Donald was not very good at math. He could not understand the teacher’s explanations. Even when the teacher explained something a second time, Donald still could not understand it. “Never mind,” Donald told himself, “I’m quite good at other subjects. I’ll cheat in the math exam, and then I won’t be in trouble. ’’
“I will sit next to the boy who’s good at math,’’ he thought, “and copy down his answers.” The day of the exam came, and Donald sat next to Brian Smith, who was always at the top of the class in math. Donald carefully copied Brian’s answers onto his own exam paper. At the end of the exam, the teacher collected the papers and graded them. Then she said, “Well, boys and girls. I’ve decided to give a prize to the student who got the highest grade. However, it’s difficult for me to decide who to give the prize to, because two students, Donald and Brian, got the same grade.”
“Let them share it,’’ one of the other students said.
“I have thought about that,’’ the teacher said, “but I have decided to give the prize to Brian. ’’ Donald was angry when he heard this. He stood up and said, “That is not fair. I got the same grade as Brian.” “That is true,’’ the teacher said. “However, Brian’s answer to Question 18 was ‘I don’t know’, while yours was ‘ Neither do I’.”
1. Which of the following is TRUE?| A．Donald wanted to do better than Brian | B．Donald didn't want to be in trouble in the exam. |
| C．The math teacher gave the prize to Brian | D．The math teacher didn't teach Brian well. |
| A．they were both good at math | B．Donald copied Brian's answers |
| C．they checked answers with each other | D．they copied the same student's answers |
| A．Donald's answers were the same as | B．Donald wrote "I don't know" as the answer. |
| C．Donald got the same wrong answer as Brian. | D．Donald wrote "Neither do I" as the answer. |
| A．He did better than | B．Brian copied his answers. |
| C．Brian checked answers with others. | D．He got the same grade as Brian. |
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Well before classes start, students and teachers order Lattes, Cappuccinos and Hot Chocolates. Then, during the first period, teachers call in orders on their room phones, and students make deliveries.By closing time at 9.20 a.m., the shop usually sells 90 drinks."Whoever made the chi tea, Ms. Schatzman says it was good," Christy McKinley, a second year student, announced recently, after hanging up with the teacher.
The shop is called the Dixie PIT, which stands for Power in Transition. Although some of the students are not disabled, many are, and the PIT helps them prepare for life after high school. They learn not only how to run a coffee shop but also how to deal with their affairs. They keep a timecard and receive paychecks, which they keep in check registers.Special-education teachers Kim Chevalier and Sue Casey introduced the Dixie PIT from a similar program at Kennesaw Mountain High School in Georgia. Not that it was easy. Chevalier's first problem to overcome was product-related. Should schools be selling coffee? What about sugar content?
Kenton County Food Service Director Ginger Gray helped. She made sure all the drinks, which use non-fat milk, fell within nutrition (营养) guidelines.The whole school has joined in to help.
Teachers agreed to give up their lounge (休息室) in the mornings. Art students painted the name of the shop on the wall. Business students designed the paychecks. The basketball team helped pay for cups.
1. What is the text mainly about?
| A．A best-selling coffee. |
| B．A special educational program. |
| C．Government support for schools. |
| D．A new type of teacher-student relationship. |
| A．raise money for school affairs |
| B．do some research on nutrition |
| C．develop students' practical skills |
| D．supply teachers with drinks |
| A．She met her in the shop. |
| B．She heard her telling others. |
| C．She talked to her on the phone. |
| D．She went to her office to deliver the tea. |
| A．manages the Dixie P1T program in Kenton County |
| B．sees that the drinks meet health standards |
| C．teaches at Dixie Heights High School |
| D．owns the school’s coffee shop |
【推荐2】While a lot of things have changed in 2020, the end of summer once again saw pupils preparing to go back to school. Though the start of term in September was unlike any other, with many students having been absent from class for months, the benefits of returning are considerable. “Interacting with friends face-to-face, enjoying creative play, being out in the fresh air and moving their bodies - these are all crucial for children’s mental health and academic success later in life,” says parenting expert Dr. Kalanit Ben-Ari.
