The British are known for their sense of humor. However, it is often difficult for foreigners to understand their jokes. The main point to remember is that the British often use understatement.
Understatement means saying less than you think or feel. For example, if someone gets very wet in a shower of rain, he might say, “It’s a little damp (潮湿的) outside.” Or, if someone is very impolite and shouts at another person, someone else might say, “She isn’t exactly friendly.” Understatement is often used in unpleasant situation or to make another person look silly. Understatement plays an important part in British humor.
Another key to understanding British humor is that the British like to make fun of themselves as well as others. They often laugh about the silly and unpleasant things that happen to our everyday life when someone accidentally falls over in the street. They also like to make jokes about people from different classes of society. They like to make jokes about their accents, the way they dress and the way they behave. What’s more, the British love to watch comedies (喜剧) about people who do not know how to behave in society. The comedies series Mr. Bean is a good example of this kind of humor.
Mr. Bean is the character created by British actor Rowan Atkinson in 1990. Mr. Bean doesn’t talk often, and instead he uses his body movement and facial expressions to make people laugh. Perhaps what makes Mr. Bean so funny is that he does things that adults in the real world cannot do. Mr. Bean is popular in many countries around the world because you do not have to speak English to understand the humor. Because of this, many people have become familiar with the British sense of humor.
1. Why is it difficult for foreigners to understand British jokes?| A．The British often enlarge the fact. |
| B．British jokes are connected with many different cultures. |
| C．British jokes are not as funny as jokes in other countries. |
| D．The British try to make out that something is less important than it is. |
| A．describing a process | B．making comparisons |
| C．following time order | D．using examples |
| A．using his body movement and facial expressions |
| B．making jokes about others’ accent |
| C．copying how others behave |
| D．telling funny stories |
| A．British Humor in Comedy | B．Humor in Different Cultures |
| C．Understanding British Humor | D．Developing Your Sense of Humor |
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【推荐1】If you have ever traveled to Dali in Yunnan province, you may find that many white cloth decorations with blue patterns are hung on the wall in the local buildings. They are tie-dyed (扎染的) products of the Bai nationality.
The dyeing technique can date back to more than 1,000 years ago and reached its height during the Ming and Qing dynasties. The tie-dyes use hand-weaved white cloth and colors extracted (提取) from plants. People use needle and thread to make different folds in a cloth and put it into a dye jar several times until the color becomes darker. Common patterns are geometric shapes and flowers. The tradition was listed as a national non-material cultural heritage (遗产) in 2006.
“Tie-dyeing is a lifestyle that we want to pass on to others. It’s about harmony between the Bai people and nature,” Zhang Hanmin, 36, told China Daily. Now she still remembers watching the local women dry their half-made tie-dyes on the stone road as a child and helping her mother tie-dye to get pocket money.
During a visit to her home in Zhoucheng village, she noticed that few young Bai people were interested in their traditions, choosing instead cheaper, machine-made clothes. This made Zhang decide to move back to her village to help the Bai people revive (复兴) the ancient tie-dye technique. She quickly learned how to tie-dye using plants and draw traditional tie-dye patterns from the local elders. A 90-year-old craftsman taught her how to extracts blue color from a plant. Zhang was inspired by the man, who worked for more than an hour without drinking water or resting. “I’m touched by their attitude and love for nature, and it encourages me to insist when I face difficulties,” she said.
Zhang started a class to teach the kids and young people in Dali. She believes that “it’s like sowing a seed—who knows which of them will become an successor of our culture in the future”.
1. What is the function of Paragraph 1?| A．To conclude the text. | B．To express the author’s attitude. |
| C．To set an example. | D．To introduce the topic. |
| A．Hand-made white cloth. | B．Colors taken from plants. |
| C．Different flowers. | D．Needles and threads. |
| A．To attract potential customers for the tie-dyes. |
| B．To help young Bai people take up the tradition. |
| C．To help young Bai people to earn pocket money. |
| D．To encourage the development of tourism in her village. |
| A．The Yunnan people almost know how to tie-dye the cloth. |
| B．Zhang learned how to draw traditional tie-dye patterns by herself. |
| C．The tie-dyeing technique is a traditional culture of Bai people. |
| D．Zhang started a tie-dyeing technique class for the elderly people. |
It is widely known that any English conversation begins with the weather. Such a fixation with the weather finds expression in Dr. Johnson’s famous comment that ＂When two English meet, their first talk is of weather＂. Though Johnson’s observation is as accurate now as it was over two hundred years ago, most commentators fail to come up with a convincing explanation for this English weather-speak.
