Our English literature teacher Miss Linda was new to teaching. But she always did her best to make learning fun and pleasant. But the thing that truly solidified her spot as my favorite teacher was that for every student’s birthday she would give us a personalized notebook.
It was just a simple small notebook, but she had filled the first page with her own words which made me realize how good a person I was. As a teenager who had a terrible home life, it made all the difference in how I acted the rest of the year.
In a session of English class, we were discussing a passage we had read. One student Jack made a point. Miss Linda basically said Jack was wrong. The next day, after we took our seats, she said, “Before we begin, I was thinking about what Jack said yesterday. Let’s take a look at that again. My knowledge is limited in this field where you are definitely better than me.” She repeated Jack’s point and encouraged discussions among students. After the discussions, it became apparent that Jack’s point really held water. I was impressed by Miss Linda who acknowledged her mistake publicly.
After class, I had to purchase some red punch cards to get lunch at school. Unfortunately, I didn’t have that much money to purchase enough cards. Miss Linda noticed I often skipped meals and brought an extra sandwich to me in private. She not only offered me the food which I desperately needed, but also the self-respect which I valued as a teenage boy. Also, she never criticized any students in public, which really made her popular among students.
1. What might be included in the personalized notebook?| A．Students’ test scores. |
| B．Students’ advantages. |
| C．Miss Linda’s blessing. |
| D．Miss Linda’s own thoughts. |
| A．Class discussions proved Jack’s point is right. |
| B．Jack proved his point by himself. |
| C．Miss Linda agreed with Jack’s point at first. |
| D．Jack was more knowledgeable than Miss Linda. |
| A．She always made learning fun and pleasant. |
| B．She gave each student a notebook for his birthday. |
| C．She had the courage to admit her mistake. |
| D．She paid attention to students’ dignity. |
| A．Humorous and open-minded. | B．Generous and strict. |
| C．Caring and modest. | D．Determined and warm-hearted. |
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Judy Kuczynski is president of an anti-bullying group called Bully Police USA. Her daughter Tina was the victim of severe bullying starting in middle school in the state of Minnesota. Her said, "Our daughter was a very outgoing child. She was a bubbly personality, very involved in all kinds of things, had lots of friends. And over a period of time her grades fell completely. She started having health issues. She couldn't sleep. She wasn't eating. She had terrible stomach pains. She started clenching her jaw and grinding her teeth at night. Didn't want to go to school."
Bullying is defined as negative behavior repeated over time against the same person. It can involve physical violence. Or it can be verbal — for example, insults or threats. Spreading lies about someone or excluding a person from a group is known as social or relational bullying.
And now there is cyber bullying, which uses the Internet, e-mail or text messages. It has easy appeal for the bully because it does not involve face-to-face contact and it can be done at any time.
The first serious research studies into bullying were done in Norway in the late 1970s. The latest government study in the United States was released last year. It found that about one-third of students age twelve to eighteen were bullied at school.
Susan Sweater is a psychologist at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and co-director of the Bullying Research Network. She says schools should treat bullying as a mental health problem to get bullies and victims the help they need. She says bullying is connected to depression, anxiety and anti-social behavior, and bullies are often victims themselves.
1. From the case of Tina, we can know that .
| A．bullying is rare | B．victims suffered a lot |
| C．schools are to blame | D．personalities are related |
| A．To beat someone repeatedly. | B．To call someone names. |
| C．To isolate someone from friends. | D．To refuse to help someone in need. |
| A．Because it can involve more people. | B．Because it can create worse effects. |
| C．Because it is more convenient. | D．Because it can avoid cheating. |
| A．bullies are anti-social | B．bullies should give victims help |
| C．students are not requally treated | D．bullies themselves also need help |
| A．Bullying—Old Irish Girl Committed Suicide |
| B．15-Year-Old Irish Girl Committed Suicide |
| C．Cyberbullying-Taking Off in Schools |
| D．How to Find Bullying among Teens |
【推荐2】Mr. Smith is forty-eight years old. He began to teach in a middle school twenty-four years ago. He works hard and always comes to his office on time. He expects his students to be honest and is strict with them. Some of his students become famous people, but they still remember him and often write to him. Of course the old man is proud of it.