The home learning period has seen an increase in time spent on screens. “Screen addiction is becoming a problem—kids are finding it hard to put aside, which can make them anxious and restless at night. For teenagers especially, who are at the peak of their development, they’re easily affected by the increased use of things like social media and so the longer they’re out of school, the more anxious they can become,” he added.
Settling back into the daily routine of school is something that benefits the whole family. At school, children are stimulated and develop more self-discipline by being in class on time and doing homework. Once those habits are back in place it becomes easier to get back into the rhythm of set bedtimes or to get them to spend less time on their phone.
To support children as they go back, Dr. Ben-Ari recommends encouraging them to vocalize any concerns. If you sense they’re worried, start by reflecting on what they’re saying. Let them know that you trust they’re capable of coping with it, and you don’t have any doubt that they’ll succeed.
Lifestyle changes can make the transition easier, too. Simply walking or cycling to school— if you have to drive, parking further away and walking the final 15 minutes - improves circulation and boosts mood before the school day begins. He reassures parents, though, that there’s no need to worry about them settling back in. “A lot of people are concerned about an academic gap—but children, especially young children, tend to catch up very quickly. Kids are much more resilient than we think.”
1. What does Dr. Kalanit Ben-Ari expect of children?| A．They should interact with friends frequently. |
| B．They must return to school as soon as possible. |
| C．They can keep mentally and physically healthy. |
| D．They can realize the result of absence from school. |
| A．It makes children lazier and more worried. |
| B．It’s more effective in building up confidence. |
| C．It’s more likely to affect children’s intelligence. |
| D．It affects children’s sleep quality. |
| A．Deliver. | B．Organize. | C．Express. | D．Prove. |
| A．To stress the need of reflecting in learning. |
| B．To inspire students’ love for learning at school. |
| C．To provide guidance on returning to school life. |
| D．To state the benefits of returning to school for students. |
【推荐3】Should swimming lessons be compulsory in schools?
Guangdong Province is set to make swimming lessons compulsory in primary schools starting from 2020,proposing the courses should be given from the fourth grade.Do we need to make swimming compulsory in schools?Forum(论坛) readers share their opinions.
White Bear(Poland)
In Poland swimming lessons are not compulsory,but most of the schools have them.I think that when it is only possible,there should be the swimming lessons for kids.It is a life-saving skill.
Mister Panda(France)
I come from France where swimming lessons in school are compulsory(dating back to Charlemagne).I even got my life-saving certificate in school.
Boilermaker(Expert in China)
There are swimming lessons in my city,but I was very disappointed in how they were taught.The kids spent 45 minutes of the one-hour lesson practicing strokes on dryland.They only spent 15 minutes in the water.All of the children panicked and sank immediately to the bottom.Then all of the parents scolded the children,telling them they weren’t paying attention to the teacher and that they were failures.
Yunzhang(China)
It is a pity that many Chinese athletes have won world championships in swimming while most schools don’t have the swimming facilities.Swimming is an essential life-saving skill that everyone should have access to.The earlier,the better.The government needs to put money into the popularity of the sport.
1. Who is doubtful about the effect of swimming lessons?| A．White Bear. | B．Mister Panda. |
| C．Boilermaker. | D．Yunzhang. |
| A．Most schools in Poland have swimming lessons. |
| B．In France only a few schools have swimming lessons. |
| C．Most of the readers think swimming is an unnecessary skill. |
| D．Swimming lessons are made compulsory in high schools in Guangdong. |
| A．Pitiful. | B．Positive. |
| C．Concerned. | D．Opposed. |
【推荐1】Students at West Side Elementary School in California, with the help of their art teacher, created a telephone hotline to offer cheerful advice during difficult times. In just days, the hotline began getting thousands of calls an hour. The hotline, available in English and Spanish, offers the happy voices of children of different ages sharing positive messages.