Bill Bryson, for example, concludes that, as the English weather is not at all exciting, the obsession with it can hardly be understood. He argues that ＂To an outsider, the most striking thing about the English weather is that there is not very much of it.＂ Simply, the reason is that the unusual and unpredictable weather is almost unknown in the British Isles.
Jeremy Paxman, however, disagrees with Bryson, arguing that the English weather is by nature attractive.＂Bryson is wrong,＂he says, ＂because the English preference for the weather has nothing to do with the natural phenomena. The interest is less in the phenomena themselves, but in uncertainty.＂ According to him, the weather in England is very changeable and uncertain and it attracts the English as well as the outsider.
Bryson and Paxman stand for common misconceptions about the weather-speak among the English. Both commentators, somehow, are missing the point. The English weather conversation is not really about the weather at all. English weather-speak is a system of signs, which is developed to help the speakers overcome the natural reserve and actually talk to each other. Everyone knows conversations starting with weather-speak are not requests for weather data. Rather, they are routine greetings, conversation starters or the blank ＂fillers＂. In other words, English weather-speak is a means of social bonding.
1. The author mentions Dr. Johnson’s comment to show that ____________.
| A．most commentators agree with Dr. Johnson |
| B．Dr. Johnson is famous for his weather observation |
| C．the comment was accurate two hundred years ago |
| D．English conversations usually start with the weather |
| A．A social trend. | B．An emotional state. |
| C．A historical concept. | D．An unknown phenomenon. |
| A．To explain what English weather-speak is about. |
| B．To analyse misconceptions about the English weather. |
| C．To find fault with both Bill Bryson and Jeremy Paxman. |
| D．To convince people that the English weather is changeable. |
【推荐3】Most British parents give their teenagers pocket money. Teenagers get between ￡7 and￡20 a week. They spend it on fast food, designed clothes, the cinema, concerts, magazines and mobile phones.
1) Lazy parents?
37％ of parents pay teenagers to clean the living room, 66％of parents pay teenagers to take the rubbish out.
2) Lazy teens?
51％ of teenagers don't make their beds before they leave home. Only 1 3％ of teenagers wash the car for money.
Some parents even pay their teenagers to do their homework.
3) Equality? Not Yet!
Boys get more money than girls for most odd jobs.
For washing the dishes, boys get about ￡4 and girls get about ￡1.
4) And if you need some more money?
Teens get an extra ￡250 a year out of their parents on top of pocket money! About 50％ of teens get gifts or money from their grandparents.
Go to Mum if you need extra money! She gives more than Dad.
5) Where you live makes a difference!
Parents in Scotland and the North of England give more pocket money.
6) Spending
51％ of teenagers spend their money on clothes.
39％ of teenagers buy cosmetics(化妆品), jewellery and toiletries(洗漱用品).
Less than 30％ of teenagers save any money.
7) Earnings
Here are some children who tell us about their pocket money:
Emma: I get￡30 a month. I have to take the rubbish out and tidy my room.
James: I get￡10 a week. But I have to clean the car, hoover(用真空吸尘器清洗)the house and load and unload the dishwasher. I usually save the money.
Lain: I get ￡7.50 a week. I have to be “good” but I don’t have to do any jobs for the money.
Richard; I get￡5 a week. But our neighbors go away a lot and they give me ￡25 a week for looking after their cats.
1. This passage is mainly about ______.| A．teenagers everywhere get pocket money |
| B．how to spend pocket money |
| C．some information about pocket money in Britain |
| D．how to get pocket money |
| A．Parents are lazy so they let children do housework. |
| B．Teens are too lazy to do housework unless they are given pocket money. |
| C．The pocket money boys and girls get is not equal. |
| D．It is not right for children to ask for pocket money. |
| A．Emma | B．James |
| C．Lain | D．Richard |
【推荐1】The last school bell rings and your kids are off for the summer. For most kids, those thoughts of schoolwork and lessons are a distant memory that they won’t be thinking about again until fall. So it’s important for them to continue some learning.
Have your kids hit the library.
Encourage your kids to read by taking them to the library during the summer. If they don’t have a library card, get them one. Many local libraries sponsor summer reading clubs that keep your kids wanting to read. Be sure to let your kids pick their own books out; summer is for fun reading.
