(文科) and science(理科) have different tests. For example, in some places, liberal arts students get easier math questions. Under the new system, everyone will have same tests.
The reform will begin trials(试验) from this year in some cities. Current Senior 1 students in Shanghai and Zhejiang don’t have to choose between studying liberal arts and science.
Liu Yunsong, and English teacher at Beijing 101 Middle School, believes the reform is good news for junior students, especially for the English tests. “Two opportunities help the students show their real level better. As a result, we will pa y more attention to helping students be interested in the language instead of just teaching them the skills of dealing with tests. We will give them more chances to use the language, such as reading English.”What will be reformed according to the passage?
| A．The college graduation examination. |
| B．The middle s chool graduation exam ination. |
| C．The college entrance examination. |
| D．The middle school entrance exanmination. |
Which of the following is TRUE according to the reform plan?
| A．Everyone has to take five tests. |
| B．Students can take all of the tests twice. |
| C．Students choose their best English scores. |
| D．Only Chinese and math are marked out of 150. |
How many subjects do students have to learn?
| A．Three. | B．Five. | C．Six. | D．Nine. |
The underlined word “opportunities” in the passage means ________.
| A．机会 | B．相反 | C．看法 | D．操作 |
According to Liu Yunsong, ______.
a. students can’t show their real level
B. the reform is bad news for students
C. students have to read more newspapers
D. students can benefit from the two English tests
In Britain, when people meet each other for the first time, they talk about things like family, work, school,or sports. They ask question like “Do you have any brothers or sisters?” “Where do you work?” “What school do you go to?” and “Do you like sports?” They also ask questions like “Where do you come from?” and “Where do you live?” These are polite questions. They are not personal or private. But some things are personal or private, and questions about them are not polite. People don’t ask questions about a person’s salary(薪水). They don’t ask how much or someone is paid for something. It is not OK to ask people questions about politics, party(政党) or religion(宗教) unless you know them very well. People don ’t ask unmarried people “Why are you single?” and they don’t ask a married couple with no children “Why don’t you have any children?”Which is a polite question in Britain when people meet?
| A．How’s your family? |
| B．You’re not married, why? |
| C．What do you think of the Labor Party? |
| D．How much does your boss pay you each week? |
The British usually don’t ask questions about a person’s _______.
| A．interest | B．work | C．religion | D．family |
It’s not polite for a person to show interest in the ______ life of others.
| A．school | B．private | C．hard | D．happy |
In Britain, which of the following questions is NOTpolite?
| A．Where are you from? |
| B．Do you like play football? |
| C．Which subject do you like best? |
| D．You look much older than your husband. How old are you? |
This passage is mainly about ______.
| A．school life | B．politeness | C．working | D．sport |
The big red American car was much too wide for an English country road. When Jack saw it running towards him, he stopped his own car at the side of the road to make room for it to pass. The American car went slowly past, so close that he could see the driver’s face clearly.
“Where have I seen that face before?” he though. “Wait a minute! I remember now. It was in the newspaper!” He took all the newspapers from his bag and turned quickly to the middle page. There was a picture of the face in it. Yes, it had a large mouth and small eyes, and his eyes were behind dark glasses.
“Wanted by the police,” read by Jack. “The city Bank will give a lot of money to anyone who helps the police to catch this man.”
“Call the police at once,” he said to himself. But a few minutes later, he was sad. “This man was caught this morning,” answered the police. The story happened _______.
| A．in England | B．in America |
| C．in a bank | D．in a police station |
Why did Jack stop his car?
| A．Because he wanted to see the driver. |
| B．Because he didn’t want to pass by first. |
| C．Because it was good for drivers to stop to let others go first. |
| D．Because the road was not wide enough for the two cars to pass at the same time. |
What did Jack do when he had read the newspaper again?
| A．He drove to the city bank. |
| B．He drove to the police. |
| C．he made a telephone call. |
| D．He stopped the American car. |
What would the person get if he caught the man the police wanted?
| A．A lot of English cars. |
| B．A lot of money. |
| C．A lot of American cars. |
| D．A lot of newspapers. |
Who caught the man with large mouth and small eyes?
| A．The American. | B．The police. |
| C．Jack. | D．the driver. |