We go to school every day to become better people. How can we start to make big changes in our lives? Perhaps we can get tips from former US First Lady Michelle Obama. During a visit to China from March 20 to 26 in 2015, Obama shared her views on education and youth empowerment with students.
The first lady encouraged Chinese students to aim high and get a good education. At Chengdu No 7 High School, she told students that having humble roots doesn’t matter as long as you have perseverance （毅力）．Obama said her family was not rich. Like many Chinese students, her parents had big dreams for her. She felt the weight of her parents’ sacrifices （牺牲） on her shoulders and worked hard to make them proud. Persevering was not easy, though. Sometimes she had to wake up at 4：30 am and study late into the night. “But whenever I got tired or discouraged…I would remember something my mother always told me. She said： ‘A good education is something that no one can take away from you. ’”
Mrs Obama also encouraged Chinese students to study abroad to broaden their horizons （开阔视野） in a speech at Peking University. “As the Chinese saying goes：It is better to travel 10, 000 miles than to read 10, 000 books,” she said. It’s not enough to get good grades in school. It’s also important to have real experience with languages, cultures and societies that are different from your own, she noted. Studying overseas can also benefit future international relations. It can help young people from different countries work together to deal with shared problems like climate change, Obama said.
1. According to the passage, Michelle Obama shared her ideas with________.| A．students in the US | B．students in China |
| C．her family members | D．students who visited the White House |
| A．she studied abroad before | B．she was born in a rich family |
| C．she studied long into the night | D．she never felt tired and discouraged |
| A．The first lady visited lots of fun places in China. |
| B．The first lady encouraged Chinese students to get a good education. |
| C．Mrs. Obama enjoyed her visit to China very much. |
| D．Mrs. Obama had a sad childhood. |
| A．better grades, better school life |
| B．traveling is more important than studying |
| C．studying far away is more important to success |
| D．real life experience is more important |
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Liang became a senior high school student in September. In her new school, the rules say that boys’ hairstyles must be cropped (剪短) and girls’ hair cannot fall below their shoulders.
Liang’s school is not alone: many have similar rules on hairstyles. Teachers think a cool hairstyle is a waste of time and money. It may alsodistractstudents from their studies. “Your personality is not shown in how you wear your hair but in your ability,” say teachers.
It’s difficult for students to follow these rules. Teenage students like to look nice but they are asked to wear school uniforms. Liang says the only way in which they can be different lies in how they wear their hair. And they want to copy their favorite stars’ hairstyles. They wouldn’t be happy in a school with strict rules.
“I prefer a school with rules on hairstyles,” said Li Man, a Senior 1 student. She said her school’s rules on hairstyles are OK but there could be some little changes. “For example, boys should be allowed to have their hair a little longer,” Li said. “But students must not dye or curl their hair (染发或烫发). This way there will not be so many complaints.”
1. Which of the following hairstyles is not allowed in Liang’s school?
| A．A | B．B | C．C | D．D |
| A．what rules schools have |
| B．what students think of the rules |
| C．why schools have the rules |
| D．how many schools have similar rules |
| A．引领 | B．使分心 | C．保护 | D．使远离 |
| A．can show their personalities by hairstyle |
| B．must not have a cool hairstyle |
| C．should wear the same shoes to school |
| D．can show they are different by wearing their favorite clothes |
【推荐2】According to a report, about 60% of American families have working parents. Mothers spend about 18 hours doing the housework every week, and fathers spend about 10 hours doing the housework. What about the kids? Children aged between six and twelve spend less than three hours doing the housework every week, but almost 14 hours watching TV. How about teenagers? They spend nearly 31 hours on the Internet, but only three hours helping with the housework every week. However, some parents think children should spend more time on chores. Knowing how to do the housework is an important life skill.
Doing chores sends the children messages that they are part of the family and that they should do things for others. Every morning children care for the family pets by feeding them or walking them. It can also help the children keep healthy.
Children should take part in almost all the chores. They will feel happier when they make a contribution (贡献) to the family. And it may help them understand the idea of working hard better. At the same time, they can learn a lot from doing the housework. It can help them live a better life in the future.