Have your kids read every day.
Ask your kids to read outside in the sun. Join them, read aloud their favorite books, no matter how many times you have read them. Pick a time every day when you all stop and read as a family together. Nothing will stimulate a child to read more than to have adults reading with them.
Find other ways to encourage the kids.
If you are planning a family trip, have them check out the map. Let your kids go online and research where you are going. Have your kids check the weather report in the newspaper or what big event is happening and then have them report back on it at dinner time. Have your kids check out magazines or websites for recipes that can be prepared.
Improve your kids’ writing skills.
Learning to express your thoughts. Writing in a logical manner is a skill that is often lost. To help your kids, have them write about things during the summer. If your kids love something such as animals, have them write reports about them to share with the family. If you are going on a trip, have your kids keep a travel journal.
1. What should parents do in the library?| A．Stay with their kids and read books together. | B．Help their kids find useful books. |
| C．Read more books helpful to their study. | D．Let their kids choose books they have interests in. |
| A．lead their children to finds ways to prepare things by themselves |
| B．encourage their children to use the Internet as much as they can |
| C．write all the things they have experienced during the trip |
| D．check the information and tell the kids what big event is happening |
| A．Nature and Science | B．All about Space | C．Philosophy for Life | D．Family and Society |
【推荐2】Seen any unseasonably early daffodils showing their faces yet? UK spring flowers are opening nearly a month earlier than they did before the mid-1980s, due to climate changes.
That is the conclusion of a study of nearly 420,000 observations of the flowering date of 406 plants from UK citizen science project galled Nature’s Calendar. It has records dating back to 1753 from gardeners and naturalists, as well as lie bodies such as the UK’s royal Meteorological Society.
Urth Bruise at the University of Cambridge and his team found that plants were opening their flowers 26 days earlier on average in the years after 1986 than they did before. They picked that year as it was the midpoint in the data set — where they had about the same number of observations before and after — because there were many more recent record than earlier ones.
The analysis included records of all plants, whatever time of year they flower, but most of them bloom in spring. “It is likely that the influence of climate change will be greater for spring-flowering plants, where the usual onset of warmer temperatures that would cause flowering to start earlier,” says a spokesperson for the UK’s Royal Horticultural Society.
There was a bigger advance in the dates of the first blooms for smaller plants, with those less than 20 centimeters high flowering an average of 32 days earlier in the years after 1986 than they had historically.
In any year, flowering opening times were closely correlated with the average temperature of the months from January to April. “If it’s warmer, it’s an earlier onset. If it’s cooler, it’s a later one,” says Bruise. The average maximum temperature across those four months rose by 1.1 °C, comparing the period from 1950 to 1986 with the years after 1986. The shift could hurt insects, birds and other wildlife that has evolved to coexist with the flowering of certain plants,” says Bruise.
1. What can be learned about Nature’s Calendar?| A．It has a span of over 270 years. | B．406 ancient plants have been studied. |
| C．Its data are collected from various sources. | D．It’s a project carried out by UK scientists. |
| A．It cuts the data set into halves. | B．Plants bloom earlier afterwards. |
| C．There were fewer records afterwards. | D．It is the mid year of the observation project. |
| A．They bloomed 32 days earlier. |
| B．Their flowers became bigger and taller. |
| C．Their first blooming dates advanced more. |
| D．They attracted more insects than they did historically. |
| A．The further application of the finding. | B．The urgency of protecting the wildlife. |
| C．The effects of climate change on plants. | D．The consequence of earlier flowering dates. |
【推荐3】Even before the Internet brought unlimited consumer options directly into our homes, choice had long been seen as the driving force of capitalism (资本主义). The possibility of consumers to choose between competing providers of products and services decides which businesses will grow rapidly and which will bite the dust. The competitive environment caused by consumers’ free choice supposedly drives innovation and efficiency, delivering a better overall consumer experience.
However, recent experiments on consumer behaviour have suggested that too many options can lead to a range of anxieties in consumers—from the fear of missing out (FOMO) on a better opportunity, to the loss of pleasure in a chosen activity (thinking “why am I doing this when I could have been doing something else?”) and regret from choosing poorly. The raised expectations presented by a broad range of choices can lead some consumers to feel ill-informed and indecisive when making a purchasing decision.
