HIGHFIELD COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL SCHOOL REPORT Form Teacher: G. Baker Pupil’s Name: Simon Watkins Term: Summer 2014 Form: Ⅳ B
FORM TEACHER’S REMARKS HEADMASTER Basically satisfactory work and progress I shall be keeping an eye on his though he will now have realized, I hope, that progress in his weaker subjects in certain subject areas he needs to make speedy though his success in the sciences is improvement. most pleasing. |
1.Based on the school report, which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. Simon didn’t bother his teacher to revise French.
B. Simon is able to pay attention to history for long
C. Simon is a determined learner in English.
D. Basically, Simon did a good job in science
2.According to the comments of the Physical Education teacher, Simon_______.
A. likes to work with his classmates
B. is too talkative in the class
C. doesn’t exercise his body at the right time
D. becomes weak because he doesn’t exercise at all
3.Which of the following statements best describes Simon?
A. He needs to improve his attitude to certain subjects
B. His potential has been fully reflected in science classes.
C. His grade in maths makes him a born scientist.
D. He has made great progress in language classes
The first day our professor challenged us to get to know someone we didn’t know. I looked around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder. I turned around to find a wrinkled, little old lady smiling at me.
She said, “Hi, handsome. My name is Rose. I’m 87. Can I give you a hug?” I laughed, “Of course you may!” and she gave me a giant squeeze. “Why are you in college at such a young, innocent age?” I asked. She jokingly replied, “I’m here to meet a rich husband, get married, and have a couple of children.” “No seriously,” I said. “I want to realize my dream!” she told me. Over the course of the year, Rose became a campus icon and everyone liked to listen to this “time machine”.
At the end of the semester we invited Rose to speak at our football banquet and I’ll never forget what she taught us. “There is a huge difference between growing older and growing up. If you are 19 and lie in bed for one full year and don’t do one productive thing, you will turn 20. If I am 87 and stay in bed for a year and never do anything I will turn 88. We have less time to live on. Anybody can grow older. That doesn’t take any talent or ability. The idea is to grow up by always finding opportunity in change. The elderly usually don’t have regrets for what we did, but rather for things we did not do.”
At the year’s end, Rose finished the college degree she had dreamed about all those years. One week after graduation Rose died peacefully in her sleep. Over 2,000 students attended her funeral honoring the wonderful woman who taught us such an important message.
1.Rose was considered a “time machine” because she _____.
A. always followed a strict time schedule
B. was never late for any of her classes
C. always appeared in time whenever she was needed
D. had lived a long and rich life
2.According to Rose, growing up is different from growing older because _______.
A. growing up means young people have enough time to waste
B. growing up means one has more chances or time to choose what one likes
C. there is no need for one to worry about death
D. growing up doesn’t need as much effort or talent as growing older
3.From the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2, we can learn that ______.
A. it is not polite to talk about a person’s real age in public
B. going to college at a very old age is looked down upon
C. Rose looked younger than her real age in the writer’s eyes
D. the writer didn’t believe Rose was as old as she said
4.Rose came to study in college at such an old age for the purpose of __________.
A. challenging her old age
B. meeting someone rich and attractive
C. realizing her long dream about college education
D. not having any regrets in her life
Tomorrow's World Book Day has inspired a slew of literary events throughout the capital. Xing Yi and Liu Zhihua report.
As World Book Day, April 23, approaches, various reading events are being held by government agencies, libraries and bookstores throughout the capital.
At the launch of the 5th Beijing Reading Season in Great Canal Park in Tongzhou district on Saturday night, 81-year-old Yin Zhiguang, head of Beijing Elocution Troupe, led the audience in reciting a poem.
Activities focusing on different readerships will highlight World Book Day in bookstores throughout Beijing, such as picture book sharing for children in Xidan Book Building, conversations with musicians and authors for young people in Sanlian Bookstore, talks with diplomats for people interested in international affairs in Wangfujing Xinhua bookstore, and a 12-hour late-night reading marathon for night owls at One-Way Space bookstore.
Recently, we conducted a survey about how many extra-curricular books students read per year. On average, each student read 5.34 books, which is definitely not adequate compared with their counterparts from the Western countries. It is upsetting to see the outcome. When asked what students in our school do in their spare time, they claim that they tend to watch TV and surf the Internet, for they can have great fun. Some students even complain that they are forced to attend some extra make-up classes so that they have no time to play, not to mention reading books.
School authority is planning to launch a campaign to encourage students to read more extra-curricular books.