1. American mothers spend about ________ hours doing the housework each week.| A．18 | B．16 | C．14 | D．10 |
| A．Old people | B．Parents | C．Teenagers | D．Only children |
| A．过程 | B．趣味 | C．练习 | D．技能 |
| A．Doing chores can help children keep healthy. | B．Young children do not need to do any chores. |
| C．Children can learn a lot from doing chores. | D．Mothers do more chores at home. |
| A．Doing chores is good for children | B．Parents should do the housework |
| C．How much housework there is | D．Doing chores is different |
【推荐3】What’s Anti-Bullying Day (反霸凌日)?
Anti-Bullying Day is a special day. On this day, people talk about bullying and what we can do to stop it. A lot of children take part in activities about anti-bullying at school and online. And they can learn about what bullying means and what they can do if they see it happening.
When is Anti-Bullying Day?
The date of Anti-Bullying Day is different in different countries. In many places, it’s on 4th May. In the UK, Anti-Bullying Week takes place every November.
What exactly is bullying?
Bullying is when someone makes you feel bad and hurts you again and again. You may easily lose confidence. You may lose trust of everyone around you or even get sick. That’s bullying. Bullying can be with words like saying mean (刻薄的) things. It can be physical (身体上的) like hitting, pushing or taking someone’s things. Leaving someone out of a group or ignoring (忽视) them again and again is also bullying.
How can we stand up against bullying?
If someone is bullying you, you should tell a friend or a classmate what’s happening and ask them to help; or talk to your parents, a teacher or another adult who you trust.
If you see someone else being bullied, never join in with the bullying or laugh at it. That will make it worse. Instead, you should be an “upstander”—help and support the person who is being bullied. Tell a trusted adult about the bullying. If we all stand up against bullying, we can make it stop.
根据语篇内容，选择最佳选项。1. What can people do on Anti-Bullying Day?
| A．People can organize special activities at school. |
| B．People can discuss what bullying is and how to deal with it. |
| C．People can encourage children to fight against. |
| A．On May 4. | B．Each week. | C．In November. |
| A．Say mean words to others. |
| B．Invite someone to join a group. |
| C．Push someone on purpose again and again. |
| A．Talk to a trusted adult. | B．Stand by and do nothing. | C．Join in and support the bully. |
| A．Saying No to Bullying. |
| B．The History of Anti-Bullying Day. |
| C．The Different Dates of Anti-Bullying Day. |
Who is the greatest teacher in Chinese history? Many people would think of Confucius, whose birthday was September 28. Although he lived over 2000 years ago, people still remember and respect him for his contribution to the education today.
Confucius lived in the Kingdom of Lu, which lies in today’s Shandong Province. He lived during the Spring and Autumn Period. He had a hard childhood. His father died when he was only 3 years old. His mother brought him up. As a child, he had to work to help his mother, but young Confucius didn’t give up studying. He visited many famous teachers and learned music, history, poetry and sports.
Later, he became a teacher and started the first public school in Chinese history. At that time, only children from noble families could go to school, but Confucius believed everyone should go to school if they wanted to learn. He had about 3000 students in his lifetime.
Today, people still follow Confucius’ lessons. He told us that we have something worthy to be learned. “When I am with three people, one of them must be better than me in some areas. I choose their good qualities and follow them.”
He also taught us that thinking is very important in study. “All study but no thinking makes people puzzled. All thinking but no study makes people lazy.”
Confucius is not only a great teacher, but also a famous thinker with wise thoughts about the world and society. His most important ideas are about kindness and good manners. He said young people should take care of the old. People should give up only thinking of themselves and work for others. Some of his popular words are: “A kind person should care for others” and “A person should be strict with himself, but be kind to other.” People uses his ideas to help themselves and society. At present, more than 100 Internet websites are telling people about him, and his ideas have gone far into east and south Asia.
1. People still remember Confucius today because of ________.| A．his hard work in the childhood | B．his wise thoughts about education |
| C．his travelling from state to state | D．his birth in Spring and Autumn Period |
| A．poor | B．bright | C．hard-working | D．rich |
①Confucius’ father died and he had to help raise the family.
