2011 Top Education News
"Tiger Mother" became well known both in the US and China after the publication of the Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua, a professor of Yale University and a Chinese immigrant mother. In the book, Chua describes how she educates her two daughters in a strict "typical Chinese" way.
| The South University of Science and Technology of China (SUSTC), became "China's first independent university"-the only university to recruit students through its independent exam rather than the National College Entrance Exam adopted by almost all public universities in China.
|
Wuhan schoolboy Huang Yibo, 13,known as the deputy chief of all Wuhan's young pioneers, became an overnight sensation after blogging about watching prime time news on China's Central Television since he was two years old and reading People's Daily since the age of seven because his father asked him to do so.
| The First Experimental Elementary School of Weiyang district in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, hit the headlines for requiring students with a poor performance to wear a green scarf, distinguishing them from the good performance of the red scarf, a symbol for the Young Pioneer organization.
|
Dong Fan, a professor from Beijing Normal University, the director of the university’s real estate research center, refused to see any of his students who do not possess 40 million yuan by the time they are 40. Dong said people who had received high-level education should be ashamed if they do not live a wealthy life.
| The No 4 classroom building on the campus of Tsinghua University, one of China's elite colleges, took on the name of a popular clothing company, the Hong Kong-based Jeanswest Clothing in May. A golden-colored plate bearing the name of the company was affixed on to the wall of the teaching building.
|
1.How many pieces of the news above have something to do with family education?
A. 4 B. 3 C. 2 D.5
2.Which of the following statements is True according to the news above?
A. Tsinghua University became "China's first independent university".
B. Students caring about environmental protection will wear a green scarf.
C.“Tiger Mother” is famous for her book about how she educates her two daughters.
D. Huang Yibo began to read People's Daily at the age of two.
3.We can infer from the news about Dong Fan that _______.
A. he tends to measure success by money
B. he spares no efforts to help his students
C. he works hard
D. he is a professor of Yale University
4.All the six pieces of news above deal with the subject of ______.
A. education B. parents C. students D. Schools
One kind of female butterfly mates only once in its life -- and then closes its wings to avoid "harassment" when pursued by persistent and unwanted males, a Japanese researcher said.
Observations of the Small Copper Butterfly, a colourful orange and black butterfly, showed that some females closed their wings when males flew by, but only when they were males of their own species, said Jun-Ya Ide, an associate professor at Kurume Institute of Technology in Fukuoka, western Japan.
"When we looked into why, the males were courting the females. They do this very stubbornly, so the females sometimes try to get away -- or prefer to stay unobserved," he added.
Ide and his colleagues brought a model of a male butterfly near the females to test their reactions and found that young females that had yet to mate kept their wings open, but those that had already mated closed them.
Not only can the persistent attentions of unwanted suitors harm the delicate females, fleeing from them -- with the male often in pursuit -- uses up strength and can even shorten their lives, he added.
"Closing their wings makes them less visible, helping them avoid communication with their own species. We figured they were trying to avoid harassment by males," Ide said.
1.What does the word “harassment”mean in the paragraph？
A. attack B. embarrassment
C. sexual invasion D. threat
2.Why some some females closed their wings when males flew by？
A. because they close their wings to avoid "harassment" when pursued by persistent and unwanted males.
B. because the female butterfly mates only once in its life.
C. because they don’t like the male butterfly at all.
D. because they are afraid of the male butterfly.
3.According the the passage, which is correct?
A. The females closed their wings when males flew by.
B. Only the model of a male butterfly can make the young female butterflies to keep their wings open.
C. The female butterfly mates only once in its life
D. Not only can the persistent attentions of wanted suitors harm the delicate females, fleeing from them with the male often in pursuit -- uses up strength and can even shorten their lives.
In a cold winter, a couple had to move out from the luxury villa because of bankruptcy. The husband worked day and night to support the family but with no care of his wife. So she thought, “he doesn't love me anymore, he just cares his business...not me”.
One day, she began to take a bath, he stopped her at the door, "Let me take it first, OK?" "Why not let me shower first," she asked. "I was tired, sweetie, you take it later, OK?" She was totally depressed.
