A German who has been a volunteer teacher in the Guangxi countryside for ten years is a celebrity ( 名人)in China these days .
42-year-old Echart Lowwe was born in Hamburg , Germany . He graduated form the Hamburg Academy of Fine Arts. In the early 1990, Echart Lowwe traveled to China and became greatly interested in the country . In 1999 , he started working as a high school teacher in the city of Hechi , Guangxi , Later he went to a primary school in the remote Banlie Village to work as a volunteer teacher . He is still teaching there now .
His teaching methods are different from Chinese teachers . He never uses textbooks in class or sets exams .He seldom tells students how to do things , but instead encourages his pupils to be independent . He teaches music , nature and painting . To teach his students the spirit of teamwork , he asked them to paint a picture together .
Lowwe loves being with children . Kids love him back . He is often seen surrounded by groups of kids. “I feel he is our loved one .He is close to us ,”one of his students says.
Lowwe said “ I have always had the desire to teach in the countryside. I am doing what I want to do now . If I had to die right now , I would die happily ,” he said .
根据短文内容，判断以下句子的（ T ）误（ F ）。
1.Echart Lowwe is a volunteer teacher from Germany .
2.He used to work as a painter in Hechi .
3.He has his own ways of teaching .
4.Kids love him because he helps them do exams better .
5.Echart Lowwe doesn’t regret what he is doing .
Mark Twain was asked one day if he could remember the first money he got. He thought for a long time before answering and then said, "Yes, it was at school. I can remember 1 about it. Schoolboys in those days never 2 teachers and never took care of thing of the school. They often damaged their desks. There was a(n) __3 in our school that anybody who damaged his desk with a pencil or knife would be beaten before the 4 school or have to pay five dollars."
"One day, I damaged my desk in some 5 . I had to tell my father I had broken the rule, and had to pay five dollars or be beaten before the whole school. My father said it __6 be too bad to have our face lost in front of the whole school. He 7 to give five dollars to hand over to the teacher. But before giving me the money he took me upstairs and give me a beating."
"But as I had had one beating and wasn't afraid of it any 8 , I decided I would take __9 beating at school and 10 the dollars. So that was what I did. That was the first money I ever got."
1. A．something B．anything C．everything D．nothing
2. A．loved B．trusted C．hated D．respected
3. A．punishment B．bet C．issue D．rule
4. A．whole B．total C．complete D．all
5. A．way B．method C．manner D．means
6. A．could B．would C．should D．ought to
7. A．agreed B．permitted C．accepted D．screamed
8. A．time B．longer C．more D．way
9. A．another B．more C．a D．some
10. A．earn B．keep C．make D．obtain
Practice Chinese Gongfu can not only _________ one’s strength, but also develop one’s character.
A．bring up B．take up C．pull up D．build up
---Can I smoke here ?
----Sorry, we don’t allow people _________ here.
A．smoking B．smoke C．to smoke D．smoked
The news ________ Joan will be our new English teacher is true.
A．what B．that C．how D．when
She had a car accident yesterday；________she got seriously injured in the left leg.
A．as a result B．because of C．as a result of D．in case