②Confucius educated about 3000 students in his life time.
③Confucius visited many famous teachers in his childhood.
④Confucius’ ideas are learned from all over the world.
⑤Confucius started the first public school in Chinese history.
| A．③①④②⑤ | B．①③⑤②④ | C．①③②⑤④ | D．③①④⑤② |
| A．No one has something worthy to be learned. |
| B．All study but no thinking makes people puzzled. |
| C．All thinking but no study makes people lazy. |
| D．A person should be strict with himself, but be kind to others. |
| A．people in East and South Asia know little about Confucius’ ideas |
| B．people only use Confucius’ ideas to help them study |
| C．more and more people will learn about Confucius’ ideas in the future |
| D．we can hardly find any information about Confucius on the internet |
【推荐2】The little girl came home from school. She surprised her mother by saying, “I love my teacher! My teacher won’t let me be bad.” She told her mother that she had been talking in class and that her teacher had made her stand at the back of the room for 5 minutes. It was a small punishment. The teacher later explained, ”You are a good girl and I want you to be a good student, so won’t let you be bad.”
Keeping discipline (纪律) in classroom is one of a teacher’s most important and difficult jobs. When students obey the rules, it will be easier to focus on the lessons. If students are talking or playing on their phones, it will become a big problem. So sometimes, teachers have to be strict. Some small punishments are allowed at school, including saying angry words about some students’ bad behaviors. Making students stand at the back of the room to think about their own mistakes is another way to punish the students who break the rules. What teachers mustn’t do is to hit students. This has been illegal in China since 1986.
Recently, the government says it plans to come out new guidelines (指导方针) for teachers on what they can and can’t do to discipline students. Physical punishment, of course, is out. However, teachers should still have the power to use proper punishments when students behave badly or disobey the school rules.
Remember, if a teacher is strict, it’s not because he or she likes being cruel. It’s because he or she loves you. Just like the little girl’s teacher, your teacher won’t let you be bad.
1. The writer leads in the topic by ________.| A．comparing | B．explaining | C．giving examples | D．listing numbers |
| A．违法的 | B．忌讳的 | C．守法的 | D．允许的 |
| A．physical punishment is out | B．hitting students is not allowed in school |
| C．it’s difficult to keep discipline in the classroom | D．teachers are strict because they won’t let you be bad |
| A．law | B．education | C．science | D．health |
【推荐3】It happened in a New York classroom. Sixteen-year-old Taylor Engler came face to face with a cow. But it was all in her head.
She was trying out a virtual reality （VR，虚拟现实）headset. It took Berkeley Carroll School junior students to a farm 400 kilometers away.
Students across the US are taking VR “trips”. They are swimming in the deep sea. They are watching medical operations （手术）They are even “walking” through the human body. Teachers say this helps students understand their learning materials.
“It attracts（吸引）the students right away,” Colin Jones, a science teacher from Plainview-Old Bethpage Central School District, told AP News. He uses a VR system called zSpace to cut up cells （细胞）. “It’s something that can be done in 40 minutes,” he said. “But it could take even a week when you’re doing this in a lab.”
“It’s different than watching video because you can have more than one perspective. You can actually move,” Taylor said during her “trip” on the farm.
According to the expert Richard Lamb, VR can give people experiences that are similar to the real world. Our bodies even react the same to VR as they do to real-life situations. “Heart rate, brain activity, breathing, everything,” he said But there are not many classrooms that can use this technology. VR systems are very expensive. Experts hope that more students can use it in the future, especially for doing dangerous science experiments.
根据短文内容，判断句子正（T）误（F）。
1. Taylor Engler saw the cow by wearing a virtual reality headset.
2. The farm is 400 kilometers from Berkeley Carroll School.
3. Teachers say VR “trips” can not help students understand their learning materials.
4. Taylor thinks VR can give people experiences that are similar to the real world.
5. VR systems are so cheap that every classroom can use this technology.
【推荐1】There are four blind men in the same village（村庄）. Every day, they sit together and talk about interesting things. One day they sit under a big tree and talk about the elephants. All of them don’t know what an elephant is like. They want to know about it very much. At this time, a man is coming with an elephant. The four blind men want to touch（触摸） it. The man let them do so. They are very happy.
