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In a classroom in any countries, the teacher teaches more than art or history or language. He or she teaches something behind--- the culture of the country.

In a country such as the United States, people with different history, culture and language join together and they pay much attention to person ideas. Teachers try to make each student special. Students do not have to remember a lot of information, instead, they work and find answers by themselves. There is often discussion in the classroom. At an early age students learn to have their own ideas. Their education encourages personal thought . The importance is placed on how to arrive at an answer and not only to get the correct answer.

In most Asian countries, people have the same language, history and culture.  Perhaps for this reason, the education there pays more attention to group goals than personal ideas. Children in China and Japan often work together and help each other on homework. In the classroom, the ways of teaching are often very traditional. The teacher says, and the students listen. There is not much discussion. Instead, the students repeat  rules or information that they have been taught in order to keep them in mind.

In many ways these differences come from different educational ideas. In Western countries teachers are taught to help students to learn. They make it easier for the students to learn by themselves. In some Asian countries, however, teachers often feel that their job is to pass knowledge to students.

1.Do students in the United States have to remember a lot of information?

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2.There is often discussion in the classroom in America, isn’t there?

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3.What does the education in the United States encourage?

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4.Which does the education in some Asian countries pay more attention to, group goals or personal ideas?

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5.Put the sentence “In some Asian countries, however, teachers often feel that their job is to pass knowledge to students,” into Chinese.

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Reading Comprehension.

(A) Fill in each blank with a proper word with the help of the first letter.

High school students in America hear about twenty b     1. every day. The first bell is the tardy bell (上课铃). If students are not at their desks when the tardy bell r     2., they know they are late. Another bell rings at the end of each class, and everyone leaves class q       3. and goes to the next class. When students are in a hunger, they are often h_______4.to hear the bell ring. If the class is i     5., they do not want the bell ring.

M      6.students like the lunch bell best. They know that is time to enjoy their l       7.. They b   8. a hot meal in the school dinning room or they b     9. their lunch from home in big paper bags. A     10.a nice lunch everyone knows that it is soon time for another bell, another bell…

Vocabulary.

Complete the sentences with proper forms of the words given.

1.I will always remember your _______ (kind) to me.

2.The teacher is _________ (please) with what we have done in class.

3.He worked hard and ___________ (success) in his business at last.

4.Tom ran so _________ (quick) that I couldn’t catch up with him.

5.On June 1st, parents usually spend some money in______（buy）pictures books for their children as presents.

When most people think of the Olympics, they don’t think of science. But in the USA, each year, students take part in a kind of competition called the Science Olympiad.

It has a lot of different events. Students go there to show how much they know about the science of music, biology, chemistry and others. My best event is forestry (森林学). This time, I went to the Olympiad with my school’s team. We had worked hard, but this was the state competition. It would be hard to win.

The Olympiad was out of town, so we got to ride on a bus and stay in a hotel for a night. The Olympiad was in three big rooms. When we got there, we set up our team’s “camp” off to one side. The big day had come at last! First, I went to watch the tower building competition. That’s when students build small towers and put heavy things on top of it. They hope they can hold them up. One of my schoolmates was putting things on her tower. She was nervous, and in the end it was too heavy for her tower to hold it—it broke! I felt bad for her. After lunch, I helped some teammates with their events. One was geography, and the other was history. I don’t know much about those things, so I just watched my teammates do most of the work. At last, it was time for my favorite event—forestry. Another student was also in the forestry event. The rules were easy. We had to look at more than 40 different kinds of leaves and find out which plants they were from. We also had to answer some questions about the uses of each leaf. I knew almost all of the leaves and could answer most of the questions. I had spent more than a month studying on the Internet to get ready. At the end, it was time for the awards (颁奖), I was nervous, because the forestry awards were last. We won second place in the whole state! A nice man gave me a medal and smiled at me.

I had a great time at the Science Olympiad. I can’t wait for next year!

Choose the best answer according to the passage.

1.Which of the following is true?

A. When people talk about Olympics, they never think of the sports games.

B. The writer got some help from others in getting ready for the competition.

C. No one thinks the Olympics has anything to do with science.

D. The writer thought the competition was difficult.

2.The writer felt ___ about the competition.

A. nervous   B. excited   C. sad   D. bad

3.We know that ___.

A. you know a lot about biology if you’re good at forestry

B. it’s the first time for the writer to be in the competition

C. the writer had to do some experiments in the competition

D. the state competition lasted several days

4.The writer took part in the competition ___.

A. in the morning      B. at noon

C. in the afternoon   D. at night

5.The writer ___ at the Science Olympiad.

A. won the first prize

B. lost the state competition

C. enjoyed himself

D. got 40 different kinds of leaves

On the football field, the strikers who make the goals win the loudest applause （掌声）.

Some think they are the only heroes that can get the top awards.

The Italian footballer Fabio Cannavaro has proved this view wrong. He shows that every player in a match counts. He did this by winning the FIFA Player of the Year award on December 18.

The 33-year-old Cannavaro once helped Italy to get its fourth World Cup title. This time, he competed with two strikers Zine Zidane and Rinaldinho. He finally beat them. A lot of people said this award should have gone to a striker. But Cannavaro has again beaten this view.

Cannavaro learned to play football in a town of Naples, Italy. Later, he became a ball boy at the city’s stadium. That was before he entered the Series A game in his country.

While the Italian football clubs were criticized （批评） because of scandals （流言）, he set a role model by trying his best to do well in every match. It has encouraged other players and given hope to the country’s football spirit.

Cannavaro stands out most for his leadership. As captain of Italy at the World Cup, he knew how to bring out the country’s defensive tradition. A lot of top defenders were born in Italy.

Choose the best answer according to the passage.

1.Which of the following idea will the writer agree?

A. The strikers who make the goals should win the loudest applause.

B. Strikers are the only heroes that can get the top awards.

C. Only forwards and midfielders can get an award like the FIFA World Player.

D. The top award may go to any wonderful player.

2.According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?

A. Cannavaro appears in every match of the Italy.

B. Cannavaro beat Zine Zidane and Rinaldinho, that’s why he won the Golden Ball Award.

C. Cannavaro contributes a lot to helping his country’s team.

D. Cannavaro himself thought the top award should be given to a striker.

3. Cannavaro was chosen to be the captain of Italy because of _____________.

A. his leadership  B. his nationality  C. his spirit D. his role

4.Put the following statements into the right order.

a. Became a ball boy at the city’s stadium.   b. Won the Golden Ball Award.

c. Learned to play football in a town of Naples.

d. Entered the Series A game in his country.

A. a-c-d-b      B. c-a-d-b      C. a-d-c-b       D. c-a-b-d

5. Which is the best title for the passage?

A. The Golden Ball Award

B. Defender Wins Big Football Award

C. The American Footballer Fabio Cannavaro

D. Cannavaro and His Team