This term he began to teach Grade One. Some of the new students were told about him, but the others didn’t know him well. He told them how to be an honest person. He gave them several examples and said, “I hate telling a lie most.”
Before class was over, he told all his students to finish Exercise 7 in Unit 1. The next morning, as soon as he came into the classroom, he asked, “Who’s finished Exercise 7?” A few students put up their hands. He shook his head and said, “Open your workbooks and see whether there’s Exercise 7 in Unit 1or not.”
The students had a look at their workbooks and their faces turned red at once.
1. How long has Mr. Smith taught in the middle school?| A．For twenty-four years | B．For forty-eight years |
| C．For twenty years | D．For thirty-six years |
| A．His students are hard-working. |
| B．His students often write to him. |
| C．He leaches math very well. |
| D．He is strict with students. |
| A．to study hard | B．not to be late for class |
| C．to be brave | D．not to tell a lie |
| A．angry | B．happy | C．sorry | D．bored |
【推荐3】Peter Tabichi is 37 years old. He is from Africa. He works to change the life of students in a poor area. He is a math and science teacher. His school is small and faces many challenges (挑战).
The classes are big and there are about 58 students in every class. The school only has one computer. Still, Mr Tabichi’s students study well. Mr Tabichi makes his classes interesting. He is kind and friendly to his students. His students say he is like a father to them.
Mr Tabichi’s work doesn’t stop on Saturdays and Sundays. He goes to the students homes and gives them more help. He also teaches the local people how to grow plants in bad conditions (环境).
Mr Tabichi won the $1 million Global Teacher Prize for 2019 . He gave lots of the money to help his students and improve (改善) his school.
1. Mr Tabichi’s school has only one _________.| A．library | B．class | C．classroom | D．computer |
| A．He works at home. | B．He watches TV at home. |
| C．he plays computer games. | D．He goes to his students homes. |
| A．his sons | B．his students |
| C．his grandparents | D．his parents |
| A．Mr Tabichi is an English and math teacher. |
| B．There are only a few students in Mr Tabichi’s class. |
| C．Mr Tabichi won the $1 million Nobel Prize for 2019. |
| D．Mr Tabichi also teaches the local people how to grow plants. |
【推荐1】My name is Betty. I’m a student in Hawaii School. Yesterday morning it was very sunny when I woke up. I looked at the alarm clock. It said 3:50! It stopped! What time was it? I climbed out of the bed and went downstairs to the kitchen. The kitchen clock said 8:30 —— I was late! My parents went to work and didn’t wake me up. The school bus went at 8:00. I missed it.
I called my teacher on his mobile phone.
“I’m sorry I got up late, but I’ll get to school as soon as I can!” I said. “Go to school on my rollerblades (旱冰鞋), ” I thought. “It will be faster than the bus.”
I washed and dressed quickly. I took an apple to eat on the way. That was my breakfast! Then I put on my rollerblades and went to school. It took me 35 minutes to get to school. I took all the shortcuts (近路) I knew. I went across the park, even through some backyards! When I got to school, I was very hot and my legs hurt. I missed math, our first lesson of the morning. But I made it to our second lesson, history. I was very happy because history is my favourite subject.
1. When did Betty get up yesterday?| A．At 3:50 | B．At 7:30 | C．At 8:00 | D．At 8:30 |
| A．on foot | B．on her rollerblades | C．by bus | D．by bike |
| A．an orange | B．an apple | C．a banana | D．a pear |
| A．Maths | B．Chinese | C．History | D．English |
| A．The alarm clock didn’t stop. |
| B．The school bus went at 8:00. |
| C．It took Betty 35 minutes to get to the school. |
| D．Betty missed the first lesson |
【推荐2】I used to be an average student in Bohunt High school until I took Dr. Whitworth’s class. He was such a life-changer to me that I left that class determined never to underachieve again. He not only taught me to perform better and achieve more success than expected, he, more importantly, taught me to think. He convinced me, as much by example as words that it was my moral obligation to do so and to serve others.
