Ted, my little brother, is in Grade One. Last Friday he came back from school with a letter. The letter was from his teacher. "I got a red flower today. Could you please sign this note?" he said to Mum. The note showed that he had been talking in class.
Ted hardly gets top scores in his school work. The best he gets is "OK", but often he gets "You can do better than this." Mum knows what it means. She tells me "You can do better than this" means "Extremely bad" in China.
In the USA, teachers never say anything too bad about their students, even if the students are making trouble in class or not working hard enough. The worst they might say is "Please be nicer tomorrow". Many parents are satisfied with a B-grade for each subject.
But things in Chinese schools are quite different. Parents have high expectations for their children. I sometimes felt that my second-grade cousin spent more time on homework than I did when I was a 6thgrader in the USA! Yet his parents and teachers didn't think he worked hard enough.
Is it too strict in China? Or is it not strict enough in the USA? Maybe both are true.
1.Why did Ted come home with a letter last Friday ?
A.Because the teacher wanted to visit his mother.
B.Because he did something wrong.
C.Because the teacher was happy with his progress.
D.Because the teacher thought he was too lazy.
2.American parents will be when their children get a B-grade in their school.
A.excited B.sad C.angry D.happy
3.The underlined words "high expectations" in this passage means .
A.很高的待遇 B.很多的自由
C.很高的期望 D.很多的关爱
4.The writer mainly wants to tell us .
A.the differences between Chinese education and American education
B.Chinese students are better than American students
C.American parents are not strict enough with their children
D.what the best way to educate children is
A good hobby is an important part of a teenager’s life. With hobbies, teenagers can become more familiar with history, social science and culture. Here are some hobbies for teenagers.
Collecting
Coins(硬币) may be too expensive for teenagers, but postcards, bookmarks even T-shirts can be great things to collect. Teenagers can collect things that do not cost much. Many teenagers enjoy collecting things when they visit a place. No matter what they collect, the most important thing is the information they get from the collection.
Writing
Writing can improve teenagers’ language skills. It can be a great hobby for teenagers. Writing a diary can help teenagers enter a private (个人的) world. It is important for their development. They can also write stories and poems.
Building
Models, birdhouses and anything else that teenagers make with their own hands can make them happy. Building is a great hobby because it is easy to start. Most teenagers can find interesting things to build. Building can help them improve their creativity.
Music
Do you dream to be a music star? Music can give teenagers self-confidence (自信). They can sing songs and play an instrument. Sometimes teenagers can learn music in a music club and make friends with the people who have the same hobby.
1.According to the passage, teenagers can learn more about ______ from hobbies.
① history ② social science ③ culture ④ their schools
A.①②③ B.①②④ C.②③④ D.①③④
2.Tom is a middle school student, so the good thing for him to collect may be______.
A.gold coins B.famous paintings C.cars D.bookmarks
3.Which of the following is TRUE?
A.Collecting is easy and cheap.
B.Teenagers can’t write poems and stories.
C.Building is the most difficult hobby.
D.Music can give teenagers self-confidence.
4.What is the best title for the passage?
A.Teenagers’ Lives B.How to Choose Hobbies
C.Hobbies for Teenagers D.Join Our Clubs
Teenagers are known for being creative and full of new ideas. Let’s have a look at these teenage inventions that might change the world.
Banana leaves usually go bad in two or three days. Tenith Adithyaa, a teenager from India, used UV to make the leaves stay fresh for a year. Tenith thinks that one day the leaves will be used for making plates, cups and other things. |
David Cohen, an American teenager, built an earthworm(蚯蚓) robot. It is able to go into the smallest places, where humans or dogs can’t go. It will be used for finding people in a fire or an earthquake. |
Remya Jose, a 14-year-old from India, found it tiring and boring to handwash clothes in the nearby river. She reused some bicycle parts and created a washing machine that saves time, energy and keeps people fit at the same time. |
Kenneth Shinozuku, a 15-year-old from New York, noticed that his grandfather who got Alzheimer＇s disease（老年痴呆） would often leave home and get lost. So he invented the wearable sensors(感应器)to help people find their family members like his grandfather. |
1.What is the passage mainly about?
A. Popular ads
B. Useful machines
C. Strange pictures.
D. Teenage inventions
2.The earthworm robot by David Cohen can ______.
A. make things stay fresh
B. help people wash clothes
C. go into the smallest places
D. take care of the old people
3.Which of the following is TRUE
A. Plates and cups are made of fresh banana leaves.
B. Remya's washing machine can also keep people fit.
C. David Cohen is a middle school student from India.
D. Kenneth's wearable sensors will keep old people at home.
假如你的妈妈是一位中学老师，爸爸是一名工人，你是一名中学生。请介绍你们一家人的日常作息时间。不少于60词。
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阅读下面短文，根据短文内容，完成下列各题。
Mr. Backer is going to the store .He wants to buy some food for dinner .He goes into the food store and sees a woman with ten children .
All the children are wearing(穿着)the same clothes-white hats,blue jackets and black pants.
“Are all the children yours?” Mr. Backer asks the woman.
“Yes,you are right ” She answers.
“Do you always dress them in the same clothes?” asks Mr. Backer.
“Yes ” answers the woman. “We dress them in the same clothes because we don’t want to lose any of them. When they are with other children,it’s easy to find them out.And we don’t want to take other children home by mistake(错误地）. When other children are with ours, it is easy to see them, because their clothes are different.”
How clever(聪明的) the woman is!
1.Why does Mr. Backer go to the store?
Because he___________________________________________in the store.
2.Who is the woman?
She is the_______________________________of the ten children.
3.What do the children wear on that day?
They wear___________________________and white hats.
4.Why do the children wear the same clothes every day?
Because it is___________________________for the woman to find them out.
5.What do you think of(认为) this woman ?
I think she is _____________________________.
完成句子：根据所给汉语意思 ，用单词或短语完成下列英文句子。
1.孩子们总是在公园里玩的很高兴。
Children always ___________in the park.
2.这个飞机模型是她的。
This ____________is hers.
3.他让我去参加他的12岁生日派对。
He asks me to go to his _________________birthday party.
4.周六我要上两个小时的英语课。
_____________________,I have an English class for two hours.
5.在空闲时间我喜欢做运动。
I want ________________in my free time.
