It’s three thirty in the afternoon at Raynham Primary School in London. Students are ready for their after-school math lesson. Thousands of kilometers away, their math tutors are also arriving for class. Each pupil gets an online tutor. The students work on their computer screen and wear a headset (耳机) to talk to their tutor.
Their classroom teacher, Altus, says he has seen an improvement in results. Nine-year-old Samia says she enjoys the online lessons. She said, “It helps me because sometimes when we’re doing it in class, I don’t hear the teacher very much and I don’t understand, but online is better.”
Tom Hooper started the company. It provides the online tutoring. The company is called Bright Spark Education.
Children today feel very confident(有信心的)online, so they enjoy their learning. Online tutoring costs between twenty and twenty-five dollars an hour. An online tutor is about half the cost of traditional face-to-face tutoring.
Bright Spark Education says the online tutoring is used only as an addition to the regular teaching. The company says its service doesn’t threat the teachers’ jobs in Britain.
Some parents say they are pleased with the results. But some students still hate math. Even with the latest technology(技术) to teach it, math is still not everyone’s favorite subject.
1.Why does Samia like to learn online? _________
A. Because the tutor is only for her.
B. Because she likes playing on the screen.
C. Because it’s cool.
D. Because she can hear the tutor clearly.
2.How much do you have to pay for learning for two hours online at least? ________
A. 50 dollars. B. 25 dollars.
C. 20 dollars. D. 40 dollars
3.What does the underlined word “threat” mean? _________
A. 促进 B. 威胁 C. 经营 D. 开发
4.What’s the main idea of the text? _________
A. Each pupil gets an online tutor.
B. Children feel very confident online.
C. Students in London learn math online.
D. Math is not everyone’s favorite subject.
Expert(专家) say that students usually need eight to ten hours’ sleep at night, but most Chinese students do not get enough sleep. Some Chinese parents are usually glad to see their children studying late. They will think their children work very hard, but not all parents are happy about this. Once a mother told us that every morning her 10-year-old boy put up one finger (手指)with his eyes still closed, asking for one more minute to sleep. Like thousands of students “ early birds” in China, he has to get up before six every morning.
A report shows that without a good night’s sleep, students seem to be weaker than they should be. Many students have fallen asleep during class at one time or another. Too much homework is not the only reason why students stay up late. Some watch TV or play the computer games late into the night.
Experts have ever said that the students should develop good study habits. So some clever students never study late, they are able to work well in class.
1.The 10-year-old boy asked for more minute to sleep because__________
A. he didn’t have enough sleep
B. it wasn’t time for him to get up
C. he didn’t want to go to school
D. he wanted his moth
er to wake him up
2.In this passage we know if students don’t get enough sleep, they may________
A. become too weak to sleep B. not work well in class
C. go to bed early D. be weak in English
3.In this passage “early birds” means “persons who __________”
A. get up early B. get up late
C. sleep less D. don’t want to sleep
4.According to the passage, which of the following is right?_________
A. If you want to study better, you must work hard at night.
B. Sleeping less means working hard.
C. Some clever students are able to work well in class because they have good study habits.
D. Students don’t have
enough sleep because they have lots of homework to do.
Mr Smith works in an office. He’s very busy and has no time to have a good rest. Every evening, when he comes back from his office, he’s always tired and wants to go to bed early. But his wife often tells him many interesting things after supper. It’s usually too late and Mr Smith has to get up in the morning when she is asleep.
One day the man felt terrible and couldn’t go to work. Mrs Smith went to hospital with him. Before her husband said what was wrong with him, the woman had told the doctor everything and the doctor understood why. He wrote out a prescription (药方). And when Mrs Smith brought the medicine back, the doctor said to her, “This is for your husband and the pills are for you.”
“For me?” the woman said in surprise. “I’m fine. I don’t need any medicine!”
“I don’t think so,” said the doctor. “They are sleeping pills. Your husband will soon be all right if you take them.”
1.Why does Mr Smith have to get up in the morning when his wife is asleep?
A. Because he must make breakfast for his wife.
B. Because he has to go to work.
C. Because he doesn’t want to sleep.
D. Because his wife asks him to get up.
2.We can learn from the passage that Mr Smith will soon be all right if ______.
A. he often goes to see the doctor
B. Mr Smith takes the pills
C. they don’t argue with each other
D. Mrs Smith stops talking too much in the evening
3.Which is NOT talked about in this passage?
A. Mr. Smith is very busy and tired.
B. Mr. Smith felt something wrong with himself.
C. Mrs. Smith felt something wrong with herself.
D. The Smiths went to see the doctor and talked a lot to him.
When I was in high school, I didn’t do well in my schoolwork at first. I wanted to go to college. I went to talk with my favorite teacher. He told that there might be no chance for me to go to c
ollege. It made me very .
But I didn’t give up (放弃). I might not be able to get into . But I wouldn’t stop . Then I found that my in the past was spending too much time on science. I was not good at my schoolwork, because I wasn’t working hard on all .
So for the following semesters I my plan. I spent more time in studying English, math and other subjects. I worked hard by to the teachers carefully in class and doing more exercis
es after class. Now I am studying at college.
If you are not doing well at school at the moment, don’t . Forget the past years and restart (重新开始) now! I believe all your dreams can come true.
1.A. Or B. And C. But D. So
2.A. her B. him C. them D. me
3.A. sad B. tired C. glad D. relaxed
4.A. hospital B. college C. trouble D. water
5.A. speaking B. spending C. trying D. paying
6.A. hope B. opinion C. answer D. problem
7.A. sports B. subjects C. dreams D. chances
8.A. changed B. kept C. followed D. realized
9.A. looking B. talking C. agreeing D. listening
10.A. give up B. pick up C. look up D. keep up
–Excuse me, can you tell me how to get to the park?
--Sorry, I have been here for the first time.
--_________.
A. Bad luck B. Thank you all the same
C. Not at all D. That’s right.
-She is good at English，isn’t she？
-_________. She often fails her English exam.
A. Yes, she isn’t B. No, she is
C. Yes, she is D. No, she isn’t.