The first man says, “The elephant is like a wall.”
The second man says, “The elephant is like a trunk（树干）”
The third man says, “The elephant is like a rope”（绳子）
The fourth man says, “The elephant is like a fun”（扇子）
Each of them touches a different part of the elephant. So they have different ideas about it.
1. Every day the blind men__________.
| A．talk about interesting things |
| B．sit next to the elephant |
| C．sing under the big tree |
| D．touch the elephant |
| A．the same part of the elephant |
| B．the different part of the elephant |
| C．the front part of the elephant |
| D．the back part of the elephant |
| A．病的 | B．瘸的 | C．聋的 | D．瞎的 |
| A．The four men live in different villages. |
| B．The four men don’t know what the elephant is like.. |
| C．The four men have the same idea about the elephant. |
| D．The owner(主人)of the elephant tells them what the elephant is like. |
| Name: Susan Lane | Exchange Country: Iceland |
| I think it was a turning point in my life. I began to understand more about my own culture by experiencing a different culture in this country. | |
| Name: Sara Small | Exchange Country: Germany |
| I enjoyed this trip. I found German people were not as serious as I thought before. Although I made a lot of German friends, I still missed my family and friends in Australia. | |
| Name: David Links | Exchange Country: Australia |
| I wanted to try something that was very different from Australia in culture. In Australia everything was different, but I soon got used to it. | |
| Name: Tom Jennings | Exchange Country: France |
| There were some challenges (挑战), but I liked them, experiencing a different culture. You just have to face each situation as it comes. | |
1. Where did Susan Lane study?
| A．In Iceland. | B．In Germany. | C．In Australia. | D．In France. |
| A．Susan Lane. | B．Sara Small. | C．David Links. | D．Tom Jennings. |
| A．One. | B．Two. | C．Three. | D．Four. |
【推荐3】FOOD is basic – it’s what keeps us going. But for students at the International Culinary (烹饪) Center (ICC) in New York City, it’s much more than that – food is the future. ICC “gave me a direction”, said Song Wenlong, 25, a Chinese native and recent graduate of the world famous cooking school.
ICC, which was set up in 1984, offers courses from chef (厨师)training programs to wine studies and restaurant management”, according to its website.
And as the school has grown, the number of international students to ICC, including Chinese, is rising every year. One example is Song Wenlong, who grew up in Shanghai but now works in Los Angeles as director of food development for RJ Chinese Kitchen, a restaurant in California.
Song has lived in the US for three years. He first completed a degree in Engineering at Stony Brook University in New York. Song said. “I chose the degree based on my parents’ opinion. The people I met abroad encouraged me to chase my dream, so I ended up changing my whole career path.”
That's what brought him to ICC ---his love of food. “Growing up, my uncle had a restaurant, and I loved going with him to the farmers’ market. When I was 16, I started to cook on my own.”
Song said he likes ICC’s ideas toward cooking. “They taught me how to cook, not special recipes（秘诀）. They call it ‘cooking techniques’. I learned a lot from that. The two-month internship(实习) in a restaurant was helpful, too. It gave me a look at a high-quality, professional kitchen.”
Song highly recommends Chinese chefs and food lovers go abroad and study. Above all, he feels good about the fact that more young Chinese people are starting to chase their own dreams.
1. What is the main point of the article?
| A．The popularity of cooking schools around the world. |
| B．What makes ICC a great cooking school. |
| C．How Wenlong succeeded in his studies at ICC. |
| D．More Chinese students learning cooking abroad. |
| A．He had a great love of food. |
| B．ICC offers various kinds of courses. |
| C．His parents ordered him to choose a career in food. |
| D．His classmates encouraged him to work in food. |
| A．It teaches many unique recipes. |
| B．It teaches students cooking techniques. |
| C．It has top professors from all over the world. |
| D．It lets students intern at the best restaurants. |
| A．To attract international students to apply for ICC |
| B．To prepare the students in ICC for a career in cooking |
| C．To encourage young people to chase their own dreams |
| D．To show how to write a college application letter |