Fortunately, randomness offers us a simple way to overcome the choice-related anxieties. When faced with a multitude of choices, many of which you would be happy to accept, throwing a coin may be the better option. This “randomized” strategy can help us to focus on our true preference and sometimes making a quick good choice is better than making a slow perfect one, or indeed making no decision at all.
It’s important to remember that you are not required to follow the randomized decision blindly. The suggested choice is just designed to put you in the position of having to seriously consider accepting the specified option, but doesn't force your hand one way or the other.
For those of us who struggle to make decisions, it’s comforting to know that when struggling with a selection, we can get out a coin and allow it to help. Even if we resolve to reject the outcome, being forced to see both sides of the argument can often kickstart or speed up our decision-making process.
1. Which is closest in meaning to “bite the dust” in paragraph 1?| A．Survive. | B．Fail. | C．Adapt. | D．Benefit. |
| A．too many options could make consumers more anxious |
| B．more choices usually led to better consumer experiences |
| C．companies are more innovative in a competitive environment |
| D．customers could make better decisions with enough information |
| A．Focus on our true preference. | B．Delay the decision indefinitely. |
| C．Accept the randomized strategy. | D．Throw the coins more than once. |
| A．Economy. | B．Politics. | C．Health. | D．Psychology. |
They told the policeman their story. The policeman asked them to bring the girl to his office. However, when the policeman saw her, he became taken with
The king asked them to bring him the girl. When the king saw the girl, he said, “Oh, the girl should marry a king like me.” They all argued with each other.
Then the girl said, “I have a solution. I’m going to run and you’ll run after me. I’ll be the wife to the one who catches me first.” The four men all agreed and ran after her. While running after her, they suddenly fell into a deep hole. From the top, the girl looked at them and said, “Now, let me tell you who I am.”
“I’m Reputation--I’m the one all people run after. They compete against each other to get me. They leave principles aside to seek for me, and they are sure to fall like you!”
1. What makes the four men love the girl?
| A．The girl’s beauty. |
| B．The girl’s reputation. |
| C．The girl’s smart mind. |
| D．The girl’s way to speak. |
| A．close to | B．attracted to |
| C．confused about | D．delightful with |
| A．men can never touch beautiful girls |
| B．running after girls makes us fall down |
| C．seeking only for reputation may bring disasters |
| D．love at risk is all the time taking place everywhere |
| A．All Men Are Similarly Stupid |
| B．A Smart Girl Has All Solutions |
| C．Be Careful about Beautiful Girls |
| D．Always Follow the Principles in Life |
【推荐2】Plastic waste is a huge problem in Indonesia, and this has led the country's second-largest city to come up with a novel approach to encourage residents to recycle—free bus rides in exchange for used plastic bottles and cups. The city of Surabaya launched the initiative back in April—the first Indonesian city to put it into practice, and citizens can ride city buses by either dropping off the plastic bottles and cups at terminals(终点站) or using the plastic items to pay their fare directly.
Under the new recycling initiative, a two-hour bus ticket costs up to five plastic bottles or 10 plastic cups, depending on the size. The city hopes this scheme will help it meet its target of becoming free of plastic waste by 2020.
''Garbage, like plastic bottles, piles up in my neighborhood, so I brought it here, so the environment is not only cleaner but also to help ease the workload of garbage collectors,'' said Linda, a resident of Surabaya.
According to Reuters, data show that 15 percent (nearly 400 tons) of the city's daily waste is plastic. The data also show that one bus can collect up to 550 pounds of plastic each day, totaling about 7.5 tons each month. After collecting the plastic waste, workers remove labels and bottle caps before the plastic is sold to recycling companies. This money then goes toward bus operations and to fund urban green spaces.
1. What does the underlined word ''initiative'' probably mean?| A．A new price of riding buses. |
| B．Dropping off the plastic bottles. |
| C．Selling plastic items to get fares. |
| D．The first action to recycle plastic. |
| A．Plastic items are only sold to companies. |
| B．Citizens are encouraged to sort plastic bottles. |
| C．Natives can take city buses instead of driving. |
| D．People can trade plastic waste for free bus rides. |
| A．Doubtful. | B．Supportive. | C．Negative. | D．Uncaring. |
| A．To develop the city's economy. |
| B．To call on green travel in the city. |
| C．To raise the environmental awareness. |
| D．To solve the worldwide social problem. |
【推荐3】A team of Israeli scientists “printed” a heart with a patient’s own cells (细胞) first in the world, researchers say.
