School Progra

1. Which school offers Music Programe?

A．Hillbrook School	B．Emerson School
C．Monarch School	D．Almaden School

2. If you are interested in group classes in art, you can call.

A．650-968-5957	B．650-903-0986
C．650-403-3575	D．650-720-1677

3. Which program helps improve thinking skills?

A．Sports Program	B．Art Program
C．Development Program	D．Woodshop Program

American schools do not have separate classes for boys and girls. If boys want to cook or to sew, they can learn these things in classes that are no longer just for girls. If girls want to repair cars, they can now learn this in school. Most students like to have boys and girls on the same baseball team.

Many boys and girls dress alike in school. They wear blue jeans and sport shirts. Some have long hair and some have short hair. Sometimes a boy has longer hair than a girl.

Even the language is different. Students learn to say fire fighter instead of fireman, police officer instead of policeman, and letter carrier instead of mailman. A person does not need to be a man to fight a fire or to deliver the mail.

Most people think that these changes are good. They give all people an equal chance to be happy and to do what they want to do with their lives. Fathers like to tell their sons that they can grow up to be president. Today, mothers can tell the same things to their daughters.

4. We may infer from the text that in the past in American schools,_____.

A．there were many differences between boys and girls

B．boys could do everything but girls couldn't

C．boys and girls were the same in everything

D．girls only learned how to sew and cook

5. What does “mailman" mean?

A．Milkman.

B．Postman.

C．Writer.

D．Reporter.

6. The underlined word "They" in the last paragraph refers to______.

A．American schools

B．these changes

C．most people

D．American students

People sometimes say, "It's raining cats and dogs!” when there is a heavy rain. Nobody has ever really seen cats and dogs falling from the sky, but there have been many reports of other strange things “raining” down. In 1956, the people of a town in the USA saw a small black cloud in the sky. It started to rain from the cloud normally, but only in a small area. The cloud then turned white, and fish started to fall to the ground. Most of them were still alive.

During a storm in July 1901, in Minneapolis, people heard something falling from the sky that did not sound like rain. When they went outside, they found all types of frogs covering four streets.

There are other reports of strange “rains” failing from the sky including worms, insects and snakes.

Can these strange “rains” be explained by science? Scientists usually say that a tornado （龙卷风）has picked up the animals from a river or ocean, carried them for miles, and then dropped them somewhere else. But this does not completely explain all of them. On May 15, 1890, in Italy, there was a rain of blood-birds' blood. Scientists said that flying birds must have been torn（撕碎）to pieces by strong winds. But if so, why did only their blood fall from the sky, and not other parts of their bodies? And anyway, there were no strong winds that day!

7. What does it mean when people say, “It's raining cats and dogs”?

A．Cats and dogs are falling from the sky.	B．It's raining heavily.
C．Animals started to fall to the ground.	D．There is a black cloud.

8. Which of the following has not been reported as strange things failing from the sky?

A．Cats and dogs.	B．Worms and insects.
C．Fish and blood.	D．Snakes and frogs.

9. According to scientists, what can move things from the ground to the sky?

A．Storms.

B．Rains.

C．Clouds.

D．Tornadoes.

10. Scientists’ explanation for rain of blood is that________.

A．the tornado picked up the birds' blood.

B．there were no strong winds that day.

C．flying birds were tom into pieces by strong winds.

D．other parts of birds’ bodies did not fall with the blood.

11. Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?

A．Strange “Winds”.	B．Strange “Clouds”.
C．Strange “Rains”.	D．Strange “Animals”.

Teens want structure in their lives, which means they want their lives well-planned. To begin building structure, teens need love and trust. They need to know their parents are there to give them needed love and support(支持).Teens want to be sure that nothing can prevent parents from shouldering their responsibility for them — not their growing maturity(成熟), misbehavior, nor anger at something they have done. Teens want parents to keep control while allowing them to make some decisions.

There are some ways you can help your teens create reasonable structure and remain close. One way is to spend time together. Parents often mistake their teens’ increased interest in friends for a disinterest in the family.

Teens would like to spend more time doing things with their parents, but watching TV is not counted as spending time together. As your teens mature, it is important for you and your teens spend time alone together, one to one. Your teens need time to talk to you alone without any other family member present.

Talk with your teens about their interests and concerns. Make sure you really show interest in what is happening. When talking with your teens, give full attention and do not stop them.

The way to help your teens become adults is to let your teens into your world. Sharing your emotions and concerns with your teens is important. Avoid causing needless worry.

Trust your teens. Don’t expect the worst. Hope for the best. Telling your teens you don’t like their friends will cause the teens not to bring their friends home. If something should go wrong, believe that your teens didn’t do it on purpose.

It is very important that you treat your teens with respect. Teens need the same respect adults show for total strangers. Don’t talk down to your teens.

You need to be supportive of your teens. What may be a small problem to you may be troubling to your teens. Teens don’t have the experiences that adults have had. Let the teens know that you understand how much it hurts when something happens that is upsetting or hurtful to them. As they mature, they can look back at some problems they had and laugh at having been upset by something that now seems unimportant.

The most important things to remember are: talk with your teens, listen to their worries and offer suggestions when needed. This will help your teens to live a well-organized life.

12. According to Paragraph 1, teens________.

A．can control themselves.

B．expect direction and freedom.

C．don’t know how to make decision.

D．don’t have responsibility for the family.

13. The underline part “counted as” in Paragraph 3 probably means “_______”.

A．compared with	B．used as
C．connected with	D．regarded as

14. To help teens organize their lives , parents should_______.

A．invite their teens’friends home.

B．leave their teens’problems alone.

C．share their feelings with their teens.

D．pay little attention to their teens’ daily lives.

15. What is the best title of the passage?

A．Training Teens to Become Responsible Adults.

B．Helping Teens to Build Reasonable Structure.

C．Improving the Relationship with Your Teens.

D．Stepping into Your Teens’Secret Word.