Neither of us could know how our relationship would evolve over the years. When I came back to Bohunt to teach English, I worked for Dr. Whitworth, the department chair. My discussion with him was like graduate seminars in adolescent development, classroom management and school leadership.
After several years, I was named department chair, and our relationship shifted again. I thought that it might be awkward chairing the department, since all of my former English teachers were still there, but Dr. Whitworth supported me throughout. As the former chair, he knew when to give me advice about curriculum, texts and personnel, and when to let me chart my own course.
In 1997, I needed his opinion about leaving Bohunt to become principal at another school. If he had asked me to stay at Bohunt, I might have. Instead, he encouraged me to seize the opportunity.
Five years ago, I became the principal of Bohunt. Once again, Dr. Whitworth was there for me, letting me know that I could count on him. I have learned from him that great teachers have an inexhaustible (用不完的) wealth of lessons to teach.
1. The underlined word in Paragraph 1 could be best replaced by ________.| A．underperform | B．underestimate |
| C．undertake | D．understand |
| A．They became teacher and student again. |
| B．They chaired the department together. |
| C．They were colleagues and Dr. Whitworth worked for him. |
| D．They were colleagues and he worked for Dr. Whitworth. |
| A．in time order | B．in space order |
| C．by giving examples | D．by comparison |
| A．A speech. | B．An autobiography. |
| C．A newspaper. | D．A poster. |
【推荐3】Hands up, who’s rubbish at drawing? Ha! Bet you’re not as bad as me.
Like most during lockdown, I missed being in familiar green city spaces. A quick snap (照片) on my phone never quite captured the moment. So I was excited to find “green sketching” sessions near my home. This seemed a perfect Covid-safe activity, even for the untalented.
Our group was all women, with some having had previous artistic training. We were given art supplies and then set drawing exercises to help us get creative.
This type of art, “green sketching”, was inspired by environmental scientist Dr Ali Foxon. Ali thought that spreading the joy of sketching could be the key to making people care about nature instead of just wordy reports. She launched her movement, Boggy Doodles(沼泽涂鸦), in 2016.
The day we were there the forest was glorious—all gold, yellow and brown. We spent the last hour trying to capture a forest scene. Hoping not to embarrass myself too much, I made a real effort to catch the dark and brighter areas of the trunks, their textures (纹理). I used an eraser to create the white shape of a silver tree in the distance. Mine looked more like a winter scene—I hadn’t managed to capture the autumn leaves or the branches. But when the five of us brought our work together at the end, I wasn’t too ashamed: mine was only just the worst.
I had loved this chance for a real and physical creative experience—I can’t be the only one to feel sad at the prospect of a new lockdown. Sketching calms a busy, anxious mind and trains the brain to notice “little things” that spark joy and help strengthen us against life’s challenges. While engaging with nature may well make us keener on protecting it—in Robert Macfarlane’s words, “We will not save what we do not love and we rarely love what we cannot name or do not see” — the benefits of sketching work the other way round.
1. Why did the author take part in the “green sketching” activity?| A．Her friends advised her to do so. |
| B．She needed something to kill time. |
| C．She was eager to return to green spaces. |
| D．She wanted to improve her painting skills. |
| A．It was launched by Dr Ali Foxon. |
| B．It was well-received after being held in 2016. |
| C．It required the participants to write a report afterwards. |
| D．It was aimed at raising public awareness of environmental protection. |
| A．She was ashamed that she didn’t take it seriously. |
| B．She felt embarrassed that her work was the worst. |
| C．She was fascinated by the winter scene in the forest. |
| D．She enjoyed herself even though she was poor at painting. |
| A．Sketching can strengthen one’s creativity. |
| B．Doing things we love brings us happiness |
| C．The first step to protecting nature is to engage with it. |
| D．It often takes a calm mind to overcome challenges in life. |