Most people agree that with concerns like Covid-19, extreme weather, and the climate crisis, the last years have been stressful.
“To hear the pure joy from kids is extremely comforting in these difficult times,” art teacher Jessica Martin says.
Ms. Martin called the project “Pep Talk”, which later changed to “PepToc” to draw an ad for the hotline. The project had two parts, one the hotline , and the other creating encouraging posters. Along with artist Asherah, she worked with students from kindergarten to sixth grade. Students working on the hotline thought of what they would like to say. When they were ready, Ms. Martin recorded each one. Later, she sorted out the recordings into the different parts of the telephone hotline. For example, pressing 2 results in words of encouragement and life advice. This includes messages like: “The world is a better place with you in it.” and “You are okay!” Pressing 4, you hear the sounds of children laughing-a sound certain to bring a smile to anyone's face. Other students took part in making encouraging posters to hang up around the town. Many posters had strips of paper that people passing by could tear off and take with them.
Ms. Martin thought the project would attract interest from people near the school. But word of the hotline spread quickly on social media. The hotline has become popular with stressed adults, patients in hospitals, older people in homes, and others to beat stress by hearing the happy voices of children.
1. Why did students create a telephone hotline?| A．To communicate with most students. | B．To share positive messages. |
| C．To provide a way for people to connect. | D．To help students go through tough times. |
| A．To make more profits. | B．To sound more fashionable. |
| C．To attract an advertisement. | D．To satisfy the need of people. |
| A．It was Ms. Martin that put recordings into different parts. |
| B．Pressing button 2 can give you encouraging suggestion. |
| C．Students on the project made efforts to cheer people up. |
| D．Students made posters to make the hotline well known. |
| A．It greatly helps patients fight loneliness. | B．It gains great popularity beyond school. |
| C．It enables students to become happy quickly. | D．It helps people to deal with severe illnesses. |
【推荐2】It was the summer of 2005, in the small town of Plano, Texas. Our family was new to town, and we knew no one. This was our third move since leaving eastern Ohio three years before. I wasn’t into sports and I was out of most social dealings of a small-town seventh grader, and thus had to prove myself over and over.
But things changed in my third period on the second day, I didn’t know Mom had signed me up for a choir (合唱团), but it was OK because I liked music. Our teacher, Richard J. Winters, was also new to town and to teaching He was in his 40s, just starting his choir directing career.
He was a former soldier, and l immediately recognized he loved both kids and music. On our first day, he told us what he wanted for us and from us. We each took turns in making music beside the piano, I was nervous to sing in front of the class, but I did it well. When all the students finished singing, he declared, “You are going to be a great choir!” Through many competitions, our choir proved not just good, but among the best in Texas.
Mr. Winters encouraged us to take part in many competitions and to be proud of our musical talents. He allowed us to be human and make mistakes. “If you are going to make a mistake, make it a good one,” he once said. With his encouragement, I found my home and my passion: music.
He was like a father to us in so many ways. With his encouragement, I gained the confidence to follow my careers, as a passionate singer and songwriter in the studio. When we had a gathering for Mr. Winters, “his” kids came from around the world to honor him. We told him what an impact he had had on each of us. Mr. Winters, you taught us how to be champions.
1. How did the author probably feel when he moved to Plano?| A．Bored. | B．Excited. | C．Lonely. | D．Curious |
| A．Try hard to avoid mistakes. | B．Go after his passion confidently |
| C．Focus on music wholeheartedly. | D．Get along well with other members |
| A．Patient and strict. | B．Strong and brave. |
| C．Caring and honest. | D．Encouraging and forgiving. |
| A．Specialists only master their own field. |
| B．Students need well-rounded development. |
| C．A teacher makes a difference to students’ life |
| D．Strict masters produce outstanding students |
【推荐3】It is commonly believed that all over the world, boys and girls attend a mixed school, where they study together. But boys schools are the perfect place to teach young men to express their emotions（情感） and involve them in activities such as art, dance and music.