Past researchers had been able to print simple tissues (生物组织) without blood vessels (血管), the team said. The new development is the first time “anyone anywhere has successfully engineered and printed an entire heart filled with cells, blood vessels and so on,” Tal Dvir of Tel Aviv University told The Jerusalem Post.
Dvir and his team reported the findings Monday in Advanced Science. The heart, about the size of a rabbit’s, is too small for a human, but the process used to create it shows the potential for one day being able to 3D-print pieces and maybe full transplants (移植), the team said. Because the heart is made from the patient’s own biological material, it reduces the chance that the transplant would fail, according to the research paper. The team used fatty tissues, then separated and “reprogrammed” the materials. The cells that become heart cells were then created.
The development is being praised as a “major breakthrough” in medicine and one that could help battle heart disease, the leading cause of death in the United States, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “Patients will no longer have to wait for transplants or take medicines to prevent their side effects,” Tel Aviv University said in a statement. “Instead, the needed hearts, lungs etc. will be printed, fully personalized for every patient.” The research is still a long way off from clearing the way to transplant the 3D-printed hearts into humans, the team says.
Dvir told the news organization Bloomberg that the heart the team printed will need another month before cells develop full to beat. Tests on animals would need to be done before the technology could be tried in humans, he added. It would take a whole day and billions, rather than millions, of cells to print a human heart, Dvir told Bloomberg.
But Dvir remains hopeful. “Maybe, in 10 years, such printers will be seen and used in the finest hospitals around the world,” he told The Times of Israel.
1. Why is the heart transplant less likely to fail?| A．Because the number of heart donators has been increasing. |
| B．Because the transplant technology has been improved. |
| C．Because the heart is created with the receiver’s own cells. |
| D．Because every hospital has easy access to such printers. |
| A．This heart can be transplanted into humans immediately. |
| B．This heart has been printed just for rabbits due to the size. |
| C．It made heart transplant much less difficult than before. |
| D．The new technology hasn’t gained much praise in medicine. |
| A．positive | B．worried | C．doubtful | D．unclear |
| A．The personalized heart transplant. |
| B．Heart 3D-printed using human cells. |
| C．A scientist discovering a new technology. |
| D．Heart disease, the leading cause of death. |
【推荐1】Building a five-star hotel in the middle of a valuable wilderness(荒野) without damaging(破坏) the environment might not be easy, but it is far from impossible. The King Pacific Lodge in British Columbia's Great Bear Rainforest shows that if enough care and attention is taken, the task is possible.
Unlike many other hotel building plans, no trees were cut down and no land was wasted to build it. The Lodge does not have the same location（位置） but sits on a floating boat pulled into the sea bay in May, till September. Those wishing to stay in one of its seventeen rooms must access it by boat or seaplane. Each guest staying at the Lodge is charged 3% tax（税） on the protection of the natural resources, but is given the chance to see whales and bears. And since these are the main attractions of the area and of the Lodge, the management knows well that in order to stay in business they must make the area untouched.
In 2000, the Lodge management signed an agreement with the native(本土的) Gitga'at people. Together they work for the benefit of the area. The Lodge knows that the native tribe （部落）is the owners of the land, so it pays the tribe for the use of their land and even supports the native youth and employs the tribe's people. They, in turn, teach the newcomers about the local culture.
The King Pacific Lodge is one of a growing number of tourism companies that manage to minimize their environmental damage to win the approval（批准）of the local government where they set up their business. These companies pay more attention to environmental protection and are careful to use natural resources and protect endangered animals. Realizing how destructive tourism can be, they want to avoid the love-it-to-death effect of tourism.
1. From the passage, we know that the King Pacific Lodge______________.| A．follows other hotels’ building plans. |
| B．is less popular among tourists. |
| C．is far away from an important wilderness. |
| D．has been created after careful consideration. |
| A．The King Pacific Lodge is in an area without any trees. |
| B．The King Pacific Lodge can be moved from place to place. |
| C．Guests in the King Pacific Lodge can take part in programs about the protection of nature. |
| D．Guests in the King Pacific Lodge have to pay extra money for the boat to get there. |
| A．want to learn the newcomers' culture. |
| B．are not willing to sell their land. |
| C．are employed by local government to work for the Lodge. |
| D．may have the chance to work at the Lodge. |
| A．will always do harm to the environment. |
| B．cares little about the importance of environmentally friendly tourism. |
| C．can do less damage to the environment. |
| D．always has a disagreement with the local government. |
【推荐2】Like most people living in the suburbs, Janice Monkowski gets around mainly by car. For much of her life, public transit was not even an afterthought. That changed recently when Monkowski, a self-described technophobe (技术恐惧者), discovered Moovit. When she went to San Francisco to meet friends, the smartphone app let her plan the bus and train trips down to the minute. “Moovit tells me where to walk and how long it might take to catch a bus to get to the train station.” Monkowski says.
