Zhang Guimei,the principal of Huaping High School for Girls,has been given the title "Role Model of the Times" for helping girls from poor families.
The school was the first high school in the country to provide free education for girls who would otherwise have been unable to continue their studies after completing their nine years of education.
Zhang moved to Lijiang at the age of 17 to teach in the middle school in Huaping County.Once,she got badly ill but had no money for the treatment(治疗).With the help of the people there,she was able to get the necessary treatment. "From then on,I told myself that I must do something for those people who helped me," Zhang said.
Slowly,a dream of setting up a free high school for girls in Huaping County appeared in Zhang's heart.From the year of 2002,she began a six﹣year journey to look for funds(资金).In 2008,Zhang finally set up Huaping High School for Girls at the foot of the Shizi Mountain in Huaping.
Thanks to her efforts,more than 1,800 girls from poor families have entered universities through her education until now.
Zhang has been helping to improve the area as a whole.Influenced by her,many of her students have chosen to teach in poor areas .Now,with Zhang having got the honorary title,education for girls from poor areas will receive more attention.
What she has done will be long remembered and encourage more to follow her example.
(1)Why was Zhang Guimei named "Role Model of the Times"?
(2)Was Zhang able to get the necessary treatment when she once got badly ill?
(3)When was Huaping High School for Girls set up?
(4)How many girls have entered universities through Zhang's education?
(5)Where have many of Zhang's students chosen to work?
What will you do if you get 5 million (百万)? Some people give some different answers.
Sally: I want to do business (生意). If I am rich, I will do a lot of things for my family. For me nothing is more important than my family. I will buy a new house for them and travel around the world.
Joe: If I have 5 million, I will use the money to do everything I like. At first, I will use 2 million to open my own shop. And I will use another 2 million to buy some new houses. In the future, the houses which I buy will become more expensive,and I will sell them to other people. Finally, I will use 1 million to buy some presents for my family and my best friend.
Anna: If I have 5 million, I will put 3 million in the bank and spend 2 million. I will visit Paris, London and New York. I will eat delicious food, play games, and build a building with a swimming pool.
Jack: I will buy an island if I have 5 million. Then I will be the king of the island nad I will invite my friends to my island. Who will do business if he/she gets 5 million.?
A.Sally | B.jack | C.Anna | D.We don’t know. |
What will Anna do if she gets 5 million?
A.Do business |
B.Open a shop |
C.Buy an island |
D.Put three million in the bank and spend 2 million. |
What will Joe do with the last 1 million if he gets 5 million?
A.He will buy some new houses |
B.He will open his own shop |
C.He will buy some presents for his family and his best friend |
D.He will build a building. |
Where will Anna visit if she gets 5 million?
A.China and japan |
B.London, Paris and New York |
C.London, Paris and Belgium |
D.Angola, Cuba and Inda. |
What does the passage talk about?
A.If one loses money, what will she/he do? |
B.If one borrows 5 million, what will he/she do? |
C.If one gets 5 millions, what will he/she do? |
D.If one builds a big building, he/ she will sell it. |
We live in the computer age. People use computers to do much of their work. But few people know how to look after them. Remember the following when you use your computer:
1.Keep your computer in a cool, dry room. Too much or too little heat is bad for computers. Damp(潮湿) is also bad for them.
2.Do not let people smoke near your computer. Smoke of all kinds is very bad for many parts of a computer.
3.Do not eat or drink when you are near your computer. Pieces of food and a little water in the keyboard are also bad for a computer.
4.Keep your screen clean and do not have it too bright. They are bad for your eyes. Make sure the screen is not too far from or too near your eyes. Some people use different glasses to protect their eyes when they use a computer.Computers can people to do a lot of work.
A.use | B.help | C.make | D.take |
Few people know how to their computers.
A.look at | B.try out | C.look for | D.take care of |
A computer works well at a temperature of .
A.0℃ | B.-5℃ | C.20℃ | D.35℃ |
Smoke is not good for many parts of a computer, is it?