Always boys at single-sex schools were said to be more likely to get involved in cultural and artistic act“boy code” of hiding their emotions to be a“real man”.
Surprisingly, the findings of the study go against received wisdom that boys do better when taught alongside girls.
George Carl, headmaster of Eton, warned that boys were being failed by the British education system because it had become too focused on girls. He criticized teachers for failing to recognize that boys are actually more emotional than girls.
The research argued that boys often perform badly in mixed schools because they become discouraged when girls do better earlier in speaking and reading skills.
But in single-sex schools teachers can adjust lessons to boys’ learning style, letting them move around the classroom and getting them to compete in teams to prevent boredom, wrote the study’s author, Abigail James, of the University of Virginia.
Teachers could encourage boys to enjoy reading and writing with “boy-focused” approaches such as themes and characters that appeal to them. Because boys generally have more acute eye, learn best through touch, and are physically more active, they need to be given “hands-on” lessons where they are allowed to walk around. “Boys in mixed schools view classical music as feminine(女性的) and prefer the modern genre (类型) in which violence and sexism are major themes,” James wrote.
Single-sex education also made it less likely that boys would feel that they had to be “masterful and in charge” in relationships. “In mixed schools, boys feel forced to act like men before they understand themselves well enough to know what that means,” the study reported.
1. Traditionally, in a mixed school ,boys __________.| A．behave more responsibly | B．perform relatively better |
| C．grow up more healthily | D．receive a better education |
| A．encourage boys to express their emotions more freely |
| B．help boys to be more competitive in schools |
| C．force boys to be their emotions to be “real men” |
| D．naturally strengthen boys’ traditional image of a man |
| A．boys can choose to learn whatever they are interested in |
| B．boys can focus on their lessons without being distracted(分心) |
| C．teaching can be adjusted to suiting the characteristics(特征) of boys |
| D．teaching can be designed to improve boys’ team spirit |
| A．lovely | B．serious | C．sharp | D．dull |
【推荐1】One day I got in a taxi, and we left for the airport. We were driving in the right lane (车道) when, suddenly, a black car jumped out of a parking space right in front of us. My taxi driver stopped his car at once. The tire (轮胎) made a very loud noise, and at the very last moment our car stopped just one inch from the back of the other car.
I was frightened. But then I couldn’t believe what happened next. The driver of the other car, the guy who almost caused a big accident, turned his head and started yelling at us. I couldn’t believe it! But my taxi driver just smiled at the guy. So I asked, “Why did you just do that? This guy almost sent us to hospital.”
This is when my taxi driver taught me what I now call, “The Law of the Rubbish Truck (垃圾车法则).” He explained that many people are like garbage trucks. They run around full of rubbish, full of anger. As their rubbish piles up, they look for a place to throw it away and sometimes they’ll throw it at you. Don’t take it personally. Just smile, wish them well, and move on. Don’t take their rubbish and spread it to other people at work, at home or on the streets.
Successful people never let rubbish trucks change their moods (心情) . Life is too short to wake up in the morning with regrets, so love those who love you and pray (祈祷) for those who don’t.
1. Which of the following is NOT true according to the first paragraph?| A．The writer went to the airport by taxi that day. |
| B．The taxi driver stopped his car in time. |
| C．The black car jumped out and crashed into the taxi. |
| D．A car accident nearly happened on the writer’s way to the airport. |
| A．Apologizing. | B．Laughing foolishly. | C．Shouting loudly. | D．Saying goodbye. |
| A．Because he was in a bad mood. |
| B．Because his car was full of rubbish. |
| C．Because he was badly hurt by the taxi |
| D．Because the taxi driver didn’t say sorry to him. |
| A．silly and dishonest | B．wise and friendly |
| C．helpful but nervous | D．modest but impatient |
【推荐2】Jack loved playing sports. But on a day in August, it seemed that all sports were about to be taken away from him. Though injuries were nothing new for Jack, this one was much more serious. He would miss both the football and wrestling seasons. “I had to experience a long and painful recovery,” said Jack.
