Most American students go to traditional (传统的) public schools. There are about 88, 000 public schools all over the US. Some students attend charter schools（特许学校）.
Charter schools are self-governing. Certain companies operate (经营) some charter schools. They are similar in some ways to traditional public schools. They receive tax money just as other public schools do. Charter schools must prove to local or state governments that their students are learning. These governments provide the schools with the agreement called a charter that permits them to operate.
Charter schools are different because they do not have to obey most laws that govern traditional public schools. Each school can choose its own goals and decide what to teach and how to teach them in their own way. Class size is usually smaller than in traditional public schools.
The government strongly supports charter schools as a way to reorganize public schools, which are failing to educate students. But some education unions are against charter schools. One teachers' union has just released the results of the first national study, which compared the progress of students in both traditional schools and charter schools.
The results of the study show that charter school students performed worse on math and reading tests than the students in traditional public schools.
Some experts say the study is not fair because students in charter schools have more problems than students in traditional schools. Other education experts say the study results would make charter school officials realize that they should help their students make greater progress.
1.If a company wants to operate a charter school, it must ________.
A. try new ways of teaching
B. prove（证明）its management（管理ability
C. obey the local and state laws
D. get the government's permission(许可)
2.What's the government's attitude toward charter schools?
A. Doubtful. B. Supportive（支持的）.
C. Satisfied. D. Unclear.
3.What can we learn from the text?
A. More students choose to attend charter schools.
B. Charter schools are better than traditional schools.
C. Students in charter schools are well educated.
D. People have different opinions about charter schools.
4.What might be the best title for the text?
A. Charter schools in America
B. Public schools in America
C. Schools in America
D. Education in America
F.Scott Fitzgerald, born on September 24,1896, an American novelist, was once a student of St.Paul Academy, the Newman School and attended Princeton. University for a short while. In 1917 he joined the army and was posted in Alabama, where he met his future wife Zelda Sayre. Then he had to make some money to impress her.
His life with her was full of great happiness, as he wrote in his diary:“ My own happiness in the past often got such joy that I could share it even with the person dearest to me but had to walk it away in quiet streets and take down parts of it in my diary.”
This side of paradise, his first novel, was published in 1920. Encouraged by its success, Fitzgerald began to devote more time to his writing. Then he continued with the novel the Beautiful and Damned (1922), a collection of short stories Thales of the Jazz Age (1922), and a play The Vegetable (1923). But his greatest success was the novel The Great Gatsby, published in 1925, which quickly brought him praise from the literary world. Yet it failed to give him the needed financial security. Then, in 1926, he published another collection of short stories All the Sad Young Men.
However, Fitzgerald’s problems with his wife Zelda had an effect on his writing. During the 1920s he tried to reord his life, but failed. By 1930, his wife had her first break down and went to a Swiss clinic. During this period he completed novels Tender Is the Night in 1934 and The love of the last Tycoon in 1940. While his wife was in hospital in the United States, he got totally addicted to(沉迷于) alcohol. Sheila Graham, his dear friend, helped him fight his alcoholism.
1.How many novels written by Fitzgerald are mentioned in the passage ?
A. 5 B. 6 C. 7 D. 8
2.Which of the following is the correct order to describe Fitzgerald’s life
according to the passage?
a. He became addicted to drinking.
b. He studied at St.Paul Academy.
c. He published his first novel This Side of Paradise.
d. The Great Gatsby won high praise.
e. He failed to reorder his life.
f. He joined the army and met Zelda.
A. f-c-e-a-b-d B. b-e-a-f-c-d C. f-d-e-c-b-a D. b-f-c-d-e-a
3.We can infer from the passage that Fitzgerald _______..
A. had made some money when he met Zelda in Alabama.
B. was well educated and well off before he served in the army
C. would have completed more works if his wife hadn’t broken down
D. helped his friend get rid of drinking while his wife was in hospital
4.The passage is probably followed by a concluding paragraph about_____.
A. Zelda’s personal life
B. Zelda’s illness and treatment
C. Fitzgerald’s friendship with Graham
D. Fitzgerald’s contributions to the literary world
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（题文）假定你是李华，你的班级决定组织同学们5月30日端午节（the Dragon Boat Festival）一起骑自行车去西湖观看龙舟比赛（the dragon boat race）。请你给外教史密斯先生写封邮件，邀请他上午在学校门口集合，一同前往，感受中国传统文化。
注意： 1.词数100左右；
2.可适当加入细节，以使行文连贯；
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Friendship is very important to everyone，especially to me. Now，I would like to describe one of my best friends whose name are Petou. The first reason why I consider him as my best friend is because he has a very warm personality.
He always smile politely at me, make me absolutely delighted when I meet him. What's more，honest is his good manner—he never lies me. In addition，he is the caring and compassionate friend. He's willing to help with me whenever I have trouble. The second reason is that Petou is really excellently. He is good at every subject，which makes me admire him very much.
To summarize，Petou has a very good personality. Besides，he has a great ability to help other friends and him. I really like him.
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My friend had a chance to make a trip to Hong Kong 1. August 15, 2011. He had dreamed about 2. (visit) it since his boyhood 3.it was the first time that he had been there. The following was 4. he had seen.
Arriving there, he 5.(impressed) by its beautiful scenery and tall buildings. It is said that Hong Kong has the most skyscrapers in the world. Wherever he went, he saw many smiling 6.(face) there. People in Hong Kong were kind, generous, easygoing and ready to help 7.(other). Much to his surprise, he saw that people there always kept order in public places. Though crowds of people were waiting for the next train at the subway station, they were talking in such8.low voice as not to disturb one another.
Chinese and English are their official languages. English is 9. (wide) used in governments, markets, service centers and other fields.
Staying there for only a week was a good experience for him, 10. he will never forget.