写作内容
1. 用30个左右词概括上文的主要内容。
2. 分析学生课外阅读量不足的原因(至少两点)。
3. 谈谈读书的好处(至少两点); 以及你对增加课外阅读量建议(至少两点)。
写作要求
1.作文中可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不得直接引用原文中的句子。
2.作文中不得出现真实姓名和学校名称。
任务型阅读（共10小题：每小题1分，满分10分）
The parents of a troubled teen may feel unsure as to whom to turn to in order to find help for their child. They may feel as if they have exhausted all of their options, and sometimes they are on the verge of giving up. But there is hope. Schools for troubled teens offer discipline and in some cases, drug treatment programs that can provide important life skills, and more importantly, a fresh start.
The following is a list of the most effective types of schools for troubled teens. Not every facility is a match for every child, but by knowing the differences between them, parents can make a better educated decision about where to send their teenager.
Boarding Schools
When a child is unable to deal with the relative freedom of a standard school day, boarding schools might be a good choice. At boarding schools, the child lives in a dorm setting, where almost every minute of the day is scheduled by school administrators.
Treatment Centers
When a teenager has an addiction to drugs or alcohol, a residential center that specializes in young people is an outstanding way to help them break the cycle of addiction. Treatment centers feature individual and group counseling to help identify the root causes of the drug problem and help develop the life skills needed to stay clean when the program is over.
Wilderness Programs
Designed to help improve the discipline and self-reliance of the child, wilderness programs send kids back to nature. By placing them in a foreign and sometimes uncomfortable setting, wilderness programs hope to improve children’s behavior. Programs generally include hikes, exercise programs and team building exercises.
Boot Camps
Boot camps are the most extreme style of school for troubled teens. These facilities are modeled after actual military boot camps, where the individual must get into shape, work as part of a team, and follow a long, hard set of rules and regulations. However, boot camps might not be the best choice for a teen with a drug addiction.
1._______ | Schools for Troubled Teenagers |
Problem | Having tried all the options, parents of troubled teens feel unsure about whom to 2._____ for help. |
3._______ of schools | ·Boarding schools have students’ time4.________ carefully. ·Treatment centres help students addicted to drugs return to 5.________. ·Wilderness programs are 6._______ to improve students’ behaviour by putting them in a foreign and sometimes uncomfortable setting. ·Boot camps are beneficial to 7.______ up their body and developing their sense of 8._____. |
9.________ | By learning about the differences between them, parents can make a better10.______ about where to send their teenagers for behavior modification. |
Last year I ruined my summer vacation－a two-week vacation at my wife’s family cabin on a lake in northern Ontario, located at the boundary of the US and Canada－by bringing along a modern convenience that was too convenient for my own good: the iPad.
Instead of admiring the beauty of nature, I checked e-mail. Instead of paddling an old canoe, I followed my Twitter feed. Instead of devouring great (or merely amusing) novels, I stuck to my workday diet of four newspapers each morning.
And that was the problem: I was behaving as if I were still in the office, sticking to the unending news cycle. My body was on vacation but my head wasn’t.
So this year I made up my mind to try something different, a social media experiment in reverse: withdrawal from the Internet. Could I manage to unplug?
I knew it wouldn’t be easy, since I’m not good at self-denial. But I was determined. I started with a physical restraint: handing the iPad to my wife, who helpfully announced that she was going to use it to read a 630-page novel for her book club and would not be inclined to relinquish the tablet for even a moment.
Then, a stroke of luck: The cell phone signal at the Canadian cabin was spottier than in the past, making my attempts at cheating an experience in frustration.
I was trapped, forced to comply with my own good intentions. Largely cut off from e-mail, Twitter and my favorite newspaper websites, I had little way to connect to the world except for radio－and how much radio can one listen to, really?
I had no choice but to do what I had planned to do all along: read books. I experienced criminal plots on the streets of Los Angeles, cutthroat battles between cancer labs and the psyche of a London social butterfly in 1922. And there were old magazines to read.
I’m not claiming that I cut myself off from the Internet completely. Every few days, we biked into the nearest town and, as a reward, sat on a park bench in front of the public library to use its Wi-Fi. And back at the cabin, we suffered through a slow dial-up connection once a day to check e-mail.
This tale of self-denial has a happy ending－for now, at least. With determination and deep breathing, plus the strong support of my wife, I succeeded in my vacation struggle against the Internet, realizing finally that it was me, of course, not the iPad, that was the problem.
I knew I had won when we passed a Starbucks and my wife asked if I wanted to stop to use the Wi-Fi. “Don’t need it,” I said, trying not to sound too pleased.
However, as we return to post-vacation situation, a test begins: Can I stay on the wagon now that I’m back at work? There are times when the compulsion to know what’s being said right now is overwhelming (and for me, sometimes it’s crucial to my livelihood). And I have no intention of giving up my membership in the cult of immediacy. But I hope to resist the temptation to reflexively check my e-mail every five minutes, which often leads, as long as I’m looking, to checking my Twitter feed and a website or two.
A vacation is supposed to help you reset your brain to become more productive. Here’s hoping this one worked.