Curtis Urbina, a famous coach, admired Jack’s drive to keep going on the wrestling mat. After Jack got injured, he had an idea when sensing his sadness. He decided to bring Jack to practices to help him out.
Curtis Urbina asked Jack to watch how he and the other coaches worked with wrestlers. As expected, Jack wanted to take part in wrestling instead of being kept indoors all day. He offered to coach the toughest kids. He was a natural coach. He kept the kids interested and made it fun for them. He showed patience and persistence (坚韧不拔) needed to deal with those kids. “Making sure that they stayed in the room as required was the biggest part of my job,” Jack said. “But I wanted to teach others some of the same lessons that wrestling had taught me.”
One kid Jack coached was Stephen Singlak, aged 4. Stephen’s parents were amazed when they watched Jack work with their son. “You can guess how Stephen felt at first as he was often wrestling with kids bigger than him,” said Stephen’s dad. “But Jack started going one-on-one with him. Jack would be on all fours, and Stephen was trying different moves. Stephen started liking wrestling instead of getting discouraged.”
After struggling to win even one match early on, Stephen won about half of his matches in this season. “It was a great feeling when I knew I had played a part in Stephen getting to where he was,” Jack said. “That coaching experience was just wonderful. I’m glad that I have a chance to help others.”
1. What’s the main idea of the first paragraph?| A．Jack loved playing sports very much. | B．Jack’s sports career was ruined by the new injury. |
| C．Injuries were quite common for Jack. | D．Jack couldn’t bear the pain caused by the new injury. |
| A．To give him a chance to take exercise. | B．To develop his interest in teaching. |
| C．To help him get rid of his sadness. | D．To teach him some new wrestling skills. |
| A．He thought he was a natural wrestler. | B．He easily got discouraged during his training. |
| C．He liked playing with kids bigger than him. | D．He showed a great interest in wrestling. |
| A．It made him win many matches. | B．It helped him make a lot of new friends. |
| C．It gave him a sense of achievement. | D．It made him popular among young kids. |
【推荐3】In mid-August, Hou Changliang and Lei Yudan finally held their wedding ceremony at Hou’s hometown in Shaoyang, central China’s Hunan Province.
During the past 11 years, Hou has been traveling and teaching in rural schools across three provinces in Southwest China. In 2011, he signed up for a program, funded by government agencies since 2003. The programme sends col graduates to China’s underdeveloped western regions to work for one to three years in different fields, such as education, agriculture and rural management.
Born into a rural family, Hou knows how life-changing education can be for a rural kid. When most young people were competing for places in big cities, Hou headed deep into the mountains. For Hou, the most difficult aspect of teaching in a remote village was not the poor working conditions or the low income that came with it. For two years, he batted to end the alarming dropout rate among his students in Dahua, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
Locals often saw little reason to support school education for their children, especially girls. “The number of students tended to decrease after winter vacations” said Hou. “After the Chinese New Year, some were brought to big cities to work when they were old enough.”
Since the 1990s, working in cities has gradually become the main way of employment for rural laborers. Working in cities becomes the most popular pat for young people from rural regions to earn an income and become independent early, but at the cost of their education.
Studies into the high drop-out rate of rural students in middle school show that students from poor families often feel anxious about the burden of education on their parents and are more likely to drop out when they have poor grades.
“If I can’t change the parents’ mind, at least I can change the mind of my students-the future parents,” said Hou.
1. What is the purpose of the programme in China’s underdeveloped western regions?| A．To develop tourism. | B．To advance education. |
| C．To help with the rural development. | D．To provide jobs for college graduates. |
| A．The poor pay. | B．The fierce competition. |
| C．The high drop-out rate. | D．The hard working conditions. |
| A．They tend to obey their parents. | B．Their mind needs to be changed. |
| C．They feel great pressure to study. | D．Their grades are generally poor. |
| A．Battle for a change | B．Volunteer as a teacher |
| C．Poverty stands in the way | D．Education makes a difference |