Much like the navigation app Waze, which follows its users on the road to determine the best driving routes. Moovit collects location data provided by other nearby users to show how to travel along the way with less time and energy between two places. Nir Erez who cofounded Moovit says, “Most commuters don’t know when a bus might arrive-let alone how it might connect with another transit service-or when walking or bicycling might be faster.”
In just five years Moovit has had 100 million users. Moovit is available in 44 languages and 78 countries, and commuters in 1, 500 cities rely on it to get to and from work. In 2016, Moovit became the official transit app for the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, beating out Apple and Google. When public transit doesn’t get a user all the way to where they want to reach, Moovit may connect a user to bike-share programs or services like Uber.
As Moovit has grown to 100 employees, with headquarters near Tel Aviv and offices in big cities, such as San Francisco, Athens and Rio it can provide better, more up-to-date information at a lower cost. Best of all: It’s built one data point at a time by people like Monkowski. When you go to San Francisco and don’t want to drive before the city’s “terrible” parking and traffic, Moovit can give you another choice. It is very simple.
1. What is the advantage of Moovit?| A．It involves simple procedures. |
| B．It offers the best driving routes. |
| C．It predicts the most efficient route |
| D．It stores freely available information. |
| A．It is sold at reasonable prices. |
| B．It provides different language choices. |
| C．It is more popular with sports officials. |
| D．It satisfies the needs of different users. |
| A．The bright future of Moovit. | B．The exact locations of Moovit. |
| C．The development of big cities. | D．The opinions on public transit. |
| A．Making bus riding a habit |
| B．Enjoying urban public transit |
| C．Moovit-the the best transit data app |
| D．Moovit-more choices, more convenience |
【推荐3】Students returning to Excelsior Springs High School Thursday will be met with biometric scanners. The school says the fingerprints are needed because of new education style that' lets students plot on their own schedules on a daily basis.
“The world has changed what our graduates need,” Excelsior Springs High School Principal John Newell said.
Excelsior Springs leaders started visiting schools in Iowa and Missouri the past year to figure out how they could better prepare students for tomorrow 's workforce.
They settled on flexible modular scheduling. High school students will still take core classes, but will be given a lot more time throughout the day to visit resource rooms staffed by teams of teachers to help them with homework or projects.
Over the summer construction crews knocked down walls to create new larger collaborative learning spaces. They hope to knock down barriers to learning.
“We’re not expecting to hear a quiet room with a lot of kids silently completing worksheets; we are looking for collaboration; we are looking for innovation; we are looking for projects, ”Principal Newell said.
But increased student autonomy created the need for accountability.
A student will come in here; their index finger will go on the pad, Newell demonstrated at the new biometric finger scanners being placed in each resource room .
School leaders settled on the biometric scanners fearing student ID cards could easily be handed to other students looking to skip class.
Each time a student decides to head to a different subject's resource room they'll have to scan their fingers.
“We can’t access the fingerprints; we can’t see them, Principal Newell said, addressing parents initial privacy concerns at an open house on Tuesday night.
“It's just one of those new-age things. It's going to come sooner or later; I'd rather it be later, but what can we do?” parent Mitchell Wilson said.
As for the new learning style, parents seem to be mostly in support of students setting their own goals and finding their own paths.
“It's going to show them responsibility, which they need to learn before they get out of high school,” parent Branan Allen said.
1. What changes are taking place in Excelsior Springs High School?| A．The students will get more career training. |
| B．The students will be given more freedom concerning learning. |
| C．There will be more core classes. |
| D．More teachers will help with students homework. |
| A．More cooperation and creation. | B．More homework and projects. |
| C．More involvement of parents. | D．More lectures. |
| A．To knock down barriers between students. | B．To access more resources. |
| C．To ensure students attendance. | D．To protect students privacy. |
| A．Understanding and supportive. | B．Angry and critical. |
| C．Skeptical and scared. | D．Indifferent. |