1.What ruined the writer’s trip last year?
A. That he was worn out because of the schedule.
B. That he forgot to bring amusing novels with him.
C. That he read too much newspaper last year.
D. That he was distracted by too many things unrelated to the trip.
2.What does the underlined word ‘restraint’ mean?
A. A calm and controlled behavior.
B. A relaxing move.
C. A strong determination.
D. An unshakable faith.
3.What did the writer do to get in touch with the outside world during the trip?
A. Reading online newspapers.
B. Following his friends’ Twitter.
C. Checking email every now and then.
D. Listening to the radio.
4.Why did the writer claim that his self-denial process have a happy ending?
A. He has completely turned down the Internet.
B. He gave up his habit of checking the latest news online.
C. He realized that his body was on vacation but his head wasn’t.
D. It dawned on him that it was people that are in control of their behavior.
5.What is the main idea of the passage?
A. Say no to electronic devices.
B. Relationships harmed by distractions.
C. Abandoned distractions ease break.
D. Things that can take your mind off.
In a certain store where they sell puddings, a number of these delicious things are laid out in a row during the Christmas season. Here you may select the one which is most to your taste, and you are even allowed to sample them before coming to a decision.
I have often wondered whether some people, who had no intention of making a purchase, would take advantage of this privilege. One day I asked this question of the shop girl, and I learned it was indeed the case. “Now there’s one old gentleman, for instance,” she told me, “he comes here almost every week and samples each one of the puddings, though he never buys anything, and I suspect he never will. I remember him from last year and the year before that, too. Well, let him come if he wants it, and welcome to it. And what’s more, I hope there are a lot more stores where he can go and get his share. He looks as if he needed it all right, and I suppose they can afford it.”
She was still speaking when an elderly gentleman limped up to the counter and began looking closely at the row of puddings with great interest. “Why, that’s the very gentleman I’ve been telling you about,” whispered the shop girl. “Just watch him now.” And then turning to him: “Would you like to sample them, sir? Here’s a spoon for you to use. “The elderly gentleman, who was poorly but neatly dressed, accepted the spoon and began eagerly to sample one after another of the puddings, only breaking off occasionally to wipe his red eyes with a large torn handkerchief. “This is quite good”. “This is not bad either, but a little too heavy”. All the time it was quite evident that he sincerely believed that he might eventually buy one of these puddings, and I am positive that he did not for a moment feel that he was in any way cheating the store. Poor old chap! Probably he had come down in the world and this sampling was all that was left him from the time when he could afford to come and select his favorite pudding.
Amidst the crowd of happy, prosperous looking Christmas shoppers, the little black figure of the old man seemed pitiful and out of place, and in a burst of benevolence, I went up to him and said:
“Pardon me, sir, will you do me a favor? Let me purchase you one of these puddings. It would give me such pleasure.”
He jumped back as if he had been stung, and the blood rushed into his wrinkled face.
“Excuse me,” he said, with more dignity than I would have thought possible considering his appearance, “I do not believe I have the pleasure of knowing you. Undoubtedly you have mistaken me for someone else.” And with a quick decision he turned to the shop girl and said in a loud voice, “Kindly pack me up this one here. I will take it with me.” He pointed at one of the largest and most expensive of the puddings.
The girl took down the pudding from its stand and started to make a parcel of it, While he pulled out a worn little black pocketbook and began counting out shillings and pennies on to the counter. To save his “honor”, he had been forced into a purchase which he could not possibly afford. How I longed for the power to unsay my tactless words! It was too late though, and I felt that the kindest thing I could do now would be walk away.
“You pay at the desk,” the shop girl was telling him, but he did not seem to understand and kept trying to put the coins into her hand. And that was the last I saw or heard of the old man. Now he can never go there to sample puddings and more.
1.By saying it was indeed the case. , the author meant that ______.
A. many shoppers would sample pudding before buying them
B. some people just sampled pudding but didn’t buy them
C. the Christmas season was the time to promote pudding sales.
D. there were various kinds of puddings on sale during the Christmas sale.
2.From the girl’s words, we know that she ______
A. felt pity for the old man
B. looked down upon the old man
C. thought poorly of sampling pudding
D. worked in the shop for a few months
3.The old man finally bought a pudding because ______
A. he had intended to buy the pudding
B. the author gave him some money
C. he was annoyed by the author’s offer
D. the shop girl asked him to purchase one
4.Why did the author feel that he should walk away according to the passage ?
A. He had something urgent to do
B.He was quite angry with the old man
C. He decided to pay the money for the pudding
D. He found himself in a rather awkward way
5.What does the passage imply?
A. Helping others involves respect..
B. Never judge a book by its cover.
C. A man can do no more than he can.
D. A word spoken cannot be recalled.