A.Yes,it is. | B.No,it isn’t. | C.Yes,a little. | D.Not at all. |
A dirty screen or a very bright screen is for your eyes.
A.bad | B.good | C.useful | D.helpful |
Without question, the most stressful years for parents are when their children are between 13 and 20. With young children, control seems to be quite easy. If a child doesn’t do what he is told to do, he is just made to do it. If a child is leaving the house and doesn’t listen when the parent calls him back, the parent simply goes after the child picks him up and brings him back. But as the child grows older and bigger, parents can’t do that any more. They can’t just pick the child up and bring him back. With older children, control is best achieved when the parents do those things the children want. In this way, the things do the controlling for you. For example, parents may think it is necessary for the child to clean his own room, but the child may think it’s no use and refuses to clean his room. It is important for parents to understand how their use of control must change as their children grow older.Many children do what they are ___________to do ___________ they are under the age of thirteen.
A child sometimes _______________to his parents when he grows older.
If a child leaves the _______ without permission (同意), he will be brought _________.
When a child __________ to clean his room, he may think it’s not _________.
It’s important for parents to ___________ their children and __________ their way of controlling as time goes on.
A. they should spend sometime
B. the students are not expected
C. they had so many choices
D. many of them told me
E. many of them expressed disappointment
In my spoken English class, I asked the students about their university life. To my surprise, . After their highly controlled(控制) high school lives, they were having difficulty getting used to (习惯) the free time in the university. When I asked them to describe their high school lives,
they got up at six in the morning and studied until ten or even later at night. Most of this time was spent doing lots of homework.
When they entered the university, in my opinion,to spend all their waking hours studying. They should also take an active part in social activities. They should learn to divide their time outside of class between sport sand clubs. What’s more,
watching TV and chatting with their roommates. But what surprised me most was that many of them did not seem happy because
. They felt that they should be doing something else what ever they were doing. That’s why they were not happy.
To those students, my advice is: Get used to it and learn to make decisions for yourselves.
I usually get up at 5:00. I make coffee, go to my desk and work. When my boys get up, I’m theirs. I follow the min to the kitchen and make them breakfast. While they’re eating, I make their lunch, pick out their school clothes and get the little one dressed.
My wife takes them to school. I bring them home. I am not the only father at the school gate. The boys and I walk the 12 blocks home unless the weather is terrible. Then we take the subway. I remind them of looking out, like an animal looking after their babies.
At home, they play on the computer and the little one will draw, sometimes for hours. When their mother comes home, they run to her. She has been in the official day and tired, but her attention is all on them.
I have made dinner. We sit down and eat together. After they do their homework, Karen takes them to bed. I listen to the noise of the boys’ and their mother’s voice.
One afternoon when we were on the way home from school, the boys and I stopped at the clothing store. The saleswoman looked at the boys and said to me in a low voice, “You’re Mr. Mom, aren’t you?” I felt very angry. I’m not Mr. Mom. That’s not how I look at myself. The boys have a mother, a wonderful mother. She works outside the home, I work in the home. We are parents together. I’m a father!The first paragraph talks about_____________.
A.what the children have for breakfast | B.how busy the man is in the morning |
C.why the man cooks lunch | D.when the children go to school |
We know from the second paragraph that_____________.
A.they take the subway to school when the weather is bad |
B.the man drives a car and his wife walks to work |
C.the man goes to meet the boys before school is over |
D.it doesn’t take them long to arrive home |
Paragraph 3 tells us that __________.
A.the children’s mother is very strict with them |
B.the man’s wife works in an office very near the school |
C.the children’s mother used to be back hours later than them. |
D.the man has three or more children and the youngest loves drawing |
We learn from the last two paragraphs________________.
A.what the saleswoman said has hurt the man a lot |
B.before the children get to sleep, the man’s wife tells stories |
C.what the man hast o do from morning to night everyday |
D.the man’s wife is Karen and she talks a lot |
This passage tells us_____________.
A.never to call a man Mr. Mom |
B.the man doesn’t enjoy working at home |
C.something about the children’s school life |
D.what kind of people the man and his wife are |