On a morose day, she found nothing to do and turned on his computer, a few words blurred her eyes...it was his diary:
Today, I was quite sad, she asked me why I was always taking the bath first, and I said to her, I was exhausted. She was unhappy, in her mind, I treated her not as well as usual, but how can I do? I wasn’t as rich as before! We moved to the small apartment, there was only a shower in such a freezing winter. But I found that if one person took the shower first, the room could get a little warm, so every time I rushed to the bathroom first. I was thinking that, when she took the shower, the room would get warmer, at least1℃, 2℃or 3℃
Now I can't give her comfortable life, bring her the luxury restaurant, buy expensive dresses for her, but at least, I can give her 1℃ love.
1.Why was the husband always taking the bath first?
A. Because he was tired from work.
B. Because he wanted to get the bathroom warmer.
C. Because he didn’t love her anymore.
D. Because he treated his wife not as well as usual.
2.What does the underlined word “bankruptcy” in the first paragraph probably mean?
A.crash B.failure C. moving D. diseases
3.The best title of the passage may be ______.
A trouble B. Husband and wife
C. A romantic love story D.1 ℃ love
Years ago a farmer owned land along the Atlantic seacoast. He constantly advertised for ____ hands. Most people were reluctant（不情愿） to work on _____ along the Atlantic. They dreaded the awful _____that raged across the Atlantic， wreaking havoc（浩劫，灾难） on the buildings and crops. As the farmer __ applicants for the job， he ______ a steady stream of refusals.
____， a short， thin man， well past middle age， approached the farmer. “Are you a good farmhand？” the farmer asked him.
“Well， I can ___ when the wind blows，” answered the ____ man.
Although ____ by this answer， the farmer， desperate（不顾一切的） for _____， hired him. The man worked well around the farm， ______ from dawn to dusk， and the farmer felt satisfied with the man's work.
Then one night the wind howled loudly in from offshore. ____ out of bed， the farmer grabbed（抓起） a lantern and ____ next door to the hired hand's sleeping quarters. He ____ the little man and yelled， “Get up！ A storm is coming！ Tie things down before they blow away！”
The little man ____ in bed and said ____， “No sir. I told you， I can sleep when the wind blows.”
Enraged by the response， the farmer was tempted to ___ him on the spot. Instead， he hurried outside to prepare for the storm. To his ___， he discovered that all of the haystacks（干草垛） had been covered with tarpaulins（油布）. The cows were in the barn， the chickens were in the coops（鸡笼）， and the doors were barred. The shutters were tightly secured. Everything was tied down. Nothing could blow away.
The farmer then understood what his hired hand ____， so he returned to his bed to also sleep ____ the wind blew.
1.A. took B. applied C. hired D. got
2.A.field B. farm C. garden D. park
3.A.winds B. flood C. hurricane D. storms
4.A. visited B. trained C. saw D. interviewed
5.A.accepted B. offered C. refused D. received
6.A.Surprisingly B. Finally C. Obviously D. Luckily
7.A. sleep B. do C. work D. help
8.A.strong B. young C. kind D. little
9.A.pleased B. puzzled C. surprised D. satisfied
10.A. work B. pleasure C. man D. help
11.A. busy B. sad C. tired D. happy
12.A.Coming B. Leaving C. Going D. Jumping
13.A. rushed B. ran C. went D. moved
14.A.beat B. stroke C. shouted D. shook
15.A. rolled over B. put on C. got up D. sat
16.A.delightly B. happily C. Firmly D. angrily
17.A. kill B. instruct C. fire D. inform
18.A. regret B. joy C. surprise D. sadness
19.A.expected B. prepared C. meant D. offered
20.A.when B. while C. after D. as
Clean water and fresh air are essential for our daily life, _______ we can’t live.
A. by which B. without which
C. that D. on which
----Tom, you’ve got an A in the final English exam. Congratulations!
----Thanks. But I never thought the result came out so fast. The papers ______ when I left the teacher’s office just now.
A. had been marked B. were still being marked
C. are still marking D. had been marking
